England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . he could not escape,was compelled on the 7th of September to sign thedisgraceful convention of Closter-Seven, by which theelectorate was to be left in the hands of the French tillthe conclusion of a peace, and the Hanoverian army wasto lay down its arms, and be dispersed into differentcantonments, under the obligation of remaining inac-tive during the rest of the war. King George, al-though he is said to have privately authorised thistransaction, expressed openly the greatest anger; andthe D
England under the house of Hanover : its history and condition during the reigns of the three Georges . he could not escape,was compelled on the 7th of September to sign thedisgraceful convention of Closter-Seven, by which theelectorate was to be left in the hands of the French tillthe conclusion of a peace, and the Hanoverian army wasto lay down its arms, and be dispersed into differentcantonments, under the obligation of remaining inac-tive during the rest of the war. King George, al-though he is said to have privately authorised thistransaction, expressed openly the greatest anger; andthe Duke of Cumberland came home, resigned all hisappointments, and retired from an active part in thepolitical intrigues. The name of Hanover was far frompopular in England, and the Dukes disastrous cam-paign soon became a subjectof scorn and ridicule. Inone of the bitter caricaturespublished on this occasion,a Frenchman is seen on oneside of a river, carrying offa horse, the emblem ofHanover; while on theopposite bank the portlyfigure of the Duke exclaimsin dismay, My horse!my horse ! a kingdom for a. A GENERAL IN DISTRESS. 300 EXPEDITION AGAINST ROCHEFORT. [1757. horse ! The Frenchman retorts by promising to givethe horse something better than turnips. It hadbeen for some years a standing joke to call Hanoverthe Kings turnif-field; and in another caricature Ha-nover is represented as the city of Turnipolis, on thebank of a river, on one side of which the French gene-ral with his troops, in pursuit, invites the Duke tohalt,— Sar, sar, mon ami! Vat! you no stay for me ?Stay one little vile, den I come/ Tlie Duke, carryinga standard with the Hanoverian emblem of the horse,is running at his utmost speed on the other side of theriver (the Weser, of course), and exclaims, Oh! formy recruiting-sergeant, with more men and money!The recruiting-sergeant was Fox, in whom, as minister,the Duke of Cumberland had placed his a third caricature on the Dukes disaster, the city,pla
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