The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-02-12
THAT VALUABLE BOOK.
Some Interesting Reading.
From, the N Y C-a,1,io

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ticle appeared in these columns, tn
object of which was to show that th
book for which q reward of e1, 900 ha
recently been offered is the only re
naming copv of work published il
London IN 1730, and containing an &c
count of the marriage of George "
to Mrs. Fitzherbert, and of the issue o.
that marriage, who, if living. might
fairly pretend to the crown of England
1t is known that such book was pub
lished in that year and suppressed as
completely as possible, but that it must
have contained matter besides the &C.
count of the marriage and issue-mat.
ter which, IN connection with the pub
licatiOn of the "GreviIle Memoirs" on
that part of them which was not pub
llshed, might do serious damage to the
present royal family-is evident from a
number of considerations. In the first
place, that marriage has practically
been recognized by the English govern
ment. Mrs. Fitzherbert having re-
celved pension during her lifetime,
which was continued to her son, who is
now, and for a number of years has
been, resident of this CITY, in which
he is a musician in one of the the
ater Orchestras. He bears a striking
resemblance to George ", and his
exalted birth has long been known to a
few of his friends. Maria Fitzberbert
was born in July, 1756, of an old Cath
olic family of Hampshire, and was
married successfully to E 1Ward Weld.
of Dorset, and Thomas Fitzherbert, of
Stafford, being left a widow q second
time In 1871. Four years afterwards
George w., then prince of Wales, and
" the first gentleman of Europe" first
saw her. and in December, 17S5, they
were privately married by a clergyman
of the Established Church in the pres
ence of witnesses. This union was not
legally valid, for the English laws pro-
hiblts marriage between a subject and
prince of the blood roval. The king
subsequently married Queen Caroline,
quarreled with her, and returned to
Mrs. FitZherbert. His excesses COM
PEELED her to leave him, and she retired
to Brighton, where she Outlived both
George ~. and his successor, receiving
large pension from the government.
Such is the account given in "The
American Cyclop@ iia - and in her
memoirs" by The Hon. Charles Lang
dale (LondOn, 1866, and the contin1-
alton of part of the mothers pension to
the son is proof that the present gov
ernment recognizes the validity of his
claims as, at least, a son by inorganic
marriage.
But how does this argue with the in
ference from the History of the Fitz-
herbert Letters, which was published
a few years ago by BentIeyP According
to this book, Mrs. Fitzherbert confded
to her eXecutoTs-the Duke of Yelling
ton, Lord Albemarle and another2a
sealed packet. which was by them de-
posted In Oontts' bank, and was to re-
main unopened unless her character
should be assailed, when it was to be
opened and published in vindication of
the purity of her relations with George
". These relations were very we'll
known, and the fact that, after the vio-
lent attack on the character of Mrs.
Fitzherbert was made in the Edinburgh
Review, the packet was not allowed to
be published, shows that it contained
other documents than the marriage GER
tifcate which it would not do for the
reigning family to have brought to
light. The &c History of the Fitzherbert
Letters" shows very plainly that power
full and royal influences were used In
suppressiDg the facts, and the govern
ment at once came down in a very en-
phatic manner upon the publisher and
upon the book, of which, however,
there is at least one copy now in this |
city.
Therefore it seems impossible that |
the lost book for which the large sum of |
81, 600 is now offered and the packet |
deposited in Coutts' bank merely con- |
tain detailed account of the marriage |
of George ". with Mrs. Fitzherbert, |
unless, indeed, the legal showing of a |
fact which, though well known, had |
never been proved in court, be dreaded. |
And yet, with an all-poWerful parlia-
ment, which may change the succession
at will, what harm could come from its
During Queen Caro-
lines trial for adultery public opinion
was so strongly in her favor that the
government abandoned the prosecution,
and popular opinion, expressed In par
lament, Is the British constitution.
Lord Brougham was the queens coun-
sci, and at the trial he limited, in a way
not to be misunderstood, that if the |
charge was pressed the defense could |
and would prove the kings marriage /
with Mrs. Fhzherbert, which by the |
law would have excluded him from the |
throne. This was then not to be /
thought of. Bat how would such proof |
be of service or harm to anybody now? /
In no conceivable way. The case then
stands thus The marriage, though
not legally valid, is we'll known to have |
been celebrated the marriage has |
never been legally established, but |
should it now be legally established no .
harm could come from it It follows |
that the lost book contains something |
more than has commonly been supposed, |
and something that, if generally known, |
would work very serious injury to some |
body-some family or some interest |
that can afford to pay largely for its |
Taken IN connection with 1
the suppression of part of the "Grevilie |
Memoirs" at this time, with the pub /
Usher of the lost book, and the general /
suspicion, it seems very evident that /
the royal family and interests have i'm
portant matters here at stake.
Causes Of Insanity.
About fifty per cent. of the idiots of
large townssln Canada are the children /
of drunksrds, while long catalogue Of |