Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1840-02-01
IMPERIAL LOVE.
"Howhappy could | be with either,
Were t'other dear charmer away !"


Society, we believe, has long made up
its mind as to the truth of the position,
that
Glove is the sowl of nate Irishman %
but that love could, by possibility, make
its dwelling place within the breast of a
mighty Prince, has not been so distinctly
proved. Nevertheless, those who worship
an old adage, and who go about humming
" love rules the Court, the Camp, sc, ,
have now anopportunity OF laughing at the
skepticaI-for the Grand Duke of the Illus
tilous family of Romanoff, the future Gar
of all the Russias, is IN love. With a
Princess! Oh, no! there would have been
no romance That: the favorite of the He.
ritter is MADEMoIsELLE KALLlNowsKI, a
Maid of Honor to the Empress's Mother,
and daughter to a Polish General OF that
name deceased. 1t would appear that the
Grand Duke has feelil Q of Independence
on the subject of matrimonial alliance akin
to that OF some of his ancestors, but which
his father is by no means desirous cf en-
couraging. The circumstances which
brought Mademoisele Kallinowski to the
notice of the Prince are somewhat curious.
1t will, however, be necessary, first, to de-
scribe her: Though not what is called slim,
she is tall, with long jet black hair falling
over complexion Of the most brilliant olive
{" fair but sunnyr) and her gazeIle-Iike
eyes have a s!ngularly soft and bewtchlng
depth of tone. Although so beautiful, she
canno: be said to be the lOUelieSt of the la
dies who environ the Empress, and might
have passed unnoticed by the Grand Duke,
but for an occurrence which drew upon her
his most intense observation. An officer of
the Imperial Guard, connected with the ia
mily ofR--d--l, had occasionally seen Ma
demoiselIe Kainowski at the fetes given by
the Empress, and had become intoxicated
with passions on her account. In Russia
many detours are requisite to make known
an attachment with a chance of success.
These were had recourse to---but the an
swer was, kind but firm refusal to his
suit. The officer, being oil friendly terms
with the Grand Duke, avowed to him his
situation and his despair, and solicited his
interference.
Moved by the exceeding wretchedness of
the suppliant, the Grand Duke, after some
demur, consented to use his influence with
the young lady. He saw her--conierred
with her--6rst en- badindnt, then seriously
and her answer was much more decided
than before. Alas The spell had been
flung over the Grand Duke himself, with an
added danger, for it was reciprocal! With
the keen eye of hopeless lover the officer
quickly discovered the new turn which at
fairs had taken, and draughiing himself in
TO Caucasian regiment, left the northern
metropos for the Black Sea. Inheriting
the high spirit of her father (who was aid
de-calop to Murat, aud brave as his mas
ter Mademosele Kallinowski thought it
prudent, notwithstanding her attachment to
him, to inform the Grand Duke that COM
munion between them must henceforth
cease. The Heriiier was az once prey to
all the pangs of unsubduable love, and he
declared that, rather than forego the socie-
ty of her whom he had chosen, he would
MARRY her The affair soon came to the
knowledge of the Emperor, who very Ia
concally ordered his son to travel and
seek " ife." A list of eligible Prncesses
was given to him; but somehow or other
he saw not, or forgot that he had seen,