The Red Cloud chief., 1877-08-23
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of England. he could not contract a
marriage without the consent Of Parli
ament, and he could not marry aROman
Catholic without FORGETTING his right to
the crown. To avoid the Princes im-
portunities, MIS-. FitzheIber retired to
year. He wrote to her constantly, and
in December, l1Sj, she returned TO Lon
don and consented TO marry him. The
Prince, to the great dissatisfaction of
his father, King George III, had attach
ed himself personally ard politically 70
Charles James Fox, the great Wing
leader. Hearing that Mrs. FitZherbert
had returned, and that the marriage was
likely to take place, Fox wrote to the
Prince a manly and sensible letter, re-
monstrating against the marriage, point
ing out its Illegally, warning him that
if there were children from tie mar
rage they would he i~llegitimate, and
that the country would be exposed to
the danger of a disputed succession to
the throne. II is quite certain that the
Prince could not have shown this letter
TO Mrs. FitZheTbert: but be made the
following answer TO Mr.. Fox:
CARLTON TIOTsE, Dec. II, 1885.
Ny DEAR CHAELES:-IOur letter of
last night afforded me more true salts
faction than ] cal find words 10 express,
AS il is an additional proof to me, which
-, IA 40 " nn- - ~,
having that true regard and affection
for me which is not only the wish but
the ambition of my life to merit. Make
Yourself easy, my dear friend, believe
me. the world Will soon be convinced
that there not only is not, but never
was anE-f0und for these reports which
OF l2+e. have been 10 Inadvertently cir
Culated.
While he was thus misleading Mr..
Fox. the Prince was devising means OF
accomplishments marriage. Mrs. FitZ-
herbert was a virtuOuS woman, and any
other relation than marriage was out
of the question. One day, while Mr..
JOhnes, d clergyman, intimate with Fox
and his friends, was dining with Lord
North. he received an invitation TO sup
that evening with the Prince Of Wales.
Lord North took him aside and told
him that the Prince would probably
ask him to perform the marriage cere-
mony. This turned out to be true, but
Mr.. Johnes refused to comply with the
Princes request. Nevertheless, the mar
rage took place, very secretly, on The
2lst OF December, I1S5. The ceremony
was not performed by a Roman Catho-
Iic priest, but 10y a Protestant clergy
unan. SIX gentlemen We're present. and
two nf them signed the marriage GER
tlficate AS witnesses. one of them was
the uncle and the other the brother
of Mrs. FitZherbert. Any scruples
which she or her friends might nave
felt We're overcome III this way. by
the DEGREES OF the council of Trent,
which are the law of the Roman Cath
Ole Church, marriage is valid IN cOun-
tries where the authority OF the Coun-
Gil of Trent is not acknowledged, ever
if il is not performed by a Roman
Catholic priest. This marriage, utterly
void 10y the English law, was sanctioned
by the law Of Mrs. FltZherbert's Church,
and she believed that she could. with
out scruple. live with the Prince OF
Wales as her husband: and she did Sc
privately. But il is certain that there
never was any issue of the marriage.
In the spring of 1867 it was announc-
ed in the House of Commons that an ap
plicatIon would be made TO Parliament
to pay the Prince OF Wales debts. a
member MI. ROlle) rose and said that
if such a motion was made he would
move the previous question, as the pro
posal involved matter 10y which the
Constitution. both i'll Church and State
might be il j~uriously affected Every
BODY understood this 10 allude To The
Princes private marriage. On a sue
ceeding day Fox denied the marriage
in the House, in point Of fact as wei
as law" The fact" he said. not only
never could have happened legally, bu'
never did happen in any way whatso
ever. and had been from the beginnin:
a base and malicious f~alSehoOd Or
7 being questioned, he declared that "h'
had direct authority for what he said.
The next dav a gentleman of Fox's &C
q~uaintance said 10 him at Brooke'S clul
house, Il see 10y the papers, Mr.. Fox
YOU have denied the fact of the marri
age of the Prince with Mrs. FitZher
bert. You have been misinformed.
was present at the marriage" In Tn
interval between Mr.. ROLES threat AM
Mr.. Fox's declaration, the Prince hat
told Fox a deliberate lie. Fox, tindln!
that he had been duped. renounced tn
Princes acquaintance. and did not speal
to him for more than year; and a.
though he associated with him person
PLY, and acted with him and for hin
politically, he never again trusted III
word of the Prince of Wales. Mr.
FltZherbert, who WAS made To bellev
that Fox had denied her marrlag
"hHe knowing all about il, never after
Wafo spoke !" him. Fox could not re
tract the declaration 40 had made il
the House or Commons without Upns
ing the Prince TO the danger OF losin
the crown.
The marriage, of course, never wa
acknowledged: but the %strangest par
of this affair is that no one in Englan
ever doubted that il had taken place
Mrs. FitZherbert was regarded as Ion
is she lived, by some members of tn
rayal family DC o ladx Mhn lid in foe