Jan.] 



CHRONICLE. 



jefety in the Council of State, and 

 delivered, to the Diet by the 

 Chancellor : — 



" Pliri Majesty, who laid before 

 the States his gracious proposal 

 respecting the general circulating 

 currency, and the maintenance of 

 its value, informs them, that as 

 his constitutional duties do not 

 prescribe to his Majesty any pro- 

 posal of the kind, his Majesty's 

 sole view was, to meet the wishes 

 of the States and of the public, 

 and give the Diet a fresh proof of 

 his confidence by communicating 

 the views and plans which ap- 

 peared to his Majesty the best 

 calculated to attain the great 

 objects of maintaining the value 

 of the currency, promoting tlie 

 circulation, and encouraging in- 

 dustry. His Majesty, who loves 

 to rely implicitly on the patrio- 

 tism and enlightened views of the 

 Diet, will be happy to learn that 

 the States have discovered means 

 more conformable to those import- 

 ant ends than those proposed, 

 and he may himself reap the 

 fruit of such great exertions. 

 His Majesty will find satisfaction 

 in the consciousness of having 

 spared no pains to attain the same 

 end, and his chief reward in the 

 welfare of the country. 



" But his Majesty, in leaving 

 it to the States to develope at the 

 same time the importance of 

 maintaining the public currency, 

 as also the means, embraces this 

 opportunity to declare that ' his 

 Majesty and liis Royal Highness 

 the Crown Prince do not intend 

 to make in future, as they have 

 hitherto done, any sacrifices for 

 this purpose ; but that hence- 

 forwards the States alone are 



charged with the responsible care 

 to maintain in its vaJue the cur- 

 rency which is issued under their 

 guarantee, and which represents 

 all the private property in circu- 

 lation. As the States have the 

 choice of the means, it is also 

 their business to take measures 

 to execute them ; and his Majesty 

 is assured that the representa- 

 tives of the nation will neglect 

 nothing to fulfil the expectations 

 of his Majesty and of the nation. 

 If the States will estimate the 

 necessary means, and apply to his 

 Majesty to join his endeavours in 

 this respect with those of the 

 agents of the Bank, his Majesty, 

 fully convinced of the influence 

 of the money system on the 

 general welfare, is not indisposed 

 to contribute to it on his part ; 

 and the sacrifices already made 

 by his Majesty and the Crown 

 Prince for this end, give the 

 States a sure pledge of the con- 

 tinued care which his Majesty 

 and his Royal Highness will not 

 cease to give to this important 

 branch of the general circula- 

 tion.' " 



As, in consequence of this 

 declaration, no more bills were 

 drawn on 'Change for account of 

 the Government, the course fell 

 from 103 to 112 schill. for the 

 Hamburgh bank dollar. 



Petersbur^h, Dec, 27. 



By an Imperial ukase, publish- 

 ed at Moscow, the Ministry of 

 Public Instruction is to be united 

 to that for the affairs of all religi- 

 ous confessions, with the title of 

 Minister for Ecclesiastical Affairs 

 and Public Instruction. 



The Prince Regent in Council 

 lately sent an order to the Royal 

 B 2 Court 



