New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-03

passion. He vowed he could not, ana "ouiu
not, live without her. He passed days anu
nights in tears and violent emotion lie rolieu
on the floor, tore his hair, fell into hysterica
At last he stabbed himself-or pretended 20
| do so-in despair at her refusal to see him or
answer his letters and her determination 70 go
! abroad she did finally take fight to the Con
| tinent and remained away for a year, while ne
| attacked her IN a continuous flood OF love let
ters He could write admirable letters When he
J wished the author declares wherein he Ill
! fers from the opinion Of Georges epistes as *
/ pressed by Thackeray. At this time the young
! prince contemplated il is said morganatc
marriage with Maria. according to the laws Of
/ Hanover, and a possible residence with her
| there but his fathers authority and an ocean
! OF debts kept him raying in England. mar
I riage before the world impossible The Act
| of Settlement forbade the heir to the throne to
/ marry a Roman Catholic and the Royal Mar
| rage Act pressed through Parliament by George
III forbade him to marry At All without the
Kings consent, and that he could not have
Mrs Fftzherbert saw all this plainly enough.
and if at last she yielded to the plan Of mar
riage which should satisfy her scruples and
meet the requirements Of her Church. il was be-
cause her heart was Enthusiastically touched-
| She grew to believe in the love which for more
| than a year had survived every discourageInent.
| She returned to London and was privately mar
| ried to the prince in her house in Park
| Lane, by the Rev. Robert Burt. young curate
of the Church of England Her uncle. Henry
Errington, gave her awa- and he and her
brother, Jack Smythe. acted as witnesses. There
| is no reason to believe Mr.. wilkins says that
the prince regarded the marriage. which
carried out in due order, as other than a sacra-
| ment. to doubt that he meant his VOWS to be
binding. "He could and did make her his wife.
according to the law of the Church. CatholfS
throughout the world. though not according tpl
the law of the British Parliament The prince
himself wrote out the marriage certificate. which
was signed by himself and by the brides uncle
and brother; and she preserved with it to the
end of her life letter which her husband wrote
to her nearly fourteen years after He said
therein. in speaking of their marriage:
Thank God my witnesses are living. your uncle
and your brother. besides Harris lord Malmes-
puryl WnoII saI can upon a. h ft oTtI ~,
stance of our marriage.
Traversing every phase of the question 81
validity. the author arrives at the. conclusioa
that according to the civil law Of England the
ceremony was Illegal and the marriage null and.
void. According to the canon law of the Roman.
Catholic Church and also of the Church sof
England it was valid" Yet never until now has
it been publicly declared.
Full careful and exceedingly Interesting are
the chapters devoted to the curious married life
of this Prince Charming and Princess Golden
hair.
The young prince this time loved her with
love that almost alteration. His white rose,
he called her. partly because of her JdcobItc
cesry partly because of her pale, fair loyeIiueS.
but chiefly because her purity. and white
roses were always her fayOrite flower. In the
world it noted in Mrs. FitzherbeTt's favor that
the prince had greatly improved. The change for
the better IN his habits and conversation
marked, and could only be 2SCribed the Iufga
ence of a good woman The young prince in spite
of his wIIdneSs and folly, had Ingrained in him Il
strong love of dOmesticty, which ne had Inherited
perhaps from his German ancestors. In his youth
ms home had been unhappy and his parents uEl-
Without any home life all. But This beautiful
and gracious woman, with her purity of PURPOSE
and unobtTuSlYe goodness. made q home for hiLa
such as he had never known before.
Marla's happiness was never uncIouded, and
such as it was it did not last through the nine
years of their first union The deniaIs of the
marriage in Parliament were hard blows; the
prince time went on fell into foIIies which
tore her hearti and finally came the crushing.
stroke of his state marriage TO Caroline OF
BrunsWick-the marriage engineered by George
III through the harassing pressure of the
princes enormous debts. The impuIsive i'll
trained young Brunswick princess is a pathetic,
figure here, and nothing could excuse the treat
ment the prince accorded her. Between the
wife he loved and the wife he hated he is a
contemplate vision enough. :
Something less than a year a fer. his 5asar-