The Sun.
London, England, 1814-11-17 00:00:00

HANOVER.

HANOVEit: OCT. 28.--:Thei01101Villg P.roclama-
ticin has beeli published here

PROCL:IMATION of the PRINCE REGENT of ENGLAND.
GEORGE, Prince Regent, in the name au t on the ,behuy.. of
• , his Majesty,- our Father and Sovereign, GEGRGE
ere. •
The principli,'s, aecoriling Whiclibur ancestors have, for
centuries, governed our States, are a sufficieut guaraotee to
our subjects, that it has never been our intention to profit' by
the overthrow of the Gerinanic:Coostitution by the restriction
of their•vights.. Sike the deliverance of thii Electorate, the
military circumstance- in whichtleintahy foutlfiekelf placed,
and-the contional preseoce of foreign troops, have: still far-
:he's- prevented us from formin reOlar defilierationS with
oar faithful-States, as the measures which it was necessary to
talc would ;Mt Allay of the least delay, and as"- nest of the
arraogefueuts which they commanded, were necessary to he
executed according to the resolutions agreed upon between
Soveretens. _Nevertheless we have deliberated by•
ourselves alone with the States of the different provinces on
kbe. affairs of the country, as often as possible. Although
the, State miarriot.letve a,complete'Constitution before ;the
issue of the Congress of Vienna,, which, we hope, will be for-
t :irate; anti although the resolutions which may, be adopted
at, it may have a. decisive influence over the internal relations
of the :•:er.,nan Provinces Of 'his Majesty, yet we have wisihed
not to 'defer any longer the entering upon discussions with all
the Cuired;States of those Provinces relative to tub different
objects ivhich,concern each in particular.' It is, Antural, as
has been proved by experiences, that the separation of the dif-
ferent province's should render extremely difficult the coAcur-
rv9ce of -tile Sta-ms, on questiols which relate tothe general,
atfaivs the` countrY, and that this separatitin must Deet!b-
sarily c.iuse,licensiderable loss of titne. . But besides, the dif-,
ference of opiniiins' has hitherto 'rendered it impossible to
have an• un'aiiimons reliolution on the part of those States,
either because, the representatives of each province in parti-
cular did not possess the right "of deliberating 'on the re-
lations of the other provincespl. the country, or because it.
was. impossible' tS,,bave an absolute majority iitvoices, on
account of the distance of the 'different countries from each
other'

This. separation has produced as many-different systems for,
taxato)l,, and the modes of liquidating the.debts of the coun-
try, as therl'were `different States. ' It was necessary to con-
sider as seperate countries. particular provinces of the ,sarne
country, and this has interrupted,' here and there, a free coin-
munication between our subjects. The change of circumstances
and the injury tlone to the country by its occupation by the
• enemy, require ameliorations in the forming. of the Adminis-
tration. We do not purpose in any manner to change the
Constitution, in those respeets, which guarantee the rights
and reciprocal relations between the-7.covereign. and the sub-
jects. We shall; in this respett, retain the Constitution of
the States.,iu the different provinces, wtth,s.uch reservations
and modi4eations•as may bedeetT:d oecessat'y or useful: But
-as the rights of the-States are confined to I.beir, respective.
provinces, and as the- authority-of -the Sovereign extends to
all the country, which ought. to h.e..governed'according to
uniform pruiCipies; we are convinced' that our faithfril"sub-
jects will regard, as a benefit, and as a proof* tortfidence on
our part,, that we should decree, as we do by these presents,
that henceforth all the general all tirs of the country which
may be brought under diseussion with the States, conform,.
ably to the' Constitution which had subsisted to the pre-
sent time, shall be submitted to an Assembly of the States,of
all the Provinces, which shall adopt on such subjects a gen'e:'
ral resnluticin.
As, the circumstances above-mentioned, and even the uncen,,
tainty as tp,the extent of the frontifqs (41 he country, do not.
permit, at the present, a final determination -as to the man,
ner in which the'differeut provinces 'are to cimetir in forMing-
a.General Assembly, we decree, for the present,` bat the States
of all the Provinces which now compose
,the, Electorate, shall
form themselves, by means of representatiVes, into a Ge-
neral Diet, on the 15th Of DeCerhber next, at Handier. We
expect that these DePuties mipear with full powers on
the part,of their constituents, to vote, on the, subjects which
shall he subMitted to their &libel:Aim), without requiritig
subsequent instructions. Thus these Deputies. will be re-
garded as the representatiies of the whole country, and- not
as the delegates. of particular provinces or corporations. And
to the end, that the Chapters, aware of the limited number
,
of their Memhers, may choose srtch persons-, as enjoy tlieir
perfeet-conedence, we permit them' to elect their Deputies'
freely, withO.ut being.obliged to confine themse-Ives in their
choice to the Members of their own BodY. The' towns Will
have the same liberty in this'reipect, aecoriling.to their par-
ticular constitution ; and theyrwitt -not he compelled to elect
their Syndics or, Magistrates.- We reserve-to ourselves to de-
teripine, in a more precise manner, when. -the Congress:at
Vienna, as well as these primary-States General shall be ter-
minated, the rode of repreientation, and that orthe, elec-
tion of -the PreSident, as well. as of Deputies. For this
time the Deputies, will .choose frOm.auropgst themselves, a
President, a Syndic General, and a Sicretarv.
GEORGE, PrineZt Regent..
Carlton House, Aug. 12, 1814.