The Grange advance., 1874-11-24
Anecdotes of Kings, Queens, and
Celebrities.

Anecdotes of Kings, Queens, and
Celebrities.
THE KING s RuDENEss TO THE DUCHESS OF
''The Duchess sat on one side Of the
King and the Princess Victoria oppo-
site. After dinner, by the Queen S de.
sire, Ills Majestys health was given.
AS soon as is was drunk he made very
long speech, in the course Of which he
poured forth the following extraordi-
nary and .toudroya1,te TRADE: 4 trust
in God that my life may be spared for
nine months longer, after which peri
cd, in the event Of my death,
no regency would take place. l
should then have the salts
faction Of leaving the royal authority
to the personal exercise Of that young
lady pointing to the Princess), the
heircss presumptive Of the Crown, and
not in the hands Of a person now near
me, who is surrounded By evil advisers:
and who is herself incompetent to act
With propriety in the action in which
she would be placed. have no hcsi~
tation in saying that I have been in-
sulted--grossly and continually insult.
ed--by that person; but I am deter
mined to endure no longer course of
behavior so disrcspectful to me.
Among many other things ! have par.
ticularly to complain Of the manner in
which that young lady has been kept
away from my Court. She has been
repeatedly kept from my drawing
rooms, at which she ought alw~ys to
have been present; but | am fully re-
solved that this shall not happen again.
l would have her know that am King,
and am determined to make my au-
thority respected, and for the future
[ shall insist and command
that the Princess do upon all:
occasions appear at my Court,
as it is her duty to do. He terminated
his speech by an allusion to the Prin-
cess and her future reign in tone of
parental interest and affection, which
was excellent in it's way. This awful
philippe with great deal more which
forgot) was uttered with loud voice
and excited manner. The Queen
looked in deep distress, the Princess
burst into tears, and the whole com.
pany we're aghast. The Duchess Of
Kent said not word. Immediately
after they rose and retired and terri.
Die scene ensued. The Duchess an
nounced her immediate departure and
ordered her carriage, but sort of re-
cancellation was patched up and she
was prevailed upon to stay until the
next day.
AN APROPos STORY.
"a certain Bishop in the House of
Lords rose ! to speak,. and announced
that he. would divide what he had to
say into twelve parts, when the. Duke
Of Warton interrupted and begged he
might be indulged in a few minutes, as
he had a story to tell which he could
only introduce at that moment. "A
drunken fellow was passing by Saint
Paul's at night and heard the clock
slowly Ginning IL. He counted the
strokes, and, when it had finished. look
ed toward the clock and said: Damn
you, why couldn't you give US that all
at once?' There was an end Of. ths
Bishops story = 5 - ''
POPULARITY OF GEORGE ".
'sThe King, went to the, play last
night for the first time, the Dukes oil
York and Clarence and great suite
with him. He was received with i'm:
alsXse adeas1ats6t, TIE whole pit stand,
lang up, shnrrahing and waving Their
hats. Lork Hertz ord dropped ono o
sthacandIes as hef Was, likhting the KIN