The New York herald., 1870-03-22
GREAT BRITAIN.
Popular Progress Towards Republican Dsmoe-
raty and fru Institutions
The Dead Weight Of the Crown and
Morale Of Royalty.
LoSDos. March 2, 1870.

LONDON. March 2, 1870
ruH PRINCE oF WALES
In 3 former letter aavcrted 10 the fact tnst the
Queens ccndact m nolding herself -tesdiss, sloo'
from public lifs was having svers marked Inn ienee
upon English politics. and was Aelg. Il persisted
In. 10 hasten our already strongly defe oped 1en'
denotes IN the direction OF democracy. aver since
the eesrn OF rbr prince consoIt her Majesty mas
simply been proving 20 the peopesof Great brualh
that tney can get along quite well without royalty
m with IL, aud that even for fhe SUBSIDIARY pur-
poses OF ceremony and state parade the presence OF
tne occupant OF the throne can be dispensed with.
Emancipafed by Mr.. DIsrseIi's Reform blll, the
working classes have been swim % recognize this
fact ana already tho effects OF her dale.'y's con-
ouct are becoming clearly discernibe. Parliament
annually votes itS hundreds and tens OF hundreds
sserinx for the maintenance of royalty and the
radicals In the lower house are beginning 10 ssk
Tor what parpose such enormous sums distracted
from she Treasury Monarchy ia its time was
Nving and active principle In English Polsi,cs; out
now that the Queen has doaned her weeds, ana
keeps herself shut up In grim state within The
frowning turrets OF Windsor, that estate OF the
realm has become moribund. aud while existing In
name, has become, 90 far a. influence Is concerned,
practically dead
Queensnip having thus turned out politically use.
less among US, and been rallied at by republican
representatives IL has been decarci by the friends OF
the throne that at all events It will continue TO he
socially influential. Shut from ruling voice In
she government or the country II has been urged
that royalty wOuld ind Sufficient scope for It's cner-
ries In setting that pattern OF public morality and
In discharging those ofces Of poDular bene.action
which were so Characteristic OF the late Prince
Albert. Events have, however, recently occurred
which have completely disappointed these expecta
mons. Just Mt the very critical moment and turning
point OF English monarchy, when II s being weighed
In the balance by household suffrage constituencies
when the power OF the aristocracy In the upper
house is being swamped by the will OF the
people as manifested In the action OF the lower
chamber-where measures OF strongly 'eyelting
and democractIc tendency are being pushed through
the Legislature and where all the signs OF the times
are tending IN the direction OF what Is called,
s'Americanizng our insttntionsr-just at this time
above all others revelations have been made re-
specting the Prince Of Wales, during the late trial
which viii do more TO weaken the authority or the
Crown than any event Of recent years. Parliament
has been absorbed with the Intelligence; and even the
Irish Lana DILL itself has yielded in interest to the
Immoral details or the Mordannt divorce case.
Radicals do not care to conceal their satisfaction
over the matter. With John Bright in the Cabinet,
and nation groaning under grevous taxation,
they expect TO turn the evil doings OF his Royal
joints OF the harness. There indeed Indications
that something OF this sort VIII very shortly be at
tempted. Amid laughter and struggling cheers
honorable memDer-yea a aconservatve-gave notice
that he would direct the attention OF the house the
proceedings In the Divorce Court and would ask Mr..
Gladstone whether he would not defend the interests
OF public morality by prohibiting the publication OF
the reports.
The Treasury Bench was aghast at the harilhood
Of the honorable gentleman. Draw attention TO the
mtsdeeds OF the heir to the throne. there In the
hamber where Ii was treason to speak Of such high
personages except with bated breath and whisper
ing humbIenessl Ola LORD Palmerson would have
gone Off straRhtway into an olncal swoon at the
bare mention Of such proposal Household sut-
frage representatives, however, are not squeam-
lsh;n ana the 'hear. hears' with which the PROPOSE
ton was greeted. showed that even royalty must
nowadays submit itself to the standard OF the same
criticism as less sacred Institutions.
And nere fact lies the chief danger to the stability
of the English thrOne-be1ng talked about Time was
when no one would have dared to make remark In
the House OF Commons which would, even by impca-
tion, nave reflected upon the person or actions OF
parsonage OF royal blood: kind OF sacred reserve
and removing them from all possibility OF reproach
or censure. Parliament has. however, at last had
the courage to break through this barrier ana with
10 strong force OF radicals as we now have below
the gangway we may expect TO hear observations
,na up M nov nave Geea ~
have for years been hungering and thlrstng after.
They have long desired to speak out their senti-
ments with respect to the expense and qselessness
OF royalty; and the escapades OF hts HIghness OF
Wales conoined with the utter seclusion OF the
Queen, have at length given them the opportunity.
That they win take advantage OF it there Is little
doubt. England, with all her preudices. msman-
more practical and enlightened in her legislation;
and at o time when she Is sweeping away more
resoiutey than she has ever yet done Old abuses and
efete institutions she Is not likely TO tolerate at the
head Of her constitution another George the Fourth.
WHAT THE IRISH LAND BILL HAS TO GO THROUGH.
Passing bill through the British Parliament is a
work OF the most arduous and complicated descrip-
ton. Fenced about with formalities from the very
hour 1t Is introduced 1t continues to be treated with
the most anxious solicitude during the whole time
II is before the House, and up TILL the very last mo-
ment 1t Is encumbered with q whole host 0. techni
calities and procedures. Such VIII In very
especial degree be the fate OF MIR. Gadsones Irish
land measure. 1t Will nave to run the gauntlet Of
innumerabe ceremonies;it viii be taken 10 pieces
and put together again; 1t VIII be cobbled and
patched and tinkered clause by clause and in some
respects letter by letter TIL the whole fabric is, as
" were. built up and consolidated.
Bills, like imperial Rome are not matured IN
single day Constructed first Of AL BY the genius
the Cabinet and go through their first process OF
discussion and rearrangement. They are next
handed over to the Parliamentary lawyers, who
draft them after the customary fashion. introduce
into them the requisite legal pnraseology, and gen.
orally make them as complete as their experience
win allow. Thus adjusted, they are introduced by
the Minister VINO has charge Of Them, who makes
20 81 m h, aa
quest Is invariably complied with, and when they
are thus introduced the bills printed and crcu
lated among the members.
Perhaps no measure OF modern times has been
more carefully prepared tran Mr. Gladstone's Land
bill. Clause by clause and ltne by line the scheme
was debated In the Cabinet councils, Mr.. Bright and
Mr.. Gladstone on the one hand striving to make It
As liberal as possible; and the Carendons, De Greys
Argylls and others OF the witg aristocracy on the
other hand doing their best to imparr to 1t con.
6ervative character Every word almost was
weighed with the most jealous care; and It was
read, re-read criticised amended, altered aud adj
iusted In every shape before being submitted TO the
House.
As have sa,d opposition is never raised upon the
introduction OF biI be Its provisions as objection
able as they may the theory being that the full pur
porr OF LIS proposals cannot be understood Till they
have been studied lelsurely and IN detail by the
members. AS soon, therefore we shall say, as Mr..
Gladstone has finished his grafton he leaves his seat
upon the Treasury Bench and walks down to the bar
OF the House, where he takes his stand with the bill
IN his hand. Mr.. Speaker, seeing the Premier thus
waiting calls aloud his name in an tnterroQatiye
tone meant to imply what Is your business OF the
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