IRELAND WANTS A PRINCESS.

Westport Times, Volume V, Issue 760, 7 January 1871, Page 3

IRELAND WANTS A PRINCESS.

The Dublin correspondent of the London "News" writes .—"The announcement that a member of the I Boy al. family ds, about to marry the son of a Scotch Duke has raised a double question here—the first being °f course that of a Princess marrying oxltside the' royal 'circle! The second | 'takes the form I of an Irish: grievance. Had the, choice of the Princess Louisa been of an English nobleman the idea d ■ ot I*l grievance 'J would not so readily have suggested, itself. But the partiality of the Queen herself for Scotland is often ungraciously remarked upon here, and the choice of a Scotch' Duke by the Princess Louisa will not tend .-to allay the feeling. Even the loyal conservative journal, '• 'the "Daily Express," asks," Is there not in this marriage the germ of an . Irish question.-?! Three princes and a princess still remain undisposed of. Justice .to;.lreland clearly demands that we should not be forgotten, but ithatwe; should-'number among our aristocracy a member of the' Toyal family." The same journal dismisses as unworthy of consideration all apprehensions, of dynastic ,coippjieation3 ■'- arising out of the innovation now that " the royal • veto .up.o.u .legislation --—ish-r-egarded—aa -practically, obsolete, and .when the House of Commons, not the ' sovereign make's,.,and unmakes Oebiaets." '•'. Journal" says;— " The public will see in this innovn,tion oouirton sense striking down the barrier that severs a ruler from the

people, a»di,tlie fhjst §_tep towards the removal of the superstition that bcdgeth round the blood of royal peri sonages. It is a right royal stride in the democratic course on which England haa- trjvelled with such m/irvelloiis j occurrence as a " striking sign of the times." It thinks 'the!alliance "an extremely fortunate one for the Princess,. To, be the wife .of .the head of the'princely house of" Campbell is something better than; 'tcV-'fal} into the hands, of some needy German adventurer!" •' v' 1 1 ;

"Cork. Herald" saya :—"The expectant bridegroom's "father' is a leading member, of the Ministry, and though possessing s'ouip 'Of'the' best blood in Scotland in his. Veins, respects trade and commbr'co 'so much that he has placed a younger son' in an office in Liverpool:" 1 ' The Corli " Constitution " thinks that notwithstanding jtH.e' 'dedi'n.e in the personal influence of the sovereign, there will be a natural, and incontrovertible suspicion of jind.erhand influence being,'us'dd by K onp so closely allied to the ro'val family. '•■ ■ ■ - Ei oijuJi rot) a'