The Sun.
London, England, 1837-07-26 00:00:00

until they have put down, by the triumphant result of
their present exertions, the factious enemies of a li-
beral Government, and the deadly opponents of na-
tional improvement. It never can be too often re-
peated—never too deeply pondered by every man who
has a vote to give—that on the- issue of the present
election depends the forward or the backward move-
ment of Reform.

It is somewhat amusing to observe the bullying air
under which the Tory organs are endeavouring to con-
ceal the late defeat of their party in the City. The
Times swears they will petition the House of Com-
mons—that they Will—to allow a scrutiny of the
votes, and then—what then ? Why they will seat Mr.
PALMER in the place of Mr. GROTE. This is
what may be called jumping to a conclusion a little
too fast. A scrutiny would be a rather dangerous
experiment for the rejected Tory. What will his sup-
porters say to the 700 votes for which hard cash was
paid, and proof of which payment is to a great extent
already in possession of parties who will make good
use of it ?

CUMBERLAND will find it a tough job to abolish
the Constitution of Hanover. It was easier to make
traitors of Orangemen and Tories than slaves of tl►e
Hanoierians. According to advices received this
morning the authorities of that kingdom have already
signified that though the KING may not consider him-
self bound to uphold the Constitution yet they do, having
sworn to maintain it with their lives and fortunes ; nor

will the oath they have taken suffer them to remain
passive, should the KING attempt to carry into effect
his proclamation of the sth inst. The people of Ha-
nover undoubtedly owe no allegiance to any So-
vereign that presumes, without their consent, to set
aside the fundamental principles, as well as to change
the forms of the established Government of the
country. They hold not their Constitution by a te-
nure depending upon the Royal will, and in swearing,
to maintain it they have excepted none from the pu-
nishment of attempting its abrogation. They could
not willingly succumb to the pleasure of ERNEST AU-
GUSTUS, without adding to the weakness and immora-
lity of slaves the guilt of perjury. But, fortunately, they
are proving themselves worthy to have been the fel-
low-subjects of a people, who sooner than submit to the
tyranny of a despot drove the dynasty of STUART for
ever from the shores of Britain. Meetings to protest
against the CUMBERLAND proclamation have been
held in several of the most influential towns in every

part of Hanover ; and several of the Deputies have
publicly recommended a national appeal to the Frank-
fort Diet. The Paris correspondent of our Tory Con-
temporary, the Morning Post, thus speaks, in his
letter of Monday from that capital, of the accounts re-
ceived
of the doings in Hanover :
PAIdS, JULY 24, HALF-PAiT 4.-1 undrs!and, from very
good authority (though I am delicate in pleiging myself fur
the truth of any information which I have not the means of
proving) that accounts have just been received by express from
Hanover, stating that a very violent agitation prevails there
among all classes of people, and that the principal personagts
had met, for the purpose of addressing- the Great Powers of
Europe. The date of these despatches is n,,t given ; but my
informant assures me that helms se n them.
Should the Tory Grand Master of the Orange co'

spirators persist in his resolution to abolish the Consti-
tution, his MAJESTY may learn from a relative of his
own, an illustrious elder branch of the House of
Brunswick, the happiness to be anticipated from the
fate that awaits him. In England he may find an
asylum, but under no possible circumstances a throne.
God grant her Majesty Queen VICTORIA, a long and
happy reign ! We echo the earnest prayer of thirty
millions of people who behold in her accession the vi-
sitation of the day•star of their hopes. But should
the Deity in his inscrutable wisdom visit the nation
with one of the heaviest afflictions that could befal
it, we are confident that it will be provided before-
hand against any attempt on the part of the Tory fac-
tion to set aside that expression of the national will
which now begins to demand embodiment in an Act
for changing the line of hereditary succession to the
Throne of these realms. This subject has already at-
tracted the attention of some of the most eminent ju •
rists in this country. In addressing the electors of the
Tower Hamlets, on Monday, Dr. LUSIIINGTON par-
ticularly dwelt upon the necessity that existed for
making the question of the King of HANovER's
exclusion from the Crown of England, one of the first
to engage the consideration of the New Parliament.
" There is one question," said the Hon. and Learned
Gentleman, " which must be agitated in the New
'Parliament—a question deeply affecting every man's
interest. There is no man more anxious than I am—
there is no one who feels more the necessity of ad-
hering strictly to the regular succession of the Crown.
Upon all ordinary occasions the succession must be
strictly adhered to ; but there may be a combination of
circumstances which may make it necessary to alter
that succession. In the New Parliament it must
become a question whether the King of HANovER
shall be excluded from the succession. I say nothing
about his private character—nothing about his being a
Tory, and the supporter of all abuses ; but I speak of
him as the Grand Master of the Orange Lodges—as
having taken a prominent part in their proceedings,
with the intention, as I fully believe, of setting aside
the present illustrious occupant of the Throne." These
are the sentiments of one of the most distinguished
jurists in Europe—they are an expression of the feel-
ings of nineteen-twentieths of the people of Eng-
land, Ireland, and Scotland—always excepting the
' Orange faction. If, therefore, Cu M BERL AND be beaten
in Hanover he may dismiss his day-dreams of the
triumph that awaits him in England. According to
Dr. LUSIIINGTON, there is ample ground for arraign-
ing him at the bar of the House of Peers for the
crime of high treason. As a British subject, the
King of HANOVER is a►nenable to the Constitutional
law of this country ; and in taking the oath of alle-
giance to the QUEEN, acknowledged himself bound by
it to an equal extent with the other branches of the
Royal Family. We await with intense anxiety the
development of events in Hanover.

The whole of the Paris Journals of Monday have
come to hand. The Moniteur of that date brings the
following official intelligence from Spain :
‘. BORDEAUX, Jut 23, FIVE P.M.—On the 15th, in the
vicinity of Chiva, Oraa attacked and beat the Pretender, who
appears to march in the direction of Cuenca. His head-quarters
were the same day at Bunol. The Carlists lost about 2,000
men. Deserters and prisoners entered Valencia on the 16th.
" The Baron de Meer has also gained an advantage at Prats
de Lusannes, routing the enemy, and recovering the cannon
lost at Berga."

The following despatch refers to a previous engage-
ment, of which mention was made in a despatch, in-
terrupted by nightfall, which appeared in The Sun of
yesterday :
" MARSEILLES, JULY 22.—The steam-packet Mediterranee,
which left Valencia on the 16th, carries letters containing the
details of a very bloody affair which took place near that city, '
between the division of General Oraa and the rear-guard of
Don Carlos. Th., result of this combat was not officially known
at Valencia ; but the reports in circulation represented it as
unfavourable to the Constitutional cause."
The advices from Madrid are of the 16th instant.
They continue favourable. ESPARTERO was sta-
tioned in the vicinity of Guadalaxara—a post greatly
approved of by the War Minister. Several arrests
took place in the capital between the 10th and 16th
inst., but no alarm prevailed in consequence thereof,
nor were the citizens under the slightest apprehension
of the approach of the Carlists. _

The French Papers denounce more bitterly than the
English journals the despotism of the King of HA-
NOVER. They pronounce him a grater tyrant than
CHARLES the TENTH, and express hope:-; that the