The Sun.
London, England, 1848-05-22 00:00:00

GERMANY

AND
THE NORTHERN STATES'

FRANKFORT.
OPENING OF THE GERMAN PAR MA"

MENT.
The German Parliament opened on the 18th.
There were about 320 Members present, not quite
half the number of which the Parliament is to c°ll,;
sist. The authorities of Frankfort have adopted
every necessary measure for the preservation °L
the
public order. On the 16th the Senate issued
following proclamation :-11
" In a few days the first German Parliament n' r
be assembled in our city. The future destinies of our
great country are about to be determined by its re-
lutiAons.
" s the task which is imposed upon this asseroh•Yea
great, so also is the obligation great which is itoPler
upon our city, to use all the means that are in its P°
to maintain its tranquillity and to preserve order. city
" Every attempt wade to disturb the peace of 'bent to
must lead to the conclusion that there is a desire 0-_4
conform to the resolution of the preliminary
in accordance with which our city was chosen as the efect
of Parliament, because it was declared to bo in Pebr
peace and tranquillity. Every attempt to disturnner
peace must bring in question the strength and the P"
of"he Constituent Assembly itself. hoofer
Whoever prizes the honour of our city---41-,.,tieee
Parlisoleess
expects to find, in the free and spontaneous res°l""ier
of the representatives of the people, the united develove
went of our common country—and whoever feels lineite
for Germany, will, we are perfectly convinced, beet'
with the inhabitants of the city and the neighbourdos
to save, during the great days that are about °Oil
upon us, the honour of oar city, to discharge their noir
to the country, to which each person is bound, by ;self
taming order and tranquillity, and by opposing 11l
energetically to every anti-Germanic tendency. Eitbt
" The demonstrations that have taken place 0118'
the last few days do not destroy this hope. The'leser:
not, we are confident, again happen. Should, ho:thell
this expectation, which we share in common
,f,„.%Bad
honest persons, prove abortive, then the lesu`4.egeh
accomplices in tumults, the instigators to such °ll',t
as well as their dupes, shall learn to their ow" co sad
our burgher guard, who have with an unexamfuelhese
now well-tried devotion, not hesitated to Ineetnitsir
criminal attempts with generous language and so not
able patience, shall now, if they are forced to d",.e(hbeeil
shrink from making use of the arms that bel''ettP
entrusted to them for the protection of life and prop
" Frankfort, May 16, 1848."
On the 17th there was a preliminary ..--etin s *-
the members held in the Hall of the EmPernr .00
was attended by about 300 members, and it Wilspt the
determined that all the members should °en; rots
next day at three o'clock in the Hall of the Pir tb°,
to ,
and from thence proceed in solemn processaciiii
place of meeting—or the temporary Plirlyillor
house—Abe Church of St. Paul, which is exec ,01
it
posite to the celebrated Hall of the Emperors.
ember
at the same time determined that the oldest 10`
should be chosen as the president of the dal- eos
P
On the 18th the opening of the German •-• bode
took place. After having met at the Senate.the pia'
a
on both
the members proceeded between the lines 0' t-
tional Guards, who were drawn updes, °l 04 tit
the Church of St. Paul. The sitting corolnen
four o'clock. as pie
The hour fixed for the opening of the Gertu-ried
liament was four o'clock, but long before that PetobenCi:
doors of St. Paul's Church (the German St. Sr,,,ero/4
were surrounded by an immense multitude oorterrot
most of them respectably dressed; and at a „lute bad Pia
three that portion of the public to whom tic° oscee.
been distributed were permitted to take their soilke,
the gallery which runs round the centre of the s in its 1 if
Sr. Paul's Church is an edifice which forts_er pscho
tenor a perfect circle, and the entire of the bound ichnt
distributed into circles of seats, all turning r
may be termed the centre, which was once La Ppresi°Boo
has now been converted into a throne for to,e,ied by 8'
with a tribune in front for the orators, and n'f thi3 Foe
for the official short hand writers. Outs,ide, o and in for
circle are pillars which support the gelothreserfe-„, et
spaces between the pillars seats have been 'eporte'io•
foreign ambassadors, for the ladies, for rlso Nrod
the press, foreign as well as domestic, an t oas rot
tinguished strangers to whom the comPlirpe, „,
of giving them admission to some better ~,the ov-ito
to be found in the gallery. From the root °LO (sole of
log a specks of tapestry was formed of the opire
tricolour, and over the President's cbeir
Germany, with these mottoes on each side:—
" 0 walk bin du Opferbrand,
Hirt fiber Land and Meer
IJmschling ein unig Liebesbstia
Um elle Volker her."
" Des Vaterlandes Grosse
Des Vaterlandes Gliick
O schafft sin,
0 briogt vie den Volke zurtlek*: with g_log
The presidential chair was also orateddec to sold
lands composed of flowers, from which loch, '-
or
two gorgeous banners composed of the red,
goos 0,
burnished gold of Germany. ,t the tilte
Upon the whole, the appearance of door ,reov
when it was filled with members and 'evidencing
had a most agreeable aspect, because of
regularity and complete order in all its det_a";ensbe,ro'rei
Four o'clock was the hour fixed for
parliament who had assembled in tf_e part or
Hall, for coming in procession to to',ved shelf tbe
House, and to those who had previously stirs" A 0
pberollaserhinwgainsgmoaudtefrkonmowenvebryy
by the salvoes of artillery which r 1'7_0% a !„4
Parliament House, and by the thrilling 0ir,03;,
multitude, which came booming threuehttnhve ognie:'oll,
filling the building, it might be said wit
it did so c°11131). cite
churcht h e cl
a n tocroe:p 1 e u°all.foroooll f°,:bbee
citement from which they sprung• „that theyfiprioe
disturb" the strangers in the gallery,a
ed, and lberre°ll
loge
teh
hl
cuhd
whauszziamsmoefditahteelymutlutiptpurdwe
_berebayetObe
was subsequently taken in solemn ati //ewer. h 4,
Tbe
Vice-President was Herr Von Lindens* dent, the Syndre I..angen of Verdren, 112_, ef
god 'bed
in Schleswig-Holstein. chair, "lilt% WY 00
The President, upon taking, the honour , Gee'
done first duty was to thank them for toe preside'. oer
done him in choosing him to act as taken place 151,3) ootl;
assembly such as had never before
..iPveett oefitels°._
many.—(Hear.) Their first duty wase
that he might in his goodness and raer ya,it that, s"', heee
to their undertakings.—(Hear.) }latest which ":
sident, it became his duty to reads let ,be Din
addressed to the National Assembly by '
et, rOGI°
was about to read the letter, when do 1°'—
Herr Freudentheil—Th first dutylo_r.,
_bif
that the Assembly is constituted.--(ble!,4 Asset°
The President—l now declare that tu
constituted. fr°°
IT4ohuedchee Presidentrs followedwas
thtehnisaabnonuottroce:_derto letstl fool
rheuld be reorastiia,
the Diet, when it was suggested i.t s, ire vies he
ans.. desire Aso t .Aep.
the tribune by the Secretary.
with, and the letter, which w-las"::clededreb°ys7° Pre°ll.for
tional Assembly by the Diet, was sig
:„,,_ the (10
Colorado. this "'"Dict 613 ee'
The letter was to the effect that the _ igg OPOI
the meeting of the NationaleAsrall7 them Grego'
governments of Germany licite 11'11;4" beer°
tog, and wished that all their labours
with c
_ted.
with the blessing of God. ,
ho ever,
7deeileleir
The letter was received by to
oyer,pr%id be go
and hisses, in which the former, n
9,doPted 60 their
duty tTheo sPresidentend an answersaid
propose that such a course should
_e, shout 0901.00,
Herr Venedey considered that !_us Jbefore_r to eotep
mot P t )
-, •
thattohtehic:nl:tdeerr,eadnit ivicocr oat
hoe
the letter printed, and when itrope eY
could debate what course was ttto
ea
,ii-heer,
ought thil-seat
With lot discussion they
steps us that which had been sags dance eo.ttar
Herr Muhfeld proposed, in sec
gestion of Lien Venedey, that the letter

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and a copy given to each of the Members, and that it
should then be discussed whether or not they should send
an answer.—(Hear.)
lHerr Sitz declared that their business there was not to
ands compliments with any body of men.—(Cheers.)
The letter was only a compliment—an empty compli-
ment—(Bear, hear)—and, in his opinion, it would be
useless to give an answer to any such letter.—(Cheers.)
A Member here stood up and said, that it was impos-
sible for them to begin their proceedings by first answer-
ing letters. They must first of all have some rule laid
down by which their proceedings were to be adoted,
and some fixed regulations madeg as to the mode of con-
ducting their affairs.--(Hear.)
Another Member (a Roman Catholic priest) remarked
that the first proposal to be made, and in his opinion,
the first proposal that ought to be adopted by them, was
the proper regulation fur their proceedings ; for it was
not possible to go on without it.
Herr Wenderdonk agreed with the speakers who had
immediately preceded him that it would be impossible to
do anything without adopting certain regulations. A
Ihad been already appointed on the subject.
It had made proposals, which had been printed, and
another commission should be appointed, now that the
assembly was constituted, to examine and declare
Ilwhether they approved of
what bad been suggested to
lem. The first thing proposed was the examination of
la° returns of Members, next the election of a Presi-
dent; then the appointment of Committees, Bsc• Ho
firs
that four Presidents should be chosen in the
i)"e adopted first, " Place, because it was necessary that means should
for the Members to know each other,
and then that they should be personally known to the
Person who was finally
to be elected as a Presi-
hdi!nt• Two or three days would .lee necessary before
eady. commenced any species of business.—(Bear,,
r) To arrange their business they should have
a commission elected by the Assembly for the purpose
of regulating the order in which the several subjects
theY had to regulate should be discussed. Ile had him-
Ifelt: to
the proposals that had been made on this
the' and he partly approved and partly disapproved
(I. He concluded a lengthy speech by repeating
that thm, e first duty of the Assembly was to appoint a
t4e'ramissein to settle the order of their proceedings.
err
Blum'
of
LeiPsie'
observed they should not, in
_ r anxiety to adhere to a form, bo torgetful of what
7as the substance
thousandof their discussion. There were a
Which of
questions of great moment, all of
awaited their solution in that mighty Assembly.
All Ge
ass?mbled.—
deny had fixed its gaze on those who were there
(Cheers.) Without a regular course of
action prescribed for and by them, they could never
decide,d ; they could neither advise, nor counsel, nor
Asee,,btli°r acts—(Cheers.) The first great duty of the
had s-si:Y was an examination into the elections that
there by e helace. Without the proof that they were
without votes of the people, they were an assembly
whose rel)Gwer--
, a confederation in words, but not one
in fact. s°"itl°4B would influence others. They were,
Heti attineeting without power.—(Cheers.)
who ende urn
was followed by several other members,
greeted with
avoured t but who were
0 address the assembly,
(a6stei
, ) Firhoans; and loud cries of " Down, down'
Wisne then'
•••'"EY were understood to say that they
.4„ question to be put to the vote.
Pr
length a
se epazed a member theCommission, ofwho had
proceeding, pro-
posed
that plan for the order of their
CO
Mal i ; the report should be submitted to another
ee • 881°n, in order that the proposals made might be
amused.
Here
sten Fitz, of yence proposed that in the first once the electionsh id b ined Until then
they did s ou. e exam .
YOte 1, not and could not knew who had a right
to
' 'Le therefore proposal that had been
alade to- supported the
filet, , this effect. When they had ascertained that
torel'neY could regulate the order of their proceedings.
t_e several members again attempted to speak; some
7 wr three of them at a time; but each was met by
laud cries of e D
Herr own, down."
regulations
a, Wesendonk then roosed that the
._
ariggested hv the commissionsshould be provisionally
-..ope,d -
asseteui
_,' until other regulations were adopted by the
Ty.
ibis proposal, amid great confusion, was adopted.
an err
- .PPerman proposed that before they went into
a aniination of the elections, they should first choose
Plesident and other officers.
a,''arktnber Member proposed that they should nominate
the the Ile Qd interim president Herr Seiron, the chairman
oes;,,•
•
count. en‘tee of Fifty, as a proof how .
y —4!
n d the services he had rendered la that
position. ee mate
ei tierr. Teige; of Westphalia, wished to postpone the
ece:on of president until Monday.
jlerr Tuetro- on the other hand, considered that they
should
Homieste legality of the elections proved before
they d a president.
to adhere to the order
..,,, ere Zriegleman wished:thetd
'-'1 proceeding. They should either
themselves elect a
President take as president the President of the
C . , or.
unarnittee of Fifty.
tern Wipperman considered the President of the
ro
Co Fiftyshould be an that
In
Committee of ad • terim president,
and
presidency elect a president.
under his presi
they must return the
Herr Wesendonk remarked that
his
presidency elect
President by seniority, and under
another as soon as they had proved the validity of their
He alsoproposedthat there should be
Own
toelectitohnes
Comilmission for regulating their proceed-
ings added
h members of parliament as had been members
_. such
assemblies in their respective states, because
91 other
such persons were best acquainted with parliamentary
Proceedings.
Merr Seiron advised them not to dispute about who
4°1411 hold the presidency during the time for selecting an
.Cl,d interim and said the proper course would be to choose
'enl uncle's the presidency of him who filled the situa-
lion by seniority.
A vote was then sident should be chosentaken as to whether the interim Pre-
This motion was agreed to.
, The next motion was that the election should take
Place this day.
841/Pon this an amendment was moved, that the election
?raid take place to-morrow.
The amendment the President declaring
the . was carried,
autiority was for the amendment.
re-
deciding that there should stenographical
shouldmeet
tto-enorrow at ten, the House adjourned.
i n
Whintikeh time was wasted during this day by propositions
eos-" found no seconders, and by speeches which c
iii procure patient listeners. The want of knowledge
buceondueting Parliamentary business, or in fact the__e
1411, of any public meeting, was most lamentfabl
Ltaseo,t,-:44 Equally displayed by the President oh the
aketee—Y and the • n of those who are its c osen
...„,er.s. IllajOrl y

The PRUSSIA.
het reaction has commenced at Berlin, and it has
vithte SO strong that it was thought the ministry
inst7,' in their draught of a constitution propose to
ihtute
an hereditary chamber of peers.
the
.ere
had been a collision between the Poles and
the
late err..._
"3 at a public meeting. in Berlin, in which
ileits," had been victorious, and had expelled the
`rorn the Assembly.

Vlx,. AUSTRIA.
• —NA MAY Quiet is restored in the. city,
by theetillela of the following proclamation, issued
lie:EM :
We ,
~ r tantrum), &c. For the purpose of quel-
tik;"7 excitement which s'den-
prevailed in our re i
ays:,,e4tY of Vienna on the 15th May, 1848, and
of A4."ng violent breaches of the peace, our Council
order of resolved upon the withdrawal of the
thee-Z
the day issued to our National Guard on
f
the 11;;,;14Y, 1848, relative to the transactions o
4te.oPetitions
two nitical Central Committee ; at the same time,o
presented by the National Guard were
catttit:ledl viz., that the city gates and
by the
Ward should be guarded in common.all
their ,e. military and the National Guard, in
esli:lvisions, and that the military shall be onlydo
by 4;4 o,ut for special service when required so to r
di, °, .oiational Guard. In order to obviate every
447:sfaction and excitement, we subjoin, by
in.
tleil tehq our Ministerial Council, the further res.o
a-
rily swat the draft of the constitution shall be prlmthe
rstuiojeot to the discussion of the Diet. And
obje,ittetai°4B of the elective law which
thavtebeen
it In t° shall be determined by a
newheeconstitu-
tier,
111 order that the consolidation of t
As-
set* aY he roost effectually established by the
(lecte,l,lOf the Diet to Le constituted, we have
b --4 kid
for the first
Ist do decree, that
elected, for
*hie!, °IIIY one Chamber shall be .
_,
Vherebvllo census whatever shall be required.
aaentatie; "et), apprehension of an imperfect rep.re
1,""e this Of the people will be obviated. Having
"Urgher.) Iv° feel assured that all classes of the State
skedy
f.enit; will quietly and confidently await the
open
of the Diet.

gt FERDINAND.
44
Thei"ll v.:_
(Countersigned by the Ministers.)
.11„4, May 16, 1848."
the c
c,le/aer Zeitung, of the 17th, announces that
isaddee,,,lliril t Council of War, which has hitherto ea-
b'
be dissolved at the close of this month,
be united 744 the Central War Administration will then
Ministry of War.
qoi,e,,lCnight GRA.VENEGG has been appointed
T, "ar of the Austrian National Bank.
C° he ial reports of the Master of the Ordnance,
say
llothi, eft)NT, dated Visnabella, the 12th,A
s.
44 -"g °f the
11 troo capitulation of Treviso. The
city. , however, were already before the
te
yrre..o:te letters of the 14th from Cette reiterate the
ee: of the surrender of Treviso, and Ala). hag l3. capitulated. Hamburgh a Papers,
The
The w.
th:lsotn, . leiter Gazette of the 13th containsy the
1 report of Field-Marshal Count RADETZK ~ f
the _44tober killed, wounded, and prisoners, during
thy
6feeent engagements. The loss of the enemyo
Itilwth' 4t St. Lucia iNlassitno and Chievo, was 200
.4,44;1111 400 wounded. The loss on the part of the
."ans WILe 7 officers and 49 men ; the number of

wounded, 9 officers and 182 men ; prisoners, 1 offi-
cer and 23 men. Field-Marshal RADLTZKY stated
that all the troops acted most bravely, and that the
Italians troops must be included in this commenda-
tion. The number of killed and wounded on the
29th and 30th of April at Pastrengo and Osteria del
Bosco—killed, 1 officer and 9 men ; wounded, 1
officer and 118 men ; prisoners, 5 officers and 325
men, many of whom may, however, probably have
been killed or wounded.
The Field Marshal apprehended that there
would be a fresh attack, and a demonstration in
Verona on the Bth. On the morning of that day
several columns of the enemy's troops were observed
in the direction of Chievo ; on the ith and Bth, the
Field Marshal improved his military position.

The Wiener Gazette of the 16th says that the
Minister of War has just received the following in-
telligence from the seat of war :—" By a report from
Field-Marshal Baron STIIEMER, dated Gorz, the 12th
instant, the General had commenced bombarding the
fortress of Palmanuova in the night of the 10th to
the 11th. From the position of the garrison during
this not altogether ineffectual bombardment, it was at
first apparent that they were resolved upon an
obstinate defence, in that they returned the fire with
great energy. During the continuation of the bom-
bardment, on the 12th, it was, however, very evident
that this firm position was no longer maintainable ;
the fire was returned weakly, and only a few missiles
were hurled from the fortress, and everything else
was quiet within. Hence it was conjectured that the
report was true that there was a division between the
inhabitants and the garrison, the former having de•
cided upon a surrender."