Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1885-08-29
ABOUT ROYALTY.
TIE BATTENBERG FAMILY.
'''N'o "rntI'a Vncir. tho Traitor and Spy -
Spying on the Prince OF wales.

Paris letter..
Inc Gdulois has-the Beatrice Bat
tenoerg wedding being now a topic Of
social interest eyerywhere-giyen 8
sketch Of the late Count julius lIaucke.
uncle Of the royalized bridegroom.
winch take the liberty Of calling. in
many essential points, fancy bogra.
phy. believe no foreigner staying :.
Tours in 1870 was better acquainted
than The writer Of this letter with vnat
happened mite - wings Of the Govern
meht Theatre there. or with the different
peiSonaees who gathered there. also
saw great deal Of the numerous al
YontureTs whom a desire to obtain Mill
tary contracts and other jobs drew
ihiihor one Of the latter was Count
julius Ha,tcuberg, who was supposed
to haye been S.. ct at the affair Of Nuts
under GaTlhalii, but received his quietis
from q Pole who long knew him TO have
been Russian SPY on his countrymen
and suspected him OF being a spy on
Garbaloi in q German interest. The
Dauck's were Jews few gen
erations ago, and thoroughly I'M
scrupulouS. ! shall at some future
time explain what is d" a Yoiyoii Of the
Kingdom Of Poland "A title on which
her Majesty Queen Victoria set, such
store. Count Julius wsS a remarkably
handsome man. He was supposed to
have been always through impulse act
irG against his interest. But somehow
without visible means OF support he
lived on the fat of the land. Geneva
was his residential place. lie was
there with beautiful woman, whom he
was supposed to have married for love.
and who set up to be = red-hot agitator
Of The NiL,lo-Socialist kind. She had
q no less beautiful child. Count
Julius'S history was this: Hi, father.
the Noiyoid, whom Poles accused Of
being 4 seCrct-sCryice agent of Russia
before and during the movement in
which KosciuSSo fell. almost inmcIi-
atcly after it was crushed turned his
coat and was overwhelmed with Rus
sian favors. lie had previously set up
TO be patriot and had n COOL deal to
do in flaming Slumhering discomfort
into = flame ore Of hi, daughters
became maid cf honor to the Grand
Duchess Anna Fcodorovna, regulated
wife Of the Grand Duke Constantine
Paulowitch, brother Of the Gar Nicho-
las, who hal been Yiccroy Of Poland
and put away his spouse to marry a
Polish girl of Hebrew race who was a
cousin Of the llauckcs. This Anna
| Fcodoroynn was ne Princess Of Save.
Coburg -Salllell. and was sister OF
the latc Duchess Of kcnt anil the late
King Leopold of Belgium. and there
fore IN aunt on the maternal sjlc Of
the Queen If England. Another
daughter Of the artrul Yonoil was
appointed mTid Of honor 20 the
CJarcYla. who became Czarina in 1855
and died few year, 40. respected
by every one, although unloycl by her
husband, Alexander H.. Whom In her
scrrire Nile liauckc. nov figuring il
Tie Court Circular - her Serene High
rcss H. Princess Of Baitenherg. set her
cap at he layori'c brother Of the Car
cyna. Prince Alexander OF HrsSc-
parm,ladt. IIe and his august sister
were blough; up out Of sight and ont Of
mind - iugcuhcim. Grand Dake Lud-
VIZ !. had reason no. to believe thsy
were his children. lie was music-mad,
Ytak-minlcd, ard indecent. AMI, pro-
,ijcd his wife did rol thrust too promi-
nutly on him the fruits Of her amours.
wouiI not be At the trouble Of diyorciug
hcr ar1 di>claming them. This lady
WIS sister to the mother Of the Lite
eccentric Duke Of Brunswick, bat very
much her junior.
Alexander H.. when Czarewitch, was
posting TO Baden to make the acluaint-
auce Of a princess there and offer her
Lis hand, when he met tie Grand Duhe
Of Iles>c- parmstadt. who pressed him
10 stop a night on his way thither at
Biz residence. The Russian heir appa-
rent alI''ed Unexpectedly anu "a" ms
iu'uie VIC - SAo was uyHi5 10 SIP
sway uhh'Uc'' rom 'he df'"ihs-f'oi1,
where She knew her presence wou'l
d',pieaSe the 'ran' Duke she b,u'Eed
"Nch she io'hd size c91'i not mac har
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sweet grace AS TO put '"e O1ar'"ll'A'
VINO was very Shy' 1'i'e az Ms ease
ie!oIe the chat "z' endct ne was IN
.o1c with her. aud toll. Count Orlot'
Tlo was travelling with HIM. that he
would lot g further IN search OF =
WIFE, This a'tounacd .! at lIcSse-
p'm''adt' ihe princess VINO hal made
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