The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-06 00:00:00

WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 6, 1850.

mount the obstacles which are opposed to the develop-
mont of agriculture, of manufactures, and of com-
merce.

" In general education a reform has been made with
the object of giving an impetus to certa'n brsech•s of
science, destined to exercise a powerful itiflaence on the
development of the public wealth, different schools have
been established, yet the expenses for public education
have bee❑ diminished. The public revenue is in a state
of constant improvement, and it is to be hoped that the
measures taken on this head will cause it still more to
improve.

My Government will submit immediately for your
examination and approval the accounts of the public ex-
penses and the general budget for the ensuing year, care-
fully adapted to the real wants and the present position
of the Administration. To these precis will be added,
agreeably to the disposition of the new law of accounta-
bility, the project of law relative to the credits and ex-
traordinary credits granted in the last session. I shall
also present to you the definitive regulation of the public
debt. In the course of this session there will be pro-
posed to you other laws called for by the necessities of
the State; among others ore on the regulation of the
fueros of the Basque provinces.
" Such is the state that the country and its adminis-
tration presents—a state relatively prosperous and fa-
vourable, bat which will be much more so hereafter, if,
as I hope, peace at home, respect to the Throne and to
our monarchical constitution, and confidence and har-
mony between the public authorities be maintained. To
obtain so desirable an object I reckon with the greatest
confidence on the wisdom and patriotism of which the
Cortes has at all times given so many bright examples;
and I rely, above all, on the assistance of Divine Provi-
dence, which has hitherto so signally favoured our great
and noble nation."

MADRID BOLSA, OCT. 31.—Three per Cents
34:1; Five per Cents., 13 Exchange, 50 35.

GERMANY.

CHANGE IN THE PRUSSIAN MINISTRY.
A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin of the 3d an-
nounces that the King of PRUSSIA had convoked at
noon a Council of Ministers, to deliberate upon the
measures that ought to be taken in consequence of the
entry of the Austro-Bavarian army into Electoral
Hesse, and of the occupation of the town of Hanau.
At the breaking up of the Council the KING appeared
much depressed, and immediately afterwards a dis-
patch was addressed by the electric telegraph to the
Prussian army assembled on the frontiers of Hesse.
The rumour immediately spread that his MAJESTY had
sent for Count D'ARNIM, which led to the belief of
the abandonment of the policy of M. DE RADOWITZ,
and of the latter's retirement. It was said that M. DE
PERSIGNY and the English Ambassador had each
made the previous evening a communication to the
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
A telegraphic dispatch, in the Cologne Gazette,
dated from Berlin, on the evening of Nov. 4, says :
—" The resignation of Herr VON RADOWITZ was yes-
terday accepted. Herr VON LADENBERG and Herr
VON DER HEYDT have also sent in their resignations,
but whether or not they have been accepted we can-
not say."
Another telegraphic dispatch, in the Correspon-
denz Bureau, of the same date, says—" According to
the Deutsche Reform, the resignation of Herr VON
LADENBERG has not been accepted. The convocation
of the Chambers has been fixed for November 21.
The Secretaiy of Legation, ROSENBERG, has de-
parted for Vienna, with dispatches relating to the
constitution of the free conferences."
It is supposed that MONTEUFFEL, who has been
throughout the opponent of the policy of RADOWITZ)
will be entrusted with the formation of the new
Ministry.
A letter from Cassel of the 2d says:--
" At eleven o'clock this morning two battalions and a
half of the 18th Regiment of the Prussian line, the 12th
Regiment of Hussars, and a battery arrived here. Other
troops are expected. The reception of the Prussian
troops on the part of the inhabitants was quiet and
friendly. All eyes are looking for a proclamation on
the part of the Prussian commander. General von Tiet-
zen addressed several citizens this morning at one of the
city gates, assuring them that the Prussians came as
friends, and hoping that they would be received as such.
M. Lucken answered that every true friend might be
certain of a friendly and hearty reception, upon which
the general reached out his hand. This reply exactly
expresses the general sentiment. The men were all
quartered upon the citizens as a temporary measure,
although the city is legally free from this burden. The
horses have !nen taken to the barrack stables. Fur-
loughed soldiers continue to arrive from Hanau. The
poor men are in a pitiable plight. A subscription has
been opened in their behalf."
RADETSEY has been summoned to Vienna.
The following is the Austrian version of the Hes-
sian question ; the document was drawn up in the
Vienna Chancery, and was submitted to the Frank-
fort Diet, and also to the Emperor of RUSSIA, at
Warsaw. The intention to restore everywhere, by
force, Absolutism and Obacurantism appears to be
explicitly avowed in this document :
" The movement was commenced in the Electorate of
Hesse, by a coterie of the Chamber, and by the class of
employes of the state, who, seized both one and the other
before the year 1848, with a decided spirit of opposition,
partook in the efforts and the abrrations of the As-
sembly of Frankfort, and afterwards threw themselves
into the arms of the party of Gotha and of the Prussian
union. To all this it may be added, that by an incon-
ceivable anomaly which greatly embarrasses all govern.
mental action, the constitution, and the regulations of
the service in Electoral Hesse, secure to the functionaries
of the state the maintenance of their places, so that
even the employes of the administrative branches can-
not be placed en disponibilite or en retraite, without their
own consent. The Hessian troops have always been
considered as good and trustworthy. The sub-officers
and privates have, in fact, hitherto, even under the
most trying circumstances, remained faithful to the tra-
ditions of their old discipline. It is quite different with
the majority of the officers, among whom for a long time
past Prussian ideas have introduced themselves. With
the generals and officers of advanced age these feelings
are partly explained by their joining the lodges of Free-
masons at which the Prince of Prussia is Grand Master,
and partly by the predilection of the Elector for the
military institutions and fur the uniform of Prussia.
Alarmed by the rapid progress which was made by the
democratic party in his states, and wishing to withdraw
himself from the domination of the Ministry which had
imposed on him the revolution of March, and which was
formed out of the coterie of which we have spoken above,
the Elector decided on acceding to the treaty of union of
the 26th May, 1849. In spite of that, however, the Mi-
nistry maintained itself in power, and the Elector soon
acquired the conviction that his adhesion to the union,
which he had given under the influence of other circum-
stances, when Saxony and Hanover still b.longed to the
alliance called that of the month of May, would infallibly
efface the Electorate of Hesse from the number of inde-
pendent states. Nevertheless order and authority were re-
established in Austria. The major part of the states of
Germany were able to replace themselves on the ground
of the treaties of 1815, and the Elector followed the
example. Beyond the coteries of which we have already
spoken, the Prussian union was not favourably received
in Hesse. In order to put himself in a condition to be
.Ible to follow up the new line of policy which he had
and appointed M. Ilassen-
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chosen, the Elector in February last dismissed the Eber-
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The Hassenpflug Ministry carried its respect fur con-
stitutional forms so far that it suspended, from the
commencement of June, the recovery of the direct taxes,
and simply placed in deposit the produce of the indirect
taxes in virtue of an arrangement concluded with the
Permanent Committee of the Chamber. The Ministry
demanded the vote of the taxes, but merely for the period
which would expire at the end of September. It was
then that the new budget was presented. We dwell
more particularly on this circumstance, because it has
been falsely stated that M. Hassenpflug wished to set
aside the budget entirely, whilst in reality his only ob-
ject was to provide for the wants of the service for a few
weeks, which in no way implied a violation of the con-
stitution,
After some very stormy nlyrequired the presentation of the
question was to fix the taxes for the
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the Chambers refused the budget. This refusal
was equally inadmissible, according to the terms of the
constitution of the Electorate of Hesse, and according to
the Germanic federal law. The result was a fresh
dissolution of the Chamber. The Government
at the same time announced the speedy convocation
of a new assembly of the States. The spirit of the
people was in general good; it was thought that
the taxes might be readily collected, as was
the case in the Grand I)uchy of Hesse, where
the revolutionary spirit had even gained more ground.
But the main point was to find organs to collect the
taxes, and it was the administrative authorities who re-
fused obedience, founding their opposition on certain
paragraphs of the constitution, which could not be adapted
to the extraordinary circumstances of the country.
When, in order to compel them to do their duty, the
country was declared in a state of siege, hesitations of
the same kind manifested themselves among the officers.
It was evidently hoped to constrain the Government to
retreat, and thus to bring about a movement towards the
Prussian union. Almost all the organs of the adminis-
tration of the State having refused their co-operation,
the power of the Government became paralysed. The
Electorev in his attempts to re-establish legal
authority by his own means, he appealed to the Ger-
manichis Confederation, of which he is a member. This,
in a few words, is the explanation of the complication in
Besse; and it is beyond all doubt that the declarations
made by the Prussian Government encouraged the
employes and the officers in their resistance."

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
The Cologne Gazette quotes the following te-
egraphic dispatch from the Correspondenz Bureau :
" KIEL, Nov. 3.

"An Austrian officer has arrived here with federal
dispatches, which order the immediate cessation of hos-
tilities, and, in case of non-compliance, threaten that the
execution of the orders shall be insured through the
means of federal troops."

GREECE.
Letters from Athens of the 22d ult. state that the
dispute with the English Ambassador on the alleged
Illegal detention by the Government of certain
steamers laden with currants and bound to England,
has been satisfactorily arranged. The elections had

terminated : the new Ministry had obtained a large
majority.