The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-10-18
GEORGE ".


The October number of the CornhM Magnzin.
opens with the concluding chapter of Mr.. Thacke
rays "Four Georges" and very severe it is upon
"the rascaIliest, sweetest young Prince" George
the Fat and Fourth. Here is satirical pen.por
trait of George:
"To make portrait of him at first seemed :
matter of small difficulty. There is his coat hi
star, his wig, his countenance simpering under it
with slate and piece OF chalk, | could at th
very desk perform recognizable likeness of him
And yet, after reading of him in scores of volumes
hunting him through old magazines and newspa
pers, having him here at ball, there at public
dinner, there at races and so forth, you find Won
have nothing-nothing but a coat and wig and a
mask smiling below it-nothing but great simu.
lacrum. His sire and grandsres were men One
knows what they were like: what they would dc
In given circumstances: that on occasion they
fought and demeaned themselves like tough good
soldiers. They had friends whom they liked ac.
cording to their natures; enemies whom they hated
tercely; PASSIONS and actions, and indvidualities
of their own. The sailor king who came after
George was man; the Duke of York was man.
big, burly, loud, jolly, cursng, courageous.
But this George, what was he? | look through
all his life and recognize but bow and a grin. /
try and take him to pieces, and find silk stocking
padding, stays, coat with frogs and fur collar,
a star and blue ribbon, a pocket handkerchief
prodigiously scented, one of Trueftrs best nutty
brown wigs reeking with OIL a set of teeth and a
huge black stock, underwaistcoats, more under.
waistcoats, and then nothing. | know of no senti-
ment that he ever distinctly uttered Documents
are published under his name, but people wrote
them-private letters, but people spet them He
put great George p. or George Il. at the bottom
of the page and fancied he had written the paper;
some bookseller clerk, some poor author some
man did the work; saw to the spelling; cleaned mn
the slovenly sentences, and gave the lax maudIin
sipslop sort of consistency. He must have had an
individuality; the dancing master whom he emu
lated, nay, surpassed-the wig maker who curled
his toupee for him-the tailor who cut his coats
had that. But, about George, one can get al
nothing actual. That outside. am certain is pad
and tailor's work; there may be something behind
but what? We cannot get at the character; nc
doubt never shall. Will men of the future have
nothing better to do than to unswathe and inter.
pref that royal old mummy? | own once used to
think it would be good sport to pursue him. faster
on him. and pull him down, but now | am ashamed
to mount and lay good dogs on, to summon full
field, and then to hunt the Door game
And here is an anecdote in which s'the finest
gentleman in Europe" as it was the fashion to call
the last of the Georges, does not figure very cred
itably:
"And now have one more story of the baccha
nalian sort, in which Clarence and York, and the
very highest parsonage Of the realm, the great
Prince Regent all play parts. The feast took place
at the Pavilion, at Brighton, and described to
me by gentleman who was present at the scene.
In Gilray's caricatures, and amongst Fox's Jolly
associates, there figures great nobleman, the
Duke of Norfolk, called Jocky of Norfolk in his
time, and celebrated for his table exploits He had
quarreed with the Prince, like the rest of the
Wings; but sort of reconciliation had taken
place, and now, being a very old man, the Prince
invited him to dine and sleep at the Pavilion and
the old duke drove over from his Castle of Arundel
with his famous equpage of gray horses, still re-
membered in Sussex.
"The Prince of Wales had concocted with his
royal brothers a notable scheme for making the
m 1nt EVnr NJ tIo tohI
enjoined to drink wine with the Duke-a chal-
lenge which the old topper did not refuse. He soon
began to see that there was a conspiracy against
him; he drank glass for glass; he overthrow many
of the brave. At last the First Gentleman of Eu.
rope proposed bumpers of brandy. One of the
royal brothers filled great glass for the Duke
He stood up and tossed off the drink. Now SAYS
he, q will have my carriage and go home The
Prince urged upon him his previous promise to
sleep under the roof where he had been so pener-
ously entertained. no., he said, she had had
enough of such hospitality A trap had been set
for him; he would leave the place at once, and
never enter its doors more.
"The carriage was called, and came; but, in the
halfhour's interval, the liquor had proved too DO
tent for the old man; his hosts generous purpose
was answered, and the dukes old gray head lay
stupihed on the table. Nevertheless, when his
post-chase was announced, he staggered to it as
well as he could, and, stumbling in, bade the pos
tiliOns drive to Arundel They drove him for hall
hour round and round the Pavilion lawn: the
poor old man tancied he going home. When
he awoke thatmorning he in bed at the prince:
hideous house at Brighton. You may see the place
now for sixpence; they have fiddlers there every
day; and sometimes bufloons and mountebanks hire
the Riding House and do their tricks and tumbng
there. The trees are still there, and the grave
walks around which the poor old sinner was trot
ted. can fancy the flushed faces of the roya
princes as they support themselves at the portico
pillars, and look at old Norfolk's disgrace; but
can't fancy how the man who .perpetrated il
continued to be called gentleman"
A LIFE. PRESERVING BATHING CAR.-Persons who
have lost their lives while bathing in the surf along
our sea coast have usually come to their end by the
simple want of cords fastened shore and attached
to their bodies. These lamentable accidents will
no doubt be annually repeated until we have some
thorough system applied to the bathing cars at oul
watering places. 1t is not enough that there should
be few loose cords lying the beach, which woul,
probably be in use for clothes-lines or other pur
poses at the very time when they were most wanted
| The cords must be permanently attached To thi
| bathing-cars, and so fixed that each swimmer will
be secure against the possibility of death by reaso,
| of an undertow. Thomas Leesou, of New Yorl
| city, has invented contrivance which seems wei
aoapted to secure this end. He has car on wheels
divided into four bathing chambers with doors OF
both sides. A narrow platform runs along the side
OF the wagon, and little fight OF steps descends t.
the ground. Eight ropes, wound on reels, are pro
Vlued-one Tor each bather-and to each is attach
ed ed oroad strap to be buckled around the waist
| Inc cord may be paid out required, and only a
required, for ratchet and pawl prevent its un
| winding faster than desired. The car is also pre-
vlded with longer ropes and floats, for the use o
| good swimmers who would venture further ou
| into the surf. With such apparatus as this /
1 general use at Newport and R0ckaway, we ma
| fairly count on there being no more such cases
/ nj Mr. Rot1 Mr. nr tha nfh sub IN