Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-06-16

aad the files OF old newspapers phDiieheu III liia'
city bear testimony to the great satisfaction MS
visit afforded the bellies of that day. Many an
ecdotes have already found thelr way to the pup
lie eve in relation to his manners, appearance
and pursuits while in port.
In due season the midshipman became a lieu
tenant. and as royal roads to promotion are gen.
orally short cuts, he was soon transformed into d
@cantain. We believe he commanded a frigate
nut under what flag officer is not remembered.
: In 1889 he was created Duke OF Clarence anu
st. Andrews in Great Britain. and Earl OF Mum
ster in Ireland, and had sixty thousand dollars per
annum settled upon him; pocket money Tor ''the
third calendar, the son of a King" as the story
book says. i.
He was frequently attendant at the House Of
Lords, and gained some reputation 6y his facility
in public speaking, and from advocating the cause
of the Catholic claims but found it convenient to
change his opinions upon the subject.
On the death of Lord Howe he was appointed
Admiral and in 1914 hoisted his flag on board the
ROYAL Charlotte yacht, and took Louis XVIII.
to France.
In July 1918, he married Her Serene High
ness, Amelia Adelaide Louisa Catharine, eldest
daughter of George, late Duke of Saxe-Meningen,
by whom he had two daughters, who both died
in infancy.
In 1897. upon a change of ministry, the office
of Lord Hiph Admiral was revived, and the Duke
of Claren ce was appointed to fill it; contrary it Is
reported to the wishes of his brother, the King,
who said, AS sure as you give William an office
under his sole c%ontroul, he will make some terri
BILE blunder." Sure enough, civilian" did not
belle the prophecy, he made a series OF ''protes-
sional visits to the various poarts, and as his ex-
penditure was most profuse, he soon came athwart
the Duke of Wellington's hawse, who having no
opinion of this Royal Mummery, refused ''to pay
the bull" The new Lord High Admiral was OBJ
liged to back his topsail, nor did nc stop till he
had backed out of the scrape and the office togeth-
Grand it was once more abolished.
Like all the rest of the royal family the d.. of
c. has INDUCED in divers more or less discredita-
Bile liasons. The principal, however. was the
one with the celebrated actress Mrs. Jordan; his
conduct to her after years of intimacy, was pro-
nounced cruel and unfeeling, and the account OF
Mrs. Jordan's sufferings at the abrupt separation
and the manner of it, as published at the time,
was in a high degree touching. q finer daughters,
| one married an aid-de-camp to the King, and as
late as 1918, Sophia, Mary, Elizabeth, Augusta,
and Amelia Fitz Clarence, were pensioners on
the civil list for R2500 each; at this time the
Dukes own allowance was something near $780,
COO per annum; there is also a son in the army.
Let those who so unnecessarily Glamour about
the expenditure of our homely government, think
for an instant how UNNECESSARILY for behind our
mother country we are in this respect.
We now conclude our brief sketch Of the new
monarch of Great Britain. The impressions OF
him are unfavorable both at home and abroad, and
the British nation have a great deal to dread
should he be prompted by evil advisers. In this
country, we are apt to consider the theory of gov
lernment by which the reigning families OF Eu.
rope are sustained, as ''the madness Of the many
FOR the gain of the feW." Who can tell what
frightful dissensions may not occur between the
accession of William ~. and the majority of the
Princess Victorian Or in the event of the death
of the former & aregency for the latter, what ave
nues may not be opened TO unchastened ambition:
The present royal family is unpopular as well
as incapable: and who can tell whether, in a fit OF
universal wrath at governmental abuses, and de-
spair at oppressive taxation. these domestcated
Hanoverians may not be driven from the land in
a storm of popular tumult and in3ignation?
BY often contemplating the spectacles of roy
al degeneracy as well as royal splendor. W. will
learn to value more highly republican simplicity
and republican virtue. May a wise Providence
guard us from the efforts of misguided factionists,
under whatever banner they are arlayed. and
long avert from us the frightful conclusion to
faction and anarchy; to civil dissension and pub
lie corruption.