The New York herald., 1868-06-23
GERMANY.

GERMANY.
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Parliamentary Progress-Too Much LesisIa.
tion and Representative Injustice-(ount Bis
marck's Health-Herr Twesten's Resigna-
tion-Religious Schisms-Clerical Employ.
ments-Hanoverian PoIitics-A German De-
cOration from Abyssinia-Security for Travel
lers by Rail-Debtors IN Stettin.
BERLIN, June 9. 1858.
The Reichstag has renewed Its activity though
many members having returned to their homes to
enjoy the fine weather Of Whisuntide and being still
absent, the presence OF a quorum is doubtful.
Indeed, everybody here and elsewhere is thorough
y tired Of Parliamentary AFFAIRS OF which the country
has had too much for the last fifteen months.
National Assemblies nave become tiresome. Aside
from the provincial Diets with class representatives
(some for peasants, Others for mechanics, for mer.
chants, &C., and preponderating nobility of land
owners, must be first named the Prussian Legisa-
ture elected by the obnoxious 'three class SYSTEM"
which allows the single vote of a wealthy man and
taxpayer OF the first class to outweigh the combined
votes Of two hundred or three hundred of his poorer
fellow citizens Of the third Glass; This Legislature
having the right to vote the budget has none to
refuse It, section 100 Of the Prussan constitution dis
tincty saying "The existing taxes and duties con-
tinue TO be levied" Towering above that Legsla-
ture Is the North German Reichstag its men,
bers chosen by direct popolar vote, fitted
out with q so-called "iron budgetu-for the army
per cent OF the population at 225 thaers yearly
per head-and the right proportionally to distribute
further expenditures among the Confederaed States
though 1t has no voice whatever relative to the i'm
portant question OF revenue from indirect taxation
Finally, we come to the Zol Parliament, Intended
to regulate commercial matters, tralc and the Gus
tnr,a tari
esty elected by political factions This Parliament
has voice II changes in the tariff are thought de-
sirabe, but as to the receipts and their disburse-
ment 1t has nothing to say. Curousy enough, some
OF Its members represent districts such as Hamburg
Bremen and part of Mecklenburg, which do not at
all belong to the Customs Union while the other
hand, as If to make things even, Luxembourg, be-
longing 10 the Customs Union but not to Germany,
Is not represented there and has silently to submit
TO the actions of the Zoll Parliament. Such super
abundance OF law making, with confusion worse
conlounded, accounts for the nausea produced by
Parliamentary affairs, which, II we add that fees
or mileage are paid TO the deputies OF the two latter
categories, naturally extends TO the members them.
selves. Empty benches and still emp.ier speeches
are the unavoidable consequences.
Count Bisinarck's ndisp0ston Is giving way so
ne VIII follow his PHYSICIANS advice and spend a
month or six weeks In the climate OF Southern
France entirely to recruit his health.
The supreme Court having finally decided against
Deputy rwesten, himself Judge of the Appcal
Court, for having uttered his opinion In a speech
Lower
the Judge as deputy has decided to quit the govern
ment service. Though leader OF the national libe-
rails, and as such renegade from the Fortschrtts
party ne mas enjoyed universal respect, and his
acknowledged talent was always devoted TO the
public good very lucrative place has been offered
him by the Council Board OF this CITY, and t IA hopcd
that he Will accept 1t Is the presidency OF a new
mortgage bank lately established by authority OF the
government to improve the security of advances on
real estate by the Of letters OF mortgage guar
anteed by the credit OF the city.
An Indictment for slander mas recently been pre-
akn Dr,.a
la inc province or Po5en, who Is the author OF a PAM
phlet treating on the difference between the ortho-
uox Roman and the free German Catholic Church.
The pamphlet has been written ten wears Though
us language ~ very moderate II has aroused the ven
ON ol Bsno ketteler an orthodox priest, and the
author mas been summoned by the Attorney General
10 appear on the ieth inst. before the Court q; Nav
ence 20 defend himself against the CHARGE BY the
by distance or eleven hundred miles between Po-
sen and Mayence and no mileage allowed in the
case. Defend himself for q publication written ten
years ago and published In Prussia and Hesse with
out any trouble | Why not bring suits against the
writings OF yoltaire, Luther and 0rch Won HuttenS
A similar case Is that Of Protestant teacher in
Wiesbaden, who on the 26th ut appeared before the
criminal Senate OF the Circuit Court under accusa.
ton OF having reviled the evangelical religion In the
nearing OF the school class by q comparison OF the
Catholic Church as an opuently furnished parlor
with the Protestant Church as the empty garret OF
bankrupt merchant. The imprudent teacher was
sentenced to eight days Incarceration.
schlsm OF no small dimensions has broken out
Of Ms ne n aps clergy
Prediger Knaak, declared at regular meeting that he
stood with both feet on the ground OF revelation and
history and physics. he came out boldly with the un-
shaken doctrine that the earth does stand still and
the sun revoves around It. The effect OF this was
to split the assembly into two camps, with nearly
equal forces and the strife has just begun to assume
Another Berlin shepherd. Rev. Herr stefan, has
anonymously published novel, In which exciting
religious questions are treated upon and various
whom live in this city or course % the % book entitled
Leokadle" was read, particularly by the female
1te, with great avidty, and che authors real name
being suspected II raised such o storm that Rev.
Stefan has come out with apology, regretting to
have written the book, and praying aloud, "Pdter,
quiet and decent company, which had assembled
on on the 10Th ult IN public garden OF the city OF
fmSnoyer farrSS was Was nterfered with BY the police and
Journals think that q dancing party consisting
mostly OF children accompanied by their parents,
meet on the anniversary Of exKing Georges BIRTH
Gay anu may have been prompted to do SO loyal
wme,Pns. s glove maker, and former royal pur
the police by lew miniature white and yellow nags
Inc same gentleman's house was last year on the
which ne mad TO remove being told that no such
demonetration outside the house. could be tolerated
he had anced to emss so Is s ne h ks tSuoht s yeS
n0werpots IN MS parlor and upon the balcony By
Sse sosd made OF H. and white ribbons to them
SAFE But early In the morning. during his absence.
three oflicers OF the Santa Hermandad entered
and forcbly took away the treacherous emblems
At Gottingen and q few other places teieqrams
congratulating the ex-king Of Hanover at Heitzing
had been accepted as also the fee for the transmis
sion, but few hours afterwards the parties con.
cerned were notified that the direction on their dc.
spatches had been found "inadmissblev by the i,er
lin oice, and the telegrams, but not the ees were
returned TO them. If ex-King George but knew the
names OF these damaged congratiiators he might
hea their sorrows by a Guelph decoration-a bit OF
ribbon TO be worn In the buttonhole-for all these
hyperIoyallsts are more or less hankerng after "a
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