THE QUEEN AND THE BRUNS WICK SUCCESSION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2055, 8 September 1885, Page 4

THE QUEEN AND THE BRUNS WICK SUCCESSION.

Somi, particulars icgaiding t ho exclusion of the Duke of Cumlici Liiid fiom the Brunswick succession have only now been maile public in Berlin. When shut ing foi the hk'tlm Confess in M i\, IS7O, Loul Beaconsfield \\,is, it i& said, lomuib sinned bj the Que< n to use his good offices for blinking aliout a leconcili.ition between the Kojal families of I'iutvsia and Hanover I'i.nco Bisniaick ded.md his leadiness to enter into negotiations, and, aftei being informed of the Queen's wishes, iej)lied that I'iiissia woulti not oppose the Duke cf Cnnibei land's acce---lon to the Duchy of Biuimvick if acenmp lined I>V .1 coinplt te olluja! 1 enunciation of li.tno\ci l.oid Btacoiitfidd tiiUiiiinittcd this leply to the Qutcn, and not only In i Majesty, but also all the membeit. of the Riyal Familj, wcii'of opinion that the Duke of Cumbeiland might and should ({he the <riimnntcTs a«ked foi b} the (i^iin in Chant dlor. A letter in this sense was aildies>ed by the Queen to the Puke of Cunil eiland, who implied, howoM-r, in the following Sop temlvi tli.it he would new r renounce his claims to Hanover, nor did he think his assumption of duties as Duke of Bruns wick incompatible with the reservation of all his nghts. This answei caused the Royal Family to abstain fiom all furthei intci ference in the matter. It has also, it is stated, conduced tjre.itly to the absolute exclusion of the Duke of (Jumbeiland from the Brunswick snece-sion.