The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

,MANKFORT-ON-THE-MAINE

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The German Parliament met on the Bth Septem.
ber, and the affairs of Schleswig-Holstein were again
discussed.
RAPPARD bad a motion to bring forward which he
deemed of the greatest importance. Many members
were already aware of theturn which affairs had just
taken in Sehleswig-Holstein. The combined As-
sembly of the two duchies bad unanimously declared
itself permanent, and had rejected the new. Provisionl
Government altogether : it had determined to act in
conjunction with the ex-Government, and had de-
cided that all laws framed and enacted by itself since
the 24th of March last should be binding, unless the
will of the people, as represented by the Assembly,
should demand alterations. Matters were now come
to a fearful crisis. Count MOLTKE himself had been
obliged to fly the country, and take refuge in the
Itze-hohe, on the borders of Jutland. To make good
his escape, he had been compelled to apply to the
former Government for a passport. The Schles-
wig-Holstein troops had already evinced a
great spirit of insubordination to their Prus-
sian officers ; and all these circumstances taken
into consideration, rendered it necessary that
the validity or non-validity of the armistice should be
speedily declared by the Assembly. He therefore
moved that the relative diplomatic and other docu-
ments be distributed among the members 'of the
National Assembly by four P.M. that day; and that on
the morrow (the 9th inst.) an extraordinary afternoon
sitting be held, for the purpose of bringing the sub-
ject of the armistice to a conclusion.
HECKSCHER, the ex-Minister, warned against
precipitation. The National Assembly should not
alone take into consideration the danger of ratifying,
but the danger also of rejecting the armistice.
SCHODER moved that the joint Committee be called
upon to report in the course of to-morrow on the
matter of the armistice. (Here objections arose on
account of the necessary printed documents not being
ready.)

WraARD, editor of the stenographic reports, moved,
that since the printing of the stenographic reports, and
the distribution of the same to the Members had been
brought within the term of 24 hours from the close
of the sitting, the presidial board should be called
upon to inquire of the Parliamentary printer why
such delay had occurred in the production of docu-
ments whose distribution had been many days com-
manded. Carried.—(Cries of " Immediately.")
Parties were, therefore, immediately dispatched to
the printing-office.
The discussion of Art. 3, sec. 44, of the Funda-
mental Rights was then proceeded with. It was not
important, and the House was in a great measure de-
serted, especially during BESELFR'S reply. Division
on the said section was deferred to Monday, in order
that, according to a motion expressly made, the whole
of the amendments, &c., might be placed in print be-
before the Members.

Then the answer of the Parliamentary printer was
read. It entered into a full explanation of the
cause of delay, which consisted in the immense mass
of copy which had already been placed in his
hands. This alone amounted to twenty-nine printed
sheets.

BLum and other Members of the Left then begged
permission to put a question to DAIILMAZ;N as to how
far the formation of the Ministry had proceeded.
They regarded this of such infinite importance, that
HERR DAHLMANN, they hoped, would answer them
at once from the rostrum.

After a short discussion about form,
DAIILMANN said that he had no scruple in answer-
ing the question at once, but he could only inform
them, and he trusted this would be considered enough
for the present, that the necessary negotiations had
already been set on foot, and were being actively car-
ried on ; as yet, however, his endeavours had been
attended with no definite result, and, if he might
give his opinion, any further interference on the part
of the Assembly would not accelerate the business,
but would rather throw hindrances in his way.
&um said they had heard of the new events in
Schleswig-Holstein ; they had heard that a lament-
able spirit had betrayed itself between troops united
by alliance and brotherhood. It was necessary to act
speedily. They had heard that the printed documents
which they were waiting for would occupy twenty-
nine sheets, and these were not all. To deliberate
duly on such a mass of matter required time, and the
committees could not possibly get to the end of their
work in time. He therefore moved that an extraor-
dinary sitting be held on the morrow, for the purpose
of taking into consideration the propriety of sending
a deputation to the Administrator, praying him to
hasten the end of the Ministerial crisis.
The urgency of the motion was negatived.
SCHODER withdrew his motion, and, after a brief
dispute as to the time of the next sitting, and a few
notifications referring to committees, the House ad-
journed till Monday, at nine A.M.