30 JULY 1898, Page 3

The detailed reports as to Prince Bismarck are not such

as to cause any very great alarm. For example, Wednesday's bulletin published by the Hamburgiseher Correspondent states " To-day he has partaken of caviare, eggs, and scraped ham; be has also drunk some beer and light champagne. At 8.5C this morning he sat up in bed and read the papers with great care, and he has already smoked one pipe." It is also stated that the illustrious patient sleeps well,—a feat which younger men do not always find easy after a diet of beer, champagne, and caviare. Prince Bismarck's trouble is said to be gout. Evidently his medical advisers agree with those doctors who hold that the complaint requires to be treated like a gentleman.