The Sun.
London, England, 1851-12-12 00:00:00

OPENING OF THE SAXON CHAMBERS.
ROYAL SPEECH.

The following is the most important passage in
the speech of the King of Saxony on opening the
Chambers on the 6th inst. :

" The German Zollverein, whose beneficial opera-
tion, during the eighteen years it has existed, I have
at all times recognized, and whose preservation and
extension have always been the objects of my earnest
wishes and endeavours, has sustained a shock by the
recent notice of the expiration of its treaties that I
deplore. But as it is my sincere conviction that this
wholesome institution rests on a just and unpreju-
diced recognition of mutual claims and necessities,
so I have no doubt that the disturbance will only
be temporary, and that the alliance broken for the
moment will be quickly, and lastingly reunited.
I have, therefore, received the satisfactory ex-
planations with which the Prussian Government ac-
companied the circular, inviting the other states of the
Union to new negotiations, with confidence. It has
given me special satisfaction to learn that the Prussian
Government in this new organizatio❑ of the Zollve-
rein contemplates a general commercial and customs
union of the German states as the object of its en-
deavours. I have, therefore greeted, with the same
pleasure, the step the Imperial Government of Aus-
tria has undertaken for the furtherance of this object,
as by the assurance of that unity, though reserved for
the future, with which the best hopes of the power
and prosperity of Germany are connected, the re-es-
tablishment and extension of the Zollverein, to the
advantage of the collective body, will be so much the
more easily attained."

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found sensation among the Legitimists at Frohsdorf.
Immediately after the arrival of the first telegraphic
dispatches from Paris, the Count de Chambord and
the Duke de Blacas had an interview with Prince
Schwarzenberg, and on the Gth inst. the Duke de
Blacas left Vienna for Brussels. It is stated that
Prince Schwarzenberg advised the two Princes to
proceed with the utmost caution and foresight, and
that he pointed out to them that Id, L. Bonaparte

was entitled to the " moral" support of the foreign
Cabinets, since he had the confidence of the army,
which was the sole guarantee for the preservation of
peace and order. It is supposed that the Duke de
Blacas will not now publish the proclamation with
which he set out, but that the Legitimists will be in-
structed to grant a temporary obedience to the present
ruler of France.

A Berlin Absolutist journal thus rates the "de-
scendant of St. Louis" for his want of pluck.
" With shame and sorrow we stand in the presence
of the most recent events—with shame because we
blush at the cowardice of those who assert the same
principles as ourselves; with sorrow, because the
history of two centuries teaches us that the develope-
ment of France is the precursor of that of the nations
of the Continent. Where is King Henry V. of France ?
Is he waiting still for the summons of his faithful
people ? Does he not understand the sighs and com-
plaints of his unhappy country, which longs for free-
dom and a Monarchy in vain. It may be pleasanter
anywhere else at this moment than on the bloody pave-
ments of Paris ; but God will require the blood of his
people at his hands as long as he calls himself King of
France. Till now he may have quieted his conscience
with the idea that it did not become him to ctimmence
a civil war in France; but now the President of the
Republic has laid the train to the magazine, the
King' is deprived of the last pretext, and history
will fix a brand on his name if he loses his crown by
inaction. In what has Louis Napoleon the advantage
of him that he can succeed in blowing away the pri-
vileged praters of France like dust ? In what is he
better if he should even succeed in making himself
for a time the master of Prance ? In nothing but
energy ; in all other qualities he is his inferior. Our
judgment of the President remains unaltered ; we
call the coup d'etat an act of despotism, perjury, and
treason ; the evil seed will bear evil fruit, and we
shall maintain all this even should the usurper gain
in appearance a complete victory."
The Prussian Military Journal considers the
chances of Henry V. greatly increased by the late
convulsion, and its remarks on the event itself are not
without interest, as it represents an influential portion
of the military intelligence of Prussia :
" What has happened and what is yet to happen is
not the end but the beginning of something unknown,
great, perhaps enough to shake the world. An army
that feels its power, and suddenly sees the proof of it
before it, will use and apply it; and as barricades
will no longer give it much to do, the regiments
will become Parliamentary councils, where will be
discussed what farther is to done, what more is
to be gained. The French funds hare risen, the
Prussian funds very slightly declined ; for to-day
and to-morrow this is a superfluous consolation.
' The thing is done—it could not be otherwise,'
say the politicians of the Exchange. No, the thing
is not done and ended. Such a flood of events
will not be lost in the sand, unless it is the sand of a
battlefield I The intelligence of the bayonets'—a
puppet which has been played with from the tribune—
has been embodied, is present, has been employed, and
its all crushing activity has been recognized. It is a
gloomy prelude, even though a momentary advantage
should spring from it. If the French army withstands
this temptation, the most fatal of all, it will be truly
worthy of all admiration. We admit that our heart
beats when we reflect on all the possible consequences.
A Legitimacy defended by an army is wonderfully
strong ; a Legitimacy created by the army has no
future."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
SHERIFFS' COURT, Dec. 11.
FALSE IMPRISONMENT-JARVIS V. KINGSMILL.

(Continued from our Afternoon Edition of yesterday.)
A female who was a laundress to Mr. Wilson, and who
washed the linen of Mr. Wilson previously to his going
abroad, deposed to calling on Richards to explain that
they had taken the wrong person, but she was disbelieved.
For the defendant it was contended that the detention
of the plaintiff wai to a great extent attributable to his
own conduct, and that it was evident that he had been
lending himself to the mistake in order to shield his
friend Mr. Wilson.

Richards was called, and the main point in his evi-
dence was, that having made many inquiries he felt
satisfied that they had got the wrong party, and on the
Thursday, when plaintiff gave him an indemnity, witness
took it, and said that he (plaintiff) might go as early as
he liked in the morning, but plaintiff remained and dined
at the hotel till the afternoon. Hart promised to in-
demnify witness for taking plaintiff, whom, he said, he
well knew, as they had dined together the day before.
Hart had given him a paper, which, however, witness
had destroyed.
Richards, jun., said that he had been sent by
plaintiff to Mr. Wilson's for linen, and on the Thursday
he saw a collar on plaintiff's dressing-table, and took it
to his father and mother, and there was the name of
Wilson on it. Witness had taken notes to Wilson's, and
had others in return, but they were not addressed.
Mr. Henry Field, an attorney at Gosport, proved
that about ten o'clock in the evening of Thursday, the
25th June, ho went to Richards, and saw Hart, and
afterwards went up stairs and saw plaintiff, and said—
" Sir, I am an attorney; Mr. Richards has sent to con-
fell; me about your arrest, as ho informs me you say
you are not the right person. If you can refer me to
aoy re'pectable person in the neighbourhood who knows
you, and can vouch you are not Lieutenant Wilson,
you will be discharged at once." No," said
plaintiff, very carelessly, " I don't know that any-
body knows me in the town. Witness said the
officer tells me that you have named a Mr. Halliday,
of Hasler. I know him well, and I will send to him it
you wish. Plaintiff answered very carelessly, " Well, I
d, n't know ; be does not know much about me, and
perhaps he would not like to bo troubled." I (witness)
said, " Well, then, sir, if you do not wish to refer to
him, I must wish you good night." Went down stairs,
and saw Richards, and said, " Richards, from the cool
indiffeeence with which the gentleman up stairs treats
the matter, I have no doubt that ho is Lieutenant Wil-
son." His Wilt was so in consequence of plaintiff tak-
ing it so "easy.
The UNDER SHERIFF said it did not appear to him that
a party rightly arrested would take it so easy.
Witness said it was still more unlikely that an inno-
cent person would take it so easy.
Edward Hart said he was brother to the plaintiff in
the action against Wilson, and said that when he went to
Mrs. Wilson's he saw defendant, and took him to be
Lieutenant Wilson, and was confirmed in his belief by
seeing boxes with his name on it. The servant girl had
previously told him that Lieutenant Wilson was out.
He denied that the plaintiff said that he was not Lieu-
tenant Wilson. He denied that he had ever given any
written or verbal indemnity to Richards, and never told
him he knew defendant. He did not know him. He did
not tell Richards that he had been with him at the
Argyll Rooms the day before. He only went down in
consequence of information.
Mr. PRENTIB addressed the jury in reply, and parti-
cularly drew their attention to the contradictions between
Hart and Richards. As to the absence of the address on
the notes, he urged that it was quite natural that a per-
son would not address a note under such circumstances,
which was to be carried by a strange boy, and his name
might have transpired, and it might have reached the
ears of his brother officers. Whatever kindly feeling the
plaintiff might have towards Richards, it did not mate-
rially affect the case, as in reality Hart was the party
who would ultimately be responsible.
The UNDER-SHERIFF briefly said that the plaintiff
must have a verdict, but no special damage was alleged,
such as the loss of his commission, by not joining his
regiment in time. The only question was what damages
the plaintiff had sustained.
The jury, after a short consultation, retired.
The Foreman said they differed as to whether the
officer ought not to have made proper inquiry, and have
released the plaintiff without requiring the indemnity.
After a short time they gave a verdict for 251.