The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-07 00:00:00

His MAJESTY replied in the following words :

" The message of which you are the bearers has
moved me deeply; it has fixed my eye upon the King of
Kings, and upon the sacred and responsible duties in)
posed upon me as the King of my people, and as one of
the mightiest of the German Princes.

" This glance, gentlemen, gives clearness to the un-
derstanding, and plainly indicates the line of conduct.
" In the resolution of the German National Assembly,
a hich you, gentlemen, present to me, I recognise the
voice of the Representatives of the German nation. This
call gives me a claim, the value of which I know
how to estimate. It demands of me, if I follow it,
immense sacrifice ; it imposes upon me the most oner-
ous duties.

" The German National Assembly has selected me
before others for the consolidation of the unity and
strength of Germany. I honour its confidence, and beg
you to express my thanks for the same. lam ready to
prove by deed that those men were nut mistaken whose
confidence in me was founded upon my devotion, my
faithfulness, my love to our common fatherland.
" But, gentleman, I should not justify their confidence
—I should not respond to the sentiments of the Ger-
man people—l should not establish the union of Ger-
many, were I, in violation of the most sacred rights,
and of my former express and solemn assurance, to
form a resolution without the full concurrence of the
Crowned Heads, the Princes, and the free cities of Ger-
many, which must have the most decided results upon
then], and upon the German nations governed by them.
It therefore remains for the Governments of the several
German states to consider, in common deliberation,
whether the Constitution be adapted to individual states,
as well as to the whole—whether the rights assigned to
me will enable me to guide the destinies of the vast Ger-
man fatherland, and realise the expectations of its
people, with that strong hand which so high a calling
demands.

"Of this, however, Germany may rest assured, and
you, gentlemen, may publish it throughout the length
and breadth of the land, if Germany stands in need of
the shield and sword of Prussia against foes at home or
abroad, I will not be wanting even without a call. I will
follow the path of my house and my people, the path of
German honour and faithfulness."

His MAJESTY then requested President SIMSON to
introduce to him individually the members of the de-
putation, and had a long conversation with them. The
whole deputation has been invited to dine with his
MAJESTY to-day at Charlottenburg.
This answer appears to have given great dissatis-
faction to the Prussian people. In the Second
Chamber, M. VINCKE proposed a motion of urgency
to the following effect :
" In consideration that the answer which the Ministry
has advised his Majesty to return to the deputation of
the Frankfort Assembly, and which has been received
by them, is not in accordance with the address voted by
the lion. Chamber in its sitting of yesterday, and is cal-
culated to produce the greatest dangers to Germany,
the Chamber resolves to name a committee to draw up
an address to his Majesty in reference to that answer,
in which the opinion of the Chamber on the present po-
sition of the country will be expressed."

The " urgency" of the motion was voted unani-
mously. It was supported by YON ARNIM, MARTENS,
and VON BEUGUEM.

The sitting was adjourned for a quarter of an hour
while the commission was chosen in the bureaux.
The Chamber afterwards adopted an address to the
ICING (founded on the proposition of M. DE VINCKE)
praying that his MAJESTY would accept the Imperial
Crown of Germany which was offered to him by the
National Assembly of Frankfort. Count BRANDEN-
BURGH, President of the Council, declared that the
Government would be always devoted to maintaining
the liberty and unity of Germany, and that it beheld
in the resolution of the Frankfort Assembly a proof
of its advance in essential progress; but it is thought
that the rights of the respective Governments ought
to be respected, and that the resolution adopted at
Frankfort should be deemed obligatory on those
alone who accepted it spontaneously. He added that
the Government would do all in it 3 power to induce
those Governments to be of one opinion on the subject.
The First Chamber has likewise adopted an address,
counselling the ICING to accept the Imperial Crown
offered to him.

AUSTRIA.
The rumour of the entrance of 40,000 Russians
into Translyvania is confirmed.

BULLETINS OF GENERAL BEM.

" Head-quarters, Hermanstadt, March 15.
" I had the honour to announce to you in my dis-
patch of the 13th, that I had sent a detachment to
the nothenturm Pas=, to cut off the enemy's com-
munication with Wallachia. This detachment could
not advance, as the Austrians wese in the neighbour-
hood, in the village of Frek, which rendered it possible
for them to attack my detachment in case of my ad-
♦ance. But lam going to alter my object by a
detour in the mountains, and I shall be able to take up
a position in this pass, and drive the enemy before me
to Kronstadt, whence he will find it difficult to cross
the mountains in case he should wish to escape to
Wallachia.

"I commence this military operation to-day. The pri-
soners of distinction whom we have taken are Colonel
Kopet, of the Dragoons, Lieutenant-Colonel Baron
Berger and Major Teichbert. The capture of Her-
manstadt had a very favourable effect for our cause.
We receive arms from all quarters, and the enemy's
resources are failing him.

"BEM."
" Rothenturm Pass, 16th March.
" My orders of yesterday to force the Russians to
evacuate the pass of Rothenturm have been crowned
by a complete success. The Russians have been
driven at eleven o'clock in the evening from their
very strong position. It was not possible to celebrate
in a more glorious manner the 15th of March, the
anniversary of the day on which the national liberty
of Hungary received a new birth. To day the Rus-
sians evacuated the pass in a precipitated flight, and
the Austrian Generals l'uckner, Gneser, Pferomann,
and Jovich, together with three companies,
fled along with the Russians, into Wallachia.
after I had myself reconnoitered, I took every possible
measure that the Russians might not again be able to
enter the Pass. I have sent a part of my army in
pursuit of the Austrians, who retire in disorder* to-
wards Kronstadt. Their chief force is at Fogarasch ;
the rear-guard has just quitted Frek. As it was
necessary to construct a bridge over the Aluta,
* Thes-J Auimans are commanded by General
Schulter,
1

I could not pursue the er:emy further, bat
the bridge is built, and I hope that in three or four
days I shall be ablte to take Icroniladt, awl it will be
easy to bring back to legal order the Wallachian
bands which :tall disturb, in some places, the security
of the ccuntry. If I tak e Kronstadt I shall direct a
part of my army upon Hungary.

BM."
It will be seen from these bulletins that` the aEccount
of General BEM'S having abandoned Hermanstadt,
after having occupied it for a few hours,
and plundered it, is as untrue as most
of the intelligence furnished by our con-
temporaries respecting the war in Hungary.
BEM took Hermandstadt on the 11th, and the fore-
going bulletins (on the authenticity of which implicit
reliance may be placed), show that on the 16th he
was still in posseskion of that important town. The
extracts we have already given from a German paper,
published in Hermanstadt, prove that the statement
of his having plundered it is equally unfounded.

SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN.
RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES.
HAmnuanti, APRIL 4.—Reports are current on
the Exchange, brought by travellers from Flens-
burg, that the Danes have commenced hostilities
by having landed on the Sundewitt, near Duppell,
yesterday, about 10,000 strong, and driven the
Holstein contingent before them towards Graven-
stein, where another body is said to have landed also.
Some 16 wounded had been conveyed into Flens-
burg, and others killed reported. It was also said
that the Danes, about 16,000 strong, had crossed the
Konigsau, and the patriot and insurgent troops had
equally retired before them towards Hadersleben.
The refusal of the King of PRUSSIA to accept the
Imperial Crown of Germany for the present is also
known here, and has by no means given satisfaction.