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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.)
Herr Sitz declared that their business there was not to
bandy compliments with any body of men.—(Cheers.)
The letter was only a compliment—an empty eumpli-
ment—(Hear, 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 adopted,
and some fixed regulations made 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 for 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
commission had 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
whether they approved of what had been suggested to
them, The first thing proposed was the examination of
the returns of Members, next the election of a Presi-
dent, then the appointment of Committees, &c. He
suggested that four Presidents should be chosen in the
first place, because it was necessary that means should
be adopted, first, 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-
dent. Two or three days would ,be necessary before
they commenced any species of business.—(Hear,
"ear.) 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 bad him-
self examined the proposals that had been made on this
subject, and he partly approved and partly disapproved
of them. He concluded a lengthy speech by repeating
that.. the first duty of the Assembly was to appoint a
Commission to settle the order of their proceedings.
Herr Blum, of Leipsic, observed they should not, in
their anxiety to adhere to a form, be forgetful of what
was
the substance of their discussion. There were a
thousand different questions of great moment, all of
wWeGilearm wttaintyed their solution in that mighty Assembly.
had fixed its gaze on those who were there
_assembled _(Cheers.) Without a regular course of
paetrweion prescribed for and by them, they could never
deeicri ; they could neither advise, nor counsel, nor
Assembly
ace—(Cheers.) The first great duty of the
had ultal:Y Was an examination into the elections that
Ouse) taken
Place. Without the proof that they were
withomi, the votes of the people, they were an assembly
:whose
rePsooruetr.a confederation in words, but not one
m fact, Iris would influence others. They were,
Herr Bium-metthg without power.—(Cheers.)
who endea
greeted it7h°ured
was followed by several other members,
to address the
assembly,but who were
(•bsteigen), groans,iil_ and loud cries of Down, down'
wished the' e were understood to say that they
At l-e euestiYon to be the vote.
posepat to
preptreerh a member of the Commission who had
pose,i a plan for the order of their proceeding, pro-
co " !hat the report should be submitted to another
ciltnissi°ll, in order that the proposals made might be
"unified.
Herr
sten, Fits, of Mayence, proposed that in the first in-
they
did e.tlie elections should be examined. Until then
I" not and could not knew who had a right to
fade He therefore supported the proposal that had been
fact, to this effect. When they had ascertained that
4c_t_, they could regulate the order of their proceedings.
loud
several members again attempted to speak; some
0 er three of them at a time; but each was met by
ud cries of " Down, down."
Herr Wesendonk then proposed that the regulations
suggested by the commissions should be provisionally
b4tecl, until other regulations were adopted by the
'Numbly.
This
Proposal, amid great confusion, was adopted.
Herr on
Vipperman proposed that before they went into
141- examination of the elections, they should first choose
a President and other officers.
aieknother Member proposed that they should nominate
th in ad interim president Herr Seiron, the chairman of
coney,?°o3naittee of Fifty, as a proof how highly the
""irY estimated the services he had rendered in that
position.
here Teige, of Westphalia, wished to postpone the
election of president until Monday.
Herr Tuctro, on the other hand, considered that they
should have the legality of the elections proved before
they nominated a president.
Herr Zriegleraan wished:them to adhere to the order'
of proceeding. They should either themselves electa
President, or take as president the President of the
Committee of Fifty.
Harr Wipperman considered that the. President of the
Committee of Fifty should be an ad interim president,
and under his presidency elect president.ahe
ymust return the
Herr Wesendonk remarked that t
President by seniority, and under his presidency elect
another as soon as they had proved the validity of their
own elections. He also proposed that there should be
added to the commission for regulating their proceed-
ings such members of parliament as had been members
of other assemblies in their respective states, because
such persons were best acquainted with parliamentary
proceedings.
Herr Soiron advised them not to dispute about who
*hall hold the presidency during the time for selecting an
ad interim, and said the proper course would be to choose
them under the presidency of him who filled the situa-
. tlen by seniority.
A vote was then taken as to whether the interim Pre-
sident should be chosen.
This motion was agreed to.
The next motion was that the election should take
place this day.
Upon this an amendment was moved, that the election
should take place to-morrow.
The amendment was carried, the President declaring
the majority was for the amendment.
After deciding that there should etenographical re-
Ports of each meeting, and that the Members should
Meet to-morrow at ten, the House adjourned.
Much time was wasted during this day by propositions .
which found no seconders, and by speeches which could
IDt procure patient listeners. The want of knowledge
o conducting Parliamentary business, or in fact the
trinsiness of any public meeting, was most lamentable,
„,„
equally displayed by the Presidenl of the 1
)2etnhlY and the majority of those who are itsichosen
erabe rs .

PRUSSIA.
The reaction has commenced at Berlin, and it has
oroe so strong that it was thought the ministry
Would •
• m their draught of a constitution propose to
Institute an hereditary chamber of peers.
th There had been a collision between the Poles and
the Germans at a public meeting in Berlin, in which
I,ollatter had been Victorious, and had expelled the
Poles from the Assemhly.

AUSTRIA.
.17.1"z1A, MAT 16.—Quiet is restored in the city,
1:11 consequence of the following proclamation, issued
Y the
ENIPEROII :
1: IVe FERDINAND, &c. For the purpose of quel-
-1 the excitement which prevailed in our residen-
tLq
city of Vienna on the 15th May, 1848, and
averting violent breaches of the peace, our Council
0 rciMinirsters resolved upon the withdrawal of the
the the day issued to our National Guard on
tb:
r) Pill May, 1848, relative to the transactions of
btitical Central Committee ; at the same time,
itt Petitions presented by the National Guard were
castlecc Petitions
,:z.,
b that the city gates and the
ward should be guarded in common
'the military and the National Guard, in all
ca
dilisibes, and that the military shall be onlyd
by
be
out for special service when required so to
clip National Guard. In order to obviate every
Vice faction and excitement, we subjoin, by the
do °or Ministerial Council, the further res.omlua:
oat the draft of the constitution shall be pri
he
rilY. subject to the discussion of the Diet. And t
obrittakee of the elective law which have been
t?, shall be determined b y a new test.
tiott rUer that the consolidation of the constitu-
'ecabi aYf
most effectually established by the As-
Dcree
an the Diet to be constituted, we have
do decree, that for the first
whichonlY one Chamber shall be elected, for,
whereby° census whatever shall be required
aelitatil„ l'ery apprehension of an imperfect rep.re-
dnbe this, or the people will be obviated. Having
baroe we feel assured that all classes of the State
speedy. will quietly and confidently await the
°Pening of the Diet.

l‘ FERDINAND.
" Vienna m (Countersigned,, by the Ministers.)
The
,r,r,.. ay 16, 1848.
the Courtrytel/er Zeitung, of the 17th, announces that
iste,i. Council of War, which has hitherto ex-
am '"11 be dissolved at the close of this month,
b 2 that
the Central War Administration will then
"ite to the Ministry of War.
Go he x
.
night Vox GitAVENEGG has been appointed
Ter
nor of the Austrian National Bank.
eouhrlie official reports of the Master of the Ordnance,
nothin6 I'iuGENT, dated Visnabella, the 12th, say
tri,„ g of the capitulation of Treviso. The Aus-
-I,ri; tro--
4 t-', however, were already before the city.
~,po:Lte letters of the 14th from Cette reiterate the
re
of th
of Treviso, and also that
v iceri7 e surrender
11Y 19,
has capitulated. Hamburgh Papers,
The IT,
Cirneial repon" Gazette of the 13th contains the
th_
number
tof Field-Marshal Count RADETZKY,. of
the unaber killed, wounded, and prisoners, during
tht, recent engagements. The loss of the enemy on
kin (44, at St. Lucia Massimo and Chievo, was 200
44e'111:1d 400 wounded. The loss on the part of the
""4111 Wu 7 officer, and, 49 men ; the number of