\I> hii 1 1< II. I IKS 



KeaU wrote, while George ill. was living: "each of the 

 moduniM, like an Elector of Hanover, governs hi* j 

 state, and knows how many straws are swept daily 

 from the causeways in all his dominions, and has a 



nirnl it. -inn- that all the housewives should have 



coppers well acoun 1 fust, loo, that 



Heraehel had no desire to return to his Hanover home, 



who aided him to escape in 



1 was the foolish cause of many perplexities 



I<H. In fifteen years his visit* were few, 



three apparently, and his stay was 1 There 



was something in the air of the place that disagreed 

 with him It may therefore be that the King required 

 to consult his ministers in Hanover before he could 



ok the offence of a young guardsman, who had 

 now become an astronomer, with whose fame all 



l was ringing. s the uncertainty 



rachel's future continued. Communi- 

 cation with Hanover on business of state in those 

 days was conducted by a "quarterly messenger," who 

 was sometimes delayed, < v< n in George iv.'s reign, 



.years aft-r this time. Delay was thus per 



idable. 1 Cle.-irly. the King or his advisers could 



limls what to do. At last 



came to a decision in the way people do when in doubt. 

 They split the difference, and made a bargain with 

 Herschrl un \\.-rthy of the King and the count r 

 looks as if Britain incurred odium for the sake of 



That the bargain included a pardon under the King's 



-, February 3, 1818, L 84. 



> Memoir* <tf Sir William KnigkUm, i. 821 ; Car. H*r. abo, pp. SS3, 

 240, m 



