Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1820-10-03
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
Qfthe Queen Of England.


Duke Of Brunswick, we'll known for the
famous manifesto issued against the Re-
publicans of France at the commence
ment of the revolution, was married to
the sister of George III. After the old
Duke of Brunswick's death, his widow
went to England, and died in the house
of her daughter, the present Queen when
she was Princess of Wales.
Little is known as to the early period
of the life of Queen Caroline, excepting
that she received her education at court
noted like all the other royal courts of
Europe, for intrigue and gallantry. Ii
is stated in the London papers, that, at
the age Of fifteen, Caroline, while re-
siding at Wolfcnbuttle, her fathers resi-
dence in Germany, formed an attach
ment to an Irish officer, who had distin-
guished himself in battle, and who, on
that account, had been promoted by the
Duke, and appointed one of his aids-de-
camp. This attachmentwas displeasing
to the father; but, as observed by the
writer ofth story, it " was strengthened
by subsequent circumstances of ro-
mantle nature :" of which, however, he
has not furnished us with any detail.
The sequel Of this romantic affair is thus
narrated: "SufFice it to say, that after
the lapse Of several years, and on the
eve of the Princess being brought to this
country to be married to his present
majesty, (the Prince of Wales a wild
and desperate attempt was made by the
gentleman in question, aided by an Irish
nohlemau. This was defeated by the
vigilance of her father. The Princess
was rescued from the danger by which
she was threatened, and safely conveyed
to our shores. The authors of the in
tended outrage were for some time con-
fined in prison, but eventually escaped.
The one was subsequently, reported to
have been killed at Hohenlinden, and the
other fell victim to certain visionary
schemes into which be had entered with
regard to his own country"
The Princess Caroline was married in
London on the 9Th April, 1895, to the
present King. The ceremony was per-
formed in presence of George III. his
Queen, and ell the persons of elevated
rank in the kingdom. The nation testi-
fed their satisfaction upon the occasion,
by pouring in addresses, in which the
happy couple were congratulated on
their union, and the newspapers, and
other journals ofthe day, We'd with each
other in giving eclat to the splendid &C.
remony of the marriage, and in layishing
their praises on the beauty and accom-
plishment of the Princess. What added
to the felicity of the married pair, was
the payment by the nation of the debts Of
the Prince, then amounting to 659,89oL
sterling, and raising his annua! income,
which was formerly 6o,0ool. besides ad-
vancing $4,000. to pay the preparations
for the marriage; 28,oool for Jewels and
plate; and 26,OOoi. for furnishing Carl
ton House.
Notwithstanding this concurrence OF
happy circumstances few months
scarcely elapsed when twas pretty gene
rally whispered that the royal pair did
not live together on the best possible
terms. 1t was no difficult matter to di-
vine the cause of this and the English
even now that the Prince
fills the throne, after complimenting him
on the elegance of his person, that she
was alike the idol of his own and of the
softer sex"-unreservedly state, that he
had "become entangled in those snares
which were constantly prepared for him
by those enchanting Circes who fitted
about the Court of St. James,"
The plain English of the matter is,
George had formed other and previous
attachments, not of secret nature, but
openly and ayowed. He had not seen
Caroline except in miniature, till she
landed in England. He married her as
a matter of state policy, and after enjoy
ing her company few weeks, his pre-
objections for other objects revived, and
thus occasioned dislike for woman
to whom he had never been attached,
and as to whom he had not even con-
descended to consult his own prior feel
ings. In the end, separation took
place-although the parties still lived
under the same roof; and the breach be-
came wider and irreparable, a short time
afterwards in consequence of the follow
ing circumstances "A clergyman, who
had been appointed one of the chaplains
to the late Queen, being advised for his
health to try the waters of Baden, pre-
viously to setting out, waited upon the
Princess of Wales at Carlton House
and expressed his willingness to expe-
dite anv commission she might be dispos-