The Sun.
London, England, 1866-04-20 00:00:00

The Latest Prussian Despatch•

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The following is the full text of the despatch for-
warded by Count Von Bismarck to the Prussian
ambassador at Vienna in reply to the Austrian note
of April 7 :

The note your excellency addressedßuEpitolnislhAep6rtilil lisl;st.
,o the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs has led
to a
despatch forwarded by him to the Austrian ambassador at
our Court, which Count Karolyi was desired to leave with
me, and of which you will find a copy annexed.
I pass over the form in which this communication is
drawn up, briefly pointing out that it is difficult to gather
from its contents conciliatory intentions upon the part of
the Imperial Cabinet.
If, however, this despatch was intended to attribute te
the conduct of Prussia the apprehensions of a disturbance
of the peace I venture to maintain that political acts
such of
serious bearing in their consequences hive rarely been
supported by a more artificial scaffolding
and rumour.
I abstain, therefore, from remark upon these mdio,sttirvaeueletsg,:b:utietiireie:
I cannot refrain from expressing my regret that then
ils
trian Cabinet should have introduced into the sphere all);
preciation of facts verbal expressions personal to illYse""'
and which, passing from mouth to mouth, have become
palpably inexact. And when I am accused of the incredible
proceeding of having myself declared null and void an effi-
cial reply I had at that very moment delivered, so unfore"
0 ohthe seen a misunderstanding could not fail of appearing
the more strange, as the remarks of Austrian agents whicit
uhapvuue come esattoismfayakoinTowchleadrageetehravofe,moyn
rtehpelyc.oofntsruaPrPY°lsditWi°all.
But what purpose is to be served b thisy
quotes ?
of suppositions, interpretations, rumours, and quo Sstv
There can be no other reason for them than the necei.l la
to allege a cause for the preparations Austria is ren'S'
with very serious aims.
Nevertheless, the same despatch declares that none of the
arrangements have been made which, " according t° til°,l
enterei
organisation of the Austrian army, would have ta be
into at the commencement of a great war." JudgMent °.,,
what are to be understood as preparations for a great war inst,-'
be very different according to individual opinion.
alludes nlasto
therefore, deeply regret that the despatch only alludes
nature',
the preparations really made in terms of an elastic
and •in no way suitable to give usa precise idea of tlie OW
accumulation
state of affairs. "No concentration of troops, however incen-
siderable, no assembly upon the frontier, no extraordinstl
purchase of horses, no calling in of the men upon fnrinag.,
worthy of notice." These expressions are indecisive in e--
tent, and compel us to ask in what the considerable Prat;
parations worthy of notice do consist. We are devoid "s
means of being more fully informed upon this subject' rfa
the Austrian journals have been forbidden to give I:dill° -
intelligence.
In face of this mysterious attitude I will refer simply to Or,
changes of garrison which according to the despatch ito:
have " actually taken place," and to the character of tharf;
changes repeatedly acknowledged by Count Yon IdenlAi 5
This character consists in the movement of
of troops towards the north-western frontier, and ill t•
r;
despatch of other corps to points adjacent to our fro
they
where these corps had their depots, and from which th
had been hitherto remote.
These facts, which are admitted, the .Minister of -i'll- to
cannot, to repeat the expression he has used,
the domain of vain illusions." In presence of these facts
waited a fortnight before meeting them by our simply Pq,
and purely defensive measures. There is no question ill 'llO
despatch of the withdrawal of the Austrian measures of
t
non-execution of the changes of troops which constitute Prie:
paration for war against us, notwithstanding the sliglit `.l°_,.
gree of importance attributed to them. The 11.15tr.1.,
Minister for Foreign Affairs apparently considers this witn,o
arawai as superfluous, after the pledge of the Emer°r:ii
word that Austria did not meditate attack. Thence will
follow that Count Von Mensdorff intends to nutintaindtßr,
unusual military measures taken in a more or less censlitair
able or noticeable degree. Yet Prussia is required, uotly
rior
standing the word pledged in so clear and plain a
nlnriu-te
by his Majesty the King, to withdraw, and not to
eoc_..4
measures solely provoked by those Austria has taken,:e;
which she has in no respect modified. No order bas
aLIY e 0
a
given for the mobilisation of the Royal troops, as
rtiai
may ascertain by a glance at the steps taken. The Pu„bt
measures of precaution, by which we have never so
el tart.
long
anything more than to place ourselves upon level
the Austrian preparations, could not be withdrawn so
as their cause is not removed.
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gp,euripaol
uGiotvseprnsimt,etnhte tcohat ?gee
changes of
ginairtiiiastoi:es
and other measures by which, as it itself admits, it coin-
isian
naenced its preparations previous to any sign of Prn— , a
arraainents. Let it re-establish the state quo ante, if it desir"
that reciprocity in declarations should pass into the dervnia
of facts.
By order of his Majesty the King, our august sovereign'
I request your excellency to give this reply to Count Von
u
M ensdorff, in answer to the demand made in his despatch
of the 7th inst. Be good enough to conform to his Majes-
ty's orders by reading this present note to Count Yon
Mensdorff, and leaving with him a copy of the same.
(Signed) VON Bismaita•

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL. The anntla'
dinner of the North London or University Cone!
Hospital was held last evening at Willis's Rooms, when t"
Duke of Cambridge presided over a large assembly Aft
the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been duly 12.0n°ereel
his Royal Highness remarked, in proposing the toast of tho
evening that the annual expenditure incurred in mailltsill;
ing the 'hospital was 46,500 ; but the subscriptions did,13.0.°
amount to more than £l,OOO a year, and, although tile rhja-
sfeiceiantshand surgeons made a donation to the charity 0f trh-
ey received from the students who walked which
thhoesspital yet a deficit was left of nearly£4,ooo,to naeett"o
public was appealed to. He regretted that the reepott.cS
to this appeal did not permit of the maintenance of a suf
ciently large permanent staff, nor could the committee 1d
ceive into the hospital as many patients as their Wards good'Wc4l
permit. Nevertheless, the hospital had done great
ri t°
1,396 in-patients and 10,415 out-patients were attende- .0
during the past year; relief was given in 1,446 ophtholleiel
cHaisgehs,naenssd
anlesaorolyhsle2rv,oeodo
tchaastuahletihesadatrteencednetdlyto. Ins it, c'irie
eeeitecuellte.°:
hospital, and could bear personal testimony to the
referred t 0 the
way in which it was conducted. He especially
nursing arrangements, which were conducted by the sisters
of All Saints' Home. In doing so he extolled those ladies
tytue
for their self-denial, and expressed his conviction till but
gooda they did, not only in connexion with the Phrt3i'ebie.
lse the mental ailments of the patients, Was illeAlal
noble
Induke assured his hearers that the most cordial feeling joy,
on the yart of the army to the medical profetui-
be °A-to
and he trusted that a reciprocal feeling w°111(1
bf ited in the hape of a large number of efficient cartd!'atbe
or the posts of army surgeons. It wee announced 1,800
course of tho evening that a legacy of £2,000 had Vl
le e
ft to the institution by the late Mr. Goldsulid.
subscriptions amounted to £1,500. •
A c• ttitel.'
DISTRESSING OCCURRENCE.---V e3terua., lace at
noon a very lamentable occurrence took rOO5
No. 60 Hatton-garden, a boarding-house, wiLerfes l'i, AVISc
man named llenry Taylor Greaves, 19 year °;;';etl. ''
mortally wounded by a pistol bullet fired by 3 '1%+131, Cie
appears that three young men, one of v9hora was -: the
ceased, were staying at the above-mentioned 11°hs,i' the
deceased being a jeweller and musician, travelling 1101.
former capacity for his father who resides at 131011°ga into
About 1 o'clock yesterday an agreement was enteirie 001
that they should spend the afternoon at the CrYst'“ "lien'
.and they went upstairs accordingly to make prepAr- 104,
Ihstead, however, of each going into his priv3t°7oo
ment, they all went into that of the deceased, Wheu on ill
Such, 17 years of ago, saw a saloon revolver pistol ° pfee
dressing-table. The deadly instrument was fully cbcitbt; A
and capped. Such playfully took up the pistol, 0., r ottS
moment after Greaves fell mortally wounded. P.° itd,
u,taken as quickly as possible to the Royal Fre° 11°070'
ray's-inn-road, whore he was admitted in a st"t° ci att it
consciousness, and so remained till he eN-Pire r he
quarter-past four. The bullet had entered Wide DV'
left ear, and was extracted late in the evening bill ie
Hill. The external wound was about half Au itcr brans
diameter, and the bullet had gone through the wehji:the
of the brain, fracturing the skull, and lodgii3g f the
right lateral ventricle of the brain. The father °Tier
deceased saw his son previous to his death, the 0. to
feol'e°
of the senseless young man causing a painful
those around. dai'''
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