ERNEST AUGUSTUS WRITES ON THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS OF 1828 ERNEST AUGUSTUS (Duke of Cumberland, 1771-1851, Fifth Son of George III, and King of Hanover)

Fascinating Autograph Letter Signed headed, 'Confidential' to Sir Charles William FLINT (1777-1832, Private Secretary, 1808-1815, to the Duke of Wellington), thanking him for 'The Times', he has read "with the greatest attention & ... considerable pain, in reading Lord Goderich's Explanation of the Causes of the breaking up of the Government, I beg not to be misunderstood and that you or any one else should think I do not most heartily rejoice at that Government being defeated, but I own I feel sorry to see a Monarch I believe to be a most honorable and amiable Man, declare himself thus publicly before all Great Britain and Europe ..." that the crucial measure as "alludes to, to have been settled & arranged without his having any Idea of it, and when he was acquainted with it, his not immediately expressing his Disapprobation ..." implying a total lack of respect for the Premier, "the Duke of Wellington has spoken most nobly ... the flattest contradiction to Mr Huskisson's most extraordinary unguarded Assertions at Liverpool. It is now to be seen if this Gentleman will pull in his horns, and remain silent, or whether he will retire from Office. One good however this Speech of the Duke's will have served to quiet many of our friends who I know had a decided Idea that he had given way upon many points ...", he is puzzled by the French papers' version of "the appointment of Lord Hill to the Command of the Army, but as it is translated ... I cannot exactly make out the nature of his situation, the words ... 'in all that regards military Concerns' does thus imply that Lord Hill is not to have the recommendation of the of the army ... alias the Patronage of the Army; if so I lament it for it will give rise to many awkward suspicions as to who the Person is that has that ... I shall be curious to learn further particulars. The German Councellor I also read in the French papers is named, but as yet the Person's name was not mentioned ..." he is glad that Sir Anthony HART (1754-1831, Lawyer and Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1827 to 1839) his "health seems to be so far recovered that he thinks of setting off for Irealand. The Irish Chancellor I am informed has placed himself entirely in the hands of a Popish lawyer ...", 6 sides 8vo., Berlin, 25th February



Item Date:  1828

Stock No:  41749      £375

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