The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-10
WISE AND PRETTY WOlIEN OF
F ~ EALPOLE.si TINE. a :

Queen Caroline, the Duchesses of
Marlborough and Queensbury,sa and
Lady Mary WOrtIey Montague.
Wetake from an English magazine
the following account, from Horace
Walpole's letters, of some of the court
beauties and celebrities about whom he
gossips. .ss1s .tsi sssrl sssayf AKA
QUEEN CAROLINE.
Her beauty, which had been great at
thetime of her marriage, had fallen a
victim to the fatal ravages of the terri
BILE distemper, which was then SO little
understood and so unscientifcally
treated, that it is n matter for wonder
that any survived to bear upon their
countenances for life the distinonish.
ing sign and seal with which 'Ssmall
pox" marked the victims who had
escaped its clutches alive. ~
The beaming eyes of the queen, in
deed We're rs expressive as ever. and
could kindle with interest, melt in
sympathy, or burn with Indignation
and 01ronted mlj jeSty from UNDER the
royal brow. Another great beauty
which the queen could boast was the
marvellous symmetry of her Hsnall
plump and graceful hands,n IA charm
by no means to be despised, and one
far less common than, that OF pretty
face or bright, rosy complexion. Her
personal attributes, indeed, were SO far
from. m.eontempttble that the king him
SELF though 0'tyrannicaI ard unfsith-
ful husband, frequently declared in
public that he had never vet seen a
woman whose charms eQualled those Of
the queen; and when hedescribed his
own idea Of beauty, he eaIwaysIIItef
described that. of his own wife. JJTSDn
jected the good Howard" herself to
exquisite modification l6n theJ 0ueen1s
account for coming into tho room as
that lady was manipulating the royal
head "a mental toccuph % " fich the
wife had the power of submitting, the
mistress he snatched off the hand kerr
chief which concealed the ifnir-snf1d
beautifully modelled throat of the ford
mer, saying AM gtily to Mrs! Howard as
ne d1d So : Because YOU have an ugly
neck yourself y0u hide the queen'a. p :.
But majesty also has its5mOments Of
selt-tmposed humiliation and at such
times we hear of the queen HERSELF rfs-
ing meekIy and Offering to retire, when
the king and his prime minister, Sir
Robert Walp0le, for whom she had a
great personal regard, consulted upon
business OF the -stmattarsW which n
says Horace Walpole, Gtshe and nv
father had previously settled between
them. - She was fond of laying out
and improving her garden at Richmond;
and s1e managed (heing q clever Yo-
man TO hoodwtnk the king into5ibe-
lievtng that the expenses OF these Inn
provetuents were betrayed out of her
privy purse, while she 5yas.5 an face
supplied with the necessary funds by
the aid and connfyance of the first
minister OF state. SO f;iJ= ,is
She understood perfectly the art of
band, by an ASSUMED appearances OF the
most protonnd Submission and respect
She died stndeedy q martyr to this. prin-
ctple of implicit and unquesti6nfhR
obedtence TO the arbitrary rule 81, her
exacting spouse; for rather than ops
pose any wish or command OF. his; she
Underwent hours of fierce torture, and
kept secret within her own breast the
progress of the NAL DIV vi iiIch was soon
70 terminate in DEATH. f,,s 80 q
III When suffering from the goutfin her
leg, she did not hesitate to pIhhga the
limb so Affected INTO cold water, tlldt
she might be Enabled to attend the king
in his morning walk. i si
A MaH5rRoIPKRBp DttclEss.
"old Marlborough, = . she was in
Horace FTalpole's time. some of, her
principal charms, y hetalls us, twas her
fine, fair hair.'1 81 .is ~ 80 Z,
These fafr, shoWering, golden locks
were themselves doomed 70 be sacri-
heed to the passionate temper of their
mistress; for tone dRy at her f6IIefta
in anger to her husband. she cut of All
these commanding tres ses. md dung
them at his face! 20 Tits curious out
burst of coujugal malice was practised
in later years by n celebrated beauty,
whose husband like the great duke,
took pride in his lies iIlapnfffoenf
hair.'l She Sueit on I'm anger. On E5IiF-
pose to yeX hmm, and was sttfnn to the
heart, ut his death, to find the iadfnq
relics OF that beauty, which with vEoz
men IS power, Csfefnlly2 Cherished in
his most private and sacred fleh0 tory
The temper Of this ealsbrated tinshe
WAS that. OF an Ilnmitig9 Vt1er.-
feared her supsriofss and tratlElled her