The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-16

French women. Not even the personal
bravery and bluf. hearty manners Of Ed
| WARD w. so endeared him 10 the English
commonalty 40 his self-wtlied marriage
with ELIZABETH WooDvILLE. the daughter
| Of simple gentleman. although her eager
ness to shower titles and places Of emolu-
ment upon her klnsmen gave dire offence to
the Yorklst MOBILES II MARY TUDon was
| unpopular even among her Catholic sub
jects. this was due in no small measure to
her being both the daughter and the
wife OF Spaniards. whereas the devo-
| tion OF the common people to ELIz-
ABETH Was attributable partly to her being
| the daughter OF an English woman. ANNE
BoLEYS. who. during her brief hour Of
qucenship. Ind aroused the bitter hatred
~ the aristocracy. We may noto in pass
ing that ELlzABHrH never forgot tho in
trlgucs Of tho great lords against hcr
mother. as was shown by her persstency
in leaning rather on the mass OF English
gentlemen than on the more distinguished
nobles and by her extremely sparing dis
tribution OF titles. no duke, and but very
few earls. having been created'in her reign.
We may add thnt 1t was lucky for JAMES I.
that he had received through his mother
and father double infusion OF English
blood. for otherwise the English dctcsta-
ton Of foreigners would probably have
caused the elevation OF the Lady ARABELLA
STUART to the throne. Passing to the
next century. we find that tho one
highly popular act Of tho Duke of
YORK. afterward JAMES H.. was his
inflexible adherence. notwithstanding the
counter pressure Of his brother. CHARLES
H.. and Of the whole court. to his promise
Of marriage with ANNE HYDE. whose two
daughters were successfully to be queens
OF England. Had the Old Prctendcr. who
styled himself JAMES ILL.,, been the whole
brother OF ANNE HYpE's daughters. in
stead Of being their half brother by his
fathers second wife. an italian Princess.
there is no doubt that the English nation
would have seconded Lord BoL1NaBRoKE in
his project OF proclaiming him on the death
Of his sister ANNE:
But while the English commonalty have
always viewed with sympathy. and some
times with enthusiasm. the marriage Of an
actual or prospective sovereign with sub
ject. tho artstocracy have, wo repeat, rs
uniformly regarded such an incident with
aversion and dlstrust. The clique Of Wing
mobiles who brought over a puppet king
from hanover. aud who managed to rulo
England for about half century. were de-
lighted that the first GEORGE could speak
English not at all. and tho second GEORGE
but little. and saw to it that FREDERICK,
Prince Of Wales. and his son. GEORGE Ill.
should marry German women who could |
have no hold upon the sympathies OF the |!
English people. They were not bit pleased |
that GEORGE III. should have been born in |
England, and should have learned to |
speak English with fluency: and their |
forebodings were justified. for scarce
ly had he mounted the throne than
no created a party OF his own in the
House OF Commons. and never rested till no
shattered the power Of the Wing oligarchs.
Things might have been worse. however,
for the aristocracy il the sons Of GEORGE
Ill. had been permitted to marry English
women. SO both the Wing and Tory mobiles
combined to pass a law forbidding any
member Of the royal family to marry with
out the sovereign's express consent 1t was
this law which ayerted the marriage Of the
Prince Of WALES. afterward GEORGE w.,
with Mrs. FrTzHERBERr. and that OF the
Duke OF CLARENCE. afterward W1LL1AMlV,.
with Mrs. JORDAN. There is not the slight
est doubt that either OF these marriages,
though they would have given great UNI
bragg to the aristocracy. would have been
popular with the masses OF the
English people.
The late Mr.. BAaEHoT. ono Of the keenest
observers Of the drift OF events. predicted
that the English monarchy would survive
the House Of Lords. When he wrote he
had in mind Suph aovaraIopo a., have |
ruled England for nearly two hundred
years. men and women alien from their
subjects in blood. language. traditions. GUS
toms. and ideas. He that knew the English
people well would have deemed his pre-
diction much more likely OF fulfilment had
no known that the Guelphic stock was to
be soon invigorated with English blood,
and that the wife and daughter Of an Eng
lishman were to stand In the direct line OF
succession to the throne.