los} ANNUAL REGISTER, 
Your language shall be used with 
the German in all public transac- 
tions ; and every one of you, ac- 
cording to his abilities, shall be 
eligible to public employments in 
the Grand Duchy, and to all the of- 
fices, honours, and dignities, of my 
kingdom.” ‘A proclamation of the 
same date was addressed by the 
King to the inhabitants of the city 
and territory of Dantzic, the circle 
of Culm and Michelau, the town of 
Thorn and its territory, informing 
them of their restoration to their 
ancient connexions and of their 
intended participation in the con- 
stitution planned for all his Ma- 
jesty’s subjects in the provincial 
government of West Prussia. 
A royal decree published on 
May 25th, laid before the Prus- 
sian nation the plan of that re- 
presentation of the people, which 
was to be the basis of the future 
constitution of the monarchy. The 
following were its principal provi- 
sions: The provincial assemblies 
where still existing, are to be re- 
established and modelled accord- 
ing to the exigencies of the time; 
and where at present there are no 
such assemblies, they are to be 
introduced. From these, the as- 
sembly of representatives of the 
kingdom is to be formed, which 
is to sit at Berlin, and the 
functions of which are to extend 
to deliberating upon all those ob- 
jects of legislation which concern 
the personal rights of citizens, 
and theirproperty, including taxa- 
tion. Acommittee is to be form- 
ed at Berlin, of officers of state, 
and inhabitants of the provinces, 
nominated and presided over by 
the chancellor, for the purpose of 
organizing the provincial assem- 
blies, and the national representa= 
1815. 
tion, and framing a constitution 
according to the principles laid 
down, which is to meet on the Ist 
of September ensuing. If in 
this declaration of the royal will 
the rudiments of a free govern- 
ment can be discerned, it must 
be acknowledged that a great 
number of essential points are 
left wholly indeterminate, and that 
the sovereign has bound himself 
to nothing which might not as 
readily be made an instrument, as 
a check, of regal authority. 
A statement of the intended 
organization of the Prussian mo~ 
narchy, given as authentic in a 
German paper, certainly bears an 
appearance more resembling that 
of a military government, than 
of one in which it is intended 
to afford much scope to the opera- 
tion of the popular will. Ac- 
cording to this plan, the whole mo- 
narchy is to be portioned into five 
military divisions, ten provinces 
and twenty-five circles. Each di- 
vision comprehending two pro- 
vinces, and averaging two mil- 
lion of inhabitants, is to have at 
its head a. general-in-chief. Every 
province is to be administered by 
a high president, having under 
his special direction ecclesiastical 
affairs and. public education, me- 
dical police, the common con- 
cerns of the province, and cer- 
tain military matters. An an- 
nexed table of territorial divisions, 
with their capitals, is at least a 
good geographical document of 
the present Prussian dominions, 
whatever may be the event of the 
preceding plan. It is as follows: 
East Prussia, chief town, Konings- 
berg; West Prussia, Dantzic ; 
Posen, Posen; Silesia, Breslau ; 
Brandenburgh, Berlin ; Pomera- 
