The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-12-28
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mites. turned out Of the army and ban
ishei from court. The affair caused n
tremendous sensation. owing 10 his
own popularity and that of his wife.
who is by birth a Princess Margaret OF
Hohenlohe. and was the favori;e cou-
sin of the Emperor
Count Williams brother Frederick
forfeited the good VIII OF the Kaiser
a number Of years previously. though
for entirely different causes. which did
not affect his personal honor and
which enabled him TO retain his COM
mission OF major on the reserve list
Of the Prussian army. lie divides his
time between his beautiful Chateau Of
Aibrech.sberg. near Dresden and his
villa at Viaregglo. IN Italy. AlbTechts-
berg Is now. however. for sale Fred
erick Won Hohenau was virtually forced
to withdraw from the court Of Berlin
as one OF the victims Of the anOny-
nous letter scandals the true inward
ness Of which has never been revealed
70 this day. one Of the chief objects OF
the animosIty OF those letters being
his wife. the then beautiful and eX-
tremely dashing Countess Fritz Ho-
henau. who was charged therein with
; exercising an altog Their undue inhu-
ence upon the Emperor. Young Count
]
Boutourltne. Is one OF hey sons
Talking OF the BOutourline family to
which Countess Albert Hohenau be-
longs il is curious that no one Thought
OF mentioning its American relation
ships and its connection with the Van
Schaick family Of New York at the
time OF the sensational trial At 81.
Petersburg Of Patrick OBrien de
for the poisoning of Count Vassilli
Boutourline. II may be remcmbe red
that the physician. an exceedingly
clever man. was brought 10 book for
making a speciality OF poisoning peo-
pie by means OF inoculating them with
the germs OF one or another fatal
malady and that ne was employed FOR
this purpose by Patrick O'Brien de
Lacy. a Russian noble Of Irish origin.
TO kill off his wife's brother. Vassilll
Boutourline. in order that his own
wifes Inheritance might be Increased.
The trial. which resulted in Dr.. Pan
chenko and Patrick O'Brien de Lacy
being sentenced 10 penal servitude for
/ life-there is no capital punishment in
the ordinary criminal procedure OF
Russia-was perhaps the most sensa-
tional cause cclebre in recent years.
and Incidentally led to the laying bare
Of all sorts OF scandals. compromising
some of the principal names Of the
great world of St Petersburg.
Etiquette is more strict al court
during the present reign than in that
of Edward VII. and serves to recall
the regime of Queen Victoria Thus.
the rules about remaining standing in
the presence OF the sovereign are being
nd vic nd
guests and still more so. the men and
women holding Official position at
court. find il extremely trying and
most fatiguing 10 remain for hours to-
gether on their feet. 1t was on the
occasion of the very last audience OF
Mr. Gladstone with Queen Victoria,
when he was extremely old and feeble,
that she offered him a seat. and he re-
cords il in one Of his letters as an act
Of exceptional favor and Sraciousness
on her part: the first occasion, indeed
/ in all his long career as one of her
ministers and as one OF the foremost
/ statesmen OF her reign TO receive such
! a compliment and unusual token OF
T consideration. In this connection. Mrs
A. " W. Stirling. in the 'Correspon-
dence of Lady Eliza beth Spencer Stan
hope, of Cannon Hail. which she has
just published in London. prints curl
Gus letter anent the audiences accord
ed by Queen Victoria to Charles Dick
ems and to Thomas Carlyle. Il seems
tfat when Dickens was presented 70
the Queen, not very long before his
DEATH she kept him standing all the
time and although kind in her man =
ner. treated him "de haute en- has,
not even Offering 10 shake hands with
him when he took his departure.
With Carlyle the case was somewh a I
different The old Scotchman calmly
took the initiative. Having greeted
the Queen with due respect he observ-
ed contide ntially: And moo. your Ma
jesty 1 ouid remind you that I am a
vera old man. and so / viii tax a
cheer" and down he sat. without any
permission on her part. He then with
equal freedom proceeded to "r:.icize
her ministry. and give her much un-
solicited advice. which nevertheless
showed a foresight that she might have
made use of with advantage. The
Queen. however. was much anronted
BY his freedom of speech and after the
interview declared that she would see
no more literary men.
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