The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1867-11-23

HeisrepreseDted in his Highland costume.
He was put in the prominent position he
now occupies, it is said, by order of the
Queen. was present when the Academy
was opened and this picture first exhibit
ed. The room in which it hangs was
crowded with the nobility and elite of
London. 1t was known that grand
likeness Of the Queen was to be the lead
| ing feature Of the Exhibition. All we're
on tiptoe to behold this great work of art.
But no one knew that Mr.. Brown was to
| be exhibited also. Wbeu the curtain
was rolled up there was an iDsensible
howl Of Indignation. Some ladies actu-
ally covered their faces. " It's Brownl
it's Brown what shamew r was heard
all round. Threats were made to cut
Browns head out Of the canvass, and it
will be done if TIE people have chance.
Crowds surrounded the picture all the
time, as people will look at disagrceable
object, and this picture is highly offensive
TO the Queens subjects.
THE REAL FACTS ABOUT Mr.. BROWN.
The Queen can have no society No
subject can speak to her without her per-
mission. She is as isolated az the statue
Of Nelson on the top Of the column at
Trafalgar Square. On the death of the
| Prince. who had done all the business of
the State she found herself alone with
the kingdom and an immense household
| to take care Of She could get nothing
| done. Her orders had to run through .
dozen or twenty hands. The royal SER
wants have a routine out of which they
will not 90, even for the Queen. 1t takes
about twenty to do one man's work. The
servant who opens one door will not open
the next. The one who brings pitcher
Of water will not fill the glass. Tho
Queen found in Brown a prompt, able
and attentive servant She gave him
| full charge Of her domestic arrangements.
IF she wishes to ride or walk, have car
riagc or a railroad train, her orders go
through Brown. He is attentive and
obsequious, but is an excellent business
man One of the Queens characteristics
is promptncss She exacts this Of her.
servants, and Brown meets this exactly.
He attends the Queen in all her journeys.
He presides over that portion of Wind
sor Castle appropriated as the Queens
residence. Into it none of the royal SER
wants enter without his permission. He
has more influence over the Queen than
any living man in the kingdom, and he
will hold his position, while the Queen
holds hers. But he is thoroughly detes-
ted BY all the household. Very little he
cares for that.
BROWN AT THE RAILWAY STATION.
The coming and going of the Queen
from Windsor is heraldcd in the court pa
per- All London goes TO see the arrival
or departure She has special train to
herself. A right royal train it is. It
consists of three coaches, an engine ele-
gantly adorned. and pilot engine that
goes before. Nothing is allowed on the
track while the royal train is running in
or out. Twenty minutes before the train
leaves London nothing is allowed to start
from Windsor. Nothing leaves London
till the signal is given that the Queen has
reached the royal station at her castle
i 1t costs the Queen $500 for the round
trip, which she pays out Of her OWN pock-
ct every time the train runs from Wind
sor to London and back Over this train
Mr.. Brown exercises supreme control
In the presence of hundreds of people as
Iscmbled in and about the station to wit
ness the royal sight, Brown enters the
middle coach, to be occupied by his Roy
al Mistress, and examines everything to
see that it is all right. He stands on the
crimson carpet stretching from the outer
door to the Queens coach. He locks
steadily into the eyes of the crowd who
are kept back by the railing and by the
police, and does so with the look of SER
want of the lower class, yet with as shrewd
and s'canny" look as any Scotchman
who ever crossed the border His quick
ear catches the sound of the advancing
cortege. The Queens train starts at half
after FIVE. 1t is twcr ty-seven minutes
after five and Her Majesty has not ap-
!, peared Said the officer who stood be-
side me on the crimson carpet, In answer
to my question, us not the Queen late f''
J, s'Do you sec that clock 1t is now twen-
ty-nine minutes after five. In half min
ute those doors will open, the Queen
will enter, take her seattle whistle will
sound and the train be in motion half af-
ter, precisely" Sure enough. at the ex-
act moment mentioned the doors werc
6 thrown open, and the Queen, headed by
Brown, entered. A short, thick-set, Ger
man-looking woman she was, dressed
wholly in black, followed by her younger
children and the ladies of her household.
She walked with sharp, imperious tread,
looking neither to the right nor to the
left. Brown handed her into the coach.
The doors went to with slam. Brown
gave signal and disappeared in one of
the apartments. The train moved on the
exact minute, amid faint cheers to the
Queen and loud execrations on Brown" !"
, - Correspondence Boston Journal.