New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1867-06-16


inadequate representation. The Liberals do
not object to this, but want an entire reds-
tricting of the kingdom to be made so as to
approximate more to the American style.
The reform bill for Ireland and Scotland
has been introduced. 1t is tolerably salts
factory, and no doubt after the proper
amount of tinkering, will be made entirely
| so. -
The government here proposes to buy all
| the telegraph lines in the kingdom, to work
| them in connection with the postotfice de-
| partmeut, and to deliver letters by telegraph
| at rates not greatly above the present post
age charges. A bill for that purpose, it Is
believed, will pass parliament at its present
| session.
| The Alabama claims have again been heard
| of The earl of Derby stated in the house of
| lords the other night that the American
government had consented that the claims
might be arbitrated. This statement Gre
| ated some sensation, as it has not been be-
lieved that the Washington administration
| would consent to step that implies there
| may be any doubt as to its having any
claims. But it has since been assertained
| that the Washington government had only
| said that the amount of the bill that it held
| against England might be settled by arbi-
| tration, if she would admit that there
was a rightful claim against her for the
| losses inflicted by the Alabama and the
| other rebel prvateers. 1t is believed
IN some circles here that the result of the
| affair will finally be that England will &C
knowledge the debt and offer to pay it by
| ceding to the United States the territory of
| British Columbia, which Mr.. Seward is I'M
| derstood to desire to obtain. Some go so
| far as to say that this will be a cheap way of
| getting out of the scrape-fOr If the United
| States wants British Columbia very much,
] II, al, l.
beginning to believe that America Is not
afraid to do anything she pleases now, with
out regard to the wishes or opinions of the
rest Of mankind.
On the 10Th of this month Queen Victoria
so far emerged from the seclusiOn in which
she has kept herself for the past six years
as to appear in London upon public oCCa-
sion not connected with her royal state. She
| came up to town and laid the cornerstone
of the new Hall of Arts and Sciences ia
| Kensington-a building which was one of
the schemes contemplated by her husband
for some time before his death. A tolerably
large crowd witnessed the ceremony. The
queen reached the ground upon which the
building is to be erected at halfpast eleven,
and all was over before twelve. She was
dressed as usual in the very deepest mourn
ing. She was attended by her iavorite SON
in-aw. Prince Christian, and her three
Youngest children. Upon alghting from
of Wales and his brother Arthur, the duke
of Edinburgh. Albert presented his mother
with handsome bouquet, for which she
rewarded him with a kiss. The prince then
read to his mother brief address, in which
he reminded her that the proposed build
ing was scheme contemplated by his dear
father The queen replied in a voice
almost inaudible, saying that 1t had been
painful for her to take part IN the ceremony,
but that she yielded to the general wish,
and desired that the hall should bear his
name, to whom it will have owed its exist
ence, and be called "The Royal Albert Hall
of Arts and Sciences" Her majesty then
filed glass vessel with gold coins; it was
placed in cavity prepared for it, the corLrr
stone was lowered over il, and adjusted in
its place, the queen having first spread II lit
tie mortar under it with a gold trowel, and
then tapping it with an ivory hammer she
pronounced it well and truly fixed" When
she drove away the crowd cheered her,
which compliment now rather an unusual
one for her to receive, she acknowledged by
bowling.
By the way | do not think it is generally
known in America that Queen Victoria has
had an cter ofmarriage since her husbands
death, and that very sad consequences fol
lowed the contemptuous refusal which she
gave to her royal sutton. He was no other
| than his royal serenity Theodore, Emperor
of Abyssinia, and lineal descendant, as he
ClhliuS, OF Mig SOlDIlOn anu the queen Oh
Sheba. This illustrious monarch, hearing
of the death of Prince Albert, sent
TO Queen Victoria a letter condoling with
her on her affection, and offering his hand
and heart. No reply was sent to this tender
missive, which so enraged Theodore that he
seized and imprisoned the British consul
and all the other Englishmen residing in
his dominions, and treated them with such
cruelty that some of them have died. Find.
ing all other means fail, the queen at length
consented that letter civilly declining the
honor offered her should be sent to the en-
ragged and disappointed lover, but even this
would not induce him to " let upn on his
captives. He still holds them, and says If
any attempt is made to rescue them he will
execute them. His capital is far in the in
terror of Africa, and, this petty tyrant is quite
safe in defying the power of England.
Lately great quantity of rich presents
have been sent to bride him, but he will
not release them unless the presents are
brought to his capital, and the people who
have them in charge are afraid TO venture
within his power. If the queen had been a
little more civil in the first place she would
have saved great deal of trouble and
several lives. 1t is true Theodore is a negro,
but he Is an emperor, and his royal descent
is traced back TO u time when there was no
such thing as Plantagenet or Stuart in
existence. He is not very black, being of u
bright snuff color, and he claims to be q
Christian and gentleman.
The other night there was an interesting
debate in the house of commons on the sub
iect of extending the voting franchise to
women. In support of a motion to strike
out the word IMAM from the reform bill
and insert the word person" John Stuart
Mill delivered an extremely able argument.
He passed in review all of the usual objec-
tons urged against female suffrage, and an
initiated most of them. 1t was said, he re-
marked, that this was q new and startling
proposition, but we live In an age of new and
startling events. II was said that politics
Is not woman's business, but neither is it
mans business, except he is one of the few
who are paid to make it their business. Men
don't neglect their work because they have
votes, nor would women neglect their du.
ties if they had votes. Heridiculed the idea
that women should not vote because they
already had so much indirect influence, by
asking how very rich men. who VIGOROUSLY
have great influence, would like to be ex-
cluded from the polls on that account. A
number Of other speeches were made, pro
and con, and the motion was lost by vote
of 1876 to 70.
The princess of Wales is out of danger, but
is still unable to stand. Her baby was
christened the other day, and its royal
mother witnessed the ceremony from a sofa.
There Is still some hope that DR.. Living.
stone has not been murdered. At q recent
meeting Of the geographical society, reasons
for this belief were given, and perhaps the
great explorer may yet return and read the
fattering obituary notices that have been
written OF him.
What do you think of kingdom in which
there are q million of paupers, A return
submitted to parliament shows that In Eng
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