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countiies particular provinces of the 

 same country, and this has inter- 

 rupted, here and there, a free com- 

 munication between our subjects. 

 The change of circumstances, and 

 the injury done to the country by 

 its occupation by the enemy, re- 

 quire ameliorations in the forming 

 of the administration. We do not 

 propose in any manner to change 

 the constitution, as to matters 

 which guarantee the rights and re- 

 ciprocal relations between tiie So- 

 vereign and the sul)jects. We shall 

 in this respect retain the Consti- 

 tution of the States in the different 

 provinces, with such reservations 

 and modifications as may be deeiu- 

 j ed iiecessarj' or useful. But as the 

 rights of the States are confined to 

 their respective provinces, and as 

 the authority of the Sovereign ex- 

 tends to all the country, which 

 ought to be governed according to 

 uniform principles, we are con- 

 vinced that our faithful subjects 

 will regard as a benefit, and as a 

 proof of confidence on our part, 

 that we should decree, as we do 

 by these presents, that henceforth 

 all the general affairs of the coun- 

 try which may be brought under 

 the discussion with the states, con- 

 formably to the constitution which 

 has subsisted to the present time, 

 shall be submitted to an Assembly 

 of the States of all the Provinces, 

 which shall adopt on such subjects 

 a general resolution. 



As the circumstances above men- 

 tioned, and even the uncertainty 

 as to the extent of the frontiers of 

 the country, do not permit, at the 

 present time, a final determination 

 as to the manner in which the dif- 

 ferent provinces are to concur in 

 forming a General Assembly, we 

 decree, for the present, that the 



States of all the Provinces which 

 now compose the Electorate, shall 

 form themselves, by means of Re- 

 presentatives, into a General Diet, 

 on the 15th of December next, at 

 Hanover. We expect that these 

 Deputies appear with full powers 

 on the part of their constituents, to 

 vote on the subjects which shall be 

 submitted to their deliberation, 

 without requiring subsequent in- 

 structions. Thus these Deputies 

 will be regarded as the Represen- 

 tatives of the whole country, and 

 not as the Delegates of particular 

 provinces or corporations. And to 

 the end, that the Chapters, aware, 

 of the limited number of their 

 Members, may choose such per- 

 sons as enjoy their perfect confi- 

 dence, we permit them to elect 

 their Deputies freely, without being 

 obliged to confine themselves in 

 their choice to the Members of 

 their own body. The towns will 

 have the same liberty in this respect 

 according to their particular con- 

 stitution : and they will not be 

 compelled to elect their Syndics or 

 Magistrates. We reserve to our- 

 selves to determine in a more pre- 

 cise manner, when the Congress at 

 Vienna, as well as these primary 

 States General, shall be terminated, 

 the mode of representation, and 

 that of the election of the Presi- 

 dent, as well as of the Deputies. — 

 For this time the Deputies will 

 choose from amongst themselves, 

 a President, a Syndic General, and 

 a Secretary. 



George, Prince Regent. 

 Carlton-House, Aug. 12, 1814. 



Treaty between Denmark and 



Prussia. 

 In the name of the most holy' 



