PRUSSIA.

Lyttelton Times, Volume XI, Issue 648, 22 January 1859, Page 3

PRUSSIA.

Berlin, October 21.^At' one o'clock precisely the members; of .b ith, Chambers assembled in a iinited r sitting, and received, from his RoyaT Highness thY Prince Regent a message, accompanied by legalised copies b'f.the royal decree of the 7tW iftstant,arid' vof the proclamation-of the Prince of Prussia of the ;9'thinstant; <Jn .the message the Prince Regent requests the. Landtag to acknowledge on tKeir part the necessity of the regency, already recognised by- the King and the Prince Regent; The message concludesthus:—"After your acknowledgement: b'f the said necessity we shall act according to Article 58 of the; Constitution—-(woraufvon uns dem Artikel 58 der Veffa's; "suhgsurkunde Gerieuge: geschehen soil).", :■.• ■: ■ :-■:■■ ;■ '-■■'' :'■' ■.•■'■■■=. -■■'■■:■; v\

-The following is the text in. full of the speech of the Prince Regent of Prussia on the opening of the Chambers:-—' v'" .-" '■"••■'•:'- ■'•'■ ■ •■'-■'■■'■■>■ •■■'■" ■■'"

"I come among you under a deep and painful emotion; but also with full confidence. The'seriotis illness under which,-fbr more than, a year; the Kirig; our Gracious Master, has been suffering has not yet ceased-by the impenetrable will 'Of-'the-Almighty Arbitrator: of our"^ destinies/ despite the '■ ' fdrvent prayers of his T faithful people.'"• ; ' l :; ;'.'"• Under these" circumstances, and the physicians having deemed a' prolonged sojourn abroad necessary, tnyf Royal Brother decided' toinVite me to assume the Regency until -the day when'the grace of God will allow him again to exercise in person the' Royal functions, Vhich ■my prayers and desires 1 —God is my 'witness—never cease to ask. •

: .""I feel much gratified that the King, in his.wis; : dom and in his solicitude for'the'welfare of his' kingdom, has called upbrt me to assume the Regency^ I Conformable to the expression of that supreme will]' \ and Halting' into consideration r actual 'existing cir-; j cumst'ances and theprescriptionsiof thei Constitution j; j £ have"takert Upon myself the heavy load "aiih'ttiei j resfab'nsibility of' the Itegfeticyi'a^^l'jhavrth^^flrni; wtll-to' continue to perform'Wha£'the/ Constitution^ "'■'■•' >'>:--■':■:"'■> ?v-:r;i ; ";'»;l'e'*peet 'rio 'less Ttom'you, gentlemen. Special i messages' Wilt' submitftb'ydu in 'the sitting of th 6 tw'o'united1 Ghmbew the'dOcum^tsrela'tiyg tb'the Regency;s ahd^ Oh • ybw 'request, e'i'ery ;expla'natioii I Which maylW fu*BM Will tie'giye'n tt> you;;'' J' r ! ■^'Gehtlem^ni the ■tn6re th63 tithes are, in conbequentiefof the1 illness of dtir Eingi the"higher ; niuit we eicalt the flag of Prussia fey ■■ the1 don^ie'n- ; tlbiis fulflUAent of our duty, randby remainiag united !by(Wbbnd*«f!mutualcbnflderioe. r' !' ' ' v"y- ! *'"■'-' ■'■■ "'T'combtde thir:solenrn «c(J by that ahout which formerly r*V joyouftl^ttekouiK^edthrough this Ghami iber- 'Longliveth&'WMVW '">•"';' i"«»f--}ft