The Sun.
London, England, 1866-10-05 00:00:00

The Prussian View of the Imperial Circular.

" Our Berlin correspondent," says the Patrie,
" has forwarded to us an analysis of the reply which
the Prussian Government has made to the Circular
of M. de Valette, dated September 16. This reply
has been drawn up in the form of a despatch, and
was addressed on September 25 to the Prussian
Ambassador in Paris by M. de Thiel, Under-Secre-
taryraeblsaetninege
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ingAffairs during the
of State, charged with the conduct of affairs
William says the
Prussian Government has experienced the greatest
satisfaction upon reading the Circular of the French
Government. His Majesty having perceived in that
important document the, wisdom of the Emperor
and a continuance of that goodwill which had caused
the King to hope that, in order to judge of such
great events and to appreciate their necessary con-
sequences, the Emperor would be able to consider
them from an elevated point of view. This eleva-
tion of sentiments has enabled the Emperor to un-
derstand the exigencies of the political situation in
which Prussia found herself, to do justice 'to the
legitimate aspirations of the German nationality,'
and to declare that the new order of things esta-
blished in Central Europe constituted no, danger to
France, but was a guarantee for continental peace.
Have I occasion to tell you,' adds de Thiel, that
when each nation
this
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toifmtehehsausbjpenestsiesdalas:
ay
yurs—that we believe
sought its own strength in the weakness and the
dependent condition of its neighboura, and when any
consolidation or increase -of power by the union of
populations having the same customs and the same
national spirit were viewed with distrust ?' The
writer of the despatch points out that the line of
conduct pursued by the Emperor during and after
the events of the war is a proof of the sentiments
by which his Majesty is animated with regard to
the work 'of the internal consolidation of Ger-
many.' It is alp to the wisdom of the Emperor
that Europe owes that one of the most difficult
questions, which threatened to throw the whole
Continent into confusion, has found a solution
alike prompt and satisfactory ; it is the Emperor
who has greatly contributed to stave off the danger
of a universal conflagration, and the explosion of
revolutionary passions. The despatch subsequently
points out that after such shocks as Germany has
recently experienced, and which have modified its
political configuration, a certain period of time is
necessary for matters to rearrange themselves, but
that the application of the great principles embodied
in the Circular will greatly contribute to abbreviate
that period of transition. What remains to be done
longeriisntneornal
any more
arrangement.
than a work of peace and of
Her edifice must be consoli-
dated. That is the work of a future, which is
brought nearer to us by the mutual confidence
whose reign the Emperor has inaugurated."

A RARE FISII.—As some fishermen were looking
over the bay at Falmouth with their glasses for the
approach of pilchards, they were considerably astonished
to see a strange fish at about low-water mark. Proceeding
to the spot they managed to land it, after a long struggle,
in which one of the men was rather seriously hurt by a
stroke from the tail of the fish. It happened that Dr.
Bullmore, of Falmouth, saw it brought to land, and he at
once examined it. lie found that it measured 4 feet in
length, and was more than a hundred pounds in weight.
The whole surface of the bbdy—the fish being still alive—
presented the appearance of highly polished silver, with a
most brilliant coating of the richest scarlet. The silvery
coating of the belly, as in the mackerel, presented a
variety of evanescent tints, which could only be seen
whilst the fish lived. Dr. Bullmore is strongly of opinion
that it was a specimen of the scarlet and silver fish of the
Mediterranean. About a month ago a scarlet and silver
fish was seen at Gorrhaven, but that seems to have dif-
fered in size from that caught at Falmouth.—lVestern
Morning News.

THE BAVARIAN PRISONERS.—The Nuremberg
Correspondent announces that all the Bavarian officers and
soldiersit prisonersby the Prussians are
d by
eg who had
degrees,
as beenth meyardeeturn to their country, to appear
cited
d
before a council of war to justify themselves for the fact of
having been taken by the enemy. In addition, several
superior officers will have to give an account before a mili-
tary tribunal of their conduct during the last campaign.