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Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 90, 30 March 1876, Page 7

To a lover there are but two places in all the world — one where his sweetheart is, and the othef where she isn't. " She isn't all that fancy painted her !" , bitterly^ exclaimed a rejected lover; "and, worse than that, she isn't all that she paints herself." Miss Antoinette Stirling* refused to sing before the Queen in a low-necked dress, and the Queen respected that young- lady's modesty. The Countess d'Eu, daughter of the Emperor of Brazil, into whose hands he is to confide his government during his absence in this country and Europe, :isya Roman Catholic. She once made her royal papa release two bishops whom he had imprisoned, by carryihginto execution a threat that she would go about in her bare feet sweeping* the streets. A daughter of the Stuarts was married to a Spanish grandee in Paris lately. This was Louise Fitz-James Stuart, a descendant of that famous General, the Duke of Berwick, who was natural son of James IL, and Arabella Churchill, sister of the Duke of Marlborough. He, however, never bore the name of- Stuart, but was called simply James. Fitz-James ; -his posterity have assumed the' royal name, -Her spouse was the Duke 'de^Medina-Cceli, and her trousseau- was the sensation, :so far, ofthe 1 Parisian" season;-"' The most conspicuous was the supply! of handkerchiefs., of which there were 60j so covered with r lace and Embroidery, that there wasyno actual handkerchief it?ft.. „ A dozen of, these were r. worth 1000 francs a piece j. on some the embroidery; of the; crests" alone' cost 300 francs.., rThey ; bore . the crests .of '••the Bei-wicjcs ; with; those : of the' MedinaCcelis^ 'embroidered:.' in gold 'by means pf a metal thread which YwashingJdoes not affect;; _' ;The : Puchess':cqrbeille,fu|rther'compKsed.'.cacheaiires in all the colors; pfc-.the '.'rainbow.! C One was whi tb, came from Per.tiayand was embroiderdd :in gold 'aricl tdrquoise., , f A t the weeding the bride wore a white =toilet, ; with [n long lace train, adorned with bunches of orange blossoms.