Show Thrones Go ABegging I ITlt1I111 It Is I no mean distinction to have refused re-fused a crown Thero Is probably not on man In a million who would decline a kingdom It It wen offered him In pile ot the retlem nfght and foatful days that are commonly supposed to bo the lot of n king Even Cromwell III I sold to have refusd the crown ef England more from fear ot others than from any other motive llut there hate been many men since Cromwell who hove refused to wear a monarchs certain Thirtylive years ago Allen the throne 01 Greece wo Vacant more thin one treat English stateman might have ruled over the destinies ot that classic countrj but the dimcultles In the w ay1 were formidable I formid-able Mf Gladstones name wai freely mentioned In connection with the crown of Greece though us Mr lad alone was 0 member of the government at the time the proposal never took definite shape The late Lard Derby hpweer who had strong sympathies with Oreoc was offerd the crown and refused It throwIng throw-Ing away AID ooo a year and a kingdom It wan not the flrt lime a man had refused lo fit on the throne of flrece prince Loopulda rennin for refusing the crown wait that the proposed bounds boun-ds rl eT of tile country were Insufficient the exclusion of Crete especially In flulancing his decision Mae I1 Queen Victorias sons the duke of Hdlnburgh Hni oIRa lAfteirl l offered the Grecian crown He waa appealed I l to In the SO1 0 at the time Lord Derby declined the crown but was compelled to cfuse the offer coating td tM aftl hal ot thom powers who strongly fleet I fle-et red their opposition to Prince Alfred Al-fred being crowned king of th f flecks The throne wag then offered to the present klngon hOM hholtlt ws oc pled by his father the King of Den < irK The crown ot AustrianHungary waa ret user In the middle ot tlu Century by th Archduke Franz Karl the father of the pre Iere emperor1 King lerdlnand I I sibilliuse test In December the throne thenUescendlnc In 1 the ordinary course to Arohduka Franz Karl The archduke arch-duke however de Mned Ihe crown 1o hl which he wl Minded over fo big son who still wears It Another crown which has been more lhan once refused Is I the crown of ellonj In it Alit Whim Itoumanla was declared a kingdom 1 It wan settled that the throne should descend to Prince TAo pold 1 the eldest brother1 ot the then relenlnB king The prince however oluntarlll yielded 1114 rights to the tuwn in a fntor of bis son Pilnie Wll I helm Ihe Iclillndatlon being t tiller dIn 1 d-In tile semle In October ISO J 1rlni Wllhelm remained hlr apparent ft elzht sears but lowaifl Tne end or MR h formally letueed to aivept the crown and his brother hecnme b > lr apparent ap-parent being now 1rlnee ot Houmanla The prince has r nee marill Princess Pc Mnrle n EinnddauBhtrr of Queen Vic Irl Ni mm 5eklp 694 11 i I be RfHil I f gi toon Ifl Irldeo 1 lJI 1 It fI TP futluK irn n PilncB Natwlein nlik nnlllo1 Plonllnn BOH nf n brother if I Napoleon Jionapaitf oUR Imltcd 1 to sit on the throne of llouinnnla aa the first king ot that country lut lie 1 declined the offer believing nt the time that he might ascend the throne or Trance Ho the bird III the hand new uway und 1 then blt1 In 1M oUh IVO her mUllht b1frha n lbao blori 1 1 ln led 1 bo b7mrrl as e n ZI In Of e nt It alu A try In I ya Iory e 171 11 ho ocllIe1 OM crown In tire linim ot receiving IIn oher and lost both iirly In I the vrlr rat century roi1l nand VII renounced the crown ot Fpuln In favor of his father who again re fixed II In favor of Napoleon The Rrent ronitleror had to face ft nation In manna however and never took the crown The story of Lnnl lInonnnolo1 goblet crwn pratiblem us with an olhe Inolnn though them was no IImn III Ihlo Iromo CroWII Tho nirVw1serarnWTdfToVfcron I Inir Ix > id llcacdnneld orlnglnnteil la I now B cftold t but a lone na he fixed lie never rcoered from the blow of Ixinl Itea onsneldM refusal of hl I tribute Mr Tracy TUrneerelll receded 1 subscriptions subscrip-tions from MOW pmple toward his gold laurel wreath but In Tune H70 when he formally offered the crown to hIs Idol l 1 this was refused |