GENERAL 
obtained from thespeech of the mi- 
nister Count Munster,tothe assem- 
bled States-general on Oct. 18th. 
He observed, that although the 
establishment of the civil rights of 
Germany had not been yet ac- 
complished, yet it might tran- 
quilize the Hanoverians that the 
Prince Regent had shewn, both 
by the whole of his administra- 
tion, and by the votes of his pleni- 
potentiaries at Vienna, that he 
was warmly attached to the cause 
of German freedom. He took 
notice of the enlargement, and the 
improved rounding, of the king- 
dom, which, though occasioning 
seme painful cessions, was ren- 
dered necessary by the agreement 
of the greater powers respecting 
the reconstruction of their states. 
Proceeding to the interior af- 
fairs of the country, he remarked 
that the union of new provinces 
rendering it necessary to examine 
their several situations and cir- 
cumstances, no definitive resolu- 
tions relative to taxation and the 
other parts of administration could 
be taken in the present session. 
The Prince Regent, he said, did 
not intend to give the country a 
new constitution: he would hold 
sacred the original rights of the 
states, but several modifications. 
would be necessary in the exer- 
cise of those rights. In particular, 
the finances would require an uni- 
form and firm administration, 
uniting all the parts under one ge- 
neral system. With respect to the 
debts contracted during the French 
occupation, though his Royal 
Highness could not allow the 
right of the States to bind pos- 
terity by debts contracted without 
consent of the Sovereign, yet he 
thought it advisable that they 
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should be recognized under cer- 
tain modifications. With respect 
to exemptions frem taxation, the 
public voice had declared so de- 
cisively against them, that it 
mightnot be proper to re-establish 
them. The minister fmally an- 
nounced that the Prince Regent, 
when the new provinces were in= 
corporated, would cause a plan 
to be drawn up for the representa- 
tion of the whole kingdom, and 
for a central board of taxation. 
The King of Prussia, who has 
been mentioned as bringing to 
effect the determination of his 
associated colleagues relative to 
the portion of Saxony assigned to 
him, about the same time re- 
entered into the possession of his 
former Polish provinces. He is- 
sued from Vienna, on May 15th, a 
proclamation addressed to the in- 
habitants of the Grand Duchy of 
Posen, announcing the restorae 
tion to their original state, of 
those parts of the late Duchy of 
Warsaw which had belonged to 
Prussia. He also gave them an 
insight into their future political 
condition, as well as into that of 
his other subjects. ‘ You are 
incorporated (he said) with my 
monarchy, but without being 
obliged to renounce your na- 
tionality. You will participate in 
the constitution which I intend to 
give my faithful subjects, and 
you will have a provisional con- 
stitution, like the other provinces 
of my kingdom. Your religion 
shall be maintained, and a suit- 
able dotation be assigned to its 
servants. Your personal rights: 
and your property shall return 
under the protection of the laws, 
upon which you will: also be 
called in future to deliberate. 
