The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-01 00:00:00

GERMANY.

The following note bas been addressed by the
Prussian Prime Minister to the Prussian Charg6
d'Affaires at the Electoral Court of Hesse :

"To Herr Von Tbile, Char d'Affaires of his Majesty
the King of Prussia at the Court of his Highness the
Elector of Hesse.

" The recent events which have taken place in Elec-
toral Hesse claim in a high degree the attention of the
Government of his Prussian Majesty. Of course these
have been principally evoked by matters of the internal
policy of Hesse-Cassel; but, in the present state of Ger-
many, they obviously constitute a situation of danger for
the whole land, and especially for neighbouring states.
On this account, apart from the entrance of the Elector
of Hesse with other German Governments into a closer
relationship of community with Prussia, neighbourly
friendship imposes on us the obligation to cast a glance
upon the circumstances taking place in the electorate. We
can the less decline this duty, as at the present time no uni-
versally acknowledged legal organ exists in Germany by
which such questions as may arise out of the affairs of Hesse
Cassel can be resolved, and consequently every mem-
ber of the German bund, and particularly such as are
more nearly iitterest-d, are more than ever bound and
entitle] to take into consideration every means of avert-
ing danger from tho common fatherland. Before all
things the Royal Government regards it as a duty in the
present critical, and for the Electoral Government, deci
sive moment, not to keep silence, but to address it in
oper, candid, and earnest language. It does this the
more willingly, since it cherishes the conviction that
within the electoral constitution itself, and especially in
the provisions for a court of compromise which it con-
tains, lies the possibility of arranging the present dif-
ferences in a manner consistent with the authority and
dignity of the supreme bead of the state. To enter
upon such a peaceful and lawful course, and to pursue it
until the dutiful officers and citizens of the state should
entertain no doubt that every means of coming to a law-
ful solution of differences had been exhausted, we hold
to be the sacred duty of every German Government.
We cannot conceal our conviction that the pre-
mature deviation from this course, the omis-
sion to employ the means of adjustment offered in the
constitution for averting the premature one-sided action
of Government or Chamber, by a judicial decision,
brings with it the danger that, through the wrong-doing
of one part, the other may be provoked to forsake the
path prescribed by duty, and that the Government may
thus remain not free from the responsibility of the ulti-
mite fearful and incalculable issue of such a contest.
The Prussian Government willingly forbears to discuss
the individual points on which the Electoral Government
and the Chamber, and its standing committee disagree.
It ca not, however, omit to entreat the Electoral Go-
vernment to examine anxiously and conscientiously
whether, while extending exceptional measures
over the whole of its territories, it has exhausted all
constitutional means of attaining its highest end—the
security of the state and the supply of its necessities;
and whether thus it has really become necessary for
the Government to incur all the responsibility which
the adoption of exceptional measures involves, since
that course loaves every difficulty to be solved by mere
force ?

" Berlin, Sept. 12, 1850. " BRANDENBURG."
According to the Cologne Gazette, Prussia has de-
tertnintd to adopt very energetic measures in the
affair of Hesse- Cassel ; the Government will not tole-
rate any interference on the part of the Diet, and if
necessary will oppose it by force. The Minister of
Commerce, M. VON DE HET DT, has resigned his post.