The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-09 00:00:00

DENMARK.

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According to the new constitution proposed by the
Danish ministry, Holstein will have, like Schleswig,
her special administration and legislature. Like the
other duchy, however, it will be placed under the

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regime of a legislation common to all parts of the
monarchy, in what concerns matters of general in-
terest, reserved by the rescript of the 28th January,
1852, as matters of state; namely, the Sovereign,
diplomacy, the general finances, the army, and the
navy. Thus Holstein will participate, like the
kingdom of Denmark properly so called, and
like Schleswig, in the common expenses of
the state, that is, in the civil list, the
apanages, the Privy Council of State, and the four
ministries common to all the monarchy. The Con-
stitution of Holstein presents, in several respects, a
certain analogy of form with the constitution granted
to Schleswig. However, there are marked diffe-
rences at bottom between the two. Thus, whilst
Schleswig is declared an inseparable appendage of
the Danish monarchy, Holstein, on the contrary, is
designated in Article 1 of the new constitution as an
independent portion of the monarchy, subjected to
the royal sceptre, and united for ever to the other
parts of the State by the law of succession of the
31st July, 1853. Holstein remains attached to the
Germanic Confederation, in so far as the rights and
obligations of the King of Denmark as member of
the German Association are concerned; the decisions
of the Diet will have legal force in the Duellies from
the date of their promulgation (Arts. 2 and 4).
Holstein, in case of the insufficiency of the resources
for supplying the expenses common to all the mo-
narchy, is to supply to the deficit a sum to be fixed
by the common constitution. The bill does not esta-
blish, as the ordinance relative to Schleswig does,
the amount of the provisional contribution to be
placed at the charge of Holstein en attendant the
promulgation of the common constitution ; this
share, however, is provisionally estimated in the
accounts of the state at ono twenty-third of the re-
venues of the duchy. We find in the bill the enact-
ments of the Schleswig bill as regards religious and
administrative matters. The government reserves
to itself the right of rendering the laws provisional
in case of urgency, laws on the opportuneness of
which the states can, as iu Schleswig, pronounce ;
and they can, according to circumstances, summon
the minister f the duchy before the High Court of
Justice. The bases of the electoral law of Holstein
are not the same as those of the corresponding law in
Schleswig. The conditions of age are different; the
property qualification is higher; the class of farmers
holding simple leases is not called, as in Schleswig, to
take part in the elections. The number of deputies is
also more considerable. The Assembly of the pro-
vincial states of Holstein is to consist of 51 members.
I. The present proprietor of the estates of the trus-
teeship of the Princes of Hessenstein. 2. Five mem-
bers of the clergy. 3. Four members of the Reiter-
shaft, chosen by the order. 4. Nine deputies
chosen from amongst the proprietors of noble
estates of nopoo reichsthalere—and chosen by them.
5. Sixteen small proprietors of estates of the value
of 800 reichsthalens at least. 6. Fifteen inha-
bitants of towns and burghs, possessing in property
or by lie,editary lease an estate of WO reichsthalers.
7. A representative of the University of Kiel. Every
elector must enjoy the rights of citizen, or have been
established for ten years iu Denmark, be 2.) years of
age, enjoy a good reputation, possess the free dis-
posal of his props rty, and have resided two years in
his electoral district. l'ublic functionaries must, as
in Schleswig, have the authorisation of the King be-
fore they can accept the post of deputy. Deputies
are elected for six years. The Assembly of the Pro-
i vinciul States of Holstein shall meet every three
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the legislation of Holstein without its consent. The
1 law of 1831 is also abrogated as far as regards the
Duchy of Holstein.