The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-03-19

The position brought him III close con
tact with the nobility and the royal
family, and the pen-pictures he gives
of the everyday life of these person
ages has caused the greatest excitement
| throughout England.
GEORGE ".
OF the greater vices of George the
Fourth the world has heard enough
| but it seems incredible that any king of
| England should have been such a small
! creature as this man was. InOrdinately
vain of his person, he had q perfect
mania for buYing clothes in great guam.
titles, the bills for which he invariably
! left TO be paid by the nation (through
| the master Of the robes); yet he never
| forgot or gave away an article, and
would from time to time require his
Wallets to produce some garments which
! had been out of use for some years.
| When he died it |as said of his ward
robe thatit was large enough TO fiji Mon
mouth street, and gorgeous enough for
! DrUry Lane theater.
Another of the kings peculiarities
was that he always prOfessed to have
no money about him, yet left on his
/ death no less than five hundred
/ pocket books of variaus dates, each OF
which contained a number OF guineas
| or bank notes.
/ HIS ONE GOOD QUALITY.
Mr.. GreviIle relates many Incidents
/ and anecdotes illustrating the kings
! character, end very admirably sums it
| up, indicating at the same time the one
! good quality the fourth George pos
sessed, and which occasionally led him
to act like a gentleman and a prince.
Abiding to certain discreditables stories,
Mr.. GrevilIe says
"This account corresponds with all L
nave before heard, and confirms the
| opinion I have long had that a more
| contemplate, cOwaTdlv, selfish, unfeel-
| ing dog does not exist than this king, on
whom such Gsttery is constantly Law
ished. He has a sort of capriciOus good
nature, arising, however, ont of D6 good
principle or good feeling, but which IS
| of use to him, as 1t cancels IN moment
and at small cost q long score OF mis-
conduct. Princes have only to behave
with common deceucy and prudence
and they are sure to be popular, for
there is q 9rsat and general disposition
to pay court to them. " There
have been good and wise kings, but not
many of them. Take them one with
another they are of an inferior chaTac-
ter, and this believe to be one of the
worst of the kind. The -Ettleness of his
character prevents his displaying the
dangerous faults that belongs to great
minds, but with the vices and weak
nesses of the lowest and most contempt
ible order it would be difficult to find
a disposition more abuudantIy fur
nished."
HIS Personal HABITS.
The statement of the kings personal
habits certainly iUstifies the authors
opinion -...
He leads most extraordinary life
never gets up till six III the afternoon.
They come to him and open the win
dow curtains at six or seven O'Clock IN
tue morning; he breakfasts In bed,
does whatever business he can be
brought to transact in bed, too ne
reads every newspaper quite through,
dozes three or four hours, gets up IN
time for dinner, and goes to bed be-
tween ten and eleven. He sleeps very
i'll, and rings his bell forty times in the
night if he wants to know the hour,
though a watch hangs close to him, he
will have his UaIet dc ch1uJrC down
rather than turn his head to look at it.
The same thing If he wants glass Of
water he won't stretch ont his hand to
get it. His Wallets are nearly DESTROYED
and at last Lady COnyngham prevailed
on him to agree to an arrangement by
which they wait On him on alternate
days. The service is still most severe,
as on the days they are in waiting their
IabOrs are incessant, and they cannot
take off their clothes at night, and
hardly lie down"
WILLIAM ".
was a man who, coming to the throne
At the mature age Of sixty-fve, was so
excited blythe exaltatiOn that he nearly
went mad, and distinguished himself
, by a thousand extraYagances of Iau-
, gaage and conduct, to the alarm and
Z amusement of all who witnessed his
strange freaks and though he was
shortly afteiward sobered down into
more becoming habits, he always con-
. tinGed t. be something of a black
guard and something more Of buffoOn.
1t is Int fair to ms memory at the
same tame to say that he wss good
natured, kind hearted and wcll-meau-
= ing man. and be always acted an hon
orable and traightfOrward, II not al
ways a sound and discreet part