The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-14 00:00:00

In the Chamber of Deputies to-day, the Mini-
sters being absent, the President of the Chamber
opened the sitting. He regretted being obliged to
communicate the vote of the Upper House, which
he declared was unconstitutional,
The President then moved that the Chamber ad-
journ for an hour, when the Committee on the
Budget should report upon the resolutions proposed
bp Dr. Simson and Herr Reichensperger, declaring
void the vote of the Upper House and stating their
reasons for that conclusion.

He also moved that the committee should further
report upon the resolutions proposed by Dr. Gneist
and his party—viz., that the vote of the Upper
House was unconstitutional, and therefore null and
void; that the Government is not entitled to base
any rights upon that vote ; that the Government
is in duty bound to settle the expenditure for 1862
in accordance with the Constitution ; and that it
was not justified in making outlays which the
Chamber had refused to grant.

The proposal of the President was almost unani-
mously agreed to.
The Committee on the Budget unanimously
passed a resolution, declaring the vote of the Upper
House, regarding the acceptance of the Budget
brought forward by the Government, as opposed to

the plain sense and words of the Constitution, and
upon that account null and void. The Government

would, therefore, not be justified in basing any
rights whatever upon the vote.
The Chamber then resolved upon instant discus-
sion of the subject.
Herr von Bonin-Stolp protested against this re-
solution, and quitted the Chamber with five mem-
bers of his party.
No debate, however, took place upon the resolu-
tion of the Committee upon the Budget, which was
unanimously adopted by the 237 members present.
The President of the Council; Count von Bismark-
Schonhausen, then read a Royal Message, ordering
that the close of the Parliamentary session should

:ake place in the Royal Castle at three o'clock this

afternoon.

CLOSING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.
OCT. 13 (Evening).
The Prus,ian C hambers were closed this after-
noon. The President of the Ministry read the
Speech from the Throne. In this speech the King
makes mention of the treaty of commerce with
France, and states that the principles of national
economy on which that treaty is founded will
henceforward form the basis of the commercial
policy of Prussia. The speech laments that the
discussions on the budget for 1862 have not led to
a legal sentiment, and continues :
"That budget, as amended by the Lower House,
having been rejected by the Upper House, the Go-
vernment finds itself compelled to carry out the
budget as it was originally laid before the Lower
House, without taking cognisance of the conditions
imposed by the constitution. The Government,
although conscious of the responsibility arising out
of this deplorable state of things, is also mindful of
its duties to the country, and therein finds authoriz-
ation for defraying, until the legal settlement of the
budget takes place, the expenditure necessary for
the preservation of existing institutions and the
development of the welfare of the country. It feels
convinced that this course will hereafter receive the
sanction of the Chambers."