The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

JULY 2, 1847.

In addition to the reply of the King of Prussia to the
Diet on certain political questions, his Majesty has
issued the following relative to the question of loans:—
" We, Frederick William, by the grace of God, King
of Prussia, to our faithful States united for the first time
in general assembly, greeting. We have learned by our
Commissioner in the Diet the doubt which arose during
the discussion of the different projects which have been
presented to the States on the letters patent of the 3d of
February last, and on the interpretation of paragraphs
4 and 6 of the standing orders of the States. To re-
mave these doubts, we, after communicating with our
Commissioner in the Diet, give to our faithful States the
following explanations:-1. It never entered our mind
not to comprise in the loans foreseen by paragraph four
of the standing orders of the States loans which can
only be ordered with the concurrence and co-guarantee
of the States- General, and for which the public fortune
and the domains of the State are given in guarantee, as
is textually prescribed by Art. 3 of the law of January 17,
1820 ; it never entered our mind not to comprise is these
loans the loans for which the guarantee of a part of the
public fortune and of the revenues of the State shall
become necessary. More than that, our will is,
that in time of peace the acceptation of public loans, and
the drawing up of the financial documents relative to
such loans, cannot take place, any more than the aug-
mentation of the treasury bonds in emission, without
the approbation of the Assembly of the States. This
power of the Diet can, however, only be applied to what
concerns the current debts of the Administration, since
they are essentially temporary, being only contracted by
anticipation on the revenues of the State, which must
cover them, and do not constitute any new charge for
the country. For these debts of the Administration the
concurrence of the States will not be necessary for
flip future, any more
_than it has been in the pant.-.-2d.ln tbe cases foreseenby Art. 6 of the standing order of
the Diet, in which political events shall not permit the
convocation of the General Assembly of the States for
the ratification of loans, and in which that mission is
placed on the deputation of the States charged with the
public debt, it is perfectly understood that our intention
has never been to add the right of approving the loans
of the state to the rights of the deputation. Neverthe-
less, to remove all kinds of doubt as to our intentions in
this respect, we hesitate not to declare formally to our
faithful States that the deputation of the States for the
public debt is not destined to replace them in their legal
attributions, and that it will consequently not have to
consent to any modification in the loans of the state."
A letter from Berlin of th 25th says :
" The replies of the King have thrown the greater
part of the members of the Diet into a state of great un-
certainty. In the evening of yesterday 150 members,
some of whom belonged to the Order of the Nobles, and
the greater number of the province of the Rhine, met at
a public hotel to deliberate on the conduct that should
be observed. Several deputies had considered the mat-
ter so grave as not to accept the royal invitation to the
New Palace et Potsdam. At midnight several Rhenish
deputies, and among them M. de Bekkerath, joined
their colleagues. The assembly continued in delibera-
tion two hours. Several deputies insisted, that to
nominate committees to act when the Diet is not sitting
would give the right to the King to unite the Diet
only when he should think fit, and would be an aban-
donment of the right of an annual meeting, accorded
nominated deputies
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the Diet, hut in again protesting to the same effects
as in the protests already made. There is to be a
meeting of the three orders this evening to terminate
the discussion of the Bill relative to the Jews, and to-
morrow the general assembling for closing the Diet will
be held. The King has notified that he cannot be pre-
sent at it, and that he will be replaced by the Royal Com-
missioner."
We learn by a letter from Berlin, of the 26th, that the
Diet was closed on that day. The King's Commissioner
ascended the tribune and read the Royal rescript, which
was in the following terms :
" We, Frederick William, by the grace of God, King
of Prussia, &c., to our faithful States, assembled in the
first Diet of the United States, send our gracious greet-
ing. Our Commissioner to the Diet having informed
us that the affairs submitted by us to our faithful States,
including the election of the Committees and the depu-
tation of the States on the public debt, wou'd be con-
cluded by the 25th of this month, we have fixed the 26th
for the closing of the first United Diet; and, as we shall
not on that day be at our residence in Berlin, we have
charged our Commissioner of the Diet to close the
session of the States. Given at Berlin, this 24th June,
1847."
The Royal Commissioner then, being surrounded by
all the Ministers, read the following address :
Most Serene Highnesses, Serene Princes, Illustrious
Counts, Noble Lords I Most Honourable Deputies of
the Nobles, the Cities, and Rural Communes I—The
i_linqr.
_is come when, according to the orders of his
Majesty the King, our most gracious lord, the first
session of the United Diet is to be closed. This hour
is dimmel by the fact of a small number of the mem-
bers of the Assembly having refused their assent to
the last act of its labours, and having seceded from
a duty the fulfilment of which is essentially con-
nected with the exercise of representative rights. The
Government will know how to maintain the respect due
to the laws. If we look back upon the eleven weeks
which have been employed in the representative duties
of this high assembly, sentiments of different natures will
arise in our minds. Who cannot feel this, but who can
find words to express his feelings? There is, however,
one sentiment which must be common to all—the con- '
viction that the results of the General Diet have afforded
to the country less good fruit than they might have pro-
duced. But we confide in the omnipotence of Divine
Providence, whose protection has never been withdrawn
from our beloved country in critical times, and we hope
that the good and noble seed which has just been sown
has fallen upon a fertile soil, and will spring up and in-
crease to a tree covered with generous fruits, and under
the shadow of which no ill weeds may grow. But a
feeling of prido and joy certainly reigns in the hearts
of all—viz., the conviction that all the States here
assembled, that all the provinces are united most
intimately by their warm love for their country, for
the noble King whom Providence has allotted to us,
and for his august house. This sentiment has been
joyfully and loudly proclaimed by all. However di-
vergent may be the paths which have sometimes been
pointed out, sometimes followed, we feel confident that
all those who, animated with this feeling, have pursued
them, will arrive at the same termination, the consolida-
tion of the honour, the independence, the material and
moral welfare of the country—the glory of Prussia
under an inviolable crown, placed on the heads of its
kings of the noble house of Hohenzollern, and sustained
and fortified by the States.. Expressing this hope, and
trusting that it will accompany you to your homes, and
induce you to continue your labours with all your efforts
towards this noble object, I declare, by order of the King,
that the first United Diet is closed."
A letter from Berlin, of the 26th, in the Gazette des
Tribunaux, says—" The King is opposed to allowing
the proceedings of the trial relative to the Polish dis-
turbances to be made public. His Majesty convoked a
Cabinet Council, and declared his views. There arose
on this subject a long, and, it is said, stormy discussion.
The result was not known, but it is positively stated that
the proceedings which were to commence on July 1 have
been postponed to August 1. The tribunal of Premiere
Instance of Berlin has terminated the affair of the dis-
turbances which took place in that city towards the end
of April in consequence of the dearness of provisions.
There were 107 prisoners, 90 men and 17 women. The
Court acquitted 8, ignored the bills seat in against 13,
and condemned 86 to imprisonment of various lengths.
For all those condemned, women inclusive, the punish-
ment of whipping was added."

ACCIDENT AT THE BLACKWALL RAILWAY TER
MlNUS.—Yesterday, about noon, a fatal accident occurred
at the goods depot of the Blackwall Railway terminus,
Crutched Friars. It appears that a man named Peter
Sammerfield, whilst engaged in lifting the cradle, a piece
of machinery used for raising heavy weights, dropped a
shilling, which fell below the spot where the cradle de-
scends. The unfortunate man went below, leaving
another party to do his work, and whilst searching for
his shilling the cradle was lowered, and before he had
time to get out of the way, he was crushed with such
violence as to break his legs and back, and otherwise
dreadfully injure him. Three medical men were sent
for, but by the time they arrived life was quite extent.
The deceased has left a wife and three children totally
unprovided for.
AYLESBURY, JULY I.—The Midsummer sessions
commenced on Tuesday last for this county before Sir
Thomas Aubrey, Bart., and a full bench of magistrates.
The calendar contained the names of 60 prisoners, but
the offences were most of them of a trivial nature. Dr.
Lee brought forward his motion, that a petition should
be presented to the House of Commons for the total
abolition or amelioration of the game-laws. The Learned
Doctor's motion was negatived by a large majority. Mr.
,t. Barker moved, that the New Prison being now com-
pleted and occupied, it will be desirable that the assizes
be only held at Aylesbury. After a long discussion, in
which Dr. Lee, Mr. Camrington, and Mr. Swaley sup-
ported the motion, and the Marquis of Chandos and Sir
Harry Verney opposed it, the court divided, when the
numbers were—for the motion, II ; against it, 20.
CAUTION TO FAMILIES HAVING RELATIONS
has .or
ABROAD.—A man, apparently 60 years of age, for
the last few days been defrauding several
craelsfegctable
-13 with
families in the neighbourhood of Poplar, by
packages neatly made up, and directed,
les and represent-
ing them to come from their re att
..abroad, thereby
obtaining 4s. and 59: from. each place tor carriage, &c.
The person in question is of the middledet stature,. with
fustian coat, waistcoat and trowsers, ef c in the left
eye—grey hair, eye brows, and whiskers—walks rather
lame. The addresses on the packages are well written,
and are evidently the productions of a person well versed
in penmanship. How he has managed to discover the
parties from whom the parcels are stated to come is a
mystery to those he has
,already imposed upon, and it is
h6ped this descripti,,n of big p-:%;on v-111 put at,
end to the system he has adopted to raise the wind. The
various packages contain nothing but rubbish, such as
saw-dust, cinders, &c.

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Altogether a very slack day, not, .
a few changes, of w)iich a brief notice w.'ll st.
occurred in the Goodwood Stakes, and ma,terii,
preju-
diced two of the Irish-bred horses, and Bt.
:0 to I,
the former receding to 20.t0 1, and the latter to I.
but not before he had been backed for the best pa
2001. at 20 and 25 to 1. Stultz and Miss Elis wen' in
good favour, the mare, who won at Winchester o n
Tuesday, rising to 18 to 1. The Hero was a shade worn e
than on Monday, but with this exception, the Cup bet -
ting tallied pretty closely with Monday's quotation: I.
Miss Sarah and Conspiracy are declared not to go It,
Goodwood. A strong feeling in favour of Red Hart,
and Mr. Martin, and against the Farmer's Daughtert
and BlacklDwarf for the St. Leger, but. the p►riesa. put--
rally as before. Closing quotations :

GOODWOOD STALES.
9 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Steitz—takew
12 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Vaingyre
14 to 1 agst Mr. Isaac Day's MiHines
16 to 1 agst Mr. Sainsbury's The Questionable
18 to 1 agst Mr. W. Sadler's Miss Elis
20 to 1 agst Mr. Baker's Plover
23 to 1 agst Lord Exeter's Hydrangea
30 to 1 agst Col. Anson's Martext
40 to 1 agst Mr. Etwall's Egis
40 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Lothario
40 to 1 agst Mr. Scholefield's Tommy Moore
40 to 1 agst Mr. Lilly's Glory
40 to 1 agst Mr. Robinson's Morpeth
40 to 1 agst Mr. Gully's Tantivy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy—taken
50 to 1 agst Mr. Clark's Miles's Boy.
GOODWOOD CUP.
sto 2 agst Mr. J. Day's The Hero—t. and aft. offd.
8 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Eryx—taken and aft. offd.
10 to 1 agst Mr. Aumont's Pita• Ensilius--takes
10 to 1 agst Lord E. Russell's Duleet—taken
16 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's flab
20 to 1 agst Mr. Whaley's Burgundy—taken
25 to 1 agst Mr. O'Brien's Mentor—taken
000 to 15 agst Mr. Penrice's Asch-Asch
ST. LEGER.
11 to 4 agst Mr. Pedley's Cossack—t. and aft. offd.
6 to 1 agst Lord Eglinton's Van Tromp
10 to 1 agst Duke of Richmond's Red Hart-12 to 1 t.
12 to 1 agst Mr. Mostyn's Mr. Martin—taken
12 to 1 agst Mr. Pedley's Foreclosure
18 to 1 agst Mr. J. Day's The Farmer's Daughter
22 to 1 agst Mr. Stephenson's Black Dwarf
DERBY.

1000 to 30 agst Mr. Mostyn's Surplice—taken
1000 to 25 agst Col. Peel's Sesostris—taken
1000 to 25 agst Mr. Payne's Glendower—taken.
WINCHESTER RACES.—We hear that the decision of
the Judge (an amateur) for the Produce Stakes, on
Tuesday, excited a good deal of surprise ; the specta-
tors, with scarcely an exception, giving the race to
Miami by at least half a length, the Judge awarding it
to Tantivy.
LIVERPOOL CITP.—AII Mr. Greville's and Mr. Payne's
horses are struck, except Geraldine.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.