The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-23 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Prussian Staats Anzeiger of the 20th Januari
publishe.s two projects of law relating to the at
ministration of communes, and of provinces and
districts. Those bills (which will be laid be‘
fore the Chambers shortly after their convocation),
set forth that all exemptions from the communal
land or liou,e taxes are abolished (except in cases
where the State taxes of the above kind are not re'
quired) ; that every Prussian twenty-four years o`,
age, who his ber-n a resident in his commune duriq
one year, and who is in full possession cf all his civic
rights, is eligible for all the offices in the communes,
and that the qualification for communal electors Oe
land or house property of the value of from 219" n
thalers (301.) to 500 thalers, according to the pope.
lotion of the respective communes; or clear yearlf
incomes, varying also according to population, frost'
150 thalers (about 221.) to 200 thalers. It is pro•
posed to elect the members of the communal councils
for three years, and to pay the burgomasters. Some
of the candidates in Silesia are holding out to the
peasantry the prospect of a division of landed property'
Every endeavour is made to secure the return 0'
the reactionary candidates to the Diet. The officers
of the army, who are reactionists to a man, have
summoned their soldiers and commanded them hoe'
they are to vote—the clergy preach in favour of the
reactionaries—and the Roman Catholic bishops haf;
i-sued pastoral letters, denouncing the opposers of tb
Government,

BAVARIA.
Several meetings have been held in Bavaria all
Wirtemberg, at which resolutions have been passe
in favour of the election of the Emperor of AusTs
as Emperor of GERMANY.

SAXONY.
The Saxon Diet was opened on the 17th by the
KING in person. His MAJESTY was received with
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great enthusiasm. In the course of the Speech &cit.;
the Throne, the KING thus speaks of the Con
tution
" The present Diet is opened at an important eVch
of the history of Germany. The work of the Coo9ti
tution will be speedily finished. Let us hope tb4ro
will secure the national liberty, and an enduring upt
that will be manifest to all at home and abroad, and 0
Government will not hesitate to do all in its power
assist in the realisation of these great objects. Nor les'
gentlemen, do I reckon on your support when the per
formanea of those duties assigned to you by the COest'
tution shall be required of yuu."
It was officially stated by one of the klinisteci
during the sitting that, like all the other laws passe,
by the National Assembly in Frankfort, the one IT
lilting to bills of exchange would have been proultli:
gated in Saxony, did not that law require some adj 5
tiunal provisi ns for that kingdom. Those provisioti
would be submitted without delay to the charal'ella
With resp,:ct to the fundamental rights of the GL
man nation, as voted by the Frankfort Assembly, "
Saxon G9verninent did not feel justified in publishil
them until they had been submitted to the Chamber
with a proposition specially relating to them'
This Ministerial declaration embodies a principle
which is disallowed by the Frankfort Assembly, viz;
the right or' the separate Government to come °he
concordance with the above Assembly respecting twr,
future Constitutitn for Germany. Among the irate
nal reforms announced by the KING in his SPee:,
were the separation of the administration of justll;„,bB
from the State, the simplifying of the law and ,
rendering it cheaper, and the removal of several bI•D
dens on land. An improved system of national 6d°'
cation is also promised.

SICILY.
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The English ship of war Bellerophon arrive-.
Naples on 'he 11th from Palermo. The neutral
were respected by both the Sicilian and the Nealn
tan armies, and the island was perfectly tong°
when the Bellerophon lett.

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