New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-16
THE PRINCE OF MONACO.
AWAY ON ANOTHER SCIENTIFIC CRUISE-HIS
COMMENTED WIFE.

Paris. July 81.
The Prince and Princess of Monaco did not long
stay at Boulogne-sur-Mer where. on their return
from England they received public ovation.
The Princess has gone TO Kreuznach. with her
half dozen Richelieu children. some of whom re-
quire the strengthening waters of the springs
there. The Prince is off again on the high seas.
He weares Of lis castles. his palaces and his
little sun-lit State SO picturesque and beautifully
set in q sapphire, blue sea. His millions bring
no satisfaction when he merely leads the life of
a millionaire. and he is only really himself in a
will-vitazed condition when engaged in ocean
exploration, drawing up strange plants and
creatures from the depths He is as curious about
currents and eddies as he is about the oceans
bed. His new yacht. the Alice. is fitted up for
the kind of researches TO which he devOtes him
self. and has board staff Of scientists TO help
the Prince in his work.
The Prince OF Monaco is politically speaking an
anomaly. He is head of State which has no
political interests, and is coveted by two power
full neighbors for its great strategcal Importance
The situation Of the Prince in regard TO his
present wife is also anomalous She was a
widow with Teady-mGde family of six children
when lie first knew her lie has not been her
husband long. 1t is a question for French
legists whether he is married to her at all
Toward the close Of the French Empire the Emperor
and Empress made up a match between him and
their cousin. Lady Mary Hamilton. daughter Of
the late Duke of Hamilton and the Princess Mary
Of Baden She was wilful and sentimental
girl. He was good deal wrapped up in his
profession-the naval one Scientific studies
had an absorbing interest for him, and his
curiosity to know what lay hidden in the depths
Of the ocean was a passion which he burned TO
satisfy. This did not suit Lady Mary. who fell
in love. when her husband was away at sea with
Count Won Tesertics. the great Austrian noble
man, who signifed last year to the Prince of Wales
that he hoped if His Royal Hghness visited him at
his country seat he would not bring Baron Hirsch
with him Monaco is subject u the French code
which did not, when Lady Mary desired to become
Countess Won Terestics allow divorce. She did
not mind this, but applied for one to the court
Of Rome. Her plcA was that she had not i'm her
heart OF hearts consented at the altar to take the
Prince of Monaco for her husband, but i'm saving
yes had yielded 10 the pressure put upon her
by her mother. and the Emperor and Empress of
the French. The Prince did not oppose her plea
and the Pope allowed it. In declaring the mar
rage null he declared the only born of it egiti
mate. The Prince and eX-frincess have never
sought 20 profit by the Naquet divorce law which
the Church does not admit, but which has legal
value i'll France and Monaco.
and unaffected lady. She is fair and
has a classical face. which is still beautiful
Her MINERS are easy and graceful, and every
one who knows her likes her. There Il
is not Jealous Of her husbands passion for ocean
research. 1t is noble passion. and indulgence
in it makes him happy Why then should she
SAYS, his ocean muse. If he could succeed in fish
ing up mermaid it would afford her infinite
pleasure. His yacht, the Alice, is called after
her When in London the Princess was admitted
TO the court circle the Queen having received her
when she was at Grasse, Mile. Alice de Rothschild
having represented 20 Her Majesty what very
estmable and in all respects distin guished per
son the Princess Of Monaco was. l. C