The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1873-05-01
EngIand's Royalty.


contracting a matrimonial alliance outside
of the charmed circle of sovereignty with
q ''subiect" (The occurrence was not
without surreptious, BY gone precedent,
we know for that very bad lot, George
the Fourth, was married to poor Mrs
Fitzherbert, and, if scandal speaks truth,
George the Third, also, to Hannah Light
foot, pretty Quakeress.) Punch drew
the princess-the handSomest member oi
the family stepping over the ''ring-
fence" into the arms Of her gallant High
land bridegroom; and the public, both
English and American, was sentmentally
stirred up ard stimulated in favor of a
supposed downright love-match triumph
ing over caste considerations. The char
acter OF Marquis father, too, the Duke
OF Argyll, increased the good will with
which the marriage was regarded in this
country, inasmuch rs we heard of him
as a very intelligent, liberal minded. and
even somew hat democratic nobleman, whO
was friendly to the United States govern
ment throughout the late civil war, and
actually allowed two Of his sons to ego
into business''-one Of them being engar-
ed in the tea and wine trade, in St Pauls
churchyard. London.
Now, however, there comes unpleas-
ant telegram across Or rather under the
Atlantic, to the effect that this young
couple had lived together so unhappilv rs
to provoke a contemplated separation on
the ground of incompatibility of temper,
the Marquis going abroad. OF course
this was duly denied the dav after. for
the rather remarkable reason that they
had not contradicted it-iust as il the
royalty or nobility We're in the habit of
rushing into print on such occasions and
publishing 'cards" about their private
affairs. Still there may have been good
reasons Tor the report. Without attach
ing undue Importance to it, the writer
possesses certain facts derived it is true,
from hearSay, but yet in quarters quite
removed from the suspicion of mere un-
warranted gossip-having direct bearing
on the subject. 1t was believed that the
princess fell in love with a handsome
Italian, her music nl;tstel, who nothing
10th, responded, to the production Of so
much maternal reproof and Indignation
on the part of Queen Victoria that the
girl accepted the Marquis of Lorne lust to
escape her mothers s'nagging." 1t was
added that the Marquis, ignorant of this
circumstance at the time, was snubbed
and Inundated by always having his in
feriorty of position and birth riooroaly
insisted on all occasions of court etiquette,
that he strongly regretted the questionable
''honor" done to him; in other words that
the pair only lived together on terms of
outward civility.
This is by no means the first story Of
domestic discord in the family of Queen
Victoria. 1t has been generally known.
from Prince Albert's time downwards.
that she is rather despotic lady with a
very high and mighty opinion of her own
right and authority. She probably inher-
its the characteristic from her grand
mother, old Queen Charlotte, of .snuffy
memory concerning whose ideas of her
own Importance and dignity let ANYBODY
curious on the subject consult the diary of
Madame D'Arblay, nee Fanny Burney.
She would keep the maids of honor stand
ing. in attendance on her. for hours to-
gether till they were ready to drop. ad-
mitting of no excuse for the rigorous per
lormancc of their 'sduties" and ALWAYS
checking remonstrance with the remalk
that she was equal TO the requirements Of
,.
Ia the like manner, her present majesty is
a perfect dragoon of etiquette Does any
lady appear at court with 4 ribbon not of
the precise shade ordered bv the Lord
that lady incOntinently OBJ
tains royal message OF cersure about rs
pleasant to receive as u sound box on the
ear or slap in the face. And this inorli-
nate regard to her authority she has also
carried ont il her own family. to the pro
duction of anything but harmonious re-
suits. The Prince of Wales rebelled
against this treatment LONG ago-in strict
accordance with the historical tradition
that all heirs apparent are at issue with
the reigning monarch. As the late Prince
Albert did not smoke, the queen naturally
that it was an atrocitv to do so;
hence, indulgence in 1.-THE herb nicotina"
was strictly forbidden at Windsor Castle
and other of the royal residences. As
''Wales" took to it like Il duck
to water, until even the illustrated papers
got to depicting him with Il briar-root
pipe in his mouth Then when he cot
and set up for himself at Marl-
boro house his mother desired him to but
his servants into mourning for his father
then dead over twelve months. This
the young man tlatly refused to do. and
left Windsor in huff. not returnino for
some time Nor did he subsequently
comply with her request or show himself
amenable to authority in other respects.
He was notoriously averse to the mar
riage Of his sister Helena to Prince Chris
tian, and not without reason. For the
prince was not nniv an illoritimatn SON of
one of the poorest of German princelv fam
lies (the Augustenbergs), but had, also, a
or lett-handed wife and a fam
lly OF SIX children, all OF which greatly
both Wales and the British
public who regarded the union as biga-
nous ana highly Objectionable. The
match was entirely OF the queens making
Cong to Germany to .'inaugurate' one
Oh the many statues OF Prince Albert now
that country and England,
she was affected by the behavior OF Chris
tlah, who burst INTO tears and manifested
extreme emotion on the unvelling of the
hgure. tie was then what Artemus Ward
would have called "a matoor person Of
thlfty-iour' very bald-headed and not un-
l1ke tne deceased prince. 1t was thought
lnat ne aspfed TO pc ms successor, and
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