English society has been greatly annoyed by some discourtesy offered
by the Grand Duke Nicholas to Colonel Wellesley, the British military attaché with the army on the Danube. It is asserted, on the one hand, that the Grand Duke told him he was not welcome in the army ; and on the other, that the Colonel bad indulged in St. Petersburg in remarks greatly resented by the Russian officers. It appears certain, from a state- ment by Lord Derby, that Colonel Wellesley was so discourteously received that the Foreign Secretary complained to Count Schou- valoff, whereupon the Czar at once put matters straight. It is impossible to form an opinion about a " row" none of the details of which are known, but the probability is that the Grand Duke, in a fit of personal or professional annoyance, forgot that Colonel Wellesley presented himself in the performance of his official duty. "The Royalties" have rough tongues everywhere, and a Russian Grand Duke is very apt to forget that he has equals, though not in Russia.
