Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-14
Foreign Gossip.

The Queen recently SuOSCflDeu iOVV
to the Mansion-lIouse fund lately es-
tablished in London for the relief of the
unemployed workiDgmen.
Prince Amadeus Of Italy the ex-
Ring of SPAIN is said to have con-
tIacted more entanglements Of the heart
than AIRY nobleman in Europe.
The Princess Royal Of England, who
is the wife of the Crown Prince Of
Germany, can carry on the most fluent
conversation in six different languages.
The Queen of England has a pair of
beautiful cream-colored horses that
came from Hanover, where this particu-
lar breed has been kept pure for great
many years.
The name St. Georges Chapel, which
has been bestowed upon the church now
being erected at Cannes as a memorial
to the late Duke of Albany, was select
ed by Queen Victoria.
Boucher's famous La'TOilette de
Venus" which was painted for Nine.
de Pompadour, and originally sold. for
about sl,lC0. was recently sold to an
art collector in Paris for $40 600.
The Duke of Edinburg and the Duke
Of ,Saxe-Coburg have met on friendly
terms at Berlin, and rumor says that
the quarrel has been more between the
ladies of their families than themselves.
The English Queen makes the most
searching inquiries into all her house,
hold matters of any importance, and the
recent changes in the royal household
necessary upon the change Of Govern
ment were effected under her direction
with the greatest precision and dispatch.
The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, who is
now sixty-six, was princess of Baden,
and has always been a much.injured
wife. Her rivals daughters have been
married from the ducal palace to her
husbands aides-de-camp under her very
eyes. She never had any children.
She Is much more popular in Coburg
than her husband.
Upon the return, in two years or so,
Of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught
from India, it is intimated they will be
given Claremont, the present home OF
the Duchess of Albany, as country
residence. The latter does not care for
the place, and the keeping up of the
establishment, even under watchful
management, requires an enormous
amount Of money.
The story is still going the rounds OF
the English press that the Prince Of
Wales's friends in Shropshire are going
to purchase the splendid old ruins oil
Ludlow Castle, restore them to all their
original magnifcence, and present them
to the Prince for an occasional resi-
dence. 1t is needless to add the amount
required to carry out such plan Is
something enormous.
Wonder has been expressed that
Queen Victoria should have decided tc
hold a drawing.room on Tuesday
March 23d, when the rigors of Lent
will be still enduring. There is no,
thing to wonder at, as anybody who
knows anything about the Queens re-
ligious opinions must be aware. Hell
Majesty does not recognize the neces'
sity or expediency Of formal abstentior
during Lent from food and ordinary di
versions. for she holds as broad view:
regarding the penitential season as dc
dissenters.
II the Queen insists upon leaving
Windsor before the London season il
well advanced she will measure on
considerable disappointment to Prin
cess Beatrice, who is known to have
desire to share in the round OF town
pleasures with her husband. Not tina
her Royal Highness can claim tina
Prince Henry is an inspiritipg com
panion for her when she is on pleasure
bent. as be makes no effort TO appea
amused or interested, and in his heavy
German way sits solid and unmovec
through laughter and tear-compellinl
episode alike.
1t seems the little escapades o
even petty royalties are sometime
not so easily passed over, in proc
Of which, it is said, the Gran'
Duke of Hesse has been cut by tn
German Emperor and the imperial cour
ever since the Kalomine sselandrt
in spite of the Queens strenuous effort
TO bring about q reconciliation, an
when he has passed through Berlin O.
| his way to Russia or TO his Silssia