New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-09
EagIand's Ruler Is Sirty-three
Years Old To-day.

her birth The latter fell on May a. and for the
sake Of convenience the Saturday nearest May "a
invariably chosen for the purpose. announce
rnent being made thereof each year a few weeks
beforehand in the 'OficiaI Gazette"
King Edwards sixty-third birthday finds him in
far better health than he has enjoyed for many
years past and he is careful in the matter OF
diet. and has always been abstemious with
regard to stimulants. IT is probable that he will
live for many years to come The only trouble
which he now gives TO his doctors is his reluctance
take exercise. True, he is constantly on the
move, and. as far as rapid locomoton is concerned
nay be considered as extremely active Yet with
al that, ne gets little or exercise, having given
up horseback riding and invariably driving where
others would walk. Even in the Highlands this
year he did no deer stalking. but contented him
SELF with deer drives. that is to say, with having
the game driven by beaters 10 the guns at a given
spot 10 which he would proceed. either by auto
mobile or in a shooting cart
queen Alexandra, too. is great deal stronger
now than formerly. and both sovereigns seem TO
have safely rounded that critical period of human
existence which proves fatal TO so many but
which once surmounted insures ripe old age
i may safely be taken for granted that when
King Edward took leading part in organizing the
Historical Manuscripts Commission. which prints
At the expense Of the crown the most Interesting
OF ancient records and documents found among
the archives Of the great families Of the British
nobility, he did not anticipate that IL would involve
the publication Of letters rejecting ridicule and
even worse. upon his predecessors on the throne
a England. Thus among the recent publicat ions
OF the Royal Commission in question are some
thirty letters found in the archives Of the Duke
Of Portland which bear the signature of King
Charles II. and addressed thirty different
members Of the artstocracy. Every one of them
contains request for loans ranging from s. 900
IN S5aef and each conveys the following mani
testify mendacious assurance: You the only
one Of my friends TO whom ] have cared TO ad-
dress myself about the matter"
Lady Swettenham, whose matrimonial troubles
have just been engaging the attention Of the -
vorce court in London. will be remembered as hav-
Ing made prolonged stay in this country at the
time of the Americas Cup races when she was a
frequent guest OF Sir Thomas Upton hoard the
Erin Her husband, Sir Frank Swettenham (who
must not be COMPOUNDED with his brother the
bachelor. Sir Alexander Swettenhau, the new Gov
eTnor General OF Jamaica), has achieved much dis
uncuon as Governor of Singapore, and is one OF
the greatest authorities in England upon every
thing relating 10 the Malay Peninsula.
Sir Frank has been virtually separated from his
wife for nearly ten years, and last spring he in
Fttuted divorce proceedings against her. These
however, were abandoned, and Lady Swettenham
has now been suing Sir Frank for restitution Of
conjugal rights. which means that she desires 10
enjoy the prestige and prerogatives Of 1.-The Gov
ernor's Lady at Singapore where the Governor is
q very grand parsonage, with large salary and
environed by an immense amount Of state. OF
course. that would be much more agreeable for
Lady SWettenham in every respect than the IN
satisfactory situation in which now finds her-
self OF a wife with whom her husband. an impor-
iant official parsonage refuses to live or to hold
any communication
Sir Frank viii now it is said be forced bv the
decree granted for the restitution of cont,ga1
rights 10 resume the divorce proceedings as he
) offa4y determined not 10 live again with Lady
Swettenhan.
King George Of saxony having left = nr;vsta
fortune Of nearly 100000 in addition TO eftvtuo
landed estates, many OF them situated beyond the
frontiers Of his ooninions the action Of his sue
cessor IN demanding Of the Saxon Parliament a
large Increase 10 his civil list has aroused a qood
deal OF criticism among his people. who are al
ready oveTburdened with taxes. The Saxon civil
list amounts TO considerably over 100000 a wear
which was increased on the late Kings demand
"heh ne succeeded TO the throne. two years ago:
and, IN view Of tho great wealth Of the reigntng
family and the paucity Of the nur,be- of tbose
members thereof who have any claim upon tho
cl'l list. Il IS felt that the King would have
"ohe Wen 10 refrain from any fresh demands upon
me pockets Of his subjects the more so as the
masses are by means well disposed toward +ha
Crown Indeed. OF the twenty-three members h.,
which the Kingdom of Saxony is represented in
Tie ReichstaS at Berlin, twenty-five are Socialists
OF the most pronounced type, adverse to every
rem
Is an Anu-semite, who elected by a very
small majority.
Inc late King George. I notice was subjected
10 me usual cutting-up process which Is 10 man,
Z eopi@ one OF ihe most displeasng practices that
Rave survived from medieval times In the -,
procession from the wharf at Dresden - ~.
church where the entombrnent took nIsce 49,
hearse containing the coffin was preceded h,. +bro
ol me late kings chamberlains. in full uniform,
each bearing A silver urn. In one wae oo,+o;r,a5
hea~ of he
0-O N TIE third the brains, preserved in snjri,s
OF wine. and Theoretically sealed These ,,r,, ..
preserved in inches in the chancel OF the Cour,
'hurch, and constitute complement Of many
scores Of similar IN which are preserved rovs,
hearts. royal entrails and royal brains That tbav
eLouio be removed from the body, separated tberA
rom and preserved apart is bad enough in ALI con
science. But IL IS simply barbarous 20 draw public
4Oehuon 10 this species OF dismembership Of the
remains OF inustrious dead by solernnly paradine
me ui1ls through the city.
Al vienna, both the late Empress Elizabeth and
the brother OF the Emperor the late Archdulra
Nhsries Louis left directions explicitly forbiddine
any hoch cutting up Of their bodies. But the Gus
''lH : SUI adhered 10 IN many other Continental
countries AMI i remember Witnessing the solemn
transfer with much state Of the urn containing
The heart Of the mother Of the present King OF
bavaria from Munich TO the monastery OF Non
Oluhg some months after her death and the
entonbment Of her body. She was a woman who
nae suffered cruelty, a Mater Dolorosa if ever
there was one. having been subjected to cruelties
ana neglect by her husband and having lived
10 witness the tragic death by violence Of one son
ana the at1icton Of the other by incurable in
sanity ana when we gazed upon that urn which
was being borne with so much ecclesiastical mill
tsry and courtly ponp to Neu Citing W. could NOT
help thinking Of the cruel suferings undergone
during many years by that royal heart which Wa
knew 70 be floating about in that silver vase full
Of spirits Of wine.