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

WIRTEMBERQ.

The King of WIRTEMBURG has addressed a long
proclamation to his people, dated the 27th. Ile
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-
man Governments would not support any attack on the
rights and duties which bind the German States to each
other."

The RING 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 tha 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 fur 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 lima 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 country 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
furmed a separatist alliance against Prussia.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.
A reception was held by the Emperor of Ausma.
en 23d ult. It was remarked that not a single Hun-
garian Notability attended the reception.
M. PALAcAr, chief of the Tschech (or national)

party in Bohemia, has publiThad a protest against the
dangers of centralisation in Austria, and recommend,
ing the creation of a Federal State, in which all the
nationalities shall be represented on a footing of per-
fect equality.
On 30th ult., the Bank of Vienna had notes in
circulation to the amount of 252,920,298 florins,
cash in hand 29,062,744 florins, bills 28,426,673
florins ; and there were due to it from the Govern-
ment 219,302,231 florins.

Communication by electric telegraph is now esta-
blished between Munich and Vienna. Negotiations
have been entered into between Austria, IVirtem-
burg, and the Grand Duchy of Baden, for the esta-
blishment of an electrical telegraph to the frontier of
France.

lIAMBURGIL
Letters from Haraburgh of the 22d ult. announce
the failure of the banking-house of Messrs. MEIMHOLD
and Co., of that city. The liabilities amount to
200,000 marks banco. It was feared that other
failures would occur.

M. DE SALIGNAC DE FENELON, the new Minister of
the French Republic to the Hanse Towns, arrived in
Hamburgh on the 27th. He is the fifth diplomatic
agent accredited by Prarce to the Hanse Towns since
the establishment of the Republic.

•
DENMARK AND TH E DUCHIES.
The elections for the First Chamber of Denmark,
which are in two degrees, have just taken place, and
have resulted in the return of a great number of
functionaries, from which it is assumed that the
majority of the Chamber will be strictly conserva-
tive. The elections for the Second Chamber ter-
minated in the triumph of the ultra-Scandinavian
party, which resists all idea of the separation of
Denmark from Schleswig.
Extensive promotions have recently taken place in
the army of Denmark; and at this moment the
army consists of thirty-five battalions of 1,000 men
each, of eight regiment of cavalry, of a numerous
artillery, and of corps of engineers &c. In Den-
mark, all the extraordinary war taxes continued to
be levied.

Before proroguing for the Christmas vacation, the
Chamber of Representatives of Schleswig-Holstein,
at Kiel, voted, in a secret sitting, that the prepara-
tions for war with Denmark should be actively car-
ried on. It is not, however, believed at Hamburgh
and Berlin that war will be renewed.