Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1865-12-21
UNION
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 81. 1865.
DOMESTIC TROUBLES OF THE BRIT.
IsH ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.
From the Cincinnati Gazette. ]

From the Cincinnati Gazette
1t is a singular fact that since the aces
sion OF the House Of Brunswick 10 the Brit
ish throne in 17l5, the relations between the
sovereign and the heir apparent have never
been pleasant. GEORGE |, who became
King when past middle age, brought over
with him from Hanover a train of comely
German mistresses, leaving his wife in prison
on the continent, and bitterly hating his and
her son. afte1ward GEORGE III. a feeling
which was cordially reciprocated. Which
GEORGE died in 1871, he left will which
disposed of some of his private estates in a
manner not pleasing or profitable TO the new
monarch. The latter demanded a sight of
the document from the dignitary TO whose
care it had been intrusted, and greatly shock
ed him by coolly putting il in his pocket
1t was never again seen, and consequently
never probated or carried into effect FRED
PRICK, Prince of Wales, the son of the
second GEORGE was, in his turn, at
swords points with his father He estab-
lished rival little court Of his own, where
all who were out Of favor at the royal pal
ace were wont to congregate. He, howev-
er, died in 1851, nine years before his
father. Frederick's son, George Ill, was
the first Of the Hanover an dynasty born on
English soil. Succeeding to the throne
when young man, and of far more exem-
plary habits than his predecessors, it might
have been expected that the rule would not
prove true in his case. Yet no sooner had
The Prince of Wales, afterwards George ~.
come Of age, than the hereditary jealousy
reappeared, as intense rs ever. There were
faults on both sides. The dissipated son
was probably most to blame, but the obsti-
nate and narrow-minded father was not alto
gether irresponsible. However this may be,
the fact remains that they opposed each
other as their grandfathers had done. Nei-
ther George ~. nor William ". had legit-
innate sons: hence the former was compelled
to select his wife to vent his spite upon.
For many years the British papers have
descrlbedtheexcellentdi discipline under which
Queen NictQria's children were being reared,
and if we could believe the loyal authorities
no happier or more genuinely affectionate
family has often lived on English soil. Yet
for the last four years, since the death Of
Prince Albert, rumors have been circulated
that the Queen and her eldest son were fire.
quently at variance. Recently these stories
have increased in number and defniteness.
There is now abundant reason TO believe
that the first commandment with promise
Il one very little regarded by young Albert
Edward. Setting aside the generally con-
eeded fact that the Queen is inclined TO be
domiDeering and reluctant to allow her off
spring due amount of freedom, there
are political reasons which afford sufficient
ground for revival of the hereditary
quarrel.
1t will be remembered that the oldest
daughter of Victoria married a Prussian
Prince, and that the wife of the Prince of
Wales is the daughter of the King of Den
mark. The events of the last year are still
fresh in our readers minds. We refer. of
course, 10 the ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the Danish
dominions by Austria and Prussia, and the
neutral" acquiescence of England, after
that power had given every moral assurance
OF protection 10 Denmark.
Lord Palmerstons conduct naturally ex-
cited the indignation of the Princess of
Wales, and consequently that of her hus-
band. The fact that the Prince of Wales
attended the theatre the night after Palmer
ston's funeral shows the amount of his sor-
row for that Minister
While Prussia and Austria was keepino
mp appearances, before attacking the Danish
duchles tooth and nail, certain Prince
Frederick, OF Schleswig- HOstein-Sonderbug
Augustenburg was a prominent candidate for
Their sovereignty. 1t is not necessary TO 90
into am explanation of the nature of his
claims, or 20 the attention paid TO them bv
the German powers. Suffice il 10 saw that
he too disputed Denmarks claim to
Schleswig- llolstein and thus placed himself
I'M antagonism TO that kingdom and 10 all
who sympathized in its cause. Ii is not
with him, but with his brother, Prince
Christian, that we have TO do. This so-called
Prince is princcly only in title, being with
out property 10 any amount, and holding
low commission in the Prussian army. Born
on the 22d of January, 1881, he is now near
ly 'hirty-iivc years of age. He is probably
a well behaved fellow, for Queen Victoria.
who is scrupulous on these points, has select
ed him for her son-in-law. His destined
bride is her third daughter the Princess
Helena Augusta Victoria, born in 1916, and
therefore in her twentieth year.
The London Morning Post, the daily re-
pository Of Court gossip and semi-oihcial
jenkins of fashionable life is reioiced over
the pleasant auguries of the nuptials; first
because Prince Christian, being without do
minions, will live in England, and second.
because the Queen will emerge from her
mourning seclusion on the celebration of the
marriage.
This is quite agreeable, but there is an
other side 10 the picture, noticed in less syc-
Ophantic papers than the Post. The Prince
and Princess Of Wales were naturally angry
enough with Prussia, and Palmerstan's du-
plicity. SO keen has their resentment been
with all related 10 the above mentioned mon
archy, that during the recent visit of the
Princes elder sister, the Princess of Prussia.
they hardly treated the latter with the most
distant politeness.
A notable example of this is given in our
London letter, the Prince and his wife at
tending ball at the house of Lord Alfred |
Paget while the birthday of the Princess Of |
Prussia was being celebrated at Windsor.
If the visit of a sister, allied by reasons of |
State policy 20 the representative of an OBJ |
noXious house, could thus arouse their re- |
sentiment, we can conceive what must be 1
their contempt Tor pSuper scion Of family l
whose pretensions 10 Schleswic- Holstein inn |
proyerished their father and father-in-law.
The Queen, it is well known, is wholly /
German in her sympathies. Her son is /
warmly attached, on the other hand, To Den |
mark, as he naturally will be while his wife
retains his affections. With this difference |
Of opinion between mother and son, kept |
alive and widened by the introduction Of a |
social element of controversy in the form Of |
n new member Of the family, the results arc
not at all dubious. While Victoria lives |
and reigns the so-called Brunswick hatred /
wiz manifest itself as strongly as at any 1
lime within the mast century and n half