The Worthington advance., 1878-12-12
How Fat and Willy Queen Ruled =
Dapper King.


Temple Bar.
The second George, in spite of his open
nfidelities, was deeply attached to his
consort, a woman OF great judgment, well
read, and of considerable tact, but want:
ing in all those softer qualities with which
her sex is generally credi ed. She had
the sense and culture of man, with
mans standard Of purity Provided her
husband accepted her counsel and advice,
she was Indifferent to whom he gave what
he was pleased to call bis heart. The in
dignitics that another woman would not
have tolerated tor moment she bore
with charming good humor, and was per-
fectly content to lose her husbands a1fec-
tions so long as she r. tanned the command
over his intellect. Yet with that anus
ing blindness which never makes us see
ourselves as others see us, the King was
under the impression that he was the
most autccratic ana independent of
sovereigns. He expressed the strongest
contempt for all monarchs who permitted
themselves to be ruled by their wives or
their subjects. He sneercd at Charles !.
for being governed by his wife; at
Charles II. for being governed by his
mistress; at James II for being governed
by his priests; at William Ill. for being
governed by his men favorites; at Queen
Anne for being governed by her women
favorites, and at his father ior being gov
erned by any body that could get at him.
| Then, at the end of this TRADE, he would
turn round to his audience and ask
'And who do they say governs now2'
The coLrtiers were too well bred to re-
ply, but wag took the subject up and
put it to verse.
''You may strut, dapper George, but twill all
We know tits Qleen Caroline, not ysu, that
reign
! You govern no more than Don Philip OF
! Spain.
Then # you would have US fall down and
| adore you,
Lock up your fat spouse, as your dad did be-
fore you"
How this power over the King was
maintained, and how great was the sell
DENIAL IT demanded from the Queen, we
read in the pages Of Hervey. The pre-
dominant passion Of Queen Caroline was
pride, and the darling pleasure Of her
sou! was power; "Dut she was forced tc
crafty the one and gain the other as
some people do health, by a strict and
plain re zine, which few besides herself
could have had patience to support, re'
solution to adhere to-" Every day she
remained tete. a.tete with the King, "dur
ing which time she was generally saying
what she did not think, asserting t.
what she did not believe, and praisi ns
what she did not approve; for they were
seldom of the same opinion: and he to<
; fond OF his own for her ever at first tx
dare to coutrovcrt it. She used to Civ
him her opinions as jugglers do card
, by changing it imperceptibly, and max
ing him believe be held the same will
; that he first pitched upon"
To him she sacrificed her time, fer hin
,, she mortified her inclination. Sin
looked, spoke and breathed but for him
, like weathercock to every capriciou
blast of his uncertain temper. She gov
!; erned him by being so great slave t
him thus ruled as any other vile could b
1 to man who ruled her. For all the tedi
t Gus hours she spent then in watching hin
G while he slept, or the heavier task &
entertaining him while he was awake
her single consolation was in ref1ectin
t she had power, and that people in coffee
1 houses were saying she governed thi
4 country without knowing how dear III
r government OF it cost her. The positio
!, Of affairs was not lost upon so worldly a
8 observer as Walpole. He paid his coul
:; to the Queen. he ingratiated himself int
= her good graces, he let her see the differ
!. ence between himself and Compton, an
9 how the one could materially help he
IL while the other would be of little service
: : He heard that Compton had offered H.
y Majesty an allowance of ego, 0,000a year. g
5, nv office of Minister be secured me" sal
e Walpole, IL will make the allowant
i SAC, 900 more" The bail was accepted
= ''the Queen assured him that she believe
no man SO capable of serving the King {
himself; that her interest, if she had an
should never be employed for any 9TH
body, and she was sure the Kings inter
y tions were to continue him." And 80
4 came to pass that Walpole was restore
IS to power, and the Tories still continued
e gaze from the. Plsgah Of opposition upe
10 the Canaan Of Office without being invite
. to take up their abode within the ferti
1. territory. 1T was now understood 1
y every body" says Hervcy, "that S
e Robert was the Queens Minister; tn
/. whomsoever he favored she disting guishet
II and whomsoever sue distinguished II
T. King employed. His reputed mistres
e Mrs. Howard. and the Speaker Compto
his reputed Minister, were perceived
IS be nothing; and Sir Pulteney and Lol
Boiingbroke, in the algebraical phras
/ less than nothing" The Administratic
that was in Office at the death of the la
?, King was not displaced.
y Facts and Fancies.
Atentle Miss, once seized with chill,
: Was feeling most internal ILL.,,
|. When came an Md, for to know
TN. 7. .rvice he could do