The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-03 00:00:00

THE KING OF PRUSSIA.

We have received the reply of the King of Prussia to
the Address of the Diet. It was communicated to that
assembly on the 23d by the Marshal Prince de Solms.
It is as follows

" We, Frederick 'William, King by the grace of God,
our gracious salutation to our States, united for the first
time in a general Diet. We have heard with satisfaction

the expression of the gratitude and of the confidence
which our faithful States have set forth in the address of
the 20th, and we have seen with still greater satisfaction
that they have recognised it to be their task to labour
to bring about a future rich in blessings for our country,
by means of our intimate accord between the Crown
and the States, an accord based on the respect
for rights. In that we also recognise their
noble mission. If our faithful States have believed it
right to insert in the address reserves preserving their
rights, because many of their members think that there
exists, as regards the representation of the country, a
want of accord between the ancient laws and the new
ones—we will not regard these reserves as an ex-
pression of distrust towards our Royal determination
to save and prat.,ct all acquired rights. Never-
theless, the truth and sincere accord between us,
our States, and our people—truth and accord that
we hope never to see troubled—require us to re-
ply in a clear and precise manner to this passage
of the address. In promulgating, of our free will and
by our Royal power, the letters-patent and ordinances
of the 3d of February, we have not only fulfilled in the
manner which appeared to us the best, and, in con-
science, the promises vrhich his Majesty our late father
had made with respect to a represeutative Constitution,
hut we have also given to our faithful States essential
rights exceeding those promises. In so far as the pro-
mises needed an interpretation, we gave it in the sense
that we believed alone compatible with the institutions
and welfare of the country; and therefore we cannot re-
cognise in the United Diet, created by our ordinance of
Feb. 3, any other rights than such as were attributed to
it by those laws, or which may hereafter be attributed
by us in the way prescribed by the Constitution.
Our faithful States may count on our firmest protec-
tion in the exercise of these rights. But we have the
entire confidence that they will only on their part act
within the circle of these rights, and will fulfil the du-
ties which correspond thereto. The laws of the 3d
February ought to be free from all attempts on your
part as to their principal dispositions. But, notwith-
standing, we do not consider them as immutable ;
we believe, on the contrary, that they contain the
germ of an ulterior organization. Is is on that ac-
count that we have ourselves opened the way to
our faithful States, in order that they may pre-
sent to us their petitions on this subject. We will
carefully examine the petitions which reach us, and
we will comply with their prayers as far as we
may believe compatible with the inalienable rights of
the Crown and the welfare of the country. On this
constitutional ground all doubts which may exist as to
the sense of this legislation may be removed. As, on
the one hand, it is to be feared that the motions and the
wishes to which we refer, emanating from the Diet
united for the first time, may not be based on experience
sufficiently ripe, and, on the ether hand, as the co•opera-
tion of the Diet, pursuant to the twelfth clause of the
first ordinance of the 3d Feb., is necessary to attain the
object indicated above, we willingly give to our faithful
States the assurance that we will unite them again around
us, within a period of four years from the present
time, as foreseen by the second clause of the second
ordinance of the patents of 3d February relative to the
periodical convocation ; and will do that, even if none of
the motives commanded by the law shall exist, in order
that the fruits of a better experience shall not remain
without profit. Moreover, we will remain affectionately
disposed in grace towards our faithful States. Given at
Berlin the 22d April.

" FREDERICK WILLIAM."
The disturbances in Berlin had entirely ceased on the
24th, but strong detachments of troops occupied all the
market-places, and numerous patrols of cavalry paraded
the streets. The agitation among the lower classes was
still very great.
The Grand Duke Constantine of Russia arrived on the
20th at Dresden.

On Saturday the members of the Royal Academy
of Arts gave their anniversary dinner at their apart-
ments in Trafalgar-square, which was attended by a
numerous assemblage of guests of the first rank and
talent, among whom were the Lord President of the
Council, Lon! Privy Seal, Secretaries of State fOr the Home,
Foreign, and Colonial Departments, Secretary at War,
First Lord of the Admiralty, Lord Steward, L Id Chain-
herl sin, President of the Board of Control, Chancellor of
the Exchequer, First Commissioner of the Land Reve-
nues, Treasurer of the Navy, President of the Board of
Trade, the Netherlands Minister, Prince Lowenstein,
Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench, Master of the
Rolls, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, Lord
Chief Baron, Vice-Chancellor of England, Governor of
the Bank, Chairman of the East India Company, Chair-
man of the Board of Customs, Master and Warden of
Dulwich College, Resident of the College of Physicians,
Resident of the College of Surgeons. Dukes—Bedford,
Devonshire, Leinster. Marquisses—Northampton, An-
glesey. Westminster, Clanricarde. Earls—Brownlow,
.1),, Grey, Howe, Shrewsbury. Viscounts--Jocelyn
Mahon. Bishops of London, Durham, Lincoln, Oxford.
Lords—Sudelcy, Northwick, C. Townshend, Colborne,
Monteagle. Right Honourabbs—Sir R. Peel, J. Wi-
frram W. E. Gladstone, C. W. Wynn. Sirs—W. James,
, ,
J. Flower, R. H. Inglis, J. Swinburn, H. Ellis, G.
Phillips, H. de la Beche, H. Meux, R. J. Murchisson,
G. Staunton. Messrs.—J. Neeld, E. R. Turner, W.
Wells, S. Rogers, C. Babbage, H. Munro, J. Cart-
wright, C. Hampden Turner, B. Hawes, T. G. B. Est-
court, H. P. Howard, A. Milne, C. Dickens. Sergeants
—Bellasis, Talfourd, and Thompson ; W. Russell, W.
R. Collet, W. R. Miles, Jones Lloyd, T. Baring, E.
Bicknell, G. E. Anson, Professor Owen, W. Gillot, J.
Bell, Dr. Wiseman, Rev. G. T. Palmer, G. Franklin,
G. Young, I). Salomons, R. H. Pigeon, P. Miles, T.
Wyse, 11. Hallam, J. H. Green, General Fox, &c. &c.
Newcastle,
LITTLE NAILER.—At a conversazione, at
tour through Ncnvv.ce.atle, Elihn Burritt told an anecdote, which, we
shower, and too'lt
onteatciae to this country, think,
he first
but prove interesting to our readers.
an hour'
little bo
that he had on his pedestrian
he was overtaken one day by a heavy
a conversation
inmates of the place, and during
never
nieoenn he had with the man, he learned
y were
thrt,efuge in a nailer's shop. A man and
he could only earn Gd.
pittance was unable
When he wrote home to
the circumstance, not thinking
able to send his boy to school, as
about the matter,
perto dsay. and his own miserable
support himself and family.
and by next letters he receive:ThhueeQbc'waassually mentioned
prised to learn that the Sunday-seheolageZablY
clubbed together their pence to enable the little fellow
to go to school, and every American post t,ri stir-
had
ngs him
further d,.uations, and he has now g;)t
.hitn to school,
and 10,000 children are anxiously waiting on the other
side of the Atlantic till they have a letter in the hand-
writing of Little Jemmy Stubbins, the Nailer Boy.__
Newcastle Guardian.

MEMOIRS OF JENNY LIND.
(From a work just published by 011ivier, 59, Pall- mall.)
This most truly original artist was born in 1821, the
6th of October, in Stockholm, where her parents kept a
school. There seems to have been nothing in the daily
occurrences of her infancy to give an impulse to that
love of music which was developed in her at a wonder-
fully early age. When she was yet only three years old
song was her ruling passion—every melody that struck
her ear was retained with an accuracy which caused
general admiration ; no work was done without accom-
panying it with her clear voice ; and no pain, during
frequent illness, presented her from finding consolation
in song. Thus Jenny reached her ninth year, precocious
in mind and feelings, but by no means in bodily strength
or beauty, when it happened that Mrs. Lundberg, an
actress, heard the child sing ; and,-struck with her pure
voice and correct enunciation, strove to open the eyes
of her parents to the treasure they possessed, and urged
them to devote their child to the stage. Jenny's mother,
feeling those prejudices against theatres common among
the middle classes, was at first horrified by the idea; but
Mrs. Lundberg ultimately conquered them, and the
parents at last consented to leave the decision of the
matter to their child. The quiet and retiring girl at
once declared herself determined to devote herself to the
stage. Jenny was conveyed by Mrs. Lundberg to Croe-
lius, a music master, well known in Stockholm. The old
man soon became enthusiastic on the abilities of his new
pupil; he introduced her to Count Pucke, the manager
of the Court Theatre, requested him to hear-her, and to
take her under his protection. The Count, measuring
the gentle, pale little creature with astonished eyes,
angrily asked Croelius, what he meant to do with such a
child, for she surely bad nothing to fit her for the stage.
Croelius, nothing daunted, insisted upon the Count at
least hearing her, adding, if he should not then deem
her worthy of his favour, that he (Croelius) himself
would undertake her education on his own account,
for that he considered it a sin not to reach forth hi
hand to talent where it was so manifestly revealing
itself; and so the Count consented at last to listen. Already
her voice presented that heart-searching quality by
which the now accomplished artist exercises so irresis-
tible a spell. Count Pucke was overcome ; for scarcely
had he heard the infant singer when he generously de-
cided that she should participate in all the advantages of
the Ecole, or musical school attached to the Theatre Royal,
Stockholm. Shortly after Jenny appeared in children's
parts, and excited an enthusiasm similar to that with
which Leontine Fay, in her early career, moved all
Paris. Vaudevilles were written for the clever little
girl ; and by her quaint humour, and the lively origi-
nality of her performances, she soon became a perfect
prodigy. In the following year old Croelius confided his
motes* to a younger teacher, Herr Berg, a profound
musician, who conducted her instruction with an equal
zeal, and to whom she is indebted for that solid musical
science which forms so sure a basis to her lofty dramatic
delineations.
Pursuing herstudies unremittingly, borne on by the im-
petus of applause—ever welcome, from the shrinking mo-
desty of her demeanor, to the most brilliant circle of so-
ciety, Jenny Lind attained her twelfth year, and here the
rosy morning dream of her life became suddenly obscured.
Jenny Lind had grown out of her famed children parts, and
her youthful form was unfit for higher tasks ; her
charming high notes had vanished ; her voice became
soundless, and vainly did her worthy master essay to re-
awaken the silver tones of his favourite scholar. The
hope of forming her for the Grand Opera was banished.
Jenny had appeared but rarely in the parts of soubrettes
in dramas, and, as is usual with precocious prodigies the
former impression was soon obliterated.
The child, whose greatest delight was music, bore her
fate with resignation. Her musical studies, were, how-
ever, pursued with the same assiduity as hitherto.
Weber's Agathe, in "Der Freischutz," was the ideal of
her lyrical ambition. Four years had now elapsed since
she had ventured on any new attempt in public. It hap-
pened, however, that in a concert, in which the fourth
act of Meyerbeer's " Robert le Diable" was to be per-
formed, a singer for Alice, who has a short solo in this
act, was wanting. None could be found for " the insig-
nificant solo," and Herr Berg, remembering his poor
pupil, thought that so slight an attempt might be ven-
tured upon. Jenny Lind received her solo with mingled
joy and sadness, and commenced her task with a
palpitating heart. But, as though by miracle,
on the evening of performance the long-
missing voice re-appeared ; the surprised public re-
cognised at once the notes of their former favourite, and
the most tumultuous and frenetic applause followed. It
is impossible to describe the delight, not unmixed with
terror, of the young girl, when Herr Berg, overjoyed, in-
formed her that she must, without delay, sing the entire
part of Agathe. The goal was reached at last; in this
character Jenny Lind made her debut in the theatre of
Stockholm; and with this, her first step, the maiden of
sixteen summers placed herself for ever on the pinnacle
she was henceforth to occupy without a rival.
She bad, at this peried, never acted a tragic part, and
had never received instructions for that purpose; at the
rehearsals she appeared as though immoveable—the
actors trembled for the result. It came, and genius as-
serted its power and supremacy. Jenny Lind, by her
fire, carried the lagging orchestra, which had taken the
allegro too slow, to a quicker tempo, and the public, by
her acting and singing, to the highest pitch of enthusiasm.
Jenny Lind was at once engaged as prima donna. Yet,
while singing opera after opera—and the public would
listen to no other vocalist—Jenny Lind and her master
were struggling hard to conquer the inflexibility of
her voice. Who, while listening enraptured to her now
pearly fioriture, would believe that at that period she could
scarcely, with the greatest exertions, achieve the slightest
cadence. tier notes. though pure and full, were with-
out eirviticity, and failed altogether in the power of the
crescendo ; she was not to be intimidated, but exercised
her voice with the patience of the sculptor shaping his
marble. Whilst thus persevering in such arduous prac-
tice, she interpreted, during eighteen months, Euryanthe,
Alice, the Vestal, parts r quiring exertions which were
most violent for her youth. Still, the applause with
which she was rewarded made but a deeper impression
on her mind that she was not yet worthy of it ; that
her master had done for her every thing in his power,
but that the study of great examples and the finishing
hand were required to conduct her to that elevation in
art which she had ambition' d. Garcia was known to be
the first vocal teacher in Europe ; the wish of visiting
him in Paris ripened to resolution. But how to accom-
plish it ? Where were the means upon which to exist
while giving up her engagement and passing one or
two years in Paris ? She had been accustomed
to live in the first circles of society, beloved and
honoured by all who knew her. With the true
pride of genius she shrunk from seeking assistance, and
was resolved to trust to her own strength alone. Dur-
ing the vacation of the theatre she travelled with her
father through the whole of Sweden and Norway, giving
concerts at every town, everywhere creating a sensa-
tion ; and she returned to Stockholm with abundant
means to carry out her resolution. Declaring her inten- I
tion to the directors of the theatre, and vindicating her
act by unanswerable reasons, the courageous maiden
obtained the wished-for leave of absence. Her parents
attempted not to dissuade her—they knew their child ;
firm, decided, silent, and earnest, she followed up her
resolutions steadfastly. Her parents knew her purity
of mind, the futility of temptation. and so they left her
to her fate. Occupied in their avocations, they could
not afford to accompany her during this long absence ;
and so the girl of eighteen, alone, protected only by her
firmness, her innocence, and her sacred love for art.
journeyed to that capital which had already produced
so much greatness, and destroyed so much of the noble
and virtuous.

Arrived in Paris, her first visit was to Garcia, to whom
she had been provided with introductory letters. It was
with the most intense anxiety she crossed his thresh-
hold. She stood now before the master on whose deci-
sion she had built her whole futurity. Garcia received
her kindly. She sang—he listened to her without signs
of approbation or disapprobation—and when fhe had
concluded, he said calmly, " My dear child, you have no
voice"—a dreadful word for Jenny. " Or," added he,
correcting himself, "you have had a voice, and are just
going to lose it. Probably you have been singing too
much or too early, for your organ is worn and rugged.
I cannot you any instruction at present. Do not
singan goteise for three months, and then give me another
call." Such was the comfortless answeeof the man upon
wh'm rested all her hopes.
Three months were spent by Jenny Lind in profound
solitude ; in that entire loneliness one only learns to feel
rightly in such large capitals. "I was living on my tears
and the Agony or the mal de pays," she said once, speaking '
of her Pirisian residence. Nevertheless, nothing could
induce her to return without procuring from Garcia
another trial. After the lapse of the stipulated time
Garcia found that her voice had improved, and that her
instructions might commence At this time Garcia was
teaching a countrywoman of Lind's, Madlle, Nissen,
who possessed a very powerful, full-toned voice, but no
mental abilities. Jenny Lind confesses that it often
brought her to despair to hear Garcia hold up that lady
to her as an example, whilst she felt that she under-
stood more, and was pursuing loftier aims than
would ever be attained by her fellow student.
Garcia was wont to say, " If Jenny Lind had
the voice of Nissen, or the latter Jenny's in-
telligence, one of them would become the greatest singer
in Europe." Although Jenny used to compose the
cadenza and fiorituri to the airs she was studying, and
Garcia so much approved of them as to copy them, he
could never believe that she would ever rise above me-

dio:•rity ; and she often observes that, next to herself,
nobody would be more astonished about her successes
than her old master, Garcia. In the following year a
Swedish composer was sent to Paris, in order to summon
her home, she being painfully missed both by the public
and management at Stockholm. Through this gentleman
she became acquainted with the celebrated Mayerbeer,
and his well-practised eye soon recognised the pearl under
the modest and unpretending shell. His single doubt
was, whether the peculiar charm of the flute-like purity
of her delicate voice would sufficiently tell in a large
space. He therefore arranged a rehearsal, with full
orchestra, in the salon of the Grand Opera, and Jenny
Lind sang the three great scenes from Robert le
Nviable,orma, and the Freischutz, with such effect I
that Meyerbeer made her at once offers for Berlin.
Her love of home, however, and the word she had
pledged drew her back to Stockholm. Received with
enthusiasm in her native town, the young girl gave proofs
of her successful studies during her absence; she proved
an excellent actress, a perfect mistress of delivery, and
the possession of an organ which seemed when most
exerted more pure and beautiful. As she had formerly
been the favourite at Stockholm, she was now its pride—
all participated in her triumphs. The subsequent spring
bnaight Me)erbeer's invitation to assist at the opening
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leaving h.r native place, but she was urged to obey the
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gust, 1344, she went to Dresden, where Ueyerbeer was

then writing an opera, in order to arrive at a better
understanding with the master, and to acquire the Ger-
man language. At the request of the management at
Stockholm she returned, however, after a month's ab-
sence, once more to Sweden, to assist at the coronation
of the King. It being now decided at Stockholm that
Jenny Lind was to pass the winter in Berlin, they began
to fear her entire loss, and a number of the most wealthy
bankers proposed to the young artiste to deposit annu-
ally a certain sum for ten years, so that, at the expira-
tion of that time, she would be in possession of a con-
siderable fortune, if she would consent to bind herself
not to leave Stockholm.

Jenny Lind was touched to the heart by this gener-
ous proof of the deep interest of her countrymen ; but
she had given her word, which was sacred. The even-
ing of Jenny's leave-taking was one of universal sor-
row ; the public wept more than they applauded ; it
was as though a beloved child was departing. The
streets were crowded by thousands on the day of her
departure.
She knew then scarcely twenty words of the German
language ; but after two months' application, all admired
the correetness of her pronunciation ; such is her quick-
ness of comprehension and facility of retention.
Jenny Lind remained four months in Berlin, during
which time the enthusiasm of the public was hourly in-
creasing. Through all the districts of Germany, and
far beyond its boundaries, her fame was extending, and
soon the managers of London and Paris were outbidding
each other to win the northern songstress ; but she was
obliged to return to Swedea by her previous engage-
ment. She appeared at Berlin in Norma, Somnambula.
Camp of Silesia, and File du Regiment. The night of her
leave-taking was distinguished by marks of approbation,
such as, perhaps, had never been shown to an artist on
that stags. It was not that loud burst of tumultuous
applause so frequently offered to musical talent ; no, a
deep silence evinced the intense interest. Scarcely had
the curtain concealed her from the eyes of the excited
public, than one rush was made upon the stage, to bring
her forward amidst the most enthusiastic cheers.
Previously to her return to Stockholm, she visited
most of the other principal towns of northern Germany,
gathering everywhere the same laurels. In Ramburgh,
a silver laurel wreath was presented to her on her depar-
ture. Her entire journey was a constant triumph.
During the following summer she was called to the
festivals on the Rhine, which the King of Prussia was
preparing for the Sovereign of Great Britain. On this
occasion she appeared in Frankfort and Cologne. The
Countess Rossi (Henrietta Sontag) pronounced her the
first singer of her time.
From November, 1845, till the end of March, 1846,
she fulfilled her engagement for five months at the
Theatre Royal of Berlin. She then proceeded to Vienna,
where she made her debut as Norma, on the 22d of April,
in the Theatre An Der Wien, before that public to whom
in Germany belongs the final adjudication in matters
musicaL She appeared and conquered.