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

FRANKFORT.

The proceedings in the German Parliament at
Frankfort, in the sitting of the 14th, were most inte-
resting. The intelligence of the treasonable murder
of ROBERT BLUM, the Member for Leipzic, by the
authorities of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, had been re•
ceived that morning, and various interpellationa were
addressed to the Minister on the subject, and a no-
tice of motion given calling on the Parliament to
adopt measures to bring his murderers to punishment.
The news of the proclamation of the state of
siege at Berlin was also brought under consideration,
and resolutions were adopted approving of the con-
duct of the Assembly, and calling upon the King of
PRUSSIA. to dismiss his present Ministers, and to
return to constitutional courses.

The Parliament assembled at twenty-five minutes
to ten, and shortly afterwards
SIMoN of TrOyes put the following question to the
Ministry :—" Has the Imperial Ministry received
any direct information to the effect that ROBERT
BLUM, Deputy from Leipzic, was shot in Vienna on
the 9th ult., by sentence of a court-martial, and what
steps does the Imperial Ministry intend to take in
consequence of this ?"
MouL, the Minister of Justice, said—He would
remind the Assembly that the news of the arrest of
BLUM and FROEDEL reached them first through the
evening papers of the Bth. If, therefore, the execu-
tion really took place on the 9th, it must be evident
to all, that the Ministry's interference in his behalf,
whatever character it had assumed, must have proved
futile. At that moment, excited as he was by the
intelligence, they certainly would not require any
particular statement of the further measures in-
tended by the Ministry. If the letter which had just
brought the intelligence reported truly—(Cries of
" Here it is confirmed," and BERYER was seen press-
ing forward with another letter, which he handed to
the President.)
The PRESIDENT read an extract from this letter
aloud. It confirmed the tidings of BLUM'S execution.
After some less important matter, the Assembly pro-
ceeded with the order of the day, viz., the discussion
of the Prussian question, when
Mom, again craved an immediate hearing. He
said the Ministry had been asked what they in-
tended to do. Two of their body were to set out at
once for Vienna, for the protection of all members
that might be in Vienna, and to insist on the recog-
nition of the law passed by the Assembly for its own
protection.—(Cheers, even from the Left.)
The discussion on the Prussian question was then
resumed, and the following resolution, recommended
by the majority of the Committee on Prussian Af-
fairs, was adopted :
" The National Assembly, agreeing with the mea-
sures taken by the Ministry of the empire, declares that
it is necessary— first, to engage the Prussian Ministry
to revoke the :order for transferring the National As-
sembly to Brandenburg, as soon as measures shall have
been taken to guarantee the dignity and liberty of its
deliberations at Berlin ; secondly, that the Crown of
Prussia should surround itself as soon as possible with
a Ministry possessing the confidence of the country,
and fit to remove all tear on the subject of re-actionary
tendencies, and the infringements of the liberty of the
people,"

There were several amendments proposed stigma-
tising in still stronger language the conduct of the
King of PRussiA, but the above was ultimately
adopted. At the close of the proceedings an urgent
motion was announced by SIMON of Troves, viz., "In
consideration that three separate letters had arrived
from Vienna, detailing the fate of ROBERT BLUM ;
and in consideration that, according to the law
enacted on the 10th October, for the protection of
the Assembly, the execution of BLUM becomes mur-
der, the National Assembly is called upon to delibe-
rate at once upon measures that shall ensure the
punishment of the murderers." MoIIL, the Minister
of Justice, immediately' stated that the envoys
of the Ministry had started at 2 P.m., for
Vienna ; that they had instructions to demand the
surrender of all papers and correspondence referring
to BLUM's affair; and to send these, together with a
full statement of all relati;te particulars forthwith to