Danbury Times

Royal Family Feud. The Chronique de Paris contains a letter, explanatory of the conduct of Victoria to her late uncle and sovereign.

At the coronation of William IV. Victoria and her mother were treated with marked neglect, no places being provided for them to witness the ceremony. This was the first breach. Since that time the King's illegitimate children by Mrs. Jordan, have taken every opportunity to insult the Duchess of Kent and her daughter. Breaches of etiquette toward them were frequently committed in the presence of the King, and so fond was William of his offspring that no complaint or representation produced any effect. During the King's last illness he was closely attended by his illegitimate children, and while a visit to him by Victoria would have been making an overture of reconciliation, which should come from the King, the Duchess and Victoria would have been exposing themselves to insults in new forms, and perhaps to solicitations from the dying man prompted by his children, with which it would have been impossible for Victoria to comply.

These children have given a world of trouble and sorrow to their poor old father, and not a little vexation and annoyance to his royal consort. One of them is a clergyman, and holds a living in the diocese of Exeter, worth at least £2000 per annum. It is not long since his diocesan was compelled, by his shameful irregularities, to subject him to spiritual censure-for he had the effrontery to make the circuit of the diocese with a train of seven carriages, horses, hounds, &c., with his avowed mistress riding at his side, and a set of notorious profligates for companions.-N. Y. Com. Adv.