The morning call., 1891-11-10
EXPENSIVE VISITORS
Italy'S SOVereigns Not Invited
to England.
The Cars Great Dislike 10 The German
Emperor.
HISmaFk'S Book Not 10 Be Published Cause
Of Prince LuGien BOnaparte's Death.
Dukes Nemesis.
Special 10 TIE MoaNINe CALL

NEW YORK. Nov. ga special corre-
tpOndent cables from London the following:
l have the best authority for stating that
there is no foundation whatever for the re-
port that the King and Queen of Italy are
TO pay state visit to England next year,
when it has been announced they will be
the guests of the Queen at Windsor Castle
and Buckingham Palace. Their Maiesties
have never yet been invited to come to En-
gland, nor have they ever expressed a wish
10 undertake such an expedition. The King
and Queen of Italy could not come to En-
gland without going also to some of the
other courts, and the expense of q sover-
eiRn's visit is so enormous that any such
tour would be regarded as singularly unrea-
sOnable In the present disorganized state of
Italian finances.
The palaces Of Sandringham has been an
unlucky place for the Prince of Wales, who
never would have purchased the estate If
the Prince Consort had lived another year
Sandringham was bought from Spencer
COwper for goo COO, mainly through the in
fuence Of Lord Palmerston, the stepfather
of the vendor. The nominal rental was
about eT000 year. but the whole estate was
in the worst possible order. The house is
small and dilapidated and the dOmicile has
been utterly neglected. The Prince had
TO build and plant, and indeed to carry out
costly improvements OF every kind both on
the palace aud on the estate. The whole
rental has been exrended on the property
during the last twenty years, in addition 10
oh ba
house, new gardens, park and home farms,
which is nearly as much as the original pur-
chase money.
Prince Lucien BUnaparte had suffered for
some years from weak and Irregular action
OF the heart, and as the iOgS last winter
were distressing to him here he decided to
leave London this autumn for Italy, where
he died. His friend and physician, Isam-
bard Owen, was with him in his last mo-
ments. In the early part OF this wear An
derson Critchell successfully operated upon
Prince Lucien for cataract, and the closing
months of his life were considerably bright
ened by his restored sight
The story in the daily papers about the
Emperor of Russia giving up his Intended
visit TO Berlin because the German Govern
ment had Informed him that there was
plot there to make an attempt on his life is
the purest fiction. A CORES pOndent in
Copenhagen informs me that the Emperor
never for a moment entertained the idea of
visiting Berlin, as it was his particular wish
TO avoid meeting the German Emperor, for
whom he has great dislike, sentiment
which he takes no pains to conceal. The
total expenses of the Fredansborg hospital
!ties amounted TO saboRt ESQ, 900, bat this
outlay does not fall upon the King of Den
mark, as everything Is paid by the Emperor
OF Russia Oh the occasion Of these family
meetings.
II has only been under extreme pressure
that Prince Bismarck has finished the first
volume Of his memoirs, which, however,
scarcely brings him beyond the threshold of
his public career. He has decided that no
part OF the work is to be published during
his life time. The fact is that, by a law
which Prince Bismarck himself passed
when he was prosecuting the late Count
Won Arneim, Prussian Minister or En-
bassador is prohibited from publishing any
documents whatever which relate to pubic
or official transactions, without the express
permission of his sovereign; the result be-
Ing that Prince Bismarck would be obliged
to submit his prOof-sheers to Emperor Will
lam for his approval, a humiliation which the
ex-ChancellOr certainly would not endure as
his Majesty would be sure to cut out the
most interesting and important passages.
have reason to believe that Lord Lytton
will shortly resign the Paris embassy in
consequence of the unsatisfactory state of
his health, and that his successor will be
Lord Dufferin.
In Charles Nesbitt Frederick Armstrong,
who, by the way, claims pedigree almost
as long as that OF the BourbOns, the Due
d'Orleaps will find an adversary worthy of
his steel. While at Brussels Armstrong
carried everything before him in matches
with dueling swords and finally won the
championship at foils. He was also a for
midable boxer, and beat all the members of
the club which assemblies at the we'll
known Sale Dupont, except one. His hos
tile intentions toward the Duke have been
an open secret in Brussels for some time,
and month ago he wrote to one of his for
mer adversaries, asking for his services as
second whenever he succeeded in finding
the Duke. Armstrong; feats of strength
astoDished the people of Brussels almost as
much as his wife's singing.
Sir William Harcourts eyesight Is in a
very critical condition. His eyes became
troublesome about eighteen months ago,
and he went last year to consult the famous
oculists at Wiesbaden, from whose treat
ment he derived much benefit for some
time. His case latterly has become very
serious, and the sight of one eye is nearly
lost and the other is threatened. The case
Is a peculiar one, and as no operation can
be performed the grayest fears are enter
fafn