The Prussian Chamber is taking a singular, and it may
be a wise course. In the sitting of the 24th of July it resolved on the motion of Herr von Twesten to reject an address proposed by the Tories, which simply endorsed the King's views, and an address submitted by the Catholics, which was mildly Liberal, and as it could not express its own views to abstain from any address at all. It appears to be agreed on all aides that the majority will not give way on the question of the army, because, as they contend, it in- volves an extra outlay of a million sterling, and if the House has not the power to reject that, its control over the budget ends, and the constitution with it. The Minister of the Interior made a somewhat conciliatory speech, stating that Government was obsti- nate only on this one point, but on a division the drafts were re- jected, and the Chamber leave it therefore to the King either to give way or govern without their aid. One fact of importance came out strongly in the course pursued. The Prussians really like their constitution as interpreted by themselves.
