The German Emperor seems disposed to remedy at least one
of the injustices committed by his grandfather. The- Guelph Fund, a sum of about £630,000, belonging to the Duke of Cumberland, son of the last King of Hanover, is to be restored,—or at least the interest is to be paid to its lawful owner, he, in return, only pledging himself not to assail the German Empire. As this money did not belong to Hanover, but to the reigning House as private property, its seizure was, an oppressive act, not improved in character by the expendi- ture of the interest in corrupting newspapers. It was at first asserted that the Emperor had also promised to acknowledge the Duke of Cumberland's son as reigning Sovereign of Brunswick, to which Duchy, by the custom of Germany, the- Duke is the legal heir. The report is officially denied, but in such a way as to leave it probable that if the boy- Prince, on attaining his majority six years hence, feels him- self justified in renouncing all claim to Hanover, the Prussian Regency of Brunswick will be terminated in his favour. This arrangement will be most satisfactory to all German Princes,. to the British Royal family, and to all who, like ourselves, think it an error to break the continuity of history for no reason. There may be arguments for fusing all Germany into a single State ; but so long as the separate States con- tinue, the ancient dynasties are preferable to any substitutes. They have, at all events, a historic unity with their peoples.
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