4 MAY 1867, Page 2

The King of Prussia opened his Parliament on the 29th

April in a speech the main point of which is, that under the Constitu- tion the Federal Parliament gains all that the State Parliaments lose. " No right," says the King, " is forfeited by the people." An intimate national community will always unite "North and South Germany, and the firm relations established between the Southern States and Prussia will have to be transferred to the enlarged commonwealth by special treaties," which may possibly be more stringent still. The " united strength of the nation will then be entitled, and be competent, to guarantee to Germany the blessings of peace and an effectual protection of her rights and interests." Count von Bismarck has proposed that the Consti- tution be accepted en bloc, a Committee has reported in that sense, and the Liberal party will, it is believed, on the advice of Herr Simson, President of the German Parliament, offer no opposition.