New-York tribune., 1908-07-10

many, Eugense wa. in fact natural daughter Oh
Lord Clarendon, who young man hao zee.
one of the most devoted admirers OF her mo'nei'
and whose affection for the Empress prior to ner
marriage had always been marked by certain
parentaI tenderness Queen Victoria was known 10
be most strict the subject Of morality ana "
have transformed the English court from the hios
profigate into the most Eltra-respectapie III "ii
Europe She herself renowned as the very
pattern and model of propriety. pushed even 10
Puritanical degree and both Napoleon and Euseiie
realized that for her to receive them In state al
Windsor Castle honored guests ana as ieio"
soyereigns constituted recognition Oh ihesliaDio
value which would put end to the ostracisna u
which they had been subjected and Wouid pe lOi-
lowed in due course by their acceptance py the
remainder of the regning houses OF the Oio "oiiu'
Called upon to choose between going to the
Crimea as commander In chief of the allied armies
and proceeding to England the guest OF queen
Victorta-that England where ne had llVeo ioi 90
many years In penurious exile and frowned upon
not only by royalty but even by society-Napoieoii
selected the latter course, urged, OF course tnei
to by Empress Eugene. And when their WISH ~
Windsor had taken place-it included state prog
ress through London to break bread "ith 'iie
Lord Mayor at the Gudhall-there was, or course
the return visit of Queen Victoria. with the
Consort and their children to Paris. which was "
follow couple of months so later, ana Ior
which all sorts elaborate preparations hao 10 pe
made. So nothing was heard OF the En'-
peror's departure for the Crimea
Although Victoria had been bitterly preJuuiceu
against Napoleon and his wife, especially against
the former their visit to Windsor entirely changed
her sentiments toward them She was altogether
charmed with them, especially by the dlgnineo
Difference which both displayed in their attitude
toward her, and became their warm friend 80
great was the intimacy which existed that when
Eugene was about to give birth to the Prince I'M
perial Queen Victoria sent her favorfte lady
in-waiting the Marchoness of Ely, who had been
with her at the birth of her children. to re-
main with the Empress. On two subsequent occa-
sions when Eugene led by jealousy to leave
her husband and to go to England. it was Vic
toria who intervened and who induced her to re-
turn to Paris before any public scandal had en-
her husband and her son it from Queen Vic
fectionate consideration. manifested in thousand
different ways.
The present Lord Clarendon is the fifth of his
line and is cadet of the house of Villiers, OF
which the Earl of Jersey is the chief. The actual
earldom created by George III, in 1776. in
favor of William Villiers "a younger of the
second Lord Jersey. who had married the grand
daughter and heiress of Henry Hyde, the last
Earl of Clarendon and Rochester of the Hyde fam
lily. To the latter, II will be remembered, both
Queen Mary and Queen Anne belonged, through
their mother, who Lady Anne Hyde, daughter
of Lord Clarendon, Lord Chancellor of England,
and who the first wife OF King James II. She
died. Duchess of York, before his accession to
the throne. His second wife was Mary of Medina,
who became his queen
MARQUISE DE FONTENOY.