QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIVAL.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 404, 13 January 1909, Page 3

QUEEN VICTORIA'S RIVAL.

'. ■';■'; ■vAn : :the.: old' scandal : '■ about 'William .IVV's 'jounger brother,'. Ernest -'":"■■, Duke of Cumberland,' '.whio'j'r as it! says) everyf one. Knows"-aspired .to,, the''-English--.crown..; ;, .Moreover, he ha'd,the tacit support of George. . : .TV, and; the: young 'Princess' 'Victoria "was ;.: threatened with;the:same^danger;which; had ■■' .surrounded ;her:. : 'two Tudor;forbears "on the ' i throne.: .Although: in her.'case'the 'menace r...iwa.s.;purely .outcome::of;, ambition,;.and. .'■'.'yagiie and-'..ebadinyy,' :• never ■ taking.- actual .•■■..shape,'yet;it : ,existed,:and the little.Princess" ■ V. ;was' guarded'.against; it,.ho.urly, r for, Eighteen. •.' years-bj her^inotheri.the'-DucneßS of Kent;; .:•;: xhe.life of the Princess .alone,stobd;between. ','■■ ; her uucle'Ernest arid a "great; kihgdbin:' The 7 :' . matter, was discusßed'ppenly in; liondoni.draw- ■.' ■ ; - ing-rboms, and/ was frequently 'mehtioijed; in "■'".private.'letters of .the : time.; '-Tho;Duke■ was; .'■'.■...'. universally .distrusted':- and ; .disliked' ; : every- . ':■ where;' and; the /suspioious '.■murder ;• of.' his '■ . 'valet,.. Sallis.'inrSti .Jamos's';Palace,''got; it ....;. into the public lnind.tha't .he^vould'stick-at : ■'.'■ 'nothing i.to. gain his ; end;.' After -the death of Georgo IV the.Dulce sought the assistance :v;foi;;William;-IV,; jand^-good^ I-'-" natured sailor.' Icing .Svduld .'have none,of 'his . . > ; Bvilly-disposed brother's, .scheming, i On-, one :-;.:' secasion at r Windsor when, the:.two brothers- ; .'. had drunk a-good ideal ".too much' after din- ; ." :ner, ,, -Duke'..Ernest-.showed^his;:'ha , nd.'s^;,Tlid ■ ;v s'uitb; was called' in, arid I 'after:;Ernest;' bad . proposed the King's health, lie gave another : : : ■'.., — '.(.The Kiug's- hem'-!■".- ■ TheriVhis :,broiher!s . ''. meaning ''flashed' across i'William.; Coilectirig. ; his " muddled wife. the 'King stood , ! upv and. , : called heir, Go'drbless her!' , ; .'■ • . and, 'throwing; tlle'glass .over ; h"i_s if shoulder,'- . * said:. ' : sly':crown\carae -with-a -lass and 'my - -, . crqwri;.-will ;go to 'a -.lnss/Vy'vAnd , ithus.'Cum- '■.'•■.".' berlaiid's cherished.hope: -:; ; .:. :^;