Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1866-01-02
AEoPoLp,s RoaANTIc CAREER.

The opening of the career of leopold is
narrated by Allison Vol. ", P. 100,
and is as romantic as any that forms the
staple of sensation novels:
One other circumstance, Of domestic
interest in its origin, but of vast impor-
lance in its ultimate results, deserves to
be recorded of this eventful period. At
Paris, during the stay Of the allied mon
arch, there was Lord - who had filed
with acknowledged ability a high diplo-
matte situation at their headquarters
during the latter period Of the
war. His lady, Of high rank,
had Joined him to partake in the
festivities Of that brilliant period, and
with her a young relative, equally dis
tinguished by her beauty and talents,
then appearing in all the freshness Of
opening youth. \ frequent visitor at
this period in Lord IS family was a
young officer, then an aid-de-calnp to
the Grand Duke Constantine, a younger
brother of the ancient and Industrious
family in Germany, but who, ike many
other sciOns of nobility, had more blood
in his veins than money in his pocket.
The young aid-de-camp was speedily
captivated by the grace Of this English
lady; and when the suvereigns were
about to set out for England, whittier
Lord - was to accompany them, he
bitterly lamented the sc%antiness of his
finances, which prevented him from
following in the train of such attraction.
Lord - good humOredly told him he
should always find a place at his table
when not otherwise engaged, and that
ne would put him in the way of seeing all
the world in the British metropolis, which
he would probably see to such adj
-. .l-.s, Sui an nArar aspa-
cially when seconded by such influences,
proved irresistible, and the young Ger
man gladly followed them TO London.
He was there speedily introduced to and
ere long distinguished by the Princess
Charlotte, whose projected alliance with
the Prince OF Orange had recently been
broken of. Though the Princess
remarked him, however, it was
nothing more, at that time, than
a passing regard, for her thoughts
were then more seriously occupied by
another. Having received, at the same
time, what he deemed some encourage
ment, the young soldier proposed to the
Princess and was refused, and suisse
quently went to Vienna, during the sit
ting of the congress at that place, where
his susceptible heart was speedily en-
crossed in another tender affair. Irwin
chile obstacles, however, presented uem-
selves to the realization Of the Princess
Charlotte's views, which had led to her
first rejection of the gallant German
he received a friendly hint from London
TO make his attention to the fair Austrian
less remarkable he returned TO the
English capital, again proposed to
the English Princess, and was
accepted. 1t was Prince Leo
pold, of Sake COburg; andhis subsequent
destiny, and that of his family, exceeds
all that omance has figured of the mar
velOus. He married the heiress of Eng
land after her lamented end he espoused
a daughter of France; he was offered the
throne Of Greece; he accepted the crown
of Belgium. In consequence OF his ele-
walton, one Of his nephevs has married
the heirees of Portugal, another the
Queen of England; and the accidental
fancy Of a young German officer for a
beautiful English lady has, in its ulti-
mate results, given three Kingdoms to his
family, placed on one of his relatives the
crown of the greatest empire that has
existed in the world since the fall Of
Rome, and restored 10 England in haz-
ardous times the inestimable blessing of
a direct line Of succession TO the throne.
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