New-York tribune., 1890-01-26

The Grand Duke Vladimir is married to Princess
Of Mc'h'npur-. SIC .l' proved tt Nf, II.n,il
th1 law which ohlSc, these ladies t' 'Wbrt'c tlc
Grcck faith. On hrr arrival ~ thc frontier Nic va
With holy water. she rccoilcd u horror ashln- II
hy this act she made 10 enter the Russian ui Gh
ccdc to convictions after study luS the ku->ia do-mt
= stem, that these convictions have never come 10
the Imperial household .1W. This lady Is popllarN
REGARDED at 81 Pctcrburs as secret agent oi iri.,
Emptc,, bS giving many balls. II 0, size "il' mas
introduced the game Of roulette into Il. Fc'tr3
I'D over her husband she cNcrts great ma
nncucc. and employs 10 to iufamc the ambi-
peTsonaee per-. m "" Of the EnpTc @ atn hu-5aad and Vie
are Jealous Of the Emperor and Emrr'-. Niadimit
70 pmrlcSy when one day ,ne aunounocd' .il'r ,i'S
death Of her nr' BORN Ii r !, Ndn.t % W EI2 Tn.Sa N
1t well that this socallcd prophecy has not been
The Emprc>, has a preference for the society Of
her sister I'm law Elizabeth. Princes of es>e daughter
of the late Princess Alice OF England. and vile of
the Grand Duke rcrsiu,. charming Young woman.
devoid Of social influence. but whose amiabllliy wins
all hearts. She Is not happy IN her union with the
most unpopular of the Emperor, brothers.
The Grand Duke Alexis the sailor prince OF Ru>Sia.
j. gay cavalier In ftcai favor Win thr Iad,er. Ihe
permanent invalid. and rarely al -. Petersburg. His
iutnre MARRIAGE Win ms conoin, 'hr P"nce,, NleN
;ucS'.s uc1,a Marta Ducir,t Of Tdiubursh She mucG
resemble, her elder brother In disposition. having
not only nj, narrow views, bat hi, uprirhtnc,>. his
almost physical horror of a lie; Neither attractive
She las not known how to make herself popular in
England, but those Who know her in her small circle
The Emperor, three nces. Constantine. Michael
and Ncho, have almost vanished from Court circ es
since thl, reign. and have lost all influence. Con
wife made Themselves cordially dctc,tcd Tnder the
former reign he always at the head Of the
opposition factions lie aud his brother Nicholas dis
gfacci their position by the gross scandal, in which
mplirafed the close of the Iurkl~h War,
when they were shown 10 have been the recipients of
enormous hribcS from fraudulent army contractors
The notorious Grand Dnhc Nicholas Constantnowitci
is virtually eNed from Rncta holding post as
Grand Duke Michael, married to Princess o
Baden. is the only one Of the Czar'S unclc> who Is
above rcproach The worthy couple, however
always live In tho Caucasus, where they have made
themselves beloved.
favortc Imperial residence IS the castle Of spala
in Poland. where Alexander III usually spend, the
month OF september, 10 enjoy the shootlng. But ti-
palace another attraction. for close by is Tho
2nwdoSs is an old and devoted friend of the CIarS
Mhn"e arnantHre m 1'c he had made While Gran,
Duke, hunting ola,vo in these part and fol
naeed TS he often SSS here for the @ sole pupoe %SSO
convcrsing with his friend, often. truly that the
late Emperor, Alexander II, fearing The innucnc,
OF a Polish priest his SON forbade these visits
But once in power himself. Alexander III made every
effort to persuade his friend 10 10 St Petersburg
and when lie absolutely and repeatedly refused. moi
wishing 10 quit hi, humble parish for the great world
the Emperor built himself This castle of spala WHERE
and ceremonial. This priest is good, simple mind,,
man. Of some Intelligence energetic and fond q
action. who I'm his youth had seen the world II /,
Ia this that the Car confdcs his ,ccrct care
aud Joys. with him that he cOnfcrs without reserve,
! II is known that Zumdowsk makes use of his IN
fucnce Ia solicit favors for his poor. but Is ne ais,
! the political counsellor Of the monarch, Does he hop
TO obtain some day concessions I'm favor Of Poland
He loves France and dctcSts the Germans Does h,
help 10 augment this bias in Alexander III
one of the hr,t acts of AlcNandcr's reign was 3,
de,troy In Part the work ON which hi, father bascl
| hi, claim to National gratitude e.. the liberation O.
| the scrf,. He declared that the Government woult
not continue 10 buy up the land fOr the peasants, a.
had been done since their liberation. affirming that In,
peasants abused this privilege to satisfy their owl
eupidly, and that. further It too much IMPOVERISHED