The Express.
London, England, 1850-03-18 00:00:00

PRUSSIAN COPNTER.:PAO.POSITIONB

The Duchy of Schlisnig shall have a separate con-
stitution, in respect to its 1. gislature and internsl administra•
don, withal b. hut unit. d to the Duchy of iiolitrin, and
leasirg intact the pulitical uninn which sakes the Duchy o
Schleswig to the Crows of Dennartk.
_ . .

[Alo4ivi.—This is word for woe/ the same as the Ist article
of the pr limin.riea]
The Duchy of Schleswig shell have a constitution.
[Molies.—Naturally the constitution is not to he intr.,-
dared into this treaty. Bat it may be sully agreed upon
before the treaty is signed, and is to be proclaim. d se soon is
t►e sovereign entree upon effective prevision of the duchy.
Initiative in detail is lef: to the sovrreige.]
Th. Dash, of Schleswig shall be governed by a body
oossoomod of c ounciliors of state, and or the head. of depart-
ments, which is to hay. it. met at Schleavig. The depart-
wet, aro of justlee, worship, civil administration, military
admisistration, and Burnam
A minutes of state shall reside at Copenhagen, through
whom the rec.lntions of the govrrnment of the duchy
shall be presented to the rovernment of Denmark, and by
the mai resolutions shad be Countersign. d.
The ministers will be rropoasible to the legislative body.
[ trottee.—Here all that in ulderatcod by all authorities to
relate to internal admliddretion is granted to 8. hleserig
separately. Bat Denmark claims a summon administration
of A .antra, of military affairs, of custom-houses, of post, and
of lei/Ws:ups. The coo cesrion of suck a &wined would
reduce SJltleewle to a mere province of Denmark, a result
completely opposed to the intention in whPit these negoda•
teens are undertaken. Besides, if those brasehes bad h en
iatended to have lerstod Y esesptiem to the ether breaches

of istem4bilmisiaratiam, that ezeeprisa wmald bare been
ezprevely istredseed lase the Arm ankle of the prelimi-
naries.)
The 1•110i14161Win an to be nalsalvely a•bleswittem or
each persists as have been naturalised is the duchy by a law.
The language used in governmental administrative does-
Minis is to b• the German. The language to be aged In
maniripal affairs, is eintrobte and schools, will be deter-
mined by the load Mace.
The sever*. Ling-Doke is to bare a supreme ezeoutive,
and eolegislative power; the command of the forms by land
and see, and other attributes usually assigued to the head
of the ementive in eoestitational miteeMise, subjoin to limi-
tations watch will be est down seder this bead n the con-
eateries.

[YCiolee.—lt has been thiseght expedient, in order to avoid
• treated goatee of &cooed wet easiest:4.d the suspensive veto.]
No ear law can be introduced lase the Duchy without the
content of the legioolativa b ody. The budget is voted by the
legislature. This body will ales have the right of petitlos, of
impeachiagosiaisters, in order to realize the responsibility of
these, sad generally those rights arid privileges which belong
is nnstiturioaal countries to Gush billies.
(Motives.—The somber of 1111101111111111 has net been hers
dedaed ; but it appears that a single shutter would answer
all the requisite purposes ]
There Null be a high court for bringing politleal offenders
to trial.

plotiee.—The experience of latter years has sufficiently
demunstriced that the ordinary organs of justice are not suffi-
cient for the conviction of political offenders ; and the exam-
ple of France and other countries shows the necessity of such
an UtiOn.)
Toe Representative Chamber will be chosen according to
article. in the arvongement of May 1834, which determine
the rule for electing the assembly of estates.
[Jdoeibe.—Ths *TVs resulting from the adoption of the
principle of universal suffrage have been so fully brought to
light by the 'novelettes of the lost years, that it has bean
deemed advisable to approach • conservative model em much
in the interest of the people governed as the sovereign,
whose rights will thus be guaranteed by a more COONITTI-
Iive system in Schleswig than in his own immediate do.
opinions ]
The Schleswig troops are not to be employed out of the
duchy is time of pesos without the consent of the legislative
assembly.
The navel force and gunboat. of Schleswig are not to be
ordered away from the porta of the duchy without the con-
sent of the legislature.
The political union which attaches the duehy of Schleswig
to the eruwn of Denmark, consists in community of sove-
reign. and in the common administration of foreign affairs.
Ploties.-Be. Lard P-'
and ()were'.

.'alinermon's note of Marti 13, 1849,
A 01.111101 mete to Lord Conley el Feb. 3, 1849.]
The hell of &IbIOW* will grant yearly a sum of money
for maintaining the dignity of the sovereign in a suitable
manner.

The duchy will be at peace or at war with the same states
with which the monarchy is at peace or at war. The war
flag of the duchy will be a Bac of union.
Treaties car chided by the slvtreigo p,wer to be binding
on the duchy, with (*Kali limitations, to be mentioned in
the constitution.

The sovereign state and the duchy to have but one admi-
nistration ot fore:gn affairs.
The saversign state to appoint common diplomatic repre-
sentatives (or both governments at foreign courts. But the
diplomatists so appointed must be mindful also of the inte-
rests of the duchy.
The consuls appointed in common not to lose sight of the
same end. The flag of the duchy in peace to be the flag of
As the contribution of the duchy towards the payment of
the expenses of foreign administrauon, a sum of money to be
f1x..11 once for all, either by a mixed commission app3intid
by the Prussian aid D inish governments, or by ao agree-
ment between the aiverably ot the duchy and the sover.ign
state.

In case of war, the additional expanses t, be determined
by an agreement between the duchy and the sovereign state.
In case of the acgui,ition of colonies, colonial expenditure
to heehawed in just proportions.
The minister of state resident at Copenhagen to be present
at all deliberations in the Council of Maiden, in which
affairs relating I. the duchy are &nursed.
The portion of the Danish debt, up to March 24, 1848,fall-
ing on the duchy to be determined by a mixed commission.
The Schleswig•liolstein Katsen-anwersurayeti to he ac•
knowledged as the debt of the two duchies of Schleswig and
llnletein.

[Jlot me.—After this settlement the debt of D .nrnaik and
of the duchy e Schleswig to be kept entirely distinct.
The stipulation in favour of the ewes is indispensable, as
sines March, 184 d, the great mass of the circulating medium
has consisted of this paper; a-.d to confiscate the paper
would be to vitiate the commercial transactions of the two
hit jests, and to rein a vast number of people in whose
hands the notes are.]

PRUSSIA.
Our correspondent wribe as follows :
BERLIN, MARCH 15.
The members of the Erfurt parliament are gradually
leaving Berlin ; many pare already been some time
in the little town of Erfurt, the paucity of lodgings
rendering it desirable that they should be secured as
euly as possible. Radowitz leaves to-day, and it is
said that he will be followed to-morrow by Mann-
teuffel. The Verwaltungs-Rath will hold its first
sitting in Erfurt to-morrow. Several of the larger
towns of Pluesia have seen with envy the seat of the
German parliament and of the Reichs government
transferred to Erfurt ; among them is the city of Her-
lin,the magistracy and town council of which nave by a
large majority called upon the representatives of then
city to do all in their power to procure the trans.
migration of the government and parliament to
Berlin.

Vollpracht, the commissioner of the Vertrallungs-
Ruth, despatched to inquire into the condition of the
duchies, has, it is said, been refused admission into
Schleswig, and it is reported also that orders have
been given to arrest him should Lc succeed in making
his way into the duchy.
Very great anxiety is entertained here as to the
result of the peace negotiations, and not a few alarm-
ing reports are in circulation : one of these,
which seems to be gaining particular cre-
dit, that Prussia will abandon the cause
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of Schleswig-Holstein altogether. So far as I
can learn, this report is ut?erly without foundation ;
but the absence of any certain information on the
subject causes people to believe: the greatest
ab-
surdities.
, The leaders of the popular party in Berlin and the
other large towns have decided on not celebrating the
18th of March, the anniversary of the revolution, by
any popular demonstration, leaving it to inctividuCe
to hallow the memory of that event in whatever
manner their own wishes and feelings may suggest.
That this is a most wise discretion none will doubt.