The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-04-03
Nirhmonn 9ispatcb.
vEDNEs DAY MORNING APRIL ). 1881.


Death Of the Dachess OF Kent.
The Queen Of Engiand's mother, Maria
N1.ouisa Victoria, Duchess of Kent, died on
Saturday, March 10th, at her residence, Frog.
more, near Windsor Castle. An incurahle
cancer. which had long preyed upon her, has
At last proved fatal. AS the mother of the
honored lady who fills the British throne,
she has always been regarded with interest.
Old King George the Third had fifteen sons
and daughters. and yet In ISIS, after the death
of the Princess Charlotte, there We're fears
that there wonld be no hneal descendant is OF his
TO wear the crown Only three OF his sons
Were then married. The Prince Regent had
lost his only child, and was separated from his
wife. The Duke OF York was separated from
his Duchess, the Duke of Cumberland was
divorced and widowed, and the marriage of
the Duke of Sussex being without the royal
assent, awaited nothing for the succession.-
So there WAS haste made TO marry the other
surviving royal children, none of whom We're
young. 1t was even thought desirable to get
husband for the Princess Elizabeth. who
was forty eight years old, and she was mar
ried TO the Prince Of Hesse Homburg. The
Duke of Clarence Date William ~. married
the Princess Adelaide, OF SAKE Meiningen,
who bore him no children. The Duke of
Cambridge married the Princess Augusta, of
Hesse, who is still living, and hes three chill
dren. The Duke of Kent, who was older than
the Duke of Cambridge, married the lady
whose death is just announced.
None OF the Royal marriages thus arranged
pleased the English people, except that of the
Duke of Kent. The lady selected for him was
the daughter of the Duke of SAKE Cobourg,
widow of the Prince OF Leiningen, and sister
of Prince Leopold, the husband of the lament
ed Princess Charlotte, now King OF the Bel
gians The marriage took place at Cobourg,
May 29th, and at London, uly 18th, ISIS. n
daughter the present Qneen of England, was
born Nav oath, 1919, and the Duke of Kent
died on the 23d of the following January. -
The Duchess, thus a second time widow,
devoted herself to the care and training or
her infant daughter, and it was, in a great de-
gree, due to her admirable notherly discipline
and careful education, that the Princess Vic
toria was so well fitted to occupy the throne
at tae early age of eighteen. The Duchess
has always been popular with the Engiish
people, and her death Will create real sorrow
among them. She was born August lIth,
1885, so that she was in her seventy fifth year.
The courts of England, Belgium, Prussia,
SAKE Cobourg, and numerous others, will be
placed in mourning by her decease.
TRIAL OF A STEAM PAssESaER-C CAR, "A steam
passenger car for Southern road passed over
the Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, as
far as Trenton and back, on Saturday, max
ing the trip to Trenton in SO minutes, includ-
ing stoppages, and returned in 81 minutes.
distance of 80 miles This car is 81 feet long,
contains q baggage room feet in length next
to the engine; also q closet, maii-room and
seats for 80 passengers. All the machinery is
placed upon the platform, in front OF the car,
and acts upon the drivers by means of cut
gearing, which runs exceedingly smooth
The water for the boiler is held in a tank un-
der the baggage room, and sufficient is car
ried, with coal, for running twenty miles
The economy of the whole arrangement is |
such that an engineer and conductor are only |
required to manage it the conductor, when |
necessary, acting as brakeman; but pow |
erful brake is at the engineers hand, to be APP |
piled at the moment of shutting Off steam
These cars will be found useful and economi |
cal for all kinds of railroads, and particularly |
for the accommodation of way assengers.
PARTlcrLAR.-The Marquis of Westminster,
the richest Peer of England, having an in
come of s., 900 900 year, recently, while nd
ing in one of the parks, missed Il button from
his coat. He instantly dismounted, retraced
his course for some distance, and sea rched un-
til he found the missing article, expressing
oh satisfactifaI, q It's diScaXery