134] ANNUAL REGISTER, 1817. 



made for their widows, as well as 

 the widows of other officers. The 

 lazarettos and hospitals, the aca- 

 demies of music and the fine arts, 

 have received sums of money for 

 their support ; and the capital has 

 been adorned witli several new 

 buildings. His Majesty has con- 

 stantly endeavouied to follow the 

 generalopinion and the spiritof the 

 times, not to suppress thcni. His 

 Majesty, proposing to the consi- 

 deration of the Diet a new and 

 very detailed plan of finance, is 

 far from thinking it so perfect as 

 he could wish, but he thinks the 

 means he proposes are, for the 

 j>resent, best adapted to circum- 

 stances, and that it will be piojier 

 to make a trial of them till tlie 

 next Diet. His Majesty will be 

 happy if this project can be useful 

 to the Diet ; and if their own de- 

 terminations should be found su- 

 perior, he will thank Piovidence 

 for having given their meditations 

 on this important subject a more 

 advantageous direction. " Let 

 the slave," says his Majesty, 

 " who sinks beneath the weight 

 of temporary embarrassment, seek 

 in hope alone tlie possibility of 

 relief; the free citizen himself, 

 the founder of the laws which he 

 obeys, himself the defender of the 

 rights to which he appeals, meets 

 the most difficult conjunctures 

 with composure, sui'e of conquer- 

 ing them, as his fathers hxave done 

 before him, sure of leaving tlie 

 fi'uit of his exertions , and of his 

 fulfilled duties, as an inheritance 

 to his posterity." 



Hereupon the Chancellor, Baron 

 Wetterstedt,. read the Royal pror 

 p.)sals, of A\hich tlie Land Mar- 

 shal, and each of tlie sjieakers, 

 received copies from the hands of 



the Crown Prince : they then re- 

 plied to his Majesty's speech, and 

 kissed the hand of the Crown 

 Prince. 



TIENNA. 



An article dated from Vienna, 

 May 2S, announces officially from 

 the Lcmberg Gazette, that his 

 Majesty the Emperor of Austria, 

 King of Gallicia and Lombardy, 

 has resolved to establish, with 

 some modifications, the representa- 

 tive government of the kingdoms 

 of Gallicia and Lodomeria in Au- 

 strian Poland, on the footing on 

 which it was placed by Joseph H. 

 There will be, as formerly, four 

 orders of the kingdom, namely, 

 the Prelates, the Barons, the 

 Knights, and the Deputies of the 

 cities. The last, and one of each 

 of the three higher orders, will be 

 elected for six years, the three 

 others for three years. There 

 will be besides a secretary, and 

 an archivist, who will be ap- 

 pointed by government, and for 

 life. The deputies will be elected 

 by the body of the States, which 

 will meet at the next Diet. They 

 Avill each have a salaiy. 



Thus (says the account) one of 

 the most important articles of the 

 Congress of Vienna is executed. 



BERLIN. 



The long protracted business 

 of the constitution for the Prus- 

 sian territories has still remained 

 in an indecisive state, though not 

 without indications of something 

 like progress. A Berlin paper of 

 tlie 20th of August mentions it is 

 already known, that during the 

 last days on which the council of 

 State met, there was a sitting of 

 the Constitutional Committee, 



over 



