Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1884-11-06

iojlowing entry In his iourDsi ues.s'"s ~
r;eiv az the Brighton Pavilion w ISiS;
;. ono rcasou why Mrs. Fitzherpest may
Ike tbls place " thai she u Ircatei a.
nueep-at least Of Brighton. rncy dont
ouite h,rhpess her In her domestic circle.
but they madam her prodiy'ol.lT, and
stand M longer for her arrival tnan Tor
ordinary folks. and, In sbort, 60 as near ID
acknowledging her for princess n they can
without actually giving her the title.
When she dimes oui she expects to he led
out 10 dinner before princes'cs-mlghty
foolish all this" :,
Mr. Croker wps an assiduous collector OK
ioLas and rare stories. Here are two spcci-
n.ns of his collection about this period:
% 1here have been disputes pending be-
tween Baden and Bavaria these two years.
which. contemplate as thew were compared
wltb the great European system. were yet
.o ser,o,,s as 10 threaten that part of Ger
,nsnx with war. Some one was anrn.ing
the likelihood Of hostilites In presen,e Of
NJ DO Talleyrnnd. RJSsa'ez-UOus. mon
o,.i, said the Prince, tOHfeS ceS diSSea-
sions ne sont qie badinage et b1rdrfrJe.'
"Lady Warrender told Inc one diy that
nor alliance with Sir George was cryin Z
nroo, Of the falsehoOd OF the proyerb That
marriages were made IN heaven ven
tu,ed. as she had taken laughing tone
obont il, to say that. on the contrary. ]
thought Il strong proof OF aprovi lential
arrangement. as there would Otherwise
have been two unhappy couples instead oil
ono. She laushed very good-humorcdly,
but believe the joke was plain truth"
on another occasion. during discussion
ohou, the value OF the cuirass, the Duke OF
wellington expressed AN opinion adverse
toit. Thcreup0p "some one asked whether
the French culrassicrs had not come I'D
very well al Waterloo yes hc said.
.and thcy went down very well. to-"
Tbefollowing anecdote supplies an amusing
.eouel to n well-kuowu story: Every one
knows the story Of gentleman's asking
Lord North who that trigbtinl woman was.
and his lordship's answering, That is my
wife, The other, 10 repair his blunder,
said. Il did not mean her, but That mon
.tsr next 10 her. 'Oh.' said Lord North.
that monster is my daughter With this
story Frederick Robinson. in his usual ab-
sent, enthusiastic way. was one day enter
tanning lady whom DE sat next 10 AT din.
ner. and 10 the lady was Lady Charlotte
LINDSAY - the monster 10 question:"
MIR. Cookers conversations with The
Duke Of Wellington occupy considerable
portion Of the diaries. The Duke I'M
bosomed himself with frankuess which
gives the record OF his conversations vivid
interest. We have only space for few
specimens Of what passed at these interest.
ing interviews. Discussing the merits o'
different generals, the Duke asserted that
Lord Beresford was the best man we had
Tor the command Of the army. Dir. Croke"
asked II the Archdukc Charles was really
a good officer. and the Duke replied :
"a great oiiicer' Why, he knows
more about II than all OF Us put
together" "What, than Buoaap1rte.
Norear. or YOURSELF" "Aycl than
Buonaparte or any OF US. We are none OF
us worthy to iasten the latcbet OF his
shoeG, il am 10 Judge from his book and
his plans Of campaign. But his mind, or
hi. health. has, they tell me, a very pecu-
liar defect. lie is admirable for five or SIX
hours, and whatever can be done in that
time will be done perfectly; but alter that
he falls into kind OF epileptic stupor. does
not know what he j. about, has no opinion
Of his own, and does whatever the nan al
his elbow tells him."
The Duke spoke freely about Napolcel's
abilities. The following is a summary oil
his views on the Moscow campaign: "If ]
am to believe SGgur's, and indeed all The
other accounts OF the Russian campaign,
Buonaparte committed the most egregious
faults OF gcneralship and conduct. Time
was everything, and can show on piper.
ont OF his own reports and returns. that he
lost seven weeks in point OF time In The adj
vance 10 Moscow. He made also false
movement I'm changing his line upon
Minsk. which had. inter dli0. the disldyan-
tage Of bringing him nearer to the South
Russian army, when he might have attained
his object in another way (Which the Duke
explained, but which i cannot pretend TO
follow without these Disadvantages. He
lost a good deal also by what looks like in
dolence. His personal proceedings preyi-
Gus to and during the battle Of Borodino
are inexpIicable. His conduct in all these
cases /. not easily accounted for. Ibeieye
he was in more awe OF his marshals than
was generally supposed. lie acted as il he
were not sure Of their obedience"