The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1871-01-03

rOyhi ihNOT, VIC Sudll I'LL De sufferers.
shall not be spared more than the others
The king will teach him to treat US al
with pride and contempt"
The queens advice was disregarded
and the scheme was put into execution
Young Villers was presented to the king
retained about the court. and given every
opportunity to display his pleasing gifts
while those who had access to the king
sounded his praises in his ears, repeated
his witty words, and recounted instances
Of his gallantry and daring.
The king fell into the snare. The old
favorite was discarded, and George Vii.
lers reigned in his stead. Every honor in
the kings gift was bestowed upon the
new favorite with rapidity never equal.
ed. In the course of two or three years
he was created knight, baron, viscount
earl, marquis, duke, knight Of the garter,
privy counsellor, master of the horse, and
lord high admiral, beside being endowed
with pensions that enabled him to live in
pomp and luxury. When he had receiv.
ed everything the king had in his power
to bestow, he was still only thirty years
of age. All the power and patronage of
the monarch was as completely in 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 ofinternal and foreign policy.
The highest Offices, civil, military, and
ecclesiastical, were sold by him almost op.
enly, which enabled him to support an ex-
penditure scarcely less than that of the
kings own establishment. Such was his
power, that in contest with the celebrat-
ed Lord Bacon, in which Bacon was
obviously right, the great judge thought
it prudent to yield to the favorite, and
was rewarded for his compliance by being
appointed Lord High Chancellor of Eng
land.
The queens prediction proved true.
He showed no gratitude to the men who
had assisted his elevation, and was as far
as possible from being their tool liz get
ting rid Of the old favorite they merely
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 manageable 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
people of England, was an abomination
but the king, whose profusion always
kept him poor, and who was generally in
broil with parliament, was so enamored
Of the half million that he pushed on the
negotiation regardless of all remonstrancc.
The Duke Of Buckingham conducted the
affair and when the preiminaries had
been arranged, he accompanied the prince
to Spain to bring home the lovely bride
and her pleasing dowry. Passing through
France, The pItnuc "a" 1T D"n ~
Princess Henrietta, daughter Of the great
Henry w., and was strucl, 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 oil
the match. Under various pretenses he
protracted the negotiation raised difficul.
ties; gave offence to the Spanish Court
and, finally, the Prince returned home
without wife-to the disgust of Spain
and the unboundcd JOY of England. The
probability is, that all this was secretly
arranged between buckingham and the
Princess.
The king was deeply disappointed anc
mortified but this audacious act of Buck
ingham's had given him great popularit,
in England aud secured the affections o
the heir apparant. James relcnted to
ward his favorite, who at once proceeded
to negotiate n marriage between Prime
Charles and the princess Henrietta o
France. The project was successful. Tn
king died before the treaty was ratified
but the marriage was solomnized fey
days after his dEath and thus it wa
that the tayorite Of James retained a
his power under King Charles.
The early history Of the reign Of thi
unfortunate monarch shows how shame
fully and toolishly the favorite abused hi
power how he involved his country i
, needless wars how he advised costly ex
petitions that resulted only in dishono
to the arms of England how he continu
. ed to sell offices and honors how he ait
ed to widen the breach between the kin
and Parliament how he msead youn
and inexperienced monarch, and prepare
! the was for his ruin. At one time Pal
: Lament endeavored to remove this danl
! erous man from power. An impeacl
ment was threatened. The King,
! mark his contempt tor parliament, instaI
3 ly appointed the favorite to a new dignit
:, that OF Chancellor of the University {
4 Cambridge and then, to prevent the in
4 parchment, dissolved parliament q
4 another occasion, when the House {
7 Commons had denounced Buckingham
y "thc greatest of national calamities,, II
!, infatuated king retorted by naming hi
4 to command an expedition that was thu
A about to sail.
On that day when the House of Con
y mons styled him the greatest of the II
:. . tional calamities, DR.. Lamb, the Duke
"a fovorite physician, was set upon by a M
;s in London, and beaten to death. I
!. next morning the following was placard
in the streets;
a WHO rules the kingdom? The Kin
Or Who rules the King? The Duke W
te rules the Duke? The devil. Let t
ID Duke look TO it, or he will he served
r. his doctor was served
IS, \ short time after Buckingham was
se Portsmouth, preparing TO embark.
a the lay appointed for the ,aiiug OF /