Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-06-19
THE LAST OF THE STUARTS.
A Yerttable Descendant of the Pre-
tender Living in London.


tender Living i'm London.
Correspondence of the New York World.
Under the romantic name of t'the last 0
the Stuarts," there lives in London a maj
of noble appearance and unmistakable re
finement, and whose resemblance to TIT
portraits of the second pretender, or thu
Prince Charlie, of Scottish memory, is, Il
say the least, very remarkable. He claim
to be grandson Of Charles Edward by hi
beautiful wife Clementine Sobieska. AL
though history tells us that this prince LEFT
no legitimate children, this claimant aver
that a child was born at Florence, whose
existence it was desired, for reasons Of state
should not be known. 1t was therefore
struggled away and intrusted to the
care Of a faithful adherent, who
brought it up as his own il
Spain. This child, reared in moderate
circumstances, was only to be told of hi:
parentage when he should have reached his
majority, After becoming aware Of it, and
losing his fOster-father, he went to vi.
emma, where at the court of the Emperor
Francis, he was treated as a royal person
age, without bis rank being, however pub
licly made known. Here be received the
title of Count of Albanie, (the same that
his father had boTne) and in due time mar.
ried and settled in Hungary. He had two
sons and a daughter. OF the former, the
eldest, John Sobieski Stuart d'Albanie, is
now dead, and long before his death ceded
all his Sights" or more properly claims to
his younger brother Charles Edward. The
daughter married an Austrian, and had one
son, who followed the unhappy Maximil-
ian to Mexico, from which country he re-
turned at the Emperor's death very much
impoverished. Trouble having come upon
the family of the Stuarts, Charles Edward
left PeSth, and with his daughter, CHS wife
being dead) came to London. A
literary career was the only hOnora-
bic and slightly lucrative one open
to him; nevertheless, absolute pow
erty stared them in the face. They are
struggling on yet in the same way, not like
the irrepressible 'fOreign nObleman" of
Leicester square, but in a manly and high
bred way that speaks much for the truth
of their story. They have friends among
the highest circles of English society, and
many believers among Scotch people. The
late Duke of Hamilton, suddenly encOun-
teriDg Count Charles Edward in an art
gallery, was struck dumb by his likeness to
Prince Charlie; and though loyal subject
of Queen Victoria, felt nevertheless the old
undying feeling of devotion to the Stuarts
stir his Scottish blood as the stranger passed
him. Il could have bent the knee and
kissed his hand" he said afterward.
Count Charles Edward is man
Of so, of stately appearance and IL
telectual features. He generally wears the
Hungarian costume, all black, with hood
at the neck, and a lace fril. Except this
picturesque improvement upon the demo-
cratic dress of our day, there is nothing
about Count Charles Edwards person that
calls for particular attention. He is in the
possession Of valuable Jewels and relics of
the Stuarts, and is well versed in Stuart
genealogy. His knowledge of heraldry is
remarkable, and his artistic skill of a very
high order. He lives in the humblest of
lodgings, and yet looks king; at all events
be is every inch gentleman. Even those
who disbelieve his story have nothing to say
against him, and he remains in his dignified
poverty one of the social mysteries of this
age. To know is to admire him, and GER
tainly the Stuart line could have no more
fitting scion wherewith to end its ancient
glories. His only son has taken VOW
never to marry, so that he may with truth
assume the name Of ''the last Of the Stu
arts"