Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-10-21
Gossip about q Frinces..

GOSSIP about n Frincess.
The French correspondent, of the London
Court Journal depicts the Princess dc Joinville
IN somewhat different coors from the portrs;.
tire given by the English authorities, and re.
Tee some morsela Of gossip about the afiauclna
q The bride, which we are inclined 10 believe
more lanciiul than real The following II a
part OF the sketch to which We have refer
,rce
She is little, wild, lned,ct'ol creature,
graceful to utmost deE-ee, bloyHa: with health
and spirit, and but iit,,e Injured to such eli.
gistte as that which reigns q: the Tailletes.
ain told that shortly a.tst her arrival she wGs
.n'.ted to JON the party Il, certain Eonnd "a.
tie, where the Queen tni her ladies' "a CO
qJon dit) sit night after night stGhing much,
tat uttering little She tore Il patiently for
some time, only expressing her wearneea By
adndfy and ol-repcating yawninEs bu; at
sngth quite unable TO Stand /: any longer, shc
yimped up from her chair, clappng her hands,
and skipping round the room, ended her eyo-
utions by seating herself On the floor and sing.
ng Brazilian songs. The Queen was horrf.
ed at such a breach Of dscornm, md the King
laughed heartily at the c'..,Geh freak of the
little Princess. She ia mes: lovely young
creature, and a true, unsophistlcnted child of
nature. Everything here is new and strange
- her, md whenever she s unusually struck
~ what she beholds she exc's;ms aloud "Ah,
II my brother and sister could bat see this, too -
and burst into tears al the recollection Of her
early home, and dstan. friends. She will
doubtless soon ret accustomed to the separa.
tionr, surrounded and cherished us she is BY
ter new and Distinguished relatives, and united
to a gallant Prince, vaosn qualities 9f mind
are 10y no means iniero- 10 bis personal advan-
taCes
The marriage of their Royal Highnessea took
place in rather an unusual manner. Etiquette
requires that an amba.s sador should 20 and
make the proposal, settle ali ls preliminares
of the affair, and finally, marry the Princess by
proxy. The Prince de Joinviile kicked dread.
fully against sacb mode Of proceeding, and
not only did 1e object to marrying woman lie
hsd never seen, bat he refused point blank to
allow any other man to marry his wife for him
and there the matter stood, until the King
compromised matters by allowing The Prince de
Joihyille TO act as ambassador
His orders were very positive, he VAS to nsl:
for the Princess hand, if she suited bis taste,
and if facccpted, was to have put her and her Ia
dies on board one irigate, and escort her and
himself in his own vessel, Belle poule, back to
France, where the marriage was to be coIcbra-
led in due form. No sooner had lie seen her, than
ehe pleased him SO well, that he became deeply
smitten with her charms resolved even despite
The Kings orders to marry her forthwith, and
mos, conjugally take her on board his own ves-
sci Once out tosea be reflected on the lee
;urc which awaited him at home; and by way
cfnvoiling its outbreak, instead OF returning
immediately to France, he indulgcd himself by
u heightened cruise. and tened deaf ear, or
rather blind eye, to the .cegIaphic signals
10 hasten his return, till a, l5Dsth ;hs King WAS
obliged 10 send out corvette 10 ca, air? back
again. The sight ofhis claiming llugh;er-in.
aw, and the penitence OF the youag sailor, soon
appea9ed his maIegty's ansc-. ind now--ali's
We'll tha. ends wei.