New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-10-23
"THE FIRST GEYTLENIY IN EUROPE.o

From 4cnyee Bar.
Meanwhile this worthy King, al order to avoid tho
curses which beset hun at home, took trip 10 Ire
land. During the passage he amused himself 10y
pa'takng largely of goose pie and cOplous draughts
OF milk punch and whIskey and sang many Joyous
songs; that when his loyal subjects inst saw
their monarch IN Dublin he was more than h-H
seas over" However they got MIN to the PhUnix
Park and the Paddles pronounced him Jolly good
fellow. He also visited Scotland; when SIR Walter
Scott, bubblng over with loyal enthusiasm, RrasDed
the goblet from winch His MAJESTY had just drained
"a powerful dose of tOduy, raised II a!Ott, declared
that the glass should be handed by his family un-
used t. pCsterIty, placed IL for SAFETY IN the tail
pocket of his coat, and immediately atterward, for
getting the treasure sat down aud smashed II to
atoms. THIS eXuberant loyalty WAS moro than
matched by the men of Kent, VINO erected an
Obell,k at Ramsgae, " as grateful record OF Ills
Maestys graceful condo censOn IN selecting this
port Tor ms emb TkatI. 1" To hanover; a. II the
poor mortal could pass from place TO place without
traYersIng the intermediate space"
Ii the Kings conduct 10 hls wife va, shameful 10
was scarcely less to his only child, al whom he
became profoundly Jealous. At fist he was led TO
suppose by his uncle and Others that by DIV Orclug
ms wife hc should get rId the heir To the throne.
When tins scheme failed he next enieayOred TO get
her out of the country by marrj ing the frlncess
Charlotte to the lrnce OF OIangc-a man without
the least affection Tor her, ami WnO sWOit IKE q
trooper, got drunk, and lodged at MS taOTs. lie
was at length told by his lady-l0ye that MS olier
was declined with thanks. UpO1 hearing THIS, her
fond father" the first gentleman III Europe was
furious lie stOracu and sWOre placed her hutSr lock
and key, ami dismissed all her attendants until the
Princess ran away IN a hackney coach TO her
mothers; and then the unseem,y wraugle abated.
I be Regent at length consented 10 her UNION
drought about by crafty Duchess Of Oldenburgl
with Prince Leopold, whom lie generally spoke OK
IN terms of contempt. TINS was the father who,
IN response to the health OF the fHhcess CHARLOTTE
wnom he scarcely ever saw, could declare That no
had made 1t his first care to lnshl Iuto the mlnd
ano heart OF his daughter tue knowiedge ANA love or
the British CONSTITUTIONS ms was the Btutf WHO
heard of that daughters death, when on "A visit 10
Lord HerliOrl IN suffolk, with profession OF pro-
found grief at one moment; and the next vas m
cral by tOrChllght ANA longing Tor IL 10 come OF.
This was tie father who could say TO an anIbassa-
doris WIFE when all Englanu aghast at tho
mOuIniui news, that the .eaih OF ms daughter hic
been a most fortunate event Tor this country she
would have maze a very bad queen.
4 man is known by his friends, and his character
Is ties eel by friend and Toe and II we call men TO
speak OF the character of him VINO Vas kn0wn IN
London as IlOrZcl" " Big Ben " The Rising
sun -" " our fat Friend" and 10 country cousins ~
the first gentleman IN Eulope," we hnd such testl-
mOny Is the lO.iowiug:
Lord lruugham writes: " George ~. had
temper by no means low or Teyenge.ui; tut he hal
become selfish To- q degree 50 extravaganza that ne
seemed u act upon practical cJW ictloh OF All
mankind being born Tor ms exclusive use ana ueico
he became irritable on the least WclHcut that
thwatied hIs wishes. lie was quch, lively gifted
with a rrtcutivc memory, aud even with ready
wit endowed with an exquisite ear Tor music;
p Ssc>sIng too. nnc sense oi the ihdlSio' dhd III
accomplished mimic" The Old Lord Chancellor,
however. takes care 10 assure as that he was ID
man OF very uncu,tiyated mind ignorant OK All O9t
the passage, OF history which most princes read;
knowlnL Ittle OF the dead languages, ana hothlnS
what .vcr OF the Tudments OF any science natural
or moral, with crude notions OF government picked
-. Wbru Genre. ~ came TO Edinburgh saws DR..
Guthrie. " dId not move a step To see one ol tho
worst men that ever diSgraced a throne-a base
fellow who had all the bad without any oi the re-
deemlug qualities of Charles L. Even worse -
the verdict 1899 OF his once intimate associate,
Grevllle Clerk of the Councils " the opinion have
long had. that a more contemptlo;c' crWaiuy,
I'm ceiling dog does not exist than lh"klng; WHIST
Dr. Doran shows him up IN another aspect " Never
did swain make love absurdly as the frlhce OF
Wales For the hrst gentleman IN Europe he was
the greatest simpcton under the influence OF passion
that ever existed. When he was not SHY ~ was
mean, and he sometimes was both, ana heaitieSS 10
From these stubborn facts it is amusing to turn to
the realm of fancy and find the first gentleman ia
Europe represented IN IN allegorcal trluspa'
rpucV aU NauXhall Gardens, whlch ne pitT1hlle',
as leaning against horse the never could rlde)
which was held by Britannia; Minerva heid MS
helmet whilst Providence was engaged IN forcing
an his spurs: Fame above blowing a trumpet and
browning him with laurels.' Gazing upon sdch
warllke representation, no wonder GeOfgo tLou2h5
himself hero, and when MaddIsOns punch began
TO circulate he would declare how he led the lOth
IIussaTs at the battle OF Salamanca ana rode
Fleur-de-is' for the Cup ut Ascot races; chalehg-
ing the Duke of Wellington to cOnlrm the Slate-
tnrut The Iron Duke dT!ly replied, have often
heard your Royal Highness say So. ~. t,,.,is,.,
In IS2g the King is failing rapidly. lie seldom
gets up till in the afternoon. The hst gentleman
IN Europe will not hear about death. HIS chaPialhs
have to handle the subject much as the Coult
mortal. save yoAr Majesty" When KIM Georges
case was hopeless he conceived the dr3 OF yer
picking his Ministers by sudden TRIP To ans anu
much persuasion was ncedet 10 prevent hlm from
making the effort. As be lie, on his SICK couch'
tretful and mpulslye. with periumcd atmosphere
rr,In,I,ng ms attendants that corruption had
seized upon his once elegant form before the grave
WAS open to receive him IA sad illustration ot
Iohns6n's saving that :" the bowl OF pleasure y
polsOned hy reflection on the cost we cannot can
10 mind, after study ng hts character for twenty
years. redermng tIalt, some lttle MT ID tne
bed by his faithful valet Bachelor on the nlsht Ok
the 2jth Of June, 1880, feeling much as usual AZ
o'clock i'm the II orning he King awakes ~ graz
asitotion lie calls for help. Sir Nathan Naier,
who is IN attendance, comes 70 the bedside tie
raises him mp. In a moment the Ieai!y, ol Vil' ~
nation strikes the enleebled King. HIS I2oE Is my
OF horror and amazemcnt but he Is nearly cboho.
He can only eXclaim, Natti, "hat Is 'uiS SA0S
have deceived me; 1t Is death