The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-08-01
IN THE ROYAL PALACES.
The British Ruler Prefers BaImOrnl
to Amy other of Her Residences.
From the Chicago Record.

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and in London. for that matter, have ever
seen Queen Victoria. Probably more peo-
pie saw her during jubilee week for the
first time than ever before, for she not
only paraded through the city in the pro-
cession for four miles. but has been going
and coming between London and Wind
sor castle for the last ten days, and pass
ing through the parks and some of the
principal streets on her way to and from
the railway stations. AT Windsor there
has been a function of some kind every
day that her majesty has not come to
town.
The queen is not often in London. I'm
til jubilee week she had been in the city
but once since Jan. I, and for some rea-
son or another she dlslikes to stop at
buckingham palace. 1t is a splendid
building filled with magnificent rooms and
corridors including several halls built
and fitted especially for ceremony, as well
as many sumptuous suits of apartments
that her majesty might occupy. 1t is
building 900 feet long, nearly as long as
the capitol at Washington, and three stor-
les high. 1t was built by the Duke of
buckingham in the last century, and pur-
chased by the government for a town res
dence for the use of the royal family,
principally because of its convenient To-
cation and an enormous park which en-
| closes il, even in the center OF the FASH
ionable residence portion of the city. Since
| then il has been much enlarged, being five
or six times more extensive than the orig
inal structure Several OF the royal guests,
with their suits, are now quartered under
| it's roof in the apartments that are re-
served for the queen, these apartments
are often utilized in similar manner.
Some years ago, when the shah of Per-
| STA came to London to visit the queen
| with a retinue of forty or fifty mobiles,
guards, cooks and attendants, he was
given one of the finest suits of rooms and
| occupied them for several weeks. w hen
| he left they had to be almost entirely re-
| furnished and thoroughly fumigated. his
! ma jesty' s. servants did their cooking IN
! the native style in the fireplace of one of
| the queens finest drawing rooms, and
! from the appearance of the carpet and
| furniture it was evident that they not
! only used it as a kitchen but as slaugh-
| ter house also. The shah, by reason OF
! his religion, could not eat Christian 1000,
! and his servants bought whatever was
| needed at market alive for fear of poison
| and brought it to the palace where blrds,
! beasts and fish were killed, dressed ana
| cooked in the pariors.
Queen Victoria has never spent any time
| at Buckingham and will not sleep under
| the roof unless it is absolutely necessary
| She prefers to drive to Paddington STA
| ton. which is two miles away, and go TO
| windsor which is twentyAfour miles by
| railroad. even If she has to return to Lon
don the next morning. She likes windsor,
| because il was there that she spent the
| happiest years of her life with the prince
consort She likes Osborne which is a
small palace near COwes, on the Isle OF
/
| her private property and the palace was
| banned and the grounds were laid out by
| Prince Albert soon after their marriage
| But she likes Balmoral; her castle IN the
| highlands of Scotland, better than any
! of the royal residences, and always spends
| her summers there, where she is free from
official cares and ceremonies, and sur
rounded by plain Scotch people, OF whom
! she is very fond. She has castle In
Wales, but seldom goes there. ireIa nd -
| the only part of the United Kingdom IN
/ which she has no residence, and she never
| goes there. That is one or the Complain Is
| of the Irish people and the cause OF much
| dissatisfaction. The Prince of wales mas
| not visited ireland for many years, and
| that also Is the source OF much. dlscoh-
| tent and the cause of criticism II Is
| said that he is afraid to go for rear OF the
dynamiters, but his son, the Duke OF YORK
! and the duchess are intending to make
! tour Of Ireland this summer and spend
| several weeks at the castles of the no
| bilitv. There is a good deal of excite
! n,enf among the Irish over their plans,
| and the government authorizes are TAX
| ing unusual precautions to protect them.
| The stories of the queens blindness are
| crrosslv exaggerated. While 1t IL true that
| her vision has been impaired for several
| years and the infrnity is increasing, the
| nhvsicians state that it is natural ana
mercy due to her advanced age She is
| suffering from no constitutional aftectloh,
| and her sight is quite as good as that OF
most women of rs years. She teels the IN
| trinity keenly because il deprives her OF
| the endowment of reading and causes her
much Inconvenience but A. does not inter-
| fere with the performances Of her Official
| duties. and she can read short papers, both
printed and in manuscript, without ulil-
Guilty 1t is her inability to write with
| her own hand that annoys her most. She
| has 10 dictate everything and while this
| is not an inconvenience, so far as her OF
! 6cial correspondence is concerned, she has
| been compelled to abandon her lifelong
! practice of writing personal letters TO her
| daughters and sons during the absence
| from England. 1t is said that the queen
| has not failed to write a letter to the DOW
ager Empress Frederick of Germany eY-
/ ery Sunday for many years.
| Within the last few days the queen has
! granted a pension of $40 year TO mrs
! Elizabeth Dickens, daughter-in-law OF the
| famous author, lin consideration OF the
literary emnence OF the lHteCharles Dick
! ems and OF the straitened circumstances
| In which she has been left by the death Of
her ate husband Charles Dickens, Jr. -
She has granted a pension Of similar
amount TO Mrs. Rose Troilope "in consld-
Grafton OF the distinguished literary merits
of her husband the late Anthony Trollope,
4 and OF her straitened circumstances
A London publisher has just issued a
| complete edition Of the prose and poetical
works OF Ambassador Hay, including the
| book of sketches written while he was
! secretary OF the United states legation at
| Madrid. entitled "Castiiiah Days" and
his pike county ballads. The newspapers
| are giving them unusual attention. and
are devotIng editorials TO discussing the
| literary accomplishments OF the Ameri-
| can ambassador. The first edition was
soId on advance orders before II left the
press. and the second Is already under
| way.
| A rule Of the House Of Commons II that
all petitions must be laid before that body
in written or photographic form, but yes
terday the Hon. Mr. Gedge submitted a