The Sun.
London, England, 1849-03-16 00:00:00

FRANKFORT.

In the sitting of the German Parliament of the
12th March, WELCKER moved that the hereditary
dignity of Emperor should be conferred on the house
of Hohenzollern. This motion took the Parliament
by surprise, but the general opinion is that it will be
carried.

The following is the report of the important sitting
of the 12th March.

Schuler (of Jena) asked the Minister for Foreign Af-
fairs whether he was aware of any protest having been
made by Russia to any of the German Governments, or
whether any such protest had reached the Imperial Mi-
nistry ?
The Minister answered in the negative, adding that
he did not believe any such protest had been made by
Russia.

ltaumer reminded the Ministry that it had been em-
powered by the Assembly, many weeks back, to treat
with Austria in a suitable way, and at a suitable time,
in reference to the future reelections of Austria to the
German State. The Ministry bad in consequence dis-
patched a note to the Austrian Government, under date
of the 22d January ult. Had Austria returned any
answer to that note ? And if so, what was the present
state of the negotiations ?—(To be answered to-morrow.)
The President then gave notice of a motion of
Welcker's, the urgency of which the mover prayed for
leave to establish. Amid a general hush and great at
tention, he then read as follows:
" Motion of Deputy Weleker.

" In consequence of the critical condition of the father-
land, tho National Assembly resolves—
" 1. In the face of the manifold reports now abroad con-
cerning the intentions of foreign powers to interfere with
the constitution which is to be elaborated by the National
Assembly, the said Assembly resolves to declare, as far
as regards all foreign powers, its feelings of indignation
at any such thought of encroachment on the holiest pri-
maeval right of every free people, and to express its ab-
horrence, as regards any individual German, whether
prince or burgher, who should treasonably evoke such
encroachment; and, at the same time, the Assembly
expects that the German nation will defend its honour
to a man, and rebut every attempt to violate it.
" 2. The German Imperial Constitution, as it is now
presented in a revised form, in which due regard h a
been paid to the wishes of the Governments, shall be
adopted in one single comprehensive resolution by the
National Assembly, and every salutary emendation that
may hereafter be necessary shall be left to the next Con-
stitutional Imperial Parliament.
"3. The hereditary dignity of Emperor of Germany,
as determined in the revised code of constitution, shall be
conferred on his Majesty the King of Prussia.
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" 5. A large deputation of Members of the National
Assembly shall be sent to notify to his Majesty the King
of Prussia his election to the herediatry dignity of Ger-
man Emperor.

" 6. its Majesty the Emperor of Austria, as Bove
reign over the German Austrian lands, and the kindred
races inhabiting those lands, singly awl collectively, are
now and for ever invited and called upon to enter iato
the German Federal State.

" 7. The German National Assembly solemnly and
eternally protests against any and every right assumed
by the Government of the German Austrian lands, or
by these lands themselves, to detach itself or themselves
from the German fatherland, and from the Constitution
resolved upon by its collective will.
" 8. The German National Assembly is ready, as long
as diffieultiet. shall exist, which may chance to prevent
the realization of the NH entrance of the German-Aus-
trian lands within the pale of the Constitution, to main-
tain existing brotherly relations, so far as is consistent
with the unimpaired independence of the German Impe-
rial Constitution.

A tremendous sensation was created by the reading of
this motion. For full five minutes the proceedings of
the House were intermitted, the Members being in ani-
mated conversation in groups. Among the reporters
there was considerable doubt that the name of the mover
had been heard rightly; but this was completely set
aside when the repeated calls, "To your places! to your
places!" began to take effect, and Welcker ascended the
rostrum; for the question as to whether a hearing should
be granted him having previously been put, the House
rose in a body.—(Loud cheers from the gallery.)
Weleker then ;said—" Gentlemen, allow me to at-
tempt, in a few words, to establish the urgency of the mo-
; and previously to this, let me
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consistent in bringing it forward. The endeavours I
made against an hereditary supremacy .and for a di-
rectory, were not the consequence either of any aversion
on my part to Prussia, or of any predilection for
Austria. It was the hope of consummating German
unity, of providing for the weal of our fatherland, that
actuated me.—(Loud cheers on the Right and Centre.)
I thought, at the time, that the plan of the directory
might make it possible for Austria to enter into the
federal state. I could not convince myself that Austria
either would or could not do so, but I had not the
policy of the Austrian Cabinet in my pocket. Now I
am convinced that, under existing circumstances, Austria
cannot join us, and it was of this that I wished to be con-
vinced before I went to extremes. Willingly will I give
my political friends the glory of having seen further
than I did; but they must allow me also to be proud
of having delayed the rupture with Austria so
long as it was consistent with the welfare of our father-
land to do so. Think only of the opprobrium that would
have been ca't upon us, could it have been fairly
said that we, by our hasty and intemperate measures,
had excluded Austria? We have not done so; we have
waited till to wait longer were a crime; and by the mo-
tion that we now adopt, we may still prove to our Aus-
trian brethren that we have German hearts, and are
ready at once to extend to them the hand of brotherhood
when they are willing to receive it.—(Loud cheers on
the Right and Centre.) It is and will be of great ad-
vantage to us that we have not been hasty—in the eyes
of the German people, in the eyes of Europe this will
do us service.—(Great cheering.) Gentlemen, need I
tell you what dangers hover over us. Shall I suppose
that you will wait and hesitate till the intrigues of
Cabinets have grown too powerful for you? No; wait
or yield we will not. We will stand up in one consoli-
dated body confronting foreign Powers ; and if the
contest comes, Germany shall be victorious.—(Great
cheering.) Yes, I doubt not that even the Catholics of
Baden and Bavaria are keenly alive to the conviction
that Germany must be saved; and that against every
attempt from without, and against every endeavour to
baffle the independent growth of the Constitution, our
people will rise to a man in the defence of its liberties.
Let us even suppose that Austria yields eventually, yet
we cannot wait for months till it makes the resolve; in
the meanwhile it is to the King of Prussia that we must
look for protection. And supposing there should exist
a bare possibility of Austria's compliance, it must still
rest with the King of Prussia, as Emperor of Germany,
to fix the ultimatum. Whatever Austria resolves to do,
let us, at any rate, be ready. Our country is in danger
—oh, save our country !"—(Loud and continued cheers
from the Right and Centre benches.)
Vizcher (of Tubingen) begged to remind the inter-
national committee of his motion respecting the intru-
sion of Russian soldiery into Siebenburgen. The report
would soon be ready.
The order of the day lead to the second reading of the
chapter of the constitution, entitled '° The Imperial Court
of Judicature," when sec. 127 of the constitution was
adopted as follows:
" The jurisdiction appertaining to the empire is exer-
cisedafter
a yebyarnyimperial court of judicature."
It was found advisable to adjourn before eleven A. 31.,
imperfect attempt to debate on the next
section,
s° great was the excitement caused by Welcher's
motion, which was ordered to be printed, the President
proposing to
place it on an early occasion, probably
Thursday, on the order of the day.
SCHMERG has resigned
LIN his appointment as
Austrian Plenipotentiary.

THE HAGUE, 111Aucn 13.—The
Second
THE NETHERLANDS.
project of law re-
lative to the revenue, which was submitted to the
financial documents from which it appears that the
State, which at the 'close of 1847 presented a surplus
Chamber, was accompanied by voluminous
of nearly 900,000 florins, showed at the close of 1848
a deficit of 11,148,543 'florins. This was occasioned
in part by the sum of 1,559,600 florins granted addi-
tionally to the War Department for the regulation of
the monetary aystm, sky, The budget of the expen-

diture was, by these successive augmentations, in-
creased to 77,097,490 florins ; whereas the budget of
ways and means, which was calculated at 71,646,451
florins, realised only 65,948,947 florins. M. SLorr
proposes to cover the considerable deficit of the Ex-
chequer by the sale of land in Java. This propesal
appears to be highly approved both by the members
of the Chambers and by capitalists. It only remains
to be seen whether buyers will offer themselves ; it is
expected that this will be the case, for the Govern-
ment will of course offer great advantages to pur-
chasers, especially on a large scale.
The Stoats Courant says,—Several journals are
circulating the report that the projects of law pre-
sented by Government to the Second Chamber are to
be withdrawn. This report is entirely without foun-
dation. There has not even been a question of with•
drawing even a single project of law. The Govern-
ment is waiting to know the observations which the
various projects will give rise to in the Chambers. It
will take note of thorn, take them into consideration,
and introduce into all the projects those ameliorations
which may be proposed by men so capab'e of pro-
posing them. The projects, thus duly weighed and
amended unanimously, will be submitted to the vote
of the Chamber, which, whether it approves or re-
jects them, will certainly have in view the best in-
terests of the country.— Dutch Papers, March 14.