Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-05-07
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
FRoMoUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT
LONDON, APRIL II, 1853.

loyal and loving subjects with another Prince. The
occurrence of events of this nature has been frequent
enough of late years to prevent the appearance Of
much excitement in the national mind. John Bull
knows by experience that Princes, like all other
blessings, must be paid for; but we do not think
that on the present occasion, or on any similar
one with reference to the present Sovereign, any
thing like pounds, shillings, and pence calculation
has ever crossed the public mind. There are those
amongst US, however, who are old enough to re-
member the family of GEORGE the Ill, and who
recollect hearing their elders speak of the domestic
virtues and excellent private characters OF that
Monarch, and his consort, Queen CHARLOTTE
Such persons have also unwelcome recollection that
the greater part of that large family particularly the
sons did not when they called upon to play their
parts es busy stage exhibit any increase Of their
fathers wisdom whilst they fell far short Of an inheri
lance Of their mothers virtue. All the late family OF
GEORGE the III, excepting the Princess MARY, Duchess
of GLOUCESTER have gone their account and We will
further call up their memory than to observe that il
does necessarily follow that wise and good parents
should have wise and good children. The youe GEORGE
the ". succeeded to the exemplary Gas many GEORGE
the III The rigid CHARLES the 1st succeeded by the
profgate Charles H. GEORGE w. died only just
enough leave spark two remaining Of the fire of
British loyalty had he lived little longer he might have
seen it extnguished. The vices of CHARLES H. paved
the way for the expulsion of his and the down
fall Of his dynasty.
Nearly ninetyone years ago the guns in the park dis
charged their smoke and thunder for the birth Of the
Prince uncle to the present Queen, who afterwards ac
qured unenyiabe repute under the name OF GEORGE
Nv. The nation then, now in prosperous crcum-
stances The Monarch and Consort them at pre-
sent popular The throne graced by domestic virtue
The nation was not, now, at peace; but negotiations
for favorable peace the point of conclusion
There was Australia then pouring in its rivers of gold
the result Of peaceful enterprise; but there what
suited the popular mind Of that day much beterhere
was large of treasure being ushered into the
city with trumpet and drum, the spoils of The
treasures of the captured HERoNE entered ST. James
street the Prince born Some idea of the magni-
tude OF this treasure may be formed from the fact that
each prvates share sG00 Every thing then seemed
prosperous every thing full of hope The young Prince
was not the least promising figure in the magnificent pic
which the future appeared to present Yet large
number Of persons living have witnessed the msera
bic failure Of all the hopes that then entertained
specng the future of the then warmly welcomed bud
of royalty 0mens and hopes alike fallacious The
child lived to be burden to the nation, and any thing
rather than blessing to its parents.
The birth of the Prince" says the Daily Neus, ais
subject of much higher import the nation whom
he may be called rule than the expense which his
birth entails upon it. In spite of the freedom Of in
stitutons-n spite of the increasing power of the Com
mons in the Government, power which must ultimately
influence both the Throne and the Aristocracyn spite
of the applicability of M. Thiers's maxim TO England,
the King regns, but he does not goyernthe reignng
monarch always exercise in this country nfu-
ence direct and indirect 1t is not too much to assert
ahd is asserted in spirit of servility-that to the
personal qualities Of her present Majesty in great
part preservation from the effect Of the revolutionary
.taa which ragged through Europe in the year 1s4s.
THIS and the chyarous feeling Of respect due TO afemae
Sovereign have been great safeguards to the liberties
and ne national blessings We enjoy" whilst re
joce then in with the great bulk Of the people
Of England, the event. and sympahize with the plea
sure Of the Royal parents in this addition their domes
tic happiness, cannot help feeling that the occasion
may with great propriety, give rise 10 little sober
Election. There is large Royal family now the proba-
bity is that il will be larger The destines Of the ma
ton are great extent dependant upon the education
that this family VAL receive The virtues Of the parents
great guarantee that the education Of the children
will be calculated to fit them Ii An eminent degree for the
important positions which, them at least vii; no
hereafter called upon to Eli but we have seen that this
guarantee - not always sufficient one No two persons
DbeaTsd more likely than George Ill and his consort to
exercise powerful Espence the tempers and dis
positions Of their children but there seems to be- in the
Of Princes, peculiar channel by which evil nfu-
may be introduced to check and control the opera
ton OF all the heahfu circumstancesin which they NAV
beplaced We have seen that this tssmost lamentably
the respected the majority of the sons Of George
ILL., Upon the education and the future character Of the
present Royal Family Of England the happiness Of this
country and the peace OF Europe may no very remote
future time, almost entirely depend The position that
England holds is the most difficult and if we pre-
IT, the most glorious that she has held 1t re-
mains 10 solve the problem whether constitutional
monarchy maintain itself in all its funess in the face
Of the increasing strength and knowlSge the great
masses At present happily under the goverrancs c
the good Queen Victoria, solve the problem in tss 30
native But there IS a future before rs ~ creat
Powers Of the Continent have read the I'd die in nober
way The progress towards coDsatutional monarchy
which the world fancied was seng male in most of the
countries Of Europe has been dolently stopped The
revolutionary wave that swept away the crowns and
s.r--ta ef gold has washed back TO their bereaved
owners swords and letters Of iron. Europe groanng
in chains. Many Of the wedisposed are parayzed in
their attempts administer this state Of things from
fear Of exciting the red demon Of socastic communism
We present have been preserved from either Of the
extremes May we long enjoy such blessings; but our
future preservation must depend in the
character Of governors. We must remember that |
every one Of the infant Princes who blossoms il the
royal nursery will hereafter bloom in a different atmo. !
sphere should the present condition Of the Continent
be permanent every Of the Princesses may form a
with Continental despo ayerse TO our institu
lions every one Of Prnces-the heir to the throne
ncudedmust take as the wife Of his throne the daugh
OF Continental ruler. III, therefore our ROYAL Fa
mly are not well grounded now in the true knowledge
which means love Of free institutions how can we suppose
that they will understand such institutions or love
them when subject to the influences we have sba
dowed forth! Their education, therefore is not only
national but European subject Of interest We NAV
have race Of Princes who may be able to do something
the race may be absorbed into the general Abolust
families at the head Of the European States From the
latter alternative must rely the good sense Of the
Royal parents to preserve u.s."