The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-08-08
INTERMARRIAGES.
Writes Contemptuously on Recent
Miscegenatic Matings IN the
Old World.

the Maharajah became involved we're I'm"
ending.
Time and again the English Govern
ment came to his rescue nd helped him
out of his difficulties until finally he was
informed that ii could do so no longer.
Thereupon he renowned his allegiance
to Great Britain, resigned h is membership
of the London clubs 10 which he belonged,
transferred his abode to Paris, and
thence wrote an exceedingly insulting let
ter TO Queen Victoria, demanding the res
toraIion of the kohinoor diamond, and ut
the same time informing her that he had
abandoned the Christian religion TO which
he had become converted at the time OF
marriage, and had returned to his old
fashioned and Oriental form OF worship.
lie capped the matter by sailing for India
with the avowed intention of raising the
standard OF revolt among his former
subjects against the English, who, how
ever, stopped him al Alden and com PEELED
him to return TO Europe. On reaching
Paris he threw himself into the arms of
the Irish Invincible party, and accompa.
MED one of them 10 Moscow, whore he
made vain attempt to enlist the sympa
thies of the Muscovite Government and of
the Panslav Society in his behalf
Thoroughly disheartened by mis- failure
he resumed once more his residence on
the banks of the Seine, where repeated
seizure of his effects by his creditors and
the refusal OF all credit on the part of
trad esmen, rendered aware by the news
papers OF his financial circumstances, in
duced him at length 10 crave the pardon
81 Nictorio ond Of Gnuarn
who restored TO him his former allowance
until his death, about SIX years ago. His
first wife, the mother OF Prince Victor,
had been deserted by him without re-
sources when he renounced the Christian
religion and his allegiance to Queen Vic
toria. She died shortly afterward, broken
hearted, her demise being quickly fol-
lowed by his marriage at Paris 10 an Eng
iish woman belonging to the lower middle
classes and who now survives as his
widow.
Prince Victor himself has relatively
small allowance from the British Govern
ment He served for time in the Eng
lish army as subaltern in cavalry regi-
rcnt in England and on the staff OF the
commander-in-chief of Canada, where the
impression lett on his departure was not
OF the most favorable description. How
ever, he is popular in English society,
which, in spite OF his fathers shortcom-
ings, has accepted him with open arms.
this being in great measure due to his
close and intimate friendship with young
Lord Carnarvon, whose Inseparable COM
panion he was until the Earl's marriage
wear ago. Prince Victor's bride-elect is q
remarkably handsome girl who has in
herited the comeliness for which both her
fathers and mothers families are justly
renowned Her eldest brother, Lord
Deerhurst is married to Miss Bonynge OF
San Francisco, while her first cousin, Earl
OF Craven, is likewise the husband of an
American girl, namely, the daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bradley Martin OF New York.
In striking contrast with the good will
accorded by English society to Prince
Victor was the hostility displayed to Mr..
Dyce- Sombre when he became the son-in-
law of Lord 81. Vincent. His father was,
as stated above, Scotchman OF the name
of David Dyce, who was the original of
George Middlemas in Sir Walter SCOTS
well-known novel, "The Surgeons Daugh-
ter" David Dyce went out TO India in
the service OF the East India Company,
which, however, he speedily deserted for
that OF the King of Dude, then at war with
England. Suspect ted OF having particle
paied in the infamous Patna ma ssacre, he
contriyed 10 escape after the battle OF
Buxar and married the Begun, or native
Queen of Sombre- Sirdhana. Both ne and his
wife then waged war against Wellington,
but subsequently came TO terms with him.
Ex-ATTACHE.