The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1875-02-12
From the New York Graphic. !.

s0AAtys AO A1AkO VI tAx6 UOOA II AVt 1uCue
toned, but from the names OF. the publisher
and printer, which are given, the book is rec
ognized a. sort Of scandalous chronicle which
was published in the year named, and Which
gave what purported to be an accurate account
Of the secret marriage Of King George w., with
Mrs. Fitzherbert, aud Of the issue OF that mar.
riage-aso who was either kept in conceal
is this be true, could now make very strong
pretensions to the British throne and the title
Of George V.
The story has been told, more or less in de.
tail, in two or three books which have ap-
peared since 1880, and that some degree Of iln-
portance is attached to it by the present royal
family is shown by the TACT that every one Of
been suppressed by the government by the in
Fiction OF severe punishment and the payment
OF large rewards for the possession OF stray
copies. The book now advertised for was pub
lished by NJ. Lindsell, Paternoster row, and
printed by T. Jackson, Newgate street, and
both publisher and printer suffered long terms
Of imprisonment for disobeying the injunc-
ton Of the lord chancellor: About three
years ago the scandal Threatened to burst forth
again, for a single copy Of the book which had
escaped the destruction of the original edition
came into the possession of the editor of the
London Standard, who threatened to publish
it serially in his paper. This came to the ears
of the government, which at once
offered off the editor the choice Of
the story and go to prison for con
tempt of the lord chancellor, or to refrain from
publishing it and accept e5,OVO for his copy of
the book. The editor looked upon the latter
alternative as the most desirable OF the two,
and pocketed the E5, 600, turning over the
book to he burned. With the destruction OF
this copy the government supposed that the
ored that one more copy Of the book remains,
and is somewhere in America. The placard
does not bear any evidence of being issued or
| authorized by the government, and is. per-
hsps, unknown to the British authorities
Another publication Of the story was made
some years ago by Reynolds, a London pub
published in the form Of fiction, and being SO
| evidently overdrawn As to convey but little
impression that twas founded on facts, it did
not SO seriously attract the attention of the
government.
Another book which the authorities have
zealously endeavored to suppress, but with
only partial success, is a history Of the Fitz.
by Bentley, of which at least one copy is now
III this city. 1t is a matter of history that King
| George w. had an afaire de c9ur with Mrs
Htzherbert, and it is said he was privately
married to her, but the legality of this mar.
riage j, seriously questioned, as she was a de.
yout Catholic, and the clergyman who per-
palian. Mrs. Fitzherbert survived the King
and also his successor, King Will
liam w., for the Grenville Memoirs, Just pub
lished, mention the fact Of her coming when an
old lady to look at the remains of the last.
named monarch. She died at an advanced
age in the early part Of the present reign, and
according to the Bentley story, she contided te
her executors q sealed packet, which was tt
unless her character was assailed, when it was
to be opened and published in vindication O
the purity of her relations with George w. The
executors. who were the Duke of Wellington
Lord Aibemarle, and another, deposited the
packet in Coutts' bank, but a few years after hel
| death very offensive attack upon her memory
was made in the Edinburgh Revieso. Upon this
the third executor requested the consent Of his
colleagues to have the packet in Coutts' bank
opened andits contents, which were believed tt
include the marriage certificate, published in
accordance with the wish of the DECEASED. The
duke and Albemarle opposed this motion, and
the other executor went to the bank and made
o personal application tor the packet. At this
account At Couitt's bank, and the Official seemed
afraid Of displeasing 80 powerful customer
and threw various Obstacles i'll the way of get
ting the papers. The executor again appealed te
Wellington and Albemarle. but they, too, seem;
move in the matter: After a while
the three executors died, but the ex,
eoutors Of the one who had
so long endeavored to get possession of the
documents renewed these endeavors by ap'
plication to the executors Of the Duke Of Wei.
| 1ington and Lord Albemarle. The latter, how
eyer, were also memorable, and as a last re.
source the first-named set of executors pub
lished detailed history of all the efforts to gel
the facts contained in those documents before
the world. This history showed very plainly
that powerful and royal influences had been
active in suppressing the facts, and the gov.
| governmental once came down in very en-
phatic manner upon the publisher, and upon
| the book.
The story Is at all events acurious and 70.
mantle one, and there are those who prophesy
that ITS most important chapter remains to be
enacted when Queen Victoria passes away and
the question OF the succession comes to the
| front.