The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-19 00:00:00

DEATH of the KING of HANOVER.

To survive prejudice and live down calumny, to be
denounced as a tyrant abroad, and to be respected es
the most truly constitutional Sovereign by his people
are contrarieties that seldom fall to the lot of either
man or monarch. Yet such has been the fate of
Ernest King of Hanover, whose earthly career was
brought to a close in his palace at Herrenhaueen at
an early hour yesterday morning.
It may fairly be questioned whether the decease of
any ruler now living (with the exception of our own
beloved Queen) would be received with more sincere
manifestations of regret than the announcement of
King Ernest's death by the people of Hanover.
Alone, of all the potentates of Germany, he has in-
creased the privileges of the people over whom he
reigned, without detriment to order or damage to
wholesome authority ; and with a gratitude unusual
in princes, he preserved to the British connexion the
advantage of an inlet for our trade and manufactures
into Germany, without injuring the resources of
Hanover by the mischievous forcing of the principles
of free trade upon a country to which they were en-
tirely unsuited. Firm iu authority, and inflexible
in the just administration of the laws, during a reign
of 13 years, the King of Hanover has never forgotten
a friend or made an enemy, or given occasion to com-
plaint ; and while in the year of revolutions a change
was threatened in every state of the Continent, the
Throne of Hanover alone remained unshaken, under
its honoured and venerable occupant.
The deceased Prince—the fifth and last surviving
son of George llL—was born at Kew on the sth of
June, seventeen hundred and seventy-one. His early
deys were spent at the place which gave him birth,
and his first preceptors were Mr. Cookson and Dr.
Hughes. In the year 1786 he accompanied his royal
brothers, the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, to the
University of Gottingen, there to complete their
studies and close their academic career. It was at
Gottingen that the late monarch of Hanover acquired
a knowledge of the military art under the instruc-
tions and superintendence of General Malortie, who,
at that period enjoyed, as ho merited, the reputation
of being one of the ablest professors of the science of
warfare that Germany possessed. His then Royal
Highness, in 1790, entered the army, and served in
the 9th Hanoverian Light Dragoons from that period
until 1793, when he obtained the command of the
regiment. During the whole of the following year
be served and took an active part in the war which
then raged on the European continent. In the com-
mand of the Ist brigade of cavalry, in charge. of the
outposts of Marshal Walmoden's army, his Royal
Highness gave several proofs of his gallantry in
the field ; and during a rencontre near Tourney
he lost an eye and was wounded in the arm ;
but, in spite these "fortunes of war," such
was his enterprise, and so great his ardour,
that when only partially recovered, he hastened in the
November of the same year, within a few months
after the occurrence of the casualties mentioned, to•
rejoin his regiment, and to share in the toils and the
dangers as well as the glories of war. His Royal
Highness took part in the sortie from Nimeguen, and
afterwards commanded the rear-guard of the British
forces in the retreat through Holland—apost of great
importance and difficulty. The year 1796 saw his
Royal Highness return to England, where he re-
mained until April, 1799, when he was created Duke
of Cumberland, Earl of Armagh, and Duke of
Teviotdale, with a Parliamentary grant of 12,0001.
per annum. At this time be was appointed to com-
mand the British cavalry in the unfortunate Helder
expedition, but, in consequence of its early failure,
that branch of the force sent out did not disembark.
In 1801 the deceased was appointed Colonel of the
15th Hussars, and invested with the command of
the Severn district, from which he subsequently re-
moved to the South-Western district, residing at
Winchester until 1807. In the latter end of that
year he went abroad and joined the Prussian army,
then engaged in the great struggle against the en-
croaching power of Napoleon. His Royal Highness
took part in several important engagements fought
about this period, and on the defeat of the French by
the allied forces, his Royal Highness proceeded to
Hanover, and took possession of that kingdom on be-
half of the English crown.
The Duke of Cumberland committed one great
fault in the eyes of all Radicals and disaffected per-
sons. His Royal Highness was, throughout his life,
a firm and consistent supporter of Church and State,
and on several occasions, in his zeal, allied himself
with the extreme party.
In 1810, when the Regency question formed the
subject of much public excitement, the Duke of Cum-
berland entered into its discussion with great energy,
and vehemently opposed the Government of the day
on every point at issue. His consistent opposition
to the recognition of the claims of the Roman
Catholics for parliamentary emancipation is also a
matter of history.
It was about this period of the Prince's life that a
very painful affair, in which the toaderness of a kind
master to the memory of a faithful servant, who in a
moment of frenzy had raised a murderous hand
against the master who cherished him, and in the
agony of remorse expiated the crime by suicide, gave
occasion to much scandal amongst the ignorant vul-
gar, and afforded a fitting opportunity to scandalous
maligners. The Duke suffered the slanderers to re-
main unpunished for some years, until one flagrant
instance occurred. A vindication founded on a mass
of evidence (and that, too, from parties otherwise pre-
judiced) for ever silenced the hideous falsity.
The marriage of his. Royal Highness took place on
the 2911 of May, 1815, at Strelitz ; the Princess to
whom he was united being Frederica Caroline Sophia
Alexandrine, third daughter of Charles Louis
Frederick, late reigning Duke of Mecklenburgh
Strelitz, a lady who had been married twice pre-
viously, first to Prince Frederick Louis Charles of
Prusida ; and secondly to Prince Frederick William
of Solms-Braunfels. The issue of this union, which
was subsequently solemnized at Carlton House on
the 29th of August in the same year, was a Prince
born at Berlin, May 27, 1817—the present King of
Hanover—long remembered in this country as Prince
George of Cumberland, and endeared to the Court by
his cheerful and frank manners. The sad affliction
which has since fallen upon this young Prince has
but brought out more prominently the amiability of
his disposition. In 1818 the Duke and Duchess of
Cumberland left England for Berlin, where they
fixed their residence for some years. In 1828, how-
ever, we find the deceased and his illustrious consort
once more in England; for thither he returned to
resist a measure propounded by the Government,
which, he conceived to be an unpardonable ag-
gression upon the Constitution of the country.
Accordingly, in his place in the House of
Lords, he raised his voice in firm denunciation
of the proposal to repeal the Corporation and Test
Acts. On the introduction of the Roman Catholic
Emancipation Bill, which occurred during his brief
absence on the continent, he again journeyed to
London to oppose that „measure. That opposition,
however, proved unavailing, and the Bill became part
and parcel of the law of the land. The event induced
him, without disguise, to declare he could no longer
have confidence in, or act with, the Duke of Welling-
ton; and, in conformity with the sentiments which
dictated that declaration, he resigned the command of
the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards Blue. The
Reform Bill was another measure which he regarded
as an invasion of ancient rights and privileges, and
which in like manner met his strenuous hostility.
The Duke of Cumberland continued to reside in
England from the year 1828. until the death of William
IV., by which the Salique Law came into operation,
and alienated the Crown of Hanover from that of
Great Britain—bestowing it upon the Sovereign whose
demise we now record. The wisdom and policy of a
Prince of the Blood Royal allying himself with any
party may and has been questioned. Still, the illustrious
deceased showed a memorable obedience to the edicts
of the Government when, on receiving Lord John
Russell's missive, that after a certain day the exist-
ence of the Orange lodges of Ireland (of which he
was the patron and head) would lee illegal, he at once
replied to the Noble Lord announcing his perfect
readiness to succumb to the law as enacted by three
estates of the realm. In his capacity of Chancellor of
the University of Dublin, the late Prince exhibited
feetnheetitluatteienSaiir
lawyers
an unwearied interest in the educational affairs of
that ever graced this country, he was the intimate t‘hvaett
hpe ar re
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per-
sonal friend, as shown by the fact that in 1843, on
greatest
the occasion of his visit to this country, after his ac-
cession to the Hanoverian Throne, he honoured the
Ding's
cause
ated
learned and eccentric knight by dining with him at
his chambers in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn; and
guest at
in reference to the crown jewels—a question not
theSi r Court Charles
o f was
frequently
Hanover. e
yet finally settled—Sir Charles Wetherell was his
thethe
ce
Majesty's leading counsel and adviser. The reign
of the deceased in Hanover has not been marked by
any events of importance; he governed that nation
in accordance with the constitution given to it by
King William the Fourth in 1832, when the States-
General entertained fears of an outbreak. The Duke
was a ready worker in the cause of charity. When
famined raged in Ireland, be forwarded the sum of
2,0001. j to the British Relief Association, 1,0001.
being contributed in his capacity of Chancellor of
the University of Dublin, and 1,0001. as King of

FRANKLIN.

TO THE EDITOIL OF THE TIMES.

Hanover.
The deceased Prince's titles were severally :—Prince
Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland and Teviot•
dale in Great Britain, and Earl of Armagh in Ireland,
and King of Hanover. His Royal Highness was a
Knight of the Garter, a Knight of St. Patrick, G.C.8.,
and G.C.H. He was also a Knight of the Prussian
orders of the Black and Red Eagle, a Field-Marshal
in the British army, Chancellor and Visitor of the
University of Dublin, a Commissioner of the Royal
`Military College and Asylum, a Fellow of the Royal
Society and of the Society of Arts.—Post.

EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1851.

LORD PALMERSTON AND THE KOS-
SUTLI DEMONSTRATIOAS.

ADDRESSES AND DEPUTATIONS TO THE
FOREIGN MINISTER.
Last evening an event elucidating the opinions of
the Foreign Minister in reference to the recent pub-
lic demonstrations in favour of Kossuth and the cause
of Hungary took place, on the occasion of the presen-
tation of addresses from the borough 9f Finsbury and
the parish of Islington to Lord Palmerston, at the
Foreign-office, congratulating his Lordship on the
aid he rendered the Sultan of Turkey in effecting the
liberation of the late Governor of Hungary.
It appears that Mr. Daniel Harris, the secretary
to the Kossuth Committee for the borough of Fins-
bury, wrote a letter to Lard Palmerston, asking the
Noble Lord whether it would be convenient for him
to receive a deputation for the purpose of presenting
to him the addresses agreed to at large public meet-
ings which had been held in the borough of Finsbury
and parish of Islington, to which that gentleman re-
ceived the following reply :
" Foreign Office, Nov. 15, 1851.
" Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the lath instant,
lam directed by Viscount Palmerston to say that he
will be glad to receive the delegates from Finsbury
and Islington at the office, either Monday or Tues-
day next.
"I am, Sir, your most obedient servant,
" Daniel Harris, Esq. " H. STANLEY."
In pursuance of this communication the deputa-
tion waited upon Lord Palmerston yesterday after-
noon at five o clock, at the Foreign-office, Downing-
street, and consisted of Mr. W. Sheen, Mr. P.
Barnes, barrister; Messrs. Thomas Lewis, D. Harris,
Green, Browne, James, Janson, Mudie, Moore,
Wakelin, Medley, Elt, Goorge Rogers, M'Claren, J.
H. Parry, barrister; Pike, and C. H. Williams.
The deputation, who were introduced by Mr.
Sheen, were received, by the Noble Lord with the
greatest courtesy.
Mr. DANIEL HARRIS s then read to Lord Palmer-
ston the addresses which had been unanimously
agreed to at large public meetings, and which his
Lordship had come up from Windsor expressly to
receive.
Lord PALMERSTON said he felt extremely flattered
and highly gratified by this expression of opinion on
the part of so large a number of his fellow-country-
men for his exertions in endeavouring to promote the
cause of national freedom of those nations who stood
in need of it. The Government were fully aware of
the sympathies of the British nation in favour of the
cause of Hungary ; but of course, as the organ of her
Majesty's Government, who was in friendly alliance
with the great foreign powers which had been referred
to, it could not be expected that he (the Noble Vis-
count) should concur in some of the expressions
which had been used in the addresses. He felt, how-
ever, that it was highly gratifying to have been in-
strumental in aiding the cause of the patriotic Hun-
garians and Poles, who, without British intervention,
would no doubt have been doomed to perpetual im-
prisonment, and sacrificed their freedom, if not their
lives, in the cause of their country's independence.—
(Hear, hear.) They never could have been rescued
from the fate which awaited them, even by the
aid which the Government of this country was
enabled to afford, had not the Government been
backed by public opinion here. There was no ques-
tion of the great moral power which the Government
of this country had over foreign affairs so long as the
Government were backed in the exercise of that
power by the public opinion of the people. No
doubt the moral power of the British Government
was immense—more than people generally imagined
—but it would be only effective so long as the people
and the Government went together.—(Hear.) There
could be no doubt but with regard to its Hungarian
policy the Government had been backed by the
people, as was instanced by the fact of the appeals
which had been made from all quarters and from all
the large towns and cities in the kingdom urging on
the Government of this country interference in that
important question. It was not necessary that Eng-
land should exercise a power with its armies, with its
bayonets, or with its cannons. The moral power,
where the Government was backed by the people,
would do a great deal more. The moral power
was greater than anything else, but even that could
not he made effective unless the Government and
people acted in unison. The Government, more
especially the foreign department, were sometimes
accused with keeping so much secrecy with regard
to their transactions with foreign powers. It was
said there ought not to be so much secrecy in diplo-
macy ; but, upon the same ground that men in the
ordinary business transactions of life did not make
public all the details of such transactions until the
bargains in which they might be engaged were com-
pleted, so also was it necessary that the publication
of the proceedings of diplomacy should be left to the
judgment and discretion of that department of the
Government, in order properly to transact the busi-
ness of the nation. The Noble Lord again said the
reception of those addresses just read, and the general
expression of approval of his conduct on the part of
bis countrymen, afforded him unfeigned pleasure and
gratification.
Mr. SRAEN observed that he felt that the people of
England had been hitherto somewhat lukewarm and
callous as to the relations of this country with foreign
questions ; but recent events, coupled with the cir-
cumstance that encouragement was held out to them
by the Government that they should do so, would
have the effect for the future of making them equally
alive to foreign es to domestic subjects.
Lord PALMERSTON remarked that one of the diffi-
culties in foreign affairs which was felt was from the
fact of the great bulk of the people caring generally
little about them. The Government had no desire to
be urged on to war, although they were desirous of
upholding the nationality of foreign countries. At
the time when Hungarian affairs were agitating the
world—he did not allude to recent demonstrations
here, but those which led to the step oa the part of the
Government—were the great demonstrations held in
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Birmingham, and all the great
towns, as well as the metropolis. When forty or fifty
addresses had reached him from all the great towns,
he forwarded them to Sir Stratford Canning, to
show him that it was not merely the wish of the
Government, but the wish of the people, that
he should interfere and prevent that, if possible, which
other powers were demanding, and that it was only
that circumstance which rendered the Government in
a position to grant aid if it were needed. But the
Sultan, to do him justice, was most willing to lend
his aid, and co-operate with this country in carrying
oat the wishes of the British Government.—(Hear,
hear.) At the same time, however, a great deal of
good generalship and judgment was required, and
during the pending struggle a good deal of judicious
bottle-holding was obliged to be brought into play.
—(Hear, hear.) His Lordship having again ex-
pressed his gratification at these marks of confidence
and approbation on the part of the people,
The deputation withdrew, highly gratified with the
warm reception they had received from the Noble
Viscount.

LIEUT. PIM'S SEARCH AFTER SIR JOHN

Sir,—As the announcement of Lieutenant Pim's
projected search after Franklin's expedition, by tra-
velling across Siberia this winter, and by afterwards
exploring during two or three years the region to the
north of Behring's Strait, was first made known
through your journal, I now beg to state, for the in-
formation of the public, that Lord John Russell has
complied with a request I made in the name of the
Royal Geographical Society, and has granted the sum
of 6001. to aid the special adventurous service of the
gallant officer, adding these kind words :—" I trust
he will not, in the ardour of his pursuit, risk unduly
his own life. I heartily wish him success."
This well-timed aid on the part of the First Minis-
ter of the Crown, not only prevents the necessity of
any present appeal to the friends of Franklin for a
subscription (which I know from numerous letters
addressed to me would have been promptly contri-
buted), or of making further demands on the purse—
alas ! I fear, too much exhausted—of a noble-minded
woman, but will also give Lieut. Pim great moral
support in Russia.

It is known that the Emperor is deeply interested
in procuring intelligence of the missing expedition,
and has long ago given orders to obtain every in-
formation respecting it which could be procured
from the natives of the northern coasts of Siberia. It
may, therefore, be hoped that the more definite mis-
sion of our countryman who is well inured to the
life of the Esquimaux, will be so countenanced by the
authorities at St. Petersburgh as to enable him to
carry out, with the Imperial assistance, a survey of
the distant and mountainous lands first descried by
the Russian navigator Wrangell, and since seen by
Captain Kellett, of her Majesty's ship Herald, beyond
which it is supposed that Franklin's ships may have
been frozen up. It is through such Imperial co-ope-
ration that we must look for success.

Charged with dispatches by Lord Palmerston, and
having obtained unlimited leave from the Admiralty,
Lieutenant Pim proceeds on his journey to-morrow,
and carries with him, I am sure, the prayer of
thousands that his object may be attained.
I remain, Sir, your very obedient servant,
RoDERIcic J. MURCUI6ON.
16, Belgrave-square, Nov. 18.

LOLA 3.J0NT.E3.--.7iit informs us that
the celebrated Lola Montes has engaged (about two months
since) the state cabins of the Humboldt steamer, which will
leave Havre on the 20th instant, for the purpose of proceed-
ing to America to fulfil an engagement she ba,
entered into with Barnum, under whose auspices Jenny
proceeded to the United States. The engagement is, to
dance in the United States, including Canada and
California,
for twelve months, and to receive 32,0001. At the termina7
tien of the engagement, it is understood that this celebrated_
lady will proceed through the West India Islandssto4l- „a.
vannah to South America, and from thence cross the Patine
to china and ludic.

MANCHESTER DISTRICT COURT OF
BANKRUPTCY.
(Baer,. Mr. Commissioner SKIRRow.)
RE d. N. BATESON.
, On the 711 instant, a meeting was held at the
Bankruptcy Court, for the purpose of auditing the
accounts of this bankrupt, who was a cotton spinner,
near Rochdale. On the official assignee, Mr. Charles
Lee, handing up his account to the Commissioner,
his Honour refused to raceive it, alleging as his rea-
son that it was not in accordance with the rules and
orders, especially as regarded one item,—that of a
payment, made by the official assignee, to the chief
registrar, and that he had not made out and sent a
debtor and creditor account to Mr. Harper, of Bury,
the solicitor to the assignee.
Mr. Lee stated that he had fully complied with the
rules and orders, that he had duly rendered the ac-
count three days before the meetings, that they were
approved and countersigned by Mr. Harper, that he
had paid the chief registrar before the audit, and that
he had produced the usual voucher for the payment.
The COMMISSIONER refused to proceed to the audit,
stating that the rules and orders had not been com-
plied with. He then adjourned the audit meeting
until the 11th (Tuesday last), stating as the reason
in the memorandum that Mr. Charles Lee, the official
assignee, had not made out and sent in a debtor and
creditor account, in the manner and form directed by
the Lord Chancellor's order, No. IG, bearing date No-
vember 12, 1842 ; and that he had not paid the pz.r
tentage to the chief registrar's account, as directed by
Lord Chancellor Cottenham's order of May 31, 1850.

On Tuesday last when the case was called on, Mr,

Edward Bennett appeared with Mr. Harper as his
agent. The Commissioner inquired whether the
official assignee had rendered an amended account.
The official assignee stated that he had not done so ; that
the account he had forwarded to the solicitor was
strictly regular, and he could not deviate from it.
The COMMISSIONER intimated that in consequence
of the official assignee not having rendered another
account, he would not adopt the audit sheet handed
to him at the previous meeting.
Mr. Bennett strongly urged upon the Commis-
sioneri the " fix" the creditors would be placed n ;
that their dividend, which would be a large one,
would be stayed, and he begged that the Court would
at any rate attend to them.
The COMMISSIONER said that he deeply felt for the
creditors, but he could not, and would not relax his
determination; and he asked Mr. Bennett if he could
suggest any course to meet the difficulty, inasmuch
as he should most anxiously consider it. He again
called upon Mr. Lee to furnish another account,
which Mr. Lee declined to do, for his previous rea-
sons—that he had already done it in accordance with
the rules and orders.
Mr. Bennett suggested to the Commissioner that
he should at once intimate what order he would make.
He apprehended it would be to call upon Mr. Lee to
pay the cost of the adjourned audit, and that if so,
the whole question would be raised, and give the
official assignee the power of appeal to the Lords
Justices.

The COMMISSIONER stated that such would be his
course.
The official assignee again declined offering any
other account, inasmuch as all the items and vouchers
had been examined by the registrar, according to the
regular practice, and had been also approved by the
solicitor to the trade assignee, and the audit-paper
having been sworn to, was signed by him.
Mr. Bennett trusted his Honour would make
such an order forthwith, that the creditors should not
be delayed, and that he would adjourn the audit.
The CommissioNEn said he mde an order for the
adjournment of the audit to the 27th of November,
ordering that the official assignee should pay the cost
of and attending the adjournment, and stating in the
memorandum setting forth the reason of the adjourn-
ment—

Such adjournment being in consequence of the said
official assignee not having complied with the rules and
orders as set forth in the memorandum of adjournment,
and at this sitting requested the official assignee to make
out the audit paper in manner and form described by
the rules and orders, and " the Bankrupt Law Consoli-
dation Act, 1849," to which I especially called his atten-
tion, whereupon the said official assignee, instead of
complying with my directions, stated in open court, " I
have already done it on the seventh, and cannot do it
again." Upon application being made to mo by Mr.
Harper, solicitor to the assignees, for a further adjourn-
ment, the said official assignee stated in open court, " It
is of no use adjourning; I can do no more." In order
that the official assignee may appeal forthwith from my
orders, which ho has undertaken to do.
The meeting lasted nearly three hours.
On Thursday, which was the day on which the
dividend meeting was fixed, the matter again came
before the Court. Mr. Heelis, solicitor, appeared on
behalf of Mr. C. Lee, the official assignee.
The COMMISSIONER stated that, in order that there
might be no delay, he had drawn up his certificate to
the Lords Justices, and it only wanted his signature.
Any gentlemen who were present on the previous
occasion might see with what anxiety, he might say
with what submission, he had laboured to induce the
officer of the court to do his duty He had waited
for two hours to afford him the opportunity of doing
so. When th© name of a gentleman of the first re-
spectability was mentioned, he waited for half an
hour that he might come, being anxious himself to
have the assistance of that gentleman, but nothing
was done. He had made the order, and would not
relax one iota of it.

Mr. Bennett inquired what was to be done about
the dividend meeting ?
The COMMISSIONER said that the 187th section of
the Act provided that no dividend should be declared
until there had been an audit. He had adjourned the
audit, ergo it was impossible to have a dividend, as it
was against the law. He made the order adjourning
the dividend from the 11th, in order that the officer
of the Court might appeal to the Lords Justices, be
undertaking to do so ; and, therefore, when he (the
Commissioner) signed that order, be stated upon it the
reason of the adjournment.
Mr. Bennett asked to be allowed to see the order
to which his Honour consented.
The COMMISSIONER said it was perfectly useless
any one addressing him to relax on the point of the
order he bad made—all he should do would be to
adjourn the dividend.

Mr. Bennett asked whether his Honour considered
that he had adjourned the last audit ?
The COMMISSIONER said he had adjourned the audit
from the last meeting to the 22d. He repeated that
on the last occasion. Upon the name of Mr. Heelis
being mentioned, he had sat in the court half an hour,
in order that he might have his assistance, as well as
that of the officer of the court; and he had waited in
the precincts of the court until four o'clock, trusting
that he would explain the matter.
Mr. Heelis said that he was not aware that his
Honour was waiting for him.
The COMMISSIONER said that he thought it MS a
matter of discretion for him to wait, that he might
have Mr. Heelis's assistance ; but he should not have
thought of mentioning that gentleman's name, had it
not been mentioned to him first.
Mr. Lee said that he had stated that he was only
waiting for his Honour's order, to hand it to the
solicitor.

The COMMISSIONER said that the exhibit which waa
presented to him on November 7, 1851, he had
marked as exhibited, and put upon it the particular
day on which it was exhibited, because he made a
peremptory order to have it; but, instead of that being
at first complied with, a great liberty was taken with
the Court, by his order being brought back to him
interlined with some pencil marks. He ordered these
words to be taken out, and said he would know wby
the order was not obeyed. If the order had not been
obeyed, be should have considered the officer in con-
tempt of court, and should have proceeded according
to law.

Mr. Lee said the order had been obeyed.
The COMMISSIONER, after stating how he had
marked different papers relating to this matter, said
that it was no use going further into the question.
Great as was Mr. Heelis's influence with him, he
isgahidt
it in the kindest manner, he was afraid he should not
be influenced on this occasion by anything he
say. He repeated what he had before stated, that he
should send the papers to the Lords' Justices, and that
show
wadtyo
mdrra.wunesuipts the
s,s csoelritsiifitocarteto,
the
ehicc)ffili
official
ahisiahglanddee. It would then be for the Lords' Justices to
deal with the matter. He should adjourn the divi-
dendorder
t.
i‘iru.t nhßtei
elrneanaf after
to
aotshfkeet
the
eahuaidadiu rito, and
would state in the
-Honaoltirto allow the trade
assignee to see the documents, as he would have to
appear.
The COMMISSIONER said that the trade assignee
might or might not have to
that he should not have to
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nothing, because he might prejudice his appeal. lie
(the Commissioner) assured him that he would not
prejudice himself as to his appeal, but he did right in
not taking his counsel.
Mr. Lee was about to speak when the COMMISSIONER
said—l do not require you to say anything.
Mr. Lee—l wish to state my exact position.
The COMMISSIONER—You will have an opportunity
before the Lords Justices.

Mr. Lee—His Honour has brought charges against
me in open court before this large assembly. I ap-
peal to the different gentlemen.
The COMMISSIONER (interrupting Mr. Lee)—You
have nothing to do with it.
Mr. Lee—Whether I have not a right to be heard.
The COMMISSIONER—The law makes me master. I
say you shall not be heard.