The record-union., 1891-11-17
LONDON GOSSIP.
QUEEN VICTORIA GOING ABROAD
IN THE EARLY SPRING.
Emperor William Very Angry at His
Sister for Entering the Greek
Church.
Special to the REcoRD-UN1oN.

LONDON, Nov. 16.-The Queen will
proceed to the continent, according to
the present arrangements, at the end of
March, and will remain abroad nearly
six weeks, She will go first to either
Florence or Aix-les Bainca, where she
will stay between three and four weeks,
and she will return home through Ger
many. The Queen is TO be the guest of
Empress Frederick for about q week at
the latter's new chateau Cronburg in
Taunus County, after which she will
probably be entertained for few days
at Coblentz by Emperor William, who is
very anxious to induce the Queen to visit
him in Berlin, but it is unlikely that she
will consent to do so.
The Empress Eugene is to be the guest
of the Queen at Windsor Castle next
week for a day or two. The Empress is
about to build villa on properly :, 900
square meters i'll extent, which she pur-
chased q few months ago at Cape MARITIME
near Monaco, and the Duchess of Aosta
Princess Letitia Bonaparte, intends to
establish a winter residence in the same
neighborhoOd. Empress Eugenie will
proceed early next month to Egypt. She
does not intend to return to England
until May.
Cape MARITIME is a new health station of
Riviera, lying between Mentone and
Monte Carlo, butit is a greater distance
from the Alpes Maritimes than are those
places, and thus it has an advantage over
them of nearly an hour more of sunshine
in winter and avoids the sweeping
draughts which come down the valleys,
and which are serious draWb backs at
many of the Riviera resorts.
Emperor Francis Joseph has sent a
truly magnificent silver wedding present
to the Gar. 1t consists of a dinner
service for twenty-four persons, con-
Structed of solid silver, superbly wrought
and chased. There are nearly three hun
dred pieces. The German Emperor's
gift is a silver sword hilt, which is
beautifully chased and profusely orna-
mented with torquoises, all picked
stones.
Dom Pedro has postponed his intended
visit to England until late in the spring,
and will pass the winter on the Riviera.
Dom Pedro is now constantly engaged in
the study of Hebrew, and has lust
printed at Avignon for private circnla-
lion a little book entitled, "Poesies Pc
brace Provencales du RitueI Israelite
Contadin." 1t contains the Hebrew text
and French translation of some poems
which are supposed to have been com
posed by Mordecai Ventura, who lived
in the sixteenth century. Dom Pedro
has sent copy of the work to the Queen
for the royal library at Windsor Castle.
Emperor William has decided to con-
Struct enormous dry-docks at Kiel at a
cost of Ia, goo, 600 marks.
Considering the furious manner i'll
which the Russian Hebrews have been
prosecuted by the Imperial Government.
it is exceedingly remarkable that the
Grand Duke Alexis and his cousin. the
Duke of Leuchtenberg, should have been
recently guests at Baron Rothschild's
son-in-law, Michael Enphrussi. at his
chateau livery near N1elun, when there
was chase for their amusement and
a choice party was present to meet them.
Enphrussi is himself the son of an Israel
ite trader of Odessa, and as the Russian
Princes would not have yentured to ac-
cept his hospitality without obtaining
permission from the Emperor, it seems
probable that change of policy may be
impending in st. Petersburg.
The King and Queen of the Hellenes
have been visiting the Duke and Duchess
of Cumberland at Gruenden. and during
their stay at Vienna their majesties en-
joyed much pleasant intercourse with
Emperor Francis Joseph.
The fact that King George did not visit
Berlin when he left Copenhagen has e1-
cited much gossip at the German Court
The truth is that Emperor Williams an
noyance and anger at the conversion of
the Duchess of Sparta has by no means
abated. The Emperor, who would like
to exercise despotic control over every
member of his family, would not have
relished his favorite sisters change of
faith under any circumstances, but par
ticularly resented its having been practi-
cally managed by the Russian Court, and
also because the Duchess acted quite in
dependently Of him. and so far from So
Iiciting his permission to enter the
of her intention to him. The Emperor's
eXasperation was increased by strong
suspicion that Empress Frederick had
ali along been acquainted with the in
tention of the Duchess, and that she had
expressed approval of the conversion.