Daily Davenport Gazette

Royal Lovers

A London correspondent of the Boston Post says the Queen is troubled about an "affair of the heart," between the Princess Royal and the King of Portugal, now on a visit to the English Court.

"Not that there is anything objectionable in the latter, either in mind, morals, or good looks, that would render him an undesirable husband or son-in-law, or in the throne he has to fill, which is all an anxious mother could aspire after for one of her four daughters—nor that the Queen would not gladly see the Princess Royal well disposed of in marriage—but that the young King is a Roman Catholic, and is thus debarred from allying himself by marriage with an heiress however distant, of the British Crown.

Meanwhile the young King has fallen violently in love with the fair girl of 15, who is not insensible to his merits, and lets pass no occasion, either by presents, messages or tokens, when he is absent, or by tender looks when present, to manifest her sincere affection. They are not, of course, suffered to meet, except in the presence of others; but there are numerous occasions, during the morning walks and rides, or the steamer trips on the bay, when the lover can manifest the sentiments of his heart to the object of his pursuit. It is whispered that among the numerous teachers employed to perfect the royal children in the knowledge of the modern languages, there is one who is a subject of his Majesty, and who is devotedly attached to him, and that through him communications have passed for a long time which never meet the august scrutiny of the Queen."