Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1844-07-13
The English Dukes.

The True Sun in sketchng these sprigs OF
Royalty says:-
The Duke of Cumberland never had a good .
character. lie could not have obtained the .
situation of genlleman's servant If he had /
been in common life. The Duke of York was
disgraccd by his infamous connections. The
Duke Of Cambridge is respectable kind ofper-
son, but poor general and a vacillatng polti-
clan. The Duke Of Kent was rather a respect
able person, but still very mediocre in ability.
The late King William Fourth, was what might
be termed whole souled man, but not over
scrupulous in the qualification of his tastes.
The Duke Of Sussex appears TO have been con-
sidcred an agreeable good.hcartcd man, but he
too was forced by his temperament and by his
lancics, to give himself and his countrymcn a
| good deal Of trouble.
When young man he visited Italy, and
while at Rome fell in love with lady by the
name of Augusta Murray, although she was at
least seven years older than himself. She ap-
! pearcd to rcpulsc him at fret, but this only made
/ him more determined to succeed. They were
married privately.
! The correspondence of these pe:sonages is
quite absurd and common place, and rises but
| little above that ola child. Among the docu.
ments we find the contract ofmarriago between
the parties, drawn up by himself 1t reads
| thus
"As this paper is to contain the mutual pro-
mise of marriage, between Augustus Frederick
and Augusta Murray, our mutual names must
be put here by US both, and kept in my posses.
sion; it is a promise neither of US can break,
and is made before God our Creator and all
mcrcliul Father. On my knees before God,
our Creator, | Augustus Frederick, promise
thee, Augusta Murray, and swear upon the bl-
BILE, AS hope for salvation in the world to come,
that Will take thee, Augusta Murray, for my
wife, for better, for worse, for richer for poor
er, in sickness and in health, to love and to cher
iSh TIL death us do part, to love but thee only
and none other and may God forget me II ever
, | forget thee. The Lords name, be praised. s.
f bless me, so bless us, O God and with my
; handwriting DO !, Augustus Frederick, thls
sign, March 2lst, 1893, a, Rome, and pnt my
seal to it, and my name.
O.. s) AUGUSTUS FREDERICK.'
C"Complcted at Rome, April 4th l793.'D
n March 81, 1893, Rome.
I son my knees before God, my Creator,
+ Augusta Murray, promise and swear upon tn,
d bibIc az | hope for salvation in the world Il
= come, TO take thee, Augustus Frederick, for m.
l. husband tor better, TOR worse, for richer, 70
H.. poorer. in sickness aud IN health, to love am
e., To cherish Til death US do part. So bless m
!. God and sign this "AuCusA MURRAY
Not long after the Lady Murray became hi
!. wife, the Duke found out, if he did not kno'
- It before, thathis marriage vas illegal. Ate
!. a wnle she became very unhappy, and her su
!. terlngs "were ntolcrable.' Letters soon pas
d, ed O. a disigrceuble character. To expression
d OF disappointment on her part, succeed those {
ii reprouch on his. The contract was quite to
+ gotten, and the lovers who had signed it o
their knees, become cstrangcd forever.
10 The lady sank under her grlet and mortfc,
II ton. The Duke lived on, to be considered
= jolly good fellow, to preside at public dinner
To lay corner stones Of public buildings, and CO
y. Icc' the rares, specimens Of bibles ever seen
n England Nay, IN the society Of Lady Blu.
gins, eve think thak Is the name') he lost IA
heart again, aud again drew contract not c
~ his knees, Tor he was become too stout 10 stJ,
o so low, IA which he vowed eternal fidelity.