The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-20 00:00:00

ance. He is about six feet high, and with a very
upright military bearing, and altogether an exceed-
ingly fine-looking man for his age. Behind him
came two officers leading his son,- the Crown Prince,
who, as all the world knows and regrets, is incur-
ably blind. When the Prince was seated, the officers
immediately disappeared. Until the Royal pair had
seated themselves, the congregation remained stand-
ing. The Crown Prince seemed to know the service
most accurately, for he stood, kneeled, and sat at
different parts of it, with the utmost exactitude, and
answered each of the responses, as did also his father,
in the most pious and feeling tone. He seems, how-
ever, to be troubled with St. Vitus' dance, for, when-
ever I see him, he is continually fidgeting with his
sword or buttons, and incessantly moving and throw-
inglhis arms about in the strangest and most ludicrous
manner; but really whether he has this dreadful af-
fection of the nerves or not, Ido not know, but rather
think it is merely a bad habit.
At the second service, where the sacrament was to
be taken, it was most sorrowful and melancholy to
behold the aged and broken-down King (now the
oldest sovereign in Europe, since the death of the
King of Sweden) leading and guiding to and from
the communion table, with care and solicitude, his
blind and feeble son, who, by the natural rule, should
be the prop and support of his declining years, and
who, though endowed with the most striking physical
beauty and strength of form. is still rendered weak
and powerless as a child, by the ever-to-be-deplored
loss of his eye-sight.
Even the worst enemies of the King of Hanover
have ever allowed him, when he was the Duke, to
have been a zealous, and some have said a bi-
goted churchman ; but, as the King, I must say
he does not deserve to retain that once-prized title,
and this is principally shown by the utter dis-
regard he exhibits of the. Sunday. Each se-
venth day are seen before the palace or castle,
lights blazing and guards parading, all of which
indicate that his Majesty is about to make
merry with his subjects. This treating the Sunday
in the same manner as another day, is a custom
among all the Christians in Europe, except those of
England; and Ernest Augustus cannot therefore be
greatly blamed if he makes this concession to the
Hanoverians on becoming their king. He should
not, however, go farther than this, nor attempt to
compel his own countrymen, who may still retain the
prejudices of their fatherland, to do the same, as has
lately been the case by his requiring the attendance
of the British Ambassador at all his Sunday parties.
He has only a short time since commenced giving
these Sunday balls, and to the first Mr. Bligh was,
as a matter of course, invited, but declined attending.
A few days afterwards, so runs the story, there was a
grand diplomatic dinner at the palace, at which the at-
tendance of his British Excellency was not requested.
The affronted Ambassador inquired the cause, but
receiving no satisfactory answer, wrote to England,
demanding.instructions as to how he should act ; but
Lord Aberdeen refused interfering in such a matter,
and entirely left it to Mr. Bligh's own choice as to
his attending the Sunday soirees or not. The end of
the matter, as rumour goes, is, that his Excellency
now repairs every Sunday, makes his bow to the
King, and then hurries away, and drives home again
as fast as possible ; thus, at the same time, satisfying the
King's commands, and not in the slightest disturbing
the serenity of his own conscience. There is like-
wise a report that the King's English chaplain also
attends, and, what is still more, dances every Sun-
day; but this is such an unlikely matter that I can-
not give any credence to it. The King, it is said,
takes the greatest delight also in society, notwith-
standing his age, and goes hobbling about from per-
son to person, talking with the greatest satisfaction to
himself, though in the most abominable German that
ever affrighted a human tympanum. In consequence
of the horror it is reported the King has for German,
English has become the fashionable language, scarcely
anything else being spoken at the Court. After
church-time (although, indeed, his attendance is any-
thing but regular), he takes a walk through the town,
as, indeed, he does on most fine days, always leaning
upon the arm of, and chatting with, an Adjutant. I
suspect that if any person who bore the title of
Majesty, was to take it into his head to walk through
the streets of any large town in England, his life and
reign would not, through the pressure of the mob
certain to follow at his Royal heels, be -of long
duration ; but here, as through all Germany is
the custom, the King goes about, looking into the
shops and scrutinising the soldiers' uniforms, as
coolly as possible, and enjoying himself like other
people. But what I particularly remark is, that few
persons salute him, in the usual German way, by
taking off the hat, as• is always done "to the Crown
Prince and his amiable consort. No person ever
thinks of looking after the King, or turning round
to stare at him, as would be the case in England;
but, on the contrary, so little are the people excited
by the presence of royalty, that I have seen• some of
the lower orders whistle as they have passed him.
One of royal blood goes about with as little attention
paid to them as to other people ; and the Crown
Princess walks from shop to shop, with her footman
behind, greeted always by the flying off of the hat, or
the low curtsey ; but still by a natural politeness be-
longing to the Germans, she is never incommoded by
being watched or stared at.
The English in Hanover are, at this moment, any-
thing but numerous, though, when the Duke of
Cambridge was here, there were a great many. The
national character has suffered seriously by the dis•
graceful conduct of some of our countrymen, who,
by bad luck, have been here. There were lately
some strange transactions by a paymaster, sent by
the English Goverment for the purpose of paying
the pensions to the members of the German. Legion,
which for some time, was in England, and after-
wards in the Peninsula ; and the publicity that
attended them has done great harm among the
lower orders to the English character. There have
also been some madmen here, who, with a great pre-
ponderance of money over wit, have played most
unheard-of and extraordinary tricks; and the general
belief among the canaille is, that every Englishman
is a sort of insane Crcesus, who goes flying about
from country to country for the sole object of being
cheated. That there is some truth in the remark can-
not be doubted, since it would be difficult to discover
for what possible purpose Englishmen go and thrust
their noses into every state, town, and village through-
out the civilised, and, indeed, sometimes through the
uncivilised world. If it is for the purpose of being
ridiculed and laughed at, their object is gained to the
utmost extent, 'since their depth and intensity of
curiosity is the laughing stock of all Europe. The
manner in which the Germans ridicule the flock of
cockneys on the Rhine, who fly from England every
summer, is most laughable to hens; and the jokes
and tricks said to have been played on their igno-
rance should give most Englishmen a perfect surfeit
of travelling in such numbers together, instead of
going quietly and peaceably, each, according to their
tastes, without all the hurry and scrambling of an in-
vading army of foreigners. It is a pity that fashion,
the only despot that Englishmen bow to, does not
turn their carnage wheels to all the beautiful scenery
of their 'own kingdoms; but as monied upstarts
among the English are the most vulgar of mankind,
so they are constantly vigorous in their efforts to be
ever a la mode.

An interesting lecture on the Currency was deli-
vered last evening at the George Hotel, Aldermanbury,
under the sanction of the Society for the Emancipation
of Industry. The audience was composed of the highly
respectable traders in the neighbourhood, by whom the
lecture was well received, and at its close a conversation
ensued which contributed to elucidate the principles of
the currency, We understand the lecture is likely to be
repeated in other places in the metropolis, and we re-
commend our readers to attend it when an opportunity

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his time could scarcely yet be said to have come, in the
course of nature, for his death was the result of an in-
jury in the hip-joint, occasioned by a fall on Thursday
last week. In his anxiety to get out of doors, to
enjoy the recent sunny weather, his foot had entangled,
and he was thrown down. Any injury, however
slight, was almost sure to have proved fatal, and
accordingly the utmost care and skill were unavailing.
lie expired on Thursday morning, at the alvanced age
of 116 years, 3i months. It may be satisfactory to
know, now that all poor Jamie's wanderings have
ceased, that the fund which the kindness of a few
munificent iniividuals (including our gracious Sovereign,
and several of the leading names in the land) had
placed at the disposal of Mr. Jaffray, bookseller,
in Berwick, and ourselves, has amply sufficed to
' smooth the last asperities in his path ; and the old man
lately bestowed his blessing on Mr. Jaffray, and said
" that he hadna been sae wee' alf this hunder year.
The most vigilant means were adopted of administering
to him the comforts best suited to his peculiar case.
And it must be stated that his wife, who is his junior by
a whole generation, tended and kept him with a care and
assiduity truly exemplary.—Berwick and Kelso Warder.
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EMIGRATION.—`vast numbers of emigrants, from
vll parts of the empire are now flocking to this port, on
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the United
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present that passages aro difficult to obtain. The ma-
jority of the Scotch emigrants are for Upper Canada,
whilst those of this country and Ireland are for the
United States. The Irish emigrants in number fully
amount to that of the English, Scotch, mid Welsh united,
and they. are generally poor people cleared off the estates
of the Irish landlords. During the winter months, there
were more English emigrants sailing from this port than
Irish, but from some causes, perhaps a little revival in
trade, their numbers have lately duninishcd.—L;erpool
Mercury.