The Sun.
London, England, 1847-02-15 00:00:00

THE NEW PRUSSIAN STATES

GENERAL.
We subjoin from the Prussian State Gazette of the sth
an cffieial and authentic list of the members of whom
the now " United Diet" will consist, and the number of
-.votes allowed to each. It is as follows
TUE STATE OF THE PRINCES, COUNTS, AND
LORDS. No. of
Votes.
L 'The Princes of the Royal Family who have
attained their majority, now 10 in number ... 10
2. Those entitled to a virile, curial, and collective
vote in the state of the Nobles. These are, at
present
4.—ln the. province of Prussia :
a. The Coun',a of Dohna•Schlobitten, Dohna-
Schlodie,a, Dohna-Lauck, and Dohna-Rei-
ehertsveulde, as possessors of the fiefs forming
the car,nty of Dohna
°• The Co unt of Kaiserling by right of the county
Of autenburg
B.- —ln the province of Brandenburg:—
a. The Chapter of Brandenburg
6. The Count of Solves-Barath by right of the
barony (herrschaft) of Barath .
e*. `The Count of Solms-Sonnenwalde, by right of
, the barony Sonnenwalde 1
a. 'The Count of Hardenberg, by right of Neuhar-
denterg•
e. The Count of Arnim, by right of Boytzenburg 1
f. The Count of Lynar, by right of the seigniory
Lu'bbenau 1
lb The Prince of Lynar, by right of the seigniory
of Drehna 1
71,. The Count of Ilouwald, by right of the seig-
niory of Straupitz 1
C The Cou.it of Schulenburg, by right of the seig-
niors of Lieberose
k. The, Count of Briihl, by right of the seigniory
or Forst and Pforten
• The Prince Carolath, by right of the seigniory
Amtitz
C.---In the province of Pomerania :
q• 'The Prince of Putbus, by right of the county
of Putbus
D.—ln the province of Silesia:—
et. The Duke of Brunswick-Oels, by right of Oels 1
h. The Prince of Lichtenstein, by right of Troppau
and Jagerndorf 1
e. The Duchess of Sagan, by right of Sagan
et. The Prince of Hatzfeld, by right of Traclien-
berg
e. The Prince of Schisneck-Carolath, by right of
Carolath
The Duke of Ratibor, by right of Ratibor
f. The Duke of Anhalt COthen, by right of Pless 1
A. The Count. Henckal of Donnersmarck, by right
_ _

of Ober-Benthery. . ..
1. The Prince Biron uf Courland, by right of War-

Wartenberg .
A. The Count of Mattaahn, by right of Militsch 1
1. The Count of Reiclwnbach, by right of Goschiitz 1
m. The Prince Frederick of the Netherlands, by
right of Muskau.
n. The Count of Sc.nalrgotsch, by right of Kienast 1
o. The Count of Hochberg, by right of Fiirstenstein 1
p. The Duke of Wiirtemberg, by right of Carlsruhe
q. The Prince of Hobenlohe, by right of Koschentin 1
r. The Count of stulberg Wernigerode, by right of

reterswaldau.
a. The Prince of Liahnowski, by right of Kuchelna 1
1. The Count of Sandreczki, by right of Langen-

bilau
u. The Count of Oppersdorf, by right of Ober-

Glogau
V. The Count of Ajthan, by right of Mittlewolde 1
lc. The Count of Harberstein, by right of Greife-
nort.... 1
x. The Count York of Wartenburg, by right of
Klein-Ge15........
Y. The Count of Dyiirn, by right of Reesewitz 1
z. The Count of Btu-ghaus, by right of Laasan
E.---In the province of Posen :
a. The Prince of churn and Taxis, by right of
, Krotosehin....
0. The Prince of Setikowski, by right of Reisen
0. The Prince Rad si will, by right of Przygadzice 1
d. The Count Rocs ynski 1
F.--In the )?rovince of Saxony :
a. The Chapter of :Iterseburg 1
6. The Chapter of tinuraberg 1
0. The Count of St elberg-Wernigerode 1
4- The Count of St, Aberg-Stolberg 1
0. The Count of S, xilberg-Rossla
E The Duke of a 3esau, by right of the seigniory
of Welternein burg
9' The Count of I k..sseburg, by right of Meisdorf 1
G.—ln the. province of Westphalia :
a. The Duke of i irenberg
6. The Prince of Salm-Salm
c: The Prince of :51tyn-Wittgenstein-Bcrleburg
cg. The Prince .of Sayn• Wittgenstein-Wittgen-
stein
0. The Prince of -Bentheina-Zecklenburg-Rheda 1
.f. The Prince of Bentheim-Steinfurt
9• The Prince of ;Salm-Horstmar
A. The Duke of Loox
The Duke of Croy
ii,. The Baron %Inn Stein (now his heirs)
L. The Count cif Westphalia
in. The Count of Lansberg-Gehmen 1
IL—ln t be Rhenish province :
a. The Pt-in' ,e of Solms-Braunsels 1
6. The Prin ee of Solins .Hohensolms-Lich 1
c. The Pririce of Wied 1
d. The Pecuce of Hatzfeld
e. The Prioce of Salm-Reifferscheid-Dyk 1

Total
IL-41.3 TU E STATE Or THE KNIGHTS (RITTEASTAND).

_
Votes.
A. Deputi'es from the province of Prussia ....... 45
B. ~ PP OPBrandenburg 3l
C.
/2 ft ft Pomerania ....
D.
7, TI Silesia 35
E. 99 91 7, Posen 22
F. 91 71 Saxony
9 9
G II) 9) Westphalia
99 9) Rhine 25
t,

Total
111...1N THE STATE OF THE CITIES.

A. Deputies from the province of Prussia Votes
28.
CPt
91 Brandenburgh 23
ft
D ~ 21 Pomerania l6
. Silesia
ft tt 97
B. If 91 Posen l6
P.
10 ft Saxony
G. ft 99 ft Westphalia
li. tf ft Rhine 25

Total
/
IV IN THE STATE OF THE RURAL COM MUNESB2
(LANDGEMEINDEN). Votes.
A. Deputies from the province of Prussia ••• 22
B. ft f 0 ff ff Brandenburg
C• Of 1, tf tf Pomerania
1) • ft 1 t t, " Silesia ...
E. 1 t * f f ~ Posen ...
Saxon-
•• 13
14'. ft „ 99 f t

"G. ~ Westphalia ••• 20
Rhine ... ... 25
H. IP If " "

Teta! .•• ... ••• 124
GTOSS total number of votes ... 617.

THE PRUSSIAN CONSTITUTION.
(From the Ecanainer.)
The Ring of Prussia has sent forth an edict, ordaining
that the members of the provincial states or parliaments
of his kingdom shall meet in Berlin, and form a national
assembly. The management of the public debt is to be
under the control and guarantee of this assembly. Nor
is any new loan or tax, except custom ditties, to be levied
Without its sanction.
The Prussian State Gazette publishes at the same
time with this an official commentary, which begs people
not to be so foolish as to consider this a constitution.
His Prussian Majesty, says the Gazette, sees how rickety
and absurd is the working and the results of the present
representative system in France. England, Spain, and
Greece, and will not fling Prussia into the same predica-
ment.

Diplomatists are a little astonished that Frederic
William should have taken this resolution at a time
when the despotic principle and the governments con-
stituted upon it are all powerful ; and when the quarrels
of France and England neutralise their authority and
strength even in negotiations. Prussia thus remains ex-
posed to Russia and Austria, and dares nut brave and
affront the anger of both openly. Russia has already
sad very lately shown her power, by insisting on the
destruction of the republic of Cracow. Austria was
forced to accept, and Prussia to tolerate, the fact. Two
Cabinet Ministers of Prussia declared to the Silesian
deputation that they had not been consulted. This
flung all the unpopularity on the King ; and he has now
both redeemed the fault with his subjects, and at the
same time practised some kind of retaliation upon
Russia, by giving a constitution. it is
the veritable
germ of a constitution. But Prussia is obliged, in giving
it, to ask pardon of the Courts of St. Petersburg and
Vienna, and present its own act as of no popular or
pa-
ramount importance.
The concession, however, is of this importance, that it
satisfies, for a time at least, the progressive party
amongst Prussian politicians. The political world in
Prussia is peculiar, and consists in a great measure of
functionaries. These men have acquired liberal ideas,
not because they spring from the people and breathe the
atmosphere of the democracy, but because enlighten-
tent and experience has taught them how intrinsically
Weak a despotic government is, especially in any great
crisis of war or famine. Moreover, the power of despotic
Prussia must remain limited to Prussia, and also be infirm
in its extreme provinces, especially in Posen and on the
Rhine, where the population is Liberal and Catholic, with
more afßnities for their neighbours beyond the Prussian
frontier than for Berin or its administration. To be
truly master even of Prussia, and certainly to extend
Sway and influence over Germany, the King of
Prussia must put himself at the head of the con-
stitutional party in that empire, and keep himself at the
bead of it. It is little matter whether this proceeds
from the calculations of interest, or the impulse of Li-
beralism, as long as it is the case. And the King of
Prussia is impelled to take this course, not by any de-
mocratic cry, by any public or civic opinion, strong as
may be the latter, but by the courisr.ls and vi.-Ns 0, n,s
Ministers and functionaries, or of the more enlightened
of them. There are Whigs at Berlin in the Council
of State, as there may be Radicals at Cologne or Ko-
nigsberg.
The constitution of the provincial states of Prussia is
'well known, and is to be found in a decree promulgated
the Ist
of July, 1823. and published in all the conti-
nental political annuals. These estates do not enjoy
Kublicity of debate, nor can the journals divulge any of
h"44 aCts, until the close of their labours, when the re.