Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-06-20
The Visit of the Russian Duke to the Queen.

The Grand Duke Constantine, who arrived Mt
| Osborne on Saturday, May 80. took leave of her
Majesty on Sunday night, and on Monday
morning at five o'clock sailed in the Osborne
/ steamer for Calais, en- roHte to Hanover, where
| he was to meet the Grand Duchess on Tuesday.
On Sunday afternoon her Majesty had a short
! trip to sea in the Victoria and Albert yacht,
| accompanied by the Grand Duke, Prince Al
| bert and the Duke of Cambridge. The Morn
ing Herald takes exception in the manner and
time of the Grand Dukes visit
In France, the brother of the Emperor of
Russia has been received openly and publicly,
whilst to this country he has come as it were by
| stealth. If he visited the capital of France,
why not Gt is asked) the metropolis of Great
Britain! There must be a reason for all this.
The reason given is that account of the
great anxiety which exists in high quarters
that peace should at all hazards be maintained
1T was polite that there should be no Opportu-
nifty given to the English people to manifest
their feeling respecting the Russian war and
the peace which had been patched up.
Times was continues the writer) when the
government OF this great country would as soon
have thought of opening Portsmouth to the hos
tile navy OF France, as to have received. as it
were on the sly, foreign royal visitor for the
purpose of keeping the nation and the war party
of that nation to which he belonged in good
humor. But a change has come over us since
foreign influences have risen in the ascendant
With continental matrimonial engagements on
foot. and with other interests that would be
greatly endangered should war break out again
1t Is not convenient that the English lion should
raise his name or show his claws
But continues our Tory and loyal contem-
porary) if the manner Of the Grand Duke Con-
stantine's reception at Osborne be extraOrdi-
nary, the time at which it has taken place was
much more Objectionable. His imperial high
ness arrived; as of course was arranged, on
Saturday night, at Osborne. He was to leave
again on Monday morning. Something must
OF course. be done to amuse him, and therefore
though the day which he had to be enter
tanned was Sunday, the sacred obligation of that
day was unscrupulOusly laid aside, ana Ports
mouth and the shores of the Isle of Wight were
startled by the booming of guns, and all the
POmp and circumstance of a naval review day
We cannot express our astonishment on finding
that her Majesty, in the excess of royal hospi-
tality, should have forgotten that the Observ-
ance OF the day OF rest Is held as sacred by her
subjects, and that any public demonstration on
that day is justly considered by them as desc
Grafton. At half-past four o'clock on Sunday
afternoon the Royal Victoria and Albert, with
the Queen, Prince Albert, and the Grand Duke
Constantine on board, started upon a marine
trip. This put Portsmouth into a state Of i'm
mediate excitement for no sooner had the salute
of the vessels at Spithead recognised the royal
standard, than the artillery rushed to quarters.
and there were CONSERVATION and oommOtion
throughout the whole arsenal and neighbor-
hood. Never bcfore-we trust ii may never be
a2ain-did such an untOward cireumstance take
place, circumstance which can only be at
| tributable to thOughtlessness. But whatever
may have been the cause for its occurrence, il
was most untOward. and one which, more than
anything besides, il calculated 10 make the i'm
| preston of the Russian Imperial visit to the
! Court at Osborne unpopular,