The Portland daily press., 1866-07-30

In
18th inst. 10 Francis louis raal Alexander Prince
Won Ieck Of Hungary, lately an officer il, the Aus
lrian service The ceremony was unattended by
state pagesniry OF pomp. 's..as.esas ga
In the Press of July 81 notice the follow
ing additional statement:
After the recent marriage OF the Princess Mary of
Cambridge 10 pIincc Teck. Which tlk place AZ Eew,
fngian June Eth, i'll lr,scL ~ Tia Queen ami al
most every enbcr al the roSal family the harry lair
took their ce arturo Ashbriie lark, the seatof Earl
Brownlsw. On having tho bride wan nearly covered
with shower 81 white slii rs thrown ai'ef the car
fiagc ior luck. .i-siaf.iH
This hymeheal announcement reminds me
of briei interview which once happened to
have with the lady who has now become the
censor" -(members OF royal famihes never
have 4husbands" or wives" they are all con
sortsDl-of an Hungarian Prince, and In the
hone that the "reminiscences alluded to may
helm add variety 10 your reading columns, 1
will venture in the present article to recall the
circumstances of that interview. sr
But first. as a matter of information to
some. it is proper to observe, that this Princess
MARY is the daughter OF the late Duke Of
Cumberland--for whose inherited dukedom
your own county of Cumberland was named
Ia son Of our; old King George III, and
brother Of the Duke OF Kent, Queen VictOrias
father. OF course she is first cousin--and a
dear one-to the present lady Monarch Of
England. Her father resided at Kew, though
tbav Linz, ~ Hanover and was then livine.
whom 7 visitad ia celebrated gardens. in the
very house, believe, occupied by Henry Ill
and other monarchs down to his father George
I'LL, who was confined there during his imbe-
cility. If mistake not 1t was subsequently
made the generous home OF Louis PHILIPPE
when he fed from his throne as king OF the
s.o.,.s.a., -. a,s,.Ia ,sorL I.own "a Kew Green
ilu:.is ~ ~. ,s,a,,cround If O,,ens,
Wlilcn was 1nco sss.a- cross;par tI,a
IN hoot on,l land;ng
~, ,1a,Iad o,ong nath NV the
u;,,ar,s ha,,h +S,ya,da tbe RIVAL residence he
a,,, go ha,.i,tr II yost mon circnlar iron
Soat tho, nan,laeled tha ca',rca ~ the rivar
o.sd f,+;o ;sis,,l T., tIo ,,;dst of n on which
wss croy,;no yh,;y;ng cror ofroziers n. has
Eet w;Ioyeesnc nc IL IN nofted into th;s com
trv 70 he worried into fancy articles-lnSv A.
ton,;o,, ,vas arrostad hv Tho stnmn of hnda
Elm trae ,,aar Nv Y,roteetad INV an iyon iande
sur,oand;nc II n anneared ~ have been calt
off hu the a9e.nan some, si, or more feet above
r,a,,nd ,nuch h;c,,ar than the, generator ccnh
reacl with b;s axs a,,d the scarf nointe5 nm
yards 20 diracton The verv onnnsite of that
upon trees felIed in the ordinary way. Soon
one of the gardeners approached us-myself
and the English friend who accompanied me
from Brentf,r d on the other side of the river
and kindly Consented to explain the history of
tha free and the circum stances which induced
ts costly enclosure. II seems that tree was
nlanted Inv Henry VIII m Inc birthday of his
dauahfer. afterwards Queen Elizabeth. II
was therefore. called "EIjzabeths Elm, II
was 4 favorite Of hers and its shade was the
nlace of her frement resort. THE rovaJ fa1ni-
* for Generations after. took great nri,le IN
chat tree. for il proyed to be one of extraorai-
nary dimensions Some wears ago violent
tornado swept down the valley of the Thames.
and, assailing its massive top, uprooted and
Frustrated the arborial monarch. Whilst thus
recumbent the axeman severed the trunk sew
eraI feet from its upturmed roots: and on
strilsinc the last blow which senarated the
parts. tie stump few back into its original no.
,i.ion. and stood as erect as ever. This ac-
counts for fine inward direction 81 the scarf
Ihe disturbed earth was restored to it, oripi !.
nal level around the returned roots. and a
fence e,ected around the remnant Of Oueen
Flizaheth,s birthday Elm. as we now saw II.
| Whilst sitting and .conyersinp there the gar
dener related an anecdote none toe. respect-
fnI or chaste narhaps. To he reneafed IN a
newsnaner article ii WAS that of 4 water
fH9 Fiv,.yys. Georae,s day, who passing down
yaoetables far The + ~, do,, =, DO.
sina;ng 'sa,,a con,;e snrm sa e,, .nsoiiy
man fs,ot s,,sractin. n sss sho s;s,a
no ,,t,5s1 ao,'a hat ~ tha paIs
El, an ta rovai ,s;da,,ca fo,,, .h 49,. !.
whose hI h,,s,., 49, =.
which WAS =, Fhoso 4 re-
ga t1a,e1, 81 =, XII, tg,us . II NJ. H ao
coon,s mast thai Chen 's;ris ana o,bar od;a.
nave nrnt,nT;ng fenm fha hack of tha;r haa1S
The r.tat,,oa,, disI;L nm. l,,o,,a a.aa
nat,,raI tbo,oit ~ u Sas = b;s ~ AZ
rsspeet fa tl,e fashion bS hrssk;,,o ont in lie
mi,lst eofs h;s conc To. ,yb;et, sha 5ash;orahio
'>--5,
sHailnT ala caIloxv lvt;eR ~ uo,r \,
was q monkey fati,er ~ YAM ya,r mathar s
fiat vo,, have Inherited ! rnonSev,s tai, ! u,
orr, an,ant ~ nour hacl ~ M = F;,, 81 T.
hannened 10 he iii K;no Caorr ~, ~ -
renlv hnt with a dion;f;ad star,e t,,,,od M
hack nbon the clown and wali1efl f.n,n h;S
siobt. MI e'S'E1fNl9,-N'-'..
7fhe Kew gardens are the hest IN ENGLAND
They are about half q mile IN the rear n the
royai mansion. Beyond the gardens am;,ist
sylvan groves. are small temnles and lofiras Of
exquisite taste in which visitors NAV rest and
refresh themselves. Further an 4. The 'Paera~
,looa an ortaoonsl structure, tan st,r;es h;Sn
each story smaller than that an which, II r.sts
and with nroiectinr caves n Ia 90 tai 90 ~
riseabove the hiohest trees n wos h,;it Nv,
fine Prince Regent. atterward Georsa ". ana
near n ia a thetche.I bara,, which Tho d;ssn
mte monrrcb KENT for h;s unmarried w;yas
All sons produced in this way have the nrefix
Fit added to their names : hence the E;tz-
Williams. The Fitz-Henrys. the Fits-Geoyo as
&c. ''fe - ''l : ''s''
The great conservatory in this oar.le,, ia
the Iareest in the world II ia cuc;1orn in
shape, and its walls and roof are entirely of
the incest glass blown into ali das;ra bio
n va, Constructed nv Payton tba 'rovaI " 70
dener at Kew, whose b other the gardener at
Chiswick,,1 constructed the Crvstai palace At
London in 1851, after that model. II has
samnles Of veoetat;on ha,ono;rr ~ o,or,, n oi;
mate in It from the tronica1 Mains N the arc
tic nettles. In it is also an artificial lake in
which is grown the Victoria lily. Unmarried
from the Amazon river. j. sa i = -
a royal PARTY eonsisiinc of the nnchess ~ y
Gloucester. sister of KINGS GEORGE and vii
liam. the Duchess Of Cambridge. Widow of the
late Duke of Cambridge and brother of the
ent;onad limos ~ Pr;noasS Mar' " VIZ S;ie
tor;a's COUSIN and two other nrince.ses wbose
names i did not learn. entered the conse sy