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 as
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 Herrenhausen 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
i❑ 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 in authority, and inflexible
in the just administration of the laws, during a reig❑
of 13 years, the King of Hanover has never forgotten
a friend or made an enemy, or given occasion to com-
plaint ; amid 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
days were spent at the place which gave him birth,
and his first preceptors were Mr. Cookson and Dr.
Hughes. I❑ the year 1786 he accompanied his royal
brothers, the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, to the
University of Clottingen, 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 he 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
he 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, hehastened 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 rearguard of the British
forces in the retreat through Holland—a post of great
importance and difficulty. The year 1796 saw his
Royal Highness return to England, where be 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 he 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 i❑ the great struggle against the en-
croaching power of Napoleon. His Royal Highness

ook part iii several important engageinents inught
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 tenderness 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 29 h of May, 1815, at Strehtz ; 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
Prus.da ; 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 laud. 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 bas been questioned. Still, the illustrious
deceased showed a memorable obedience to the edicts
of the Goverment when, on receiving Lord John
Ruisell'a missive, that after a certain day the exist-
ence of the Orange lodges of Ireland (of which he
was the patron and head) would be 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
an unwearied interest in the educational affairs of
that part of the empire. Of the late Sir Charles
Wetherell, one of the greatest constitutional lawyers
that ever graced this country, he was the intimate per-
sonal as shown by the fact that in 1843, on
the cc
of his visit to this country, after his o fraiseinond,
ac-
cession to the Hanoverian Throne, he honoured the
learned and eccentric knight by dining with him at
his chambers in Stone-buildings, Lincoln's-inn; and
Sir Charles was frequently the King's guest at
the Court of Hanover. In the celebrated cause
in reference to the crown jewels—a question not
yet finally settled—Sir Charles Wetherell was his
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 iu 1832, when the States-
General entertained fears of an outbreak.. The Duke
was a ready worker in the cause of chaiqty. When
fawined raged in Ireland, he forwarded the sum of
2,0001.: to the British Relief Association, 1,0001.
being contributed in his capacity of Chancellor of
the University of Dublin, and 1,000/. as King of
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
Seeiet7 dud of the Societyof ,Arts.---Post.

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,g-KENING, NOVEMB-Elt 19,,) 1851.

MANCHESTER DISTRICT COURT OF
BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Simutow.)
On the
, RE J. N. BAtTESON.
-7tb. instant, a eeting was held at the
Bankruptcy Court, for them purpose of auditing the
accounts of this bankrupt, who was a cotton spinner,
near Rochdale. On the official assignee, Mr. Charles
Lee, banding up, his account to the Commissioner,
his Honour refused to receive it, allegin 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 cfficial assignee
registrar, and- that
dto Mr. to the chief
debtor and creditor accounthehad not made out and sent a
debtor and creditor accou
the solicitor to the assignee. IdiearOpuetra,n
ofd se
Bury
rya,
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 Mearper, that be
had paid the Chief registrar before tbeaudit, and that
fo
he had produced the usual voucher
the payment.
The COMMISSIONER refused to proceedr
to he
stating that the rules and orders had not
be
audit,
en com-
plied with. He then adjourned the audit
meeting
until the llth (Tuesday last), stating as the;e"ng in the memorandum that Mr. Charles Lee, the officialeass'
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. 16, bearing date -No-
vember 12, 1842 ; and that he had not paid the per
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 notdone 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-
sioner the"" fix" the creditors would be placed •in ;
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 bim.
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 COMMISSIONER 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 whieh 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 me 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 he, has undertaken to do.
The meeting lasted nearly three hours.
On Thursday, which was the day on which the
dividend meetthg 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 hii duty He had waited
for two hours to afford him the opportunity of doing
so. When the name of a gentleman of the first re-
spectability was mentioned, he waited for half an
hour that be 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 t hat no dividend should be declared
until there had been an audit. He had adjoureed 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, he
undertaking to do ' and, therefore, when he (the
Commissioner) signed.tlrat order, he 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 to relax on the point of the
order he had made—all-he should do would be to
adjourn the dividend.
Mr. Bennett asked whether his Honour considered
that he bad 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 bis assistance, as well as
that of the officer of the court; and he had waited in
the preciects of the court until four o'clock, trusting
that he would explain the matter.
Mr. Heelis said that ho was not aware that his
Honour was waiting for him.
The COMMISSIONER said that he thought it was 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 was
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 be 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* hack to him
interlined ivith some pencil marks. lie ordered these
words to be taken out, and said he would know why
the order wee not obeyed. if the order bad 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 CoramissioNEß, 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,ehme
isgahidt
it in the kindest manner, he was afraid he should not
be influenced on this occasion by anything he
say. He repeated what be had before stated, that he
should send the papers to the Lords' Justices, and that
he had already drawn up the certificate, which he
would show to Mr. Heelis, as solicitor to the official
assignee. It would then be for the Lords' Justices to
deal with the matter, He should adjoustrantethienditvhie-
dend until after the audit, and would
or di‘eirr.the
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to
allow the trade
assignee to see the documents, as he would have to
appear.
The T
COMMISSIONER said that the trade assignee
might or might not have to appear.
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quite
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had been pursued, the tradheicahssignee would not have
had to appear. He suggested a mode of procedure
which would have offered the gentleman every facility
for his appeal, is he was anxious that a course should
be pursued which would not delay the dividend; but
he (the official assignee) had said, be durst say very
wisely, cautiously, and consistently, that he should do
nothing, because he might prejudice his appeal. He
(the Commissioner) assured him that he would not
prejudice himself as to his appeal, but be 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 sp.
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 muter. I
esy you ohku not be bud.