The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-25
The Grevil1e Memoirs.

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! -ScrjbRer for March.
The Greville Memoirs.
GreVille, whose memoirs of George
". and William ". have created such
a sensation in the literary world, was
| great grandson of the earl of Warwick
and grandson of the third duke of
Portland. His family connection in
! sured him the post of clerk of council,
which office he filed nearly forty years.
| The position brought him in close con-
tact with the nobility and the royal
| family, and the peu-pictures be gives
of the everyday life of these person
ages has caused the greatest excitement
throughout England.
GEozaE ".
OF the greater vices of George the
/ Fourth the world has heard enough 4:
! bat it seems incredible that any king of
! England should have been such small
creature as this man was. Inordinately
vain of his person, he had a 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 TObes) 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 was said of his ward
robe thatit vas large enough to fill Mon
mouth street, aud gorgeous enough for
/ Drury Lane theater.
Another of the kings peculiarities
was that he always prOfeEsed to have
no money about him, yet left on his
death no less than five hundred
! pOcket-bOoks of various dates, each of
which contained a number of guineas
or bank notes.
HIS ONE GOOD QUALITY.
MIR. GreviIle relates many incidents
ard anecdotes illustrating the kings
character, and very admirably sums it
up, indicating at the same time the one
good quality the fourth George pos
! ssssed, and which occasionally led him
to act like a gentleman and prince.
Alluding to certain discre editable stories,
Mr.. GEeville says:
" This account corresponds with all /
nave before heard, and confirms the
opinion I have long had that more
contemplate, cowardly, selfish, unfeel-
ing dog does not exist than this king, on
whom such fstEery is constantly Law
ished. He has sort of capricious good
nature, arising, however, out of no good
| principle or good feeling, but which is
of use to him, as it cancels in moment
and at small cost long score of mis-
conduct. Princes have only to behave
with common decency and prudence,
and they are sure to be popular, for
there Is a great and general disposition
| to pay court to them. Theirs
| have been good and wise kings, but not
] nR aE !,
| another they are of an inferior charac-
ter, and this believe to be one of the
worst of the kind. The lttleness 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 dificult TO find
/ a disposition more abundantly fur
nished.
BIS PERSONAL HABITS.
The statement of The kings personal
habits certainly justifies the authors
| opinion
/ " He leads q most extraordinary life
never gets up till six in the afternoon.
! They come to him and open the win
| dow curtains at six or seven o'clock in
/ the morning; he breakfasts in bed,
! does whatever business he can be
! brought to transact in bed, too he
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 ne wants to know the hour,
though watch hangs close to him, he
will have his VGlet de cbGDl6Te down
rather than turn his head 70 look at it.
! The same thing If he wants glass of
/ water he won't stretch out his hand to
! get it. His Wallets are nearly destroyed
and at last Lady COnyngham prevailed
OF 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
lsboTs are incessant, and they cannot
take off their clothes at night, and
hardly lie down"
WILLIAM ".
was a man who, coming TO the throne
1t the mature age of sixty-five, was so
excited by the exaltation that he nearly
went mad, and distinguished himself
| by a thousand extravagances of Ian
/ g0age and conduct, to the alarm and
amusement of all who Witnessed his
strange freaks; and though he was
shortly afteIward sobered down into
more becoming habits, he alsays con-
tinoed to be something of a black
gusrt and something more of a buffoOn.
It IL but fair to his memory at the
same time TO say that he was a good
natured, kind hearted and well-mean-
ing man, and he always acted an hon
orable and straightforward, if not 81
ways a sound and discreet part.
QUEEN VICTORIA
OF Queen Victoria the present vol
umes have but little to say, though
that little Is pleasant. The account the
author gives Of the young queens first
meeting with her council, a few hours
after her uncle King Williams death,
cannot fail to make upon the reader, as
\ it did upon her people, a most favorable
impression
! jane 2lst.-The king died at twenty
minutes after two yesterday morning,
aud the young queen met the counoil al
KepsiDgton palace at eleven Never
was anything like the first impression
she produced, or the chorus of praise
ard admiration which is raised about
her manner and behavior, and certainly
not without justice. The queen entered
the council chamber, accompanied by
her two uncles, who advanced to meet
neE. Ouo goWGu 10 iAS 4OLuoa ISuA 44Gi
seat, and then read her speech In Z
clear, distinct snd audible voice, anC
without any appearance of fear or EN-
barrassment. She was quite plainly
dressed and IN mourning. After she
had read her speech and taken ans
signed the oath for the security of th'
] church of Scotland, the privy council
: lors we're swerR, tbe tTO royal dnke
first, by themselves; and as these tW'