, 1870-03-27


wore. tempting tho unhappy oce 20 her tssee
II VIA duel q outronrr, and Why SHOULD
Mar hcsitAtes To Kill or to be killed was the
inevitable conclusion, and Mary Stuart vas no
meek sufferer, fotEising her eneuies and bses-
fing those who rutsed her.
When the crisis for which they hs.i baen
plotting had come, and i: 1ast As.Sn6tua's
we1'ornr letter, with details which nobody
could mistake, VAS Put into her hands. the
consni1aiota on the other eide stood still anl
IN easy to realize. Here was the tragic point
on which Eft and death depended. They
watched her A. tand Of s7lfaans might w..ch
4 blinded creature wandering on the edge Of =
prccipica: OF rs W1eckcrs watch the shin With
their fa1sr lights have tes1iil,4I on to = fasal
sEore. Mould e,1n- angel iutcrtss. and rave
her At the lsst moment, or would nature, and
hope, and wrong, and tcHSeanco have their
way? -, .-..., $50,
vas examined by WaisinGha1n before it left
London, and waa forwarded br the asaal road
snd phillippe, who had been ii London, and
tlsere deci; bere<a il, retained to Ta0le. at
llz7lev, to watch its ara:ts~ May stuart
knew rhildFps hs ashs, spare, Rexsmasksn' "a
She l:.d bceu a!sc.tlr struck bE bis APPEARANCE
NocE.n ,lal susyested that ha might not be
r-oSf against 4 hrihe. She hsd tried him
gt,.tIr without sun,esa, but she had no pSzt1c0-
lar r,irtaciun of him. Ha kuaW tha moment
wteu the letter reached her; lie knew thst
che had rtsl it. When che drove out Il her
car.;agr afterwards, shc passed him, and 10
hceess respectfully. hsd q smiling counts~
natcs, he said. but thought of The verso,
Cl.En iii dlcit Ave. Siert ab hustle cave;
She Nac in lis tells. aad he wss too certain that
size woulh s.c involved in them. Another 1ettar
frons her and tbs work would be dome, We
attend: be wrete, her very heat At tho
next.
Whist do our readers ssy? l. 1t Elizabeth,
walsipgha.a, Fl4ilirp-t atid Clifford, Of M.1y
ard EatlnEtcn that s1e nlf.t guilty Of con-
spi1acv and murder: and how naurh had puEo
just:et to do with THE guidance Of the world
Nlen the last lied, and TIC hrst went frees
We Lave no mere Doubt, for OH own IaIe
that The 1etters were geurine. and that Mary
thinking it actually matter OF iess lnpos-
tance tLap how eha was to be carried OF from
Charley. and rfs.oTed TO the grad ar and
| sweets of frcelonl con.cpte3 10 EEzabcth'
ASSASSINATION, than We have that Basinc.. ...on.s
| parcel Of vain, foolish, ,rioso-s young irsg-
ga1ts--it ID inrorsihIs To- Galiays thst
I Elizabeth I woEn1n pf uuluestiouaLle Outrage,
,arhaa = moments real fear on ae>,uak
Of their boyish conspiracy. It E,ict.
bare wounded her pride. lot tncy we're a&,he-
rents Of let court; hut there il NJ etilencs
tia, they had any srecial aecexs to her. OF in
tcresttd her in any way. Tho whula suainesa
| came 10 nothing. A. It would assu1edlr have
done in any case Thr wrctched: c1cature.
were slaughtered With ever! possible atrtrity
[ permitted by tie law. sna Nuys doom was
tnally eesl,t- Wr do not pity Babingtsu, and
Ne ar nut even prepared 10 Assert that il WAS
not nesdiu1 frr the public yracs that Mary
should die. But how any historian os this
| n:neteen,h century can justify the Transaction
described above, il sush puzzle as wo DO not
ren crnher to have encountered before. It
Vas not to entrsp hex. Elizabeth could mort
~-tsv say Mr. kroude adds, Tlsh-iai i =
hun>- hauucina,iun and he EXPLAINS
[ tu W that, tt-~-- '--shcrv
~hsh sle pretended 10 ls, the U.S..
Of Wslzineham would hA'e been lie
di>rellea ef.ecsuallv Aol forever the reruai,ss
Of EAza.eths mistzu4t. Can .a1xho<y s9-
plain tLis extraordinary eophistry9 Does Mr.
Tf.''lt:f mean it:-or is it i BIT nf monnman'.
Nhat. tssle kindness to spy into the yery heart
OF helpless prisoner, to pig her viii eanpta-
crimiuAAty for bur, Aua watch in thu dark how
afae tises to thc horrible bait? We're SUCH !
cuuIs*. Of procedure employed no~aias.-uay,
even tire very el1adow of it-towata the naeaIa-
AIr. Fruutae rays
We need mt DWELL upon the careful r..ra-
tive of the paui1 raised in the country ly tho
Uncovered conspiracy, the terrible executions,
tue elto-t of Invasion; .,ur upon the tn.l At
FntheFrgar, and E!iza!ssh's agitation, and st
[ t, 1D}t to ualuce her faithful Sir :Amsa4
rau}~t to slaughter his prisoner comfort
ally ont rf hard and free her from th.. re-
s.s,,;-lhity: nor how ut last she signed Mary.s
deatl,-"artant, among number Of other
papers," and it WIS registered without ex.rn-
itatiou a. new ait rrteEsine to Ireland, All
| .Ar cnuf1Isfd excitement Of the moment cul-
| rli,iatc- in the one scene at FutherinSay. OF
| which n, many na,rasivcs have been given, aud
| Which Mr. Fru1lde now tells over Again. ~ it
| hAs, wu dare venture to Say, never yet ls'cn
told. The Ercat actress prepares 10 50 out of
| t1,.. world Mst1i,nitally, aud with she finest
| ei1rct-euc!l III, a.rit1cnt rs death being no.h-
[ i..E 10 her b1t another occasion Of display
| Ills il how that wurdc1ful scene, so familiar
| to Us atl appear. to tic !istor7aN, aud we may
leave him, with little conlncnt; to tell tale,
! ~hicl, pt1hars cu1 readers viii agree with ua
II ienn 10 the historians credit than It Is to the
| Queen's.
This nAtras!ve@ epeaks for itself. and We ,,,,
i A&Ee II II the ffns time that it has becs, told
Without some pasnihg tA1in Of humanity.
Mary HiuA1t was I'D martyr. Once mora We re-
peat thAt We haven no confidence whatever il thai
tale OF her innorence. And We suppose she bal
with uAhiugton. But the ETa1,d renrpacll am,
mystery Of a1arys existence lay st the distance
OF halt q lifetime frlu her punishment: anl
ipFiue that inservsl what tosturru had ehe not
suHered< A woman Of action, 4 lover o.
pleasure, hot-blooded, OVERLOOKING With en-.
xears proud, ahe had been depemIant; ~
hement and eloquent, che hsd been suence+i
Tho only le4itim1te adeclon that belonged 4
her had been 11icuatad She *as impu,ent,
the who felt such powers within her, AMI nov
the tolls had gathered round feet. Hhs was
caught like Wild beast, anil treated Ike one
in defiance OF al tho formal chArites VI
English Law, ~ sell Ii Of human con.
si.ieratinn. When sho Hxs told al
suddenly and without warning thai
che wa- to die next day, she WAS "dEea1fu1lI
agitatcd." Ar. Fronae tells us, instifrinx The
d'Esroe.e fut ftschee ct depllsanta de- cee
npuveller-~ Deplaisante. Did Kent AM
Shrewsbury, we wonder, expect her to enter
tain them viii. agreeASe,1 aaMx eaatx in return q,
their news? As sho comcs forth, stately ahG
calm, to Tie ecshold. Isl. possible that any
nah csn look on and jeer 1t her. 20 the
Flen 10 .li,Es Es vic innoceos s ss" hit sstn I'D h
believes her guilty. And tho knowledge of al
that WOMAN las gone thsouSh-of her ter.ih1,,
tragic Passions, her crime, hor long torture,
the awful page af life she il shout to cluss-
pes sesouaet not Ir RSne'Eats ;sc ~1h he,,t set
tue bystAnder +? But not NJ. Frouae'.
heart No dir6uet +eixes tim when tho two
Lartts, u their brutal curipEity, silently consult
| each other about the rcars On hex barred shoul-
1ers- The voice Of tilAt dean, whom We would
J f,in throttle il. liz hhleots profans impcrti-
nence: eoun4ls Gg1lifel sild seemly in the his
t,sianr ears, and 1t il anly the wotnau about
! e die whoee prayeiH are An iMpeftiuance to
him. certain rage that she shou1l escape
nf her grave, seen1s 70 seizs upuo bin. No
dou't hs you'll III lsInt OF fact, grs1t to aay
rliti4u 1T the gAllows-foot, tho priest La
eA.s's.s to aal him. SO far ~ any priest cau
sld set be can actually dnd ror1L 10 tell ur
that Mary cuufes=nr was denied to her >. Tor
fear of kuIne religious ueloltaua-" And when
tLe Int act Is uEer, and the Crimson EoHu
~hrh she las put on with pitiful vama,l-
lrhners il dyed 1uubla crimson: aud tho fal.e
hair falls OF the dead head along with It's other
coverings, is It potsatle that oven then Chris
tian gentleman can utter 4 s1a1l Of coutemptu-
o'.s triumph oveE that horror Of blood aud
sl-iths II would seem a positive pleasure to
him shAt now at the list even her boastt.l
cl.armb have yielded. She knelt down at tho
block lin thn maturity Of grace and lowell
"+1losel the xitlerrI features OF grnzJetl
~rinAletl I'D womAu-' This Ghast{y yneer
hAunte he imagination Ike sblasphemT. Oua
feels ont raust haye ireamt il. and that no mau
could bare written such words in the calm Of
BIZ s,uIE md il cold blood The e1eeu-
Queen rises to the height Of historical dig
nity sitter Euch > comment She WAS tho
Queen = enemy: ehe WY standing danger to
tho public ptace- She waa I've belie1e)
WOMAN who ha.l been deeply criminal, and ~as
not even deeply repentant Bat MsrT Stuart
herself. with all her .inh on her head. is uoru
iueompEehenEib|e than Is the mau Who, 301sears
after her truub2inSs have CONC to n end, III
able 10 insult her dying. and throw IN air Of
farce over the conclusion Of such 4 trsgedv aa
has seldom been Witnessed by naa-
.i1llL.hed IN TaJsrSx srrP,ExKyro Of Last week.