The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-11-19
Affairs of the Polish Provinces.
From fha Berlin Iaffera /

The committee OF the Chamber appointed to in
vestlgate the reports laid before them by the Gov
eminent, limiting the necessity of prolonging the
state of siege at Posen, have come to a decision
that the necessity is not proved, and therefore
General Pfuel must submit the question to a vote
of the house. The report Will be brought up on
Tuesday, unless the Cabinet anticipates defeat by
issuing an order of revocation. The Polish League,
which is now actively engaged at Thorn. and IN
the districts OF West Prussia, will then remove its
headquarters to Posen. The result may be anti
cipated. In the meantime, Polish outbreak is
expected to take place at Cracow and in GallicIa,
JON Wlndlschgratz corps marching upon the
Danube. 1t Is most natural to expect that the
state OF affairs at Vienna, SO favorable to Polish
rising in both countries, should not be neglected
The people OF Vienna may conquer, but then their
victory will be sealed most probably by the loss of
Hungary, OF Gallicia, of Cracow, and Of LON.
The Posen-Polish question, as anticipated IN
transportation of the Grand Duchy, and thence of
Its non-incorporation with the Germanic Confede.
ration. This result determined by one vote only,
and after most stormy discussion, Is regarded as
lister who spoke against the amendment of Phillip,
was M. Echmann. Neither General Pfuel, nor any
OF his colleagues, were In their places II would be
superfuous TO follow the discussion but to make
the principal clauses and votes. After the pre-
amble OF the Constitution containing the Kings
title reduced to the simple words" We, Ere
derrick William, King of Prussia, hereby make
known, &c.," comes the 1st article, LIST chapter,
"All portions of the monarchy In their present
circumscrption, form the territory of the Prussan
monarchy" This clause was carried by large
majority, and consequently, unless a special law
be proposed and carried the whole Duchy of Po-
sen will embrace, as heretofore, an integral part
of Prussia, but will not be included within the
territory OF the Confederation. An amendment of
Brodowsky, proposing to give separate Polish
organization to the duchy in virtue Of the faculty
offered by the Vienna treaty and subsequent acts
was rejected. Then followed Phillips amend
ment-"The special rights accorded to the inha-
bitants of the Grand Duchy of Posen, when the
Grand Duchy Of Posen was united with Prussia,
shall be secured to them. An organic law to be
promulgated simultaneously with the present con-
stltuhon, shall determine these rights more posi-
lively"
Upon closing the urns, the result was, III ayes
and IVA noes; majority IN favor of the amendment,
8; but the majority beng under Is, the vote by
name was demanded. The result of this was, l57
ayee, l64 noes; majority against the amendment
z. This produced most naturally immense sensa-
ton and uproar, as, IT correct, II was evident that
ten persons had changed their vote. An explana-
tion then took place, when it turned out that a
mistake of exactly ten had been made in telling
the names and that the exact result was, ayes I73
noes l72 majority l. The consequence of the
adoption OF the first section OF the constitution
with Phillips amendment will be, that the duchy
will not only remain undivided, but that the whole
will receive a special organization in the rolIsh
sense. Now comes the question OF the German
element.