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LONDON. SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 11, 1837.

COMMERCIAL BOARDING HOUSE, No. 2, IZEDCLIFF
STREET, BRISTOL, NEAR BRISTOL BRIDGE.
MARTHA SHEWRING returning hc•
heartfelt thanks to her friends and the publio for the libera'
support she has received from them for the last Seven Years, at
her late residence, No. 1, Bridge-street, (which has unfortunately
been destroyed by fire), begs to inform them that she has taken.
through the kind assistance of her friends, the above comtruxlioto
premises, which Lave been fitted up in a superior manner, and ar6
nowopen for the reception of Commercial Gentlemen and Famine!.
M. S. assures those that will patronize her, that every attent;ol.
shall be paid to their domestic comforts. The establishment will
possess all the advantages of an Hotel, combined with moderate
charges. The situation is most central, and convenient for busi-
ness, and nothing shall be wanting on her part to merit a contin-
uance of their favours.
N. B. Convenient Stabling.

AFFAIRS OF HANOVER.

HANOVER, Nov. 4.—This day four-and-twenty years,
on the 4th of November, 1813, was the memorable day on
which, after the overthrow of the foreign domination, his
Majesty our present King made his entrance into this city
Amid the greetings of a people that had never allowed itself
•o be shaken in its loyalty to the house of its hereditary
Sovereigns. His Majesty then placed himself at the head
of the country, gathered the scattered Ministers about him,
and devoted the short time of his stay here to the most in-
defatigable activity in the formation of the army. The
banks of the Weser, Minden, even Rotenburg, were at that
time still occupied by the French. Every Hanoverian will
remember with joy the day when, after years of oppression
and separation, the country felt itself re-united with the
house of its ancient Sovereigns.—Hanoverian Gazette.
HANOVER, Nov. 4.--You may easily imagine that
nothing is spoken of here but the patent just published by
the King. We are looking with the most anxious expecta-
tion to the future course of events. No ono has been sur-
prised by the publication of the patent, the whole of the
contents having been generally known before-hand. The
King devoted the greater part of this day to the pleasures
of the chase. Nothing. positively is yet known respecting the
new Ministry. The most probable appointments are those
of Chamber Counsellor Von Voss, . Chancery Director
Leist, and Count Von NVedel ; that of M. Von Dachen-
hausen is doubtful.—Hamburgh Correspondent.

The Hanoverian Gazette of the 4th of November, con-
tains the following official documents :

1.-A PROCLAMATION BY WHICH THE PRESENT GENERAL
ASSEMBLY OF THE STATES IS DECLARED TO BE DIS.

SOLVED.—HANOVER, 30TH OCTOrER, 1837.
" We, Ernest Augustus, by the grace of God, King of
Hanover, Prince Royal of Great Britain and Ireland,
Duke of Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick and Lune-
burg, &c.
" Make hereby known, that we have found ourselves in-
duced by these presents to dissolve the General Assembly
of the States for the kingdom, which was adjourned on the
29th of June of the present year.
" This Proclamation is to be made generally known by
being published in the first section of the dullection of
Laws

" Given at Hanover on the 30th of Oct., 1837.
" ERNEST AUGUSTUS.

" SCHULTE."
PATENT RESPECTINO. THE CESSATION OF THE CAM*
NET MINISTRY HITHERTO EXISTING.--11ANOYER, 31ST

OCTOBER, 1837.
" Ernest Augustus, by the grace or God, King of Hanover,
Prince Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of
Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, &c.

" Having found ourselves induced to put an end to our
Cabinet Ministry as hitherto existing, and to dismiss in fa
your our Ministers of S a'e and of the Cabinet, Baron Von
Strahlenbeim, Count Von Alten, Von Schulte, Von der
Winch, in their quality as Ministers of the Cabinet; where-
as they will continue to conduct the affairs hitherto confided
to them as Ministers of Department, we communicate the
same to our faithful subjects, and command that every one
whom it may concern regulate himself accordingly.
" At the same time, we reserve it to ourselves to regu-
late forthwith the further dispositions respecting the order
of affairs for our Cabinet and the various Ministerial de-
partments. Herein is done according to our gracious will.
" Hanover, on the 31st of October of the 1807th year,
and in the first of our reign."

111.-ROYAL PATENT OF TUE IST OF NOVEMEER, 1837.
i‘ Ernest Augustus, by the Grace of God King of Hanover,
Prince Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, Duko of
Cumberland, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg, &c. &c.

" We announced to our faithful subjects by our patent
on our accession of the sth of July of this present year,
our Royal will that we would devote the most careful
investigation and examination to the question whether and
to what extent alterations would be necessary in the fun-
damental law of the Sate of the 26th of September,
1833, or whether the Constitution should be restored to
what it had been previously to that year. Our faithful
subjects may be assured that in this examination we have
sought the fulfilment of a sacred duty, and one dear to our
heart as father of the country, by most carefu:ly consider-
ing every circumstance bearing relation thereto, and that
our wishes have throughout been directed to the happiness
and satisfaction of our faithful people. This examination
being concluded, we hasten to communicate our resolu-
tion to our faithful subjects.
" We cannot look upon the fundamental law of the 26th
of September, 1833, as binding upon us, since it was
established in a manner altogether invalid.
" The General Assembly of States, which originated in
the patent of the 7th of December, 1819, in its address of
the 30th of April, 1831, to the Cabinet Ministry, laid
down the principle that a work of such importance as the
establishment of a fundamental law could be brought about
only by an unanimous cooperation of the King and the
States. The Government adopted this principle, and ac-
cordingly the question became, not that a Constitution
should be given by the King to the country, but that it
should be erected by virtue of a contract between the
Sovereign and his States. The principle, however, of an
erection by virtue of a contract, was violated in various
ways. For several proposals made by the General As-
sembly of States, with respect to the new fundamental
law, did not obtain the Royal sanction, but that law was
promulgated by the King on the 26th of September, 1833,
with the alterations which the Royal Government had
deemed necessary or expedient, without having been pre-
viously communicated to the States General, or sanctioned
by them. There was evidently an absence therefore of a
unanimous co-operation of the Sovereign and the States,
with respect to the enactments contained in the funda-
mental law, by which the Constitution of 1819, till then
acknowledged to be in force, was to have been abolished.
The manner of erecting a fundamental law evidently carries
with it a real violation of the prescription contained in the
56th article of the Definitive Act of Vienna, of the year 1820.
" But not only is the fundamental law invalid, and con-
sequently not binding, on us, when we consider the manner
in which it was established, but it contains also several pre-
scriptions and determinations which are entirely invalid,
and not binding on us, inasmuch as they insult our rights
as agnate, and seriously violate our rights as Sovereign.
" The invalidity of the fundamental law has not been re-
moved by any acknowledgment on our part, for we openly
announced our opposition to the fundamental law, and on
repeated occasions refused it our signature.
" As we do not recognise the fundamental law as valid
and binding on us, we cannot negociate, in any way, with
States originating in that law, on the subject of a new
Constitution to be established. Under these circumstances,
we felt it our duty, on the SOth of October of this present
year, to dissolve the General Assembly of States, adjourned
by us on the 29th of June last, and we now declare that
the binding power of the fundamental law of the 26th of
September, 1834, is henceforth extinct.
" A natural consequence of the cessation of the said
fundamental law is, that the Constitution in force before the
promulgation thereof resumes its former validity.
" To prevent, however, any injurious consequence which
might in any way ensue, we find ourselves induced, out of
love for our faithful subjects, hereby to declare—
" That the abolition of the fundamental law is to be
without any influence on the validity of the laws promul-
gated on the ordinances issued since its publication ; that,
on the contrary,such laws and ordinances remain in full force
till they have been repealed in a legal manner.
" The course of the Administration of the country hi-
therto observed is also to remain unaltered, until we deem
it necessary or expedient to make alterations therein.
" The fundamental law hitherto in force being declared
by us to be abolished, it follows that all Royal servants, from
whom we confidently look for the most punctual observance
of our commands, are completely relieved from the obligation
of their oath to the fundamental law. Moreover, we est-
plicitly declare that it is our will that they be hereby re-
lieved from that part of their oath of service.
Now, althoUgh we cannot acknowledge the fundamental
law of 1833, still we are disposed to complete and confirm,
in several respects, the Constitution as it existed previ-
ously to 1833. To attain in a valid manner this im-
portant object, so dear to our hearts, we have resolved
immediately to convoke the States General, as ordered in
the Royal
patent of the 7th of December, 1819, and as the
same were in force till the appearance of the fundamental
law now abolished by us, and to cause our proposals to be
communicated to them.
" Animated by the ardent wish to remove immediately,
as far as possible, all doubts which might arise, we will
communicate to our faithful subjects a few features of the
proposalsi to be laid before the States General of 1819, for
!heir deliberationd iratnecliately an their being called to-
gether.
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prescription, we will fornish anch assistance to thlaowneces-
sities of the State, as shall convince our faithful subjects, as
indeed our intended reduction of taxes sufficiently shows,
that it is not our intention to increase the burthens of our
beloved subjects. Our further resolutions on this subject