The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-04-21
.srke of Rutland and His Brother Have . Dispute ss to Confidential t'apers of-vfctoria-Ears of Little Princ- ess are Boxed for Naughtiness.
BY ROBERT BRoDERrCK

London, April 20.-Queen Victoria's letters, their privacy or publicity, was teween the Duke of Rutland and his half-brother Lord Cecil Manners.
 The letters concerned were written by Queen Victoria to the late Duke Of Rutland, cabinet minister and per sonal friend of her Majesty. In his will the Duke left all his private and family letters written after 1862 tthe year of his second marriage) to Lord Cecil, the eldest son of that marriage, the remainder going to his heir, the present duke. The old duke further d. rected his heir to destroy all letters marked Confidential" except those he thought might be useful as state doc uments in the future.
 The present dukes object In going to law was to prevent Lord Cecil from publishing "confidential' letters from the Queen to the old duke. The charac- ter of some of these letters, although on political and not private subjects, might be called "confidentiaf md the court had to decide whether they could be held as coming within the terms of the will and should be destroyed.
 Chancery Judge Joyce has reserved his decision on this point--a very i'm portant one from the standpoint of historians of the Victorian era.
 N0uKhty Prlnceb0.
 Little Princess Mary of Wales Is ex- tremely fond of dancing, and the week ly dancing classes held at Marlborough House under the supervision of her mother, the Princess of Wales. are the most important events in the life or the little Princess at present. Both she and her brothers are living a life Of al most Spartan strictness. 1t is doubt full indeed If any other children In Great Britain have a more simple or healthy existence, in which an early bedtime is one of the prominent req lures. Princess Mary has on more than one occasion been sent to bed unusu- ally early for some childish fault. She refused to obey her governess on one occasion and when the latter threat ened to tell her mother, she replied; T am a princess, and I shall do as like. But when her mother was informed or the incident, the latter said: you are not a princess today. but only haugh- ty little girl' and the sequel was rath- CT painful The summer dancing clas- ses have just begun at Marlborough House the town house of the Prince and Princess of Wales, where the little Princess has for her companions at the weekly classes, the children of Lord Desborough Lord Burghclere and Lord Salisbury. The Prince and Princess of Wales are usually present at the danc- ing lesson and take great interest In their daughters progress.
 Corner in Bibles.
 The existence of an International Bi- ble Trust is denied by the Brit ish and Foreign Bible Society, which was reported from America to be in- volved with the American and Scotch societies in a corner in bibles. The only arrangement in force between our society and the American one" said the secretary. MT. Taylor, lis to the effect that we supply them with copies of the books they may require at the &C., tual manufacturing cost. We do not work in the United States at all, and if we receive any orders from America we do not execute them, but refer