The Sun.
London, England, 1849-02-20 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Prussian Straits Anzeiger, of the 17th, con-
tains the following proclamation :
" The opening of the Chambers, which, by a royal
patent of December, 1848, were convoked for the 26th
day of the present month, will take place at ten o'clock
in the forenoon of the said day, in the White Hall of
the Palace Royal of this capital.
" The Deputies are 'informed by these presents that,
on the 24th and 25th, from eight o'clock in the morning
to eight in the evening, and early on the morning of
the 26th, they are requested to appear in the provi-
sional bureau of the two Chambers; for the First Cham-
ber behind the Catholic church, and for the Second
Chamber in the Leipsic Strasse, 35, where, upon show-
ing the note of the llection Committees, informing
them of their elections, they will receive their tickets of
admission."

The KING will remove from Berlin to Potsdam
before the commencement of th• sittings of the
Chambers.

FRANKFORT.
The German Parliament was engaged on the 16th
in discussing the election law.

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, F. 12.—1 n the sitting of the
Assembly this day, the Minister made the promised
statement of the position of Government in regard to
the debates of the Assembly on the fundamental laws,
of which the project has been submitted to the
Chambers. The statement was as follows :—The
Ministry gives the Assembly entire freedom in the
discussion of the fundamental law, and considers the
project submitted as a basis of the proceedings,
by which the Government does not consider itself so
completely bound that it cannot reject changes made
by the Assembly, and reserves to itself the power of
forming its own conclusions subsequently to the re-
solutions framed by the Assembly. The Ministerial
declaration did not appear entirely to satisfy the
Assembly, but the official journals seem to expect that
the project of the Constitution will be passed by a
majority.
Great difficulty is met with in collecting the mili-
tary contributions. The war steamer Geyser has left
for Alsen.—Haniburgh Borsenhalle, Feb. 15.

ITALY.

ROME.

The Roman journals of the 9th contain a full report
of the debate in the Constituent Assembly, which
terminated in the deposition of the POPE and the
proclamation of the Republic.
This important sitting commenced on the Bth, at noon.
M. Galetti occupied the chair. All the Ministers were
present. Tho number of representatives present was
144. The proceedings commenced with
M. Armellini, in the name of the Provisional Govern.
ment, coming forward and resigning into the hands of
the Assembly the powers which it has hitherto held, in
order that it might be provided for as the Assembly in
its wisdom might think proper.
The Prince de Canino then rose, and quoted an English
proverb, which said that deeds were better than
words. There was no deed more glorious than
the meeting of the Constituent Assemby. It ought to
be proclaimed that, for that fact alone, the Provi-
sional Government had deserved well of the country.
History would preserve their names in its annals. They
would be carried down to the most remote posterity.
But while the Assembly approved so far the acts of the
Provisional Government, it was its duty not to give the
stamp of its approbation to acts which were repugnant
to their conscience. He, therefore, called upon the
Assembly to declare that the Government had not done
all it ought to have done relative to three things—arias,
money, and the purging of different departments. He
concluded by a long examination of the acts of the Pro-
visional Government, several of which he condemned.
M. Sterbini said—We have said, and I repeat it, that
each Minister is ready to answer for what he has per-
sonally done.

M. Armellini—lf we have done any good, the public
will, no doubt, give us credit for it; if we have done
harm, we are ready to answer for it.
M. Campello—The Assembly will probably not waste
time to-day in hearing the report of each Minister. It is
sufficient that it should be known that the Ministers
hold themselves responsible.
Carlo Rusconi:—lt is for the Assembly to nominate a
Miaistry to administer the affairs of the country in its
name, and I propose that the present Ministry be con-
firmed.

The motion was carried unanimously.
A discussion then arose with respect to the report of
the Minister of Foreign Affairs.
A Member asked four questions—first, what relations
had the Provisional Government with M. do Courcelles,
who came to Rome?—secondly, what Powers had pro-
tested against the departure of the Pope, and in what
terms?—thirdly, had the Provisional Government en-
tered into any negotiation with the Pope, and in what
sense ?—and fourthly, in what position are the relations
of the Government with Piedmont with respect to the
Italian Constituent Assembly?
M. Sterbini said he thought it right to declare that no
negotiations had been opened between the Provisional
Government and Gaeta.

M. Armellini then alluded to alarming rumours which
had been spread of the advance of hostile columns from
the side of Piedmont and of Naples, and declared that
there was no truth in them. He added that Zucchi was
at Gaeta, with an army of-80 men.
The sitting was then suspended for half an hour.
When the Assembly resumed,
M. Savini moved the following decree:—
" CONSTITUENT A SSEMBLY.—FUNDA.MENTAL DECREE.
" Art. 1. The Popedem has fallen, in fact as well as
in law, from the temporal government of the Roman
States.

" Art. 2. The Roman Pontiff will enjoy all the gua-
rantees necessary to the independence of the exercise of
his spiritual power.
" Art. 3. The form of government of the Roman
and will take the glorious
name State beempaunreßdeepmnbollacynr.,

" Art. 4. The Roman Republic will hare, with the res
of Italy the relations which a common nationality re
quire.

" The President, G. GALETTI.
GIOVANNI PENNA,ern,
ARRoDA.NTE FABRELLI,
"ANTONIO ZumßlANenr, Secretaries."
QUIRICO FILOPANTI
After speeehes from Mamiani, Mari, Filopanti, and
Agostini, at six o'clock the Assembly adjourned the de-
bate for two hours.
On the resumption of the sitting, M. Audinot pro-
posed that the Assembly should at once decree the depo-
sition of the Pope, but that it should be left to the Italian
Constituent Assembly to determine the form of Govern.
ment to be adopted.
A long debate on this proposition followed; but ulti-
mately the Assembly resolved, almost unanimously, that
the entire decree should be adopted, and that not only
should the Pope be deposed but the Republic established.
Of 144 Members who voted, fire only opposed the
adoption of a Republican form of Government. The
proceedings were not closed till past two in the morning.
The Aba says that, the city of Rome was in a
state of apparent joy and enthusiasm at the result.
At two o'clock in the afternoon of the 9th, the flag
of the Republic was hoisted on the tower of the
Capitol, amid the cheering of thousands of specta-
tors, and the young Republic was saluted at its birth
by the firing of 101 guns from the castle of St.
Angelo.
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of Italy and the liberty of the people."
The news of the proclamation of the Roman Re-
public was received at Bologna with an ecstacy of
enthusiasm. Bonfires were lighted in the streets,
trees of liberty were planted in the public places, and
in the evening there was a general illumination.