NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE visit of the King and Queen to King Victor Emmanuel at Gaeta on Thursday week had no worse sequel than mutterings in the German Press. The visit was simply an act of friendship without political significance. At Naples the King and Queen were received by the Duke and Duchess of Aosta. The Queen bought coral and tortoiseshell presents in the shops of Naples like every one else, and the King and Queen may have been puzzled to know whether they enjoyed more the motor-drives in the Sorrento Peninsula, or the splendid panorama of the Bay of Naples and its islands as seen from the Royal yacht. At Santa Chiara Church on Monday the King was refused admittance by the monks, who were at dinner. One of the monks, speaking through the bars of the closed door, repeated the usual formula for beggars : " Go in peace; there is nothing for you." It is said that be " could not find words to excuse himself " when he discovered his mistake ; but we fancy that the King may have found words for him on the undoubtedly true principle that a pure mistake is not a worse mistake because a King happens to suffer by it. On Tuesday the Victoria and Albert' went to Palermo.
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