New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-04-10
TOPICS IN PARIS.
sov op NOTHING AND MuRTH

orR FAMILY-A FUGITIVE PRlNCEss-FESllNl-
,vs oF THE MI-CAREME-A BALL OF MANIACs'
-, ruy RgGALAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE"
n,n,s March 27.-The editor of la NourcIle Rer"e
-,co;vinr the news of the late Emperor OF l'us-
- ,,acical end, commissioned Mile. Glnka To
h"' ~ her name a wreath to the new Gamma,
P,;h was 10 be made up of flowers expressing hope
~ sympathy aud respectful admiration
,yto,her the flowers real or artificial am not
80 Her Majesty accepted the token and asked
IN Glinka to telegraph her thanks 10 the gifted
soncr The present Empress Of Russia. 1t Is feit'
In no one of the great powers of the closing years
of this century. =,
She has been appointed member oil the Couhch
g Regency by the new Car. who is getting his al
firs in order and and making due provision Tor the
covernment of Russia in the event OF the NihilSts
s,oc,t,ng when the three months period OF respite
:t an end their sentence against him. Tie other
r,hers of the Council will be the Grand Duke
vladimir and the late Cars youngest brother
Michael who is honest, honorable, and man VINO
Gets a good example at his iireslde. Constantine
the eldest uncle of Alexander Ill, and Nicholas
have made use of their great naval and military
positions to heap up wealth. The former smut ms
eyes OH the jobbrry which has wasted the bu"t'' O."
the Russian Admiralty. of which he was the h'ad
He and Admiral Popof were always 'ns'Ieu
in schemes for building fantastic war-shlpS "iuVn
cost the public treasury mint OF money. Inc
J,vadia was one of the fruits of ihclr interested
partnership As for the Grand Duke Michael he
was the head of a ring Of army purveyors OF JEWISH
Greek and English nationalites, who were capab'e
of discovering shoddy had it not been already IN
vented when they obtained military contracts III
which Michael was sleeping partner. ms part
nership was the cause of the Grand Dukes leuo
with the Finance Minister Greg, and with M'lon-
fine the head of the War Department, whom. 10y the
L h. lff kRl
Adams Review last winter to the unutt'ra""
scandal of the official world at ST. Petersburg. IL
was in consequence of the jobbcry which reign'd III
the commissariat If the Grand Dukes army
corps on the Danube, few years ago. tha'
he has been deprived of his high and lucrative
function of commander If the military zone OF
St Petersburg Grand Duke vladimir has super
seeded the unworthy uncle. Constantine IL yet al
the head of the Naval Department. but his exclusion
from the Council of Regency proves that ne Is no
fayorite of the new Car
THE CAR OF ALL TIE RUSsIAs.
Alexander I'LL has often visited Paris. He Is q
bunt. rood-hearted, downright sort of man. very
gentle and kind to children and much attached 10
his wife who was against his will imposed upon
him. When he is vexed he is like an angry bear;
when hc is in good spirits his mirth Is cAuhrraht.
At the theatre if he is amused. his laughter Is
almost uproariOuS He claps his hands ana
slapS his knees ana wipes Ms 'N'H' i'4 w
laughs tn the point of crying. When here he went
good deal to the gay theatres and to hear the
boufe operas. but did not for the Francois. A.
he had no fancy to 90 behind the scenes he Is not
such a iayorite with actresses who played before
him as the Prince of Wales No fair uiuinnry OF
the Stage either Ecre at St. Petersburg can hH'st
OF having made a conquest of the Ne" Car. AI'\-
auder Ill. is iu love with the simplicity Of r"ynI
life Mt Copenhagen and Sandrinrha'n. II he has
genius Of any sort il lies in music. of winch lac is
pa,sonaiey fond. His maternal grandfather the
Grand Duke OF Hcs>e- DIrmstadt WAS "A m'lomi-
mar. The new Car when Czarcwitch avoided ptN,-
ing through Berlin when he wanted 10 travel West
or to return home from tours abroad. A.
he has not the diplomatic faculty Of hiding what he
thinks one can understand that hc would be- Ill
Al ease with his PruSsian relatives. whom he secs
through the Czarina'S eyes She hates the ii"Icn-
eollerns for the evil they brought upon her father
land.
WHERE Is DOLGOROUNY
We are not able t. get al the truth about III"
Princess Dolgorouk. Correspondents OF the
Gaaiois the Franc, and the FdremcHf. writing from
81. Petersburg. say that she is still thcrr. The
Vienna papers say she passed three days after her
husbands awful DEATH through the Austrian 'ah-
tai. and the Italian journals give circIustauial
accounts of her arrival in Venice. The French Consul
at Trieste reports that she turned mp there on the
18th with three children. a nurse and mad ana The
Justice which does not deal in fiction, aiirmS that
she 20 TO speak escaped from Russia. to avoid being
l0cked-up bY the Cars order, IN a convent. II
this version is the one. She the sunday even
ins on which the assassination took place pro'tcd
by the confusion TO slip away frOm the Winter
Palace, taking her children and two servants "ih
her She travelled under a false name until shc
crossed the frontier and joined by her sister al
Vienna. The Princess has fortune of about
$4,000 900 invested in her IN the Bank of
England. She very anxious for the Car to all
dicate and wrote to "A cousin IN the North OF liaD
TO purchase a residence there for him. Switzerland
was proposed but objected to a haunt Of Nihlllst
cOnsplTatOrs.
MOURNING AND MIETH.
There was on the occasion of the Ml-catcinc,
notable NJ viva Of carnival gaiety IN both the world
Of fashion and the popular classes. In the former
region pleasure tempered somewhat to liar-
monte with mourning for the Gar. The Duclcs-e
de Mouchy had a small and early party. which fol-
lowed a dinner in honor Of the Duke Of Icruan Nh
nez present Ambassador of Don AllhOnsO. A.
fsther-in-law Of the Empress Eugcnies nephew, the
Duke is sort Of connection of Madame dc Mouchy.
Baroness AlphOnse de Rothschild gathered the
whole Of the elan of which she is counted the head
around her at her houss' in the Rue St Florcntin.
This mansion was the habiaion Of the
famous Talleyrand aud then Of the Princess
dc Leiyen. II is at the corner Of the
Rue de RivO, and Sufficiently spacious 10 be divided
into five different habitatiOns. One of these is for
the married daughter; another for the unmarried
one when she takes a husband; the third for the
heir TO the barony; the fourth for the Baron and
Baroness themselves. when they want To cast state
ASIDE, and the fifth they occupy in seasons when
they have arranged to entertain much company.
STATELY MERRY MAKING.