New-York tribune., 1880-01-18


very fine voice and great taste: Captain Schultz
whose voice was almost equally good, also sung ire
quenty; and the national Swedish air-ansSTWs aira,'S Wn
10 our - God Save the King g"-sung by MN anu @ noIi
sieur de Berg together was beautiful. Alter sone
time we had tea, and the evening passGu pasU nUo nIs
pleasantly between singing ana 'aIAtns, ot % to sav
that after dinner, Count Rosen proposed our healen M
with short" and appropriate speech, anu anu pei- %a
grave then proposed that Oh Maualhe NC l'oS0"' "
fore got up from dessert.
On arriving at Stockholm, the party found de-
hchtfu suite of apartments made ready for them at
the house of Lord Bloomfield, the English AmDassa-
dor. who, with Lady Bloomfield was then III Eng
land Among the "reminiscences OF their S"edis'i
visit is a brief sketch of dinner at the house OF
Bernadotte then King Of Sweden, as Charles AlN' :
At o'clock we went to Rosendah, llttle pace
of the Kings, to dine, after beng presenteu ~ W%e &
all very pleasant. and we were charmed WIN lne
KING himself who has better manners tiia any ypouy
| ever saw a great deal OF tact ana lntelilgence'
with particular dOaccur and most agreeable voice,
perfectly easy and well bred, with pleasant IdfOR
de rdcOufT and extremely civil and preftnGht mere
is something remarkably dtsiiHgHe ABOUT MN, Hoi
his fine head. good figure and perfectly DlacK nalI'
He said all sorts of gOOd-natured ana klnd uInss'
and WAS struck with a resemblance between, - =
grave and the Prince Eugene Beauharnals, ana also
Count Flahault -
The Queen is the most cood-na,ured creature pos
sible and was very kind to us, admrlng my drcs
and !ny lair. which certainly showed gOou taSte.
She aud the King walked n't0 dinner l0eetli' ,nri
Prince Oscar, 10y whom l sat, Win lie pfahu NHah-
belian, and so Ola party o. aDoy MJ. little
like Lord Graham but better looking. very CIVIL
talks very low. and good deal, but Is rather 700
stlii and gTiade not nearly "a fascinating rs the
KING We sat a long time after dinner, talking WIN
the King and Qucen. who showed us niue apart
mcnt which is being prepared Tor hGr upstairs.
About o'clock they TOOK leave to go nome, alter
| the Queen had engaged MS to remain to-day ioi a
breakfast winch Madame IaScher IS TO give Us, i'll
order that the Queen herself may SHOW US Dcilc'"o
so accordingly we remain.
The first impressions of ST. Petersburg, after trav-
ersng the long sandy road through the flat Russian
villages were magnificent III the extreme. Noth-
ing could surpass the effect of the beautiful city,
where the broad streets rows Of palaces with
fine gardens and majestic bridges over the superb
and stately Neva. The whole spectacle, with the
throngs of people in Eastern costume was IKE
scene in the Arabian Nights They were received by
Mr. DisbTOWe, the English Charge, who had secured
for them an excellent suite of apartments, III which
they soon found themselves very much at home
After calling at Count and Countess Nesselrod"S
one of the first visits at an evening party OF the
Princess GaltNn:-
This lady is jelIe file to the Governor OF Moscow
We found her and wO other ladies, ard several gen
tlemcn. There was one whist party, ana 'aoIc
prepared for mOuche the fashionable gaiGe mere
however nobody played at IT, We arrived at nan
past TO- and found two pretty rooms one crcuiaf
with n DOME but no windows; the other WIN Il
large bow-window full of flowers, in which we sat-
We were visited by Countess Potemkin, whose
brotber is gone for life to Siberia haylng been
ringeader lii the late conspiracy NJ hai-paSi II We
sat down to tea There was Il little dwarf among
the servants. After tea Princess GaIltzln sung some
very pretty airs with beautiful voice, her nus Dahd
accompanying her on the pianof0Ite Alter all Ms
we set out about TO return home. In the middle
Of one of the streets. however were adlnOnlshcd
by a gentle descent forwards OF the COACH, thal IL
was time to give UP our places, when we ulu WIN
comnosure and dignity; on examination 1t was
found that the pin OF one oi the Wheels had DpAch
il was necessary to take oil the horses, but before
/ ffll fam
of the servants Tapping cloak In his eyes; ne
jumped forwards, and IN so dong separated lhe sun
adhering wheels from the coach which consequently
descended abruptly on the gIound. ana the morse
set off straight home, the other three remaining
quiet spectators.
A subsequent excursion to the Russian camp in
the vicinity is described follows:-
We wrote letters in the morning. for. the courier
who was To set ont at 3; we then dressed and went
to Mr. DisbT0wes TO 90 with them 10 the camp /
went with Mrs. Dlsbrowe in one chariot ana 10ur'
and Beloraye went with Mr. Disbrowe in another
We waited little while for Mr. Disbrowc to ilnlsh
his dispatches and then departed after we arrived
at our quarters about hafpaSt ., the distance about
twenty-one yerss we drove 10 oeEciai % he"fi, o
wooden village and consisted of two or three OF the
| peasants houses all made of wood united togcther
| and made tOlerably comfortable by papeiiuB Tue
| walls and putting in little furniture. We were
| very kindly received by General Lewersch0h. VINO
| introduced his two aides-de-canp, Count suYaioW
and another; we soon went 10 dinner at "hiCI
were two other adcs-de-camp 1he dinner was ne
| most recherche and excellent that was possible,
served on very handsome plate there were great
! many different wines, and among other dishes one
! of I he red mushrooms which were excellent we
had coffee simultaneously with DESERT ana SCI out
very soon after TO see the camp. Mrs. DsbrOwe ana
! | went in a drosky drawn by two lnagnlhceht
horses the In the shafts black, ana the one lor
| show gray. General Lewersehoit hlmsei1 Iode
| beautiful English horse, and mounted Dcigra'o Oh
| an equally good bay. All these horses were very
| highly trained, and went very superbly. The view
of the tents over the plain very hne there be-
lofxv
| canned We passed first along the centre. III the
middle of which is the EmperoTs tent the men were
| at their evening exercise; we then made long
rouud by q lake, and returned by the tents OF thc
0r0pf-qardc where stopped some Time, got out ol
| the carriage and walked among the tents; went
! into one of the kitchens which are like pyramids
made OF turf the perfect order ana neathcss Oi tc
| whole arrangement Is wonderful ana the WALKS pc-
tween the tents aud the divisions ana suD-uFlslohs
are as perfectly clean and neat as Hover garden
| We heard the retIdite played, which begins Dy
march, and Is ended by beautiful hymn, whicA
they played admirably; after which, at gwen sig
nal every soldier takes of his hat ana says Wayei
in sort of chant: the effect Of his when performed
by so large Il body of men, at the same moment, Il
most striking and impressive, and the Whole slght
on an immense plain, i'll beautiful evening was az
once touching and splendid. After passing soin'
time here we returned TO General LeweIschoH
house had tea, and returned home after most de
lightful evening, arriving about half-past lO
The next remove was 10 the Imperial Palace al
Tsorskoe Selo where the English strangers were tC
be presented to the Emperor and Empress =
We got ND at half-past g. and were off at half-pas
i'm our travelling carriage and four for lsalskOe
Selo about eighteen miles from ST. Petersburg; wt
arrived there soon after 10, and were shown TO
very pretty apartment in the Great Palace, where
we dressed BeWavc, Of course, in his uniform
We we're ready by haf-past IL. the time appointed
when the Count de MOdena came to tel us that W'
should BE- received at quarter pasI ~, "ncH IN II,
would call for Us. We had therefore time to ca
some luncheon which was prepared Tor us; Itti'
after the time fixed, he returned ana took ils III
Toyal coach TO "a smaller palace. lie Palals AleXan
DIRE, a few hundred yards from the other. We walked
across a terrace into the house, INTO large 6duc
with servants in Turkish dresses: here we waited
little while; when old Princess VOlkonsky, whom
remembered perfectly in England with the Crane
Duchess Caharlne. came IN; and after little whll'
fha Chamberlain came 10 say that the Empress Wa