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o wasLouise Carolina Reus9 was married to Prince Edward of Saxe-Altenburgb, Duke of Saxony, at Greiz.Rtrssza.An Imperial Favour.—The youn and lovely Princess of Hesse Darmstadt, who lias lately married the heir to the throne of all the Russiaa, was most agreeably surprised on her arrival at St. Petersburg by a delicate attention, or, rather, a spontaneous effusion of real heartfelt kindness, from her imperial father-in-law. On being conducted to her apartments, she found them completely furnished, even to the most minute details of footstools, c., exactly in the same style as the suite of rooms at the Ca9tle of Darmstadt in which she had* laughed away the happy hours of childhood. On the drawing-room table was placed a 9mall silver bell. The Emperor requested the Princess to try whether the bell had the same sound as that which she had at Darmstadt. The Princess shook the bell, when suddenly the doors were thrown open, and all the old and faithful servants, to whom she had bid adieu, and whom she thought were then in the Ca9tle at Darmstadt, rushed in, and overwhelmed the Princess with their acclamations of joy, at being still allowed to serve her whom they had watched over from the hour of her birth. The young Princess was overcome with joyful surprise, and poured forth in glowing terms the expression of her gratitude to her imperial father-in-law. The Times puts forth the following scrap of royal scandal. The Morning Post gives it a flat and total contradiction; but it is reaffirmed by the Times— “ Private letters from Vienna of the 20th ultimo state that the wife of the son and heir to the Emperor Nicholas had (although enceinte) determined to quit her husband, and return to her father at Darmstadt, in consequence of a series of brutal treatment to which she was exposed. The Duke of Leuchtenberff is said to have deeply regretted having quitted his happy residence at Munich to marry a Russian Princess, and fix his residence at St. Petersburg; where he lms received many incivilities from his tather-in-law, the Emperor. The unfavourable accounts received at Munich of the manners of the Court of St. Petersburg are said to have prevented the marriage of the Prince of Bavaria with the Grand Duchess Olga, whose hand is now offered to the Duke de Bourdeaux.”Lieutenant-General Grabbe, Adjutant-General of His Majesty the Emperor, and Commander of the Forces against the Circassians, lias arrived at St. Petersburg from the Caucasus, probably with the view of deliberating nn t.hp. nlnn nt thi* nainnai*?n to bn onnnnd inman
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London Monthly Times
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, Apr 04, 1842
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