Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-15

Ntofke III caused MIS-. " TO be APP
pointed woman Of the bed-chamber TO
the young Princess Of Wales.
To these departments came frequently
the electoral prince, not attracted at that
time by the mild beauties OF their fair
mistress, hut BY the lovely, lively, Laugh
ing Mary Bellenden, described by every
one Of her contemporaries as the most
perfect creature they ever knew.
The fat, phlegmatic heart Of her royal
adorer beat strange music within tne
princely breast when b sound OF heh
footsteps fell upon his ear.
One Of his amusements consisted IN
4 countiue and reeaunting his money, a
proceeding which greatly irritated the
nervous system Of the saucy Beilendeni
"Sirl1 she cried out TO him d day, II
cannot bear it; if you count your money
any more l will go out of the room
The chink of his gold was as disagreable
10 her as his unwelcOme presence, and
the heart of the uiddy Bellenden was
safe from the spells of either. That was
already in the proud possession Of Colo
mel Campbell, one of the grooms Of the
bedchamber, who afterwards succeeded
to the title of Argyll at the death Of Duke
Archibald.
Mrs. Howard succeeded to her friend
in the post of favorite and she had
neither the wish nor the spirit to repel
the attentions of her royal admirer, as
Miss Bellenden had done before her.
Horace WalpOle tell us thu she preferred
the solid advantages 10 the Ostenta-
tious ecldt Of her positionl
THE Wild DUCHESS OF QUEENsBURY.
Catherine Hyde was the daughter of
the Earl of Clarendon, and afterwards
became the wife Of Charles Douglas, Duke
Of Queensbury. She was celebrated for
her beauty, and for the daring with which
she defied the court party, by promoting
subscriptions 10 the second part of the
"Beggars' Opera when ithad been pro-
hibited from being acted. Pope, Swift
and Prior have immOrtalized her in let
tiers and in verse; the latter in the poem
entitled "The Female PhetOn," which,
as a description Of a fast Young lady OF
those days, is worthy OF insertion here:
Thus Kitty. beautiful and young,
And Wild as colt uuraned,
Bespoke Tie fair nrom which she sprung
With little rage nnamed
" Indamed with rage, az sad restraint
Which wise mamma Ordalned-
And sorely veIed 20 play the saint,
Whilst Wit and beauty relgned
20 Must Lady Jenny frisk about
And visit with her cousins
I At balls must she make an the roGt,
And bring home hearts by dozense
what has she better, pray, than I,
What hidden charms TO boast,
That all mankind should Tor her die,
While ! am scarce a toast"
"Desrest mamma, for once let me,
Unclaimed, my fortune Try
III have my earl as Wei as she,
Or know the reason why.
II soon with Jcnny's pride quit score,
Make All her lovers fall
They'll grieNe / was moi lOosed before
She, / was IOOsed AZ all
"FondHess prevailed, mamma gave way
Kitty, so hearts desire,
Obtained the chariot for a day.
And set the world on fire"
WalpOle describes a quarrel between
her and the Duchess of Richmond, whose
daughter, Lady Caroline, had recently
elOped. "Vhere is a very good quarrel
on foot, between two duchesses. She Of
Queensbury sent TO invite lady Emily
LehnoX TO a ball; her Grace Of Rich
mond, who is wonderfully cautions since
Lady CarOline's elopement, sent word,
she could NOT determine. The other sent
again the same night the same answer.
The QueensburY then sent word thatsh
had made up her company, and desired
to be excused from having Lady Emily's
but at the bottom Of the card wrote too
I great q trust. You know how mad she
is and how capable of such a stroke"
The next we hear Of her, is, regaining
a footing at court, a point for which she
had intrigued two years unsuccessfully,
and which she achieved on the occasion
Of her sons being obliged to the king for
a regiment in the Dutch service. She
would not let him 90 TO kiss hands until
they sent for her too. Then, again, we
find her at Richmond, at a fire work fete
amongst the "whole court Of St. Ger
mains and all the Fitzes upon earth,u
in "a foTlorn trim, In white apron and
hood" which was her within to assume
on that occasion, making the duke swal-
low all her undress."
'fT'Other day" Mr.. Walpole goes on to
inform his correspondent, "she drove
post TO Lady Sophia Thomas, Of Parsons
Green, and told her that she was come
to tell her something Of importance.
what is it.' why, take a couple of
beefsteaks, clap them together as if they
We're for a dumping, and eat them with
pepper and salt; its the best thing YOU
ever tasted I could not help coming to
tell you tRis and away She drove back
TO town. Don't a course of folly for forty
years he adds with some justice, make
very sick?''
LADY NARY WORTLEY MONTAGUE.
Did I tell. yoU,n be says, +" that LADY
Mary Wortley is here? She laughs at
my Lady Nalpole, scolds my Lady
Pomfret, and Is laughed at by the whole
town. Her dress, her avarice and her |
1mpudence must amaze any one that
heard her name. She wears a
foul Hannh. HhaH DO -,-A ---.- - !
black locks, that hang loose, never
combed or curled; m old mazarine blue |
wrapper, that gapes open and discovers /
a canvass petticoat. Her face swe!Ied
violently on one side, and partly covered
with white paint which, for cheapness. |
she has bought so coarse that YOU would
not use it 10 wash a chimney Not
tempting picture Of the Gas Heu Of the
period.
MADAME DU DEFFAND'S DOG.
Walpole amusingly relates, on the oe-
OF this visit the denotes he had
TO r~dccon1odc, aud the memoirs to pre-
sent against ToutOn, Madame du Def
fayOrite dog. As [ am the ONLY Z
person. he says, ''whod dare correct H.
/ have already insisted on his bripg con-
fined In the Bastile every day aftes ~
TOther night be flew M Tadr
barrymore's face, and I thuBubt v-ouId |!
have torn her eye nj but il ended in
1ltlng her finger. She was terrified she
.el INTO tears. Madame du Deffand v-bC I
las 100 much parts not to see everything
n us true light, p~erceiving that she had
nor beaten iOuton half enough, imme-
ilately told us a story Of a lady, whose
log having bitten a piece out Of a gentle
mans leg The tender dame, in "a great
Tlgh. erred out Won't il make my
sack 20"
"Touton," the spoilt little favorite.
vas sent 10 strawberry, a legacy 20 Mr..
Y aiPole, whose promise Madame du Def
ana mad obtained TO take care of the j
log mould Il survive its doatingly at
ached mistress. In answer to a letter
the former 10 the Rev. Mr.. Cole. the
,orthy antquary remarks: 81 congTat-
lne little Partisan dog that he has 7
theh INTO the hands Of so humane a
FASTER. nave a little diminutive dog,
Iull as great a favorite, and never
Ut Of my lap; 1 have already i'm
ase OF an accident, insured il a ref
&c from starvation and IN usage. II
me least We eau do for poor. harmless -
liiless, pampered animals that have !
nused Us, and We have spoilt." Touton
iy J0silned h character formerly
ven Of him by his behavior upon his
rIVal at b Gothic villa Of his new
aster He began by exiting my
aatlIul little cat" he writes, upon
men, however, we shall not quite
He then flew at one OF my docs {
returned it by biting his foot TIM If
81, but was severely beaten for IL
Inediately rang for Margaret 10 dress -
foot but in the midst Of my trfnHa- Z
H. could not keep my countenaDce
she cried, Poo little thing. he doeS
understand my ~laRguage!'' I hope N
2 VIII not recolleet, too, that he is a
pist-"
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