, 1873-11-05
THE DUKE OF IliiiiIT0N'S MARRIAGE,

Lord AlRnleryillc, left Ca,l,uln fpr Turul1a }nat
wook, without Visiting tho United Stntes, pub
nbly hasened homo at tho rows Of hIn dough
There aso fow Aaoricanu, wlio ha7o boe,, 1n,,c
nlroad Of iute ycara, who aro not famllinr with
aomc Of tho history nnd oxplolta Of tl,o proaollt
holder Of thiB celebrated historic tito, over
which Tl,9ckoray llus throw, an additional in
lerostby introducing tho Duke Of Qitoen A,l1,o's
TING as 4 prolnlnont .t'gnro III ;hsmont
....wl'csl1cr," say tho Brothers Chambers,
:" from It's ,boiug, tho plcmicr pcorugo Of
Inn laao in hlstory Or politics, or tic circnni,
Btauco thnt, fuilinE tin brunswick lIno. 1t III tho
noxt Protestant branch Of tho royal family in
succession to tho crown Of Scotland, it Is certain
that no title carrlos with II nore Of to yonorn-
~ to bo lcago1 thut this 7onoratlou can scarcely
hayo oxtonded to tho persona Of tho lust two
Dukes 10 tho grandfather OF tho present Duke,
notwithstanding tho responsibility Of lia habits,
tho dccadonco Of tho house. 4 man ur most
proaigious pli.le. he thought nothing lcBs than
royal blood worthy Of alliance With tito uouso of
hnnmllton, aud wlion tho announcement OF Tho
tho opinion that Ilcr Ntnjcsty would l,nvo dpuu
bettor to llayo looked noaror iso,no.-alludn., it
was utsdoratood, to his own uon. BY his Sifo,
Miss Rockford, daughter OF tho celobrnlctl nnthof
both han boon moot lnmcntublo, md their chill
drod have, with u single exception, turned ont
n.iBcrably lilo daughter 1narried-no doubt Il,
fuldlltnont OF tho ambitious yiowB Of llcr father
bored i'll this country rs tho Minister accompany
ing tile Prince OF Wales here. Ilis marriage
waH dissolved on account Of tho misconduct Of
tho DuchcHH. then Countess Of Lincoln, with
the Earl Of Oxford. This Indy still lives, but iu
complete ohacurity. There is II story curront,
for wlaoso truth we cannot voucll, Of how slo
mot ler Oldest Bon Under circumstances tho
most distressing that can be conceived. This
anil Oldest Eon would bo ponnitess, by reason Of
enjoys thiougl hs wiio tic iiestiiaato
daughter Of sho lato bIr. Hope, WHO Inherited u1
inlnonso fortune from llis fathor Of the grent
Amsterdam house Of Hope t. Co.. which lo loft
to ths mother (whon ho eventually narioD Of
tho cnreor of the Dulo's brotllors haa boen mout
tiscrcditablc, and tlloir na1nns hnye boon TO-
peatcdly, before tho public in connection
with vice aud extnyag4neo. lila o,ly
Lord AdolplluH VMno Tonpcst, whom some
Will remember nt Washington during ths wnr
So much for The Duke Of Hanlilton's aunt aud
cconsina. His father, the late Duke, wAllcd, it
plnry laty, ono Of Queen yictorias most iuti-
mite ald valued frieuds, but although OF worry
a!1cient family, t1is Indy (xllo afterwards mar
ried Duko) was NOT doomed u lifting mitch for
their union, Consequently TO satisfy tho latter,
ho at longth married tho Princess Nlerio Of
Daden, q first cousin Of the lato Emperor Napo-
LEON. This marriage led to his almost
orape etEsy nsoba5yy 5esy abroad p . sse
from the fact that tho Duchess was not
granted q preccaenoy, which she doomed her duo
at tho English Court, over nil other Dnchossos.
Paris therefore, became peculiarly, agreeable to
ona Empire great difficulty WAS experienced iu
getting ladies' Of tho right sort to come to tho
Iuilerios. Hore tho Duchess of Hamilton was
Of great uso to her cousins. The Duko's aplen-
did lineage was such al even tho Faybo,,rg 1t.
Gcrnain WIS bound to admit, whilo, however,
they might sncor at tho Ductons' doacent from
the Coraican attorney, there wns no donying her
being Of tho royal house OF Daden. lilo Dule
and Duchoss consequently became regulnr rcni-
most distressing oirouulstanceB. in 1868. Ho Ind
been Rnpping 1t tho Mai6on Doree, n1ll Ind a
wager With hIr. Howard as to tho number OF
petlts worries which they could drink. Tho Till
fortunate Duke fell aa ho was lowing the house,
md wau Carried homo only to die. A brawl in
which tho present Duke aud his brother wero
concerned, SUMO yeurs lator, in company with
somo Indies OF tho demi monde. in tho sa,no
street. provoked some Q, ct,i.alaingy severe COM
aceno they had solicited for such proceedings
Since tho death Of their father the carcor Of tic
family las boon oil down hill. III 1860 the
present peers only sister, Lady Mary, mado
from her husband. Ills only brotIlor, Lord
Charles. became at the ualno timo fugitive from |
his creditors, aud has frequently figured in tho
is The best pigoon tho eroat hIr. Padwck over M
had to pluck. The Into Marquis Of Uantingg WIS
n nero lagatolle compared with the premier |
Duke Of Scotland; DuEo OF Brandon, too, iu |
Enslane, with some llalf-lozon pril.coly seats in
aco i'll Scotland, and Hamilton Houao in Luf,tlon
How the aBtuto pnlwiuk must have chuckled unt !
r',bhcd Ills Lands aslle swept His Graeo iuto his
cnpacioMa net. Ti.o result has bee,
'naBtor~sr Ivor Guest, whio - Hamii- mil.
ton Palace ia principally occupied by thas
worry clever gontlonsan MIR. l'adwlok, himself
by Nil who know him, neigl.bor Of His Grce OF
Hamilton, hearing that tho young Dulo WAS at
his ancestral lulno-a very raro occutrcnca-and !
ieulrous to encourage liua in what seemed q new
departure in u right direction, won't over to visit
him. On being shown i'll ho found to his con-
stcrnatlon TINT the Duke waH away for tho dny,
Ind TINT Mr.. patl"ick, the VISITORS particular
'eto noir, WAS locum tenors. At first His Grace
was ito hut gradually lio thawed under tho i'll
lucnco OF tho wonderful spondthrift-cntch-
,ri sntl aftcrward '.confossed n charm "
III the manner aud said that tho doy,I wny
lot 80 black as ho was pnintoti. Iho mother OF
ha Duke of Halnilton's brido, the Duchess Of |
Manchester, isa Hanoyoran lady Of grcat amhi-
FormIy kind, and 1t will no doubt bo widely ex-
,ectca that, in marrying IL aape,llthrift Of tho
Dukos labits. and rcp,llsiye appearance, her
laughter is to DO SACRIFICED to the l,1ra coroets
# Hamilton and Brandon. Tho Duchess Of
Manchester was Mistreus Of lho Robes to tho
2loon undor ono Of Lord Dcrby's Governments.
Her draco,. it is said, was perfectly de-
ormtned that have this appointfnent-
ho fennnine y Blue Riband "-sllo would, and
yhen Lord Dorby was out OF office sha wLeeded
Ao premise from him. which lie wnB yery ro- |
,,ctalltly obliged to keep when tho tillo arrived.
While holding tho appointment, the Duchess was
ost in the Highlands whom staying ut country
own, and Mr.. John Ditlwell, Of tho Foreign Or
Ice, who died the other day, wrote sqllib Oh
!io oyont, parodying "I The Lay Of tho Last
Minstrel" Tllo opening lines ran
The wiul was cold, the way was long,
Tho Duchess ace1ned so young eil gtrong,
The MiBtrcsH Of tho Iot,cs wal she
1n tho last Dcrby Ministry.
rBaXulIlo md DsAglninlc.
Tho !" Frouch correspondent" OF the London