Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-07-14

the two gentlemen placed them
selves behind their chairs, while the
| footmen left the room. But be or
dered us all to sit down, and called
the man back to hand about some
wine He was in exceedingly high
/ spirits and in the utmost good hui
NOR. 3 He placed himself at the
head Of the table next Mrs. Schwil-
lenberg, and looked remarkably
| well, gay, and full of sport and
mischief; yet clear withal, as well
| as comical. ell, this is the first
day / have ever adined with the
King of st. James on his birth, day,
Pray, have you all drunk his Ma
jesty's healthF d NO, your royal
Highness; your royal Highness
might make dem do dat said Mrs.
Schwillenberg. tOhl BY --- ~ win
]. Here you, --' to the footman,
bring champagne. I'll drink the
Kings health if I die for it. Yet
| have done pretty well already.
So has the King, l promise you. l
believe his Majesty was never taken
such good care of before x \ X
Champagne was now brought before
the Duke; he ordered it all round.
When it came to me / whispered
Westerhandts to carry it on. The
Duke slapped his hand violently on
the table, and called out, iOhl by
-, you shall drink it, There
was no resisting this. We all stood
up and the Duke generously gave
the royal toast. And now,' cried
he, making US all sit down again,
where are my rascals of servants3
shan't be in time for the ball; be-
sides I've got a deuced tailor wait
ing to fix on my epaulette. Here
you'll go and see my servantsl Dye
hear? Seamper Off Off ran Will
liam Come, let's have the Kings
health again. X o ~ II I'd
get drunk myself if it were not for
the ball Mrs. SchwilIenberg, who
had sat laughing and happy all this
time, now grew alarmed, and said,
Your Royal Highness, ] am afraid,
will be late for the ball. Hold
your potato jaw, my dear cried
the Duke, patting her on the Shout
DER Ok 5gDOD vii /
AS no book on "Good Society
could fail to mention "the first gen.
tleman in Europe we have him
here en- stlhoWette-a dark outline,
as usual: .g-7a-5g va4y s-Ey /
"He began his career at an early
age. Gay, handsome and clever,
it was not very likely that he would
show himself at all behindhand in
those accomplishments of which
gentlemen were proud At twenty
he was profigate, drunkard, a
gamester, proficient in the worst
language of the worst. To be car
ried home drunk, or to be taken into
custody by the watch, was no in
frequent episode in the life of the
future King of England. He no
sooner saw himself emancipated
from the discipline of home than
he behaved to his father with the
grossest ingratitude, neglect and
contempt. when we hunt together
said the King to the Duke OF Glou
cester, neither my son nor my
brother (the Duke of Cumberland
speak to me; and lately, when the
chase ended st a little village, where
there was a single post chaise to
be hired, my son and brother got
into it and drove to London, leav-
ing me to 60 home in cart, if /
could find one.' He became the
ruling spirit of a society in which
every kind Of profgacy was prae-
tised; among which the policy, the
appearance and the mental suffer
ings of the King his father were the
faVorite and fruitful subjects of ir-
reverent mirth. His designations
were not even the designations of a
gentleman. The prey of money
lenders and sharpers, and the asso-
ciate of prize-fghters and jockeys,
he contrived, before reaching his
twenty-third birthday, to owe no
less sum than 9160,000.@ ~
"And the manhood of this dis
tinguished gentleman was of one
piece with his youth. The shall
lowest tops, the most reckless
spenthrifts, the coarsest profigates
of the day were his chosen friends
-Brummel and Selwyn, Philippe
Egalite, and the like. Drinking,
dicing, betting, racing, and all the
kindred vices, were the distinguish
| ed accomplishments Of this royal
| and select circle. Upon their
nightly orgies, notorious as they
were, it is impossible to touch,
however lightly, in work design
ed for the use of general readers.
| OF their suppers, their brawls,
their freaks both drunken and
sober, we will here say nothing"
And the countess dismisses
George ". with Thackeray's adieu
to that majestic parsonage @
"If you want to moralize upon
the mutability of human affairs, go
and see the figure of Georgius in
his real identical robes at the wax
works. Admittance, one shilling /;
children and funkies, sixpence.
Go, and pay sixpence."
| If need not be said, of course,
that in our time the Prince of
Wales does not indulge in bad
language, like the immoral Clar-
ence, nor initiate Georgtus Uztimus
in his nightly orgies" but is alto
gether a good, wise, temperate,
conjugal young Prince, model to
husbands and the pride of his
country. -
| We cannot help borrowing one
other passage, in which the countess,
after quoting Ruskin and Emerson
on what constitutes the gentleman,
goes on to give her own sensible
reflections on the subject. She
says
Manner is only to be defined by
series of negstions. The we'll
bred person has no manner. The
well-bred person is distinguished
from the ilI-bred person, not by
what he does, but by what he leaves
undone. The Well-bred person just
differs from the i'll bred person in
that he knows what he ought not
to do. The very best breeding
consists chiefly in the utmost unob.