PRUSSIA

Wellington Independent, Volume XVIII, Issue 1961, 24 September 1863, Page 1

PRUSSIA

The chief of the Provincial Government of Posen has. published a letter from, the Crown Prince of Prussia, thauking the in habitants for tije wafjn jfeceptioo, giyea jo nis royal highueis on ais rectdt jouintj uwough tit (Mn'd TJucfey

and during his stay at the city of Posen. The | Crown Prince, yielding to tbe advice of his 1 relatives, has drawn up a written defence in reply to the formal accusation of the ministry on account of his Dantsic speech. This defence is, in fact, an elaborate attack upon the ministry. ! Among a number of letters lately published at Berlin, and said to be tolerably genuine by some, though said to be spurious by others, containing correspondences of the king and his son dining 1 their late rupture, the Crown Prince, in allusion to his speech at Dantsic, writes as follows to his father: — The address I delivered at Dantsic is the Tesult of calm reflection. I long owed it to my conscience and my position to profess, in the face of the world, an opinion the truth of which has forced itself upon me more fully from day .lo day. The hope only of being able after all t« avoid placing myself in opposition to you, stifled the monitions of my internal voice. But now, ignorant of my different views, the ministry have taken a step imperilling my future and that of my children. I small make as courage I ous a stand for my future as you, my dear father, are making for your own. I cannot retract anything I have said. All I can do is.. to keep quiet Should you wish me to do so I 1 hereby lay at your feet my commission in the army and my seat in the Council of Stale. I beg you to appoint me a place of residence, » r to permit me to select one myself, either in 1 Prussia or abroad. If I am not allowed to speak tny mind, I must naturally wish to dissever myself entirely from the sphere of politics. This letter seems to have produced a powerful impression upon the king. Tbe Crown PrJDce and Crown Princess of Prussia are living in a very retired manrer at Putpus. They often walk on the sea shore, but as his Royal Highness never appears in uniform — a< previously arranged between himself and the king, his father — he is seldom recognised by the foreigners and natives. The prince and princess, by their condescension and and affability, have gained the hearts of all with whom they have contact.