Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1865-07-07


he was created knight, baron, viscouut
earl, marquis, duke, knight of the garter
privy counsellor, master Of the horse, ant
lord high admiral, besides being endowed
with pensions that enabled him to live ir
, pomp and luxury. When he had re-
ceived everything the king had it in hi:
power to bestow, he was still only thirty
years of age. All the power and patron,
/ age of the monarch was as completely il
his hands as though he had himself been
King of England. All offices of the
State, all the preferments of the Church
were sought from him and conferred by
him. He was at once king and prime
minister; for it was his will that decided
all questions of internal and foreign poll.
cy. The highest offices, civil, military
and ecclesiastical, were sold by him al
most openly, which enabled him to sup
port an expenditure scarcely less than
that of the kings own establishment
Such was his power that, in contest
with the celebrated Lord Bacon, in which
Bacon was obviously right, the great
Judge thought it prudent to yield to the
favorite, and was rewarded for his COM
pliance by being appointed Lord High
Chancellor of England.
The queens prediction proved true
He showed no gratitude to the men who
had assisted his elevetion, and was as
far as possible from being their tool. In
getting rid of the old favorite they mere>
ly changed masters.
In one striking instance, the Duke of
Buckingham dared to thwart the foolish
old king himself, and that, too, in the
project upon which he had set his heart
Prince Charles, the kings eldest son,
having attained marriageable age, the
king formed the design of marrying him
to the daughter of the King of Spain, a
young lady whose marriage portion was
half million pounds sterling. The
match, in the sight of the Protestant peo-
pie of England, was an abomination /;
but the king, whose profusion always
kept him poor, aud who was generally
in broil with parliament, was SO enamor-
ed of the half million that he pushed on
the negotiations regardless Of all remon-
STRANGE. The Duke Of Buckingham con-
Quoted the affair and when the prelm-
inaries had been arranged, he accompan-
led the prince to Spain to bring home
the lovely bride and her pleasing dowry.
Passing through France, the prince saw
at ball the Princess Henriette, daugh.
ter Of the great Henry ~, and was
struck with her charms. They arrived
in Spain at length, where the prince was
received with all possible distinction and
entertained most sumptuously.
buckingham, nevertheless. broke OFF
the match. Under various pretences he
protracted the negotiation; raised diff
culties; gave offence to the Spanish
Court and, finally, the Prince returned
home without a wife-to the disgust of
Spain and the unbounded JOY of England
The probability is, that all this was Sc
cretly arranged between Buckingham
aud the Prince.
The king was deeply disappointed and
but this audacious act of
Buckingham's had given him great pop
ularty in England and secured the affec-
tions of the heir apparent. James re-
Tented toward his favorte, who at once
proceeded to negotiate a marriage be-
tween Prince Charles and the Princess
Henriette of France. The project was
The king died before the
treaty was ratified, but the marriage was
few days after his death
and thus it was that the favorite of James
all his power under King
Charles.
The early history of the reign of this
monarch shows how shame
ully and foolishly the favorile abused
lis power; how he involved his country
n needless wars how he advised costly
expeditions that resulted only in dshonor |;
o the arms of England; how he continu. ,,
d to sell offices and honors how be !.
Iided to widen the breach between the
ting and Parliament; how he misled a
'oung and inexperienced monarch, and !,
prepared the way for his ruin. At one :
ime parliament endeavored to remove
his dangerous man from power. An .
was threatened. The king, :
D mark his contempt for parliament, :,
lstantly appointed the favorite to a new 7
ignity, that of Chancellor of the Uni, :.
ersily of Cambridge; and then, to pre- y
ent the impeachment, dissolved parlIa- !
lent. On another occasion, when the :
Iouse Of Commons had denounced Buck. :
,gham as "the greatest of all the national =
the infatuated king retorted ,,
y naming him to command an expedi y :.
on that was then about to sail. )
On the day when the House OF Com 4
ions styled him the greatest of the na- = =
onal calamities, DIR. Lamb, the Dukes :
vorite physician, was set upon by a mob :
London, and beaten TO death. The ;,
ext morning the following was placard y
| in the streets:
"Who rules the kingdom The King.
Tho rules the King? The Duke ut
Tho rules the Duke? The devil. Let ut
e Duke look to it, or he will be served 81
his doctor was served"
A short time after, Buckingham was =, "
Portsmouth, preparing to embark u
n the day appointed for the sailing of ca
G feet, man sought his presence, and u
a moment when he was surrounded by "
S friends, gave him mortal stab with
knife. The assassin, who was immedi-
ely seized, proved to be Lieut.. John th
elton, an officer of credit, who had serv- IA