Star.
London, England, 1823-08-15 00:00:00

PRUSSIAN : ONSTIT UTIONS.

BERLIN, AUGUST S.
On the 2d his Majesty came from TopUtz, his
birthday being on the 3d, which he kept with his
family in the Pfanen Insel (Isle of Peacocks).
The greatest sensation has been excited on this day;
which is so dear to all Prussians, by the publication
of the Bulletin of the Laws, No.-1-Bj_whkh. contains
the following general law respecting the Pi ortnctaT
Assemblies: •
" We, Frederick William, to faithful subjects a
new ad durable pledge of paternal favour and confidence, have
resolved to introduce Representative Assemblies intnithe Mo-
narchy, and to that end to est..blish Provincial Assemblies in the
spirit of the ancient Gcrman Constitution, such as the peculiar
situation of the country and the spirit of the times require. A
Committee, of which his Royal Highness the Crown Prince was
President, has been appointed by his Majesty to prepare this
nizasure, and consult upon it with experienced men from each
province."
On the Repot t of this Committee, his Majesty gave
the following Decree, dated June 5:
" 1. Provincial Assemblies shall be called into action.
" !. Linded property is the basis of the representation.
" 5. The provincial estates are the leading organ of the various
s .:tordinate estates in each province. According to this decision,
h.s Majesty Cause to be sent to them for their discus-
sion the projects of laws which concern the province only. 2.
So lung as there are no General Assemblies of the States, send'
to them for discussion such general projects of laws also as re-
I ;te to changes in the rights of persons and property, and to the
t ixes. 3. Reserve fur the, Provincial Asseinblies petitions and
rvinonstrances which concern the special welfare and interest of
the whole province or a part of it, examine them and decide
upon them. 4. Leave it to them Co decide on the communal affairs
of ;he province, with the reserve. of his Majesty's approbation."
To the.present law, which however is not appli-
cable in Neufchatel and Vallengin, this will add a
special law. for each province. Should his Majesty
think that changes in these special laws might be
useful or beneficial, he will net make them without
the concurrence of the Provincial Assemblies.
When a convocation of the General Estates of the
kingdom will be necessary, and how it shall then
proceed for the Provincial Estates, remains for his
Majesty in his paternal care to determine.
The special laws, all dated Ist of July, relate se-
verally to the Provincial Estates:
I. For the March of 13randenburgh and the Marquisate of
Lower Lusatia.

s. Thoge of the Kingdom of
I.7.assia, (6) Lithuania, (e) West Prussia.
Z. To Pomerania and Hugon.
The E...tates of the First Province to meet at Bev,
lir. ; of the Second at koningsbetg and Dantzic al-
ternately ; and of the Third at Stettin.
The special laws contain detailed regulations re-
specting the eligibility of the Deputies, the right of
election, the exercise of the right of the Estates, the
convocation and the duration of the Provincial As-
sert:blies, the Communal Assemblies, the Assemblies
(.4. Circles, &c.—Hanzbuigh Paper, August 8.

(a) East

SPAIN.

• MADRID, JULY 30.
Tile journey of the Prince to Seville and to the •
camp before Cadiz is one of the chief subjects of 1
conversation here. Various opinions. are entertained
respectiirg his Royal Highness's manner of leaving the
capital ; but the general supposition is, that the Duke .1
considered Madrid as a point of small importance,
under present circumstances, and has preferred
placing himself at the bead of his army, where his
presence may encourage his soldiers and awe Cadiz,
and where he may be able. to attempt to negociate •
ith the Cortes by aid of Sir William A'Court, who I
is supposed to have had some influence in the Prince's
journey. Il seems certain that Cadiz is in a respect- •
able state of defence, and has provisions for three 1
months. The garrison consists of 6,000 troops of
the line, 8,000 militia, half of whom are resolved to
fight, and a civic guard of 25,000. It has also sixty
gun-boats, which are a great support to the garrison.
It seems certain that the Corms are not inclined to •
accommodation, but will protract the resistance as
much as possible, first, beoause they will not treat I
'with the Regency, then, because they do not think •
the Prince can afford them a guarantee, since most
ti iolent re-actions take place even in the houses occu-
pied by his troops ; and, lastly, because several of the
Members do not yet despair of the triumph of their
cause, according to the accounts they receive from
different parts of the Peninsula, and especially Cata-
lonia, where their Commanders propose to defend
themselves to the utmost. Aplot, it is said, has been
discovered at Barcelona and Cadiz, to make the in-
habitants rise, and carry off the King, proclaiming
the or, etthrow of the Constitution. The time when
the garrison hail made a sally, was to be taken ad-
vantage of for the execution of thii plan, which has
entirely failed. The loss of Galicia has alarmed the
Constitutional party. To baffle their efforts, there
wanted only the co-operation of the Portuguese with
the French and the Royalists. The negotiations for
Cris purpose between the Prince, the Regency, arid
the Court of Lisbon, are not wholly broken off, and
if the Portuguese have not yet passed the Mincio, nor
approached Badajoz, or Ciudad Rodrigo, as was de-
mauded, it must be attributed only to the delay of
the settlement of the new Government at Lisbon, and
not to airy want of inclination in the counter-revolu-
tionary party, the Count Amarante himself having
offered to march. It is amidst so many obstacles and
treasons that the Constitutional patty resists in many
places, in some with success, without foreign aid.
The Government of Madrid, consisting of men of
limited talents, surrounded by embarrassments in its
administrations and finances, disobeyed by the pro
v laces, where anarchy reigns, and not enjoying the
confidence of its own party, is in alarm; it fears the
arraugeinent which the French and the sound part
of the nation desire, and begins to be convinced that
the Prince his no other part taltake thanvio grant to.
the Constitutionalists what the party of the Faith
%could refuse; to make useof their forces, their Com-.
istandets, to tranquillize the people's minds, and to
put an end to the-excesses of a party, whiCh 'has kept.
the scaffold for four days in the square of Saragossa.
These seem to be the only terms On which the Con-
.stitutionalists can yield ; tharis to say, securing them-
selves agaitistthe:vengeance of the partisans of ab-
solute power and the Inquisition, viho will never par-
don there; without this, it may. be feared that such
men as Zayas, Quiroga, Milans, ind• Mina, will not
lay down their as ms. and at all events it will be in-
dispensable that a strong French army should remain
in the conntiy for several years. The situation of this
capital lar, described; the entrance of
the Prince with 20,000 Men gave it 4 degree of splen-

!dour, but the departure of, all the troops has placej
Madrid in a state of gloominess and uneasiness, which
May produce discontent. The news which each party
circulates in its own favour, adds to the state of
anxiety; to which may be added, the repeated appear-
ance of a band of 150 Constitutional cavalry, and the
invasion of several others in the province of Madrid.
obseiVed, that forlome dayx past the ittgency
has endeavoured to repress the disorders which it has
hitherto tolerated, The Corregidor has published a
notice to put an end to the insults offered to the
Negros. Orders have also been sent to the provinces
to annul the arrests made by the people, except those
of person's known for their enmity to the present sys-
tem; it is said, however, that the municii4tlities of
some towns, for instance, of Seville, Valencia, Sara-
gossa, and Valladolid, have refused to obey this order,
alleging that it endangers the public tranquillity. A
report froin General Milans, of the action at Jot ba,
on the 25th, when his positions were attacked by
Marshal Nloncey, says, that his troops retreated by
his order, after making the most obstinate reistance,
and always victorious; that the enemy lost 900 men,
and his loss was 50 killed and 140 wounded.

sassination. has been discore:ed (tlia„Ga7eile de Cautell
of the sth makes no mention of thil-disccieery). .lle
was formerly a Sub-01I1Ow E. it.is not known what'
induced this man to adopt, such conduct, his family
being in every respect in' favourable 'circumstances.
The affair will prob Ably be subjected to a severe in-.
quiry, and will he proceeded upon with all the rigour
of the laws. It is lamentable that men. of this. de.
scription should augment that distrust4i Sovereigns
to which so_Many differfnisauseshave given the in
our time, and perhaps by that meanspriveut the ame-
liorations - which cithffderide Citleite 'cati king aliotit.":'

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