The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-25 00:00:00

THE PRUSSIAN DIET.

in
BERLIN, fed'
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In to-day's sitting of the Upper House the 1' 0 for
in reply to the Speech from the Throne came°
debate. c°lB
Herr von Bismark declared Constitution
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to be based on a compromise, especially in
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where there are side-by-side three Estate'bi
equal powers. The Chamber of Deputies a the
resolution of September, 1862, had abandoled
path of compromise, and the present Gavel:ay
on its entry into office found a conflict air—

existence. The Minister further said : coy
" The Chamber of Deputies asks that tolP
flict should be ended by an alteration of the Pr y
organisation of the army. This is impossibi,eo./ tll6
regards foreign policy, a premature statement
intentions of the Government in reference to 7; tiot
questions is also impossible. I can only st3it
the interests of the country will be maintanie'aill.
blood of our soldiers will not have been shed ill 1,06
The public press and the Chamber of Deputie°cioto
reproached the Government with having entere,tilte
an affiance with Austria. On this question the "."00
will throw a clearer light. Any other coals leo
policy would have made the late war a war het:001
the Federal Diet and Denmark. The former Is Dot
have intrusted to us the conduct of the
would not have taken into consideration' our 1)
for the organisation of the Duchies, as does thisaf
who is friendly to us. The conduct of the
would then have been limited to the Prussian all/j't
and to auxiliary bands of irregular troops."
In conclusion, Herr von Bismark said :
" I am bound to limit myself to these state'
to
on account of the publicity which will be gi°ell
my speech." Speech
The Address was then passed by 84 to 6
The debate on the Address in reply to the
cio.
from the Throne commenced to-day in the -
.ice
ber of Deputies. The galleries of the 11°11.5
crowded. pside°
A letter of Herr von Bismark to the 030
was read, wherein the Prime Minister deolary.:4 01v
the admission of Herr Sanken to the house W—fteo
gal, and that the Government had ordered
election.
Herr Grabow stated that, as he had reeeilrea;
letter from Herr Sanken declining to take )lide
as a deputy, the question to which the coraill d.
tion of Herr von Bismark gave rise was settl,edreOt
The house then proceeded to discuss the s'-` cot 01;
The motion to adjourn the discussion on acilof
of the illness of Herr Reichensperger, the allt:,ctecif
one of the draughts of the Address, was rAeicidare#
and the Report of the Commission on the
was then read. t. Ilgljto°
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The Commission proposed to reject both —ale 11
and to present no Address, since it would
result, and only tend to aggravate matters.
Herr Osterrath spoke in favour of the drati'
Herr Reichensperger's Address.
andoi,4
Herr Wagner defended his own draught,
,;
re
that the House must not reject the hand o'e cY
the King. They were entering upon a coals
culated to bring about a state of things on iv
that existing in Denmark. The working 06
Prussian Constitution was defective bee/ peel/
constitutional laws of foreign countries l's
misunderstood in Prussia. recor
The Minister of the Interior said that b° .01'
nixed the moderate tone adopted by the Con 11914,0;
The real cause of the conflict was the militaxitate
tion. The present Ministry found a certaill, b tae
things existing on their entry into office wille4lol
not of their creation. It was their duty to rerito
these conflicts without infringing on the rig",
the Crown. The King would not yield 5 „La 0-
point on the question of military reform, he
House- must therefore select another test of r
tent of its constitutional power—viz., its 116'
vote the Budget. .004
The draughts of Addresses of both Herr
sperger and Herr Wagner were rejected. .0 0'
Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse, WIDAII
Royal children, arrived here to-day from
stadt.

THE WEATHER IN THE NORTH—. The irosv of VA°
tense in the county of Northumberland, and tho face 6
country is white with snow. In consequence of
weather in the interior, large flocks of thruslassl laf 1,4
other small birds are finding their way to the cogs <<
CHRISTIAN'S MISTAKE. By the author 00 ;
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fromb the circulating library, but better to have jo,-
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clever and wholesome stories that forms one of de'
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worthiness of tone in all Miss Mulock's writing t'A- to
'till
weight and dignity to her simplest conceptions. ;al
enough of the mind of an artist to idealise, it !;°
speaking of it in its own language and painting doge
own colours, the best inner truths of English. ",°brott
to life. Her sry of ' Christian's Mistake' shows, Ord
unforced incidents delightfully set forth, h° 80
allegiance
to duty is the great transmuter a bo- 44
life into finest gold."—Examiner.
A JOURNEY FROM LONDON TO PERSEFOOS. veo:
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Danube to Constantinople, crossed thence 0 Sew, '
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Poti. From Poti he went to Teflis, and Intitl°
excursion to Gunib and Baku on the Caspian. sre •Ve
this journey is the most interesting Pnrt ft:
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H aving returned to Teflis, Mr. Ussher visited
Kars, and thence to Lake Van, and so by Pittrbe b9l°C
td
15°. 03'
Mosul to Baghdad. From Baghdad he went
and Kerbela, and ret •
returning to Baghdad descen ens
to Basra and crossed to Bushire. Thence irc,illrel3° 1)1;
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author of this pleasant volume an agreeable eln
is a good observer, and describes well what he
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