The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-08-04
FOR THE FLEET.
English Courtesies to Their
French Visitors.
Reception by Queen Victoria and the
Royal Family.
The Prince OF Wales TO Visit The Continent.
Why Lord Salisbury Declined a
German Decoration.
Special to THE MORNING CALL

NEW YORK, Aug. 9.-Edmund Yates
special cablegram to the Tribune from
London says the French feet is to arrive at
Spithead on the morning of August Goth,
and in the afternoon the Queen will receive
the officers at Osborne and the Admiral will
dine with her Majesty in the evening. On
tho morning of the 21st the Queen, ac-
cOmpanied by the Duke and Duchess of
Edinburgh and the Duke of Connaught, will
pass around the feet in the royal
yacht Albert. The Prince of Wales
is to leave London for the Continent, ac-
eording to present arrangements on the
evening of August 10Th. direct for HON.
burg. The Prince will remain in Homburg
until September 9th and then proceed to
Denmark to visit the King and Queen at
Fredensborg where the Princess will al
ready have arrived.
Emperor William offered to make Lord
Salisbury Knight of the Black Eagle. There
never was any idea Of the Prime Minister
accepting the order. for by doing
SO he would have created an en-
barrassing and undesirable mlsap-
BA0ANAS40u IA ChClG COulI al Europe.
Moreover the Queen must have returned the
compliments by giving the G. c. B. to Cap
riyi, which would have strengthened the
impressions abroad, which it was the object
of her Majesty and Salisbury to re-
move. The only British statesman who
was ever made Knight of the
Black Eagle was the Duke of
Wellington, who received the great Prussian
order from Frederick William Ill after the
battle of Waterloo. The consideration of
nearly 100 cases OF what is called an outrage
70 the Emperor are pending in Germany and
their increased number eXcites widespread
uneasiness. Several new charges have arisen
cut of tile recent slight accident on board the
imperial yacht, one of them appropriately
enough having been exaggerated by foreign
papers. They are as a rule disposed OF bv q
brief term OF imprisonment, but they are
p calculated to make the existing regime very
unpopular.
Prince Ferdinand of Hoherzollern, the
Roumanian heir-apparent is on his return
from Germany 10 reside in JaSsy, where he
Mlllreceive an allowance of go francs year.
The NacareSco dispute has had very seri-
Gus effect on the always delicate health of
Queen Elizabeth, who cannot be persuaded
to give up the cause of so many complica-
tions.
The Crown Prince of Portugal, weakly
child of 4 years, is suffering greatly from a
severe illness. His father, who has in
creased in weight to au alarming extent
since his accession, is advised very strongly
by his physicians to make visit to CarlS-
bad, but the political and financial com
plications OF Portugal render it impossible
for him to quit the kingdom.
Before the year is out England is to wei
come another royalty in the wealthy Maha-
rajah of Mysore. His departure, however,
Is attended by some difficulty. Certain
pTiests in Southern India have been de-
puted to study the abstrusa questions in
Yolyed IN the project before Mabaraiah i'm
perils his caste by crossing the black water.
The Bishop of Exeter is going to Japan
very shortly on visit to his son, vino is
Bishop of the Anglican missionaries in that
country. DR.. Biekersteth hopes to return
TO England by the middle of December 1t
Is surely not correct that DR.. Bickersteth's
travelling expenses are to be betrayed by the
church missionary society.
In spite of the advertised religious char
acter OF the Dore gallery, the entire coIlec-
tion has apparently palled upon the religious
world, and see that 1t is now for sale
One OF the most familiar faces in Parisian
musicale circles has vanished forever
ComteSse de Chambrun was personal
friend of every famous singer who has won
success during the last forty years, and she
devoted large sums. for she was wealthy
as well as Wagnerian, in the organization of
musical performances in her magnificent
music-room with her own matre de
chapelle. NJ t. Colonne, as conductor.
been among her latest favorites, and she
patronized Bach and Handel as well as
Wagner. Her trunks were already packed
for that yearly pilgrimage to Baireuth
which she never missed, when she caught
violent cold which carried her off