The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-05-17

for him. She told him she would not trust
~portrait painters, and would marry no man
whom she had not seen. She limited that she
wished Charles TO visit her In person, even II he
came in disguise. While the Austrian match
was the subject Of negotiation, Dudley aud
Pickering were mantnuvring for the position
OF FIRST English candidate. Sir William
had now a fine suite Of rooms in the
palace. and .was rufling II bravely, giv-
ing grand entertainments, and dining In soil
tary state by himself. with minstrels playing In
the gallery. He declined to feast, like the other
c%ourtlers Of his rank. at one ot the tables OF the
household. He pooh-poohed the Austrian emis-
sary. and said that the Queen would laugh at
him and all the rest OF them. as he knew abe
meant 10 die n maid. Pickering seems 20 have
rather lost his head with his new grandeur. and
soon drops out OF the scene. upon which only
the keenest wit could hope to survive. Dudley
played his game cleveriy. His idea was. nrst-
to put all English aspirants out of the running
by ostensibly fnvorlng the match VII the Arch
duke, while he himself was strengthening ms
influence over the Queen, In the certainty that'
when matters OF religion came to DO discussed,
difficulties might be raised at any moment
which would break of the Austrian negotia-
tions. But Dudley was not by any means the
only nrtful and self-seeking man In Elizabeth's
court. and was not allowed to have everything
Ills wv "h1 IL u W. ~ 'N'
Duke of Chatelherault, and, after Mary. heir to
the crown OF Scotland. was In France, and
henchmen OF Cccil's were sent to him to urge
him to action. II he could raise n revolution In
Scotland against Papists and foreigners, and
seize the crown, he might, Cecil thought. marry
Elizabeth. unite the two countries, and defy
their enemies. Escaping from France to swift
erland. the Earl was secretly hurried over to
England in July. 1853. He was hidden first
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crctly to tho Queens chambers at Green
witch. The news soon spread. and the marriage
was looked upon all through August and part
of September as a settled thing. This did not
suit Dudley, so his sister, Lady Mary Sidney,
came to tho Spanish Ambassador with a story
that n plot had been discovered to poison the
Queen and Dudley at q dinner given by the Earl
of Arundel. This. she said. had so alarmed the
Queen, who had now n war with Francs On her
hands. that she had determined to marry Mt
once. and awaited the Ambassador at Hampton
Court with the offer of the Archduke whom she
would accept. For the next two months an
elaborate attempt was made to keep up the APP
pearance OF cordiality toward the Austrian
match, and the Spanish party was still further
beguiled by the sudden tendency OF the Queen
to smile on Catholicism, candles and crucifixes
being placed on the altar In the Chapel Royal.
But the Spanish Ambassador. Bishop Quadra,
could not be deceived for very long: by the
middle of November 1850 he satisfied himself
that he was being played with. Anew Swedish
embassy had arrived and was being entertained
with hopes, for the first time. particularly by
Dudley. who thought tina; the Austrian suit,
having now served its turn and eclipsed Arran,
was becoming too hot to be safe for him. The
Bishop wrote: Il noticed Lord Robert was
slackening in our business and favoring the
Swedish match. have heard from a certain
person. who is in the habit OF giving me vera
cious news, that Lord Robert had sent to poison
his wife Amy Robsart). Certainly all the Queen
has done with us and with the Swedes, and will
do with all the rest. in the matter of her mar
rage. is only to keep Lord Roberts enemies in
the country engaged with words until this
wicked deed Of killing his wife is consum-
l am told some extraordinary
things about this intimacy which I would
never have believed, only that now l
find Lord Roberts enemies In the Council max
ing no secret of their evil opinion Of him" On
Dec. Is the Venetian Tiepolo informed tho Dogo
that the Queen is still undecided about her
marriage. though, among all her competitors.
she shows most inclination for the Archduke
The Duke of Finland, second son Of
the King Of Sweden, ia with her. He came to
favor the suit Of his elder brother. and then
proposed himself. but tho mans manners did
not please the Queen. The second son also OF
the late John Frederick of Saxony, who hereto
fore was proposed to the Queen by the French,
but was afterward deserted by them because
they wished her to marry an Englishman, has
not relinquished his pretensions, and has sent
Count Mansfield to propose to the Queen. The
King of Denmark, in like manner, has not failed
to exert himself. although the general opinion
is that, II the affairs OF the Earl of Arran pros
per. he will prevail over all competitors"