The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-02 00:00:00

WIRTEMBERG.

The King of WIRTEMBURG has addressed a long
proclamation to his people, dated the 27th. He
says that, in order to satisfy the just wishes of the
people, and fulfil the promise he had made, he had
convoked an Assembly of Deputies of the country,
to deliberate on the changes rendered necessary in
the Constitution by the abolition of the privileges of the
nobility. He expected that this Assembly would
have frankly co-operated with his Government
in establishing the Constitution, so as to
enable the Government to turn all its attention to
promoting the material interests of the country. But
to his great regret he states, " that the manner in
which the majority of the Assembly had acted had
convinced him that the object proposed could not be
arrived at, but that, on the contrary, passions had
been excited which had caused the welfare of the
country to be neglected." After stating that the line
of conduct adopted by the Assembly was incompatible
with the constitutional form of government, the pro
clamation proceeds :

" The resolutions adopted by the majority of the As-
sembly assert that the Government has taken a hostile
position towards the States of the Germanic Confedera-
tion, and towards any new form which the constitution
of Germany may assume. Every impartial man, how.
ever, will understand that such a contemptuous disre-
gard of the rights of the conferated German States as
is required of us, would cause the most lamentable con-
sequences to all the country, and that the other Ger-
min Governments would not support any attack on the
rights and duties which bind the German States to each
other."
The KING adds—

" We are convinced that the great majority of the
people do not desire the policy which it is attempted to
make us adopt, and which would certainly cause the
ruin of the country, and deprive the Government of any
influence in the regulation of the affairs of Germany,
We will continue, in listening conscientiously to the
voice of the country, to endeavour to obtain the national
union of Germany, and for that purpose we will not
shrink from any personal sacrifice. But we will not
listen to the schemes which, disregarding existing poli.
tical relations, are impossible of attainment, and can only
lead to the ruin of the country."
The KING complains of the assertion of the As-
sembly that the laws had been violated, and then
states that the dissolution of the Assembly and the
election of another is indispensable. He calls on the
electors to remember the responsibility which weighs
on them, and to choose as their representatives men
devoted to the cause of the laws, right, order, and
moderation ; and not allow themselves to be misled
and intimidated by a small minority swayed by
Republican sentiments. To an Assembly composed
of such men, his MAJESTY promises a kind reception,
and says that it can succeed in establishing the funda-
mental laws, in such a way as to protect the rights of
the Lountry and the citizens, and promote the welfare
of the productive classes.

The New Munich Gazette, the semi-official journal
of Bavaria, states that it is not true, as has been re-
ported, that the four minor kingdoms of Germany,
Saxony, Bavaria, Wirtemberg, and Hanover, have
formed a separatist alliance against Prussia.