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PKUSSIA. 



ment of Arkansas, and in the latter part of 

 1864 invaded Missouri, but after gaining tem- 

 porary success was driven from the State. On 

 the close of the war he went to Mexico, and 

 for a time acted on the Board of Immigration 

 for the Imperial Government. Several months 

 ago he returned to Missouri, las constitution 

 shattered and his fortune utterly wrecked. As 

 a general he was certainly one of the ablest in 

 the Confederate trans-Mississippi army. 



PRUSSIA, a kingdom in Europe.* King, 

 Wilhelm L, born March 22, 1797; succeeded his 

 brother, Friedrich Wilhelm III., on February 2, 

 1861. Heir-apparent, Friedrich Wilhelm, born 

 October 18, 1831. The ministry, in 1867, con- 

 sisted of the following members: Count Otto 

 von Bismarck-Schonhausen, Presidency and 

 Foreign Affairs (appointed in 1862); Baron von 

 der Heydt, Finance (1866) ; General Dr. von 

 Roon, War (1859) and Navy (1861); H. Count 

 VOD Itzenplitz, Commerce and Public Works 

 (1862) ; Dr. von Miihler, Worship, Instruction, 

 and Medical Affairs (1862); Leonhard, Justice 

 (December, 1867); Von Selchow, Agriculture 

 (1862); F. A. Count zu Eulenburg, Interior 

 (1862). Ambassador of the United States at 

 Berlin, George Bancroft (1867) ; Prussian am- 

 bassador in Washington, Baron von Gerolt. 



The area of the kingdom, inclusive of the 

 territory annexed in 1866, is 135,662 square 

 miles ; the population, according to the census 

 of 1864, 23,590,543. By a treaty concluded 

 with the Prince of Waldeck, the administration 

 of this principality, which has an area of 455 

 square miles, and a population of 59,143 in- 

 habitants, was ceded to Prussia for a term of 

 ten years (see WALDECK). The population of 

 Berlin, the capital of the kingdom, has increased 

 with wonderful rapidity of late. From the 

 census taken on the 3d December, 1867, it ap- 

 pears that there were 683,673 citizens, 396 

 members of the diplomatic corps. 2,060 visitors, 

 and 16,308 troops in the town, making a total 

 population of 702,437. At the last census, in. 

 1864, the population was 632,379 only ; so that 

 70,058 inhabitants have been added to the 

 population in the last three years. 



The revenue and the expenditures, in "the 

 budget for 1867, were each estimated at 168,- 

 929,873 thalers. This estimate does not include 

 the newly-annexed states, in the special budgets 

 for which both revenue and expenditure are 

 fixed at the following amounts : Hanover, 22,- 

 589,700 thalers; Hesse-Cassel, 5,749,000 tha- 

 lers; Schleswig-Holstein, 7,671,304 thalers; 

 Nassau, 8,254,030 florins ; Hesse - Hornburg, 

 625,712 florins. The draft of the budget for 

 1868, which was laid before the Chambers on 

 November 21, 1867, fixed the revenue and expen- 

 ditures for the whole monarchy, inclusive of 

 the annexed territory, at 159,8-61,879 thalers. 



The public debt, in 1867, amounted to 321,985,- 

 592 thalers. (For an account of the army and 

 navy, which have been incorporated with the 

 army and navy of the North-German Confed- 

 eration, see GEKMANY.) 



The movement of shipping was, in 1866, as 

 follows : 



see NNUAL YCLOPAEDIA or an ; or an accoun 



of the Prussian Constitution, see ANNUAL CYCLOPAEDIA for 



The merchant navy, in 1866. consisted of 

 5,302 vessels, of a total burden of 325,349 lasts. 

 The most important events in the history of 

 Prussia have been fully noted in the article on 

 Germany. In the Prussian Diet, the German 

 question led to a considerable change in the 

 position of the political parties. The two con- 

 servative factions (" Conservatives" and " Free 

 Conservatives "), the " Old Liberals " and the 

 "National Liberals" favored the ratification of 

 the Constitution of the North-German Confed- 

 eration by the Prussian Diet, while on the 

 other hand the "Party of Progress," the 

 "Poles," and the "Catholics" worked together 

 in opposition to the Government. The " Left 

 Center " divided on this question. The strength 

 of the two combinations in the Chamber of 

 Deputies was shown at the election of a presi- 

 dent on April 30th, when the former president, 

 Von Forckenbeck (National Liberal) was re- 

 elected by 162 out of 239 votes), Dr. Waldeck 

 (Party of Progress) receiving 60 votes, and Von 

 Arnim (Conservative) 13 votes from such Con- 

 servatives as refused to combine with the other 

 parties. Deputy von Stavenhagen (National 

 Liberal) was elected first vice-president, and 

 Count zu Eulenburg (Conservative) second 

 vice-president. 



A royal decree of September 23d dissolved 

 this Diet, in view of the approaching complete 

 incorporation of the annexed states with Prus- 

 sia. The new Diet, containing for the first time 

 the representatives of the new as well as the 

 old provinces, was opened on November 15th, 

 by the king, who declared the situation of the 

 kingdom to be in every respect satisfactory. 

 The complexion of the new Chamber of Depu- 

 ties, according to the classification made by a 

 semi-official paper, was about as follows : Out 

 of the 432 members elected, 195 were decided 

 supporters of the Government ; 25 belonged to 

 the Old Liberal party, and 95 to the National 

 Liberals, while 75 supported the Progress party. 

 Thus the Government could command a decided 

 majority in the German question, while in ques- 

 tions of home politics the united Liberals would 

 have a small majority. In November Herr von 

 Forckenbeck was elected president by 280 out 

 of 317 votes. Herr von Koller was elected first, 

 vice-president by 168 votes, and Herr von Ben- 

 nigsen second vice-president by 149 votes. 



