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of words, it is very probable that any real
power will be vested in the Houses, or that their
assembling at all is merely to keep things quiet ..and
hoodwink those whose opposition might prove fatal
to Royal intentions and hostile to Ministerial tactics.
The development of the navy is a subject of great
interest with the KING, and indeed he considers that
" any sacrifices will be desirable for the furtherance
of so important an object." This is simply absurd,
because the " geographical position of Prussia"
points out exactly the contrary from what the
KING declares it does, and his subterfuge defeats
its own purpose by being too transparent. So well
satisfied and so highly elated is the KING with the
"doughty deeds" of his own troops that he can afford
to be generous, and to scatter the meed of his praises
far and near. Thus we learn that while remembering
the triumphs of her own army, Prussia " recognises
joyfully and heartily those of the Austrian forces."
Timorous individuals may well shudder to contem-
plate what would be the fate of the Great German
Powers if they were threatened by a formidable
opponent, since it has required the united efforts of
their allied troops and the exercise of so much skill
and forethought to vanquish the small kingdom of
Denmark and its disproportionate forces. It is a
poor compliment that these self-made heroes are
paying themselves ; and, so far as the Austrians are
concerned, it will turn out to be a waste of words
for the KING to exhaust the vocabulary of his lauda-
tions, for there broods deep and dire dis-
content in the Austrian mind against the
selfishness and overpowering nature of the
Prussian policy. It is all very fine to declare
that the two Courts are closely allied, and the bond
of union is " firmly and everlastingly based upon the
German sentiments of myself and my illustrious
ally." Unfortunately German sentiments, in the
abstract, generally mean to take all one can without
being much hindered by scruples or dictates of con-
science ; but there is a drawback to this theory
being put into practice when two wish to play the
same game. The result of all these unprincipled
attacks upon constitutional rights and public
liberties by Austria and Prussia will be that ere long
a decided rupture will take place between those
arch-conspirators of Europe, and the beholding
nations will thus witness a fine spectacle of retribu-
tive justice that cannot fail to point its moral and
tell its tale of unbounded avarice and extreme
self-aisumption meeting its retributive doom. The
peace with Denmark, the KING declares, gave back
to Germany its disputed northern boundaries, and
still more wonderful to hear, " to the inhabitants of
those countries the possibility of sharing a national
existence," a possibility that by the war is very
likely to become a probability, if not an absolute
certainty. Further on the KING confesses that it
will be the object of his policy to secure this acquisi-
tion by desirable measures, &c. What a contrast
is this avowal to the bold declarations, the de-
termined statements that were made relative to the
unbiassed, and impartial feelings which prompted
and actuated the allied Powers in taking up arms
to secure the rights of the duchies. Has all the
heroism ended in the acquisition of territory, and
all the independent support been a re-
petition of the fable of the fox and the crane.
Finally, the KING exhibits the benevolence of his
heart by stating that he wishes a friendly under-
standing to be come to between the Government
and the Chamber of Deputies. To give a brief
epitome of the meaning of the sentences which
furnish the peroration of this address, would be
to state that an entente cordiale will assuredly reign
if the Chamber concurs in the desires and follows
out the policy of the Government. We have yet to
learn if Prussian representatives will be supine
enough to do this, aril relinquish their last chance
of redeeming their character ; but, at all events,
they arc told to acquiesce in the Royal desires, or
to prepare for a storm, for the KING has not left
room for the glimmer of a doubt or the shadow of
an uncertainty. He has made up his mind, and told
them so pretty plainly, that the Government must
be firm and strong, and the " good understanding',
with the representatives can only be preserved by
their accordance with the policy of the Crown.
This is a novel mode of carrying out constitutional
principles, but we live in strange times, and the
King of PRUSSIA is not the only enigma that we
have to solve of a dangerous and difficult nature.

HEALTH OF THE AUTHOR OF " TEN THOUSAND A
YEAR."—We have the sincerest gratification in an-
nouncing that the alarming rumours recently going
the round among our contemporaries, as to the shat-
tered health of the learned and gifted Master of
Lunacy, are not merely grossly exaggerated but
have, happily, had scarcely any foundation what-
ever. How really alarming to the learned gentle-
man's numerous personal friends, in all parts of the
United Kingdom, some of these rumours have been,
may be recognised upon the instant upon our trans-
ferring to our columns the following paragraph,
precisely as it was given in yesterday's Observer

" SAMUEL WARREN, ESQ., Q.C.—Mr. Samuel Warren,
Q.C., the Master in Lunacy, author of the Diary of a late
Physician and Ten Thousand a Year, and son of the late Rev.
Dr. Warren, of Manchester, is said to be in a state of
health that almost precludes the possibility of recovery."
The simple fact of the matter being—that, although
it is true the Master of Lunacy was attacked by a
rather serious affection of a bronchial character,
towards the close of last November—an affection
from the ill effects of which he suffered more or
less severely during several weeks afterwards—the
learned gentleman was, fully a fortnight since,
sufficiently recovered to admit of his resuming,
what he has ever since continued, namely, the
active discharge of his official duties at Lincoln's-
inn. Nay, as affording conclusive evidence of the
happy restoration of Mr. Warren's health, his
friends will be gratified to learn still further that
he has this very day left town (on official duty) for
Cornwall and Devonshire.

THE NEW BARONET.—Mr. Alfred Tennyson, the
Poet Laurate, uponwhomherMajesty has graciously
conferred a baronetcy, is a son of the late Rev. George
Tennyson, M.A., rector of Sumerley, near Grantham, and
a nephew of the late Right Hon. Charles Tennyson d'Eyn-
court, who was for many years member for the metro-
politan borough of Lambeth. He was born in 1809, at his
father's rectory-house, and, having been educated mainly
at home, proceeded to the University of Cambridge, and
entered at Trinity College ; but he does not appear, from
the published lists, to have taken either classical or mathe-
matical honours. In 1829, while an undergraduate, he
gained the chancellor's medal for the best poem in heroic
verse, and recited it in due course in the Senate-house
on commencement day. At the commmoration of 1855
the University of Oxford conferred on him the honorary
degree of D.C.L., and the master and fellows of his own
college have conferred an honour on him by placing his
bust in the vestibule of their library. It was in 1830 that
Mr. Alfred Tennyson published his first volume, entitled
"Poems, chiefly Lyrical." This was followed by "Mort
d'Arthur," " Locksley Hall," the " May Queen," the " Two
Voices," and other poems ; and upon the death of Words-
worth in 1851 the post of Poet Laureate was offered to him
and accepted. Since that time he has published many
works with which the public are familiar.
DEATH OF JUDGE BALL.—DUBLIN, Sunday
Night.—Judge Ball died this morning. The late judge
was born in 1791. lie was educated at Trinity College,
and called to the Irish bar in 1814. In 1830 he obtained
the silk gown, and in 1836 entered Parliament to represent
Clonmel ; two years afterwards he was appointed Attorney-
General for Ireland, and member of the Privy Council in
Ireland ; and in 1839 was raised to the bench as one of the
judges of the Court of Common Pleas.

SACRED HARMONIC SOClETY.—Spohr's oratorio

"Last Judgment" and Mendelssohn's "Lobgesang" are
announced for next Friday, the 20th inst. Principal voca-
lists—Madame Lemmens Sherrington, Mrs. Sydney Smith,
Madame Sainton-Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves, Mr. Cummings,
and Mr. Patey. . _

THE ITALIAN CITY OF THE FUTURE is to be
Florence, and, in order to make it no less magnificent than
Paris, as regards streets and buildings, a company has been
formed, with a capital of forty million francs. The
;talus call this ilaimememniOng their capital.