Smyrna times., 1873-12-31
A Royal Family Quarrel in Italy.

Just at present the court of Liliput" has
given room for a great deal of gossip. His
Serene Highness the heritRry prince, and her
Serene Highness the princess, after few
months of matrimonial bliss, have Quarrsllc1 and
separated. 1t happened on this wise. tTh"
information | give know to be correct, as il
was communicated to me by an intimate friend
Of the young princes, and was at Nice m1>'
when the affair occurred About four years
ago the young prince OF Monaco married,
through the influence of the Empress Eugene,
the L1dy Mary Douglas, sister of the Duke of
Hamilton and daughter of H. |. H. the
princess Mary OF Baden, duchess of Hamilton,
and grand daughter of the celebrated Prince
Eugene Beauharnois. The wedding was mag
ni6cent, and the bride and bridegroom ap
peared exceedingly well pleased with each
other. After brief honeymoon both their
highnessos returned to Monaco to reside with
the reigning prince and princess. Very soon
afterward the young lady commenced making
bitter complaints of the court etquettee, whi"h
she declared was utterly unendurable, especiel-
| " to free born EnglishwOman An instance
will suffice One morning Her Serene High
ness came down to breakfast before the whole
family assembled. To her amusement she
beheld on each plate an egg labelled, " For
His Serene Highness the reigning prince,
For II. S. H. the regning princess" " For
H. S. H. the hereditary prince" " For Fl. S.
H. the hereditary princess" Being in hurry
and hungry Her Serene HighnsSs the
hereditary princess" sat down and ate her own
egg end the eggs of her neighbors. Horror
Court etiquette was oVerthTown. The egg
destined for the august prince Florestan III.
had been eaten BY his own darghter-n-law
The outraged majesty of Monaco was indignant
and the youthful aspirant to the throne by ne
means mild in his reproaches However, true
Douglas as she is, the old blood Of Archibald
Bel-the cat boiled over, and the Princes Mary
! is reported to have read the serene family ,
famous lecture.
Matters went on in this way until the poo
girl could stand it no longer. and one ine ia!
escaped from "jail, ran down to the station
and took the first train for Nice. A Telegram
was sent to the gendarmerie at Nice to arres
her as soon as she got out of the carriage
Accordingly, to her terror, when she put he
5 foot on terra frma there stood two gendsrme
ready to pounce upon her. 1t was, however
no joke to arr, st an imperial princess, for sue
I Lady Mary is by birth. The men hesitated
but not so the princess. Brought up at Nice
e she knew all the roads and bypaths of tn
place by heat Tucking up her pettcoats
i instead of going out by the ordinary exit, sh
Q made off as fast as her heels could carry he
!, out Of the station to the fence which separate
l. the lines from the road, climbed over it an
3 ran as swiftly as o hunted deer through tn
i fields, pursued by the two gendarmes, who
u however, soon gave up the chase Her Seren
J Highness finally reached the Villa Arson
l. almost two miles distant, terribly frightene
y and with her clothes pretty nearly torn off be
}, back Here she found that noble-hearte
I, and Christian woman her mother from whoI
q she has never since separated. Nor has sh
u yielded up to her husband her little son, Dor
20 soon after tho flight from Monaco
z Vain have been the young mans attempts
l. induce her to return TO him, vain his appea
IS to the Pope to use his influence, vain even th
le threats Of law. Last winter the prince induce
the King of Italy to permit an attempt |
y abduct the child from the princess whilst sh
1. was staying in Florence with the grand duche'
IN Marie of Russia, but the guards of the in
a. perial lady prevented the emissaries of ii
oi FlOrentine syndio from even entering I'll
IS palace, and the next day the princess
|; Monaco fed with her child to Switzerland
10 What the future developments of this singul,
ID affair will be time will show. The husbaU
OF seems determined not to yield, and has recent
Is, employed the celebrated lawyer NJ Grandpe
r. ret as his counsel 1t is stated that undl
influence of malicious kind has been used
ne prejudice both the Duchess of Hamilton al
OF her daughter against the prince, but all WI
10 know the truly lofty mind of the duchess W
es be sure that, although the reason for Il
Is princess conduct has never transpired, it mu
er be q very good one, or her mother would new
be uphold her as she does. Not the slghts
on blame is attributed to the princess Of MonoC
ne and her reputation remains utterly sbo
ily suspicion. -Lippincotts Magazine.
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