The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-04 00:00:00

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views of the Imperial Court with respect to the obit ct,
the grounds, and the starting point (ousgangs punt°
of the present negotiations. (This prcgramme has
been already communicated to the public.) The con-
clusion of the discourse of Prince Schwartzenberg gave
M. Beust, the Saxon Plenipotentiary, an opportunity,
not only in the name of his Majesty the King of
Saxony, but of tl.e Government, to express
his thanks for the high honour conferred on the city by
making it the place where the conferences are held. The
Saxon Government felt itself in const quence so much the
more obliged to promote councils of peace; the choice of
Dresden for a meeting place seemed to betoken an
auspicious result; it was the city where traces of those
unhappy days remained in which enthusiasm for the
unity of Germany contracted elements of disorder; and
was now the place of assembly for men who were called
upon to banish those destructive elements out of our
German Fatherland, and to restore it to peace and har-
mony. This seemed to be quite providential. The
Prussian Minister Manteuffel followed (his speech is
already communicated). M. von Pfortden expressed
thanks for the honour done by the invitation, as a new
proof of the friendly feeling that subsisted between the
members of the Bund, and their anxiety for the welfare
of the Fatherland. He thought, speaking in
the name of the Bavarian Government, that
the conferences should begin their sittings with this
resolution, and only so far to regard the past as they
might draw lessons from it for the advantage of the fu-
ture; in every other respect to banish it into oblivion,
in order that, by au harmonious co-operation, they might
lay the foundation of a work whereby the real wants of
the present time might be satisfied, and the welfare,
peace, and power of Germany might be established for
a durability through future ages. Thereby all the prin-
ciples of order, and especially the monarchical principle,
would be strengthened; at the same time, however, gua-
rantees, which the age demanded, should be given for
the full enjoyment of civil freedom. In this spirit
the Assembly might address themselves to their task
with joyful hopes of success. Upon this Prince
Schwartzenberg rose and said—You will all, gentlemen,
be satisfactorily convinced, from the foregoing declara-
tion, of the perfect agreement of sentiment that pre-
vails among us. The 3d and 4th articles of the
Vienna treaty declare the Diet (Bundesacte) to be the
fundamental convention, and the first fundamental laws
of that established union, and confer on the collective
members of the Bund the authority to develop and carry
out that establishment in any manner that the objects
proposed may make necessary. As we have to deal with
the development,completion, and amelioration—in a word,
with a revision of they first fundamental laws of the Bund,
there will be, as I have had the honour already to declare,
at once the base and the starting point of our delibera-
tions. With respect to the form of our proceedings, those
observed in the year 1820, by the plenipotentiaries of
all the German Governments, having the same objects
that we have now, recommend themselves to our adop-
tion. I take leave, however, to recommend the forma-
tion of committees (Rectiexem) for the consideration of
points which may be afterwards referred to the whole
Assembly; and with respect to their powers, a friendly
understanding is to be preferred to a formal voting and
scrutiny. It would be, perhaps, most convenient if the
plenipotentiaries will so far confide in Austria and
Prussia, that these powers should draw up a plan for the
composition of these committees, which can be laid
before the Conference at their next meeting, after the
Christmas adjournment. Besides these committees, ano-
ther should be formed for the drawing up of the protocols.
And I now propose M. Thierry as president of this section,
in the hope of meeting with an unanimous consent to this
proposition. With respect to the verification of powers I
would request the Saxon plenipotentiaries to undertake
this task, and then tc make a report cf the result. It only
remains to me, now, gentleman, to call your attention to
this point ; that it would not only be beneath the digs
nity of the high Assembly, but might compromise the
important purposes for which we mer, if the transac-
tions which here take place should be known to the pub-
lic press, as they would thereby become the subject of
newspaper polemics; and, under such circumstances,our
deliberations would be subjected to the judgment of the
multitude. We should, therefore, be particularly careful
to observe a strict secrecy with respect to all that may
be said or done here. Towards our respective Govern-
ments the-sume secrecy should be maintained.
The following is the list of the various committees
with the objects of deliberation referred to each :
" Committee No. 1, ten members.—States—Austria
in the chair), Prussia, Bavaria, Saxony, Wurtemberg,
Hanover, both Hesses, Frankfort, baxe-Weimar.—Ob-
jects of deliberation—Organization of executive power,
territorial questions connected with Arts. 1,4, 5,6, 7,8,
9 of Acts, and 6,* 7,8, 9 of concluding Acts.
" Committee No. 2, nine members.—States—Prussia
(chair), Austria, Bavaria, Wurtemberg, Baden, Strelitz,
Schwerin, Holstein, Bernberg.—Objects of deliberation
Supreme Federal organ; relation of the Confederation to
individual States, and of these one to the other; Arts. 7,
10, 11, 13 of Acts, and 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 65 of conclud-
ing Acts.
" Committee No. 3, ten members.—States—Bavaria
(chair), Austria, Prussia, Saxony, Hanover, Wurtem-
berg, Baden, Coburg, Hamburg, Oldenburg.—Objects of
deliberation—Commerce, customs, navigation, and all
material interests; Arts. 6 and 19 Acts, 64 concluding
Acts.

Committee No. 4, seven members.—States—Saxony
(chair), Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick, Bremen, Schauce-
burg—Objects of deliberation—Judicial matter; Arts. 20
and 24 concluding Acts.
"Committee No. 5, four members:—States—Hanover
(chair), Prussia, Saxony, Saxe Meiningen.—Objects of
deliberation Arrangement of minutes or protocol,
which, as already known, is placed under the direction
cf Baron Thierry as protocolist."
Accounts have been received from Cassel to the Ist.
The Prussians are greatly irritated at the manner in
which the. Austrian commissioner in Hesse, Prince
DE LLININGEN, is proceeding ; be, it appears, gives
orders and publishes proclamations and decrees with-
out having any communication with the Prussian
commissioner, General DE PEUCKER, or allowing his
name to appear.

As might have been expected under the semi-bar-
barian rule of the Red EMPEROR, anarchy, robbery,
and violence, are the order of the day at Cazsel, and
murder and woman-flogging will follow in due course
us they did in Hungary, the Hessian HAYNAC being
no doubt anxious to emulate the fame of his more
notorious brother.

A permanent court-martial is established. Major-
General SCHIRMER, of the Hessian army, has been
appointed to the command of Cassel. Frequent
arrests are taking place, and the refractory citizens
are subjected to corporal punishment.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.

The Precurseur of Antwerp contains a letter from
Cologne of the Ist, stating that the Prussian and
Austrian Commissioners to the Duchies are to demand
an immediate submission. Should this be refused,
Prussia and Austria are to act in concert to bring
them into subjection, Prussia occupying Ham-
burgh, and a force, composed of equal numbers of
Austrians and Prussians, proceeding to take active
measures in the Duchies.

On entering the Duchies the Commissioners, Count
M. MENSDORFF POUILLY and General DE THURNEN,
will issue a proclamation, announcing the precise
terms of their mission.

A letter from Copenhagen states that the law to
abolish lotteries on and after January 1 was pro-
mulgated on the 22d ult. The Commission sent by
the Government to examine the mineralogical condi-
tion of the Danish colonies in Greenland has dis-
covered at Julianahaab a copper-mine, yielding 66
per cent. of pure metal.