New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-06
QUEEN ANNL'S SON.
From The Saturday Reriew.

QUEEN ANNL'S SON.
From The Saturday Reriew.
While the fact of Queen Anne decease IS one Oh
the best known truths OF history, most people VINO
have passed the age OF examinations do not einrlh-
Der that she had any son at al. let Qieeh hHto'
or to be more accurate the Princess Anne, was the
mother of seventeen children, of whom only one
survived 10 the age oil eleven. ms was the ilttIe
Duke OF Gloucester; servant Oh lne DuH Ii,,In
memoir of the child which Is now very rare or
rather, not to he obtained at all. Macauay, VINO
had seen almost everything which related to the
reign of William III. never mentions IT." though
caulay lived for many years AT Holly Lodge,
near Camden House where the nti'e Du6o %, Oh
Gloucester passed most OF his limited time ln TINS
world Mr.. W. J. LOitie has Just reprinted JenkIh
Lcwiss tract with a brief iutroiurtion. The
little book has a pathetic sort 0i interest; the
details of the young Dukes life are quaint and
amusing ami. as there are but TWO hundred ana
tftv copies of the volume the lrsh edition Is likely
soon To become as scarce rs the old one.
william Duke OF Gloucester. was born on the
9th July 1859. lie was child OF that stormy
wear of the Revolution, when the Princess Anne
chose TO follow her husband and the rsing sun
rather than 10 90 with her father aud the dcclh ny
luminary of the House of stuart The hahy WAS
very weakly child and most people forecast ms
early fate. His first experiences 9i me tonN Tue
shape of " cOnyulsOn-it,' and all encouiag.lnrnt
was oft red Tor anyone VINO conli hnd a remedy Ior
couyulSiou-fts." ia ugh these were the days ol
DR. Radcliffe, belief IN amateur physicians seems
10 hare possessed the minds OF the roya' parents
just aS in fairy tale, when the hing oilrr, nan
daughter. people crowded to court with Their pri-
vatc nostrum. Among the countrywolncn tuat
ATTENDED Mrs. Pack, the wife oi "a Quaker came
from Kingston Wick, with young child m her
arms of month old. 10 sptIk OF remedy winch
had restored her children. Prince George chauc-
ing 10 observe that the wife oi "a Quahcr was
Notwithstanding woman, Mrs. Pack Wa appointed
10 be the Princes nurse. The lrincc icc"Nticd from
his hts, the nurse II was that deH-somc years
later On this sad occasion the Duke al Gloucester
displayed his early possession al royal quality.
The Queen asked hun # H. was not sorry that iiis
nurse was dead. Tie said, No, madam. Tor nc ms
early age he bad the faculty of forgetting e'en hIs
greatest iayorites when out of sight. In 1893 he
suffered from an ague; bui DR.. Radcliffe pre-cnhed
the JesuIts Powder iqWnlnel 81 winch Tue Duke
took large quantities "mO,t mIuiully" For the
remainder of ms eleven wears MS Royal llighhcss
necessarily played al soldiers and dls"laSrd a be-
coming ambition and martial temperament. Fer
what Princes horn bat The glorious game al
war; The little Duke coul conceive "i no moro
noble exercise, aud after bret interval of wish
ing 10 be a carpenter or % suuthI WAS drilling IN,
servants sons, and planning l0tthcdll"nH, ana
vaporug with sword aud pistol all day long. The
faithful Lewis told hun anecdotes "l C|sar AlrN-
auder aud other mnrtIallSi>, am even learned iur
thcation. to WIN tine favor OF tine lIttlc buhr.
The little Dukes first guards were twenty bows
from kcusingtOu, accoutrcd with paper caps ana
wooden swords. In 1904 he was hrrrchre. and
Lo,ug disnI.a.rd with tine iii OF hI. garments
ordered his guards to put the taylor on thu wooden
horse. which stood IN the presence room, for the
punishment of offenders, a. Is usual ~ marital law.
Al thus time his Royal lllghnr,,- toes Turned out
naturally as II hc really been Taught 10 81" 80.
grace which charmed all who were acquainted with
his person. Though active and lively. hc was al
ways alling. and seems never 10 have been able 10
20 up aud down stairs without help At one time hr
| conceived that C. could go nowhere " thOut tw"
uraplr To hold him and he persisted ia TIN, fancy
lll ms father explained to him, aud illustrated with
cuts. the nature and properties al the brch. But
tins 10 have been the only time that hc was
whipped, and ms poor little life was happy one
enough. The Queen quarrcllrd with Princess
Anne in q slstcIly way, and deprived her of her
guard. The little Duke, who was exercising lll-
| boy soldiers at kcn,Ington, vcnturcd to tel her
| Majesty. that hs mamma once had guards but
had none now which, II was sad, surprised the
! Queen a good deal" The King gave the boys
| twenty guiucas: and. sad To tell, the Irirtoraus
| waxrd wantOn "Ihry were very rude. prrsu
ming upon tncir being soldiers; and would challenge
| men, and fall on many people as they came To and
! from kensngtOn to London, which Cau-cd many
| complaints" Such the defects OF the militar,
| character and the dangers of standing army. At
! that time the scots lragoonS' were reviewed bv
| tbs King in Hyde Iark. " They good
! troops" says Jcnkin, "as ever | saw; with caps,
and fuzecs, aud great basket hitch s%or,is, VERY
| long" The Duke observed thrsa Swords with in
| tefcst, aud commanded his cutler 10 make hun n
| claymorc. with which he would "swaggrr about
! the presencc-rOom' With these martial tastes the
little Duke combined an unaicctcu aversion 10 TIE
exercises of rcll .on, which, says Bishop Bururt,
he understood bcyOnt imagination ~; nor CoulI he
be induced to attend family prayers. The Church,
therefore, lost less than the Army II may hc. by
| his death His memory was good, but hc MAINLY
| used it in learning the FERNS of by lama aud
sea. He even Thought out very notable stratagrm
whereby 80 dl~cOnccrt boafdcrs IN naval battle.
| Wien at sea- he WOuld ousCIvr. " Will
| cannonadc my cncu les and then lie by; 80 make
| them believe they may board us | viii send "A nov
up to the top-nass to let tail thence a bag of
! pcGsC, That when tho enemy came 10 board o., obey
! will fall down by means Of the pcqsc AMI | an. niy
men Will rush from the corners ol the sh!p ANA Gus
| them 10 pieces" In this young genera opinion,
| the countries which British commander siuuld
! ann at subhung are France, hungary and Turkey.
Had he lived, he meant to conqurr them IN dr,ail,
! nor has the feat yet bUcd accomplished by the
forces Of the House of Hanover, happily settled
! on the throne winch the young Duke did not sur
! vlye TO occupy. When invested with the Garter he
| said, Lewis if fight any more battles. VIII ave
| harder blows now than ever And he really
| thought by being Knight of the Carrier he oupht
| to become Drawer and slOut"T than heretofore
Bnt alas the " Tres haut Tres Puissant ct Tres
| Ilustro Prince Guillaume, grew no stoutcr The
| ceremonial OF his eleventh birthday, July - 100
| left HIM fatgu'd and ndispOsdp On the 2Gth
he was hot aud fe 'crlsh. They bled aud bll,tercd
| the child, and he died IN derlum Oh the 5Oth of
| July. HIS funeral was stately, and attended
by Burnct, Bishop of Salisbury. his tutOr-n-chief
IL had been arranged that Burnct, while acting rs
tutor should spend less tnan ten days YEARLY i'm
| his diocese He had read the Psalms Proverbs and
| two years converted with him about geography and
the forms of Government IN every country with
! the interests and trade of that country and what
| was both good and bad in IL. 4. q. The last thing
| explained 10 him was the Gothic constitution and
| the beneficiary and ieudal laws" Possibly all
| that learning wearied the child. yet lac seems TO
have preserved his lively spirit to the end harm
| less, bOOdlcsS soldier despOt, who only scoldel
| his maids; child, dwelling always i'll fautasy and
| rehearsng for the great comedy in which he was
never 10 play his story Is more touching we think
than fictitious romances about the deaths of pre-
cociOus infants Mr.. LOftIe's little volume is one
! that ThackeraY would have delighted in IL il like
| royal version OF DIR. John Browns Pet MarjOry"
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