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future to deliberate. Your lan- 
guage shall be used with the 
German in all public transactions, 
and every one of you, according 
to his abilities, shall be eligible to 
public employments in the Grand 
Duchy, and to all the offices, ho- 
nours, and dignities of my king- 
dom. » 
““ My Governor, who was born 
among you, will also reside with 
you. He will inform:me of your 
wishes and your wants, and you, 
of the intentions of my Govern- 
ment. Your fellow citizen, my 
high President, will organize the 
Grand Duchy according to my 
instructions, and till the organi- 
zation is complete, govern in 
every department., He will - on 
this occasion employ the men of 
business, found among you, -ac- 
cording as they are qualified by 
their knowledge and your con- 
fidence. When the organization 
is finished, the different branches 
of administration will be intro- 
duced. 
“It is my firm resolve that the 
past be consigned to perfect obli- 
vion. My care belongs exclu- 
sively to the future, in which I 
hope to find the means to bring 
back the country, which has been 
tried beyond its strength, and is 
quite exhausted, to the road of 
prosperity. 
“ Since experience has matured 
you, I hope that I may depend on 
your acknowledgements.— Given 
at Vienna, the 15th of May, 1815. 
(Signed) 
“ FREDERICK WILLIAM.” 
To the Inhabitants of the City and 
Territory of Dantzic, the Circie 
of Culm and Michelan, the Town 
of Thorn, and its Territory. 
ANNUAL REGISTER, 1815. 
- “ By my letters patent of ‘'to- 
day, I have restored you to your 
ancient connexions ; I have given 
you back to the country to which 
you originally belonged, and to 
which you are indebted for your 
former prosperity. In this re- 
union, you will participate in the 
Constitution which I intend for 
all my faithful subjects in the 
Provincial Government: of the 
Province of West Prussia. 
“‘ This re-union affords you pro- 
tection and security for your pro- 
perty, the certainty that you: will 
again enjoy yourselves the fruits 
of your industry, and the prospect 
of future tranquillity. With pa- 
ternal care I will exert myself to 
assist in replacing on a firm 
foundation your welfare, which 
has suffered so severely. Exclu- 
sively occupied with the future, it 
is my will that every past error be 
forgotten. 
“The circumstances of the 
moment prevent me from receiv- 
ing in person the renewed oath of 
your allegiance, and [have there- 
fore appointed my high President 
of East Prussia, Von Auerswald, 
to receive the homage from you, 
in my name, in the city of Dant- 
zic, and to take the necessary 
measures to this effect. 
‘ “Given at Vienna, May 15, 
1815. 
(Signed) } 
“ FREDERICK WILLIAM.” 
Treaty of Peace between Saxony 
and Prussia, » concluded at 
Vienna, on the 18th of May. 
Article 2. The cessions of Sax- 
ony, prescribed by the. Congress, 
are confirmed and settled anew, 
so that from the Elbe to-the Bi- 
