The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-22 00:00:00

HANO VER.

" The President of the Equestrian Order at Bremen,'
says a letter of the 11th instant from Hanover,'` has con-
voked the Provincial States for the 30th instant at Stade,
to take into consideration the question of the Constitution.
As these States are composed, in great part, of members
of the equestrian order, we may be assured that it will be
discussed and decided upon with all due solemnity."
A fraction of the German opposition is desirous of see-
ing on the throne of Hanover the Duke of Sussex. This
Prince would be the legitimate heir to the crown of
of Hanover if, conformably to the old Germans laws, the
son of the present sovereign were declared incapable of
reigning on account of his blindness. King Ernest, on his
side, is making every effort, though hitherto without suc-
cess, to ensure the throne to his son and to obtaiii
a formal recognition of the principle that blindness is
not one of the bodily defects which can prevent a Sovereign
from reigning over a portion of the Germanic people. The
Hanoverians, however, who are already much dissatisfied
with the father, feel but little sympathy for the son, and
their compassion for his misfortune is no recommendation
with them in such a case. The well-known German poli-
tical writer, Kluber, has declared in favour of the Duke of
Sussex and his descendants, in a remarkable paper sub-
mitted to the Germanic Diet, which, however, has hitherto
paid no attention to the subject. The throne of Hanover
thus appears likely to be the subject of much contestation,
and King Ernest's proceedings have considerably augmented
the chances of his son's opponents."—Commerce.

BELGIUM.
BRUSSELS, NOV. 18..--CHAMBER OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Nov. 19.—The draft of the address being brought up,
several members objected to its being immediately discussed.
Instead of the draft of the address being printed and dis-
tributed among the members, in time for them to examine
it deliberately, as the Chamber had decided, this extremely
long document had been put into their hands just at the
commencement of the sitting, so that it had not been pos-
sible to consider either the substance or the form.
M. Metz, far from assenting to this objection of M.
Bollez, moved that the address be voted at once, without
any discussion, which was rejected.
The first nine paragraphs were adopted without any al-
teration. The tenth paragraph having been read, M. de
Brouckere proposed that to the last
phrase—" Great Bri-
tain, to which Belgian is also attached by close ties, will
not forget that it derives many advantages from our na-
tionality"—should be added the following words , ,
And
thltii,nality the other Powers, which, with
Fiance and U: cat Britain, compose the Conference, and
which has had occasion, for these eight years, to appreciate
the pacific intentions and upright character of the Belgian

' people, will find a pledge of r;,?ace for the future." The
paragraph was adopted, with the p'*oposed addition.
In the 11th paragraph M. Prison o.tiected to the phrase,
" We are ready to bear more than our sh&re in the burden
of the debt with which Holland is charged ;" and pro-
posed to substitute for it, " We are ready to bear our le-
gitimate share of the burden." It was resolved,. after
some discussion, to leave out the phrase entirely, insteld of
adopting M. Trison's amendment ; the Honourable Mem-
ber assented, and the paragraph, with the omission of the.
phrase, was adopted. The President asking whether the
Chamber would proceed to the final vote, M. Grudelien
proposed, that after it wus voted the reporter should re-
vise to correct a few grammatical faults, probably errors
of the press ; but this was declined, and the address
unanimously voted by the 83 Members present. A de-
putation to present the address was appointed.

BRUSSELS, Nov. 19.—We are informed (says the
Cozirrier Beige) that the King has replied to the de-
putation of the Chamber of Deputies, which he received
to-day at one o'clock, in very conciliatory terms. His Ma-
jesty said that he saw with satisfaction the unanimity
which exists between the Chambers and the Government
on the serious questions which require the concurring
efforts of all for the preservation of our rights.
BRUSSELS, Nov. 20.—The King and Queen were yes-
terday at the theatre to witness the performance of Robert
le Diable. Their Majesties were received at their entrance
with acclamations such as were never before heard in that
theatre. The public desired to testify to their Majesties
how highly it approves the policy of the Government,
viLjeh is forcibly expressed in the Speech from the Throne,
and in .L 'e Addresses of the two Chambers. Fifteen
French officers, rib° have been for some years in Belgium,
are going to return tC:
their own country. They will re-
ceive the Cross of the Milita7 Oorder of Leopold.
NAPLES, Nov. 6.—Yesterday evening the Theatre of
St. Charles was splendidly illuminated in honour of her
Majesty the Queen Dowager of England. All the mem-
bets of the Royal Family now at Naples will be present_
The Kin.' was expected yesterday, but the weather was
so bad the night before last and all yesterday, that his de-
parture from Palermo was delayed, and he will not be here
till to-night. The enthusiasm with which their Majesties
were received in all the towns of Sicily exceeds all expec-
tation. At Catania and Syracuse the whole population
came to meet them with shouts of Viva el Re. At Palermo,
the fetes were extremely magnificent. The city was splen-
didly illuminated for three nights, every body viing
with his neighbour, as the ladies did in the
three grand performances in the theatre. We hear
that their Majesties intend to return to Naples by the mid-
dle of December. Every thing has been for some time
prepared to light the city with gas. The pipes to the
Royal Palace and Toledo are already laid down. Much is
also doing to improve various parts of the city ; the
handsome new iron railing along the whole of the quays
and the harbour is nearly completed.
But what deserves especial praise, and for which the citi-
zens of Naples are particularly indebted to the King, is the
laying out of two fine cemeteries in the English and French
fashion, one of which is nearly finished. Thus the odious
custom ceases of casting the dead of each day into the
vaults of the churches, or into one common pit ; each wilt
now have its own grave.

BELGIAN k UNDS—Buuseets, Nov. 20
Actual Debt, 236 per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cent. ........
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent. ...
3 per Cent. 6.5y.
Loan of City, 1832, 4 per Cent .......... ........ 97
Society of Commerce, 4Y4per Cent. 144
Bank of Belgium, 5 per Cent 143
National Society . ••• .• ...... 124
—Brussels Papers, Nov. 20.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vrawbre, Nov. 12
Five per Cents. Metalliques
Four per Cents. lOO%
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares •..•••
__ _ 149332

—AllgemeineZeitung, NOV. 17.

No orders have yet been received here to prepare the
Palace for the reception of her Majesty.—Brighton
Guardian.

RUSSIA.
The St. Petersburgh Papers of the 6th instant mention,
that leave has been extended for six years, from 1839, to the
captains. and crews of all Russian vessels to import and sell
all merchandize, and to purchase of the merchants
of tho two first guilds Russian merchandize for exportation.
This privilege, 1, :_luch is the same as is enjoyed by foreign
vessels, is to be in to: Ice only in the case of Russian vessels
arriving direct from, or sailing direct to, foreign ports.
Fines and loss of privilege arc :o accompany the carrying on
.
of commerce of this kind on seem tof the captains and
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crews by persons not enrolled in the guill
s above menti▪
oned.
Extract of a letter from St. Petersburg!) of i the 6thnst.
—" All the Jews have lately been ordered to leave the
towns of Nicolajew and Sebastopol ; but to supply their
places, and to increase the number of Christian inhabitants,
great privileges and advantages are offered to merchants.,
traders, and artisans, who will establish themselves there,
and more particularly to those who will build houses. In
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consequence of the discovery of a conspiracy n. Lithuania
and the western provinces, the Emperor has, in virtue of
the criminal laws, ordered that the property of all persons
arrested on suspicion of being engaged in these p;ots shall
be immediately sequestered, without waiting for their▪ con-
demnation."
ODESSA, OCT. 9.8.—1 mentioned in my last the hatred
of the natives of the Caucasus for their Russian oppressors ;
to-day we have received intelligence corroborating the par-
ticulars I communicated to you on the subject. The prin-
cipality of Djarobelizsensk, which disposed in so summary
a manner of its Russophile Governor, Prince Semerdzize-
new is now administered by the Russian General Lachinoff.
The latter, desirous to avenge the murder of his predeces-
sor, had sent in quest of those he termed rebels to the
country several detachments of Cossacks, who, to his great
astonishment, were disarmed and arrested, and some of
them killed, by the natives. All the inhabitants, who were
afraid of being suspected, have gone to join the insur-
gent mountaineers, and are now waging a destructive
guerilla warfare against the Russians. Reinforcements
have arrived in the principality of Djarobelizserisk ; but
the authorities had not dared to send them in pursuit of
the fugitives, lest the entire population should resolt
against them.
We are positively assured that General Golowine has
addressed to the Emperor a despatch, in which he an-
nounced that all the nations of the Caucasus, including the
Georgians, manifested symptoms of revolt, and that he did
not consider himself capable of reducing them to obedience
with the 80,000 men he had under his orders, the more so
as the troops themselves were not animated with the best
spirit, and that each day copies of incendiary proclamations,
addressed to the inhabitants and army of Caucasus, wire
found in the hands of the st;l.lliers. In consequence of this
state of things, General Golowine has ordered the troops
into the fortresses and strong places, and left at the ad-
vanced posts only a few regiments of Cossacks of the Don,
on whose loyalty he can rely. According to private ac-
counts, the two Cabardahs and the coast of the Black Sea
had been almost abandoned to the mercy of the Cireosian
mountaineers.—Commerce.

That favourite violinist Mr. C. A. Seymour, who
was one of the earliest and most distinguished pupils of the
Royal Academy of Music, and who subsequently had the
honour for several years of holding the appointment of
Leader in her Majesty Queen Adelaide's private band, is
now, with his talented wife, also a distinguished pupil of
the Academy, located at Manchester. We are glad to
find that the talents of these artists are appreciated. WQ
find in a Manchester Contemporary that, at a concert last
Thursday, the fair lady is thus announced :—" Marliani's
aria, Stanca di piiz, introduced a debutante in the person
of Mrs. C. A. Seymour, wife of the able Leader of these
and the gentlemen's concerts. She has a mellow contralto
voice, of good round tone, which she possesses considerable
power of modulating ; and her singing is free from many of
the vices of English vocalists, especially from that besetting
one of overlaying simple melodies with intricate ornament.
We regard this lady as a decided. acquisition to our resi-
dent vocal corps."
Some weeks ago we noticed a clock of very re-
markable construction, now in the window of the clock
department at Mr. Cox Savory's of Cornhill ; our readers
will remember that its peculiarity consisted in its appearing
to perform without any mechanism, the hands being in the
centre of a perfectly transparent pane of glass. The
" Mechanics' Magazine" for the last three weeks has con-
tained several interesting articles on the subject, and also
diagrams to show the mode in which this magic clock is
made to perform. Six or seven various plans are suggested
as the means by which the movement is accomplished, but
all the plans appear to present more or lessl difficulty
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make them produce the precise effect of the
Cox Savory's window. To save trouble
to see the clock, übleto thoseookfouitr.
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complished.
DOG-CART CRUELTY.—In a case brought before
the Lambeth-street Magistrates yesterday, where a fellow
was proved to have employed a dog in dragging a heavy
cart, while the poor animal was suffering severely from
starvation and a large wound in its shoulder, Mr. Tubbs
expressed a hope that the time was not far distant when.
the Legislature would interfere, and put down altogether so
disgraceful a nuisance. In the interim be thought it would
be a good deal abated by furnishing the tax-collector in the
district with the names of all persons brought before Ma-
gistrates for cruelty of +his description, that they might be
surcharged for their dogs ; and directed the chief clerk to
do so on the present occasion. The defendant was con-
victed in the penalty of 205., or one month at the treadmill.