National Republican., 1876-01-01
THE LoREFs.
Gossip About the Princess Louise and Her Hus-
band-The Early Attachments Of the Marquis
and Marchioness.

ThE LOhhEo.
Gossip About the Princess Louise and Her Hus-
band-The Early Attachments Of the Marquis
and Marchioness.
IFrom The Boston Herald.l
The departure Of the Rev. Canon Duckworth,
A. NJ, for India, as a member Of the Prince of
Wales suite and chaplain to the royal party,
bears no particular outward significance, but his
appointment to that coveted position calls forth q
host Of memories, makes q world Of reflections, in
which love, converts, girls hot-headedness, q
mans trmness in honorable decision, forced
marriage and marital misery for one, and gradual
promotion and honor for the other, a sovereign's
displeasure and approval, form the warp and woof
upon which the story weaves. In its details It
may be new to you. The Princess Louise, before
she became the Marchioness of Lorne, and while
yet under the immediate eye Of her royal mother,
was found tutor in the person Of q rather OBJ
scure yet thoroughly intellectual curate, the Rev
Mr.. Duckworth, A. NJ. He was then, as he is
now, young and fascinating man, with dark eyes
and hair, winning manners and soft voice. A
fine vocalist, everything aesthetic found in him a
cordial patron and he was in great favor with the
royal family, the younger branches of which were
under his care As a consequence, the handsome
Princess was soon much more engrossed with
thouhts of her tutor and his well-cut face than
pages of philosophy or intriente lenses Of verbs.
Her feelings
RIPENED INTO AFFECTION
which she did not hesitate to show. While in
Scotland she frequently, in company with her
brother Arthur, Duke Of Connaught, visited her
tutor at his humble inn and after taking tea, the
evening would pleasantly pass in singing and
social conversation, proceeding harmless enough
in its way If the young lady was not a Royal
Princess, and guided by an affection for her tutor
which she thus sought to crafty. This love soon
became too potent and too strong for the curate's
sense of proprety, and he considered, in view of
the circumstances that 1t was his duty to inform
the Queen. This he did, in n delicately- -worded
letter, in which, with consummate art, be tried to
shield his pupil as far possible, but suggested
another tutor for the Princess should be procured
at once. The Queen was very much troubled at
the hint contained in Mr.. DuckwOrth's brave COM
municatiOn, and, when the Princess was called
and spoken to, the strength of her passion showed
itself as she declared that she would either marry
him or 20 into n convent" Her manner of saving
and hrmness in maintaining it, left shadow of a
doubt as to her life, and in 1t she determined to
cast her destiny. There seemed, indeed no loop
hole through which influences might be directed
with view Of changing her determination. The
Queen was in quandary, the Royal mind per-
Prince in Europe with which England cared to
wed. Majesty and its advisers were ioored. The
matter OF marrying the curate was, Of course, out
OF the question, and the question of convent was
soberly considered. At Cluer there is situated
CONVENT CONDUCTED BY THE HIGH H-cHuRcH IN
TEREsTs.
in the Church of England, and so high as to be
almost out Of sight to an ordinary churchman.
monastic In form and rigid in daily duty. In fact,
1t seems TO have been convent kept from forgot
ten centuries Of ancient England 1t is Of course,
headed by q Mother Superior. To this establish
ment the Queen determined to go and examine
into its system, If the worst came to the worst
and Louise should seek convent, the place would
the Mother Superior that the visit should be kept
q profound secret. No sister was to know who the
guest was within the convent walls. So Her
Majesty came, and, while examining into the con-
vent discipline, sister passed In one Of the long
covered corridors, and, In passing, made o most
g5oionnd ooeissnee, bending M nearly to the ground
Il thought l commanded that my visit should
be unknown to any one."
"Your orders have been obeyed: the reverence
made by the sister was to me as Superior Of the
Order; no one knows of your Majesty's VISIT
This incident and answer were hardly calculated
It had any determining influence is not known.
In the meantime the plan Of marrying the love-
smitten Princess to q nobleman had been broached
and considered feasible, II the groom to be cap
pe the eldest son OF Duke, the heir to the high
the young men obtainabie were talked over
Whether the young noblemen then in London
knew of the Queens intentions is not known out
side, but certainly their actions at the time Of the
Queens return from Cluer and the consideration
Of the plan Of marriage, would confirm that sup
position. Lord Hamilton, the future Duke Of
ment TO Miss Curzen, who was staying at his
fathers residence, was announced. Lord Hart
ington, the Duke Of Devonshire that is to be, and
the coming Duke Of Kent, also left London.
THE MARQUIS OF LoRNE
alone remained, and he was summoned to the
Royal presence. As the coming Duke OF Argyll,
the highest OF Scottish nobility, he was far better
for rank than any halfpenny Prince Of . two
turned TO account in cementing the loyalty Of the
Scotch TO the fortunes Of the Crown. So, as se-
quel, after proper time the DIke Of Argyll be-
came Royalty's father-in-law. The Princess was
argued and pushed into consent, not being very
enthusiastic. The announcement was received in
various ways; by the people with astonishment,
by the Scotch with joy and by the Royal family
with feelings and expressions that were anything
but cordial approval. The Princess Beatrice who
at once saw that she was the future walking COM
panion to the Queen, the lone woman Of the
family, was furious, remarking contemptuously,
when she heard it, that there was mo one LEFT for
her but young man from.Lewis & Allenby's," "a
large London dTy-gOods store) But the matter
was settled, and the obstinate Princess became
the Marchioness Of Lorne in due time.
in such a straightforward, manly way, won, natu-
rally, no end OF Royal favor. While the love and
positions of the Princess might have saved him any
penalties for running away with Louise, which
she was reported quite eager to do, still his promo
tion in a State governed Church would have been
probably for life and
ure are terribly few IN England. The canon, and
no doubt future archbishop, did just what was
Surlelldu anu Desl. NuIlOus 1uNOEs were
shown him at once, and, on the death Of Canon
Kingsley. that great mans valued position in
Westminster Abbey was given to Duckworth.
His appointment to the suite Of Prince Of Wales is
the latest exhibition of this favor in memory of his
action.
LoRNE's LIFE SINCE HIS MARRIAGE
with Royalty can hardly be said to have been q
happy one for him; its cause-force-might point
published I book, % which M is Illustrated BY his artist
spouse gives slight indication Of harmony of sit-
uation. Yet, whenever he attends court, he en-
men. He sits below the salt at the Royal table
He is known only as the Marquis Of Lorne, and it
is to be presumed that the Princess Louise does
him treated as the husband Of the Roy yal Princess
or else go herself as the Marchioness of LOrne,
the to-be Duchess Of Argyll; And perhaps
Ital life as one Of rufied wretchednessis
found that the past to him is thorn.
whenever he thinks on his condition he cannot
help remembering the beautiful 4 nerican girl to
whom he was devoted with all the devotion of q
true lover. His attentions were thoroughly con-
slant TO his ideal, as found in Miss Bradhurst,
whom he met for the first time at the Court of
Berlin. Miss b. and her sister, both Of whom are
very beautiful, and both now married, were favor
ties with the Crown Princess Of Prussia, the
eldest daughter Of Queen Victoria. Consequently
these two American girls were constantly at
court, and were much admired. Lorne, being In
where he met and was captivated by the tall, pale
beauty, Margaret Bradhurst, described SO well in
these lines that one might readuy peheVe tney
were written Of her:
o, sweet, pale Margaret, o, rare, pale Margaret,
What lit your eyes with fearful power,
Like moonlight on falling showerf
Who lent you, love, your mortal dover
OF pensve thought and aspect pale, your melan-
choly, sweet and frail
As perfume of the cuckoo flower?
But Lorne's love was soon known at home, and
parental injunction was laid upon further proceed,
requisite for an Argyll. So Lorne came home on
NE orders from Argyll, went through London,
and staying there, met his fate. Margaret was
len in quite an unmanly fashion, while the ducal
coronet had
Gone glimmering through the dream Of things
that were.
Another straw which points the way the wind
blows comes to London from Florence, where the
Princess Louise is said to have
POUND RIVAL
for the charming Duckworth in the person of Dick
the sculptor. Now, Connolly, who is
really O qdreon d'esprif Affects the wild -looning
artists form eccentric genius has always taken
for personal display. His hair is long, his eyes
large his voice rather soft, his hand and foot 1
rather comely, and his face is considered hand