It was in this month that His Majesty was elected to the fellowship of the Royal College of Physicians of London at a comitia of the College--an honour which he valued highly. As a non-medical fellow the King had had only three predecessors, the Marquis of Dorchester in 1658, the Duke of Manchester in 1717, and the Duke of Richmond in 1729. The Royal diploma was, it is understood, specially composed for the occasion, and did not give the new fellow complete freedom to practise in his new profession! Later on, His Majesty was destined to experience in his own person the marvellous benefits which modern surgery has placed at the service of suffering humanity. [Illustration: THE KING AS GRAND MASTER OF THE KNIGHTS-HOSPITALLERS OF MALTA, AT THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE’S BALL _From a Photograph by Lafayette_] The rest of the Diamond Jubilee year was spent in comparative quietude by the King and Queen Alexandra, although His Majesty took an active part in the exceptionally brilliant season. He attended, among other great functions, the Fancy Dress Ball given by the Duchess of Devonshire, wearing on this occasion the splendid costume of the Grand Master of the Knights-Hospitallers of Malta. King Edward and Queen Alexandra left Marlborough House on 10th August for Bayreuth, and His Majesty arrived at Marienbad on the 18th, travelling _incognito_ as Lord Renfrew. Her Majesty went to Bernstorff to visit her parents, and was joined there early in September by the King. His Majesty afterwards visited the Empress Frederick at Cronberg, and returned to Marlborough House on 25th September, while Her Majesty prolonged her stay in Denmark till October. On 16th October the King stood as sponsor at the christening of the infant son and heir of the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough--an interesting occasion, for His Majesty had been godfather to the Duke himself some twenty-five years before. This summer was also rendered memorable for the visit paid by the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York to Ireland. Their Royal Highnesses spent a fortnight there, stopping with the Lord-Lieutenant, Earl Cadogan, in Dublin; afterwards visiting some of the great houses of the Irish nobility, and seeing a great deal of the lovely scenery for which Ireland is famous, including Killarney, from which the Duke takes the title of Baron. In Dublin the Duke of Cornwall and York and the ever-popular Lord Roberts were installed with great pomp and ceremony as Knights of the Order of St. Patrick. The Duke wore the same sword which his father had used when he was installed some three-and-twenty years before. [Illustration: THE DUKE OF CORNWALL AND YORK IN HIS ROBES AS A KNIGHT OF ST. PATRICK _From a Photograph by Lafayette_] His Royal Highness on the termination of the visit wrote the following letter to Lord Cadogan, the Lord-Lieutenant:-- “MOUNT STEWART, NEWTOWNARDS, CO. DOWN, _8th September 1897_.