The Sun.
London, England, 1849-01-18 00:00:00

1'I: U SIA.

The elections were proceeding on the 13th at
Berlin with great activity, the regulations of the

state of siege having been suspended to enable the
public meetings to be held without restriction.
The ill-timed prosecution of those Deputies who
voted for the refusal of taxes has produced the effect
which might naturally have been expected. They
are considered as martyrs of freedom, and their re-
election is all but certain.
The Judge TEINIME, who is at present under pro-
secution for his vote in the Assembly, has been elected
by Neuss as representative to the German Parliament
at Frankfort, and will be returned to the Prussian
Assembly by several places.
The following is stated to be the programme pro-
posed by the Central Democratic Committee for the
adoption of the Liberal Members who may be elected
to the Berlin Chamber.
" 1. To protest, from the first day of meeting of the
new Chamber, against the dissolution of the ex-Cham-
ber, and against all acts in opposition to the decrees of
that Chamber since the Bth of November. 2. To de-
clare the new Constitution to be null and void. 3. Im-
peachment of Ministers and liberation of all political
offenders. 4. To demand of the Crown the ratification
of all acts voted by the ex-fraction Unruh. 5. To set
aside the first Chamber, and to declare the second a con-
stituent. 6. To re-commence the debates on the new
Constitution, precisely where those on the old one were
interrupted."
The primary electors of the rural commune of
Nessin, near Kohlberg, have addressed a petition to
the KING to request the solution of doubts which had
been raised in their minds by some pamphlets which
had been secretly sent to them, and said to be sent by
order of his MAJESTY. They ask if the KING was
constrained by his Councillors to dissolve the As-
sembly, and to promulgate the Constitution of the sth
December ? If the KING wished to divide property,
and to give it to those who had none ? If, according
to his MAJESTY'S wish, they were at the elections to
listen to the great proprietors, and elect only persons
of that class ?
To this address the KING has given the following
answer :
" With respect to the decree of the sth of December I
can give you the following reply :—I dissolved the Con-
stituent Assembly by my own tree act and will, but ac-
cording to the advice of my ministers. I was compelled
to take that step by that Assembly itself, inasmuch as
the majority of the members did not comply with my
summons to continue their discussions at Brandenburg,
and by their illegal resolutions were bringing the nation
and the Crown into extreme danger. I could not allow
the misconduct of those members to withhold from the
people the enjoyment of the liberties I had granted On
and to prevent the return of peace and order, the want of
which had so lone; injured the welfare of the country.
Having dissolved" that Assembly, I have of my own
accord secured to my people the rights and liberties
I had granted by a Constitution. The revision and pos-
sible improvement of this Constitution will be undertaken
by the Chambers about to be chosen. When order
shall thus have been restored and the authority of the
laws re-established, I hope to God that the Prussian
people will enter on the path of increased prosperity and
renown, and that the blessing of a regular and strong
Government will promote the prosperity of the whole
people, especially that of the poor and destitute, whose
position I am most anxious to improve. Those, how,
ever, deceive you and do not deserve your confidence who
tell you it is my intention to rob the present holders of
estates of their property and divide it among the poor.
By such means no one would be relieved, while law and
justice, which it is my sacred duty to maintain, would be
violated in the most shameful manner. To your
question whom you are to choose and send as deputies
to Berlin I can give no decided answer, and I hole that
my faithful people will be able of themselves to elect
worthy representatives. But I will not withhold my
advice from you. Let your choice fall upon men inspired
by a real love for their native land, who have gained
respect by the uprightness of their dealings, and who
have exhibited by deeds a warm sympathy for the ne-
cessities of the poor, and who possess the intelligence
and will to promote the welfare of the State by their
legislation. Choose such men wherever you find them,
whether they are proprietors or peasants, whether high
Or low; but beware of those who flatter you with hopes
which can never be fulfilled, who sow discontent and
hatred among you, and make those suspected whom you
have all your lives known to be honest men."
There has been an emeute at Charlottenburg in
consequence of the. police having forbidden the hold-
ing of a political meeting. An attempt was made
to hold the meeting, the military were called in, and
several of the people were severely wounded by
sabre cuts before they would disperse.