The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-21 00:00:00

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THE KING OF PRUSSIA ON THE COUP

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A party of absolutists presented themselves be-
fore the King of Prussia last week as a deputation
• from the Conservative r— give
his Majesty assurances respecting the true senti-
ments of the Prussian people, so grievously misre-
presented by the Chamber of Deputies. They
told the King that public opinion had been falsi-
fied, and they were indignant that the deputies
should have the presumption to declare that they
had the exclusive right to regulate the budget,
and that theirs was the true voice of the people.
" Never (slid the deputation) would Naugard
suffer the centre of gravity ei the Government to
be tia,ed in the Chamber of Deputies ; they did not
want pa:_liamentary Government, but a royal
Govern men f-.

The King a speech in which he showed
every disposition to oti lige them. We give it from
the Kre242 Zeitung
"I am happy to see befero yie an assemblage of
men all animated by the same sen:imerit' and "me
from all parts of the monarchy, esp,:ially in times
so difficult as these. There exists a set. °"
more serious than I had thought it could
become,

" From the moment when I assumed the regency
and put myself at the head of the Government, k
placed my firm hope in the confidence of the people.
But my words at that period have often been mis-
interpreted, because a mi,leading press had alterel
them. lam deeply convinced of the necessity of
undertaking a task wholly belonging to me, the re-
form of the army, and of finishing it. It is
against this very task, which is mine, that /he
most unexpected obstacles have been raised.
" But what can avail all present wealth, all the
development of industry—what can avail all the
good things that God has given us, if there is no
means of protecting them when they are threatened:'
" Seldom has any enterprise been attacked as that
task has been which I began with a view to the pro-
tection and the prosperity of my country. It is
true I was obliged to ask for it sacrifices on the part
of my people, but I am fully convinced that those
sacrifices were not excessive, as the financial state-
ment demonstrates,

" Where the demands might appear in reality too
onerous I was ready to lighten them. To that end
I consented to the suppression of the additions to
the taxes. But has there been gratitude for this ?
On the contrary, the Chamber of Deputies voted
an address which contained anything but thanks.
This causes me much pain.

"As you have remarked, it is not the transfor-
mation of the army which forms the point of attack
properly speaking ; but the mark is elsewhere. The
intentions, at first disguised, have become partly
unmasked.

" I wish to conserve the constitution integrally
to my people ; but it is also my invincible determi-
nation to keep unimpaired the crown transmitted
to me by my ancestors, and the constitutional rights
of that crown; this is necessary to the interest of
my people.
" For this, as well as for the protection of the
good things mentioned above, there must be a per-
manent well-constituted army, and not a pretended
popular army, which as a Prussian has not feared
to say, is to be the support of the Parliament. I
am firmly resolved to yield nothing more of the
rights which have been transmitted to me. Tell
this to your constituents.
" You know now, and yon understand, what I
think on this subject. Let every one take pains to
make this mode of viewing matters prevail as widely
as possible. If this takes place, things will take
the best turn. Almighty God has always watched
over Prussia. He will also protect her in the
future, for the future of Prussia is in the motto :
With God for King and country."

Now that the Chambers are closed, the Govern-
ment is proceeding with great severity against the
political press. In a letter from Berlin, published
in the Cologne Gazette, we read :—" Last night the
Evening Gazette was seized ; this morning, the
Tribune; this evening, the National Gazette. The
Augsburg Gazette and the German Gazette were
stopped this morning at the post-office. A strong
military detachment mounts guard at Babelsberg,
where the King is living."

CIRCULAR OF M. DROUYN DE LIIUYS.

The llfoniteur publishes the following circular,
addressed by M. Drouyn de Lhuys to the diplo-
matic agents of France abroad :

" Paris, Oct. 18, 1862.

"Sir,—On taking possession of the post to which
the Emperor has deigned to call me anew, I
think it useful to tell you in what spirit I have
accepted the mission which has been confided to me.
I need not revert with you to the anterior acts
and proceedings of the Imperial Government in
the Roman question. His Majesty has, however,
more particularly manifested his way of thinking
by a letter addressed to my predecessor, which the
211oniteur of the 25th Sept. last has made public.
This document sums up the Emperor's views with
an authority which any commentary could but
weaken, and I cannot do better than refer to it to-
day. In all the phases through which the ques-
tion has passed in thirteen years his Majesty's con-
stant object, as he has himself taken care to esta-
blish, has been to reconcile the great interests he
found divided ; and the more serious those dissen-
sions became the more the Emperor deemed that his
Government ought to labour to appease them, with-
, out however sacrificing anything of the principles
which have been the permanent rule of his resolu-
tions. The policy defined with such exalted and
impartial reason has undergone no change. It re-
mains animated by the same sentiments as hitherto
for two causes upon which it has lavished in equal
measure the testimonies of its solicitude. The Ro-
man question touches the highest interests of reli-
gion and policy ; it arouses on all points of the
globe scruples the most worthy of respect ; and in
examining the difficulties by which it is surrounded
the Emperor's Government regards it as its first
duty to guard itself against whatever might seem
like precipitation on its part, or might make it de-
viate from the line of conduct it has marked out for
itself.

nwhich Ir
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" Such is the point ofdvced
myself in accepting the directions tai ot
I do not think it either necessary or opportune to
enter into longer developments on this head. It will
suffice for me to have summarily indicated to you
the order of ideas from which I purpose to draw my
own inspirations for the fulfilment of the Emperor's
intentions. Invariably faithful to the principles
which have guided it hitherto, his Majesty's Go-
vernment will continue to devote all its efforts to the
work of conciliation which it has undertaken in
Italy, labouring at it with a full sense of the diffi-
culty and the grandeur of the task, without dis-
couragement and without impatience.—Accept, &c.,
" DROUYN DE LHUYS."

POST-OFFICE IN INDIA.—An amusing and novel
method of cheating the post-office is occasionally attempted
by the natives; they not unfrequently send letters unpaid,
with the communication written outside, and of course " do
not desire that the addresses should receive or; pay the
postage on them. All such letters are, therefore, ignored
or refused by the addressees." This practice, one would
suppose, might easily be stopped, if the post-office autho-
rities, instead of the addressees, were to ignore, or refuse
to deliver, all such letters. But what a fund of amusement
for the clerks, especially if suuch letters as are occasionally
read in trials for breach of promise of marriage are sent in
this way. The extent of the practice may be observed from
the fact that last year more than a quarter of a million of
letters, postage unpaid, were refused by the addressees, and
consequently returned to the dead-letter office.—Soctal
Science Review.

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