DEATH OF THE KING OF HANOVER.

Lyttelton Times, Volume L, Issue 5459, 21 August 1878, Page 3

DEATH OF THE KING OF HANOVER.

! King George of Hahpyer dled poacef»lly,in Paris on HisMajestyi. who: Vasiiifty-nino; years of age, was dispossessed of-biefthrone T 866, on-the occasion of;-the - Austro-Pruksian wnri’ ;' Tins' news ‘ will ,'awakep. ’.a ".deep ond. r Widely-spread' feeling'- of - regret, which will he (he more poignant as the fact ■of his ' s'eribur iUneto'was' hot gehorally; kqown. '4*;. a .peari relative of,- Queen Victoria, and a--member-of-: the British royal family, all-faithtot subjects ivill join toTamcriting (his (osa/ hut beyend. this tliere will -be a more lively sense of regret among the.largc number who had been brought into contact: with' the 'deceased sovereign. Who?* manners apd character were .such as. to win for him the sincere regard and esteem of all- who kriOw • him.' The Tate king was tho only son of King Ernest of Hanover, betfor ' known as. Duke of Oumberland. who succeeded to the throne on the death'-of j-King 'William--IY. inlß37,Thh : Salie;la.w : qf Hahover not per'.feraale , to("reign ,intthat kingdom. He was born on May 27, 1819, and at an earlyage was attacked 'with acbmplaint iri the' eyes, which after some, time resulted in tptal blindneßS. In the year 1840 an operation was performed. by ; the-, celebrated oculist 'Dieffcnf baoh, which unhappily did not succeed in restoringa glimpse of yisual power, and tho King, his father, tq.-guprd against jany:^further difficulty, issued a decree, enacting that nil -documents requiring.the signature, of; the. future monarch should he rcad. in th e presence of 12 \vitnc9seß, and Countersigned by the secretary of this Committee. This' decree terininated tho discussion;,which had already arisen in Hanover as -to' whether -a blind king could Cccupy the throne. In 1843, during a long , stay -of King.Ei-nest in Englind, the'Orbwn; Princo aotra’as'lil4‘!tofl;js^«''regeiit t 'aiid blithe 8 decease of the King id. November, 1851,- no' murmuv was raieod against his -succession to the ! throne.-—lfbdie(,Ne(oj.. V