The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-01-27

soOou W niti, lauguou dI nlS JOKES, ate OF the
good things which his liberal allowance
could purchase, and could never be quite
prevailed upou to call him Alfred, as he de-
sired or politely pretended to desire. Thev
compromised the 4natter by calling him
nothing at all-neither prince, sir nor royal
hlghness-though, among themselves, the
nickname they gave him was :. Do wney''-
an allusion, perhaps, to the well feathered
conditionot the royal reefer's nest. One night,
having distinguished himself by cutting
down the hammock ofa brother midshipman
(the Hon. E. Yorke) while the latter
was asleep in it-an cid piece of fun much
relished on board-he found himself con-
fronted by the indignant invitation of Mr..
Yorke to "peel off his Jacket and fight"
Inc invitation was accepted there and then
and the two had it out comfortably among
the guns until separated by the marine sem
each had black eye and bloody nose.
This little incident made fast friends of
Prince Alfred and Mr.. Yorke, who later be.
came bis antagonists equerry, and it served
TO make the prince highly popular in the
Euryalus.
PRINCE ALFRED OBTAINED his sUR-LIEUTEN-
ANoY.
The promotion came earlier than it would
have done in the case of an ordinary mid
shiPman, but it was quite proper that it
should do so, for the Princes position as a
midshipman was anomalous. In every har--
ber where the ErValus cast anchor the loyal
ty or courtesy of the natives according as
they were British subjects or foreigners, in
auced them to get up festivities in honor of
Queen Victoria's son. The port admirals
would ask him to dinner, the town councils
presented him addresses, and ladies were, of
course, everywhere eager to dance with him
and beg hiHa for his photograph. More than
once the queen expressed her wish that these
compliments should cease, but the desire
was more easy to convey than to crafty, for
In some OF the British colonies any snub
offered to the enthusiasm of the people would
have been taken rs an unkindness. So, as
matter Of fact, Prince Alfred's lieutenant
years were enlivened by banquet after ban
quet, and ball after ball. He PLAYED acapi-
tai knife and fork, as Go most men braced in
sea air, and was an iAdefatigable waltzer
1t was contrived, however, that be-
tween one port and another the princes
ship should be kept cruising as long as pos
sibie on the cruise, and during these months
amid water one must do the lieutenant
prince the justice to say that he worked hard
and intelligently. His captain bad no diff
Guilty in persuading him that in these DAYS
of scientific ,g1nnery and ship building, a
naval officer who wishes to discharges his
duty efficiently, must spend good deal of
his time among books. Prince Alfred did
not wish to obtain and hold his captaincy
merely by right of birth and to hear it whis-
pered everywhere that he was an amiable
simpleton who could not tell a bowsprit
from marlinespike. He set to work with
a will, mastering the difficulties of his pro-
fession, and between-whiles perfected him
self on the fiddle to the delight, as above
said, of those whom he admitted 10 his
friendship.
PRINCE ALFRED A CAPTAIN.
| It was thus that in brief time the sub
lieutenant qualified himself for a lieutenan-
cy, and was thence, after eighteen months
promoted to be captain and to command
his present ship, the Galatea. He was ther
Just of age, and had been created duke o.
Edinburg and supplied by parliament with
j ths usual grant of se15.000 a wear, to which
was superadded 10000 per annum by his
mother, and the free use of Gloucester House
as his residence. The duke now began to be
seen more often at court, and his coming
there was always welcomed as a fresh, heal
thy breeze. Owing to his rougher expert
ence of life, he YVES more sharp witted than
his brothers, less constained in his talk, and
in short. ga better fellow" all round. He
was his brothers favorite, the pet of his Sis
ters, and in some degree the wonder Of the
chamberlsins, who WINGED to see him tread
laughingly over etiquette when it pleased
him to do So. He was, moreover, a first rate
much honor at the divers banquets, agricul
tural, masonic or civic which form the chic
encumbrance of British princely social du.
ties. On the other hand, he cut rather an
extraordinary figure in the hunting field
and more than once narrowly escaped break
ing his neck in pounding at the thickest
hedge as if ne would knock it over, instead
of clearing it. Now and then he goes dowr
TO the House of Lords, listens atten'
lively to the debate, but does not vote
During the opera season he is a con
slant attendant at one or other of the
two houses, and may generally be seen fit
ting about from box to box between th'
acts, paying visits to the ladies he knows
He prefers German music to French, anC
Christine Nilsson to Adelina Patti. AS re
CARDS dancing, waltzing is his forte now a
it was when he was a midshipman, and tn,
Galatea waltz, which he has himself com
posed, is a tuneful piece OF music enough.
THE DUKE AND THE PRINCESS MARIE.
The Duke of Edinburg made the acquaint
ance of the Grand Duchess Marie some year
} ago, when he was still a lieutenant, and sh
a rather precocious but very sweet faced gir
of fourteen. Sailors are famed for romantp
and deep rooted attachments, and Prince AL
fred's wooing formed no exception to sh'
general rule. Whenever he could slip away
either to Russia or to any watering plac'
about Europe, where the Princess happened
to be, off he went, and it may be supposed
that the emperor of Russia early decided
> upon ssnctioning the match, for the mutua
affection of the young lovers was known IL
court circles long before it was officially an
nounced. The grand duchess speaks Eng
{ lish fiuently, and is said to fond of English
t novels, especially Dickens and Miss Brad
Q don's. She will bring her husband 9
A dowry of 100000 roubles down and
4 900 a year, which viii make OF
= the duke one Of the richest unGowned
: princes i'm Europe. AS is well known, the
: Duke of Edinburg is heir te his u1cie, the
: Duke of Saxe-Coburg Goths ard Will one
day rule over that small bui snug principal
ity should il not be swallowed up by Prince
Bismarck He is sure to piske agood prince
and popular one if his ster life corresponds
to the first part of his Greer. He has never
n made an enemy with the exception of the
n Fenan O'Donnel, wFo shoe at him in sgd
ney five years ago protesting some sligh'
: - l.o1 ~ooof .-o1 rom Ouo of the Duka's