, 1880-07-12
Queen Victoria's Bridal Dress.

George W. Smalley writes as follows
in his London letter: l gave you an
account by telegraph of the wedding
robe of the Princess Frederick, which
has been on show in the warerooms oi
Madame Larchine, in the Rue des
Capucines. The tissue in the train was
furnished by silk weaver of Lyons
and designed after pattern of Queen
Victoria's own bridal dress, which was
woven by Spitalfeld's loom. The de-
sigper was NJ. Greppo, now deputy
for Paris, who, at the period OF the
queens marriage, was political ref
ugee in London. He was as a Lyons
workman implicated in the terrible
riots which broke out in that city ia the
early part of Louis Phillippe's reign
and had to fly to England. Then there
was a strong prejudice against ladies of
high rank wearing finery that was not
of British manufacture. In tho notices
of drawing-rooms it needed to be stated
regularly in the journals that the RIB
bons, laces, silks and other finery
donned by her majesty on court days
were manufactured in her dominions.
Reynolds, the author of the " Mysteries
Of London" as NJ. Grerpo has re-
minded me, made the queen very un-
popular in the East End by putting
in ole Of his novels disparaglng Ie-
marks in her mouth about frippery
produced by English looms. Her maj
esty did not dare to send to Lyons for
her bridal garments. The difficulty
was turned by the Duchess of Suther-
land, who found out Greppo, asked
him to design something in the Lyons
taste, in silver tissue, and set him up
with loom, which he worked under
the name of Cover. It was every
where stated, therefore, On the author
ity of the lord chamberlain, that the
bridal robe of her majesty, as we'll as
Honiton lace hounces and veil, were of
true British manufacture. Golden has
enabled Frederick of Hanover, who will
be married at Windsor as an English
princess, to go straight to Lyons for
her bridal dress, which her majesty will
kindly pay for, she taking upon herself,
in the absence of the Queen of Hanover,
to act as a second mother to the bride.
A BALKY HoRsE.-I think 1 could
cure any horse of having a will of his
OVID. and without cruelty, as propose
to cure my own. I prepare myself
with good strap. and set out for a
ride. For while the horse goes we'll
indeed; then he begins to consider that
he has goEe far enough in that direc-
tion and stops. I step down; he ex
poets me to use the whip. He is mis-
taken. As criminal treat him on
the silent system. l push him back a
little out of the way. 1 show him the
strap, putting it up to his nose. I 60
to IL off side and buckle it to his off
fore leg, cloSe up to the breast, throw
ing the other end over his shoulder; I
then raise his near fore foot and fix it
with the hoof nearly touching the belly.
This done, I say, "Now old chap,
you stand there" take paper from
my pocket, sit down where he can see
me aud begin to read. This is some
thing he did not bargain for, and the
novelty of standing on three legs some
what diverts his mind from the cause
that stopped him. think that this is
the chief point to be gained and the
most human. He now shows signs of a
wish to go, but that does not suit at
the time. When the strap is taken off
I show it to him, caress him q little,
and Wa move on without irritation.
The strap will become part of the
harness for q month or two, till at last
the sight of it will act as talisman.