Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-02-16
cAsF oF ROYAL CoURTsHIP.

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soood,' woman, who observes carefully all the
esDronrieties" of her position. She has strong
,re;ndices. and when younger, had certain
wilful. passionate ways, that sometimes made
considerable stir in court circles. For years
she could not forgive the old tories who spoke
against her marriage with Prince Albert.
She had made her choice; her heart was in
the matter; and Great Britain had not tories
enough to change her purpose. But neither
she nor her husband have a drop of English
blood in their veins and now they are tories
of the highest style, all their sympathies being
with the royal dynasties and the political Aus
triansm of the continent They do not appear
to have a great influence on the course of
events in England where Parliament is omnip-
otent; and, we presume, their activities are
chiefly engaged in domestic and private con-
Germs. AT present, Queen Victoria's chief
anxiety seems to relate to the business of pair
ing her children properly with royal mates.
They would be happier, and the royal family
would be put in way to become good deaf
brighter, if she would take measures to have
her sons and daughters mated with English
men and v omen but she is not wise and "pro-
rressve" enough for such a policy. She
agrees. however, that her children may choose
for themselves, provided they will choose
among "roval personagcs" on the continent.
At the present time the royal house of Eng
land is engaged in making marriage for the
princess Alice. One of the last items of news
from that quarter is that "the prince of Or
ange had arrived at Windsor Castle, on visit
to queen Victoria" He is the hopeful heir
apparent of the king of Holland, and rather
too gay to be quite at home in the respecta-
Bile atmosphere of Windsor Castle. More
over, he seems to have encountered some
checks and troubles in getting there. The
following account of this young fellow, and
of his journey to undertake the courtship of
the young and innocent princess Alice, is given
In recent letter from Paris, dated several
days previous to his landing in England
English society in Paris just now, finds a
nice bit of gossip in the movements of the
young~prince of Orange, who has been In
France for month past. This young prince,
about twenty years OF age, and heir to the
throne of Holland, is destined, as you already
know, to marry the princess Alice, second
daughter of queen Victoria. But the queen,
having herself made marriage of inclination,
holds essentially to the doctrine that her chill
dren should have the same right, and thus 1t
was arranged that after a short stay In Paris,
the young prince was 10 go to windsor, TO
make himself agreeable to the princess Ahce; ;
or, in other words, that there should be a little
counting, preliminary to the signing OF the
marriage contract. Just before the time liked
for the visit to London, the queen learned from
Paris, by some means or other, that the young
prince had found some agreeable, if not very
respectable, company in the gay French cap
ital and that to sum up the princes French
visit in one word, he had been "going ii"
Now the queen is good mother and goo(
woman, as every one knows, and does not ap
prove of such peccadilloes even in prince
SO that just as his Juvenile highness was oil
the point of leaving Paris for London, he re
ceived Geographic dispatch from the Hague
peremptorily ordering him to forego his visi
to London and to start instantly for Bordeaux
The princes establishment knew no bounds
Who ever heard of prince being exiled tt
the staid old vine-growing, brandy making
town of Bordeaux! What did it mean Blu
the order came from the king, his father, anc
must be obeyed. The queen was not Willing
to receive the young gentleman into her fam
lily fresh from his Partisan conquests, ant
thought a ventilation in the direction OF Dor
deaux, and little penitence, would do mt
harm before allowing him to come "betweel
the wind and her majesty" She so intimaeC
to king William of Holland, who seems t.
have held the same opinion
But now comes the most amusing part OF tn
history, and part which has not yet crossed
the channel. The party had not gone far Oh
the way to Bordeaux, when the officers WIFI
form the suite of the young Prince, and wit
are charged with the safe keeping OF his per
son as well as his morals, found to their con
sternation that three young ladies, bellies OF TIL
photographic corps of the Grand Opera, AM
the particular admiration of the Prince, wer
in the cars! Here was a situation for mel
charged with so onerous a burden. But w
draw the veil over the melancholy journey t.
Bordeaux, and return with the Prince to Paris
The stay at Bordeaux was short, and tn
party fastened back to Paris, glad, after 81
short penitence, to get ton the way to London
But mistake had been made in not indicat
ing to the Prince how long he was to stay a
Bordeaux; and when it was found at the ent
of four days that he was again in Paris, an or
der came that he should leave at once thu
dangerous city and go to Chcrbourg-anC
there the Prince is to-day. What will be TIN
termination of this singular mode of schooling
the young Prince we cannot tell, but it is t
be hoped he will get safely through his purifi
cation, and that 'all's well that ends WELL ;"