New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-05-07

parent. Soon afterward the latter was
made Duke of York, and later, some
time after his fathers accession to the
throne, he was made Prince Of Wales.
In November, 1871, the late King, then
Prince Of Wales, was taken i'll with
typhoid fever. With Lords Chesterfield
and Lonsdale he had been to Scarbor-
ough, and on returning from there all
the members of the party were seized
with the malady. One of the grooms
and Lord Chesterfield died, and for many
days the life of the royal patient was
despaired of.
On December 10 prayers were offered
up in all the churches for his recovery.
On the 18th hope was almost abandoned,
and then, on the evening Of that day, he
had a CLEAN of consciousness and rec
ognized the Queen. From that moment
the fever abated. and the tension of the
public mind, which had been strained to
the utmost, lessened
Thanksgiving for Recovery.
The recovery of the prince was tedi-
Gus. However, the strength which had
been lost gradually returned, and the
prince was again able to leave his house
as well as his room. 1t was then con-
sidered fitting that there should be a
day of public thanksgiving for his re-
covery. and that the course followed
should be that pursued when George III
went in state 10 St Paurs after his ILL
ness in 11SS The day chosen was Feb
ruary -, 1872 The public demonstra-
ton when the Princess Alexandra en-
tered London was tremendous. yet the
demonstration when the prince went TO
ST. PauIs was still grander and more
impressive. The impression upon those
who were the chief personages in the
procession is rendered in the following
letter which the Queen sent to Mr.. Glad
stone, and which appeared in The Lon
don Gazette for March /:
The Queen is anxious, as on a previ-
Gus occasion. to express publicly her own
personal very deep sense of the reception
she and her dear children met with on
Tuesday, the 9th of February, from
millions of her subjects on her way to
and from st. Paul's. Words are too
weak for the Queen to say how very
deeply touched and gratified she has
been. by the immense enthusiasm and af-
lection exhibited toward her dear son
and herself. from the highest down to
the lowest on the long progress through
the capital, and she would earnestly wish
to convey her warmest and most heart
felt thanks 70 the whole nation FOR this
great demonstration of loyalty. The
Queen. as well as her dear son and dear
law, felt that the whole ma
ton Joined with them in thanking God
for sparing the beloved Prince of Wales's
life. The remembrance of this day and
of the remarkable order maintained
throughout will ever be affectionately
remembered by the Queen and her fam
lily"
Tour of India.
In the autumn of 1870 the prince made
4 tour through India. He had been am
bilious for years to make the trip, and
there were good reasons of state for the
tourney. The imperial government had
been established for sixteen years, and 1t
was thought that it would do the coun-
trv only good to have the heir to the
Of the Indian Empire. The trip was be
gun on October II, 1870, from Charing
Cross amid the cheers Of a great crowd
of people He travelled on the troop
ship Scraps. and the voyage 10 Bombay
was accomplished without accident or
hitch. The honors which were show
cred upon the prince were of a magnifi-
cent character For many years. al
though other and weightier matters oc-
cupied his attention, the princes favor
tie topic was his journey to India
Three years later he was the president
If the English commission at the Paris
exDosition. There, as at 81 places where
he acted for his country. he displayed
tact and won the good will of those who
came in contact with him.
Became a Free Mason.
In 1870 he became Free Mason. and
from the day of his induction into the
raft he was an enthusiastic member
He resigned his place as grand master
only, after he had become the King of
ENGLAND. He was introduced to the
mysteries Of the order by the King Of
Sweden while ne was on Il visit 10
Stockholm.
At the time of his marriage the income
-, the King. then Prince Of Wales, was
settled on the proposal of Lord Palm
erston il was decided To grant his
rovaI highness 100000 a year and f10.-
ooo for the use Of the princess, the
ducbv of Cornwall being expected to
an
t,;oop0 This estimate has been ex-
ceeded, with the exception of two or
three years, for the last quarter of a
century The King also received II 500
a. colonel Of regiment, the income Of
himself and the Queen being thus more
Than f1lI 800 and his town house was
kent I'D by the country When he came