The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1880-02-05

that the Prince and the Duke Of Norfolk hao
been SO drunk for three whole days, that the
former at last fell like pig, and would have
died like one, but for prompt and copious
bleeding. How rude the ''first gentleman :,
could be when he chose, to his wife, is well
known. At drawing room, held by queen
Charlotte in June 1907, when the Prince and
Princess of Wales were present, he took no
notice of the Princess. Turning his back
upon her, he stood between her and the
Queen, and as long as the Princess remain
ed he kept up conversation with his sisters
thereby preventing them from addressing a
word to his wife. This feeling against his
wife he paraded everywhere. He was Ieai-
GUS Of her popularity-quite unnecessarily
for she made herself ridiculous, and the sub
ject of scornful criticism, by her lavish display
at evening parties Of her protuberant beau
ties At these parties the Prince would
stare at ladies whom he knew. without
speaking to them. His condesceneing
speech was addressed only to his first wife,
Mrs. Fitzherbert and her sister, Lady Hag-
gerstone. The first of these ladies lived at
Brighton with the state Of a Queen and the
spirit OF a goddess of mirth. Meanwhile, his
Royal Hizhness flirtcd with "his future
Duchess" the Marchioness Of Hartford. He
knew how to play good part at times. In
1911 he gave grand fete at Carlton House
at which Louis XVIII and the sad looking
Duchess of Angouleme appeared. The prince
received Louis as Sovereign de facto. ~
am only count of Lille" said Louis mod
estly. "Sir," said the Prince, ''you are the
King of France and Navarro, and he treat
ed his guest accordingly. Both the Prince s
wives, Mrs. Fitzherbert and the Princess OF
Wales were at home by themselves, but the
favorlte of the hour was commanded to at
tend, It cannot be denied that English
society wanted refinement in the first decade
of the present century. And some OF the
foreign society was quite as free and easy
We never think Of George Nv without the
caustic lines of Thack cry recurring to mem
DRY, 81 try to take him to pieces and find
silk stockings, paddings, stays, coat with
frogs and fur collar, star and blue ribbon
pocket handkerchief prodigiously scented,
one of Truefitts best nutty brown wigs
reeking with oil, set of teeth and huge
black stock, underwaistcoats, more under
] waistcoats and then nothing. There was
nothing of him but grin and bow"
mt we will never get through Windsor ii we
lin ger after this fashion before a statue, eYen
though it be that OF Monarch, The cell
ings of all the suite, constituting the State
apartn,ents are painted in mitation OF fres-
co by Antonio Verrio, an Italian artist
invited to England by Charles II. He is
little known to fame but made fortune
decorating Palace walls. His forte con-
sisted in painting Gods. Goddesses, Nymphs,
Naiades and the whole host Of b eathen my
thology in the brightest colors and most
extraordinary attitudes. Instead of giving
this fabulous host the graceful attitudes Of
diyinities, they are oftener represented as
semi-nude and sprawling in all sorts OF gro
tesque contortions. The general effort Of
Verrio's pencil, however, is ecidedly orna-
mental. These rooms are furnished obvious
IL at great cost, land are deliberately decorated
with paintings, many of which have faded
| with gobelin tapestry wearing the appearance
of having oeen moth-eaten, and with mucf
statuary etc. They look on the whole more lik'
public galleries than as if they had ever beer
the scenes of private life and domestic com
fort. There could be nothing really comfort
| able in them. No fire, however large, coul(
heat then, land as for preventing draughts Il
would be impossible without sealing then
up. II is not surprising then that the Queer
has provided herself with modern mansions
In one of the apartments our eyes wer
attracted by portrait, taken from life, o
Mary Queen of Scots. Mary was Lowell!
woman, with an expression of great sweet
ness and sincerity of character. She is rep
resented as holding a cruciax in. her RICH
ha nd and in her left breviary. The paint
| ms. bears lengthy and high.flown llati
ms cription which in substance repre- sent
| her to have been by right Princess and lie
Ultimate heiress OF England and Ireland, a
tornented by the heresies of her people
overcome by rebellions, and deceived by ne
relation, Queen Elizabeth, perfldiously az
tanned prisoner for nineteen years, unit
The English Parliament, stimulated by RI
ligious animosties, by an inhuman sentenc
condemned her to death, when on the lSt
eff February, 1887, she was beheaded by tn
common executioner in the 45th year of ne
ege and of her reign.
The next room, of elegant dimensions,
! the dining room, ian Englishman can Il
| nothing without his dinner,) or Waterlo
chamber, as it is called from the fact tina
William w gave dinners in it in commemors
ton of the victory of the 18th of. June, ISLE
surrounded by all the surviving com mandel
who took part in that famous battle. 1t
| the repository, too, for the portraits or
those connected with the memorable feld.-
| Among these portraits is one of George IN
who is said to have-under hallucinatio
of mind-afflrmed that he was present at tn
| battle, and to have repeated the tale so ire
quently that he finally came to believe
| himself. On one occasion, having appeale
l to the Duke of Wellington, His Grace, wit
| infinite presence OF mind replied, "Sire,
| have often enjoyed the honor of hearing yor
majesty relate the anecdote." The banque
4 ting hall or state dining room is, says tt
Hand Book, stwo hundred and thirty-fot
feet long, thirty.four feet broad and thirt.
two feethfgh," which we are prepared
believe and accordingly take on credit. II
ceiling is emblazoned with the armorial bea
! ings of all the Knights OF the Garter, frol
the institutions of the order down to ii
present time, all dead, all buried, all fol
often. How can one look upon these r
cords without cloud of melanch holy stea
inig over the heart.
At the eastern end Of the gallery stanG
the throne. The guare room is full of anciel
relics in the way of old armor hanging fro
the walls, warlike and sporting implemen
of different ages and countries, the who
| furnishing food for curious and amusinp sne