COURT GOSSIP.

Evening Star, Issue 3664, 19 November 1874, Page 3

COURT GOSSIP.

The London lady correspondent of the * Argus ’ writes :—Surprise and displeasure have been excited here by the announcement that the Prince of Wales took part in the Berlin lejoicing for the victory of Sedan, and that he appeared on that occasion in the Imperial cortege in the uniform of the Coldstream Guards. This is a wide departure from the usual external appearance of neutrality which has been hitherto observed by the Royal Family in this country, and it is not the better liked that a rumor is abroad that the equivocal proceeding was dictated by the Queen, who is not pleased that English popular feeling does not manifest itself enthusiastically towards her eldest daughter and her Imperial son-in-law. There is probably no truth whatever in this report, but it is circulated, and it is an instance of the uselessness of endeavoring to force public opinion. The question of the Prince of Wales’s debts—which has been mooted, not in a very audible manner, indeed, but with growing seriousness—has been set at rest. The unpleasant and dangerous proposal that these large liabilities should be discharged by Parliament will not be made. The Queen has paid her son’s creditors. The public will no doubt bs informed of the fact in some semi-official way, as the information has already been conveyed to those journals (notably the new weekly, the ‘World,’ which has established a character for knowing where and how to hit all manner of “raws” in public affairs and on persons whose rank entails duties as well as privileges), which indicated the imminence of a discussion which must inevitably trv the public temper and patience. The Duchess of Cambridge is in a very critical state of health. During her recent visit to Germany she had a stroke of paralysis, from which she rallied very quickly, and as she wished very much to return to England,- her physicians unfortunately allowed her to undertake the journey too soon. Her Royal Highness has had a second iittack, and though she is again rallying, she keeps her relatives and attendants in constant anxiety. The Royal Duchess is the last ol the ‘ old ’ generation ; with her will pass away the Georgian tradition.”