The Sun.
London, England, 1838-01-24 00:00:00

AFFAIRS OF HANOVER.

The Hanover Gazette of the Iltitinst., contains the following Pro-
clamation for the convocation of the States General :

" ERNEST AUGUSTUS, KING OF HANOVER, &C.

" After having dissolved, by our Proclamation of the 30th October,
1837, the General Assembly of the States convoked conformably to the
fundamental law of the 26th September, 1833, we declared in our
decree of the Ist of November, 1837, that the obligatory force of that
fundamental law had ceased, and that we would immediately convoke
the States-General created by the Royal Decree of the 7th December,
1619, which remained in force till the year 1833, in order that we
might su►mit to their deliberation and adoption our proposals concern-
ing the Constitution.

" The preparatory labours being nnw concluded, it affords us peculiar
pleasure to fulfil this our promise, and assemble our faithful States
around our Throne.

" In what concerns the convocation of the States we have strictly
conformed to the royal decree of the 7th of December, 1819, and to the
designation of the members of the General Assembly of States annexed
to it, so far, at least, as no changes have occurred during the interval.
"Firstly, By the royal decree of the 7th of December, 1819, the
Count of Stolberg was alone included among the members of the first
Chamber of State, for the county of Hohenstein. Nevertheless, since
the Count of Stolberg-Weringerode possesses, as well as the Count of
Stolberg.Stolberg, considerable domains an especial privileges within
our county of Hohenstein, it was only rendering homage to the prin-
ciples of Justice, when by a decree promulgated in 1826, by our well_
beloved brother George IV., the right of sitting and voting in the first
Chamber of the States was conferred on the Count of Stolberg-Werin-
gerode.

" Secondly, By the terms of the above-cited Royal decree, the King
is authorised to confer the personal and hereditary right of voting in
the First Chamber of the States on such individuals as, conformably to
the enactments of such decree, have erected a majorat. If, therefore,
our predecessors have conferred a personal and hereditary right of
voting in the First Chamber of the States-General on four proprietors of
equestrian estates, those proprietors having previously established a
majorat, we cannot but consider these peculiar favours as having been
conferred under the empire of the Royal decree of the 7th of December,
1819. Nevertheless, as three of the decrees emanating from our well.
beloved brother, William IV., of happy memory, and conferrihg an
hereditary right of sitting and voting in the First Chamber of the
States, have not yet been brought to the knowledge of the States-Gene.
ral of 1819, an authentic communication of the documents drawn up
conformably to those decrees will be made to them, that they may be
apprised of the same; and that they may admit the individuals to whom
a full vote has been accorded to participate in the operations of the
First Chamber of the States.

"Thirdly, The Royal Proclamation, published the 13th of January,
1832, after a preliminary discussion with the General Assembly of the
States, had determined that some deputies of the order of peasants of the
districts of Hanover, Hildesheim, Luneburg, Stade, and Osnabruck, and
who were not represented, should be elected and admitted to vote in
the Second Chamber of the States, in case independently of other
conditions required by the general laws, these deputies were possessed
of landed property within the kingdom. The King had reserved to
himself the right of fixing the number of Deputies of the order of pea.
sants ; and this number was, in fact, determined by the ordinance
the 22d of February, 1832, to the effect that the hereditary possessors of
farms subject to impositions within the principalities of Calember, Got-
tingen, and Grubenhagen, the principality of Luneburg, the district of
Bremen, the Duchy of Verden, the counties of Hoya, and Diepholtz, the
principality of Osnabruck, with Meppen and Lingen, and the princi-
pality of Hildesheim, should participate in the elections accorded by the
royal decree of the 7th of December' 1819, in those districts to the pos_
sessors of free estates not appertaining to the equestrian order, as well
to the boroughs, and to the freemen of the county of Benthelm, but that
the number of deputies to be named by these possessors of land should
be determined i❑ the following manner :
" For the principalities of Calemlierg, Gottingen, and Grubenhagen,
three; for the principality of Luneburg, three; for the Duchy of Ver-
don and the district of Bremen, three ; for the counties of Hoya and
Diepholtz, one; for the Duchy of Osnabruck, three ; for the Duchy of
Aremberg happen and the county of Lingen, one; for the principality
of Bentheim, •ne.
' • '

" For the present these several dispositions are maintained.
" In the same manner the dispositions contained in the above-citel
ordinance of the 22d of Feb. 1832, relative to the general electoral ope-
rations, are to be observed at the ensuing elections.
" Seeing that the Electoral Ordinance of the 9th of October, 1833,
is intimately connected with the fundamental law of the 26th September
1833, which we have abrogated, and has lost its obligatory force simul-
taneously with the said law. _

" Fourthly, As the College of the Treasury has been dissolved, the
members which compose it, and who, according to the terms of the Royal
decree of the 7th of December, 1819, had the right of sitting and vo.
ting in the first and second Chamber of the General Assembly of the
States, can no longer be admitted in that quality to form a part of the
said General Assembly of the States.

` According to the considerations developed as above, not only those
privileged as already stated, but also the deputies of the landholders not
belonging to the equestrian order, including the order of peasants, will
be convoked to the General Assembly of the States.

" With respect to the elections of deputies for cities, it is our will
that they take place conformably to the dispositions of the ordinance of
the 22(1 of February, 1832.

" Immediately after the opening of the Assembly of the States_
General, we shall cause to be submitted to their deliberations and to
their adoption the plan of a new constitutional law for the kingdom,
and also several other important hills.
" We fix the period for the opening of the General Assembly of the
States for the 20th of February, 1138 ; and we Smite all those who have
the right to do so, to assemble on that day in our capital of Hanover,
either in person or by deputy, to assist at the opening of the General As-
sembly of the States, and to participate in the ulterior operations.
" This present proclamation will be made public, by its insertion in
the first part of the bulletin of laws.

" Given at Han&ver, the 7th of January, 1838.
" ERNEST AUGUSTUS.
" VON SCHELE."

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE 0' CLOCK.
We have received Jamaica papers to the 12th December—we extract
the following :
" We understand that a Council is summoned to attend the Queen's
House today, in order to determine how the captured slaves brought
into Montego Bay and Kingston, during this week, are to be disposed of.
We are sorry to have received the intelligence of the spread of disaffec-
tion among the negroes in the Port Royal Mountains."
We extract the following from the Barbadoes Papers received to the
7th December. Arrived her Majesty's ship Cornwallis, Captain Sir
Richard Grant, from Bermuda. The information obtained from this
vessel at the Commercial Hall tends to confirm the accounts we had
previously received of approaching hostilities between the Papineau
rebels and the Government of Lower Canada. We understand that the
Cornwallis has been ordered here expressly for the purpose of obtaining
a regiment of troops to proceed immediately to Lower Canada, and if
they cannot be spared from this garrison, Sir Richard Grant is to pro.
teed to Jamaica for the required aid to the military force in Canada.

Consols closed very firm yesterday at 911 92 for the Account ; same
for Money. Thls improvement in the market was owing to the favour-
able impression the news received from Canada had on the public.
Consols opened this morning at:9li 92 for tho Account ; Exchequer
Bills 55 57 ; 2* per day ; India Bonds 51 53 : Bank stock 2051 206 t ;
India Stock 263 264.

In the Foreign Market Spanish Active 19} with Coupons; Portu-
guese 261 27 ; Three per Cents., 171 18} ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. b 2 % 53 ; Brazil 71i 72; Colombian 241 '25.

PRICES OF STOCKS THIS
Bank Stock
3 per Cent. Red. 921,4%%
3 per Cent. Cons N
3 per ........... -
Ditto Red lOO%
New 34 per Cent 100 99• X
New 5 per Cent..
Rank Long Annuitiestoexpire
Jan. 5, 1860 15%
Oct. 10, 1859
Jan. 5, 1960 14% 11-16
Jan. 5,18 W.

DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
India Stock -
Oitto Bonds
South Set:. SP‘rls
Old. Annnities
New Ditto
3 per Cent. Annuities, 1751._ -
Exch. Bills, £ Lott( i 57 55 pm.
Ditto 501
Ditto Small
Ditto Commercial
pm.
Ditto Advertised pro
Bank stock for Account

April 5-, 1880 —
Jan. 5, 1870 —
PRICES OF FOREIGN FUNDS
Austrian Bonda

Indic stock for Acc0unt......... 265
Cor go's for Account... ......
THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLuClk.
Peruvian Bonds

Belgian Bonds IO2
Ditto Account
Brazilian Bonds
Ditto Account

Ditto Account
Portuguwe Bonds
Ditto Account
Ditto New BonA: 9734

Buenos Ayres Bonds
Di r .....

Ditto Account 29 7
Ditto, 3 percent.,.. ......... lB

_itto Accounl
Chillian Bonds

Prutaian ............

Ditto Account

Russian Ronda, 18'22

CAumbian Bondi —

Ditto Account

-----------
Ditto Account
C)lumbian Bonds, 1824 25 Spanish Bonds —
Ditto Account 244 5 Ditto Account —
Danish Bonds 7314 Ditto Bonds, 1834 1111.4
Ditto Account ..... ..... .. ..... Ditto Account
Greek Bones — French, 5 per cent-- —.. —C. —c,
Ditto Bonds, 1825 — ------ 4 per cent. --I. —c
Ditto Account — 3 per cent. —f. —c.
Mexican Bonds, 5 per cent — nrchange r.
Ditto Account ................ Dutch, 254 per cent. 53 2%
Ditto, 6 per cent.
Ditto Account...- 2511 Ditto, :, per cent.... 102% 2 i,i 1%
Ditto Account lO2
Neapolitan....
PRICES OF SHARES THIS DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK.
Paid. Per Share.
Rhymncy Iron Mining Company
Birmingham and Derby Railway, Company 2O 16
Dublin and Kilkenny Railway Company
1%
Eastern Counties Railway 3 1%
isrighi on Railway Company 5 714304 N
London and Blackwell Railway
London and Southampton Railway Company..., 50
39%
London and Southampton (New) Railway 5 21
London and Croydon Railway Company
20 21
Ditte Scrip ............ . ............... . ....... ..
13
NI: nchester and Birmingham Railway
7
South Midland Railway Company 1 5 434
Van Dieman's Land Agricultural Company l7 10
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—Vixxxs, Jaw. 12.
Five per Cents. Aletalliques
Fotir per Cents.
Three per Cents.
Bank Shares . 1331
—Allganeine Zeltung. Jan 18.
HALF-PAST ONE O'CLOCK.
A steamer, bound from Cork to Bristol, is reported to have been
lost. 'We do not hear the particulars.
To the present hour we have no papers or letters by the New York
packet of the Ist inst., and none are expected till tomorrow, without
they are forwarded by an extraordinary express.
Consols were buoyant in the morning, at 92 to 92/ for the Account,
India Stock, 205 206.
have since seceded to 941 1, Money Stock being made plentiful in the
:c= Bills, 55 57, 26d. per day; India Bonds, 51 53 ;
In the Foreign Market very little doing. Portuguese continues very
heavy at 27 % % ; Three per Cents., 171 18 ; Spanish Active, 19 IA i
InßaanrkkeSt.tocr2lo
Brazilian, 711 '72; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 521 53 ;
Mexican, 271 28 ; Colombian, 24i 25.

THREE 0' CL 0 CK.

CHANCERY COURT.-(THIS DAY.)

FREWIN V. THE POOR-LAW COMMISSIONERS.
The arguments in this appeal, the facts of which we gate the other
day, were concluded this morning, and
The LORD CHANCELLOR postponed giving judgment till Saturday.