New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-11-30
HOPING FOR AN HEIR.
Dynastic Importance of the Birth of
Son to the King of Italu.

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provide both the dynasty and the people with the
long expected heir 10 the throne. The Kings first
two children have been girls. who are by reason of
their sex barred from the succession to the
younger OF the two no attempt was made to conceal
the popular diss pponment ct the new arrival being
q princess instead Of prince.
Should King Victor Emmanuel die without leaving
a son, il is his cousin. the Duke Of Aosta. who
would succeed to the crown. a possibility which is
relshed neither by the Italian people yet by the
foreign courts. IN the first place the duke although
good looking and manly. is very far from popular.
while his beautiful but ambitious wife sister
OF the Duke Of Orleans is still less liked in the
land OF her adoption.
Then. too, there is the question Of lineage The
mother Of the Duke OF Aosta not OF royal birth
being the daughter OF Italian nCbleman, the
Prince Pozzo della Cisterna, and OF his enormously
wealthy Belgian wife, the Countess de Merode. The
&c Microbes are very ancient and honorable family
Of the Belgian sristocTacy. but in sense royal Of
even mediatized. There has been such pronounced
disposition the part Of certain foreign courts in
the past 10 regard the members OF the present royal
house of Italy parvenus In the monarchlcal
circle-a disposition which has been fostered by
those Bourbon princes whose dominiohs have
passed into the possession of the italian crown, and
which has been encouraged by the dlsdainful att-
tuce OF OF the Oldest and most iLustrious
houses OF the Roman Datriciate toward the late
King Victor Emmanuel and King Humbert-that It
the Duke Of Acsta would on account Of his mothers
birth impair the prestige Of the dynasty, at any
rate il nlonarehial and legitimist eyes
By the death OF the Countess OF Euston the Eng
lsh aristocracy is spared the indignity Of seeing
a woman Of the London half world elevated to the
rank OF an English duchess. for Lord Customs
father the octogenarian Duke Of Grafton, is in
very feeble health indeed He has been repeatedly
reDorted as dying in the last twelve months, and
he oE n
ing could have prevented her from becoming the
Duchess OF Grafton
Lord Euston who is fine specimen OF man
hood standing over six feet four in his stockings
contracted in his early youth. away back in ISL.
a marriage with woman known Kate
Cook although her real Kate
Walsh. LORD Euston came quickly TO his
senses ard, settling upon her s53 900. left her
in England and went to Australia. where he re-
NAMED for several years. On his return she COM
raenced suit against him for alimony and restitu-
ton Of conjugal rights. the $4,000 which Re had
settled upon her prior 10 his departure having
been enbezzled by the lawyer Entrusted with the
investment OF the sum- Lord Euston declined
to have anything 70 do with her. and set to work
% get rid OF his matrimonial bonds.
The investigation that had been carried on by
his lawyers while he in Australia had lea
TO the discovery that Lady Euston had been pre-
viously married 20 a man named George Manley
Smith. who was still alive at the time Of her
marriage to Lord Euston. Smith was found Hv-
ing in New-Zealand. and was brought over 10
England by the Duke OF Grafton and his family
for the purpose Of giving testimony to his mar
rage with Lady Euston when the case came
in the divorce court His evidence was perfectly
satisfactory and convincing, SO far as his mar
rage 10 Lady Euston was concerned. But on his
cross-examination Lord Eustoa and his father
were horrihed 70 find that Smith IN his turn hac
a wife living at the time when he went through
the ceremony OF marriage with Kate Walsh. and
that therefore the latter was not legally married
until she welded the Earl Of Euston- The case.
therefore was decided by the courts against the
earl. and the woman remained until her death, Il
London on Tuesday last, his legal wife. For
number OF years past she was not only in feeble
health but also demented and this irresponsbility
in Itself protected her from any divorce court
proceedings I.o matter how much ground her hUs-
band might have had for the latter. as the English
law does not admit OF woman mentally unsouno
being held accountable for her actions in the
divorce court
Lord Euston IS OF royal ancestry, the first Duke
OF Grafton having been the ilegttmate son Of King
Charles II by that Barbara Viiers who was created
by the Merle Monarch" Duchess or Cleveland
ard the present duke. by virtue OF this descent.
bears the royal arms Of England bruised" by
baton sinister. The present duke is a soldier by
profession. served with considerable distinction n
the Crinean War where he received q shot in the
chin and Joined the household OF Queen Victoria as
euue-rv when King Edward was a mere boy. He
is rather old fashioned in his ideas. and somewhat
despotic IL his relations with his tenants Insisting
that not only every of them. but also their
families should attend some place OF worship regC-
lsrlv on Sunday and Christmas Day under penalty
10 quit In spite Of this both the duke and his son
Lord Fusion are very popular and have numerous
friends who viii rejoice with them that they ere
now freed from a shadow that has clouded over the
last three and thirty years Of their lives
While IN this country lawyers predominant in the
political world, and are represented more largely
than any other profession in the legislative ano
administrative world OF the United States IN ing
land they are 20 such an extent the exception tnat
premier Ralfour's selection Of Alfred Lytteton as
Secretary Of State Tor the Colonies has been de-
nounced as 4 dangerous experiment just because
he happens to be member Of the bar It Is pointed
out that IN England lawyers DO not make goo"
statesmen or even successful politicians, while as
administrators they have been failures. It must be
confessed that the few instances which are on
record Of members OF the bar being raised 70 hIsn
administrative Office have tended TO confirm the
belief Thus Lord LANDAU lost as Secretary o.
,s+a fo- tbe Home Department all the fame which
as Henry Matthews he had acquired as queen :
Counsel at the bar sir John Gorst, although most
brilliant man and singu!aTly aoIe ia"SeI' Ie1-
6ered himself so utterly Impossible at the heau Oh
the Educational Department that he was colo shou-
dered out O. the administration. Mr. Asquith' an
other eminent lawyer the husband OF "Doco' Old
on TIE whole. fairly well as Secretary OF stale O.
the Home Department. but has not snone as a leS--
lator, and, though respected In the house OF coIi
mons has 10 magnetism and no following. while a.
for Sir William Vernon Harcourt. he had long given
I'D the practice OF law before he went into politics
and took Office.
The recent death OF Lord Rowton serves to re-
rail- = remark which he once made while staying
at country house, which gees TO dlsoeI
the popular belief that his chief. Lore
geacorsfcld was imbued with that Oriental
taste for Eaudy attire. brilliant coloTlns and
.ho,-e an g. tevelrv of every description. He