Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-02-15
.THE MYSTERIOUS BOOK" :"
) d. e,7tto,. of tie Richmond Whig

r. tl- e7ttor of Richmond Wing:
The book about which so much interest has
bepo excited is probably Huish's Memoirs.
This work was said to have been suppressed
becauso of its alleged libcls Oh the Duke OF
Cnmhar|and, afterwards King of Hanover A
few comics, c.retully presur we'd, are extaot, and
I b,ve freouently had one of them belonging
to friend iD my possession.
Nobody doubts that George Invent through
the ceremony of marriage with Mrs. Fltzher-
bert as William ". did with Mrs. Jordan. A
royal duke of our own day has been faithful
through life to a similar morganatic union. All
these marriages were, however, illegal under
the Royal Marriage act, which George | II.
sot passed No question as to the succession
10 the British crown could therefore arise by
reason of King George w. aud Mrs Fltzber-
berts wedding, which was performed to salts
fy the lady's scruples.
The Court Of Victoria furnishes pleasant
contrast to those of previous reiguS.
Yours, obediently, Sr. \.
To the editor ofMc Wing:
Sir-Siuce writing to you yesterday. | fud
that the papers received to day generally OH
firm my impression that the mysterious
book could only be Huish's Memoirs
AS Lave pointed out, all the speculatious
fvuuded ou the idea that King Georges left.
handed marriage to Mrs. Fuzherbert could
aff. the succession 70 the British Grown are
mistaken.
That this marriage had anything to do with
the suppression of the book is incredible, since
printed documents would not be evidence IN
legal proceedings There never was any secret
L. 1ba, FL to ha
erous gallan,ries of "the first gentlemen in
Europe" Every man who could read in Eug
land knew at the time how George ~. lived
life of dignity and debauch
On the other hand, there was a secret told
in fearful whispers about the Duke OF Cum
berland, whose sole aim seemed to be to equal
the yiciousness ofthat other Duke of that name
''The Butcher eft Culloden." The necessity
for hiding this secret, which if known, might
have frustrated the Dukes hopes of Hanover,
and impcried his liberty, was most pressing
Moreover the case Was one which precisely
admitted of the law Of libel being used to sup
press the narrative, while the Fltzherbert mat
ter was altogether outside of the domain OF law.
Hush told the whole horrible story. The copy
of the Memoirs to which l have referred was
loaned to me by an ex- member OF Parliament,
long the intimate friend Of Brougham, who was
counsel for Queen Caroline against King
George and had bitter hatred to the latter.
My friend always told me, and quoted Lord
Brougham in support Of the statement, that
the Memoirs were somehow suppressed
either by legal means. or by buying up the
whole edi.ion-in the interest Of the Duke
of Cumberland If it had been that the
Kings or the Duke of Clarence's interests
we're affected, Brougham Of all men would
have known all about it, and would have been
likely to have cou6ded it to his bosom friend.
What it was that was charged (perhaps falsely
against the Duke of Cumberland do not care
to publish, but the Memoirs themselves, in the
State library, will, if complete, disclose The
facts.
The Royal Marriage act" was passed in
l772, 10 con>r quence of the Duke of Cumber-
land marriage with Mrs. Hortou. The Prince
of Wales was privately married at Carlton
House to Mrs Fnzherbert on the 2lst Deem
Der, 1855. by Protestant clergyman, and III
the presence of her uncle and brother, The
Royal Marriage act had then been iu operation
for thirteen years, aud by lis provisions the
members of the royal family cannot marry be-
fore they are twenty-five years o2 age without
the approval of the Sovereign, aud after that
age it is necessary to obtain the consent of both
houses of Parliament. The Prince union with
Mrs. N.zhcrbert Was therefore clearly ultra
wires and legally binding on ueitber party.
After the Princes legal marriage to Caroliue
Of Brunswick, Mrs. Fitzherbert left bin, but
subsequently again lived with him for several
years Being devout Catholic, it was said
that Mrs. Fitzhcrbert had obtained the Pope's
sanction to this arrangement 1t may be ad
ded, that if the Prince had contracted legal
marriage with Catholic, he would ipso tacto
have forfeited bis right to the crown.
Yours, respectfully, ST. a.
Chase City, February 4, 1875.
GALLANT, BUT BLUNT.-Durng the war of
the revolution. while the British occupied the