The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-13 00:00:00

THE LAST SITTING OF THE CHAMBER

OF DEPTJTIES.

The sitting of the Prussian Chamber of Deputies
commenced on Tuesday at 10 o'clock. All the minis-
ters, with the exception of the Minister President
and MM. Auerswald and Bethmann-Hollweg, were
present, and the Minister of Commerce, M. Von
der Heydt, addressed the assembly as follows :

The chamber has been informed, through the letter which
I addressed to the President on the 7th, that the ministry
were deliberating a few days ago on questions of high im-
portance. These deliberations were the result of the reso-
lution voted by the chamber at its last sitting. The minis-
* believed it to be their duty to consider seriously
girt attitude these circumstances imposed upon them.
After the Minister of Finance had promised, in the
nest conciliatory manner, the fulfilment in 1863 of the
theaand of a specialised budget. and required on the part of
Yr chamber the same disposition, the latter, nevertheless,
adapted the Hagen proposition. In whatsoever minuet the
eight of the chamber and the material bearing of that vote
may be regarded, the resolution characterises most dir
tioctly the attitude which the chamber means to take with
respect to the government, and, after a deep and conscien-
tious examinatioo, the ministry was convinced that it does not
possess in the chamber the confidence and support which
are indispensable to watch successfully over the interests
of the country. This conviction imposed upon them the
duty of laying their resignation before the King. That
step took place on the Bth. His Majesty did not deign to
defer to this desire, and by a decree of the 9th be refused
to accept the offer of our resignation. The following is the
text of the degree :—" Oa the report of the Ministry of
State if/yesterday's date, I desire to make known to them
that, considering the confidence I have in them, and the
consideration in which they are held by the right-minded
portion of the nation, I cannot yield to their wishes. For
these reasons 1 await the proposal of other measures, In
order that they may be able to continue their functions for
the good of the state." The ministry could do no other-
wise than obey the august will of the sovereign,
and they consequently examined what measures should be
taken in order that they may continue their administration
for the good of the state. The ministry were penetrated
with the conviction that the sincere and trustful co.
operation of the repronabibm of the orbs with
the government could elm taped to the iodereor
of the monarchy. with dr IA oroolonner
their responsibility, and atter nitrated dew,
the ministry think themselves authabed to admit
that the events of the sitting of the 6th have demonstrated
the want of this essential condition, and that they might
counsel his Majesty to make nee of the prerogative which
Article 51 of the constitution confers upon the crown. I
have, therefore, the honour to notify to the assembly the
following decree :—" We, William, by the grace of God,
ka, in virtue of Artieleasl and 77 of the fundamental law,
and on the report of our Ministry of State, order as follows:
1. The Chamber of Deputies is dissolved. 2. The Chamber
of Peers is prorogued. 3. Our Ministry of State is
charged with the execution of the present decree.—Berlin,
March 11." This decree was countersigned by all the
ministers with one exception.

The President, 51. Grabow, thanked the chamber for the
kind support which had been given to him in the exercise
of his duties, and terminated the sitting with a cry of
"Long live the King!" which waa three times repeated by
the chamber.

THE ROMAN QUESTION.

The Paris Pease says that one of its correspon-
dents, in a position to be well informed, gives, very
confidently, the following important news :
" You may be quite certain that between this
and the end of the month the Roman question will
have made a step of a nearly decisive character,
and will even, perhaps, be completely settled. It
was in order to render a solution possible that the
change of ministry took place ; K Ricasoli having,
by the publication of his famous Capitolato,'
taken a course which it was impossible to approve
of, it became necessary to form a government free
from all engagements, not, indeed, as to essentials,
but as to points of form."
The Presse repeats this news under all reserve,
observing that, "in regard to Rome, Italians are
too apt to mistake their hopes for realities."
K Nigh had an interview the day before yes-
terday wit-b !. Th9nvenel, it has been
that since the accession of the Rattazzi ministry
the conferences of the Italian Ambassador with the
French Minister fur Foreign Affairs have become
more frequent.