COURT GOSSIP.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 142, 17 November 1874, Page 3

COURT GOSSIP.

■The London lady correspondent of the Argus writes:—“The Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh have gone up lo Dal moral on a visit to the Queen. Ihe Duchess was well received hy the Scotch people. She is not looking well, and has been enjoined quiet for a little time, ihe Prince of Wales is in Germany, lie was present at the confirmation of his nephew, the eldest sou of the Crown Prince and Princess—a very stately ceremony. Surprise and displeasure have been excited here by the announcement that the Prince of Wales took part in the Berlin rejoicings for the victory of Sedan, and that lie 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 rumour is abroad that the equivocal proceeding was dictated by the Queen, who in not pleased that English popular feeling docs 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 endeavouring 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 be 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 try 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 100 soon. Her Royal Highness has had a second attack, and though she is again rallying, she keeps her relatives and attendants in constant anxiety. The Royal Duchess is the last of the ‘old ’ generation ; with her will pass away the Georgian tradition. A sad affliction has befallen the Count and Countess do Charnbord, in the death of their niece, the young Countess Bardi, who married hardly a year ago, and died the other day, not quite nineteen. She was a very amiable and pleasing young woman, and the only member of the family who added good looks to attractive mental qualities.”