The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-05-28

SUPPRESSED PRINOE.-A writer in tn
Canton ( Illinois Weekly Register, refer
ring to the article in Harper's Magazine
entitled "A Suppressed Princess" makes
the following curious statement:
The reader of the Suppressed Princess
VIII De able to form some idea of the care
taken by royalty and its immediate adhe
rents to keep such matters from the ears o
the vulgar multitude; the extreme vigi
lance that would be exercised in the case
now under consideration, and consequent
dimculty of securing q really reliable his
tory OF such cases, and especially Of this
one, which was undoubtedly guarded with
the utmost care and jealousy. Neverthe.
less, the writer of this has good reason fol
believing that he can give an account OF
what became Of Hannah Lightfoot and her
children. At any rate, 1t is the only one he
mas ever been able to learn Of, after cOnsid-
cradle inquiry and correspondence in both
England and America.
"George III, well knew the storm Of in
dlgnation that would be poured upon him
by the nobility of England that it
might even deprive him Of the throne
should he attempt to make Hannah Light
loot his Queen, and her oldest son his heir
consequently he divorced her or put her
away. In order the more completely to rid
himself and successors from all trouble
from that source, he sent his oldest son,
whose name was also George. to Pennsyl-
vania, In company with family who came
there to settle, with whom he grew up un-
der the name of George Shearer. On ar
irving ct the age Of manhood he married
and settled in the western part of the same
State. His oldest son, James, is now res
ident Of this county, Fulton, Ill., and is
something over sixty years of age. He is
Y quiet, industrious farmer, and. his fea-
lures bear 80 strong q resemblance to these
h vol full oto
English pennies-that the one has often re-
minded the writer Of this of the other. He
is comfortably we'll Oh, and possesses to an
eminent degree the prominent character
istics Of George lII.-that of q shlewd
money-getter. We may also add that he
is most unfiinching Union man, and has
no more affection for royalty than any 9TH
or American sovereign
''The exact date when George Shearer
was sent to this country we have never
been able to ascertain; but about a year
subsequent to that event Hannah Light
foot and her other children we're sent to
Richmond, Virginia, in the neighborhOOd
Of which the King gave them large grant
Of land, and where she subsequently mar
ried again aud raised another family. Mr..
James Shearer says he well remembers his
father going from Pennsylvania to visit
his mother, two or three times. He
(James) has lost all trace Of that branch OF
the family; but the writer hereof believes
that he found one portion of it, by CORES
pondence, when the war broke out and put
an end to NIL further search at present.
'.This il no new story to as; we have
been acquainted with the circumstances,
as here stated. for q number of years, and
for the accomplishment of certain pur-
poses not necessary to state In this connec-
ton, have been endeavOring to secure all
the information possible in reference there
to. Although we have not been able to Sc
cure anything that would be considered
prinaa Jaeie evidence, yet every circum-
stance yet attained only goes to confirm
its truth; and should opportunity ever Of
fer, We intend to make some further inqui-
ries ut Richmond and vicinity. We shall
also watch with interest the denouement In
the case of the Suppressed Princess II
that case is ever brought :. before fore Psrlia-
some further light upon the circumstances
We have related" saaI,