Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-11-24
LORNE AND LOUISE.
The Future Rulers OF Canada - Their
COurtship and Marriage - The
Queens Interest in the Mar
quis from BOyhOOd Until
lie Reached Mans
Estate.
The Happiest of BeacOnsiie'd's Many
COups de Theatre The Princess a
Woman Of More than Ordinary
Talent, of Strong VIII and
Rare Good Sense.

Rare 6O0d sense.
New York Herald: "None of Lord Bea-
cons6eld's many coupS de thedtey has been
quite so happy and successful, or has been so
signal display of the usually inconsistent
qualities of refined tact and mastery bold
ness as the stroke by which he has at once
lifted the Marquis of Lorne out OF the social
awkwardnesses which were a consequence OF
his marriage into the royal family, and at
the same time and by the same dexterous
stroke kindles and intensifes the loyalty to the
crown of the most important of the colonies
at a stage of its growth when the desire and
expectation of independence are beginning to
stir in the minds of many of the Canadian
people. Beaconsfeld's other feats of this
kind are exposed TO criticism and provoke
dissent. Many Englishmen regard the pur-
chase of the Suez canal shares as a blunder.
and few are more inclined to deride than
to admire the bestowal upon the queen
of the pompous title of empress OF In
| dia, although the prestige of the latter
was followed up and heightened by the well
planned visit Of the Prince of Wales to the
east. The acquisition of Cyprus is still
topic of discussion and contention with the
British public, and is thought by some to be
grea er mis- axe than the purchase Of the
SueZ shares. Bat with the exception of one
clever but spiteful weekly sheet published In
London, and the further exception of that
portion of the nobility which has looked
askance On LOrne since his marriage, the
public sentiment of England warmly in
dorses Beaconsfeld's brilliant displ9y OF
dexoerity in cutting a social and political
knot which 1t was impossible to unite. Had
the Marquis of Lorne renamed In England
| he never could have extri 'ated himself from
| the perpetual notifications to which he has
ii
| tween his royal spouse and himself. In the
higher British society his wife is entitled to
that precedence over all the nobility which
belongs to a princess Of the blood, while
! her husband can claim no other rank
than belongs to him as the eldest
son of a great duke. The other scions
| of royalty resent his intrusion into their
charmed circle and have administered to him
many a well-bred snub, while, on the other
| hand, the nobility look with coptemptuous
! jealousy upon what they regard as his upstart
pretentions. The London World is attempt
ing to express the sentiments of that narrow
! and supercilious circle, but it finds no echo
in the hearts of the great body of the English
! people who love the queen and rejoice in the
| good fortune OF any member OF the royal
| family, The enthusiastic good wishes and
| profuse farewell greetlng with which he
marquis and his princess are waited for
| ward on their voyage, prove that the English
| GuClOn GOES uCS smart Tue petty spleen DV
! which the Marquis OF Lorne has been an
noyed since he aspued to tie love and won
the hand Of daughter of Queen Victoria. "
Loyne and the Princess,
London letter of the New York Herald
! The queen had never ceased, since his Etou
| days-and even for q long time prior to that
| periodic show the greatest possihl interest
| IN the career Of Lord Lorne. lie had ex-
hibited so much conscientious assidulty in
the pursuit of knowledge, and such ate; ling
| qualities of mind and heart IN his progress
from boyhood to mans estate, that there was
| small cause for wonder that her ma jesty,
seeing that she had had SO many opportuni-
ties of judging of his many excellent quail
ties, should have signiied her consent to his
marriage with her child. Lord Lorne had
| known the princess from childhood. 1t
would hardly be an exaggeration to say that
the two had grown up together. In age
| there was little difference between them, in
| temperament almost none. Both were high
ly accomplished aud fond of following the
| higher purposes of life, devoted to literature
and art, energetic in we'll doing and DESTROYS
of walking the world with a higher aim in
view than is ordinarily to be found among
those who have their dwelling IL kings
| palaces, and each, we may add, was endowed
| with that inalienabIe wealth of character
which cannot be misused, squandered or
| thrown away.
ROYAL MARRIAGES..
For years 1t was thought desirable that
| persons admitted to alliance with the royal
family Of England should be absolutely un
| known to the British public. The Royal
| Marriage act vas directed expressly against
the union of princes with subjects. The
| secret marriage of the Duke OF Gloucester
| in the latter part of the last century with
Maria, the Countess Dowacer of Waldo
grave, had excited the ire of George Ill,
who had been displeased before at the Duke
| of Cumberland's matrimonial alliance With
Lady Anne Luttrell. The result was an act
forbiddlng any of the English royal family
| contracting marrisge without the royal sane
ton while under the age OF twenty five years.
After this period they were at liberty to
solemnize the proposed union, even if the
royal sanction was withheld, If, after having
announced their intention to the privy coun-
cll, an entire year should elapse without
either house of parliament addressing the
| king against 1t. The possibility of the
commons intervening to prevent the be-
stowal of dowries and grants OF income IN
the case of the marriage Of prince or prin-
cess aGainst the sovereign 5 consent, operated
| as very safe check against the commission
| of the act. 1t became then the appointed
custom for kings and queens regnant of EGG
land to look abroad tor eligible suitors for
the hands of their children, and coniiDeu tai
kings, grand dukes and electors generally
supplied them. Queen Victoria determined
to emancIpate the royal family from an obso
solete bondage tending to very evil conse-
quenCes.
THE DAYS OF wOOING-THE MARRIAGE.
She admitted the Marquis of Lorne within
the circle of her own family as sutton for
the hand of Princess Louise. The lady had
the courage to accept the suit and to take a
husband from among the people, and her
royal mother felt free to uphold her daugh-
ter's choice. TIE parliament of the country
ratified her maJesty's decision, and saw III
the innovation upon court custom proof of
the sincerity of the sympathy Nisting be.
tween Queen Victoria and her subjects.
ANTIQUITY Or TIE ARe4LLs
But 1t must not be forgotten that the splen-
did ancestry of the Lord of Lorne was in it.
self a sufficient qualification for alliance with
a queen daughter. The Dukes Of Argyll
have inherited from remote times power
which gave them a claim to the dignity oil
sovereign princes. The prestige Of THEN
house oftentlmes weighed heavily IN settling
the old rivalrles between Scotland and Eng
land, and more than Gnoe haG Campbell
won for himself bride in whose veins flowed
the blood of Scottish royalty, quite az an
Gent and quite as illustrious in its record as
the royalty of England. We may accept as
certain, however, that whatever splendor be-
longs to the history Of the Argylls-and,
without doubt, their history enters largely
INTO the narrative Of the transactions per-
tanning to the union OF the two Aingdom8-=
no considerations of past parity of rank aud
OF influence moved the sovereign of England
to consent to the alliance of her daughter
with the heir to the dukedom. The motives
to the marriage were of far different kind,
and were to be found in that close affinity OF
disposition and mutual return OF affection
which the common ordinances of society have
| psfa oc s.aE
who would enter auspic!ously into wedlock
In other words, the marriage was one based
upon pure affection and mutual esteem, and
it will not be very difficult, think, to trace
in the early career of the lord OF Lorne the
principal incidents which conduesd 10 the
union.
THE MARRIAGE CEREMONIES.
SO 1t came abouf thar On Tuesday, March
81, 1871, In st. Georges chapel, at Windsor