The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-01


who bore it in former times.
Wales, as no doubt a majority OF our reaoe's
are aware was first annexed to the crown Oh
Eneiat d by EDWARD /. That great oo' ""-
principied and sangaipary monarch
with more eIearnsss than any Of his pfeoe
s,rs had done the great advantage ~
rived from the union Of the three
constituting the b1ADd of Sfsa' p'
der one head. and dstasAaea u FosS'",e,
ACCOMPLISH it, In the very oeelhhi"e Oh MS
raic, he .ousbt quarrel win LLkwELLfN,
The Sovereign OF Wales, who had iaSortd me
faction OF DE MosTFoRT, and under pfe'ehce
O! depressing certain disorders on the iron
tier. marched an army into his country. Not
liking TO reduce brave enemy to despair, ne
posted this army in such manner as TO cut
off The Welsh from the valleys and shut them
up In their untains, where they were re-
duced 10 the verge OF starvation. The unfor-
tuna,e LLEwKLLYS submitted, and swore
feai'y 10 the conqueror, who left garrisons
in all the strong places, and returned home
As, probably, he expected, the insoleuce and
eaactions OF The English soon occasioned are
volt, whersupon he returned, defeated the In
surseats ip battle in which LLEwELLYH was
slain, chased his brother and heir, DAVID,
from one mountain to another, finally got
him, although he was sovereign prince
Knowing what a powerful effect the bards of
a rude and warlike country are capable Of
producing, he hunted down and murdered all
those OF Wales The tradition is, that ne next
assembled the Welsh, and told them that he
would give them Prince born in their own
country who could speak nothing else but
Welsh, and that he redeemed his promise by
creating his own son-afterwards the uufor;u-
nate EDWARD IL, who was an infant of a few
days old, and had actually first seen the light
In the cas- lie of Carnarvon--Prince Of Wales.
His eldest son, ALPHoNzo, died short time
after, and EDwAkD becoming heir apparent,
the principaiity Of Wales was annexed to tie
crown, aud from that time gave a title to the
King of Eugiaud's oldest son. These events
HAPPENED 1850 to l2S5.
Tue life of the first Prince of Wales was in no
way distinguished, while he still bore that
title After his accession to the throne, he be-
came, as EDWARD II, the most unfortunate
Prince that ever sat upon throne. Weak,
eremtnate, and not At all warlike, he gave
himself up 10 fayorites, and reused the hatred
OF the fierce barons who had been kept Ill SUBJ
lection by the stern rule of his father. He
greatly added to the odium of his reign by his
loss of the battle of Bannockburn, and from
ever the prey of faction. AT last his wife
cons ired against him, and leaving England
oa a visit to her brother, the King of France,
she carried with her her son, the young
Prince of Wales, afterwards EDWARD Ill,
aud refused to return with him until her hus-
band would consent 10 Danish his favorites
she SPxNCERs. Being entirely under the in
f1uence of MORTIMER, she made of the
Prince-a boy of thirteen--to effect the de-
tEronement of her husband, who was subse-
puently murdered with uhheard Of barbarity
in the Castle Of Berkeley.
The third Prince of Wales was EDWARD the
Black Prince. stll fondly remembered in Eng
land the pride of chivairy and the glory of
the nation. THIS brave Prince won his spurs
at Greasy, and himself gained a victory secoud
only TO Greasy, at Poctiers. He died before
his father, regretted by the whole English ma
ton. 1t is melancholy to think that the dis
ease which occasioned his death, was brought
on by arduous toll ia a campaign undertaken
To restore TO his throne which he had forfeited
by unheaTd of atrocities, one of the worst
Jyrants OF whom history makes mention
namely, PETER, King OF Castiie, sugmauzed
rs PETER the Cruel. The Black Prince
died IN 1875, in the ooh year OF his
age. lie Was mol less renowned for his
NdiUr as u kLiSHt, duu us skill as Ieu-
9 al, than Tor the quality of states manship
at that time litlie known ILL Europe, but
aoundautly manifested by HIM In his long
government OF q uieuhe. He was generous,
ana5ie moderate and humane to "a degree that
cameo hIm tha affections of ali over whom he
ruled. lie would have been great Prince in
any age. He was prodigy IN that In which
he lived
Drtp Of Wa1n fha COZ of
the Black Prince, afterwards the unhappy
RICHARD IL.
The fifth was HARRY of Monmouth, the
HAL" Of SHAKsPEARB, whose pen has con-
iributed tar mole TO make him live in our
memory than the battle of Agincourt, which,
by lhe-by, he did not gain until after he be-
came King HENRY The V. Who is il that is
mol acquainted, personally, as it Were, and
m,st Iamliiariy, with the Mad Prince, the
companion Of PoINs and FALsTAFF, the guest
of Dan- QUICKLY At the Boars Head Tav-
era, Las tc neap, The amateur highwayman, the
lad OF thousand wnlms oddities, pranks and
prac ,icai, kes He ceased to be Prince OF
Wales by becoming King of England, about
The year l4l2.
The sixth Prince of Wales was HENRY, son
of HENRY V. He was but nine months old
when he became King, by the death of his ia
Their, under the designation of HENRY vi.
HIS reign was one of The longest and most uui-
firmly disastrous in the annals of Great
Bntain.
The seventh Prince was that unfortunate
EDWARD, son of HENRY, who was carried out
OF The Kingdom by his mother-MARGARETo of
Arjon-when she fled from the bloody field of
H-xham, al d returned to meet a bloody grave
on he plains of Tewksbury, when he was yet
only nineteen years of age. 1t has been made
subj. CT OF discussion W he Their he was actual
Iy murdered by The Duke OF Clarence aud his
associates after surreuderng, or whether he
was killed In The battle. At any rate there
was an end of him. He was betrothed, if not
actually married, to the lady ANNE NEVILLE,
daughter OF the Earl of Warwick, the Last
OF the Barons," as BULwKR designates him;
the King Maker" as he Is known in history.
lie died In H7l. A romantic incident is re.
lated of him aud his mother MARGARET of An
ION. 1, is said that when they were fiyinR
from the field of Hexham, they had to pass
through wood, in the night, where they
were attacked by robbers, and MARGARET
piuudered OF all her jewels, which were con.
siderable. While the Robbers We're quarrel
lag over the spoils. MARGARET, with her son,
escaped into a thicket, where she concealed
herseif and him. Presently she saw a rob.
Der approaching her with a drawn sword,
when, hoping 10 avert the danger by advan.
cine bali way 10 meet II, she approached him
aud presenting the Prince said, "hsrs, my
friend, commit 10 your care the safety OF
your Kings son." The man IL Is added struck
by her courage, devoted himself TO her service,
and assisted 10 get her to the sea shore.