The Sun.
London, England, 1848-07-15 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The Berlin Anzeiger publishes a note from the Sar-
dinian Minister of Foreign Affairs, dated June 26th,
in reply to the remonstrances of the Prussian and Ba-
varian Envoys on the blockade of Trieste. According
to this document, the Admiral in command of the
Sardinian squadron had received orders not to molest
merchant vessels, but to confine himself to prevent the
smuggling of arms and ammunition. This confirms
the report of the raising of the blockade of Trieste, as
far as merchantmen are concerned.

HUNGARY.

OPENING OF THE HUNGARIAN DIET.

The solemn opening of the Hungarian National
Diet took place, on the 9th of July, at Pesth.
His Imperial Highness the Archduke STEPHEN,
after laying before the Assembly the forms which
constituted him the royal plenipotentiary and repre-
sentative, spoke as follows :
" His Majesty our King wai pleased to convoke the
Diet of his faithful Hungarian subjects on the second of
this month. It was the gracious and paternal intention
of his Majesty to open and conduct the Diet in person ;
but to the sincere grief of his faithful people, severe
illness prevents the carrying out of this intention, and,
by Royal command, I am commissioned to open this
Diet in the name and in the person of the King.
I therefore lay before you this Royal commission,
and at the same time another Royal ordinance, in which
his Majesty informs the estates of the empire, that so
long as his illness continues, and he is thereby prevented
from appearing among his faithful Hungarian subjects,
he has been gracious pleased to appoint me the repre-
sentative of his sacred person for Hungary, and the
countries included in the military frontier."
After the Minister SiRMERE had read the rescript
the ARCHDUKE delivered the following speech from
the throne :
"In the name, and as the representative of our glorious
reigning Sovereign, Ferdinand V., I hereby declare the
present Diet to be opened.
" The extraordinary state of the 'country rendered it

necessary to convoke this Diet without dela-y, and vvith-
oat waiting for the working out and completion of all
those proposals and arrangements which the responsible
Ministry of his Majesty had, by the command of the late
Diet, been commissioned to prepare and complete.
"in Croatia there is open insurrection : in the lower
provinces of the Danube insurgents have broken the
peace of the country, and while it is his Majesty's
earnest desire to avert a civil war, he is, at the same
time, convinced that the united representatives of the
nation will consider it their primary and important
object to adopt such measures as may be requisite for
the re-establishment of peace, for securing the integrity
of the Hungarian Crown, and preserving the sacred in-
violability o the laws. The defence of the country and
the finances, therefore, are the chief object to which,
under the present extraordinary circumstances, in the
name of his Majesty especially,] I call the attention of
the representatives.
" The responsible Minister of his Majesty will lay be-
fore you suitable proposals on these subjects. He con-
fidently expects that the representatives of the nation
will adopt speedy and suitable measures for the security
and weal of the country,
" With feelings of pain and great displeasure his
Majesty has been informed that although he, who has
the welfare of all his subjects at heart, was following
the dictates of his own free will when in the late Diet
he sanctioned, on the petition of his faithful subjects,
and granted those laws which are call for by
the requirements of the times for increasing
the welfare of the country ; yet, notwithstanding this,
in Croatia and the Lower Danube provinces, evil-
minded rebels, by false reports, excited against one an-
other the various inhabitants of the country who dif-
fered from them, and said that the said laws were not the
free result of his Majesty's royal will, and thereby in-
cited them to withstand the power of the law.
" To calm all the inhabitants of this country, of what-
ever religion, I hereby declare, as being specially charged
to do so by our illustrious lord and master in his name,
and as the representative of his person, that his Majesty
is firmly resolved to protect the unity and inviolability
of the Hungarian Crown against any aggression from
without or within, and at all times to maintain inviolable

the laws sanctioned by him. •
"The union of Transylvania with Hungary has been
sanctioned by his Majesty with the most heartfelt plea-
sure, the more so because he has thereby acceded to the
wish of his beloved Hungarian and Transylvanian sub-
jects. It is only by the amalgamation of the two coun-
tries into one body that they will, by the combined de-
velopment of their vigour and prosperity, be a firmer
'bulwark for the throne and liberty.
" His Majesty's Ministers will submit to the Diet
everything that remains to be done in regard to the de.
tails of the already effected amalgamation of the adminis-
trative body.
" With regard to foreign relations in the Lombardo-
Venetian kingdom, where the hostile troops of the King
of Sardinia, and some Italian powers, have attacked the
army of his Majesty, the war is not yet terminated.
With regard to other foreign powers, our friendly
relations remain inviolate; and his Majesty less ques-
tions the continuance of this since it has ever been the
chief care of his Government not to neglect anything
which, without infringing upon the dignity of the
royal throne, the security of his people, and their
legitimate interests, might consolidate this amicable un-
destanding.

" His Majesty entertains no doubt that the National
Diet, in the indissolubly-combined interests of the royal
throne and constitutional liberty, will, without delay, re-
gulate everything which is requisite for the welfare of
the country.

In conclusion, I must now fulfil the injunction of
his Majesty, by assuring the Diet, and the whole of his
faithful subjects, of the royal favour and affectionate