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GERMANY.

ACCEPTANCE OF THE PRUSSIAN CONSTI-
TUTION BY THE CHAMBERS.
The Ministerial crisis in Berlin is over, and the
Ministers have triumphed, as the Second Chamber
has adopted the greater portion of the articles of the
Constitution which had been rejected by the Com-
mittee.
The Second Chamber met on the 26th, and the
Minister MANTEUFFEL, addressed the members on
the subject of the alterations proposed by the Com-
mittee in the Constitution. He regretted, he said,
that the articles had been received with so much
mistrust, and that unjust suspicion as to the inten-
tions cf the Crown had been connected with them. He
was empowered to declare that in case the propositions
were accepted, the Constitution would be accepted
and sworn to by the KING. He would not attempt
to define whether the Crown had done well, or
chosen the fittest time for the introduction of the
message; the Ministry took the responsibility of the
act in both particulars. The Crown adhered firmly
to the principle that the Upper House should consist
of half hereditary and halt elected members, but it
did not attach so much importance to the time at
which it should come into existence. For this rea-
son it accepted the amendment of Count ARNIM
(above alluded to), and, should it be carried, it would
make no obstacle to the Crown taking the oath to the
Constitution. The second essenti▪
al point held by
the Government was the creati▪
on of the Court
of Special Jurisdiction for the trial of treasonable
offences. lie could not enter into all the arguments
for and against it, still he trusted the Chamber
would accept it, and for that support he appealed to
their patriotism. He asked those who did not con-
sider its acceptation desirable, whether they could
advise his MAJFSTY, should the message be rejected,
to swear to the Constitution ? and what consequence a
procrastination of taking the oath to it would produce
to the nation he would not anticipate. One inevitable
consequence of the rejection would be the retire-
ment of the Ministry; they attached no high value
to their services, but who could guarantee
that a change in the personality of the
Government (wecksel dcr personen) would not
produce far deeper results? Tne names attached to
the message were most intimately connected with the
Constitution of the sth of December, and the endea-
vours to realise the German unity. If a change in
this policy should be introduced, it was clear to
him that the union of Germany would be inde-
finitely deferred and thrown to a distance Ile
warned them not to make the question of voting the
taxes the rock on which the vessel of the State
might split when just entering the harbour; he
warned them, too, that the political opinions of
many of them would be changed by a compulsion,
not from the Government, but the force of circum-
stances and the patriotism of the country ; he who
would concede nothing on the present occasion might
obtain the applause cf the party of Anarchists, but
he would not receive the approbation of Prussia or
(Tammy,

The Chamber then proceeded to die discussion of
the articles themselves with the following results :
The Ist article (which cancels the 26th article of
the Constitution of the sth of December), and makes
the publisher and printer of a seditious work equally
liable to punishment as the author, was accepted by
226 votes against 100.
Articles 2d and 3d, giving the command of the
military force to the KING, and allowing the crea-
tion of a burgherwehr, were agreed to without
discussion.

Art. 4th (the law of entails) was postponed.
Art. sth, fixing the' responsibility of the Ministers,
was rejected, according to the recommendation of the
Commission. This article is not classed among the
essentials.

Art. 6th, prolonging the time between a dissolution
and summoning cf the Chambers, was accepted, con-
trary to the recommendation of the Commission.
Art. 7th was postponed till after Art. Bth (the
voting of taxes) should have been disposed of.
Art. 9th, altering the electoral districts for the
election of the Second Chamber, was, with a blight
amendment, adopted.
Art. 12th, relating to the representation and go-
vrnment of communes (a non-essential), was
adopted. _ . _

Art. 13th, " the validity of regularly published
decrees can only be questioned by the Chambers,"
was adopted, contrary to the report of the Commis-
sion, by 171 to 157 votes.
Art. 14th, providing that all the deputies and the
servants of the state (but not the army) shall be
sworn to the constitution, was adopted by 245 against
66 votes.

. Art. 15th, providing that till the new election law
shall be published, the present order shall remain in
force, was adopted.
Thus, only two articles are left—the Peerage and
the Law of Entails.

In a third edition of the Kiilizer Zeitung• of the
27th instant we find the following telegraphic dis-
patches .
" BERLIN, SATURDAY, JAN. 2G, EVENING.

"In tie continuation f to-day's sitting Vie Lower
Heine
.bas procceled with its resolutions on the propo-
sition contained in the Royal Message.
" The House accepted Art. 13 in an amended form,
whi(li was moved by M. Darr°, and consented to by the
Government, viz:, The examination and decision on
the legality of royal decrees (if duly proclaimed) fall
not within the jurisdiction of the authorities, but within
that of the Parliament.' (Yeas, 171; noes, 157.)
" The House accepted Art. 16, treating cf the oaths of
the Meail-e-s of Parliament and of the magistrates (yeas
245, noes 66), and Art. 15 on the continuance of the
provisional eleetionary law.
" An amendment has been introduced to Art. 10, re-
lating to the creation of a Special Judicial Commission.
The amendment, which was passed by the House, and
assented to by the Government, establishes that com-
mission on the principle of the trial by jury, and pro-
vides that the appointment of the commission must, in
each case, have the previeus sanction of the two Houses.
(Yeas 224, noes 100.)"
" BERLIN, SUNDAY, JAN. 27, 8 A.M.
" In the course of last night the House continued its
resolutions on the Royal Message.
" The House refused to accept Article 3, on the
creation ef a. House of Peers (noes 216, yeas 96),
end accepted, with a majority of twelve votes, the
amendment proposed by the Count Arnim, which
limits the number of hereditary peers, and to which
the Government had signified its adhesion. The
House accepted Art. 7, with Mr. Viebahn'3 amendment,
referring the debate and vote on money Bills to the
Lewcr House, and establishing the principle that the
Upper House Fa; no right to int rfere with them except
by means of a general vote.
•"fbn House refused to accept Art. 4, on entails
(noes 160, yeas 14f), and also an ame%dinetit moved by
M. Viebahu, modifying the Government proposition on
entails.

" The House adjourned at 12 o'clock at night."

DENMARK.

COPENHAGEN, JAN. 17.—The directors of the
13mk, in a special sitting, resolved to grant the Nil •
nister of Finance a fresh issue of bills of credit, to
the amount c f four millions; It is stated that the
project of the Danish Plenipotentiary for the nego-
tiation of peace is based on the independence of
Schleswig. The Flyiyposten asserts that the tardy
prcgress of the negotiations is ovi log to the perfidy t f
Prussic,, which wishes to protract the matter as long
as possible, in order to maintain the spirit of insubor-
dination, and to pave the way to a partition, and if
possible to a complete separation.—llarnburgh Bor-
seithalle, Jan. 2.