The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1871-02-24

! Court Dressma kers In Flutter-The
Aristocrncy Competing for Invitations
/ Great Row Over the @Lorn Tartan
| -Rndical Discomfort mt the Doyry-
How the Alliance was Brought About.
LONDON, Jan. 6, 1871.-West End
| tradesmen are beginning to be busy
| with orders in connection with the ap-
preaching marriage of the Princess |
Louise and the Marquis of Lorn, and |
down at Windsor the royal tradesmen
are already making preparations for
| giving ecLdt to the ceremony. Histo-
rical st. Georges chapel, where SO
many illustrious nuptials have been
celebrated, is being put in order for the
I occasion, and the cards to the great |
! people who are to be invited are being
/ printed. Quite hutter has been Great
/ ed among the aristocracy in anticipa- !
ton of the ceremonial, and high DANES
and noble lords are intriguing for the
| present The bridesmaids are deeply
engaged in consultation with the man
/ tua-makers, and it is believed that the
dresses which Will be worn by these
eight charming young ladies VIII, for
richness and novelty, surpass anything
| that has previously been Witnessed
/ Indeed,
THE COURT DRRssMAKERs
are nearly at their wits end devising
fresh designs and new combination of
colors and materials; and fashion is
eagerly looking forward to something
! original in the trosseau which shall give
the mode to future weddings in high
life. Lord Lorn and his intended fair
bride have, in fact, been almost per-
secuted with the attentions of people of
all sorts, who are desirous of making
money out of their professed loyalty.
Musicians have inundated them with
! ''Lord of Lern Quadrilles, "Louisa
Galops," " ''Argyle Waltzes, "and Roy
al Marriage Serenade." !" Perfumers
have pestered them with new scents
named after the coming event, poets
have vexed their serenity with copies of
verses inspired by the suspicious theme,
the trades of every kind and degree
daily extol their wares by christening
them after the names of one or other of
the affianced.
THE LoRN TARTAN.
So strong, indeed, has been the COM
petition in this direction, that there has
been something approaching hand |
to-hand encounter between two rival
Scotch manufacturers in Baillie Nicol
l-Jarvie's town of Glasgow. Both gen.
tlemen hit upon the idea of inventing
new tartan, to be called the "Lorn Tar
tan, and both submitted their designs
to the Marquis, and had them appro-
we'd. Each in turn advertised his in
vention as an idea exclusively his own,
a fha fho4 L.,
newspaper battle has for some time |
been raging between the wrathful rivals. |
"The invention is mine" says the one. |
at is mine," cries the other, "and
had the honor of a personal interview
with the Princess" Lord Lorn has
been lugged into the scrimmage, and |
one, at least, of the Scotch enthusiasts, |
has not scrupled to accuse him of un-
fairness and double dealing in negoti- !
ating with two merchants at one time. |
THE APPROACHING EVENT
As to the marriage itself, tits regard
ed by the country with great favor, in
asmuch as it will tend to break down 1
the rigid barrier which separated the
throne from the people. Her Majesty |
is credited with having exercised wise |
common sense in having had the cour-
age to give the hand of her daughter to /
subject. Persons in all grades of |
society were beginning to get impatient |
of the needy, not to say beggarly, array
of German princes who were being ad- |
mitted by marriage to the royal family |
of England, and such alliances were |
looked upon suspiciously as tending
unduly to strengthen the foreign ele-
ment at the Court of st. James. The |
choice of Lord Lorn as the husband of |
the Princess Louise has helped to weak
en- that suspicion, and a belief is enter
tanned that such alliances viii be quite
a matter of fact in the future. Indeed
the gossips are already busy selecting
MATE FOR THE PRINCESS BEATRICE,
and several heirs to rich and noble
houses are aspiring to the honor, one
of whom, it is said, is fayorably looked
upon by her Majesty.
THE ROYAL DowRY DIFFICULTY.
An agitation has been raised by the
London radicals to protest against the
dowry that it is to be given to Louise,
but it viii result in nothing. These
politicians argue that man who will
possess such broad domains and wide
estates as Lord Lotn, is quite able to
maintain the Princess in BETTING
state, without receiving gratuity from
the nation. But, on the other hand, If
is held that his Lordship has as much
right to dowry as did the petty Ger
mans, against whose claims no protest
was raised. My own belief is, that
were it not for the paltry and cowardly ,
feeling which we In England misname
loyalty, the matter would come under
the consideration of Parliament. A
large number of Mr.. Gladstone's radi-
cal followers are opposed to the peo-
ple's money being squandered in royal ]
dowries, and long for the opportunity
of giving expression to their opinions. I
Courageous as it is, however, in most I
matters, the House of Commons has G
not the pluck to act up to what are the I
convictions of many of its members il {
even of the most advanced tone, have !
not as yet got to the length of uttering a
what they think about British royalty. t
They are afraid of becoming marked '
men, and with being branded as disloy- '
al There are indications, however,
TINT this irksome reserve will soon be 1
cast off, and that the radicals in the 8
Legislature will not be restrained by
taunts from freely uttering their senti-
ments.
HOW TILE MATCH WAS BROUGHT ABOUT. a
Many people have wondered how the
project of the royal alliance was first
broached, and from which side the pre- ,
iminary overtures came. The mystery I
is easily explained by the fact that the
Queen and the Duchess of Argyle have :
been bosom friends from their youth. =
Her Grace is lady of very fascinating )
gifts, great personal attractions, ami
winning manners. She is, moreover, a
strict moralist, and is endowed with a n
ustemperament and devotional t
mind of the very kind to attract the s
admiration of her Majesty. Appointed d
at very early period of her life MIS- y
tress af the Robes, the Duchess had y
the best opportunities of improving her q
for her royal mistress, and t,
in the course of time she becIme to the a
lotfar bar oloSaCf a1I oor