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providing that vacancies should be filled up 

 " from those who have offered their services, 

 according to their character and permanent con- 

 tinuance in the Parish." Discipline was main- 

 tained by fines, as in the case of " Every person 

 appearing intoxicated at drill or exercise shall 

 immediately quit the ranks, and be fined one 

 shilling." This made part of what is spoken of 

 as the King's Own Regiment, and doubtless it did 

 not want for royal countenance. 



When Victoria came to the throne, it is 

 understood that some bigoted Tories inclined 

 towards a plot for raising the cry of "No 

 Popery ! " as excuse for giving the Crown to 

 Ernest, Duke of Cumberland, who, without 

 question, succeeded to Hanover. This bigoted 

 and bitter-tongued Prince was the most unpopular 

 of the whole family, so that, on William's death, 

 the Duke of Wellington advised him to clear 

 out of England as fast as possible, "and take 

 care you don't get pelted." He offended his 

 mother by marrying a divorced princess, on whom 

 the moral Queen looked coldly ; the scandal- 

 loving Charles Greville reports that one of Her 

 Majesty's latest seizures was brought on by her 

 wrath when she heard how the Duchesses of 



