Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1863-08-07
ACbnpter Of Gossip.

A ChnPter of Gossip
An amusing instance of aristocraticsl
exolUsiveness fs reported from London,
which, better than an octave volume Of ar
Fuments, shows how intensely naughty
Royalty, even in the mildest form, natnr-
ally is. What is "bred in the bone" as
the old adage says, cannot be got out
through the skin" Royalty believes itself
to be the very salt Of the earth, and rarely
abandons its pretensions to be treated as
such.
The most aristocratic portion Of the
British army is the high knd mighty por-
ton Of it called " The Guards" Its rank
and file are picked men; its officers are US
ually men Of high berth and large fortune;
for even the lowest officer among them is
expected to have at least two chargers, and
finds horseAesh rather expensive, when
the price of a crack steed, fully up TO the
standard, runs from one to two thousand
dollars The guards really are " the
household troops Of the sovereign, nearly
thirteen thousand in number, who chiefly
do duty in London and Windsor, the Off
cial home Of Royalty.
The officers of the Guards, be it known,
lately determined to pay handsome com
liment to the Prince and Princess Of Wales,
and asked the young couple to a grand
ball. The invitation was accepted, $50
runs the story, and about 100000 had
been subscribed By the officers, when it
pleased Queen Victoria to take offense, be-
cause her son and her daughter-in-laW had
presumed to take such step toward en-
Ioying themselves, without first consult
ing her. The Prince Of Wales was hotly
and hastily telegraphed to attend the Queen
at Osborne, and after receiving pretty
severe scolding-for even Royalty can
lose its temper and use hard words-wss
promptly informed that the acceptance Of
the Invitation must forthwith be with
drawn. The on dit further is, that the
Prince, who managed to keep his temper,
frankly assured his mamma that this was
simply an impossibiity,-thst he and his
wife had promised to attend the grand fes-
tival expressly got up to compliment them,
that be could not and would not break
q promise that he had made,-and that it
would ill-requite the loyalty, affection, and
liberality Of their military hosts, who re-
presented many Of the highest families in
the empire coEtemptuously to turn round
enough for US to accept hospitality FROM"
The result was, the Prince and Princess
were reluctantly allowed TO keep their en-
gagement, but the Queen satirically added
"Your are making yourselves as cheap ss
the Cambridges, the fact being that her
cousins the Duke Of Cambridge and bonny
Princess Mary, are very fond of society,
and would as soon dine or dance with a
commoner as with lord. 1t seems that
this has given offense to the Head Of the
State. It is further added that the Queen
coupled her reluctant acquiescence to the
Princes ball practice with the reservation
that no person should attend the festival
| who had not been presented at Court.
GThe Csmbridges," who make them
selves so common" are the Queens first
cousins, and were among the guests. Sc
were other notsbilities-sueh as the French
Princes and their wives (including the
Due de Chsrtres, late Of the Army Of the
Potomac, and his bride, the Princes Of
Leinengen, Ss1e-Weimer, Wurtemberg
and Orange, and the leading aristOcracy o
England. The Prince of Wales danced II
every set from nine o'clock until three
the Princess, less frequently, from family
reasons, it is believed The festival wa
one of the most successful as well as mos
splendid ever given in London, and VI
dare say that the Waleses enjoyed it q
much as the Cambridges," who max
themselves $50 common"
An affair led to much discussion
Among the guests WAS Mr.. Poole, Of Sa
vile Row (he occupies the house in Whicl
Richard Brinsley Sheridan lived and died
He is a man Of fine appearance, elegan
manners, and large wealth. he holds tn
appointment of "Tailor to Fl. r. Il. tn
Prince Of Wales" and about One-half tn
youDg aristocraey are on his books.
happened that be was invited, on 3 hin
from the Prince, who is very friendly wit
HIN. It was objected, after the ball, tha
be did not come within the line drawn b
Qneen Victoria, that every guest mus
have been presented st Court The Brine
out the Gordian knot in the easiest man
ner. HMy friend, Dir. Poole" he sale
"was specially invited to be present at m
marriage, at Windsor, and if that is nc
equivalent to having been at Levee,
should be glad to know what is."-Phik
. dslphia Press.
1t would seem from the above that Mr.
5 Victoria is more snObbish than our Qw
= rlost snObbish cOdAsh aristOcracy. He
Majesty should not be SO airy" when sh
considers that nearly all the male men
bers Of her family, for the last hundred an
> more years, have been set Of Hcentiou
s;amps, who have "made themselve
, cheap enough to have mistrssses and of
spring not born Of royal wedlOck. Eve
, the PRICE, whose eompaniOpship is thu
carefully looked after by his royal mammt
Is not exempt from the charge, and Ii
Z tosdying English prints speak with an a
} Of pride Of his having settled the sum Of
{ thousand pounds upon the result Of
> liasson with the daughter Of gate-keepS
at Windsor Castle. In America such
man would not be considered toO good
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