New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-04-10
THE QUEEN IN FRANCE.
MELANCHOLY PLEASURE TAKEN BY HER In
THOUGHTS OF DEATH.

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Paris. March IS.
Queen Victoria is again in France. and in .
more than usually gloomy mood. As she Is
seventy-thrce, and has recently lost q beloved
grandson and son-n-aw whom she regarded a.
a son. her present state Of mind is not surprising
in who likes to nurse her griefs. and is. like
many other crowned heads powerfully attracted
by the tomb She may be said 20 be wrapped
up In meditations musings upon death. In
her telegram Of thanks 10 NJ. Carnot for his
courteous message which she received from him
on her arrival at Hyeres. she said what most
touched her in the course Of her journey the
manner In which her mourning was respected at
Chcrbourg She arrived there on Saturday
evening, slept in her yacht, and changed, to tho
fearful inconvenience of the Western and Paris
and Lyons Railway companies the timetable
made out for her convenience, shifting the de-
parture from Cherbourg from 7 :25 a. m. to 20
D. m. This was done to enable the crew to enjoy
Sunday rest on board her yacht. to join with
them in divine service, to hear the burial service
read by one of her ladies in her
cabin, and then to drive in carriage
on the roads over which she passed
more than thirty years ago with the Prince Con-
sort and her children who then Juveniles
IL was her intention to have attended at Hyeres
the funeral of Cartigny, centenarian French
sailor who served at the battle of Trafalgar on
board the Redoutable and was prisoner OF
war from the date Of that event until the peace
Of 1915. Cartigny's hundredth birthday was
kept last year by the township OF Hyeres lie
was cheerful old man, and looked forward with
pleasure-feeng in perfect health until influenza
suddenly overlook hm-to going to salute the
Queen and Empress, the granddaughter OF george
III, against whom he fought, and the inheritor OF
l. 81, On, riipr mt
pressed displeasure at not being told when Car
tigny's funeral was to take place, his daughter'
who is of the Queens own age, having been
born on the same day, wrote her n pretty note
of thanks and begged her TO accept the bouquet
from her which Cartigny had intended TO offer
20 Her Majesty. The great sovereign received
the note in the most gracious manner, ana Gar
tiQny's daughter is to be allowed to present her
bouquet to the Queen herself
| NJ Carnot would have liked to meet Her
Majesty whenever it suited her convenience, and
even at an early hour in the morning, at junction
of the railway girdle and the Western Railway
during her return journey. Marshal MacMahon,
when President of the Republic' paid
his respects to her at p. m
at the villette junction. She was re.
turning from a visit TO the tomb OF her haI
sister the Princess Of ITohenlobe i.angenbourg'
|
resnect shown for her mourning at Cbcrbourg and
tle hone that she will find at IIyeres the re-
pose which her recent bercavements have rendered
| So neadful there is not much chance or NJ.
| Carnot bcing encouraged to request leave to pay
| her his respects
| Lord Duflerin has presented his credentials ana
gone 70 a soiree as the Russian Embassy. In his
/ address to the President and in VI. Carnots
| answer Lord Lytton eulogized for his great
| amiablty and other endearing qualities when
| enabled him to draw closer the ties OF good
| neiglborhood and amity between the French Re-
| public and Great Britain. But ! thought that
| there was bitter-sweet vein in what the
| President said about respect for mutual rights
being the best guarantee OF friendship. Perhaps
the alluson to =" the hospitality OF France toward
| the Queen" and the great Difference shown to her
might have come with q better grace from tho
mouth of Her Majesty's representative than from
that OF NJ. Carnot.
| The Queens visits to AK and erase have
brought fortunes to the hote-keepers there, and
caused great rise in the prices of land suitable
| for builders She will confer a no less benefit
upon Hyeres Wherever she resides on Con-
tinental trip she pays very heavy rent, and her
| journeys are all profitable TO the lines by which
she travels At the same time the French Gov
eminent Is most courteous toward her. Indeed
il treats her with extraordinary Difference. send
ing a company of soldiers to mount guard at her
hotel and military band to play under her
windows This time the attendance Of the band
is declined with thanks, the Queen wishing to
be left to her sad thoughts.
! fierce light has been thrown upon the British
| Sovereign during her present tour. The fact has
transpred that forty large boxes filled with choice
wines were sent from Windsor 10 Hyeres. IL was
the Custom House which made this discovery.
All the goods and chattels transported to Hyeres
from England for her Maiesty's use were admitted
duty free But stock taken Of all that would
have been taxed were she a private person. The
ouantity of baggage was great. She must not
only have her own bed and bedding-for she
holds in horror beds that other persons have slept
iu-but those of the Princess Beatrice. arm chairs
and carpets from Windsor. L. "