New-York tribune., 1890-06-17
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LONDON. June 16-The Queen felt tie death OF Lazy
Ely vey keenly for the death OF any one Oh her oio
servants makes her feel the isolation of her own
position. In all matters where great discretion aud
secrecy we're required, Lady Ely possessed TO an eA
traordinar degreethe qualities necessary for the posi-
and none Of the fsilts Of the court ntguante she
| most discreet woman and no word was ever
heard to escape iron her lips though sh' knew every
| thing, and she WIS essentially a pccemaker and
confdante for ever, one In household so large as
the Royal one must lways he. from Lady Elys position
| she was thrown no intimate relations with nearly
every one worth knwing in ever portion OF Europe
as we'll as Our orntry. Iiei friendship Win thc
late Emperor Of tn French and Empress Eugenie
began when, as the beautiful Macenoselle Montuo.
Lady Ely acted tie chaperOn r. the Empress dur
ing two three seasns she passet in London before
the Emperor saw her and fell in love with her, and
no one knew more OF he secrets Of that wooing than
Lady Ely. In all the great events Of the Empresss
| life Lady Ely was more Or ess connected When the
| Prince Imperial BON lady Ely sent BY the
| Queen to be with her. and used often laughingly to
assure people who ASSERTED belief IN the story that
| he was a supposittoui child that who Wit
messed. az she had the long ID pal iri confinement
Of the Empress could have any doubt the subject.
and her description of the EN- Iov and delight
when all was over vas very amusing. After the
downfall OF the Empre she wp one Of the frst 10
welcome the exes TO Chslchurst and on the terrible
morning when the news Of the deaf Of the Prince
Imperial was told 70 he stricken Empress. Lady Ely
went to her at I. comfort and console her. Per-
haps the most interesting part OF ady Eiy's life was
her great friendship with Cavoir, who had most
enthusiastic admiration and alta hi ient for her. and
who but for the ties OF court woai certainly have
ultimately made her his wife. She, owever. was un
willing then TO leave the Queen. AID IS death, which
came quickly. terminated whatever b there mighs
have been Of her changing her minc
PRINCESS YICTORIA's NEW LOVE.
The engagement of Princess Victoria Of Prussia to
the Prince Of schaamburg Lppe is very suitable one
and has given great satisfaction 10 her family II
had been arranged or some time, but at he earnes
desire Of the Empress Frederick not announced
until after the second anniversary Of sml Fred
ericks death Princess Victoria is a very vely aud
mpresslonable young lady and has given family
good deal Of anxiety account Of her matrimonial
entanglements. She Is not pretty girl but * very
pleasant witty. clever most popular and is nov qlte
recovered from her passionate attachment TO IT, Pr'
| lhcky Alexander Of BattenberS, which at one ~
promised to produce very embarrassing compcu Z.
| EMPEROR WILLIAM AND HTS sUBJEcl
| The town Of Berlin has been much hurt By En-
Williams refusal to allow II to erect monlm 10
| his father Frederick.
The German Emperor is giving practical efe to
his views on the great social question Of the ay.
| He has written the authorities of Konssbert ex-
pressing his approval Of the inhabitants Of that wn
decorating their houses with flowers and branches Of
trees dnring his recent visit instead OF lndulgng IN
costly fetes and erecting expensive triumThal arcles
lie added that nothing gave demonstration so mcb
real value the spontaneous participation Of tho
poor.
| LORD HARTINGTON'S GARDEN PARTY.
Lord HartinCtOn's garden party at Degonshire House
| on Friday. said be the first fesvity Of the kind
| ever given within those sacred prcncts, had been
postponed from the previous day In order that the
Prince Of Wales might be present. AID he arrived with
| the Princess and young Prncesses 4 haifpast s. So
cially If not atmosphercay. for tie sun refused 10
| shine. the scene WAS most btlliant one Tho
terraces and great lawn we're tlron,ed with the most
distinguished people Of the day and in the wilderness
beyond group Of Gypsy singers. quaint costumes.
and the band Of the Codsrcams wee placed to attract
the visitors. The Princess Of Walestook Lord Hartne
| tons arm and walled To the ROys tent Immediately
upon her arrival. S,e stopped frQuently 10 speak
TO friends and TO look after the hnccsses. No one
| looked better than Maria. Lady Alesbury, though
Lady spencer. the Duchess OF Westminster Lady
Vantage and Mrs. Chamberlain attiacted much atten'
ton The presence Of Mrs. Henry Fawcett and her
| daughter. the senior wrangler, WIS al interesting
| feature Of the afternoon. Lady salisbury and Mrs
Gladstone exchanged almost sisterk greeting. Lord
Granville sat down with Lord Br.mwell, and
| probably felicitatcd hin upon having entered on
| his eighty third wear the day before Princess
Christian greeted Professor Max Muller Nth efusion.
A group Of Chinese diplOmlsts strayed nconsolously
into Royal marquee during the monetary absence
Of Sir Halliday Mccartney.
LORD SALISBURY IN GOOD SPIRITS
II was noticed at the Foreign once reception that
Lord salisbury was looking unusually vel and seemed
In very good spirits 4 tendency Ia puton flesh has
ceased 10 develop alarmingy, and hehas lost the
| tired haggard look which so distressed us friends
| short time ago. lie everywhere onversing In
scraps with guest after guest and unbeding to less
important followers in fashion that wa as grdceru
as IL unusual in him.
! THE VACANT DEANERy OF MANHEsTER.
IL is considered probable that the Dcaery Of Man
chester will be offered 10 Canon Farrar The stipend
is upward Of two thousand year, and tire is an eN-
| oellent house There is more work heretban usually
falls 10 the lot OF dean as the cathedrl Is parish
church The second favorite among te candidates
for preferment is Archdeacon Blakeney, te we-known
Vicar OF sheffield who great ally Of IL Archbishop
! OF York.
| LORD wOLsELEY' SUCCESSOR.
Various reports are in circulation as Lord wolse-
lcys successor in the post of AdIntant-Cenera IL is
most probable the appointment will bethat or Gen.
era George llarman. who shortly vacate the Military
secretary ship lie is ntle the senior sir Redvers
Butler In service and considerably so In ears ana sir
Redvers can very we'll wait for General Hemans Shoes
There may still be surprise In store "a the service
with regard to Lord Wolseey, whose resent Win
drawal from the Horse Guards may men his early
return in an entirely character as flef OF s'at'
sAUXDERsoN AND LAB UcHiRE.
| In one of his incisve speeches. Colone saunderson
the other day compared Henry Labochere 10
gargoye When they met in the lobby Henry chsi'
lenged the Colonel with not knowing the meaning OF
| the word The Colonel demurred; he Knew IL per
fecty what is it," asked Henry. a. grotesque
| eutterspout the reply, whereupon Henry VINO
| is never ANNOYED, chuckled deightedly.
4 PARNELLITE CHANGE OF FRONT
Nossrs parneu sexton and Dillon formally backed
Mr. o'IIanons Irish University bill one dac and en-
phatcaly disavowed it the next day. The fact Is
Mr.. O'Ilanlon's proposal to endow Roman catholic
university out OF the funds of the disendowd Irish
| Protestant Church excited such general disaoproval
among tho separatsts That the Home Rule leaders
were compelled to throw over the project With all