The New York herald., 1871-12-09

her aucnfants. IN order ~ nusb up tnia outraga
WHICH WHICH wst severe'y commented upon IN Germany.
SopnEl Dototnea Was permitted 20 VISIT her father
&C Leic. Vainiy she imploreJ hls protection.
Duke William. blinded by the ambitious hope or
Pretehucu NOT 70 peiieve her. she even refused 10
return 10 Hanover ll the threat or an eternal scpa.
ration nom her children "A son, alterwari George
tue second, ana daueher married TO the tatncr or
Frederick the Great, and second KING OF Prussia
shortly after The departure o sophia Dorothea
/elle Phiiip Won Konngsmark han arrived Ia Han
over. where hrs ready wit, elegant manners and un-
doubted talents soon made hin fayortte, and no
was appointed Colonel oi the Guard Nothing could
be more natural than thai tina intimacy with the
companion OF ns boyhoOd should be renewed Her
beauty touched his neart her wrongs excited hls
fndignation aad he expressed himself freely the
subject There Il little doubt but he counselieJ inc
Princess to seek refuge from her prosecutions at
the court OF her relative The Duke OF WolfenbuCel.
lt was the signal for nS assassination aud the rain
OF the victim ne vany sought 10 defend. letter.
purpOrtng TO he written by the Princess, put which
Madame plaleu on her deathbed confessed 10 have
forged, was placed In his hand requesting an inter-
was nothing unusual In such an Invitation the
manners OF the age fully sanctioneitt. The meeting
lasted but . low minutes. and took place "a the
presence OF Mile Won Knesebeck. tho lady OF honor,
who aiterWari published memoir warmly deiend
tug her mistress vito naturally denied having scat
ihe letter.
On his return through the knights Hall Konngs-
mark was murdered by party or tue Eiec'
not on.y Witnessed the decd OF blood, nut stamped
Win her high-heeled shoes upon the face OF the
dying man aud crushed out his eyes. In her soft
the Wretched woman became blind. Her punish
ment Il recorded in popular German ballad -''Tho
~ the GoWeidIy assassination Of nor early
friend, sophia Dorolhea refused 10 i've
tho inordinate vanity OF George Louts to tho
quick. Count PIaten was appointed 10 interrogatc
Her tlignncss, who, struck py tho indelcacy OF rha
selection demanded II he maginei hc gues-
ttoning ms own wiia. On receiving tne sacrainenr
In the Court church she publicly made solemn
protestatiOn Of her Hdenty to her worthless his
band, and asked Count Platen II his wife could do
the same. Al first divorce was contemplated. The
Duke william OF ze!le strongly opposed. He cared
little for the happiness OF hs ill-used child but the
prospect or seeing MS grandson upon the English
throne was too tempting TO be resisted he
threatened an appeal TO The Diet OF the Empire.
Sentence was ~ last pronounced by tho Judges
There was no question Of criniinaiity raised, but
ence 10 her husbands will. rhey were separated.
George Louis was to retain the fortune or hts IL
used wife and the custody OF her person Tue Castle
OF Anden was assigned a. her residence. ani the
m0ckerv OF state was for q time kept up; but the
victim remained for thirty years literally prisoner
In the Parliament Of Englsnd, wne they recorded
unhesitatingly the patents Or nobility conferred on
the adopted sistersand there were many OF them OF
George the First-not single voice WAS ever raised
III favor OF his captive queen. On her deathbed
Sophia Dorothea soiempy protested her innocence
and 80 the tradition runs--summoned her cruei
husband to answer lor his crimes NJ the bar OF God
within the year. He died before 1t expired.
ARIsTOCRAOY INTENSIFIED.
The descent OF the royal family OF England has long
been source oil Intense modification 10 the House OF
Guelph. Queen Charlotte used to twlt ner husband.
Eagtsh:-'I tank mine Got der IL no Madame
dObreuse In mine family Her Majesty Queen
Victoria mas not proved herself aoOve tnls weak
ness she refused to receive the Princess Mary OF
Baden with The nonors due TO her royal birth be-
cause she had married the Duke Of Hamilton, Of
her own subjects. The daughter OF the late Duke
Of Richmond. wife OF Prince or SAKE weimar. II re-
celved at Court only as Countess OF Darneberg o
title conferred upon her by her nusband's family.
Very lately Prince OF Wales at Court bali, re-
fused the royal entrance To his own sister and tho
Marquis OF L0rn.
When King william the Fourth died, and at the
moment OF the accession of queen Victoria the
crown OF Hanover was separated from that of Great
Britain; a Han0yerian law excluding females from
the throne.
The queen succeeded as the only child of the late
Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, by his wife the Prin
cess Victoria Mary Louisa, fourth daughter OF An.
thOny late regnlng Duke OF Saxe-UOburg -Saalfeld,
sister of Leopold the FIRST late King OF the BcIgians.
Her uncle Ernest Augustus, Duke OF Cnmber.
land then the first Peer Of England. left the British
Court to assume the throne OF Hanover, on which
he was succeeded by his son, the late blind King
whose royal seat aud treasury, even hts private
fortune 1t was alleged. were absorbed IN such an
unceremonioua manner by the Ptussians some few
years since.