The National Register.
London, England, 1809-02-26 00:00:00

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ROYAL AMOURST.
~..._.. HE NATIONAL R-,EGIS
SINCE the appearance of the amatory correspondence
entitled ' Love and Madness,' nothing of the kind seems
to have excited so much sensation as the publication of cer-
tain loving letters, purportiei,-.7 to be written by the pre-
sent Duke of York, to the now famous Mrs. Clarke.
Whatever his enemies think proper to object to his mill •
tars capabilityl, every ov.e must concede to him the uteri;
of ranking among tbe most accomplished of inamoralos. 'TER.
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:(k.-vitehrly:r.t agouising impatience does the royal lover &-
islet the pangs of amatory absence from his "dear, dear
" flow can I sufficiently express to my darling love,'
again writes his Highness of York. 66 my thanks for her
dear, dear letter (another " dear and pretty letter" log
to the world !): or the delight, which the assurances of
her love gave me! Oh, my Angel! do me justice, and
be convinced that there never was a woman adored as
yon are! Every day, every hour, conainves me, mere
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Tand more, that my whole happiness depends upon you
here is one particular, it must be confessed, as to which
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alone. What a time it appears to be since we parted!
the Royal Duke is extremely unfortunate. Contemplate
and, with what impatience do I look forward to the day him either as a general or as a lover, lie is alike ultimately . ' after to-morrow! There are still , however, two %shwa
successless. Venus seems not more propitioas to bins
nights, before I shall clasp my Darling to my aims !" , than Mars ! It may console him, however, to reflect, that,
'I he Royal Duke then adverts to his mi!i:ary move-
if he has not always succeeded, still he sometimes deserved
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meats. lie has been "" reviewing. the troops," and has had
to succeed. This is one of those consolations which philo-
., a very good view of those of the French camp"—lwas
sophy often suggests to disappointment.
a distant view of them ! Agreeable is the union between Many people amuse themselves with descanting on the
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love and war ; since, while war depopulates, love still re-
folly of the Duke of York; without retoembering, as the
plenishes the earth. And to the soldier, as one poet sings,
truly great Lord Bacon observed, that " it is not possible
for a man to lore and to he ivise at the same time.'' Expe-
what greater bliss than, while
rience itself seems to furnish no infallible antidote to afliT- . " lying tranced in her ivory arms,
lion. " Love, like death," is said, by the high authority There tell what thou hat 'scapM, by Powers Divine! I
, How many round thee thou bait slaughter'd seen ;
, last cited, " to knock once at every man's, door ;" and,
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How oft thyself bast been near hand expiring,
as observation inclines me to snppose, why should it not How many times thy flesh bath wooaded been
knock frequently at some mens' doors? Nature makes no When she, thy fortune and thy worth admiring,
difference between princes and their people. I cannot see, With joy of health and pity of thy pain, .
therefore, why the predicament. of his Royal Highness Doth weep and kiss—and kiss and weep again!"
should obtain less consideration than the peccadilloes of Can any thin., be more naturally expressive, or more
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the meanest commoner. I never heard that the Duke of affectingly elegant, than the whole of this amatory inter-
York was one of the members of the Society for the Sup- course between the Duke of York and Mrs. Clarke ! au.s. ,
pression of Vice and Immorality ; and yet, if all the women
*** The writer of this article wishes to obtain the appoint-
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wouM tell all iheg know of the men. I should not be much
mein of Amatory secretary to any of our Illustrious Personages.
. astonished to discover many very reputable characters in
situations very little &ssimilar from that in which his Royal
Highness now stands. Let him that is without sin cast the
first stone ! THE ROI-AL FA MILY, and Ladies and Gentlemen of niq-
tinction and Fashion, I4SC RU SSI A OIL, for moistening the hair
when. dre. >sing,. which is so great
. a nourisher to the flair, as to
f' "Do you call his Royal Highness a good man?" inter- rev( iii it t urinng gre yto all periods ; promotes the growth, and , •*:
rogated one of those. every-day querists from whom no man making the hair grow thick and loon.'; prevents it% fain., otf -
can easily disentangle himself.—" Why,
the
," retorted I, ""if and restores it on bald places, if the least roots remain.Se7vef.sri.,l
von have an eye to the city, I know not what to say ; Gentlemen that were bald, have declared, after using Itti la A'
because a good man must he there a bona fide man. As Oil regularly for six months. the bald places became nearly co..
to the ladies, what they call a gond man—is a species of vered with hair ; promotes eyebrows., whiskers, and prevents
I negative animal. A thorough-paced courtier does io•►1 know than turning grey. it is particularly serviceable to persons
weitriaa artificiarbair, as it gives it a natural gloss, and rewiers
what is meant by a good man. Even the religions world, li
which, of course, is full of goodness, merely nods its ap-
.it %oft and be-antiful. It is generally remarked by persons using
artificial. hair, that after a short time wearing it becomes dry
probation of a good man. N ow, as things go, I really and still, and is easily discovered that it is artificial, by usin,,,
ili;.nk, after all, that the Duke of York is somethine• better
6 the Russia Oil it prevents it from being discovered, as it keeps
than many a good maP." All that I ant concerned with, the hair soft and render- its appearance natural. The high repa-
however, is his epistolary reputation. tation the Russia Oii ha.; gained fur presers tog and promoting . .
[ I have therefore to regret the incompleteness in which the hair, and the greet
demand for it, has induced Wel v envious
I find the Amatory Correspondence between his Royal persons to copy the advertisement, and to advertise articles for
• Highness 'the Duke of York, and Mistress Mary Ann the similar purpose, which have not the e11e4.1 ;it is therefore
Clarke. It is, at present, all on one side... ‘Vhen her il- part ico lait reTrii, mewled to observe the label IM the 4)1114de i
el »ilk is signed in Russian gold ink, " NloeUri-
lustrious inamorato says, " how can I sufficiently express k i k
-ufskv and Pr in-e ;" any without that signalute are counterfeits.
to my sweetest, darling Love (meaning, it is understood, Price' 7s per tu:ttle, or one bottle Cl i i nita.u.ng tour small. est oOr
Mrs. Clarke), the delight which her dear, her pretty letter guinea, or six guinea bottles at live pourds.—Sold wholeseele and
(meaning. a lettee to him from her) gave me, or how retail by the Peoprietor, A. Prince, 9, John-sir -ci 0 i.„ ;:.
much I feel all the kind things she says to use in it :" , street ; and, by appointment, by Mr. s ; i -m.to, Nets 4110:1112trell:417
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—when one reads this amatory declaration, who does not Ilendric and Sons, Tie] borne-street ; Bay ley and Blew, 5, (sock-
regret being precluded front participating in 66 the delight spur-street; Davison aid Son, 5), !'least-street reet ; iti 6?, I
which" this "" dear pretty letter" was calculated to im- C
heapside; Bacon, 130, Oxford-street ; Tim, Royal Exce.ha lige; ,
Bull, Dublin; Riiebuni, Edinburgh; Collins, Solisbury ; Cote- I
part.? 'Tis a chasm, :nevertheless, which I shall not en- well, Bath ; and by most priecipal Perfuniers or Mcdieine Veil-
dcavour to fill.
der. to England, Ireland, and Scotland.—Country Shopkeepers
Love-letters are trifles of the heart; said, as such, those licit orders to any wholesale Vender they deal with is
of the Duke of York are highly to be estimated. How ' L.Tudilotgn, n ill receive liberal allowance. 1
delicately (I had almostsaid eondecendingly—but there 'is
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no coodoacension. in. love afFairs) does his Royal Highness MILITARY DESERTERS.—To check the great frequency 1
express his reluctance at " the idea of adding to those of desertions from the army, particularly {hiring the pre-
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sacrifices which" his beloved had ~ made to" him! How sent critical tiznes, when moss services are so much wanted.
minutely does he enter into every little detail ; such as it has been recommended to enact a law, subjecting every
the " sameness" of " the lite" ri, to bhe leads "in the family" soldier who shall hereafter desert, on conviction f.'
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branded in a considicu.ous manner, with the. mark of tha
(in the Royal Family), of their being, however, "" at the
play,
ju...........imiiiiii...m.wd which went off better than the first night:" and of D
1 itirvr,s irroad arrow in the night cleat:;;, iilacc I=s: „re 1. •
"r. O'Meara" witching 66 niuch to preach bcforelloyalty !" ' , or;ofiapunisinent.