The Sun.
London, England, 1864-04-20 00:00:00

Prussian Circular Despatch,

The following despatch forwarded by Herr von
Bismark to the King of Prussia's diplomatic agents
abroad has been received at Mr. Reuter's office :
" Berlin, April 15.

" Sir,-0a the 15± March last the Danish Go-
vernment addressed to its diplomatic agents abroad
a despatch, which is nothing but a long indictment
of the civil commissioners of Prussia and Austria
in the Duchy of Schleswig. Although this docu-
ment only came to the knowledge of the King's
Government through the journals and communica-
tions of its representatives abroad, we have not
considered that we could allow to pass unanswered
the imputations which it contains, and which were
of a character to place in the most unfavourable
light the policy of which the commissioners are at
this moment the agents.
" A groat number of thes3 accusations in fact re-
fute themselves, for whoever has cot lost sight of
the end which we pursue in the Dachy, and has
taken the trouble to compare the measures cerv,ured
by the Danish Government with the just preten-
sions whose realisations the•present war is destined
to obtain. Nevertheless, we only considered our-
selves boural to speak in our defence when
acquainted with the facts of the case, and after
having ;taken positive information upon the
grievances mentioned in the Danish despatch. The
result of this information is recorded in the memo-
randum of which I have the honour to transmit to
you a copy.

" It results from this memorandum that part of
the grievances specified by the Danish Government
are devoid of all foundation, and rest upon nothing
but pure invention, or at least upon entirely incor-
rect information.

" As to those which refer to the measures really
taken by our commissioners, they are a fresh proof
of the strange pretension of the Danish Govern-
ment, which appears to believe that the occupation
of Schleswig by the allied Powers had no other end
than to continue the system of oppression which it
had too long made prevalent in the Duchy. In all
the districts which had been submitted to this op-
pression the allied troops were haiied with en-
thusiasm by the population, and the commissioners
had no other task than to put an end to the abuses
to which the country was a prey, and to restore to
it the rights whose re-utablishment has been the
sole end of the occupation. It is evident that in
order to accomplish this task they could not employ
those who had hitherto been the instrument of
this system of oppression, and who had no other
mission than to stifle by every possible means the na-
tional sentiment and the attachment to law in the
heart of the German populations. The school and
the Church were especially in the hands of men
partly strangers to the Duchy, wanting in the
qualities required by law and by the duties of their
trust, and having no other title to the functions
confided to them than their blind devotion to the
policy of the Cabinet of Copenhagen.
" A good part of the pretended enormities with
which the allied Powers are upbraided find a very
natural explanation in the state of war which at
present weighs upon the country, and imposes upon
our generals the imperious obligation of looking
before everything to the security of their troops.
Among the measures of this kind may be princi-
pally mentioned the arrest of spies, which no army
in the field has hitherto been obliged to tolerate in
its neighbourhood.

"The political and administrative measures of
which the Danish Governmeat complains, and
which it has taken pains to distort and represent in
a false light, have only had the effect of redressing
the wrongs of the unjust and vexatious system
which, during 12 years has oppressed the German
population. It is natural that, in order to put an
end to the oppression, it has been necessary to re-
move its agents, at least those among them con-
spicuous by their fanaticism.

" A conscientious judgement of the conduct of our
civil and military authorities in Schleswig must
convince every impartial man that they have acted
with all the consideration which the exceptional
condition of the country allowed them.

" I invite you, M--, to read this despatch to
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and to leave with
him a copy of the same, and of its appendix.

(Signed)

" VON BISMARK"

ROSSINI having given a grand soiree very re-
cently at Paris, it has been sardonically remarked that
while there were a dozen moreeaux of music in the pro-
gramme, out of these only 12 were by Rossini,
_ _

M. GUIZOT is correcting the proofs of his reply
to Renan, to be called "Meditations Religieuses."
FIRE LAST NIGHT.—Last night, between nine
and ten o'clock a fire broke out in the London and Man-
chester paper hanging establishment, 91, St. Martin's-lane.
The fire raged with great fury for some time, and entirely
gutted the premises. By the exertions of the firemen and
a good supply of water the fire was got under in a short
time, and confined to the building in which it originated.
NARROW ESCAPE OF GEN. BUCKLEY.—Gon.
Buckley, M.P., had a miraculous escape on Saturday.
While proceeding in his barouche to the Crystal Palace one
of the horses took fright, when both ran away and the car-
riage was overturned and smashed, but the gallant general
was not materially hurt, though bruised, The footmark's
shoulder was injured.