The Sun. — 1848-11-18 (London, England)

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 execution 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 intended by the Ministry. If the letter which had just brought the intelligence reported truly—(Cries of " Here it is confirmed," and BERYER was seen pressing 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 proceeded 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 intended 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 recognition 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 Affairs, was adopted : " The National Assembly, agreeing with the measures 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 Assembly 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 stigmatising 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 murder, the National Assembly is called upon to deliberate 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