National Republican., 1873-12-04
A ROYAL rprBnosLro.
Separation OF the Prince ssd Princess OF
Mouaco-lIow Her Serene Bisiness Es-
c"psd from the rriacip.ii'y.


Separation OF the Prince s.d Princes. OF
Mounro-How Her Serene Hiahness Ks-
capped from the rriacipsiity.
From Lppincott's Magazine
Just at the present tho Court OF "Lillput"
has given room for o great deal OF gosslp.
His Serene Highness, the hereditary Prince,
and Her Serene Highnesa, the Princess, after
q few months Of matrimonial bliss, have
quarrclcd and separated. Il happened cn
this wise; (rhc Information give know TO
bc correct, as II was communicated to me by
an intimate friend Of the young Princess
and was at Nice myself when the affair oc-
currcd.) About four years ago The young
Prince Of Monaco married, through tho In
huence Of the Emprese Eugcnlc, the Lady
Mary Douglas, sister of the Duke Of Hamil-
ton and daughter Of II. ]. IL. the Princess
Mary, Of Baden, Duchess Of Hamilton, and
granddaughter OF the celebrated Prime
magnificent, and the bride and bridegroom
appeared exceedingly well pleased with each
other.1 After brief honeymoon both their
highncsscs returned TO Monaco to reside with
the re.gning Prince and Princess. Very soon
hfter the young lady commenced making
bitter complaints to her friends Of the court
etiquette which she declared was perfectly
1 NrIf'ieiN w " hhNV-b'th
liahwoman.
An instance will suffice. Ono morning Her
Serene llghness came down TO breakfast be-
fore the whole family was assembled. To
her amusement she behtld on each plate an
egg, labeled, "For His Serene IIlghness the
Rcignlng Prince" "For II. 8. II. the Prin.
cess" For II. $. II. the Hereditary Prince;
.For II. 8. II. the Hereditary Princess
Being In q hurry and hungry, "lIer Serene
| IIighness the Hereditary Princess" sat down
herself and ate her own egg and the eggs Of
her ncighbors. IIorrorl Court etiquette
l~as overthrown. The egg destined for tho
august Prince Florestan ii had been eaten by
his own daughler-in.lawi The outraged
majesty OF Monaco was indignant. and the
youthful aspirant to the throne by no mean:
mild In his reproachcs. However, true Doug
las as she II, the old blood Of Archibold Bell
thc-cat boiled over, and the Princess Mary q
reported TO havo read the serene family fa.
nous lecture. Matters went on In this wa,
until the poor girl could stand 1t no longer
and one fine day escaped from 'jall, raj
down to the station, and took tkc ilrst irair
for Nice. A telegram was sent 10 the gend
arInerie at Nice to arrest her "a soon "a sh,
\ got out Of the carriage. Accordingly, to hei
terror, when she put her foot ou Terra frmt
there stood two gcndarmes ready to pounc,
upon her. .
It was, however, no Joke to arrest an i'm
birth. The men hesitated, but not so th,
Princess. Brought up at Nice, she knew al
the roads and by-paths OF the place by heart
Tucking up her petticoats, instead OF goin,
out by the ordinary exit, she made off as fas
as her heels could carry her out Of the sta
tion to the fence which separates the line'
from the road. climbed over 1t, and ran q
swiftly as hunted deer through the field
tpursued by two gendarmcs, who, however
soon gave up the chase. Her serene high
ness finally reached the Villa Arson, almos
two miles distant, terribly frightened, aud
with her clothes torn of her back. Here sh,
found that noble-hearted and Christian
never since separated. Nor has she yielded
up to her husband her little son, born SCOT
after the fight from Monaco. Vain have beer
the young mans attempts to induce her Il
return to him; vain his Appeals TO the Pop,
to use his influence; vain even the threats o
law. Last winter the Prince induced tn
s sS he Pas$ss as %Ss q sss ssGSs
staying In Florence with the Grand Duches
Maria Of Russia, but the guards Of the 10,
perial lady prevented the emlssarics Of th,
Florcntine Syndlc from entering the palace
and the next day the Princess of Nonac,
iled with her child 70 Switzerland.
What the future developments OF this siu
J gular affair will be time will show. Tn
husband seems determined not to yield, an,
, has recently employed the celebrated lawyer
.. VI. Grandperrct, as his counsel. II Ia state,
that undue influence ota malicious Kind hs
been used to prejudice both tho Duchess q
Hamilton and her daughter against N
Prince, but all who know the true lofty min
Of the Duchess will be sure that, alshoug
the reason for the Princess conduct has neye
transplrcd, 1t must be q very good one, O
her mother would never uphold her as sh
does. Not the slightcst blame IL attrihutabl
to the Princess Of Monaco, and her reputa
tion remains utterly above suspicion.