THE LAST DAYS OF VICTOR EMMANUEL. A.D

On New Year’s day the king had not felt well ; on the 4th hc was decidcdly ill. On the 5th the news of General La Marmora’s death arriving, gave him a great shock, and he wrote a telegram of condolence to the family, the last words he ever penned. Violent feverset in, accompanied by inflammation of the lungs, which was aggravated by his own imprudence in having got out of bed at night and gone on the balcony to cool himself. Every day the disease took more alarming proportions. Prince Umberto and the Princess Margherita were the only members of the royal family then at the Quirinal. Telegrams were sent in every direction to summon the absent ones, but too late. On the morning of the çth the king was decidedly worse ; the utmost consternation reigned throughout the palace. The grief of the prince and princess was indescribable ; the latter had eamestly entreated to be allowed to sit ail night with the patient, but her husband would not permit it. At an early hour a cardinal had corne from the Vatican with kind inquiries from the Pope about the health of the royal patient After being bled there was a slight