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Vol. IV.)
ATHENS, georqia: published iy M'DONNELL GAINES.
> From Niles* Weekly Regifler.
PRINCELT 7 RIUMVIRATE.
OH PGE FR’ DERICK & WILLIAM
GUELPH.
Tbi Prhce Regent, Commander )n
Chief of (be Forces, end Admired
of the Fleet
THE PRINCE REGENT
iof rV,f United Kingdoms of Great-
B.i a>n and Ireland, wa< born on
the f 2rh of Auguft, 17625 and is
therefore in his fifoe-h year. In
ea ’ liV he was married, according
fo'the ordinances of the Church of
T r norland, to a mod mrcrefting and
accomplUhed lady, Mrs. Fitzber
bert. This folemn engagement, af
ter fome vears continuance, was de -
clared null and void, and h* took
jfor h's fecond wife t( a Princcls of
[the fouftrious hnufrof Brunfwick,”
bto uie the language of the Court.
EHe foon trea cd his wife with the
irooft difguftirg coolocfs and con
temp*, end “elaped from her bed
and beard,” and moreover, accufed
her of mcontinency, though he him
frii was known to everv bawd in
rthf 1. . tropolis, as among the moll
Iprrfltgac? crea*ur?s “wi hin the
lbili> of mortality ” An enquiry,
lit mvv bv the name of the delicate
hivefiigalion, was had, and the lady,
lin 00 dme, honorably acquitted—
k?eerge, however, acknowledges a
1 female •-hi!d this woman had, born
Jaouarv 7, 1796, within a \car af
ter ht coupled with Her Tius g rl,
tailed Charlotte Caroline- Augitfla, is
16 years old, reprefenced to have
quPe as much fe.ife as belongs to
th“ family, and reported to be de
figned a* a wife to the young prince
of Orange, fon of the
holdtr of Holland, as food as the
parties arrive at matrimony. If
th'S match is nut ag-eed upon, foe
may be unable to pleafe her fancy
among the few ligitimate princes*
that yet reign in Europe, mount the
th*opc as a maiden, & be the fecond
•virgin Q\ren of England !*
The lupport of the Prince Re
gret, from the time of his birth to
the p.efrnt day (49 rears,) has eft
tir Bn; fo nation, bv dire FI annul
ti s. urly, twenty millions of del
-1;, e has alfo received exceffive
f Ytt gift* f r: 111 ft* e Parliament on fe
x : ?.*A occalions. B'fides, his debts,
men n minting to more than two
Biik-.ors of dollars, w-re paid by
the people in 1787. In eight years
after*'aids his pr< mifi >rv note for
500;, wfudd not <ell for 50 foiihngs
in the money market, & government
•gai red to fupport the €dig
r.irv cv rhe heir apparent”—his debts
were paid from the public purfe the
f-eon-.i rime, on v/ ;ch ccafi n
; th- arociunted ( 630,0001. 4‘.. 4'i,
(c 843,112 D ) Since then re was
r Hi- *rd, but we do not recollect t*j
what amount, and th* London pa
pers now .ftate it as g'-arifving in
teHige ce, that h s (Übts propoLd
tf/ be oaid by a v teO’ Parliament,
do n exceed 600,000 . only two
mill: • fi< :*u and fixty four
thf'ufoSd dla i! ft is underftood
tha, Perceval Cos. have agreed to
difoharge tneft demands a the price
i 0 i their places in the miniftry; and
GEORGIA EXPRESS.
4< MART SHALL RUN TO AMI FRO, AMI RKOWLSUOI SHALL IS IMCR3A3IO.**
it is further infinuated (and from
the morality of the C iurt of St.
James’, me thing is probable en
ough) that they are further to pro
cure for him a divorce from n s
wife, on the plea of want ofehafti
ty before marriage !
This limb of royalty has ccft ths
Br'tifti nation—that is, his own per
fonal, or individual fupport, about
800,000 D. on and aveng**, for e
very year >f his life, iiKltfeidtnt
ef h'lu fixed annuities & pu ibc free
gifts, receiving Urge portions of
the candle-ends and cheefe parings of
a pri ft gn e gover meat. No won
der thnt twu-fifths of the laboring
poor are paupers’—no wonder t H
the fpinner or weaver by toiling 16
hours :n 24, ;* hardly able to fur
rnfh a wile and two or tnree fir.all
children wuh a lufficiency eveu ot
the coafell bread !Th s man, Geo.
Guelph, without doing any thing
to e< m pen fate the Iraft atom of
the expenditure, has confumtd cne
whole proceeds of three thou land
men, for 49 - ears, admito. g ’hat
ea* h of them earned one dollar per
day ! There is no language that can
paint his debaucher cs in the r true
colors—all that French ingenuity
could dcvYfe, and Britsfo ftrength
could perform, were cniKent attd,
confolidated & fyftcma ized b* nim
and his profl g.’.'e colleagues—Nay,
the graces or tnc South Sea Ijlanders
\verc impieflfed into n s fcrvct, a;ci
more than an Otahe'itean could do
was tra .failed ;n ne brothels of the.
Brinfo Prince ! Such purfuits are
yet continued. Public report fold
he was confined with a lprained an
cle. How he met this difafter was
njt lei generally known. A cant a*
iure e -graving expofed to common
view in the windows of the pant
fhups of London, folves the mvf
tery. He app<a f s to have been
trelpaffingon a delicate property bc
iongmg to Lord Holland ; who feiz
ed h m u. the • dt, fell up *0 h:m and
b’a ked his royal eye, flapped his
royal jaw*, and LCtminated the affair
b- literally kicking him down flairs,
by which his royal ancle was fprain
cd, &c.
i c Prince R g- nt has not co
habited wirh his wife for many yea”3
—She has a leparate allowance—
<f to her dignity,” fav 46,
640 D. per ann. The queen born
girl receives about 32,000 D. for
pin money, & .
It may be jfk-d, why this dif
gufling detail ? We anfwer and fay
—There arc many in the U States
who have a hankering aftc royalty 5
and fome of our you-, g people are
act uftomed to think of kirgs and
princes, as a fort of A g is, pof
i. flirg fnperior intelligence & grea
ter p: -/?;rs of mind than mankind
in general; though in trurh, the ve
ry re%- r f is the ra<ff. Few of the
old flock -)f Princes have p-. ff fled
tr.c mmor i':de:ftand:ng of cneir
fpecies. Oi this defenption of per
fnns, rhere a: a: prefer,;, only nine,
of whofe end wments we have any
knowledge, viz: The Emperors of
Ruflia and Aoftria: the K:rgs of
Denmark, Pruflii, E g wi, [Fer
dinand] Spa n, Sicih, Sardinia and
the prince Regent of Portugf-1.-^-
There is not one fhining cha-a<ftcr
amongft them. I'he fou firft may
be confi ifred as men ot ordinary
capicit.es and intelligence, but as
nothLg rno e, though the f mnta ns
of wifclom were opened to them,
immenfr lums ©f monev expended
to educate them rh c fi V \- laft
are absolute madmen, fools r igno
ramufes. I toe wh |e -auge of cre
ation affvds no pa r 3*l*l >0 this
there is nothing to compare it to in any
other walker life. Am >igft all cne
iov re.gns that have reigned in Eu
rope for 300 vears pad (that is, of
thole hnraiiv defeended in the pa
ternal and ma e -?al line, immedi
ately from Kings and Princes) we
find n thr whole horde but one in
dividual, Frederick )f P ulTia, who
can b“*i -k f -ss oi as pff fling more
than common talents, net wr.hfta ,fl
ing the iuperior advantages they
enjoved. Fnis deffff may be na
rurally accounted f t—-Ic ‘s known
f.o every ohieri an: Farmer that an
imals, plants and vegetables depre
ciate, if their ftock is not chaiged.
T'h*s unt may fuffi e—vnd plead
-he ex ufc whv K *<gi and Princes
are greater fools than mhtr m* n.
Hhv diff-rtnc’s thr truth here
ftaied, from me ilTociadon of ideas
haMv z-s rhe young mind when
and Princes are mentioned 1
Lift cad of refer'ig to the faithful
uag s of Hiftory for ufef.d informa
the heads of our youth 3re
filled with incongruous ideas Lfldj
ed by vl{anous tales and prefl
romances, in which K gs, Lords,
and Ladies, the heroes and heroines
of the ftorv, are paYuted as excel
k g all the reft of mankind. Thu*
the cafe is known to be fictitious,
the confront repetition of fuch no
tions makes a powerful and Ufticg
imprefli >n. Realon pleads in
and in delpite of truth ap:d know
ledge, no fooncr does the idea of a
K.-:tg or L ird psft the mind than
it apprehends fomethi g great, ex
alced and noble. Who can eafily
reconcile himfelf to believe, that
the Piincejs Anna- Maria-LouUa-
Ma- \ . F “derica Chailottecan be
old a ugly — -a. and more one of
the withered hags that Shakefpeare
conjured up c dance around the
chaidr > 1 in his -amous traedv of
Macbeth rhac a Flour 1 of Mahomet P
Wfiat a pa h ook; 1 lav
that the Princefs Royal of England
was lifting in 1 < chimney corner dar
ning a hole in the heel of her Jteckmg !
yc v-rdv fh* has done h**, i>r
Charlotte , a (t notable* houfe-
H sw abfurd would it feem to fay,
*hat madame, his Governefs, was
flapping the king of rome, be
anie . would g- cc flt.p, tho*
the fact, perhaps, frequeniiy occurs?
We do not read of luch things in
novels and romances; and the vul
gar 1 ha is, that Princes and N bies
ar- brave , gallant and wife-, young,
beautiful aoc beneficent', though, as
beL.e is clearly {hewn, they are u
cnangthe mod drgraded, the moft
v/retched, and tnuft brutal of their
fpecies.
If this dig'eflion appears tedious
to feme, i: will not prove ufelefa to
ail. Let the people fee the light, dif
ccrning the hidden things of royal-
FRIDAT, JUNE 19, i3it.
fy they will become zealous
cifzers and better Republicans.—
As this contempt fo.dl be excited
for the rotten fvft-ms of he old,
they will cleave to the gLri us cii!-
penfatiors of the new world; and
rally round the ftandard of their
country, as thr fheet-anchor cf their
Itlicity and joy.
THE DUKE OF YORK.
FIELD MARSHAL,
And commander in htr ail
the land forces, is th’ fecond hi-i of
George and Charlotte Guelph
Without anv # f the gc o: q •>; :eg
of his eldeft brother, for George \%
liberal, hofpitable and poluc, he
partakes abundantly of 211 his vices.
He is brfidrs a confumcnate fool
and a blockhead. - His letters to
Mrs. Clark, HTs dear argel, are a
mrmg the m* ft beggarly cmpofiti
ons that ever were g ven ro the
public, and beneath the talents and
capacity of a fohool-boy ten year*
old. Frederick was Jong regarded
as the hope or th- high ariftov racy
uf Engia and, >nc of rhe great
eft lluklers {or “ dignity ’* in Eu
rope, though S3 pitiful a wrrtrh as
lives upon its wide extended fur
facr. In 1791, he married Char
lotte- Ulrica C atbarine, princcls roy
al of P: 111 ; but loon deierted her
lied, anti devoted himfelf to the
ftrvice of harlots. Ab'ur three
years ago he quarrelled with one of
them, fnce become famous for her
drvelopements, named Mary Ann
Clark', it appears that during ner
connexion with the royal duke, this
lady had eftabhftied a regular mar
kc. for th*- la le ot commiffi ns iu
the arm; na , that flic alfo ma ‘r.
Ibme appointments in the church.
The fo imeful exposure compelled
ihe k‘r.g (ur the miniflr, ) ro de
prive him cftenfibiy of h s com
mand He was fpCv ced din np
per.rante by fl; David Dun das, buc
reinfoued by his br-jener toe Re
gent.
Frederick Guelph, was born Sep
tember 29, 1763 When a • :lu 2
years old la was created UijhGp oi
Oznaburg, (don't laugh, 1 lay a
Bijhop !) afi liation a* tha guc in
tlie g.fr <f his father in Germany.
The revenues were abou 16,000
pounds fterling per annum; but he
performed the epikopai < ffi r by
half flarved journeymen. Oz-.a
bu*g at this time forms a part of
Jerome Rwapavie's nominal k'ng
d'.;m of FVejlphalia. Befide* the
revenue from r,s B fo- pro:, his fa
lanes, fees, pr:q ifi s, & ‘nc* me
received from the Bnt fo na ion in
various foipes and forms, moft iavc
averaged, from the time of h i b:rh
tu the preientday, from 200 to 250,
000 D. per ann. His w-teas dlo
a lejicrate allowance from govern
ment of 6oook (26 640 D.) a .-ear
for ‘‘pin-raoney.” tie is * moft
contemptible c eature, warning on
ly a pair of lo ;, g tars to give the ap
pcarmce of what ho rrally 15.
THE DUKE OF CLARENCE,
ADMIRAL OF THE FLE-T,
William hi nry Gu- luft, tn<* third
lon of their majtft-.es. H iuc
ceeded the la*e fo Peter Parker in
his hgb and hnn.oiab-r • r.ion,
W;rhcut any tecommenda:ion bu:
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