The sun., 1903-12-27

10th of June, 1915, the day after the battle,
exactly the same as l did then, namely,
that nothing could 90 a conqueror more
honor than his gravity and seriousness at
the loss of lives he had sustained, his ad-
mission OF his great danger, and the justice
he did his enemy" Mr.. Creevey adds:
Before | left him I asked whether ne
thought the French would be able to take
the field again, and he said he Thought
certainly not. giving as his reason that
every corps OF France but one had been
in the battle and that the whole army had
gone of in such perfect rout and confusion
he thought it quite impossible for them TO
give battle again before the allies reached
Paris"
VII.
Shortly after the death OF Princess Char
lotte of Wales, the Duke Of Kent, who was
to be the fat her Of Queen Victoria, happened
to be In Brussels, where he took Mr.. Creevey
into his confidence with regard to very
delicate matter. Something having been
said about the arrangement OF the success
sion to the throne by the Princees's deaf n
and the consequent necessity OF the un-
married brothers of the Prince Regent
the Duke of Clarence and the Duke OF Kent
being married If the crown was to be kept
in their family, Mr.. Creevey tells us that
the Duke of Kent spoke, almost word for
word, as follows: my opinion is. the
Regent will not attempt a divorce from
the Princess of Wales. Caroline OF Bruns-
wickl. know persons in the Cabinet who
will never consent to such a measure. Ihen
were he to attempt it his conduct would be
exposed to such recrimination as to make
him unpopular beyond all measure through
out the country. No, he never will attempt
it.
Besides the crime Of adultery on her part
must be proved in an English court OF
justice, and, il found guilty, she must be
executed for high treason. No, the Regent
will never try for a divorce. AS for the
Duke of York, at his time of life and that
Of the Duchess, all ISSUE of course, is out
of the question. The Duke of Clarence
subsequently William 1VD, l have no
doubt, will marry If he can; but the terms
he asks from the Ministers are such as they
can never comply with. Besides settle
ment such as would be proper for Prince
who marries expressly for succession to
the throne, the Duke Of Clarence demands
the payment of all his debts, which are very
great, and handsome provision for each
of his ten natural children lby the actress
Mrs. Jordanl. These are terms that no
Ministers can accede to. Should the Duke
Of Clarence not marry the next Prince in
succession is nyself. and. although trust |
shall be at all times ready to obey any call
my country may make upon me, God only
knows the sacrifice it will be to me when
ever shall think it my duty to become
married man. 1t is now seven and twenty
years that Nine. st. Laurent and / have
lived together: we are of the same age,
and have been In all climates, and in all
difficulties together, and you may we'll I'M
agne, Mr.. Creevey, the pang it will occasion
me to part with her"
After mentioning that a marriage with
the Princess of Baden. or the Princess of
Sa xe -Coburg had been suggested to him,
the Duke of Kent went on to say "the latter
connection would, perhaps, be the better
of the two, from the circumstance Of Prince
Leopold Iwho had married the Princess
Charlotte, just deceased being so popular
with the nation; but. before anything Is
proceeded with in this matter, shall hope
and expect to see justice done by the nation
and the Ministers to Nine. ST. Laurent
been an actress las Mrs. Jordan hadl. and
l am the first and only person who ever
lived with her Her dsinterestedness,
too. has been equal to her fidelity. When
she first came TO me it was upon f1OO a
year. That sum was afterward raised
to f4OO and. finally, to fl ,00O But when
my debts made it necessary for me to
sacrifice a great part of my income, Nine.
St Laurent insisted upon again returning
to her income of e4O0 a year. If Nine. st.
L.. is to return to live among her friends,
il must be in such state of Independence
as to command their respect. i shall not
require very much, but a certain number
of servants and a carriage are essential
Whatever the Ministers agree to give for
such purposes must be put out Of all doubt
as to its continuance. | shall name Mr.
Brougham, yourself and two other people
on behalf of Nine. st. Laurent for this
object"
Not long after this confidence was re-
posed in him Mr.. Creevey was dining with
the Duke of Wellington at Cambray, the
headquarters of the army of occupation
which still fingered in France. Wellington
expressed his opinion of the royal Dukes
with the utmost frankness: an the evening
had long walk and talk with the Duke
in the garden, and he was very agreeable
We talked over English politics and, upon
my saying that never Government cut SO
contemplate figure as ours did the last
session. particularly in the repeated de-
feats they sustained on the proposal to
augment the establishments of the Dukes
OF Clarence, Kent and Cumberland upon
their marriages-he said: BY God! there
is a great deal to be said about that They
1.-THE Princesl are the damnedest milestone
about the neck of any Government that
can be imagined. They have insulted-
personally insulted- d-two-thirds of the gem
temen Of England, and how can it he
wondered at that they take their revenge
upon them when they get them in the House
Of Commons? 1t is their only opportunity.
and think by God, they are quite right
to use it," OF the Regent, the Duke, who
had just come from England, said: "By
God! you never saw such figure in YOUR
life as he is. Then he speaks and swears
80 like old Falstaff that damn me, if l was
not ashamed to walk into a room with him. !"
VIII.
On the publication in 1922 of O'Meara x
Voice from ST. Helena" our author made
a memorandum of a conversation held with