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heard on all discussions if they 

 desire it. If not members of the 

 Chamber, they retire on a divi- 

 sion, and the debate cannot be 

 resumed in their absence. 



77. No written speeches can 

 be read except by the Govern- 

 ment Commissioners, and the 

 members of the representative 

 Commission, 



78. The sittings of both Cham- 

 bers are public. They become 

 secret on the request of the 

 GovernmentCommissioners, when 

 they have communications to 

 make which they are of opinion 

 ought to be private, and on the 

 desire of any three members, 

 with whom, after the strangers 

 have withdrawn, at least one 

 fourth of the members must agree 

 as to the necessity of a secret 

 deliberation. 



79. The order whereby the 

 deputies of the landed proprietors, 

 the towns, and the bailiwicks go 

 out is determined by lot in the 

 first meeting of the Diet. One 

 half of the territorial deputies 

 vacate their seats in the year 

 1823, and one half every sub- 

 requent four years. In 1821, 

 one fourth of the deputies of the 

 towns or bailiwicks are excluded, 

 and, afterwards, one fourth every 

 two years. 



80. In the first elections, all 

 contests respecting the validity 

 of the returns will be determined 

 by the Government Central 

 Commission, which is charged 

 with the execution of the Con- 

 stitutional Law. 



81. The opening of the first 

 Diet will take place on the 1st of 

 February, 1819. 



82. At the opening of the 

 Diet, when the Constitution is 



put in activity, the existing state 

 of things in all branches of admi- 

 nistration and legislation will con- 

 tinue, till measures be taken on 

 these subjects, in concert with 

 the Diet. The first Budget will, 

 in particular, be provisionally 

 executed. 



83. The present Constitution 

 is placed under the guarantee of 

 the German Confederation. 



Given under our hand, and 

 sealed with the Great Seal of 

 the State. Griesbach, Aug. 

 22, 1818. 



(L.S.) Charles. 



By command of his 



Royal Highness, Weiss. 



(From the Carlsruhe Official 

 Gazette of August 29.) 



The Queen. — The Prince Re- 

 gent arrived at Kew-palace on 

 Tuesday evening from the Stud- 

 house, Hampton-court, on a visit 

 to her Majesty ; his Royal High- 

 ness remained there a considerable 

 time. Her Majesty was not so 

 well yesterday as she was on the 

 25th, and was not able to take 

 her usual airing in her garden 

 chaise. 



25. A Proclamation, in the 

 name of the Prince Regent, was 

 published here yesterday, res- 

 pecting the students at Gottin- 

 gen. It states, that his Royal 

 Highness by no means intends to 

 abridge the liberty which his 

 subjects have hitherto enjoyed of 

 studying at what University they 

 please; but that, on account of 

 the late events at Gottingen, 

 his Royal Highness is pleased to 

 order, that none of the nation of 

 Hanover who have studied there 

 in the summer half-year, from 

 Easter to Michaelmas this year, 



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