The Sun.
London, England, 1849-06-05 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND
THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

The Prussian Official Gazette of the 30th ult.
publishes a new electoral law for Prussia. The fol-
lowing are its principal provisions :
" Sec. 1. The representatives of the two Chambers
will be elected by direct electors, in direct circles (wahl
begirken), and the direct by indirect electors (uncillilern)
in circles for indirect election.
" Secs. 5,6, 7. A wahlmann will be elected for each
250 souls, and when parishes do not contain the requi-
site number, two or more will be united to complete the
minimum amount of 750 souls. The circles are then to
be divided into thirds, each of which will elect one
wahlmann or direct elector.

" Secs. 8, 9. All independent Prussians not vde ri ed
of rights of citizenship by legal sentence, and who may
have resided six months in any given parish, are enti-
to vote as um:Ater (indirect elector), providing he be
not in the receipt of public charitable relief. The
standing army and landwehr shall vote wherever they
be quartered, without regard to duration of sojourn.
They will also be collected, if possible, in circles of 750.
"Sec. 10. The unviihlur will be divided into three
classes, according to the amount of direct taxes paid by
each, so that a third of the collective sum of direct
taxes will be apportioned to each class. This collec-
tive sum will be calculated according to parishes, when
they constitute an electoral circle, or according to dis-
tricts where the electoral circle is composed of several
parishes united. In case of individuals paying no direct
Government tax, they may be rated according to the
amount of direct parish contributions.
"Sec. 12. The three sections will consist of-1,
Those paying the highest direct taxes; 2. Those paying
the largest quota after the former; and 3. Those paying
the smallest sum. To this latter class will belong all
those who do not pay direct taxes—that is, those who
are entitled to vote by paying parish or provincial rates.
"Sec. 18. Electors enjoy their priviliges during the
whole duration of the legislative period for which repre-
sentatives are elected.
" Sec. 29. All Prussians are eligible to become re-
presentatives who have completed their thirtieth year,
have not been deprived of rights of citizenship by legal
sentence, and who have lived one year within the Prus-
sian territory.
" Sec. 31. When a representative is elected he must
declare whether he accepts or not, at once and without
reserve. Conditional acceptance is not permitted. The
total number of deputies to be elected amounts to 320.
The elections for direct electors are to take place on the
17th of July. The Chambers are to meet upon the 7th
of August."
During the course of the Whitsun holidays there
were several disturbances in the neighbourhood of
Berlin; the unarmed citizens were, in many instances,
attacked by the drunken soldiery with their side-
arms, and many of them were killed.

SAXON Y.
On the 31st ult. the KING addressed a proclama-
tion to his people, in which he sets forth the reasons
that induced him to refuse to acknowledge the con-
stitution adopted by the National Assembly at Frank-
fort. the MAJESTY thought that, on the one hand
it was not of a nature to establish on a durable br.i;
the happiness of the people of Germany, and: on
the other, that it never could be put in force,seeing
that Prussia, the most powerful of the German
States, had rejected it. The National A
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National Assembly in one point only, that
it organizes a power in the empire of a stronger
nature, and determines more perfectly the rights
possessed by each particular state as regards the
rest; it satisfies the desire of his MAJESTY t 3
reconcile the unity of Germany with the free move-
ments of individual states which are successively de-
veloped in the course of an age. This constitution
imposes great sacrifices on his MAJESTY, from which
it will be manifest that it was not from any selfish
feeling that he rejected the constitution of Frankfort.
The KING gives his assent to the new constitution,
reserving expressly that it must have the assent of the
Chambers.

This
document is signed " FREDERICK AUGUS-
TUS," and countersigned by his MAJESTY'S Ministers.
It is dated from Konigitein.

AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY.

The Austrian garrison of Buda, consisting of 2,200
men and 80 officers, have been sent as prisoners to
Debreczin.

GORG EY'S dispatch announcing the victory was
couched in three words—" Hurrah I Buda ! ,Gorgey !"
The answer sent back was—" The thanks of the Re-
public to the Field-Marshal Lieutenant !" It is sup-
posed that the National Government will now adjourn
to Pesth. _

The fortifications of Buda are to be destroyed.
The Hungarians found in Buda the following stores :
—B3 field pieces, 1,400 muskets, as many hundred-
weight of powder, and 2,000 cwt. of saltpetre, the
whole of which have been transferred to Debreczin.
The Russians are preparing to cross the Waag.