Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1853-05-18


Victoria has no British blood in her veins.
ss far ms We can learn, nearer tIan the Prln-
cess Sophia, who was daughter Of james |.
and died two hundred years ago. AS far as
o are able TO recol.ct. she was the grand
mother I'VE mny be wrong) of George l,who
as the father Of Frederick, Prince of Wales,
who was the father "f George III, who was
the father of The Duke of Kent who was the
father of her present majesty, Victoria the IL
lustrious. Old George the was real. low
bred old German, Ms thousand anecdotes "f
him show. He shut his wife up in prison. on
suspicion; and kept her there for the greater
part OF her life. He murdered man oil whom
he WINS jealous. in the most brutal manner.
He was an execrable tyrant, and truly royal
beast in his own dominions (he was Elcctor
of Hanover,) before he was brought over 10
rule the old Briions These last had not
man in their don inions worthy to govern then,
and they naturally love Kngs;so they brought
over this old, vulgar, under bred German.
who could moi speak word of English. 10
rnle them. Before he came over. he had
long quarrel with his son and heir, George IL.
hopeful son of a hopeful fahor. and he
kept it up even after he had assembled the
throne. The two hated each other as never
father and son hated each other before, und
as no father and son. but the Gnelfs, have
ever hated each other since Tho old scamp
seriously contemplated the deportation OF his
son at one time, and it has been said Sir
George Rook, the same who took Gibraltar,
was 10 kidnap him. We do not recollect what
prevented the success of the scheme, but we
always felt very sorry was not carried into
execution.
The heir apparent. afterwards George IL.
was living in disgrace (at Osnabruch we be-
level when the news Of his fathers deaf was
communicated 10 him. He at first thought 1t
was too good to be true but when he found
out that it was certainly 80. hisjoy knew no
bounds. What he was, and what his court
was, is it not recorded in the memoirs OF John
Lord Hervey2 AS a specimen Of breed
ing. he was without an example. having I'M.
proved upon his father in that respect. Ii
was his custom to box the ears oil his ministers
and courtiers, upon every slight Provocn'ion'
and it is said that Sir Robert Walpole. in par
tcular, was frequently honored In that way
Following in the footsteps of his illustrious pre-
decessor he waged a deadly war with his son
and heir, Frederick, Prince Of Wales, who
following the example Of Isaac, went to the
country of his fathers for wife, not choosing
to contaminate his blood by mngl'ng il with
that Of the Canaantes among whom he eresded.
lie died before his father. leaving his son, after
wards George Ill, to succeed TO his inlIeri'
tance. Old George H., his father was delight.
ed To hear Of his death. Such an agreeable
piece of intelligence had never reached him
since the death of his own father, aquarter of
a century before.
To keep up the breed, George III went 10
Germany also for wife. The hereditary feud
between father and son was not forgotten by
him. AS long as he kept his senses, he hated
his heir afterwards George lV) with dead
ly hatred and that amiable and interesting
Prince returned his hatred an hundred fold.
George w, as we all know, went, likewise.
to Germany for a wife, and when it was ascer
tained that he would have no son, and that the
Princess Charlotte was to be his heir. iresh
importation ofTeutonism was made In the per
son of Prince Leopold Of SAKE Coburg. The
Princess died, greatly to the JOY OF her ia
ther. "a no, following the custom of his house
maintained an open war against her.
This event produced wholesale importa.
ton from Germany All the old Kings sons
went at once to that second Arabia for blooded
stock. William Nv dying without issue, the
present Queen, the daughter of the Duke oi
Kent succeeded, and imported Prince Albert.
from Germany. Of course. As the English
cannot govern themselves, and as nobody but
Germans can govern themt is ofcoufse sooth-
ing to an Enpshman's heart TO know that