New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-06-05
PRINCE GEORGE.
A FUTURE KING OF ENGLAND.
SKETCH OF THE PRINCE OF wALEsa HEIR
ALTOGETHER A MANLY FELLOW
Ills LEE IN TILE NAVY.

HIS LIFE IN THE NAVY.
| From The English Illustrated Magazine.
George III was born at Norfolk House., st.
Jamess Square, i'll 1893: Prince George OF Wales
first saw the light within almost a stones throw
of the same place, at Marlborough House In 1860.
As a boy he presented in nearly every respect Il
marked contrast to his elder brother me iate
Duke Of Clarence, who was his senior by just
seventeen months. In appearance the one was pae:
pensivc, retiring, but with a singular grace OF
forsook him: the other was ruddy Of countenanae
full of brightness and brusque Vlvaclty: Inc
features of the elder were finely cut in close re-
scmblancc to those of his father at the same early
age Prince George, on the other hand, bore a
striking likeness to the Princess of Waless sister,
| the Princess Dagmar the present Empress OF
| Russia, not only in the general form and cast OF
countcnancc, but also in detail OF feature ana
| expression.
For the first eighteen years of his life he was
| the nscparable companion of his brother: and
probably there have rarely if ever, been two
brothers that were more attached 10 each other
than these two Each seemed to find in the
other the complement of his own lndvIdlal
characteristics. There is no doubt that the qulck
iveline,s of Prince George acted a constant AMI
welcome stimulus both in work and play hours
to the more Emphatic temperament Of his
brother While that brothers quiet staidness
often served a counterpoise to the yOungrrs
impulsive dccsiveness. Were they following the
hounds together boys, il Prince George
whose pony had TO take the fence hedge the
first and give Prince Eddy the lead: were they
bathing together in the sea, il was Prince GeorGe
who was the first to leap of the ship or yachts
| side into the water and not till he swimming
around and encouraging his brother to follow
| him did the elder take the inevitable plunge
In many ways the elder constantly leant upon the
younger brother and the younger recimoca'ci
the confidence with warm-hcarted manlinesS ana
devotion.
cadets on the 9TH of June, 1871 The regulation
limit of age within which boys must enter Is
twelve years the one side, and thirteen and
half wears on the other. Prince Eddy was within
three days of the maximum, and Prince George
had only passed the minimum by two days. lie
was probably the youngest cadet that ever Joined
the britannia The late Professor Drew, of King :
COLLEGE, London Whose experience OF boys and
young men was perhaps az large as any teachers,
bad previously supcrntendcd the mathematlcai
instruction Of the brothers, and often expressed
himself as much struck by Prince Georges ability
and intelligence. and regretted that he would not
lie able to prosecute his mathematical studies at
either of the Universities, and carry them beyond
the standard cXactcd by naval requirements
The two years life spent on board the training
ship under the command of Captain now wee
Admiral Fairfax at Dartmouth admirably suited
the two Princes and conduced in every way to
their healthy development in mind and body
While there Prime George won more than one
prize for boat-sailing, and pulled in more than
one victorious crew OF cadets.
ON the 18th July, 1879, the Bacchante was
commissioned by Captain ln0w Rr;E-AdmiraD
Lord Charles Scott. In her the two Princes made
their we'll known three years voyage about the
globe. They were both rated a. mldshlpmen on
flp elder DrIuccS sixteenth DlIIU'liN, tIt Sli
January, 1850. For the greater portion Of the
time the Bacchantc was attached to the train
ng squadron under the command of Admiral the
Earl of Clanwilia which consisted besides Oh
and the Carysf0rt. The two Princes under these
auspices saw for the first time the West Indies
South America. the Cape, Australia, tiJI, Japan:
then ordered through the Suez Canal into the Medl-
tcrrancan, and a considerable period of time. was
spent by the Princes in Egypt. the Holy Land
! and ,rpn IA a
After returning 10 England about the begin
ming of August, Prince George went in the autumn
hi, naval Instructor Mr.. l.awlcss. and the present
French master NJ Eton, NJ. llua, to Switzerland
They resided At Lausanne for slX months. uh'll
on the lsi Of Nav lsSJ Prince George was ap-
pointed mshipman 10 the Canada, which was
then commissioned by Captain now Rear-Ai-
niral Dunant for service on the North Aneri,
can and West Indian station, where She joined
the squadron under the command OF Admiral Or
| Edmund Commerc Besides visiting many other
! places in the Dominion and North America, lie
assembled the 81. lawrenccsin her, ny QneDec as
! far "a. Montreal Lord I!Sfnc was at that time
| Governor-Grncral of Canada and Primers Louise
was with him AZ Ottawa.
among the West Indian Islands and visited Dcne-
rara and British Guiana. Shortly after this
Prince George became The senior midshlpman III
the service, and was waiting I'll his ace allowed
Inn to present himself for his examination as sub
lieutenant This hc did on tie earliest day posi-
bile. namely his nineteenth birthday, 3d June,
ls>i when hc obtained first class in seaman
ship On coming home he at once joined. rs all
sub-cutcnautS have 10 do. the Naval C3legr al
Greenwich for further instruction, and subse-
qucntlv IT, NJ :. Excellent at Portsmouth,
Naturally he went through the course exactly
, like any body else. Every suh-lleutenant has 10
pass five examinations, one each IN seanlanshlp
In uavigaton in torpedo, in gunncry, and in
pilottee I'm four of these Prince George achieved
the unusual distinction Of Obtaining iirst class
an thus won his promotion IL Ecutenants rank
sth October, 1850.
From his earliest days at sea he has ever been
a thoroughly efficient and also Il most popular
officer not only with his comrades in the gun
room or the ward-room but also with all the
men over whom Inc has had command rs md
shipnan he was always keen To do all IN Ills
power 10 render the boat > crew or the gun en-
| trusted 10 his charge the smartcst and best
handled in the shlp: a. a Lieutenant he was
always alive 10 all the individual characters OF
the men of his division. Those who showed
themselves neat, steady, smart, and eager 10 iul-
ill their duties and get on he was ever rrauy 10
encourage by word and sympathy and helping
| hand. because he knows his work thoroughly
well, and is himself practically able to do each
thing he requires of them, his men have thorough
confidence in him, well aware that when need DC
| he never spares himself: and thus when he calls
upon them TO put forth all their powers, they
always chccrlully respond III way that bfltiSh
blue jackets alone rlu do. Murc than one OF MS
| captains has unmarked that they never felt 90
secure. or could turn in with less concern at
night than when Prince George was officer OF
! the watch
| to IT, II. :. Thundcrcr under the command OF
| Captain now Rcar-Admirah Stephenson Oh the
Mediterranean station; but ns that ship was de-
| ta.nrI tire, months in dock AZ Malta Tor repairs
he was temporarily transferred on the ut June
10 H. NJ \ Drcldnought, under Captain NOW
Ecar-Admiral Bedford, with the Hon. Maurice
| 4 Bour.c as her commander Captain Stephen
| son succeeded Captain Bedford in command of
! the Drradnought on the l sth August, 1856, ana
| Prince George received his appointment as one OF
| mai ships regular hcutcnantS 10Th August,
| $50. . ,
Tie Duke of Edinburgh was now Admiral
| Commander int hirf in the Mediterranean; AMI
| Prince George was next appointed To his flagship
| the Alexandra. 10th April, 1855. with Tie
| Duke he went state visit % the present
| Sultan at Constantinoplc: and during the three
! vear, that he served on the Mediterranean station
| Inc visited for second or third time
his uncle the King of the llcllenes at
| ,,L,us rrpcWpl his acquaintance with