[Sidenote: The Queen's New Title.] It was a congenial duty for the Prime Minister, entertaining these lofty views of the burden and glory of empire, to ask the House of Commons to vote £142,000 to defray the expenses of a visit about to be paid by the Prince of Wales to India. His Royal Highness had already visited the principal Colonies, but the customs of Oriental Courts, the ceremony and display considered indispensable, and, above all, the necessity for exchanging costly presents with the various Princes, rendered the expenses far beyond what any ordinary tour would involve. The money was cheerfully voted, for the public approved of the energy shown by the heir to the Crown in acquiring a personal acquaintance with all parts of the British Empire. There was less unanimity in the reception of the next important proposal of the Government, made after the Prince's return from India in 1876, namely, to supply such addition to the titles of the Sovereign as had been rendered appropriate by her assumption, in 1858, of the direct government of India. [Illustration: _A. Stuart Worthy._} {_By permission of Messrs. Graves._ H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G.] [Illustration: _G. F. Watts, R.A._} {_In the National Portrait Gallery._ EDWARD ROBERT, FIRST EARL OF LYTTON, 1831-1891. Only son of Lord Lytton, the novelist. Viceroy of India, 1876-1880; Ambassador to France, 1887-1891. Known in literature as "Owen Meredith."] [Sidenote: The Bulgarian Massacres.] [Sidenote: The Russo-Turkish War.]