, 1866-11-18
TIE QUEEN VICTORIA SCANDAL.
svh.. tho Brisaah Art.tocracy rn1nk.

The general reader is aware that an OBJ
aeu1e Swiss paper lately insulted Queen Vic
tor1a BY publishing some scandal. Mr. liar
Es, the representative of Her Majesty,
deemed 1t Of sufficient Importance to take
notice Of The result vns N apology. Pre-
cise1y what waB pub&flhed, is not gwen In
the English pape1, but it Is understood to
have been something pretty outrageous, aud
whose name has betofe-ln polite ears,
too. In England associated with
that of the Queen, OF whom he
!. Tie faithful Aighlnna ,tgillie Or
sttendaRs. end Rs: ~. London eosTesp'adent
circumstances, goes on 10 say: Your read.
ers, doubtless, know that tho Queen is not at
present In favor among tho higher classes.
Our azistoc1acy, who have long ago reduced
the crown, rs far as power Is concerned, to
Palace OF the Llama Of Thsbet, have the idea
firmly fixed In their heads that au English
soreFeigu's first duty is to lead what is call
cd the fashionable world. Now IL Is noto-
rious that this e Just what our Queen is At
her husbands lifetime her extremely ex-
citable temperament rendered her,
particularly IN hot summer weather, iacaua*
bic Of going through any kiad OF fati,ulng
ceremony Since her luss. she has been so
at her Highland residence enable her pSooa-
bly, 10 escape from wortc cvli than has yet
bciallen her. All this should entitlc her to
compassion; and It Is ccrtain that tue mass
ofthe people bear her no sll-xiil. Mr: Bright
Who iisfru 10 hin. but the arissocratic jour
malls, BY his respectful illusions to tho
Queen. In what Is called here 'tsoc'ety,"
disloyalty is rampant. Idle tales, which
have M foundation bnt in socfety's"
iutcrse dissatisfaction with sovereign WHO
has "yirtu"lly abdicated," as the Tanes says,
arr whispered about, and tyen find their way
into a,istpcratic print. Why the unlucky
editor Of the Lausanne Ga=ette shonll be CT
pteted to be more loyal TO ons Queen than
the great families Of England and their news
paper organs, I do not know. AS to this
John Brown story Chow frtghtfully uuar,sto-
cratic It sounds y SO notorious have they
made 1t that, when In q committee room
OF the House Of Commons, where
since, m allnslon vas mad. to .
<.Awhland gillic," shout Of laughter Ia
the rt,om betrayed the iiea which II. audi
ence associated with the name: This scrt
of thing WAS much praeueed IN the lass
successful in fixing odious impusations upon
Ri to them. No good Nhig Of the early
days Of George the Third refused to credit
tue scandal about The Kings mother and
King George did not escape tho effects Of
PARTY scanlall. But the Wilklies of1T76 did
-nut descend quite SO low us tho disa!f:ctcd
upper ten Thousand Of this present year
of grace. ss11ow do know It!" asked a
1rmea that every body knew IT,: "Khy has
not the silly woman just had portrait
done Of he self and John Brown all in one
Photograph Well, am aflnid 1t must be
admitted. The photograph IS IN eve5y shop
jesty, On fayor,tc rough Highland pony,
and there stands, holding the aus.nal's head
a mlddle.agcd !; Struinan, with what are
known 10 lro.. ,sora OF hafr-drcssins as
.tmutton-chop" Mhiskers, and atti7ca IN OF,
thodox Highland costume. ! suppose this
is John Brown. But the evidence OF immo.
rallty may, to legal ulind at lenst, appear
scanty. In the first placc, In order to have
portrnit OF yourself on horseback taken, II
would appear absolutely necessary thai
John Brown! Supplemented persons may
perhaps reply, Certainly, why not? unles!
there vas something to be concealed In con
nec,ion with that person, In which case h'
Eould probably have been excluded from
the photograph Seriously, It does seen
hard that 4 Queen ctnnot even have a faith
f1l, trusly, middlc-3ged serving man withou
giving occasion Tor the waggiug Of fcolis!
tongues in Dtlgravia md Mas. Fair. Eve,
poor John Brown has not escape!
VIII. Only the other day our papers IN
formed us that that he had turned ont to b
drunken ecoundrel, and had been dis
Charged john Brown, instead Of bringiu
an action for libel, wrote meekly to his stan
desers to say that he WAS aot druuke
ecoundscl, and had nnt been discharged
Wherenpon our 1'1H Mall Gd-et!e was q
usual, sarcastic and suggestive, and, nfte
telling its readers that Aberdccnshirc In pal
t.cuiar. and all persons who take prope
interest In the affairs Of the Court, hav
been very much asitated Of late BY Euclo
that John Brown, the Queens fayorit
Highland attendant, had been su
pc5dcd from his position. that loaq
ave nre happy to Give eadlitions
currency to the statement that there s:.u
foundation Whatever for the dfsquicttng n
NOR. It has been contradfcted on the be
and most urdoubted authority, and we r
ceive with pleasure the assurance that at .
time has j. B. been dismissed or susrcndc
from the situation he now holds as pc
eonal after dart upon the Queen, and that
owes bis rise and promotion to his e1empiai
conduct aud the conscientious discharge
Ills duty duri,.g period of fifteen years
Docs not the jud!ctons reader perceive tn
the sly dog who renned this apology has
own opinions on this delicate matter! Al
thts is the journal that Is so shocked at y
SKinburne's alleged indeltcacy!