The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-14 00:00:00

FiIANCE.

M. Dupin, the President of the National Assembly,
presided on the Bth of the present month at the annual
agricultural meeting of the department of the Nievre,
held at Clamecy. she following extract of his speech
on that occasion is not without interest :—" Do not, I
pray you, believe in these absurd rumours of coups
d'etat, which no party, I hope, will venture to at-
tempt, and which the authorities will easily re-
press. There are liberties and institutions the nation
desires to preserve, and that no one would deprive
it of; there are other things it does not wish, and
that it would be useless to attempt. It has been
justly observed that, of a revolution, it is well to
take all that is good, and to reject all that is bad.
Nothing will be effected of a durable kind in France
that is not conformable to the true interests of the
country, and to its will as represented by the legal
powers. As for me I have every confidence in their
wisdom ; I have confidence in the patriotism of those
who possess authority, and in the efficiency of the
means which will be employed to preserve the
country from the most formidable crisis it has ever
been engaged in. The spirit of conciliation on one
side, the love of the country and good national sense
of the other, will exercise great influence in the solu-
tion of this question, and the sacred cause of the
country will triumph."

GERMANY.
Letters from Cassel of the 9th instant, in the
Kollter Zeitung, inform us that the state of siege is
being introduced with all the customary formalities.
The, citizens of Cassel and the inhabitants of Hesse
remain tranquil and orderly, and no demonstrations
of public feeling are to be apprehended. The Council
of Aldermen has published the following address to
the citizens of Cassel :

" Fellow Citizens,—A decree of yesterday's date has
declared our country to be in a state of war. Against
this decree we have entered a protest; for none, and
least of all the citizens of Cassel, have given occasion
for a decree which stands in direct contradiction to jus-
tice and to law.

" Fellow Citizens,—We rely on your tried sense of
order and of law. Proceed, as you hitherto have done,
on a legal path, and this critical and dangerous state of
things cannot, we are sure, and will not be of long du-
ration.

" The Stadtrath of Cassel—
HARTWIG FEIIRENBERG MOLLER
" BIENER FIEDLER GIEDE OETILER
. • - " ESSENGARTEN HIITTEROTT SCHEIB.
" ENGELHARD KNAPPE
" Cassel, Sept. 8."
The same Council has entered the following pro.
test against the Ministerial decree :
" A decree, of yesterday's date, declares the Hessian
country and the city of Cassel to be in a state of war.
We are firmly convinced that this decree is not in law
necessary, or called for, and we consider it to be hostile
to the constitution and the law. We think it our duty
to declare as much to the Elector's Cabinet; and we
protest against the measure aad its execution.
" Cassel, Sept. 8."
Advices from Cassel, of the 9th instant, state
the city continues in a state of order and tran-
quillity.
Berlin letters, of the 9th, in the Kolner Zeitung,
state that a Cabinet Council met on that day, and
that it was resolved not to allow any Austrian or Ba-
Yarian troops to interfere in Electoral Hesse.