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London, England, 1820-04-05 00:00:00

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to give to their people a new Constitution of
States, suitable to the spirit of the times. Accus-
tomed to regard as sacred, and to hold our word
inviolable,' we Would have proceeded immediately
to the execution of this promise, if, at the same
epoch, a very important change in our possessions had
not supervened. We were convinced, that upon an
exchange of provinces, the first care of a reasonable
Government should be, to learn exactly the situation
and the wants of a province newly acquired ; and
that Assemblies of States could not be attended with
any advantageous results as long as the Government
did not know perfectly the wants of its new subjects,
nor until the latter were led by expetience to attach
themselves cordially to their new Sovereign."
His Htorirrass goes on to state, that he Bad in the
meantime entrusted to alnumber of-enlightened in-
dividuals, the preparation of such a Constitution as
it would be proper ultimately to adopt—that in spite
of the greatest exertions the work is not yet • com-
pleted—and that his Highness is convinced that it
would be well if the Convocation of the States could
be deferred till next year ; but, as things are, (the
Revolution in Spain, &c.) he has resolved to give
them a new Constitution immediately. The Act then
proceeds to lay down the heads of the new Constitu-
tion. The States of the Grand Duchy are to form two
Chambers.

The first Chamber is to be composed of the Princes
of the Grand Ducal family; the heads of the Seig-
norial families; the senior of the family of the Barons
of Riedesel, who possesses the dignity of Hereditary
Marshal; the Catholic Bishop of the country ; a
Protestant Ecclesiastic, who is to be named by the
KING for life, and to have the dignity of Prelate;
the Chancellor of the University of the country, or
his substitute; and ten distinguished Burgesses, Who
are to be nominated by the Kilso, and to be Mem-
bers of the Assembly for life. The second Chamber
is to be composed of six Deputies from the Nobility,
ten Deputies from the chief towns, and 34 Deputies
from the rest of the country, divided into districts.
—The Members of the first Chamber must be at
least 25 years of age, those of the -second, 36. In
neither Chamber are proxies to be allowed. The
Elections are to be sexennial, but Members may be
re-elected. The right of convoking, proroguing, and
dissolving the States, is to pertain exclusively to the
Grand Duke. Ilis Ilighness is to assemble the
Estates at least once in every three years, but should
he dissolve them when once • assembled, before they
have finished the business before them, he is to be
bound to convoke them anew before the lapse of ano-
ther year. The Ministers-of the Grand Duke are to
have free access to both Chambers, but to hare no
right of voting in either.

Such are the leading features of this Constitution,
as far as we are yet in possession of it—for part only
-has been published. It beau the promise cf very
considerable liberality, and its appearance at the
present moment is an event on which we may fairly
congratulate not only the people of Hesse Darm-
stadt, but the people of GeFmany at large.

The Paris Papers of Sunday arrived this forenoon.
They contain nothing additional from Spain, and are
quite barren of domestic news. The Constitutionnd
has an expiring ji-n cresini! on the Liberty of the
Press, under the title of the. " lionible Danger of
Redding," dated from the " Palace of Stupidity !"
French Five per Cents.—Saturday, 73fr. 70c.

We have plca3ure in stating, that the Expedition,
under the direction of Sir W. KIER, from Ilamhay,
against the Arab Pirates in the Gulph of Persia, has
been crowned with entire success. The chief seat of
these desperate men, where their marine rendez-
vowed under the protection of a strong fort, has
been taken and destroyed.

We arc concerned to state that the lVfarquis of'
!karma, is reported to have died last night.
A poet, MaNum JOSEPH QUINTANA, has been ap-
pointed President of the Supreme Junta of Censor-
ship of the Press in Spain.
A private Lezter from Cadiz, dated March'l4,
says, " The carnage and plunder on the 10th, com-
menced in the morning, to the cry of Live the
king !' and continued till eleven o'clock on the fol-
lowing day. General Freyre, in person, used every
endeavour to restrain their violence, but without
effect ; the troops lost all subordination, and at three
o'clock he was compelled to quit the City. This cruel
excess has emanated from the Commanders of the
Garrison, in revenge for Freyre not having officially
communicated to them his intention of taking the
' oath to the Constitution in public. History furnishes
no instance of an outrage of so violent a nature, as the
people certainly had not ventured to manifest any
external symptoms of joy until they were authorized
to do so-by their Governors. Before to-day none of
the doors of the houses have been opened, and
scarcely a person has been seen in the streets. All
are cl.amorous for vengeance. Such is the hatred to
the soldiery, that every one who ventures out alone
dies, and more than thirty have already shared, that
fate. In general, the soldiers have not ventured to
break into any private houses, because they are, for
the most part, very. strongly barricaded, and they
feared being fired upon from within. A few of the
shops, particularly those for the sale of provisions or
fruit, and which were secured in a slighter manner
than the private houses, have been forced, and in
them many of the soldiers passed their time enjoy-
ing the fruits of their plunder. After all, it is but
too well understood that the soldiers are less guilty
of this atrocity in the comparison than the 'Officers,
it being asserted that they have mutually, and in a
brotherlike manner, been sharers in thespoil and pil-
lage. The Civil Authorities here continue the same
1 as before."