The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-03 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

In the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, on the 29th
ult., the Minister of Finance presented the budget for
1848 9. It showed a deficit of 5,608,000 thalers, but
this was not only covered by the excess of the preceding
year, but that excess left a balance, which, added to the
amount of the voluntary loan, caused a sum of 834,014
thalers to remain in hand. It was consequently an.
nounc,sol that the Government would not require either
a loan or new taxes; but it was stated that, being un-
certain as to the amount of the war expenses, it had
taken 1,373,000 thalers from the Bank of Assistance,
which would be paid by the anticipated excess of the
year. A demand was made by the public prosecutor for
authorisation of the Chamber to prosecute two sati-
rical journals for insults on it; but the Chamber re-
fused, on the ground that it was beneath its dignity
to notice such things. In the course of the sitting a
Bill was presented for reducing the duty on the im-
portation of soda.
The following notification of the Prussian Minister
of Commerce was stuck up in the Stock-exchange at
Stettin on the 28th ult.:—
" I inform commercial men that the Prussian Go-
vernment has given notice for the cessation of the treaty
of navigation concluded 3d June, 1837, between Prussia
and the Netherlands, so that it will cease to be
in effect from Ist January, 1850. Nevertheless, i❑
order not to leave international relations without
a recognised basis until the conclusion of a
new treaty, the King's Government, in giving the notice,
made the proposition, which has been accepted by the
Dutch Government, to maintain from the Ist January,
1850, and until new orders, the state of things based on
the treaty, and that no change shall be made therein
without six weeks' notice from one of the two parties.
" VAN DER HEYDT, Minister of Commerce.
.‘ Berlin, 18th August."
The Bavarian Messenger says that the Prussian
Embassy at Munich, having called on the Minister
of Justice of Bavaria to prosecute the editors of the
Constitutitional German Gazette, for attacks on the
King of PRUSSIA, that functionary sent the case before
the tribunals, which, however, declared that there
was no ground for prosecution.

DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES.
SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN.—The King of DENMARK
has issued the following proclamation to the inhabi-
of Schleswig :

" PROCLAMATION.

" Sehleswigersl-17Ve have at last aucceded in quel-
ling the miseries of war, which have fallen peculiarly
heavy upon our faithful subjects of Schleswig, and which
must have been doubly painful, as the opponents were
sons under our own sceptre. Our confident hope is that
the present amnesty will be the harbinger of the bles-
sings of peace, and it is the desire of our hearts to address
a word to our Schleswig subjects at this time. Those
among you who have remained steadfast in your fealty
to us under the most painful difficulties, and with pa-
ternal joy we may reckon among these the preponderat-
ing number of the inhabitants of Schleswig—you
will find your highest recompense in the con-
sciousness of your rectitude, and the example
which you will leave to your children. Receive then the
thanks of your King, for your unshaken loyalty has
been our greatest compensation amidst the many deep
sorrows that our heart has been called upon to experi-
ence. Those of you who, notwithstanding the rectitude
of the peace and blessings which you and your father
have enjoyed under the sway of our royal ancestors,
you will now have learnt from painful experience that
you can in future seek for aid and protection only from
your lawful Sovereign, and if you return to us with sin
cerity of purpose you will find us ready to pardon all
that is past. From you all, inhabitants of our Duchy of
Schleswig, we hope and expect that you will co-operate
in promoting the peace and welfare of the country, by
obedience to the Government now instituted, and that
you will further support to the utmost of your power, in
our earnest endeavours to establish and consolidate the
welfare and happiness of our subjects by the paternal
administration of our country and the New institutions
which we shall accord.
" Palace, Christianburg, Aug. 27, 1849."
At the recommendation of EULENBURG, the title
" Royal" is for the present to be avoided in all matters
of business.
COPENHAGEN, AUG. 30.—The official report of the
Minister of War announces the arrival and departure
of various Norwegian corps to Schleswig. The body
grenadier battalion and the Norwegian Jager corps
have gone to Flensburg, the North Schonen battalion
to Apenrade, and the Swedish hussars to Haders-
labert.

ANBUROH, Aug,. 30.—We are happy to announce
;hat, ,the Bremen Burgerscheft last night declared in