New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-12-09
THE PA.yIAmENrs OF CONT
NxnNyAL EUROPE.

IL The earl, par Of November, the Par
lament. Of ,Arse Of he largest states Of the
European Continent. N,'noe' PRUSSIA an'
spain, were opaned by their n. F''elsn.' ih'
/ .roocedings oil al three of them N '''i 70 j."
Of groa, interest, and 20 contribute Ito. '''''
to tho lcycrish agitation which j., already.
tending the contest between the Conservative
and Progressive par,ies
Tho wamest advocate OF the cause Of Pro-
gress, among these three as,enlbiies, will be-
that Of Berlin. Tie people Of Prussia have
been passing, for several years, through many
severe tests Of their political principles. and
have again shown that thsy have proiited In this
school, and that they are uni!inchingly firm IA
their devotion TO the cause of PTogrc-s. The
" Party OF Progress, which goes further n tee
advocacy Of liberal Institutions than any other
Parliamentary party ia Europe, has boon SIC lilJ
gaining strength and viii IN the new Second
Chamber count about lao out Of so votes
The "Leit Center, another Liberal party,
likely ere long 10 Dc absorbed by II. numbers =
mcmbcrs. Besides, sixteen members will vote
in all IMPORT ant questions with either the Len
Center" or the Party Of Progress, though they
NAV no, formally belong to the one or the other
organization Together the representative
Of -, advanced Liberalism will thus dbl o-o OF
about 2i0 votes, which is considerably above a
tso-lnrds majority. On questions that DO no,
directly Affect the interests OF nationality, but
me,ely concern Liberal principles and democratic
progress the Liberals will moreover bo Joined
by q majority Of the Polish party, which count.
in the new Chamber y members The contest
between the Government and The new Chamber
Of Representatives VIII bc again one Of great
and EXCITING interest The King, on opening
the Chamber, formally announced That he
mean. to persist in his stolid obstinaoy, and TO
refuse all concessions OF importancei the major
itvof the Chamber, which has been strengthened
bya large access Of the best political and literary
talent Of the country, will be equallyunyelding
in defense Of the popular rights, particularly IN
claiming d control Of the State finance, liberty
Of the press, reduction of the time Of military
service. and the convocation Of German Par
liaucnt. The only hope for pacific solution
Of this conflict lies in the liberal professions OF
the crown prince but even they are not likely
70 satisfy the demands Of the Prus7ian people;
and great crisis seems to be impending. The
discussions of the Prussian Chamber will there
fore be followed, this year, not only in Prussia,
but throughout Europe, with increased interest.
In the Legislative Body Of France the num-
Der of advanced Liberals is much smaller; they
form az yet, in point Of number, an almost In
significant minority. But this minority en-
braces the greatest and most brilliant states
men, orators, and publiciSts in Europe Last
wear, the Democratic Opposition counted only
FIVE members, but these iiye-amOng whom
were Jules Fayre and Oliyicr-madc their
mark. They welded an influence on public
opinion which the utmost efforts OF Che Govern
mcnt proved insufficient to counteract. The
effect was visible at this years election. The
entire votes cast for the Opposition candidates
were this year about /, 5000 against 81 50?
In 1851 An immense majority OF all the con-
siderable towns gave majority for the Oppo-
sition, and nothing but the ignorance ana tho
want Of Independent opinion in the rural popu-
lalion secured to the Government victory.
Tho foundation OF the Government party l. al
ready shaken. AMI HoW ia the Legislative