New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-10-17

| HENRI ROCHErORT.
tBY CABLE raE rRIBUXEl
Copyr,gh; 1893, By The Tribune Associsnsa
! London. Oct H-Thc Queen is to leave Balmorsl
either on November Is or II, and will then reside
at Windsor Castle until about December n
when the Court Is to proceed 10 o.
borne for two months. Her Majesty will
go abroad just before Easter. which comes unusu-
ally early next year. falling March g. but moth
ing yet been settled to this foreign trip. and
the stories about villas having been inspected on
her behalf at San Sebastian and Florence arr
mere inventions. The Queens private apartments
I'm Victoria Tower. Windsor Castle. have been re.
decorated during the last few weeks from designs
selected by Her Majesty and Princess Beatrice The
Queen has always occupied this suit OF rooms and
the next appropriated to the use OF Prince
Albert since whose death they have been reserved
| by the Queen and everything them remains pre-
cisely as he left them.
ROYAL ANIMAL FANCIES.
The Prince Of Wales has just sold several hackney
stations to the Indian Government They were
bred in the royal stud at Woferton, near Sandrins
ham The Queen Is considerably charging the fine
heri of Aberdeen Angus cattle on the royal at
Abergelde Mains, near Balmorai. a number Of
choice animals having been purchased for Her
Majesty at the recent sales in Scotland
THE CROSS OF THE BATH FOR THE ARCH.
DUKE.
Archduke Francis Ferdinand. who Is expected to
arrive in England next week from the United
States. will pay a flying visit to the Queen at Bal.
moral and 1t is expected that Her Majesty will give
him the Grand Cross Of the Bath
THE QUEEN HAD TO WIPE HER FEET.
The King and Queen of Saxony have just re.
turned to Dresden after a long autumn holiday
spent In Schevenng. They mean TO return to the
Dykes next year, for the Queen can sketch there
without being snobbed, and their Majesties much
enjoyed the adventures they encountered whie WIS.,
ting ncognito out-of-theway towns and villages Of
the Zuyder Zee. At Marker one old woman
brusquely ordered the Queen TO wipe her shoes
we'll before entering her cottage. and then exc
pressed more frankly than politely her disappoint
ment at the personal appearance of all the royal
party. except the footmen, who carried umoreiaA
LORD ELGIN AND THE GOVERNMENT
Mr.. Gladstone's colleagues were only informed Of
Lord Elgins appointment by the official notification
in the newspapers. The Prime Minister selected
Lord Egin entirely on his own responsibility and.
indeed there Is subject on which he takes
counsel with anybody except the members OF his
own family and little group OF personal followers.
Lord Elgin considered that he extremely Ill.
used when the present Government was formed.
and during the last fourteen months he has been
by no means we'll disposed toward the Ministry.
He wished hast year to become Secretary for Scot
land or Lord Lieutenant OF Ireland, and was much
mortified and Disguised when he was merely In
vited to accept the office OF Lord-n-W ating. which
he disdanfuy refused.
WORK OF THE PARNELLITES
1t Is generally thought in Ireland. hear. that
the Parnellites, who have shown very decisively
that they are prepotent In Dublin will win several
seats at the next election. They have been work.
ing hard at the registries. The cue appears now
to be to denounce Mr. Gladstone and all his works.
CENTENARY OF MARIE ANTOINETTEs
DEATH
The centenary OF the death OF Queen Marie
Antoinette was yesterday commemorated with much
soemnity in most Vienna churc S- The Rennweg
Church possesses gold emf rodeI ID sacerdotai
vestments made out OF the ill., go Queens we'd
ding robe and these were exposed to view for
several hours. The anniversary excites far keena
interest IN Austria than in France
ORD BRAsSEY'S NOVEL CORRESPONDENCE.
Lord Brassey never goes a cruise. howeves
short without taking with him or two elaborate
typewriters and a very costly barrel organ He
plays on the latter regularly some time every even-
ing as ne finds it a congenial form of exercise and
amusement The former used for duplicating
the ships logs. record Of the weather. and a concise
but often amusing narrative OF his daily life at
sea These are transmitted In sections at every
port he touches various members OF his family,
who are thus informed of everything he does much
more completely than they could be by ordinary
letters.
.Sunbeams" journal of a very prosperous voy-
age as far as Spezzia, duly arrived in England
last week The late Lady Brasseys charming
book was only one of the series OF sunbeam
liaries. -
4 friend at Venice writes that that city has been
literally under water for some days owing to
caused by heavy rains with high wind
rom the Adriatic The Grand Piazza Of ST. Marks
Vas a lake Of water. flowing into shops and cafes
md films the a;rium OF St Marks Church All
he quays and landing stages were several feet
leep in water and gondoa could be hoated
nto the lower floors of the palaces the Grand
anal. all of which flooded
A BIOGRAPHY OF PROFESSOR FREEMAN.
Prebendary Stephens, rector OF Woolbeding. the
on -in-law and biographer of Dean Hook is en-
,aged in writing a life OF Professor Freeman for
which there very ample materials. Professor
freeman kept journal for nearly fifty years. and
arefully preserved his correspondence and made
opous respecting his various literary under
akngs Several volumes OF Professor Freemans
writings will shortly be published. including the
onclusion of his history series Of Oxford lectures
n THE Early History of Western Europe" and
number of archaeological papers relating 70
freeze and Italy.
NATALS FIRST PRIME MINISTER.
The first Prime Minister OF Natal under the new
institutional arrangements Is Sir John Robinson.
journalist of much ability and the proprietor OF
he leading Natalian newspaper Sir John Is well
nown In colonial circles in London. for his Official
lists here have been numerous concluding with
Is mission to Knusford in May, 1892. TO put for.
ard the claims of his colony for a responsible
overnment If popularity has any influence In
lfeguarding the premiership then the first pre-
her should be absolutely safe and the Garden
oony could hardly have a better start IN Home
ule than under Sir John Robinson's wing.
TRYING TO SAVE HIS SEAT
Sir George Russell has abandoned the pleasures
Brighton for the drudgery OF electoral cam
,ign I'm North Bedfordshire. where the safety of
= seat is very seriously threatened by the active
lpport now given by his knsman, the Duke OF
edford 10 his. Unionist opponent, Lord Barring.
THE "QUARTERLY's" EDITOR.