The Sun.
London, England, 1867-11-12 00:00:00

GERMANY.

in the confidential exchange of opinion now 'going on
between Denmark and Prussia, the latter has declared
that if any portion of Northern Schleswig is to be restored
to its former owner, the rights of its German inhabitants
must be not only guaranteed by treaty, but embodied in a,
Danish law.

The remit of the elections in Prussia is favourable to
the Liberals; but, a large proportion of the latter belong.
ing to the "National" and other moderate fractions, the
Government may count upon a discreet and, upon the
whole, friendly attitude of the House. Of the 432 mem.
hers, 142 are Conservatives, 42 " Free Conservatives," 32
" Old Liberals," 88 National Liberals, 65 Progreasists, 15
Ultramontanes, 15 Secessionists, and 15 Poles. In most
questions of domestic import, the last three fractions may
be also regarded as Liberals ; in the same case the Free
Conservatives side with the representatives of popular
opinion.

Addresses from all parts of the Austrian Empire con,
tinue to be poured into the Reichsrath in favour of the
abolition of the Concordat. Per contra, a number of ladies
of high rank have signed a petition in favour of maintain.
ing the Concordat.

The Times' Vienna correspondent contrasts the recep.,
tion just accorded to the Emperor Francis Joseph re.:
turning from Paris with the last demonstration witnessed
by this correspondent at Vienna. That was on the 23rd
of May, 1348, when the people began to tear up the pave-
ments and make barricades. That was a serious matter
for the Viennese, for it drove the Court away
and Wind:sgratz came and took the town by
storm. On Saturday, however, the people turned
out, spite of a bitterly cold north-east wind, and noel.
coined their constitutional monarch in the heartiest man-
ner. The actual working of a real constitution has put the
people in the best of humour. This correspondent states
that there is nothing in the circular note of Baron
Beast to shake this confidence. It only speaks with
satisfaction of the identity of views between France and
Austria on all leading questions, but denies the very idea
of alliance, and this is no doubt the fact, as far as a double
alliance is meant between France and Austria. If Baron
Beust had been more successful in gaining the adherence
of the British Government to these views it might have
become something else. This correspondent has reason to
believe that Lord Stanley is no more disposed than Lord
Russell to favour a triple alliance between Austria, France,
and England.
The state of affairs in Bavaria is by no means so satis.
factory as in Austria. Prince Hohenlohe—an amiable, and,
in his way, an able man, is doing what he can to keep to"
gether what remains of Bavarian dignity and independence.
But it is apparently labour in vain. The burgher, artist,
and lettered class, by whom the majority of the Chamber
of Deputies is returned, are sick of the sham of Royalty
and the danger of isolation. The present King is an
unpractical and irrational a being to have at the head of a
State. In person, manners, and bearing, every inch a king,
his impatience of business and indisposition to be drawn
into it are insuperable. He is moonstruck about music, the
picturesque, and heroic traditions. When Lie Ministers
want him to hold a council, or sign an Act of State, he is
nowhere to be found ; and they have to wait until his
Majesty turns up from a journey incognito to Altorf, where
be goes to commune with the spirit of William Tell, or
from a midnight ramble in the Hartz Mountain, where he
enjoys the weird shadows and spectral voices that his
sole and only confidant, Wagner, undertakes to de.,
scribe in his wild operatic compositions. The sudden
break-off of the Austrian marriage by King Mar,
as he is called, was not caused by any freak of jealousy or
preference for another, for feminine preferences he is said
to have none, but simply the result of some inexplicable
and way ward whim. The aristocracy, deserted by their
natural chief, are giving up in despair the struggle against
the rising tide of Prussian aggrandisement, and are pre.
paring to make what terms of capitulation they can. The
Zollverein treaty now concluded is the first preparatory
step, and the rest will speedily and inevitably follow.

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