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

PRUSSIA.

It was imagined that on the 7th of December
some of the Members of the Left might attempt to
hold a sitting of the Diet at Brandenburg, and mea.
cures were adopted to prevent them from meeting.
At a meeting held the day before, at which Ihmuit
presided, it had been determined not to make the
attempt, nor to issue any protest, as the protest of
the 9th of November was sufficient. On the 7th the
generality of the Left proceeded to the Cathedral to
verify the fact of closure. Upon arriving they
found the following printed notice affixed to- the
entrances, and laid upon the table of the Questor's
office :

"In conformity with the accompanying royal decree
of the sth inst., which, together with its annexed Minis-
terial reports, whereon it is founded, I hasten to com-
municate, the sitting of the National Assembly, an-
nounced by me to open on the 7th inst. at 11 £3'., will
not, as a matter of course, take place. The Questor of
the Chamber, M. Miitske, is commissioned by me to re-
main at Brandenburg until 1 o'clock, P.M., on Saturday
next, to settle whatever outstanding business may be
requisite with Members.

s-' The President by seniority of the dissolved National
Assembly.

(Signed) " VON BRUNNECK.
" Brandenburg, Dec. 6, 1848."
The majority of the Members left Brandenburg
the same evening.
The Prussian Staats Anseiger says that, " in conse-
quence of the refusal to pay the taxes by many per-
sons in accordance with the decree of the National
Assembly, numbers have offered not only to pay the
ordinary taxes, but have offered money to the royal
treasury, without interest, and even without requiring
its return ; indeed, some patriots have offered all they
possess to the Government. The Minister of Finance
announces, that the refusal to pay taxes having been
confined to a few places and persons, and the trea-
sury being sufficiently provided to meet the wants of
the public service, the Government declined the offers
so generously made. He expresses at the same time
his gratitude for gifts so generously tendered."
Accounts from Silesia, of the 2d, state that on the
previous day there was a large meeting of the
peasantry of Burgsdorff. A certain CABUE DE
Roscnitowirz, known for his litigations with many
of the nobles, presided. He had been named repre-
sentative in the Assembly of Berlin, and is a strong
Radical. He sought to kill a person at Rosen, and
induced the mob to accompany him there, when
they entered the house of the party and violently ill-
treated him. They then proceeded to other houses,
and it was not until the tocsin was sounded, and two
men were shot and two wounded, that tranquillity
was restored. The troops arrived next day, and oc-
cupied the place.
BEELIN,Dxc. 10.—The Prussian Stoats Anzeiger
of this day contains a proclamation to the Minister of
War, VON STROVIEN relative to various regulations
and changes in the military department, and likewise
an answer to the Berlin Landwehr battalion, in
reply to their complaining that they have not in the
present time been called out. The Minister states that
their having been already under arms two months this
year, was deemed a sufficient claim upon their time,
and that, moreover, they were known to be in such
admirable order, that if their services were requisite
they would be ready for active service at the shortest
notice.

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The Cologne Gazette affirms that General
WItAXGBL has declared that the siege of Berlin will
be raised on the 15th.

FRANKFORT.

At a meeting of the representatives, held on the
gth, it was determined on the proposition of DAHL-
MANN and BESELER„ that the Headship of the Em-
pire should be an hereditary office. Great exertions
are making to secure the election of the King of
PRUSSIA to the hereditary headship.
In the sitting of the German Parliament on the
9th, M. Vox SCHMERLING replied to several inter-
pellations on foreign affairs. On the subject of Swit-
zerland, the lion. Minister refused to give any fur-
ther explanation. With reference to the affairs of
llungary, he observed that the sympathy for the
people of that country was general in Germany, and