The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-18 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND

THE NORTHERN STATES.

PRUSSIA.

Up to nine o'clock in the evening of the 14th mat-
ters remained in statu quo at Berlin. The National
Assembly, which on the previous day had been ex-
pelled from the Schutzen Haus, met on the morning
of the 14th at the Town Hall under the presidency
of UNRUH. Several motions were made accusing
the Ministers and the military authorities of having
violated still further the rights of the Assembly; these
motions were all referred to the committee already
appointed to draw np the accusatious against the
Ministers. Hitherto the National Assembly of
Prussia has sustained its position solely by the pru-
dence of its Members, without having received any
external support. The Parliament of Frankfort has
now, however, come forward to declare in its favour,
and the moral support which the National Assembly
will thus gain must be very great. It is in vain
for the King of PRUSSIA now to deny the supremacy
of the German Parliament, he has acknowledged it,
he has submitted to it, he has regulated the affairs of
his dominions in accordance with its orders, he has
expressed his willingness to accept from it the office
of Regent of Germany, if it had been pleased to have
conferred it on him. But, even should the King of
PRUSSIA refuse to acknowledge the authority of the
German Parliament, General WRANCEL will be bound
to obey its behests, in preference to those of the King
of PRUSSIA. He admitted that his.tirst allegiance was due
to the German Parliament, and his second only to the
King of PxussiA, when he refused to obey the orders
of the KING to evacuate the duchy of Schleswig,
remained, contrary to the King of Prussia's orders, in
military occupation of that duchy, and only retreated
when ordered to do so by the German Parliament.
General WaAriozi. has ordered the suspension of
the publication of all the Liberal journals during
the state of siege. The time for the delivering up of
their arms by the Burgher Guard has expired, but
te
summoned s
only 500 have as yet been delivered up. The people
maintain their attitude of passive resistance—they
assemble
in
are the streets disperse immediately
irmem.
assemble
iately
that they
when the patrol has passed. The troops are nearly
fagged out by their constant patrolling, and to add to
their discomfort, on the afternoonlt . of the 14th there
was a heavy fall of snow.
that the troops would act againsts
upon to do so. Several soldiers havee
under arrest for openly declaring their '
tp act, and on the 13th, When " byth no means. certain
people if called
been. placed
intention not
a whole company was

ordered to fix bayonets, six only obeyed the com-
mand, the remainder standing at ease.
On Monday night an attack was made on the
Palace of Sans Sou9i, the usual residence of the
KING at Potsdam. The Royal Family had timely
notice of the attack, and retired into the fortified
town of Potsdam on Sunday. The affair at Sans
Souci was so serious that WRANGEL was obliged to
dispatch a battalion of Guards and an entire battery
of Artillery from Berlin to disperse the rioters.
At Halbestadt, at Halle, and at Stettin, the
Burgher Guard and armed peasants have risen in
arms, and have prevented the marching of reinforce•
ments to Berlin.

The Pomeranian and Brandenburgher Landwehr,
consisting of eight regiments, have been called out ;
they have declared, however, in their preliminary
meetings, that although they shall assemble in corn-
pliance with the summons, their only duty is to meet
an external enemy.

In the memorial adopted by the National Assem
bly in their sittings of the 13th instant, a protest is
entered against 10 different measures of the new Mi-
nistry as unconstitutional and treasonable.

This document was sent to the Solicitor-General,
LETAE, with the following letter :
" The Solicitor-General hereby receives a memorial
adopted by the resolutio❑ of the National Assembly, re-
garding the treasonable attempts of the Brandenburg
Ministry, in order that he may do his duty.
" Thus resolved by the National Assembly, in its sit-
ting of to-day.
" THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.
THE PRESIDENT, VON UNRUH.
" Berlin, Nov. 13, 1848."

The ex• President of the National Assembly, M•
GaAnow, had an audience with the KING, on which
occasion the latter is said to have uttered the follow-

ing words :-
64 I know that my crown is at stale, nevertheless I am
firmly resolved not to yield."
A telegraphic dispatch from Berlin of the 15th
inst. announces that the Assembly had refused to
grant any further taxes by a majority of 216.