The morning call., 1893-05-10
TO SHUT OUT FIFE.
Victoria of Teck VIII Be Wife
to the Duke of York.
The Queen Has at Last Succeeded
in Heading Off a Possible
Scotch Dynasty.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

NEW YORK. May Edmund Yates
cables the Tribune from London: The
wedding of the Duke of York and the
Princess Victoria takes place in July.
either in London or at Kew Church.
where the brides mother was married
twenty-seven years ago. II the ceremony
takes place in London it VIII he in the
private chapel of Buc bingham Palace, on
very much the same lines as WAS the mar
-riage of the Duke and Duchess Of Fife.
All the clatter in the daily papers about
magnificent ceremonial. with its pOmp and
pageantry. is quite erroneous, for the Prln-
cess of Wales is particularly anxious, for
obvious reasons, that the wedding should
be lebrated as quietly as possible. There
was no engagement between the Duke of
! ork and the Princess until Tuesday last,
ana all the announcements on the subject
which have appeared in various journals
were purely speculative. For obvious
dynastic considerations the early marriage
OF the Duke Of York has been a great
object to the Queen and the Prince OF
Wales since his brothers death. The
Duke asked the Queens permiSsio 10
marry Princess Victoria at Windsor on
Sunday week ago ami he went 10 Rich
mond and proposed to her on Tuesday.
The OF Duke York and his bride will not
take up their residence at the palace until
the early part of EeXt year. They are to
pass the autumn and winter at Sandring-
ham. where they viii live in cottage on
the grounds which has been enlarged and
refurnished for them.
News reaches me from Constantinople
that the Sultan has desired Mrs Murray
Cookesey to paint a full length portrait in
oils of his favorite son. The lady is to be
congratulated, as it is the first time an
artist has been honored with such COM
mand. II appears that the Sultan at first
requested Mrs. Murray COokesley to paint
a portrait of his little daughter, but the
latter objected so strongly that the inten-
tion had to be given up aud the order to
paint the Prince was substituted.
Something very Ike split has occurred
between Gladstone and his youthful Home
Secretary. Asquith made serious faux
pas in trying to rush the employers liabil-
ity bill, and not only did the Premier in
fiction his sel'-assertive lieutenant al al
most unparalleled snub, publicly unsaying
what he had said, but gave him warm
talking to in private, and AsQuith is not. Of
the mood 10 take his seedlings lying down.
When Gladstone leaned forward on Fri
day to add his characteristic qualification
to the positive assertion of the mouth piece
of the Government the Home Secretary
hardly took the trouble to conceal his re-
sentiment.
Queen Victoria held a drawing-room
at Buckingham Palace this afternoon.
Among the ladies received by her Majesty
were Mrs. Edward j. Phelps, wife Of
Hon. E. J. Phelps, formerly American
Minister to Engand and at present one of
the counsel for the United States before
the Bering Sea tribunal; Mrs. General
George b. Williama. Mrs. Howell, Mrs.
j. B. Morgan, Miss Ursula Morgan, Miss
Romola Dahlgren and Miss Alice Day, ali
American ladies. They were presented
by Mrs. Henry White. wife of the Charge
d'Atfaires. American Legation.