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LONDON, FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1868.

All must sympathise with the unfortunate King
of HANOVER in his Erd exile, and if it were pos-
sible to imagine the statesmen of Prussia feeling
accusation of shame, we could easily believe their
regarding with compunction the ceremony that
took place at Ritzing the other day. On that
occasion his MAJESTY celebrated his " silver wed-
ding," the twenty-fifth anniversary of his mar-
riage. The affair went off very well, and must
have proved very satisfactory to the Royal Family.
A large party assembled, and the KING'S speech
was interesting and impressive. He declared that
the presence of those who had come from such a
distance fully revealed the intimate connection
between the Hanoverian people and the House of
GUELPH. It is touching to find that the unfortu-
nate Monarch still retains the conviction that the
tide of fortune will turn, and that he will return
to his old place and resume his Sovereign State.
He pointed emphatically to his ancestors, who had
been driven by adverse fate from their inheritance,
and bad found upon their return a yet larger
Guelphic kingdom than they had possessed before.
He trusted in the justice of Providence, and
cherished the hope that he should yet return a
"free and independent" Sovereign to his own coun-
try. In conclusion, the KING drank prosperity to
Hanover, and a speedy re-union in the branch of
the Guelphs. This feast, which was attended ex-
clusively by llanoverians, is suggestive in many re-
spects. It shows that old ties and deep-seated asso-
ciations are not rooted up and put aside by the
passing winds of adverse fortune, and the respect
and regard that are the portion of King GEORGE
cannot be taken from him by any stern decree or
harsh innovation of the conqueror. He has been a
needless sacrifice to the inordinate ambition and
the vanity of ill-directed desires, but he
still retains a sway in the minds of his faithful
adherents that no armed forces can dispossess him
of, and no statute that issues from the councils of
Berlin can put a period to. Many circumstances
take place which from time to time necessi-
tate the introduction of a new order of things,
however precious the Conservatism of the old
regime may be, and the chances and changes of this
troublesome world entail many a regret and a
mournful glance at the past. In looking at the
position of the exiled Princes of Germany, however,
we cannot conscientiously say that any justification
appears for the insults and injuries that have been
heaped upon them ; on the contrary, Germany
would be a great deal better off had they been left
where they were. The utmost said against them
was that they stood still, but those who
have usurped their places go a great deal
too for in the wrong direction. In a very
short time it will be seen how greatly the course
now pursued under the direction of BISMARCK has
militated against the full development of native
strength, atd how much it has undermined the na-
tional prosperity of those annexed provinces. Itis
a tribute to the devotion of his servants that the
magnificent plate of the ex-Kings of llanover was
concealed from the Pi ussians, and graced the ban-
quet at Ritzing i❑ a fashion that many a crowned
head might have envied. While we feel that it is
not in the doctrine of chances that the wish and ex-
pectations of the exiled KING will ever be realised,
we cannot the less sympathise with him, and feel in-
dignation at the manner in which he has been
treated.

In Bavaria it is to be noticed that the turn of
affairs has by no means realised the expectations
of Prussia, and that the projected union with that
country does not find the favour which some had
anticipated would be its portion.• we are not
surprised at this, for the Southern people have had
ample opportunity of judging for themselves by
this time as to the nature of the changes, and so
see now much more in sound than reality is the
entire affair of the union with North Germany. The
Prussians have made a piece of work about the
Hanoverian Legion, but according to accounts it
may be considered that nothing serious will result
from the affair. The folly of the Berlin Govern-
ment is shown by the language used in semi-official
quarters when it is said that it is no proof of
friendly feeling to give hospitality to the ex-King,
and so on. The intolerance of these critics is well
known to report, but even they seldom go further
than they do here. When they maintain that his Ma-
jesty of HANOVER has equipped Prussian subjects
for war against their Sovereign it really seems as
if they were at a loss what new charge to bring
when they argue after this fashion.

Among the many exciting subjects which are
likely to engross public attention this session we
are glad to find that one of great social importance
is not to be altogether overlooked. The inequalities
and injustice which attend the present system of
rating for the relief of the poor have lately formed
the subject of a good deal of discussion. The wide-
spread distress at the East of London, augmenting,
as it does, from year to year, has induced wise and
thoughtful men to go deeper into the question than
the mere temporary administration of relief, and
made them examine, in all its bearings, the whole
system of parochial relief. The rates at which small
householders grumble in the central districts become
in the eastern parishes one of the most serious con-
siderations to those struggling just above pauperism,
and while all unprejudiced observers admit the justice
of their complaints, they have not weight or influ-
ence enough to carry the day against the interested
opposition of their wealthier antagonists at the
lightly-taxed West-end. Such an oppressive and
unjust state of things, however, is not likely to
last long without some movement being made by
practical reformers ; and, accordingly, we find that
the meeting which WAS held the other day in the
East-end
tep-ernadtaoy
icoo:sider the adjustment of some of
pduifftaetrieonnc.es,lhr has been succeeded by
the Promised deputation. Yesterday a large and
influential body of gentlemen waited unon the Pre-
sident of
the Poor-Law Board, at Gwydyr House,
to plead for the extension of the area of rating.
They were not prepared at once to recommend the
total equalisation of the rates, but urged that
the principle should be adopted at least with
regard to the indoor poor. They urged very forci-
bly the grievances of the poorer ratepayers, and
showed that the inequalities of the present system
were most glaring and indefensible. Facts and
figures speak for themselves, and the logic of the
subjoined statement is unanswerable :—" The seven

1 rich districts," said Mr. M'GILL, of St. George's-in-
' the-East, " Kensington, Paddington, St. George's,
Hanover-square, Hampstead, Islington, the City of
'London, and Lewisham, having £15,000,000 of
property, paid only £150,613 as the rate in 1866,
'while the parishes of East London, Shoreditch,
Bethnal-green, St. George's-in-the-East, Stepney,
St. James, Southwark, and St. George, Southwark,
the property in which combined parishes amounted
to only £1,371,574, paid £195,215 for their contri-
bution to the poor-rate." So that not only do
these poverty-stricken eastern parishes pay more in
proportion than their wealthy neighbours, but they
actually contribute more money. With property of
twelve times the amount they pay some £50,000
less towards the metropolitan burdens, and it must
be remembered that in 1867 those burdens were
much heavier than in 1866. If the rates were
exactly even there would still remain the moral in-
equality, since three or four shillings iu the pound
; represent a very different value in St. George's,
1
Hanover-square, and in St. George's-in-the-East ;
, but nobody proposes to attempt the literal
equalisation. The matter for complaint is
that the poorest parishes should be taxed
much more heavily than the wealthy ones,
since no one pretends that the poor are especially
called upon to support each other while the rich
may stand aloof irresponsible. Mr. LOCKE, in an-
swering
the objections which are brought against
the more equitable adjustment of the scale
referred yesterday to a question which he said
stood in close relation to it—the dwellings of the
labouring classes. " The labouring classes were by
the operation of the present parish rating driven .
out of the richer parishes and sent to dwell in the
poorer parishes, which were thus overburdened
with poor and overwhelmed with rates, while
having a population from a large portion of which
it was imnossible to collect rates." If the rates
were less unequal the landlords would be less un-
willing to let land for workmen's dwellings, and
the labourers would not be driven so far from their
work. Mr. AYRTON reminded the noble President
that at one time the proposal to equalise the rates
was considered as preposterous, but that latterly it
had gained much ground. Mr. HARDY'S proposal
to make certain classes of sick paupers a charge
upon the whole metropolis, instead of upon
the local parishes, was in reality the first
step towards equalisation, yet it was universally
approved of as just and reasonable. Mr. AYRTON
suggested that if the in-door pauperism of the
metropolis were put upon the same footing in the
41 workhouses, the different classes of paupers
could be properly classified, the lunatics being placed
in one, the able-bodied in another, and so on.
Those who have attempted to deal with the work-
houses in their moral aspect have always lamented
the absence of classification as one of the greatest
evils against which they have to contend in their
work of reform. There can be no question that by
degrading the more respectable, demoralising the
young, tending to the neglect of the sick
and aged, and retarding the recovery of the
insane and epileptic, this want of classifica-
tion increases pauperism, and hinders the pro-
gress of remedial measures. In every point
of view, then, there is much need of a change ;
in fact it is a question which cannot much longer
remain untouched. Several members of the deputa-
tion yesterday assured Lord DEVON that in some
parishes the persons summoned for the non-payment
of rates brought their pawntickets to show that they
had parted with their clothes, and others brought
relief tickets to show they were themselves paupers.
The objection that an equalisation of the rates
would tend to extravagance in the administration of
the funds has no solid foundation. There might
be strict central supervision, and the local adminis-
tration might still be left to local dispensers. If
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DEVON, who appJarel somewhat reluctant to
entertain tha proposition, said that he had
always been anxious to discover a mode by which
the principle of equalisation could be 0 •
reco,msed
and adopted consistently with the main • t enance of
economy, for extravagance by guardians who did
not feel responsibility would not only do wrong to
the ratepayers, but would demoralise the recipients.
The facts stated from the East-end yesterday,
however, prove that great wrong is being done to a
large portion of the metropolitan ratepayers under
the existing system, while the demoralisation of the
recipients is far more likely to result from the lavish
and indiscrimate almsgiving which has been com-
plained of at the East-end. Yet what is to be
done ? We cannot suppose or desire that
the public will listen with indifference
and apathy to the tales repeated day
after day in the bitter winter season of families
huddled together without the commonest necessaries
of life—children crying for bread, aged and sick
shivering by fireless hearths, naked limbs freezing
in the winds. All this misery and destitution is not
only vouched for by reliable witnesses, but can ac-
tually be seen by any one who takes the trouble to
look for himself, and the local authorities under the
present system, the economical guardians and the
prudent Poor-law officials, are manifestly incompe-
tent, as matters stand, to deal with it. The East
end of London calls for a vigorous change in the
manner of dealing with the metropolitan pauperism
before the arrival of another winter, and the pre-
sent session must not be allowed to pass without
the whole question being fully and fairly con-
sidered.