The King of Prussia lately received a deputation from Brooke.
sent to thank him for the granting of a constitution: his reply throws, Bet on, the firmer policy of his later government— Little of a cheering or friendly character had lately come from Breslau. This was saddening—not to himself, for he was accustomed to ingratitude-4tit on account of the people. "I will freely acknowledge, that the deputation from Bres- lau which waited on me in the month of March brought the most insulting com- munication of the kind that was ever laid before a sovereign." The hostile man- ner had not prevented him from examining the demand without prejudice, or from what was required. But the mass of the people in Silesia were sound. What strengthened and supported him through the past seven months—a period of shame, which all true patriots would wish erased from Prussian annals—was, next to God's help, the fidelity of the provincial population. " In Pomerania, in the province of Prussia, in a part of Silesia, but more especially in Westphalia and on the Rhine, and the counties of Mark and Ravensperg, the people have ex- hibited a spirit of fidelity which has compensated me for much pam. The brave peasantry have not only resisted the incitements to revolt, but frequently it was only with effort they were restrained from hastening to the assistance of their Sovereign. From the Rhine to the Weichsel, they asked for permission to enrol themselves, that we should summon them forth to strike down the enemies of their Bing. But, God be praised, there has been no occasion for such service; for my ene- mies have been now as they have ever been—cowardly. They were not the old Prussians: all real Prussians were ready, now as in 1813, to follow the summons of their Monarch. Gentlemen, let your thanks, with mine, be given to the brave population of the provinces. What I have recently done I have been compelled to do for the safety of the country. By God's assistance things will now go Int- ter. Let us hope they will; and do you do your part to insure it. But now re- ceive again my assurance that your friendly advances have afforded me the greatest pleasure."
The King then shook hands and conversed with members of the deputa- tion, and Particularly with one member especially introduced to him— Vogt, a tinman, who single-handed opposed the mob on the 20th November, and protected the Town-Council.
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