The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-09 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

Prom the Preussische Staatsanzeiger we take the
text of the Royal Speech on Wedues4av,y the ich
ins,

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I ' Gentlemer,—l crave your attention. What lam
going to say are my own words; fur I stead before you
as I never did before this, and as I nese: shall do at:At.
I do not stand hero to exercise the hereditary sacred
dukes of my office (they soar abive the opinions and
into. :tions ( f parties); I do nut stand here cov-red
by the respanstbility of my advisers ; but I stand by
my,elP, alone, as a man of horwur prepare,' to give his
dearest treasure, his word, a Yes fu'l of f ace and msan-
inr, Let me, thereetre, say a few word: in exp!ia.rtation.
" The work on which I mean to iinpiint my confirma-
tion sprang from a year which the fidelity of coming
generations will yearn tearfully, though vainly, to blot
out cf our history. In the farm in which it has been
submitted to you it is indeed the work of the self-
sacrificieg fidelity cf the men who saved this throne
from ruir, 'and to whom my gratitude shall only cease
with my life; but what it is, it became in those fetal
days in which the existence of our country was threat-
ened. It sprung &cm a moment, and bore the broad
stamp of its origin. It is but just to ask
the question—How can I. with these opinions,
stoop to sanction that work ? And yet I will do it,
bccause I cat do it; and that I can do it I owe to you,
gentlemen. You have improved it. You have purified
it of dangerous parts. You have added bi.neficent pro-
visions, aad by your masterly legislation, and by the .
acceptance of my last procosition, you have given me
a pledge that you mean to continue improving it, and
teat our joint endeavours, exerted in a constitutional
manner, will avail to make it sill more congruous to the
characteristic vitality of Prussia. I can venture to con-
fi, m this work, because I can do it in good hope. I ac-
knowledge this with the warmest thanks to you, and I
say, with a el, etaly moved and jo3fol heart, that you
have earned the gratitude cf your country. And thus I
declare, calling God to be my witness, test my promise
to the Constitution is true in verity, a-1d void of all af.er-
thought. But you must feel that the life and blessings
of the Constitution depend upon a fulfilment of some
unavoidable conditions.

" You, gentlemen, must help me, and the Parliaments
after you must help mom, and the loyalty of my people
must help me, against those who would pervert this
royal grant or fieedom into a shroud to malice; against
those who would turn it against its at. thor God-insti-
tuted aathurity; against those who would fain consider
this document as an indemnity in the place cf Divine
Providence, of history, and of our ancient sacred loyalty.
All the good powers cf the country must unite in fealty,
in respeJt for royalty, azed this drone, which leans
upon the victories of our armies; on obedience
to law, on a conscientious adherence to the oath of
homage and to the new oath of fidelity, and obedience
to the Kiug, and a scrupulous observance cf the Consti-
tution—in a word, a vital condition is that you give me
a possibility of governing under this law; for in Prussia
the King must reign, and I do not reign, God knows it,
because such is my will and pleasure, but because it is
God's order and decree, and, therefore, I mean to govern.
A free people under a free King! such has been my motto
these ten years, and such is it this day, and shall be to
the end of my lit
"Before I proceed to the act cf this day, I will renew
two rows. In the first instance I vow, repeat, and con-
firm my vow at the Coronation at Konigsberg! Yes!
yes! I will do it! so 'nip me God!
" In the second iastaace, I repeat and confirm my
solemn vow of the 11th of April, 1847, With my house
I intend to serve the Lord.' Yes, yes! I will do it. So
help me God! This vow takes a higher range than all
others.

"And now that I, by the force of my royal perfection
of power, confirm the charter of the Constitution, I pre-
mise tolemnly, verily, and expr. ssly, to obsene the co -
stitution of my country and empire, and t ) govern Lc-
cording to the same and t) the laws. Yes, )ez! I will
do it! So help me God!"

OLYMPIC THEATRE.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN:

SlR,—Last evening I was present at a representation
of Othello, and in the midst of the splendid dialogue
between Othello and Ingo, there was a cry of "Fire!
fire!' Coafusioa immedia el/ prevailei—a'most all rose
to depar', and a rush to the doors took place--several
females fainted, some shouted, and general a!arna pre-
vailed through the building.
In vain the policeman and officials iuterrered to st.p
persons leaving the house (which was crowded), and it
Has some time bef)re order and confidence could be re-
stored. Meanwhile the play proceeded, the best part
being les'.
Upoa irquiry it turned out to have emanated from
some persons waiting f)r half-price" t) the gal!ery,
and whether their patience aas exhausted, or whether it
was wilfal, I know not, but this I know, that tLe
" villains," whoever they were ought to be punished, and
severely for endangering the lives of the public, because
it is impossible to say where this sort of thing would
end. Tho offenders are, I hope, in custody; at all events
they ought to be, and the fact of the late house Laving
been burnt down being fresh in the memory of nearly
all present, the alarm was much greeter.
Apologizing for this intrusion, but hoping you will,
for the benefit of the public, insert it,
I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
Strand, Saturday, Feb. 9, 1850. VEitITAS.
P.S. I enclose you my curd to vouch for the accu-
racy of this statement.

BENEFIT OF Mr. FLEXMORE.—We are glad to hear
that this excellent and agile clown takes his benefit at
the Princess's Theatre on Tuesday next, the 19th in-
stant, on which occasion a very attractive bill of faro is
promised, consisting of a new opera, an entirely new
ballet, in which the much-admired danseuse, Mdlle.
Auriol, will appear, and the amusing pantomime of King
Jamie The ballet is the joint composition of Flexmore
and Mdlle. Auriol, and we understand will be put on
the stage in a way hitherto unsurpassed at this theatre.
No clown on the sage has lecome so rapidly a favourite
with the public as Flexmore, and this may be attributed
to his possession of those qualities which tit an actor for
the representation of humorous and comical parts. lie
is, besides, a light and elegant dancer, and throws life
and spirit into the pantomime by his Terpsichorean feats.l
We trust he will have a bumper house on the night of i
his benefit, and wo are sure our expectations will not he
disappoints d.
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS AND Loss OF LIFE.—The
five o'clock down train on the North Kent line of rail-
way ran oil the line last night, just after clearing the
tunnel at Charlton. The engine buried itself in the side
of the cutting, and de agged all the carriages, which
were heavily laden with passengers, off the line. For-
tunately, beyond a few bruises, and a detention of some
half hour, they escaped uninjured. On Thursday even-
ing, about seven o'ciock, a corporal of the Royal Artil-
lery, named Bingham, lost his life at the junction at
New Cross. He had been to Greenwich, and was re-
turning by this route, and while waiting f ,r the arrival
of the down train he imprudently stepped upon the line.
The engineer did not perceive his position till it was too
late to reverse the engine, and the unfortunate man was
killed on the spot, the body being frightfully mangled.
I IST. MARTIN'S llALL.—Under this designation, as
many of our readers aro no doutt aware, a building has
been erected, to which the present entrance is in Long-
acre, and which contains, besides a concert-room and
some smaller seloons atited to instruction and pm aetice in
choral music, ono enormous area constructed for the pur-
pose of giving musical perform aeces, vocal and instru-
mental, on a grand teak. The undertaking, has reiulted
from the success attending Mr. Hullah's singing classes;
and it affords ono additional proof of the prevailing de-
sire to provide the general public with good music. On
Thursday night, a festival was held here, to inaugurate
the opening of the larger Concert Hall, which is to take
Vase on Monday next. Some choral music was first
perfomed by Mr. Hullah 'e pupils; and there was after-
wards a supper. The Earl of Carlisle presided; and be-
tween six and seven hundred persons, including a pro-
portionate number of the fair sex, assemble,]. A sister
of the Noble Chairman accompanied him, and sat on his
right. The Bishop cf London, Mr. Justice Coleridge,
and several other distinguishod ereons, also took part
in the entertainment. Af cr the usual loyal toasts had
been given, Lord Carlisle p:oposed "Prosperity to S.
Martin's Hall," to which toast Mr. Hullah reqiond,d,
explaining the many difficulties which bad olet-ucted or
impeded the accomplishment of the undertaking. The
Bishop of London bore testimony to the influence of
music, as inculcated according to de system f 'Bowed by
Mr. Huila, on the public morals; and Mr. Helps, M.P.,
having been designated by Mr. Hullah as the person who
had first come forward with the donation re cessary to
initiate the project, that gentleman was called upon to
speak lie delivered an eloquent address, in the course
of which he enabled his auditory to perceive that his
benevolent enterprise had been dictated by philanthropy ,
f a high order. Other rpeeches were made, and the
company did not separate till a late hour.
LONDON FEVER IlosrsTAL.—The forty-eighth an-
nual general meeting of this institution was held 3 e dor-
day ut the 1% eculasens' Tavein, the Earl of Devon in
the chair. The repent stated that the removal of the
institution from St. Pancras to the elegant new building
in the Liverpool-road had occurred during the prevalence
of the severe epidemic, and yo t the punster c f fever
patients had not equalled half those of the preceding
year, as the total admission's in 1848 were 1,335, and in
653. In 1843 there had been fewer
the past year only
than in 1847; and altogether a successive diminution
since 1843, when the greatest number (1,462) were re-
ceivef, than during any previous year. The cho'era
had, it was supposed, partially superseded fever,
having chiefly raged among those classes usually
' affected by fever. On the 27th December, 1819,
there remained in the hospital 21, and since admitted
18, of whom 12 had been discharged cured, four had
died, and 23 now remained in the hospital. Including
the previous balance c f 453/. 10s. ld., the total receipts
had been 2,7541. 7s. 40., the general expenditure 1,94 a.
Is. 6d, and a balance remained of 58/, GS. 4d., after in-
vesting 750/., thereby incs eesing the funded stock to
3,675/. Is. sd. Of the 18 9221. received from the
Great Northern Railway Company 18,357/. ss. 9d. had
been expended on the new premises, and the balance,
564/. 7s. 3d., it was unanimously resolved should be ap-
propriated to the formation of a fund, to be called the
Family Fund, to be applied as the committee might
think fit. The officers fn. the ensuicg year were
elected, and the meeting broke up.
URAILWAY BILLS ON STANDING ORDERS.—Yester-
day the standing orders were declared to ho complied
with in the case of the Midland Great 'Western Rail-
way of Ireland, for deviations and extensions of time ;
in the Killarney Junction Pailw ay ; and in the North
Staffordshire Railway Company's Bills for abandonment
of branches to Newcastle-under-Lyme, and lease of
A shbourne branch.
GREAT CENTRAL GAS CONSUMERS'
.COMPANY.—
Yest-2rday this company's Bill for bettcr.supplying the
City and places adjacent with gas, was declared to have
' complied with the str,nding orders.