Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-12-15
WITTY AND PRETTY WOMEN OF
HALPOLE'S TINE.

Queen Caroline, the Duchesscs Of
MARLBOROUGH and QuccHsbUTy, and
Lady Mary Woray Montague.
We take from an English magazine the
following account, from Horace Wal
uoIe's letters, Of some Of the court
beauties and celebrities about whom he
gossips
QUEEN CAROLINE.
Her beauty, which had been great
st the time Of her marriage, had fallen
q victim 20 the fatal ravaEes Of the ter
Iihle distemper, which was then so little
understood and so Unscientihcally
treated, that il is a matter for wonder
mat any survived TO bear upon their
countenances for life the distinguished
sign and seal with which ''small pox -
marked the victims who had escaped its
clutches alive.
The beamingeyes Of thequeen, indeed.
were as expressive as ever, and could
EIndle with interest, melt in sympathy,
q burn with Indignation and atironted
majesty from under the royal brow.
Another great beauty which the queen
could boast Was the marvellous WINNIE
~ "a nv N-A1AH pump anu EIaEtlul
hands, % a charm by no means 10 be de
Epised, and one far less common than
that Of a pretty face OF q bright, rosy
complexion. Her personal attributes,
indeed, were so far from contemplate
that the king himself, though a tyrani-
cal and unfaithful husband, frequently
declared in public that he had never
Vet seen a wOman whose charms
equalled these Of the queen: and
when he described his own idea OF beauty.
he always literally described that Of his
own wife. Upon more than one occa-
sion, indeed, he subjected the "gOod
Howard herself 10 exquisite mortifca-
ton On the queens account: for coming
int the room as that lady was manipu-
lating the royal head a mental occupa-
ton r0-which the wife had the power of
submitting the mistressl, he snatched of
the handkerchief which concealed the
fair and beautifully modelled throat Of
the former, saying angrily 10 Mrs. How
ard as he did 50, Because you have an
ugly neck yourself. you hide the queen's.n
But majesty also has its moments of
self-imposed humiliation; and at such
times we hear Of the queen herself rising
meekly and offering 10 retire, when the
king and his prime minister, Sir Robert
WalpOle, for whom she had a great per-
sonal regard, consulted upon business Of
the state" matters which, - saws Horace
Walpole, she and my father bad pre-
viOusly settled between them.n She was
fond of laying out and improving her
garden at Richmond and she managed
being a clever woman TO hOOdwink the
king into believing that the expenses Of
these improvements We're betrayed ont
Of her own private purse, while she
was, in fact, supplied with the necessary
means by the aid and c~onnivance Of the
first minister ofstate.
She understood perfectly the art Of
managing a coarse and tyrannical hus-
band, by an assumed appearance of the
most profound submission and respect.
She died, indeed, a martyr TO this princi-
pie Of implicit and UnqUestiOning obedi-
ence to the arbitrary rule Of her exacting
spouse; Tor rather than oppose any wish
or command Of his, she underwent hours
Of fierce torture, and kept secret within
her own breast the progress Of the
malady which was soon 10 terminate in
death.
When suffering from the govt in her
leg, she did not hesitate to plunge the
limb so affected into cold water, that she
might be enabled TO attend the king in
his morning walk.
A HIGH TEMPERED DUCHESS.
"Old Marlborough she wasin Horace
WalpOle's time. lone of her principle
charms he tells Us, was her fine, fair
hair
These fair, showering, golden locks
were themselves doomed TO be sacrificed
10 the passionate temper of their mis-
for "one day at her toilette, in
10 her husband, she u off all
these commanding t~resses, and flung
them al his face This curious Outburst 4
Of conjuEal malace was practiced in
later year by celebrated beauty, whose
husband, like the great duke, took a
pride il his wife's magnificent hair. She
cuu IL OF IN anger On purpose 70 veX him, /
and was stunu TO the heart, at his death. |
10 find The fading relies of that beauty,
with women is power, carefully
in his most private and sacred
depository.
The temper Of this celebrated duchess
was that Of an unmitigated viXen-pas-
Si0nate, violent and malicious. She feared
Der sJperiors, and trampled her interiors
and her children under her feet. With
Der eldest daughter who succeeded her.
BIZ act OF Parliament, as Duchess of MarI-
J0roughl, she vas at open war. With
ler youngest, the Duchess Of Montague,
.he agreed no better.
u wonder" said the Duke, her nus
,and, with less knowlege Of human
than Of the art Of war, " that
-ou two cannot agree, you arc so much
,
Lady Bateman, daughter Of the Ouch /,
persuaded her brother TO marry a :
handsome young lady, who unluckilv ,
the daughter of Lord Trevor. who ,
80 hasn "a LfeHan H=.aHnu~ 80 Ls- --.- O.
lther, the victorious duke. The grand :
rage exceeded all bounds. Having 7
portrait Of Lady Bateman, she black =
ned her face, and wrote on il. =
Now her outside is as black as her !,
:
This is the last we hear Of her from his !
pen, excepting a few lines an d
1uucing her death, which took place =
after. "Old Marlborough Is dving-I
Il who can tellt'' Last year she had =,
In ID for a great while without speak =
2 her physician said: "Shs must -
blstered or she will die.u She -
led out, 81 wont be blistered and I y,
mt de" a.
FEMALE VANITY. N
Next in the succession Of courtlv celeb ~
les comes Catharine, Duchess Dowa- =
T Of Buckingham, who was a natural -
OF James H. She was re- =,
principally for her overween- ~
{ pride and for her ahectation Of regal ~
and prestige. or her Horace ~
llpole remarks: The Duchess o
Buckingham, who is more mad -
ID pride than amy other merceris
e In Bediam, 10 last night
The opera, en- princess, literally in 80
red velvet and erInine.'' It was
WIN Hsra.NH ~h. ErHHnrrra wnH.Hn -. g..
chess of Marlborough, upOn the latter's
Isiug 70 lend the funeral car which ra
! conveyed the great dixie To h~isgrave. III
s4 her replied Catharine Of Burk-
ham, transported with rage, "thst -
uphO-7ierer tells me I can have = ID
u for twenty pounds.1 Or Eer
? death-5ed Mr.. Nalpole giges this Ma
.ous account: ~"
Princes Buckingham 3 dead or
lg; she has sent for Nr. Anstis AMI =,
ed the ceremonial of her burial On -
lrday She was 50 III tnat she feared J. v
" before an the pomU- she said =
by won't they e the canopy for
70 see let them send IL though an / MI
iassels are not finished Bit Vs.
-y was the greatest stroke of an.
made her ladies vow 10 Aar ~
Re- should die Senseless, they yyonid NO
~ ooNn IN the o before She was
A POOR FINE LADY. Con
ON lnls proud woman we tllrp a.
" ~ occupied a position in the cCgT-t
y lAs queens person, but WHO 49,
punAclg recognized as the fq - p.
ress q the king. Henrietto JLiue and
the daughter Of Sir Hen I9nart Win
OF Sir John Hobart, Knie ,t %ha y Neui
T, Afterwards by her inter. OF INC no
d, and since created 30 riI9ue a -
amshire. She married eari. DIGh
ard, a brother Of the Fe,it ar
and prepared with him ~ E CT
liter hrunt Of povery in a positG@S on
'e which was far Superior III ~
Instances which must support n
saw before them but one chance IA,
emotion, and that was in attach 4 N ii
lemselVes 70 the cour OF Hano- and
the future sovereign Of atei
.ad awaited the demise Of thereipn-
leeh lAnnel As a way Of eking X
e " ways and means" .gftheirsmaD
e, as great a bugbear to fasbiona-
ing married couples tlien as now
Id an amusing ~anecdote of her
beautiful, abundant t-ressses Pu
landing a high price from the nor p
in those days Of aowing
furnish forth a banquet Of her r.
IDS guests. Wigs were sold in tbat ~
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