New-York tribune., 1910-02-20


his son. and had return to the thro,o
possible for them she would not vyiIing,,, - +"
become rival claimant But there wa. ..
no King James the Third and no Queen SOL,
George Lewis was fifty-fOur years Old MI
he was summoned to England TO take the tb,.
Of his mothers ancestors-and to save the e.
try from the advent of the Pretender and ., =,
the evils attending that young man Wa
told that perhaps the most unhappy dav ~ :.
Electors life was that on which he learned -
he King of England He was 50 cor,so.
able in Hanover, He was fond Of his moo,
and they were fond of him. His word was -
in his country-and England. alas. had o..
stitution to which the King had % bend 7b.
was hard thing for the arrogant little q
man prince to contemplate. He hated Poo,
ceremony, he didn't like the English. and h
knew that they wanted him only as a bulu,...
against a Roman Catholic rule All through \.
years in England he longed to be in Hanoy,-
and returned there as often he could a4
stayed as long as he dared. The English "a
liked him; Mr.. Melville Acknowledges that ~.
i'll opinion of him survives TO this dav Tb
underlying cause of this dislike il is not da-sa
was that they resented being ruled b,- . 8
eigner even by n foreigner whom tbay b,
called to the throne" They did not Ike sic
looks; nor his habits: nor his inability to s,.s,
English; nor the Germans. men and yvo7,e,
who had accompanied him To England. Anon,
these people. to be sure. there were Ieecb..
who hoped for peerages and fat Offices in En-,
land-but they were faced By a law which
blocked such chances for foreigners. and Georra
apparently. did not try to evade or change II
But while they did not get what they had
hoped for they found scope for their greed IN
other directions. What they could not pet g.
themselves they could get for British aspi-.
ants who would bid high enough for their f.
fluence. Three. at least of the Hanoverja-s
who surrounded the King traded necessarily r.
titles and appointments Mr.. Melville says tas-
George seems to have put no check on IL
rapacity of these men:
By accepting their nornina tions he cannot be p-i
innocent OF the charge of having given them drer
encouragement to perSevere in their sCandalr.
conduct. Indeed, though he did not pIunder f.
of di'il' is s ne sbG5 Ma2 m Tb bct tb c M m e
ward his followers with offices or pensions cbs-1
able on th,. English or Irish establishments h. 5fl
the next best thing and gave them OppOrtunii-g
in other w-avs to arnass money Thus PobefsI7
procured from him the grant of Clerk Of the Paria
ment for anybody he would when death r.
moved the present holder of that appointr1enr ard
the confidential adviser sold the revlrsion to Snsr
Ger COwper, member of Parliament for Truro, for
the sum of one thousand eight hundred pounds
When a cook George had brought from Hanover
asked permission to return because he could rer
be responsible for the prodigaI waste that was in
such startling contrast to the rigid economy of
Herrenhausen, Never mind the monarch is re
ported to have said, my present revenues vii
laughed-'oe sure you take enough" This and
other stories rnay well De apOcryDhai but il has
been stated again and again on good authority that
George had no belief in the disinterestedness Of
statesmen, and wh-r: WapolC complained OF the
predatory habits of the foreigners. re retOrte,I
Il suppose you also are paid for Your recomTnena-
tiOnS.
Mr.. Melville declares that according 10 lis
lights. George was honest loyal To his frieRls
and just, and often generous, 10 his enemies
There is a story that when a masked lady At
ball asked him to drink TO the Pretender he
raised his glass and said with a bow to 5.r
reckless dame Il will drink with all my heart
to the health of any unfortunate prince" It
may be that there was q something of sOftlzss
in the heart of the fat. elderly King for
who was, after all. his kinsman. Not wholly
without sympathy was this Hanoverian: nov
and again he did things that Were kind. 1t Vas
long remembered of him that during progress
through the English provinces he released
from gaol at his own expense all prisoners cot
fined for debt in any town through which he
passed. He had a sense of hurnOr which
somewhat coarse; and he liked dancing and
music. OF art and literature he knew LITTLE
and for them cared less Hating formal court
entertainments he enjoyed listening in sen.s
to clever. witty talk He loved good eating and
most of all. his pipe and beer of an evening
with friends about him in the drawing room Of
the Won Schulenburg, the far from fair Meusine
who was. the biosrapher believes. his morgan