The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-19 00:00:00

SUVAMARY OF NEY4S

AND
Public Optiiton.

" Who runs may read."

POREIGN.
The King of Hanover has issued a Royal Ordinance,
convoking the States of the Kingdom in conformity with
the provisions of what he calls the Constitution of the
6th of August. As, however, the popular representa-
tives still decline to acknowledge this mock Constitution,
Von Schele and his Majesty have concocted between
them the following form of declaration, which every
Deputy is henceforth to be compelled to accept and
strictly adhere to :—Having been named Deputy of the
Second Chamber of the Assembly General of the States
of the Kingdom of Hanover, conformably to the funda-
mental law of August 6, 1840, I accept that election, and
declare on my honour and my conscience that I consider as
alone obligatory, with regard to the accomplishment of my
election as Deputy. the Constitution of the 6th of August,
1840, according to which the General Assembly of the
States has been convoked. I therefore consider as un-
constitutional any attempt to embarrass or arrest the ac-
tion of either one or other of the two Chambers, as re-
gulated by the said Constitution of August 6, 1840,
and I will never give my assistance to any attempt of
the kind."

The noble stand which the Hanoverians have made
against King Ernest's tyranny, authorises the indulgence
of a hope that their representatives will spurn with con-
tempt and indignation this new device of the oppressor.
But the Deputies of Hanover are not the only persons
whom the King means to gag. The Swabian Mercury
tells us " that the Hanoverian Cabinet has addressed a
circular to all public functionaries, desiring them to ab-
stain from all political conversation in society, and to in-
form the Government of any of their colleagues who do
so. This (it says) is to prevent any opposition from
being got up during the elections." So the King wishes
to degrade all the Magistrates of the kingdom to the
servile condition of tools and spies of the Court I To
prevent them talking politics, why does he not at once
propose to reduce them to the condition of the mutes
who guard the antichambers of the Sultan's palace I
Letters from Constantinople of the 27th ult. state,
that the Viceroy of Egypt had remitted 50,000 dollars
as another installment of the tribute to the Porte. This
speaks well for the pacific intentions of Mehemet Al
The Echo de Wrient, the Ottoman organ, of the
29th, has the following curious article, which affords
some explanation of certain statements current as to
the want of attention paid to the French Ambassador
on taking his leave of the Sultan :—" When his
Excellency, the French Ambassador, had his audience
of absence, his Highness showed him the most gra-
cious attention, which highly pleased the Ambassador.
Nevertheless, before his introduction to the Sultan, the
customary ceremony not having been scrupulously ac-
complished, in consequence of the empressement shown
on his reception, his Highness, desirous to avoid all that
might cool the friendly relations since so long existing
between France and the Porte, and wishing to prove to
M. de Pontois the consideration he felt for him, sent to
the French Embassy the First Interpreter of the Divan,
his Excellency Sapfeti Effendi, to assure the French Am-
bassador that the omission took place through mere inad-
vertence."—The omission here complained of, was that
of not presenting pipes to M. de Pontois, as had been
done to Lord Ponsonby. Diplomatic people are never
so great as when discussing trifles.
Great activity again prevails in the French dock-
yards, and several ships of the line are being fitted out
fur sea. We have little doubt that they are intended
for the coast of Spain, and therefore we cannot too
strongly impress upon the Admiralty the importance of
sending some stout vessels to observe their movements.
The Madrid mail of the 9th reached Paris at a late
hour on Tuesday afternoon. We regret to state that
Lieutenants Boria and Gobernado were shot in the capi-
tal on that day, and that Captain Fulgosio was to be the
next victim for the Christino attempt of the 7th of Oct.