422 HAMLINE, LEONTDAS L. 



general direct elections, and the others by dif- 

 ferent corporations. The new constitution 

 grants fall religious liberty and makes military 

 duty obligatory on every citizen. 



Hamburg has an area of one hundred and 

 thirty-five square miles, and in 1860 a popu- 

 lation of 229,941 inhabitants, of whom 175,- 

 683 lived in the city (134,022) and the two 

 suburbs, St. George and St. Pauli. At the 

 previous census of 1858, the population had 

 been 222,379. In the "Budget" of 1865, the 

 receipts and expenditures were estimated at 

 4,293,756 thalers. The public debt, on Decem- 

 ber 31, 1863, was 22,742,332 thalers. The con- 

 tingent of Hamburg to the Federal army is 2,163. 

 The value of imports * amounted, in 1864, to 

 773,016,770 inarcs banco,t and in 1863 to 738,- 

 665,510. The movement of transmarine ship- 

 ping in 1864, was as follows : Entered, 5,012 

 vessels, together of 465,909 lasts (1 last=6,000 

 pounds); cleared, 5,006 vessels, of 463,074 lasts. 

 The merchant navy consisted, at the close of 



1864, of 530 vessels of 79,380 lasts. 

 HAMLINE, LEONIDAS LENT, D. D., an ex- 

 Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, born 

 in Burlington, Hartford County, Conn., May 10, 

 1797, died at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, March 23, 



1865. His parents were reputable members of 

 the Congregational Church. His father, Mark 

 Hamline, whose ancestors were French Hugue- 

 nots, was remarkable for decision and energy 

 of character, for moral integrity, and for his 

 strong Hopkinsian views of Christian doctrine. 

 He was a iTew England farmer on a small scale, 

 teaching school a part of the year. It was a 

 grief to him that his means did not justify 

 educating this son according to his wishes. 

 The parents of Mr. Hamh'ue early designed him 

 for the ministry, and shaped his education as 

 far as possible to this end. Of his early life 

 little can be said. He was very precocious, 

 amiable, and obedient. His habit of intense 

 study was formed very early. On arriving at 

 the age of manhood his high standard of quali- 

 fication for the Christian ministry was such, 

 that he felt he had not an experience in the 

 divine life that authorized his entering upon 

 the duties of the holy ministry, as designed by 

 his parents, and instead thereof studied law, 

 and became an honorable member of the bar in 

 Ohio. In 1828 he was impressed as never be- 

 fore with the solemn verities of the Christian 

 faith, and from this time dated the period of 

 his conversion. The same year he entered tho 

 ministry of the Methodist Episcopal Church. 

 After a successful ministerial career in various 

 parts of Ohio, under the direction of the con- 

 ference of the M. E. Church, he was removed 

 to Cincinnati, where, in the exercise of his cler- 

 ical functions, and co-editor of the "Western 

 Christian Advocate," and in 1840 as editor of 



* From the United States 18,283,290; from Groat Britain, 

 252,577,680 mores banco. 



t Banco means the value of money nt a bank as distin- 

 guished from its current value. At Hamburg banco is worth 

 about 23 i per cent, more thun currency. A marc banco is 

 equal to about thirty-five cents In United States money. 



HANOVER. 



" The Ladies' Repository," he remained nearly 

 eight years. His person was commanding, his 

 voice musical, his manners engaging. In the 

 pulpit he was self-restrained, self-possessed, and 

 grave in his attitude, utterances, and tones, 

 showing mingled humility and dignity. His 

 style was faultless, but to say this is not enough, 

 it was charming, it had clearness, energy, purity, 

 and elegance. His sermons were finished. Of 

 Bishop H. one of his peers says: "His rhetoric 

 was faultless, his logic was carefully construct- 

 ed, yet always sparingly, often brilliantly logic 

 all ablaze. He rarely delivered a discourse 

 which might not have been printed word for 

 word as it fell from his lips, and safely submit- 

 ted to the critical eye. His manners were 

 courteous and his spirit kind, and although he 

 often unbent, he never lost his dignity." In 

 1844 he was elected Bishop of the Methodist 

 Episcopal Church. As a presiding and execu- 

 tive officer he was popular and successful, but 

 under the pressure of disease and infirmities, 

 which in his estimation disqualified him for the 

 arduous duties and heavy responsibilities of the 

 episcopacy, he resigned that position in 1852. 

 Having an ample fortune he devoted his last 

 years, as far as his health would allow, to lit- 

 erary and religious studies and the interests of 

 the Church. Besides many other charities he 

 devoted $50,000 in one month to two colleges. 

 He was the subject of much physical suffering 

 during the last few years of his life, but his 

 resignation to the Divine will, and expressions 

 of holy trust, were often singularly triumphant 

 and sublime. His last words were, " O chil- 

 dren, this is wonderful agony, but it is nothing 

 to what my Saviour endured for me on the 

 cross." 



HANOVER, a kingdom belonging to the 

 German Confederation. King Georg V., born 

 May 27, 1819, succeeded his father Ernst August 

 on November 18, 1851. The area of the kingdom 

 is 14,600 square miles; population, in 1861, 

 If888,070, in 1864, 1,923,492; increase in three 

 years, 1.88 per cent. According to their relig- 

 ious denominations, 1,584,767 belonged (in 1864) 

 to the Lutheran Church, 98,010 to the Reform- 

 ed, 226,009 to the Roman Catholic, 12,424 to 

 Judaism, and 2,282 to different Christian sects. 

 The capital is Hanover, which had, in 1864, 

 79,649 inhabitants. The receipts in the "Bud- 

 get" of 1865-'66 were estimated at 20,786,950 

 thalers; the expenditures at 20, 748,016 thalers: 

 expected surplus, 38,879 thalers. The public 

 debt, on January*-!, 1864, amounted to 48,018,- 

 274 thalers. The regular army consists of 26,938 

 men. The merchant navy was composed in 

 1863 as follows: 



* One last 6,000 pounds. 



