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DAILY NEWS.—It is now pretty eviden't,'fitikt,
indeed, beyond the necessity of demonstration, from t•VAt
which of the contending parties in Germany has pro-
ceeded the provocation to war, if not the precipita-
tion of Europe into that dire calamity. The conduct
of the Prussian Government has been, up to the last,
so conciliatory, so humble, so abnegatory of even the
necessary pride of a military nation, that however it
may be charged with weakness, it certainly cannot be
accused of arrogance or obstinacy. Still it would be
unjust and untrue to consider the Prussian Govern-
ment as at one moment resigned to yield everything,
and the next inspired by an access of enthusiasm and
despair to dare resistance. It is nut true that in the
cabinet councils, where these important questions
were mooted, the King and his brother, and General
Radowitz, were alone for armament and warlike
demon;tration, the prudence and conservative
resistance of Count Brandenberg and his col-
leagues dissuading them from such a course.
Count Brandenberg, indeed, returned from War-
saw with the belief that he had arrived at en un-
derstanding with Austria, and that the conflicting
pretensions of Diet and of Union being set aside, and
referred for settlement in the future Conference, the
temporary and subordinate questions of Hesse and
Schleswig might have been brought to an amicable
conclusion. Even when tidicgs were brought to
Berlin that the Bavarian troops had entered Hesse
and occupied Hanel', Count Brandenberg was not un-
willing to allow them tranquilly to do so, the Prus-
sian troops at the same time occupying the etapen
strasse in the north of the electorate, this joint occu-
pation lasting till the Conference had fixed some
mode of pacifying and doing justice to the country.
But when Count Brandenberg learned that the inva-
sion had taken place in the name of the Confederation,
and under the authority of that Frankfort Diet which
he had been led at Warsaw to believe was suspended ;
when these invading Bavarians summoned the
Prussians to withdraw altogether and allow them
to re-install the Elector without condition or consi-
deration, or accord, then Count Brandenberg declared
himself as warmly for resistance and for arming as
the King or General Radowitz himself. Count Bran-
denberg died in the declaration and conviction that
the invasion of Hesse in the name of the Diet was a
breach of the agreements of Warsaw, and that it was
a coarse enforcement of conditions to which he had
never consented. It was in fact but a question of
time. There was no disputed point or rebellious
province that could have outlasted or withstood the
united opinions of every German power in a free
Conference. To have awaited its decision would have
secured order and peace, if not liberty. But
Austria would not wait. Whether impelled by the
warlike temper of its young Emperor, or
by more insidious designs, it has pushed
into Hesse, ordering the Prussians out of it,
as a commander-in-chief might a corporal': guard,
threatening, nay levying war, unless these insolent
demands were complied with. Prussia could not
yield to such mandates ; if she did, her very soldiers
would not obey her. And if the news be true, con-
veyed in the latest telegraphic message of the Co-
logne Gazette, that the Austrians had entered Coburg,
this is of itself a declaration of war. It is the in-
vasion of a state belonging to the Prussian union, the
call of whose prince for defence and succour Prussia
is bound to obey. Austria could only march into
Coburg with the intention of directly provoking and
of making war, the road through Coburg leading
directly to Cassel, and menacing the rear of the
Prussian force. The entrance of the Austrians
into Coburg is war, and will be considered such.
By the unanimous vote of .the Cabinet, and with
the unanimous adhesion of the country, the Prussian
landwehr has been called out, and the Cham-
bers convoked. These measures combined place
the war, and the questions out of which it has arisen,
before the Prussian, we may say, indeed, the German
public. The spirit of the Parliament cannot be
doubted. And in truth, the Prussian landwehr is
another Parliament, the most formidable and powerful
representation of a country that was ever invented.
Henceforth, whatever be done must be nptional ; war
will be carried on with national spirit, and peace
must be concluded to national satisfaction. If at this
crisis of affairs we are seriously asked, or should ask
ourselves, whether war be inevitable, we can only
answer, that war or peace depends upon the acts
and upon the motives of Austria, and above all
of Russia. If the purpose of these countries he
peace, Prussia will no doubt keep it. Prussia can
have no motive for war but self-preservation. Over-
matched and awed by the formidable coalition of the
two Emperors, into which France and England were
partially drawn, Prussia prudently bowed before
such a combination—has yielded, and would yield, all
that would not absolutely sacrifice the honour, and
with it the duration, of the monarchy. If, however,
the secret purpose of Russia is to place the two Ger-
man powers in hostile conffct, nu doubt sbe can sue-.
ceed ; and England and France have taken no step to
prevent her. It is well known and agreed upon, that
in the event of Austria's going to war, Russia is to
occupy Gallicia, and Hungary, and even 'Vienna, once
more with her troops. If the result of that war should
be a defeat of the Austrians, and a destruction of their
military power, Russia would thereby inherit and
retain the possession of Hungary and Gallicia. For
who could then fix a term for Russia's evacuating
them ? If Prussia was beaten, Austria might be
allowed to keep Silesia, and cede Gallicia to Russia.
Or, perhaps, further carving or partition might take
place. War in central Europe, split up as that coun-
try is into empires without rights, institutions, fron-
tiers, or popular attachment, is in fact converting
the whole region into a great political
gambling table, on which kingdoms, provinces, and
populations may be won or lost. Such a game
at present would in all probability tend to the ad-
vantage of Russia, and to the total disappearance of
any check or counterbalance to her in the East.
Heaven knows that this is sufficiently the case al-
ready, since the total destruction of Hungary and
Poland as nations. To see Germany threatened by
the same fate, her Princes appearing as supplicants at
the gates of the Czar's palace in Warsaw, is more
alarming than anything that has happened in Europe
for centuries. For if Germany prove unable to with-
stand the Colossus, it will fall with its full weight
upon France and upon us, annihilating the entire li-
berties and independence of Europe. In this critical
state of things we do think that the British Govern-
ment ought to come forward with a frank opinion on
this new system of destroying all constitutional go-
vernment. That Austria should once more call in
Russian troops to occupy her provinces and cities, and
resort to this extreme merely for the purpose o f
crushing and punishing the most legal and constitu-
tional resistance that was ever offered to an arbitrary
and extravagant Prince—this is so contrary to the
treaty of Vienna, which promised constitutions to
the states of Germany, and to the entire spirit and
stipulations of that great accord, that England is pe-
culiarly called on to raise at least its voice in behalf
of European independence and legal right.

COURT CIRCULAR.
WINDSOR, Nov. 9.
To•day was the birth-day of his nova( Highness
the Prince of Wales. The Royal Horse Guards,
under the command of Colonel Bouverie, and the first
battalion of the Coldstream Guards, under the com-
mand of Colonel Codrington, paraded this morning
on the eastern terrace of the Castle, in the presence of
her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
who were accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
tho Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess
Royal, and the Princess Alice, and were attended by
the Equerries in Waiting.
The troops fired a feu de joie in honour of the day.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out
hunting this morning, attended by Lieut.-Colonel
the Hon. A. Gordon.

The President elect of the Royal Academy, with
the Secretary, had an audience of the Queen to-day,
when her Majesty was pleased to sanction the election
of C. L. Eastlake, Esq., and he had the honour to kiss
hands upon his appointment.
The Royal dinner circle at the Castle to-•day in-
cluded her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Augusta Bruce, Baroness de Speth, Lieut.-
Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, Colonel the Hon.
Charles Grey, Sir George Cuuper, Mr. Birch, and
Mr. Glover.

Mr. Roberts, Welsh harper to his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, attended in the evening, and had
the honour of performing before her Majesty and the
Court.

His Royal highness Prince Albert inspected the
Servants' Home and Registry of the Servants' Pro-
vident Institution on Friday last.

- SUNDAY", NOT. 10.
The Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert
walked this morning in the. Slopes.
The Royal Family took walking exercise.
Her Aldjesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
bert, her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, the
ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic
household, attended Divine service this morning in
the private chapel. The Hon. and Rev. G. Welles-
ley officiated.
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Roysaerlvi Highnessce. the Duchess of Kent also at-
tendied the

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Glouces-
ter, on Saturday, at Gloucester House.
Baren Koller, Austrian Chargé d'Affaires, bad an
interview with Sir George Grey on Friday, at the
Home-office.

BRITISH GAS LIGHT COMPANY v. THE GREAT
CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS' COMPANY.-On Saturday his
Honour Sir George Rose granted further time to the Great
Central Company to answer the bill in Chancery tiled against
them by the former company.