The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-18
Royalty behind the Curtain.

Tie following from The ALBANY 1tlas
and A,gus. is so wholly different from
what has hitherto been regarded the ex-
emplary conduct OF all the members Of the
Royal family of England, that we think j,
must be a very doubtful statement:
QUEEN VICTORIA TROUBLED BY THE DIssoLUTE
HEIR TO THE THRONE AND BRUTAL Son
IS-LAw.
The heir of the English throne is not a
promising youth. He is unlike his prince
/ " aud accomplished father. aud already
develops appetites and tastes that ind-
/ cate the progeny OF that Hanoyeran sty
that gave England the corrupt or imbe>
cie George and their coarse brothers.
He indicated some OF those tastes while
| here, and they are said to have raDidly
grown upon him of late. They have great
solictude to Prince Albert before his
death; and have since furnished theme
! to tle London I INES for some harsh ad
monitions.
Next ovember he will have completed
his majority, and will come in possession
OF 100000. the savings of his Cornwall
Duchy, under his fathers care. Tie
Queen, his mother, is giving way to de-
gree of despondency that indicates mental
disease, to which her family is subject.
We copy from letter in the Herald
dated London, some scandal on this point
which is probably made up from the lows
er class Of English newspapers
The princes TASTES are of a low order
and whenever left to his own devices he i
fond of herding with parties to;aliv unwor
thy Of him. He is morbilly su>eeptihle
of t1attery of gross kind. and his anonrs
are all more or less OF a vulgar character.
Shortly before the death Of the Prince
Consort it is well known that lie visited
Cambridge but it is well known that the
conversation he had with the Prince Of
Wales at Maddenly were of SO unsatisfac~
tory nature as to give him the most Sc
rious anxiety. On his return to Windsor
he brooded over wnat passed 10 that de
gree that his physicians demonstrated :;
and only short time before his death he
said 10 the Princess Alice thai the swers
he received from her brother were Of A
characters 80 low, So deprayed and yiliated,
that he feared all the pains he had be
slowed on bis education would be found
TO be worse than useless. l. appears
there IS some woman in town who exerci.
ses great influence over him. anu once or
twice the prince stole away from Madden>
ly unknown 70 Gen. Bruce, his tutor, to
see her. Upon one occasion ile ', rs found
ous, bat not Till the train had departed.
when a telegram was dispatched to Winds
sor, and the prince was somewhat sarrris
ed to find at the station, waiting for bin.
one of the royal carriages with Sir George
Grey in attendance, to escort him TO the
patey ,fami!ias.
In Eneian much fault is found with
the system thst has been pursued with the
Prince of Wales education. With Eton
close to Windsor, where the flower of
proud Britain is reared, the prince was re!
egated to forcing house. superintended
by parcel of old savans, generals and old
women. Nominalr placed at The great
universities-Oxford and Cambridre-he
is simply resided at some aaafson de com.
panic within a few miles of these semina>
ries having, instead of the youth of En-
gland for his companions, the aforesaid old
s'agers. whose conversation was always to
be of an instructive. improving character.
Tie wonder is-not that he prefers the
companions of the servants' haIl-pot that
he loves kitchen maids and works Of tha,
school immortaIized bv SnglIett-but
that be has not been driven mad.n
The same letter adds that the Princess
Royal who married the Crown Prince OF
Prussia, has, 1t appears, been united to a
man of dssoute character Some time
ago her Royal Highness was said to have
sprained her ankle; when the truth was.
that her husband. in enc Of his drunken
fits, had kicked her down some steps
This, with the depression OF the Queen.
makes sad story, and proves that the di
vinity that doth hedge a king, sometimes
/ hedges royalty in thorns