The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-05-11
THE LAST BRITISH PRINCE.

The London press, in general, Is h'ioo
joy. The sovereign lady. Victoria the - -
has presented the nation with the Gig"
of royalty. This last interesting pun" -,
ner will. of course, like the rest OF MS ''o" :,
and sisters, be provided tor he,ea',.' III, -
public expense, and every man SAT- r
taxed TO nav for his luxuries' pu' """' -
chat, The universal British na''on 'ahes
pr;d. in its race ofkings as II does IN It's o'eeo
.tLo.s Ro,h must have good provender,
and a pIenty of il. Withal, 1t IS as careful
g., preserving the breed of the one pure,
of the other. Prince Albert is the Godol.
Min Arabian OF royalty. his mission being
neither more eauivocal nor less honorable
Both stand high in the eyes OF the British ma
lion on account Of their blood, and both were
imported with view TO that end.
The British people talk about self.govern-
ment. They are evidently quite incapable of
governing themselves, otherwise they would
not send to Germany TO import their royal
stock. This they do on all occasions. Victo-
ria has no British blood in her veins, as far as
we can learn, nearer than the Princess So
pnia, who was daughter of James |, and died
Two hundred years ago. AS far as we are able
to recollect, she was the grandmother 1--WE may
be wrong/ of George |, who was the father of
Frederic, Prince of Wales, who was the father
OF George Ill, who was the father of the Duke
of Kent, who was the father of her present ma
iesty, Victoria the illustrious. Old George
was real, low.bred old German, as a thou
sand anecdotes of him show. He shut his
wife up in prison, on suspicion, and kept her
there for the greater port of her life. He MUIR
dered man OF whom he was jealous, in the
most brutal manner. He was an execrable ty-
rant, and truly royal beast in his own do
minions, The was Elector of Hanover,) before
he was brought over to rule the bold Brions.
worthy to govern them, and they naturally
love Kings so they brought over this old,
vulgar, underlined German, who could not
speak word of English, to rule them. Be-
fore he came over, he had long quarrel with
his son and heir, George ILL., hopeful son of a
hopeful father, and he kept it up after he as
cended the throne. The two hated each other
as never father and son hated each other be.
fore, and as no father and son, but the Guelfs.
have ever hated each other since. The old
scamp seriously contemplated the deportation
of his son at one time, and it has been said Sir
George Rock, the same who took Gibraltar,
was to kidnap him. We do not recellect what
prevented the success of the scheme, but we
always felt very sorry it was not carried into
execution,
The heir apparent, afterwards George ii,
was living in disgrace lat Osnabruch We be-
lieve) when the news of his fathers death was
communicated to him. He at first thought it
was too good TO be true, but when he found
out that it was certainly SO, his joy knew no
bounds. What he was, and what his court
was, is it not recorded in the memoirs of John
Lord Hervey? AS q specimen of low-breed-
ing, he was without an example, having i'm.
proved upon his father in that respect. 1t was
his Gu stom to box the ears of his ministers and
courtiers, upon every slight provocation, and
it is said that Sir Robert Walpole, in particu-
lar, was frequently honored in that way. Fol-
lowing in the footsteps of his ilustrious pre-
decessor, he waged 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 mingling it with that
of the Canaanites among whom he resided
He died before his father, leaving his son, af-
forwards George iii, TO succeed to his inheri-
lance. Old George ii, mis- 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 q. quarter Of
q century before.
To keep up the breed, George Ill went to
Germany, also, for a wife. The hereditary
feud between father and son was not forgotten
by him. AS long as he kept his senses, he ha.
ted his heir afterwards George w with a
deadly hatred, and that amiable and interest
ing Prince returned his hatred an hundred
fold.
George w, as we all know, went, likewise,
to Germany for wife, and when it was as
certained that he would have no son, and that
the Princess Charlotte was to be his heir, a
iiCou thpOitduOu VI cutUuleiu was tDtQ6 ID
the person of Prince Leopold Of SAKE Coburg.
The Princess died, greatly to the joy of her
father, who, following the custom of his house,
maintained an open war against her.
This event produced a wholesale importa
tion 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 o
Kent, succeeded, and imported Prince ALDER,
from Germany, of course. AS the English
cannot govern themselves, and as nobody bu
Germans can govern them. it is Of csurs
soothing to an Englishman's heart to know
that there is little danger of the royal stocl
running out. Queen Victoria, in this particu
lar, may challenge comparison with all III
&usens that ever existed, except Hecuba, IT,
wife Of Priam.
Itmay be asked what object we have in r,
peating details already 30 we'll and widel
known. We reply that we wish to show IN,
there must be some mysterious property in II
blood of German Princes with which we I'm