The Sun.
London, England, 1871-01-21 00:00:00

THE NEW G-RRMAN EMPEROR.

The special correspondent of the Daily New 3 telegraphs
the following from Versailles, January 19 :—As I have
already briefly announced to you, the Gerinam Empire
was proclaimed yesterday. The ceremony took place in
the Valerie des Glaces. Kaiser William was cheered with
extraordinary enthusiasm by the victorious soldiers who
thronged the gallery from end to end. Detachments of
many different regiments were present, drawn up
on either side of the gallery itself, or in the apart-
ments leading to it. • The,- whole body of staff
officers, courtiers, reg,imeat.d .)ffieers, and Government
official, —ere ranged -opposite the men On the other side of
the gallei,v. It was a very brilliant:scene. The German
standards were grouped at the western end of the gallery.
In the centre an altar was fitted up for the per-
formance of the Lutheran service. Before the
altar stood the Emperor, with the Crown Prince
at his right hand, and the princes of Ger-
many in a semi-circle behind him. At the altar stood
several Lutheran clergymen, the army chaplains in full
canonicals, &c. On their right was a-military band. The
ervice was made more than usually impressive by some
excellent singing and music. A short but able sermon
was preached, in which the political situation was boldly
touched upon. The Imperial party afterwards moved to
the end of the gallery, where the standards were. His
Majesty made a speech, stating that he accepted the title
of Emperor at the wish of the people and the princes of
Germany, and to secure the national union of the Father-
land. The Crown Prince spoke next, and at the end of
his speech cried in a firm voice, " Long live Kaiser Wil-
helm!" Thereupon arose such a shout as the gallery has
seldom heard. Helmets and caps were waved aloft ;
the band struck up the National Anthem; the enthusiasm
was irresistible.

BERLIN, January 18.

King William's proclamation to the German people, in
which he accepts the Imperial crown for himself, his
descendants, and Prussia, was first communicated this
morning to the two Houses of the Landtag. In both, the
members rose in their seats, as is habitual here when the
King, under his own signature, speaks to the Landtag.
The two Presidents replied to the communication
in -short speeches of a strictly formal nature. The
real reply of the representatives of the people will be
embodied in addresses ; and committees are to be elected
to prepare a- draft of them. Shortly afterwards extra
sheets of the smaller papers published the text of the pro-
clamation all over the city. Though everybody was pre-
pared for the King's acceptance ; and though this very
ISth of January, as the anniversary of the first King of
Prussia, had always been expected to bring the proclama-
tion, the excitement produced in the streets was very
great. The extra sheets were almost torn from
the hands of the newsboys. Groups were formed at every
corner, and shouts were raised of "Read the proclama-
tion aloud." It was rather instructive to watch the coun-
tenances and gesture 4 of the crowd while the reading
was proceeding. The great majority of the
Berlin people, being very strong and uncompro-
mising Radicals (though not Rebublicans), it
might have been expected that their curiosity would
chiefly be to know what the proclamation had to say
about the future political character of the Emperor. Was
King William ready to be a constitutional and peaceful
Emperor or not? The final passage, which appears to
contain some assurance of this kind, was everywhere re-
ceived with marked applause. But so war; the pledge that
the frontier should be secured for all time to come ; which
means the incorporation of Alsace with the Empire.
When night set in, such houses as were prepared
for an illumination at once lighted up. The flags, among
which the black, red, and gold device prevailed, had been
produced before. The real illumination, I run told, will
however lake place to-morrow. Towards six o'clock I
passed along 'tinter den Linden, where the move-
ment of the masses had become great. Bands of
boys, each with a black, red, and gold flag and
a trumpet, came marching one after the other in the
central avenue, singing "The Watch on the Rhine." A
dense crowd stood round the statue of Frederick the
Second, in front of King William's Palace, incessantly
cheering Queen Augusta as the Empress of .the Germans.
I saw nothing, however, of her Majesty, and believe she
did not appear at the window to return thanks, though
her drawing-room was lit up.

A.DDRI?33 TO THE NEW GERNIA.N
EMPEROR.
• BERLIN, Jannary 20.

The text of the address to be presented to the Emperor
of Germany, on the part of the Prussian Chamber of
Deputies, is as follows :—Most High, Most Mighty Em-
peror, Most Gracious King and Lord. The most
gracious message of your Majesty communicating the re-
newal and acceptance of the title and dignity of
Emperor of Germany, has been joyfully received by
the Prussian Chamber. We are full of gratitude that by
God's gracious guidance it has been vouchsafed to your
Majesty to restore the German Empire. At your Majesty's
call representatives of Germany will shortly assemble
in Parliament. We finally adhere to the convic-
tion that the representatives of the race whose sons, obey-
ing- the patriotic appeal of their King, emulated other
Germanic races in effort and valour to conquer the enemy,
will not disappoint us in the peaceful work of a national
Parliament. After the mighty struggles and combats of
a whole generation, political unity, and a position worthy
of a great nation, fall to the lot of our Fatherland as the
fruit and prize of this tremendous war, so fertile in noble
sacrifices, and which, according to all human foresight,
is now approaching its end by the overthrow and exhaus-
tion of the enemy through your Majesty's glorious leader-
ship. It is not Germany that has provoked the struggle ;
Germany does not seek the humiliation of her vanquished
neighbour, but will always be ready to lay down the
sword as soon as protection is obtained, together with na-
tural and artificial bulwarks, against renewed attacks,
through the reacquisition of frontier territory lost in
times of disunion and weakness. Secure against France,
Germany would constitute the best guarantee for a last-
ing peace in Europe. With respectful assent and joyful
thanks we salute your Majesty's noble language, which,
pervaded by devotion and fidelity to the Fatherland, pro-
mises to the German nation, under the Imperial sceptre
of your Majesty and your Majesty's successors of the
exalted House of Hohenzollern, a bounteous future in the
sphere of national prosperity, freedom, and civilisation,
and peaceful emulation with the great civilised nations
of the world. Of this work of peace, a precious
share will fall to the representatives of the Prussian
people, in the strict fulfilment of duties left to them by
tradition, in devoted readiness for sacrifice for the com-
mon German Fatherland, and in full recognition of the
high task imposed upon the German Parliament. May
it be granted to your Majesty, under God's gracious
guidance, soon to return home victorious and crowned
with fame, at the head of our brave armies, to rule far
many long years in peace as Emperor of Germany and
King of Prussia, supported by the gratitude and affection
of a faithful people

I
tiN INFATUATED CLERK AND A GIRL OF THE
PERIOD.—On Thursday, at the Liverpool County Court,
before Mr. Serjeant Wheeler, a young man named
Thomas Gibson, apparently about five or six and twenty
years of age, described as a clerk, residing at the
Somerset Hotel, Monument-place, London-road, brought
an action against Sarah Clifton, a good-looking fashion-
ably-dressed young woman, residing in Lord Nelson-
street, to recover the sum of £l5, the value
of a diamond pin, detained by her. It seems that
the plaintiff had been living with the defendant, and had
spent a good deal of money on her. She took the diamond
pin in question from him, and did not return it. He had
been desirous of marrying the defendant, but she refused,
preferring to return to a gentleman she had previously
been living with. The defendant told her artless tale. The
gentleman with whom she was living left her for a fortnight,
and she went to live with the plaintiff. She went with
him to London, and after a timebegan to get tired of him.
He grve her presents of jewellery, and she wanted to get all
she could out of him. He tried to make her fond of him by
gifts. He gave her the pin, that she would swear, and he
never asked for it back again. She never hid it from him,
but at night placed it on the dressing-table. The jewelry
he gave her was principally of a cheap description. When
she came back to Liverpool she went back to her old love.
She left at the station the plaintiff's clothing and two
opera glasses. The plaintiff sent her money to London to
pay her expenses when he wasnot with her. When witness
was taken to the detective-office she had to pay for the cab
in which she was taken. The first time she was asked for the
pin was when the private detective asked her for it. She had
the pin at the detective-office, and it was given back to her
when the matter was explained. Miss Clifton was the name
she went by at present. Her real name was Sarah Martin.
She had no other name, but had been called sometimes
"London Maggie." She had gone by the name of Mrs.
Carr. She had lived with Mr. Carr, but would rather not
say anything more about him, as he was the cause of her
living her present kind of life. She did not know that
Carr got his living by passing bad money (crying). She
did not know that Carr had been sent to Warwick Gaol
for that offence. She had known nothing of his
whereabouts for two years past. She never saw the
pin until the plaintiff gave it to her. She supposed he
had bought it for her. The learned judge, after review-
ing the facts of the case, gave a verdict for the defendant
with costs.

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