Savannah morning news., 1885-07-22
RoYAL DOC a. ENGnAND.


2stoeracy Saturated with EViI-Viee
in High Places Recalled by the "Pan
Mail Gazette's" Recent Exposures.
Fro0 The Cincinnati Enquirer.
1t would be hard tor any one to trace
back TO The beginning Of flicentiousness in
the higher classes Of England. Sir Wal
ter Scott based the novel OF. "lvanhoe'
upon the Righteousness of the Norman
conquerors Of England towards the Saxon
ladies Of high birth with whom they came
in contact. The Stuarts, alter the resto-
ration, regarded no mans family as eX-
empt from insult. The Hanoveriars came
to the throne attended Dy their mistreeSea
from Germany, and By the time that
George ~. saw hls numerous progeny
grow up ltceutiousness beginning there
bscame the social model OF the state. The
head Of the British aristocracy is the
crown, and there are over forty families
OF the aristooraoy privileged TO quarter
the royal arms upon their shields as be-
ing OF this family connection.
George II. had fifteen children by his
wife of Mecklenburg After numerous
attacks of insanity be entirely lost his
mind in 1911, though he did net die for
liine years. & is son, the Prince Of Wales,
George ~, divorced his wife before he
CAME to the throne, on the ground of her
adultery with her dOmestics generally
Ifaliuus. chad mistress after mistress,
and his first wife, in morals, was an eX-
cellent woman, Mrs tltzhcrbcrt, a widow,
OF Whom il is on record that after the
Prince deserted her ne persecuted her for
years to get her settlement IN money
away from ner, and TO obtain ber letters.
Nrederjck. the Duke OF YORK, next
brother Of George w.. was described
fu t}geyile's diary "as the only one of the
1lripcas VINO has the feelings ofan English
gentleman. He delights in the society OF
}nep Of the world and in life of gaycty
auai'pleaeure. He il very easily amused.
And particularly with Jokes fun of coarse
giess and ipdelicacv. . The next brother
of this family. the Duke of Clarence. took
Mrs Jordan. an actrass for mistress.
and had by her a very large family called
kItxolarence, all of whom We're put into
official positions-either the church, navy
~ state. lie had the barharity TO turn
thls poor mother Of bis children adrltt III
her Old age, and she died OF starvation III
France. The next brother OF this family,
tne Duke oi Kent, father Of Queen Nicto-
rla. has had his life written by euloglst,
and ln it tull account IS given OF the
operations OF his eldest brother, the Duke
"a \ ork Who had mistress named Mary
AaMNlark, whom he permitted tolmburse
aepse4f for his fsyors by selling military
commissions, he having been the Com
mander-in-Chiet OF the British army. She
gut her own tOotman as commissioned
oficer in the army, and the life OF the
ffuke oi Kept says; There was hardly a
department oI the state Whlch her lnhu-
ence Lad not reached, and the list OF aspi-
rants entered Tor consideration IN her
book oi parties to be remembered included
persons Of almost every station in society.
The bare-faeed efirontery with which this
sordid woman sod her calumnles agalns5
Logait4 M1uid' ulliess p"Lle out w uocu-
~ yrs M sti,,,I,to5 ~ r',o,,,o
see.eno - d,i,.-, eesj'las ffoo y ',io~
.s-,e,,ra, ~ ~, NV doLts III discbaraaa
ana = banaa f,i,r1jsbed in sny stSIp la
Fyanca 7 ,Iaseess Sho ossa6 tbo D,,ia ~
Ean; e95o d.,,,,,, and e1lS1 lataT on To- Iot
a.. o,,- NJ ,,a,,adilIoos
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Ahe neGl sou ~ Tue idhiIy WIS the
I-Ng y Nl.iIl Vsi l'ila' ahu ne' ~ api'eStS'
N7s syeteihatlc rdElsner oI me lauies
So. "+fssot ms lIiehas. tFieFl1e relales'
1870 s'ie uate u 60 STORY auout the
= % ~ = Uti ~ ~ l'll,0 al'u h1d hS huuutsl'
O. iVuVNs. lhe luke calleu upon ner
Anu siossis lhoui1eo lei, anu "bth, altet
sclalhhie' ne was oollgeu 70 desist ara
~ AWAY, Jul oel0Ie ne olu ne sAid' 'by
NQd, L'"eah, l VIII 9e tne rum Oh you ana
yeA4 nusoahu, anu "iit nUt rest uhti l
nave destroyed you noun Now, VINO
as mus h9iu Lshdhufsl! he was
Ne" LnElahu iahAee' named Sopiey,
eon oi an arust' anu porn IN boston IN
4. !. - fot managing t9e ulal OF queen
Shtollhe When rejected oy heT husband
~ was mace Attorney 1eheraI OF Eng
1anu' ana eoou atter baron ne married
oeautlal Wldo", the daushter ot an
olhcer VINO haa neen killed at w aterloo,
~ "hou, ne had three chllGfeh, ana thls
AZ sAe Aauf the story Is tolu ABOUT
ROYAL MURDER.
Let us now see what beeame of tbis
Duke al Cumberland. Several wears he
fore the occurrence related he went to bis
bed about | O'Clock in the morning and
suddenly ne woke mn and shouted ~ ona
OF his Wallets i'm an outer room: Il am
Naarderear, When this valet WAS ahou-
IL come into the room the Dulre again
shouted aDon't come b. The nur.lerars
are In nav bedroom. and they will mnrdar
you taar, When the room was searcbed
ft was foupd tbpt Cnrsican volat ~
Cunber,snd yyas living IN h{s ned With bis
Throat ent from ear t0 car Tbev ,mnoa.
charged tbe crime ON this valet WIN ngaa
aaia Ia have killed bimseIf to avoid arrest
gut pshst was rho nottva of The valat in
c,Itfing his own throafg Wbv mo Dpke
had been using the valet,s win for a mis-.