The Sun.
London, England, 1841-06-25 00:00:00

HANOVER.

The following is the address voted to the King by the States
General of Hanover, carried by a majority of 44 to 33:
" Most Illustrious, most Powerful, and most Magnanimous
King and Lord.
" It is with the must lively and deep sentiment of gra-
titude that the States of the Kingdom take the liberty to
approachnhe throne of your Majesty. These sentiments, Sire,
have been inspired in their bosoms by the satisfaction with
which your Majesty has hailed their brilliant opening, and by
the confidence with which it has been surrounded under cir-
cumstances as serious as difficult. At all times, Sire, your ap-
peal will be heard by the people, for at all times that people
has taken fur the basis of its attachment order, love for their
King and country.
Your faithful States, Sire, have not been inattentive to the
political events upon which for a moment the tranquillity of
Europe appeared to depend. The people of Germany are
strong only by their union, and the first object of this union is
the external and internal stability of their common country.
It was for the liberty and independence of this country that
your subjects, Sire, fought during the years 1813, 1814, and
1815—it was for its welfare that they then shed their blood, and
are spligready to do so whenever your Majesty shall call upon
theni. Yes, Sire, • the Hanoverians are desirous only of prov-
ing to the -Gerrildfie..Confederatlon, that they have :both the
power and the will orsupporting their share in the common
charges, and that they case of war, know how to apply
the resources created by aili"ng, and honourable peace. May
this peace, however, remain 4indiaturbed, for the success of a
struggle, from whatevi r quarter :It comes, could never be cer-
tain, unless we were united, atuk,great and small, weak and
powerful, felt completely assured on' the strength and inviola-
bility of cur respective rights. This conviction, Sire, we are
with the deepest grief compelled taardw has been rudely torn
from your people.
" Your States,- Sire, would be wantilirin their duty if they
hesitated to declare to your Majesty their opinions on this
point, and to state all the truth. There"is but a very small
minority amongLt those subjects, sincerely devoted to the
'I hrune, who believe in the legality ar.d urgency of all the
measures taken since the Ist November, 137, to annul the
Constitution of 1833 ; there is but a veryksnall number who
admit that the elections of 1838, 39, a**, are based on
that state of things as to give them any tiunkttion in right
and stability ; in fine there are but very li:k who think
that the new organic law promulgated in 1840 reapdtds to the
principles put forth on the 16th September, 1839, 14 the Diet,
and to the wishes of the people. The immense majority of
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is, on the contrary, firmly convinced that

your people, Sire, is,
it is only a Constitution founded on justice and approved of
by all the powers of the State that can give to your kingdom
that. tranquillity which is the object of all our wishes and
Which concerns the liqpitiess of all Germany. It is thus only.
that Hanover will feel all her strength re-established on a firm
basis..
Your Majesty wishes for what is good—for what is just.
These noble sentiments, to which your faithful States have
always been the first to render justice, served them as a buckler
in the midst of the storms which ha-ve thrown a gloom
over the last- f..w years. If the ancient franchises, attached
from time immemorial to the existence of certain corporations,
still wait for their confirmation, if the burdens which weigh on
the tax-payers demand some changes, and call for some reduc-
tions which the brilliant state of our finances.can readily admit
of—if the liberty of the press is not so fully assured as it ought
totheir
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of your servants has prevented them from submitting to sour
Majesty's i otice this gloomy picture, in: all its nakedness.
But it the counsellors of the Crown betray their King, and de-
ceive their country, the States, who enjoy the confidence of the
one, and wish loyally to serve the other, owe to 'both advice of
union, pi ace, and truth. Deign, Sire, to appreciate our wishes.
May the Almighty protect your Majesty and our country."

THE QUEEN AND CORN-LAWS,—The cheers
with which her Majesty was hailed on her return from
the House of Lords on 'Tuesday were greatly increased
as she reached Whitehall, but as her Majesty's carriage
turned into the Horse Guards, loud cries were raised of
" Remember the Corn-laws I" " Repeal the Corn-laws I"
Those cries evidently reached the Royal ear, as her
Majesty seemed to bow assent to the demand of her loyal
subjects, which drew forth renewed acclamations.