22 OCTOBER 1870, Page 3

Mr. Vernon Harcourt, M.P. for Oxford, not only approves the

marriage of the Princess Louise with the Marquis of Lorn, but answers for it that "it is a marriage of the purest affection." Ile happened to be staying at the house of the Marquis's parents "at the time the announcement,—theu a secret,—was made," and in short, there seems every reason to believe, though Mr. Harcourt is too bashful to admit it, that he did a good deal to arrange the union, and that when the Royal settlements are drawn, he himself will be what is technically called, "Protector of the Settlement." The citizens of Oxford appeared to be quite satisfied that he had done his duty in the matter to England and to his constituents.