The Sun.
London, England, 1853-12-02 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS.
The Prussian Staats Anzeiyer of the 28th ult.
contains the following :—After the celebration of
divine worship in the minster and in the church of
St. Hedwig the Chambers assembled in the White
Hall of the Royal Schloss. The Minister President,
Baron Manteuffel, opened the session with the
following address :
" Gentlemen of the First and Second Chambers.—His
Majesty the King, our most gracious master, has, by
his Royal Commission of the 26th inst., empowered me
to open this Session of the Chambers in his name.
"Since the close of your last deliberations several im-
portant bills, which you had passed, have received the
Royal sanction.
"Among these the law of May 30, 1853, regulating
the municipal government-of towns in the Eastern Pro-
vinces has introduced in the place of a here defective and
there provisional state of things a normal enactment,
susceptible of further development.
"His Majesty's Government hopes, through your co -
operation, to see the remaining laws for the regulation
of the communes, the circles, and the provinces, soon
settled, and these important matters established on a
still firmer basis.

"The conscientious consideration which his Majesty
the King continues to devote to the final formation of
the First Chamber, in conformity with the law of May 7,
1853, has led him to regard it as desirable for the ensu-
ing Session to re-convoke the previous members of the
First Chamber, in full confidence in their proved pa-
triotism.

"It has been a great gratification to the King, our
most gracious master, by the opening of new railroads,
to give both the eastern and the western portions of the
kingdom still further proof of his paternal solicitude.
The execution of the line from Posen to Breslau and
Glogau has been secured without entailing any further
obligations on the funds of the State. The papers con-
nected herewith will be laid before the Chambers.

"The construction of telegraphs has, by the efforts of
his Majesty's Government, united with those of friendly
and neighbouring Powers, attained an extent which,
while it provides for intercourse in very widely extended
ramifications and on uniform principles, already gives
good promise of adequate returns.
" Maitsfactures, commerce, and navigation are, in
spite °Ake disturbing influences, the existence of which
cannot be denied, active and thriving.
" The products of our coal and iron mines are already
so extensive as to justify the hope, that in a very few
years our whole demand for raw iron will be supplied at
home.

"Considerable amounts of capital are being applied,
more particularly by means of associations, to the vari-
ous branches of industrial activity ; so that the constantly
progressive development of the resources of the country
cannot be mistaken.

"It is matter of extreme concern to his Majesty's
Government, that the present high price of the neces-
saries of life exposes the more indigent portion of the
population to privations. It may, however, be expected
that the duty-free importation of the first. necessaries of
food, as commanded by his Majesty, and more particu-
larly the maintenance of unrestricted traffic in them, as
well as the economical prudence of the people, in con-
junction with active providence and benevolence amongst
the various classes of society, will prevent actual scar-
city from being felt till the next harvest comes round.
"The Budget for the year 1854, which will be as soon
as possible laid before you for consideration, will, as in
former years, give you a clear picture of the financial
position of the State, which it will be your strenuous
endeavour, gentlemen, as well as that of the Govern-
ment, to improve and strengthen.
"In addition to the above, various draughts of bills
will be laid before you, having for their object partly to
supply existing deficiencies in our legislation, partly to
remedy faults that have been felt in various branches of
administration, and also to afford legal bases and protec-
tion to certain useful enterprises.
" His Majesty's Government indulges in the confi-
dent hope, so well justified by your former activity, that
you will devote to these labours not only your attention,
but also your impartial and enlightened zeal, and that
your deliberations and debates w:11 again confer blessed
fruits on the country.
Gentlemen, your deliberations commence at a moment
in which apprehensions are felt that the peace, which