New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-22
AN ECCENTRIC PRINCESS.

Courts have their treaeherous friends as wen a.
cavs.s, and of these ueacherous friends mas De-
tra,ed the secret of the delay In the journey OF a
crowned heao the king OF Sardinia whose inteb'lon
was heve paid suiunnsl vsi; 10 order u en-
ioy the pie OF the Oh in the imperis forests
with the III peIla moss. This delay falsey atulouoed
to i'll hea th by the ifnocent is sscnbed by report 20
domestic perplexity occa-iOued by the vaSales OF
member of his family TO whom he is muoh aH'ched,
and for whose conduct he considers himself In some
degree responsible. The young lady IL question, per-
haps the only one in Europe bod eIougo to claim
her INDEPENDENCE, has given her relations much us
quietude by her decision TO remain unmarried, TO
tIavel VII. ne che lists and it'll whom she lists. king
De Of her oHn reputation upon herseif and Ask
inf for protection or patronage from any member
of The other sex belonging 70 her family Her sffe,-
ton for the Last sovereign of the country was un-
bounded an0 the first symptom of fiskiness which
msIiftsted itself in the young lady behavior az
on the occasion OF his Majestys oeath in foreign
land. she immeoste repaired to the spot where he
had oied purchased the boe where the sad event bad
taken place bad The entire edfce pulled dow1 built
q magnificent chapel on the SPOT, ia the midst of
which the d, athbed of the king exactly in the same
st4ie in which left at the moment Of his dissou-
iop rises in gay ard gaudy colors with its trumpery
hsneige and tawdry inges stkiog the stranger who
b.hoct il for the hrst time with astoni.hment TO be-
hold such al object in sucb a slace List year tue
Young lady repaired in grand Ceremony to the chapel
ana there upon the bed deposited frs> the royal robs
she ia entitled 10 by her birth TO wear OF ali State
casions; then the broad ribbon, with the eweed star
she wore upon her breast and, finally, kneeng down
by the bedside while The ,s from her bro.
ard placed 1t on the pillow psblicy declaring her
vow to live and die q maid and never to emit, on
every anniversary Of the death OF her royal relsve,
paying WRIT to the chapel In order TO offer up Ter
vent mass for the repose Of his soGl. IA,
Tbs syssanSs,s were moved t2 ts from her knees,
W." .a.SlSg Greet before the multitude assembled in
the chapel, che deliberately drew from her pocket
pair of scissors, aud ening her magnificent tesses
from the bands Of velvet which confined them, she
them off TO t7e very root and laid them beside the
crown she had Just before deposited upon the pillow
which had received the lsst breath of the king To
describe he as Opfhment Iroduc I'D by the event
would be impOseble-a mixture Of the sublime and
ridi ulous In the scene prevented any further demon
straiion Of sentiment on the part OF the bystAnders.
The priI cess Is small person, and she tipped do IN
the chapel TO step into her carriage, Invested OF the
lorg cloak with which she had entered-her hair
with a singular expression OF satisfaction at ths trick
che had been play ing il was impossible not to en-.
JOY the mystficaton to Its very utmost.
Ever since that day she has adopted male ire aud
travels as the Prince de -, paying her promised
visit to the bed around which hundreds Of tspers are
burning night ana day. Ii will readily be believed
that person of this character has passions Of love
and hate equally strong. she has taken Qasea Chris
tina en- grippe, and vows that her relative shall not
visit France without her so long that talented lady
remains at Malm,isoD. Tnere lie one daughter I'M
married yet" says the princess; Christina Is the
"dt0Jle du corps. Ii | am not there to protect my
relative, he will fall prey to iha alldevouring IN.
"hieuaR'e; therefore desert him not he is the
sacred kgacy Of my believe sovereign and msser.
and will defend him at any risk and peril" Iii.
,aid that the king is alarmed at the threat Of aid
and protection that be daIes not move forward until
his fair relative can be brought TO reason.
Paris Letter, Oct. 49,