The Sun.
London, England, 1849-11-26 00:00:00

IT A IA Y.

DISSOLUTION OF THE PIEDMONTESE
CHAMBER.
The Chamber of Deputies was dissolved by Royal
decree on the 20th ; the elections are to take place in
Piedmont and Savoy on the 9th, and in Sardinia on
the 13th December, and the Chamber is to meet on
the 20th.
The decree of dissolution was published in the
Gazette, preceded by a Ministerial report, and fol-
lowed by a Royal manifesto.
The following is the report of the Ministers to the
KING :-
"Sire,—When your Majesty, faithful to your pro-
mises, and firm in that good faith which is'the pride and
glory of the illustrious house of Savoy, summoned in
July last the Chambers of the Kingdom, the Ministry
bad the most flattering hopes from that measure. It
was not able to have the least doubt but that the pre-
servation of the public franchises, being the best means
of maintaining union between the Sovereign and the
nation, it was fit to place them in safety against all
attacks, by calling the representatives of the nation to
participate in the guarding of that sacred body.
"The Chamber of Deputies, according to the opision
of the Council of Ministers, has not properly understood
its mission, which was one of peace and concord. The
deliberations of the legislative body has not answered
the expectations of the country. Its last vote is uncon-
stitutional; and it is not before an unconstitutional vote
that Ministers ought to resign,—a Ministry whose in-
tentions have always Waded to the consolidation of the
liberties granted to us by the magnanimous Charles
Albert.
" The Ministry requested the Chamber to approve of
the treaty of peace, and it had reasonable hopes that it
would have been approved, the Chamber having already
authorised the payment of the first instalment of the war
indemnity, and handing over to Austria the bonds for
the other 60 millions. A contrary course has, however,
been pursued. After four days' discussion, in which
the necessity of accepting the treaty was acknowledged,
it was proposed, by a resolution of the Chamber, to
provide for the refugees of the provinces which had been
united to the state is virtue of the laws passed last year
by the Parliament. The Ministers, of course, pointed
out that it was impossible to make those special dispo-
sitions a condition of accepting the treaty; at the same
time it stated that the intentions of the Government
were favourable to these refugees, and especially those
who were excluded from the armistice. The Ministers
also represented to the Chambers that the approval of
the treaty was a matter of great urgency, and declared
its readiness to present a project of law relative to the
refugees, insisting, however, on the necessity of the de-
liberation it required.
" The promise of the Ministry having been accepted,
and the suspension of the deliberations having been post-
poned till a law of this nature should be prepared, the
suspension of the seasion was decreed.
" The unconstitutional nature of the vote is evident
to whoever reflects that the vote encroaches on the inde-
pendence of the three Powers, while the approbation of
the treaty is made to depend on the acceptance of a law
by the Senate, whose acquiescence in it the Ministry
is not able to guarantee, and moreover without taking
into account the grave difficulty which the Ministry
would have to encounter in the presentation of a law in
face of the 56th article of the statute, for a similar law
had already been discussed and rejected by the Senate.
" It was in this state of things that the Ministry pro-
posed to your Majesty the prorogation of the session of
Parliament contained in the proclamation of the 17th
inst.; and now, after the most mature consideration,
proposes to your Majesty to make a fresh appeal to the
country by the means of a dissolution of the present
elective Chamber, and the prompt meeting of a new one
—a meeting the more necessary as, on the Ist of De.
cember, the power given from month to month to raise
and apply the taxes will cease.
" A longer delay would lead the country into great
difficulties. The country will easily comprehend the
position of the Ministry. It will know how to come in
aid of the true and loyal by voluntary meetings, and
assisting it to defray the ordinary charges of the Sate.
Nevertheless, the Ministry do not wish to dissemble the
gravity of the circumstances in which the electors are
called to elect deputies for the fourth time in less than
two years. But, on the other hand, it has confidence
that the nation will comprehend that it ought to be ap-
plied to in such grave circumstances, and that in an•
swering to the frank appeal of the King, it will be able
to consolidate for ever the free institutions which should
be its happiness, as they are already the greatest glory
of the sovereignty, and that each elector ail! perceive
that the welfare of the country is in his hands.
" I have the honour, So,
(Signed) " GALVAGNO, Minister of the Interior."
The following is the Royal manifesto to the nation :
"Amidst the circumstances in which we are placed,
the good f,ith of which I believe I have given proof to
this day, as well by my words as by my acts, ought to
suffise to banish from your minds ell uncertainty. I
suffer, nevertheless, if not the want at least the desire to
address to my people a new pledge of security, and at
the same time an expression of my justice and my truth.l
The dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies in no way