The morning call., 1893-03-15
BY EASY STAGES.
Queen Victoria Will Go to
Italy.
SOME GOSSIP OF ROYALTY.
The German Emperor Wants All the
Young People of His Country
to Bow to His Will.
lie GOSSIP OF ROYALTY.
Special to THE MoRSrNa CALL.

LONDON, March 1.-THE Queen has
wisely decided not to make the long jour
ney from Windsor to Florence without a
halt. as was originally arranged. She will
now leave Windsor on Monday after
luncheon and at Portsmouth embark at
o'clock on board the Victoria and Albert,
which will remain in the harbor during the
night, and the Duke and Duchess of Com
naught will dine on board with the Queen.
On Tuesday the Victoria and Albert will
sail for Cherbourg as soon as the morning
papers, kilograms and letters have arrived
board after reaching Cher bourg, and early
in the evening she is to leave the port sta
ton for Florence, where she will arrive on
Thursday afternoon.
1t is quite likely that the Princess of
Wales will not be seen in London this sea.
son. and she may not return to England
until the middle Of September. On the ter
mination of the Osborne's cruise along the
Italian coast the Princess Is going to Athens
on visit to the King and Queen of the
Hellenes, and it is probable that she will
make long stay there. going afterward to
Gmunden for the early part of the summer
and then to Denmark for the usual family
gathering at Fredensb0rg Castle.
There is no foundation for the persist
emily circulated report that the Duke of
Aosta visited England with matrimonial
object The Duke can marry only a Roman
Catholic. He is presumptve heir to the
throne of Italy, and his succession is highly
probable, as his cousin, the Prince of
Naples, is in very delicate health. 1t is by
no means improbable that a marriage will
be arranged between the Duke of Aosta
and Princess Clementne of Belgium. the
youngest and only unmarried daughter of
the King and Queen of the Belgians.
The marriage Of Prince Ferdinand of Bull
garia and the daughter of the Duke of
Parma is TO be celebrated at Viaregglo,
Italy. on April 10. The greater part of the
honeymoon will be spent on board the
yacht of the Duke of Parma, but the Prince
and his wife propose to visit some Of the
chief seaports of Italy and Greece on the
way to Varna, where a royal reception
awaits them. After a sojourn of some
weeks in Sophia. they Will make tour
through the principal towns of Bulgaria.
The German Emperor is furious at hav-
ing been thwarted in his matrimonial
plans by the obstinacy of Prince William
of Luxembourg. and his anger finds an
echo in certain section of the Prussian
press, which never tires of upbraiding the
future Grand Duke for abandoning the
glorious Protestant traditions Of the house
of Nassau. The Luxembourgers, however,
are almost all ardent Catholics, and are
prepared to welcome the wealthy grand
daughter Of John of Portugal with open
arms. The only difficulty seems to be the
want OF a residence in the grand duchy,
for the new palace of the Grand Duke has
scarcely risen above the foundations, and
the millionaire bridegroom has hitherto
tenanted a mere shooting-box.
II appears that the real cause of the En-
peror Of Austria's unexpected visit TO Ter
rtet was q change for the worse in the
health of the Empress, of which entire
sleeplessness Is one of the symptoms. An
eminent specialist was also summoned
there to meet him. The Empress Is now
engaged in the study OF Greek, and de-
sires, if possible, TO make a tour OF India.
Her medical advisers favor these ideas as
tending to distract her attention from the
melancholy reflections in which she is too
disposed to indulge.