The news from Germany is rather stirring. A monster meeting
at Berlin, on the 13th instant, to petition for reform, ended iu a tumult, which was suppressed by troops. Details are wanting. The State Gazette of the 15th contained a patent by King Frederick Wil- liam, announcing, that, in conjunction with Austria, he had invited the German Confederates to meet for immediate consultation on existing affairs. The patent contains this declaration- " We are resolved to strive with all our energy that these consultations may lead to an actual regeneration of the German Confederation; so that the German people, fundamentally united by strengthened free institutions, and at the same time protected from the dangers of discord and anarchy, may regain its ancient grandeur and assume its proper rank in Europe."
The King also announces the opening of the Prussian United Diet on the 27th of ApriL
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