The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1830-08-19

and he defended his incllnatioDs Ia ms IA
ther. by drawing parallel between ms at
iachmen, TO the racing ground and His Ma
Iesty's excessive prediction for bunting.
At the very early age Of "a, the Prince
engaged in an amour with beauliful and
ACCOMPLISHED actress, ths aife of an Gitor.
ncy, named Robinson. The connexIon, ci'
,her from the tickleness of his Royal High
ness, the olicious meddIing Of friends, or
from some causcs never well explained,
produced iuuch scandal about the Court
great uneasiness To the Royal Family
brought much pain TO the lover, and finally
terminated IN the early death Of his mis-
tress, in poverty and obscurity. The inter.
views between the parties were managed
by Lord Maiden. the present Earl of Essex,
and for some months a confidential CORES
pondence was carried on through hsagcn
cy. The Prince, the moment he abandon
ed Mrs. Robinson, bestowed his affections
upon the widow ofCOlonel Fitzherbcrt. Al
the same time he received into favor the
celebr stcd Countess Of Jersey, lady about
I2 years older than himself, and the beau
riful daughter OF an Irish Bishop. 10
which Of these he was most attached, sub
,eQnent events amply proved but the first
Of these ladies' was evidently one OF the
principal sources of those embarrassments
which in few years Sgain occupied the
attention Of Parliament and afforded food
for public scandal.
For this lady, Mrs. Fiizherbert. the prince
took a splendid house in PaTk-Iane, and
furnished IT in style exceeding oriental
nagnifcence. His presents Ia her oiJcw-
elry were said even to exceed the stores oi
diamsnds possessed by the Queen, avow'
edly the greatest collection ot diamonds IN
Europe, and to whom the King had gwen,
on one OCCASION alone, q case Of diamonds
which cost E50.0O0.
The Princess of Wales knew not the ai-
fccting story Of Mrs. Fnzherbert. Mr.. Fox
knew it not, but on the contrary, he pledg-
ed his honor that the tale had no tounda-
tion. He declared before Parliament that
no marriage had ever taken place between
the Prince Of Wales and Mrs. Fi,zherbert;
and he proved the negative bya letter from
the Prince himself But who could attest
the truth Of the Princes letter? Fox nev
er afterwards forgays the falseAood which
had dupcd him.
The discords between his Royal High.
ness the Prince of Wales and the Princess
Of Wales CONNIE nc ed immediately after the
marriage, aud they arose IN the first in
stance from his insisting upon keeping La
dy Jersay on his establishment. A clergy.
man intrusted TO convey soine private let
ters and family papers from the Princess
of Walostu her family OH the continent.
was said to have betrayed his trust. Most
certain 1t is, that they never reached their
place of destination. but found their way
into the hands Of Lady Jersey, and from
hers into those Of the Queen. These fan.
ned The flame of discoId between the Prin-
cess and Her Majesty, and led to al inter
minable persecution against the former.
Ii elucidates the whole future case Of the
Queen to state the fact, that getting up IN
tho morning, the Prince ordered Lady Jer-
sey to receive the young bride. When
thePrince's old friend, Admiral Payne, who
brought the Princess over, learned this and
similar facts, he refused TO continue any
louger in the Princes Household.
His Royal flighness was fond Of seeing
society in It's various grades, and somet,mcs
went incog. to places where his presence
was least expected. A public house, in
Gray's inn lane, had become in some de
gree celebrated for its Burton ale, and the
Prince of Wales wishing to taste it, took
with him his then Groom OF the Stole, the
first Lord Southamp,on,& walking into the
house, they called for some Burton ale. AZ.
ter they had sat, however. a little time,
some one recognised the Prince of Wales.
The Prince finding he was discovered, ab
ruptly departed with Lord Southampton,
and taking hackney coach they returned
to Carlton House. The ne,ghbors were a
few days afterwards surprized by the Prn
ce's crest being splendidly pot up at the
public house alluded to, with the inscrip
lion Of Purveyor of Burton nle TO His
Royal Highncss the Prince Of Wales" the
landlord of the house SO describing himself
in consequence Of this royal visit.
Ia LQuorpond street lived the once well
known Leader, the coach maker whom the
Prince patronized, and thus made him, for
\ considerable period, the most fashionable
cosch maker in London I; by which means
he accumulated q very handsome fortune.
The Prince when in town, w,s frequently
IN the habit Of going to Leaders shop,
sometimes driving hiinseif in a phc'on aud
four, aud .omeiines driven 0y an atten.
hant.
In 1903, when the country was srmine
en- masse. in order TO repel the threatened
INVASION ofour implscnble and deadly enc.
my, the Emperor Napoleon, His Royal
,lighncss the Prince Of Wales addressed
several very eloquent letters to his high.
ness the Duke OF York, and 10 his father,
urging his desire 10 take prominent mill.
lary station. in repelling the threatened IN
vasion.-Tbs correspondence was very in
'eresting, bal by far the most eloquen, and
rational OF the letters were the Princes,
which were all compassL D. Mr. Sheridan
and DR.. Psrr.
During those angry discussions in the
lower house. pending The trial of Warren
Hastings, the Royal Family used to go
inecg. to listen to the debates through lhe
uaken carved vent,lators in the roof. a