Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-02-17
RICHMOND wHIC
The Ceburys.
NUMBER Al.

rubc opinion in England is e1cessiyely .,
against FRINGE Albert charging him with eItepdpy hs
, rom the royal drawing AMI chamber TO the
'ouhciis, ahd even with divupinr TO his (3eman
kindred and friends the secrets Of IN. -,
e'n'"g 'hs nonenon. Eastern question lie l. accused
.n Des uss"'eu 10 hn'san interests, opposed 70 war
anu very cola with regard to the French ALLIANCE II y
even SAID that this undue and unconstitutional i,tef.r
ehce "h oe brought before the meeting Of Pars.
ehl anu !hat the wei known Mr. Roebuck is To the .o.
cuser on this occasion. Prncs Albert il CHARGED .,h -
hg NIL this not for the further Of NJ
family, at least Tor the of the Iburv. h, h
various positions occupied by them throughout Eurooe
lhese Coourss are petty princes belonging To the inn
merahis sprouts OF German ruling families Who tr, h.
'neir common origin to Wikind the Saxon for loov
years an undannted antagonist OF Charlemagne Their
Pfhcra branch Is nov fixed among the rren billa an.
LENDING on both s'Iss OF the Thnbcian krest in the
pnkehom Of Coburg and Gotha, which rules the Ell
DER brother OF the accused Prince Consort Tb, moo.r
ehy composed Of about 1856 square miles Of land i,b
some $4,000 inhabitants The yearly revenues of tho
STATE amount To SIG0 UOn with promising yearly s6cI,
and an old debt Of 100000. The military force cor
sss a from htern hundred TO tkousan I'd N,n Tn.
C nntry Is generally FERTILE well watered and cultivated
The Coburgs were rather warlke race and nm. ~
them VAS distinguished commander in the German a.
mes during tho in the last century bet veen the p
pcrtrs ard the Turks. During the recent convn,sioa
IN Germany the present rcgning Duke showed s,rnc
si impulses IN the war between Holsten and Denm,,L
III which he took part As volunteer he comm m.n5a5
part OF the army and contributed to the e.nn,o of
the Danish frigaie Gcfon, which now forms the min;
pal strength OF the Prussian navy. This campaign
Inna
al Crown had been proclaimed vacant and The nia, or
Frankfort was Looking around for one to offer h %
Coburg was simply trying win the purple with tl,. si
in this popular Of Holat-in.
But the prominent qualifc atons OF this ,s, s.. .,
consist mainly in furnishing fathers for the breeJ Of ov
'ineagcs in Europe The Coburgs are eeners,Iy bsnd.
some vigorous aud well proportioned fellows The ars,
20 tsr IN TINS new career the present Leopod Of
Begum, who nov called the Ulysses Of Euope,n kipgs
he an uncle of Prince Albert and az Il Is said his ne
htical adviser. Leopold ia now Gs wears old Tn HI.
q. CharIn
ter OF George the IVth King of England and EVENTS.
heiress TO the Crown She died. however In the year
1877. The second wife OF Leopold was n daughter of
Louis Philippe who died nearly two years ago His son
nnd heir has lately married Austrian arch duebess
Prince Albert follow ed luckily in the footsteps of his uncIa
Born III 1917 alter having finished his studies NJ the Uni
versy o Bonn he went in search Of fortune and landed
IN the royal apartments Of Windsor Castle One of his
uncies married in 1915 Princess Colary rich Hunq,
ran heiIess and from this marriage issued first Ferdi
nsnd, the husband Of the deceased Maria da Gloria of
Portugal, now King Regent there second Aueuste mar
ried TO Princess Clementine daughter of Louis
and third the Princess Victoria now the VIII. uf tbe
Duke oi Neinours An Of Prince Albert was in l7es
married TO the Grand Duke Constantine elder brother of
the Emperor Nicholas, and divorced in 1890 For
nearly iory years she has lived in Switzerland with thu
advantages of considerable income paid from Russis
she az years old Another Albert was the vii
oil the Duke OF keni she the mother OF Queen yictor;s
anu ihs royal match WIS made between two cousins
All these ntermarriages easily point what are the
Cobugs Interest," and in what direction they Use their in
huence. Ii suit them to Napoleon and
thus endanser the Independence of Belgium Tbey must
propitiate the good will Of Nicholas aud at any rsi avert
general war whose results be deeply niu In
their trbe-N y 3siL-.s. "