The Sun.
London, England, 1863-08-24 00:00:00

SIR ROUNDELL PALIVIER, Q•C• and MX:—
La Vie de Cesar par L. Napoleon—Fashionable Intelli-
gence—in FUN this week. One relillY.

ROYAL PRINCFSS'S THEATRE.
Lessee, Mr. George Vining
Under the Management of Mr. Walter Montgomery.
THIS EVENING, THE MERCHANT OF VENICE and
NOT A. BAD JUDGE. Shylock and Lavater, Mr. Walter
Montgomery.

NEw THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.--.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.
THIS F.VEIsTING, at 7, a new comic drama, entitled THE
NEN AND CHICKENS ; or, A Sign of Affe,tion. Messrs.
Billington, R. Phillips, Stephenson ; Mrs. Stirling and Miss
11. Simms.
Alter which, at a quar'er-past 8, the new drama of THE
VAUNTED MAN; oft, T E GHOST'S 3ARGAIN, in
which will be exhibited professor Pepper's adaptation of
'he Great spectral Illusion. Messrs. J. L. Toole, It. Phillips'
etton C. J. Smith; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and 3liss EL Simms.
Followed by anew Burlesque, entitled ILL-TREATED
IL TRO VATORE. ssrs. Toole. P. Bedford, R. Phillips,
lEbnrne, C. J. Smith, Romer; the Sisters Nelson, Carry and
Sari, and Miss K. Kelly.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
Manager, Mr. W. H. Swanboroury,h.
THIS EVENING, HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr.
Leigh Murray.
Followed by (31st time) THE MOTTO, "I'M ALL
THERE." Messrs. Honey, Turner, E. Danvers, Collier,
Clifton ; ,Mesdames Ada Swanborough, P. Josephs, Maria
bimpson, Wallace, and Jenny White.
To conclude with TURN HIM OUT. Mr. Turner, Miss
Ths.)rne.

Commence at 7.

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HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
THIS DAY.—Morning, Bh. 45m.—Afternoon, 9h. 30m.
To-monnow.-Morning, 10h. 15m.—Afternoon, 10h. 59m.

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This morning
This day at Two o'clock
Barometer-30.29.
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LONDON, MONDAY, AUGUST 24, 1863.

The Princes of Germany are learning wisdom.
Truth, at last, is making itself heard in high places.
Not from without•—not in the thundering accents
of popular revolution, but from within—from
within the sacred precincts of royalty, in the still
small voice of conscience-stricken conviction, comes
to-day the doctrine of reform and the promulga-
tion of popular rights. Magna est veritas, says the
adage. We have only to wait, and truth must
and will be triumphant. It is a triumph, to•day,
to those who, like ourselves, have so long and so
strenuously preached those popular doctrines
to witness the steady and rapid progress
of their diffusion even in quarters the
least to be expected. What says the King of
BAVARIA in bis recent address to the Emperor of
AUSTRIA ? The King of BAVARIA, a Sovereign
himself, speaking in the name of an assembled con-
gress of Sovereigns, Princes and Potentates of the
proud German race, and addressing his words to
the mighty Kaiser, the despotic head of imperial
Austria, the King of BAVARIA declares, in the
name of all these Princes, and the Emperor to
whom he speaks cordially agrees with him—" We
no longer misunderstand that the basis (of the
constitution) needs to be developed agreeably to
the spirit of the age, and especially by the
organic tntroduction of a representation of the
various Peoples." Is not this a step in advance ?
A Congress of Sovereigns take into consideration a
representation of Peoples! They recognise the
existence—the moral existence—of such. bodies•
Not merely as " hewers of wood and drawers of
water"—not merely to labour and sow, to toil and
to be taxed, but—to be represented! The King of
BAVARIA is wise in his generation, but the chief
merit of his wisdom is due, no doubt, to a greater
and a yet wiser potentate—the Emperor of AUSTRIA.
He it is who, with a true prescience, has under-
stood the exigency of the hour. He has recognised
at once the Danger, the Difficulty, and the Oppor-
tunity of his position, and, like a skilful gene-
ral, availing himself of the Opportunity, has
set both Danger and Difficulty at defiance.
The Emperor of AUSTRIA has struck the key-note
to which his brother Princes have wisely—how
wisely !—hastened to respond. Hence the liberal
declaration of the King of BAVARIA, who, in the

course of his discourse alludes more than once to

" the spirit of the age," and the desire of the Princes
to conform to it. Had such an appreciation of a great

truth dawned upon the benighted minds of CHARLES

I. and LOUIS XVI., the STUARTS might have gone
to their graves Kings of England, and the BOUR-
roNs at this day might have been reigning
still in France. Every rule, of course, must have

its exception, every otherwise unanimous body
must have its dissentient unit. The Happy Family
of prudent Sovereigns have one foolish and refrac•
tory Brother. The King of PRUSSIA is acting on
the principle of the naughty boy who sulks in the
corner and "will not" take part in the general joy.
The punishment falls where, obviously, it is justly
due, on himself and on himself alone ! So be it.
The liberal and enlightened Sovereigns of Germany,
from a mistaken and exaggerated courtesy, had in-
vited the illiberal and unenlightened King of

PRUSSIA to take part in their deliberations. The

King of PRUSSIA knew better. What should he
do in such an assembly ? We should say to the
other Sovereigns, as we would say to the friends of
the refractory youth above-mentioned, who wish to
conciliate and coax him from his corner—" Leave
hita alone ; he knows his right place. Let him
abide
his own wise decision, and—take the conse-
quences le The deliberation; of the other Princes
will be
watched with a very general and well-
deserved interest
aim at," ea in this country. " The end we
before our eye, Ye the King of BAVARIA, " is clearly
l although the paths which conduct
to it are nut ye
preparedand are in part concealed
from us.'' Then
however, is before them—the
development of the constitutionin accordance with
__t
the spirit of the age
Em design so daringly adven-
of AUSTRIA. While
FRANCIS JOSEPH is, for th:
fore goPureudtent declaration, so
in opposition to the
of
winning golden opinions from thenets his race,
e country, some zealous politicians Liberals of this
wilt
Perhaps,
re-
pent them of the indignation a 0
bestowed awhile ago upon Ale. lavishly
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He was among the first to recognise those
liberal indications on the part of the Kaiser,
e
like all men who are beforehand with any die.
covery or innovation, he met only with obloquy and
incredulities. He is now to a cartain extent i usti.
fied, and we trust that the future deliberations and
resolutions of the Congress will yet further gua-
rantee and yet further justify his hopes and ex-
pectations. " Let as engage in the work with
calmneas and firmness," says the prudent King of
BAVARIA, " with a sincere and honest will ; then
the benediction of the all-Powerful will be with
us, and will crown our labours," to which aspiration
the Liberals of England will very fervently and
unanimously respond—Amen!

It is often easier to work an important change
than to rectify a mistake, easier to introduce a
startling innovation than to retrace the steps which
have been taken on the supposed road to reform.
Men will generally prefer to go a very long wily