New-York tribune., 1871-07-29
4 SUABBY-GEE7EEL COURT

Tho average British Subject, who has passed
into prOycrb and tradition under the name of
John Bull, has always cherished devoted
love of his bctters on tho sole condition that
they behaved az such. He has made no ex-
acting demands in tho matter of intelligence
and morals The King and the Lords may DO
stout of person. feeble Of intellect, and Timber
90 the last degree in their walk and conycrsa-
ton. bnt all this might be paId0ned as long
"a they lived up 20 their station, which Is to
say openly aud literally, and, as far rs their
means served, magaiicently. This requirement.
of generous hospitality from the Court and
the aristocracy was doubtless relic Of that
medieval structure of society III which the
clergy and the barons had all tho means Of
living, and 40 could easily afford to give back
to The poor, in the castle-hall or the monastery
gate, the broken meats of the full feast they
had pun9ered. Nowadays, when the people
pay for their own dinners, they still expect
the Court TO receive magniiccntly the guests
Of the nation. They grumble a little at their
civil list, but thcy will gIumble still more if
they find no use is made Of tho money which
is given as a fund for representation"
Tho shabby neglect with which the Crown
Prince of Prussia and his wife, the Princess
Royal of Great Britain, were treated in their
recent visit TO London, where. instead of being
lodged in a palace, they were allowed to go
20 the Prussian Embassy, has given rise to
more general and decided criticism of the
royal family than has ever before been heard
in similar cases. There was, in 1867, a momcn-
tary furry over the mean reception which tho
Khodivo of Egypt met with, in return for his
superb and lavish hospitality toward the En-
glsh for many years. lie was to have been
sent to an inn, had 1t not been that Lord
Dudley, personal acquaintance, came forward
and saved Egypt the intolerable a1ront 10y
taking Ismail Pacha to his own house. The
incident gave to Punch the occasion of one of
hismOst biting sarcasms !; he said it was unusual
for John Bull to receive q Sovereign IA if he
did not like it. The King and Queen Of Den
mark, when they came over the sen to the
wedding Of tho "Sea Kings daughter" were
received with much rhyme but scant hos
pitaity. They were lodged in a hotel as was
also the King Of the Belgiansi his several visits.
But all these cases together have not given
rise to such severity of comment as this recent
neglect of becoming attention to the future
Emperor of Germany and his English Princess.
1t has passed from the talk of the clubs and
the articles in the journals into the
very realm of legislation. Mr.. Monk has
made it the subject of serious
Interpolation in the House of Commons, to
which Mr.. Gladstone has made solemn though
not altogether satisfactory reply. He said the
distinguished visitors were the guests Of the
Queen at Osborne, not at London, and that,
being in London, they availed themselves of
Count Bernstoif's hospitality. The Embassy
not being large enough for the whole family
for the Gothic blood is prolifc-the juvenile
Princes were TO be colonized in a neighborng
tavern, but the Queen hearing of it, had beds
assigned to them in Buckingham Palace. One
would think this a consummatiOn which ought
to delight all loyal hearts. But it does not.
All England seems TO be growing against tho
shabby organization of its ceremonial service.
The Times begins its leader with this distinct
and positive notice to the philandering great
ones of the earth: "Let it be clearly under
stood by oil Princes, PrelateS, and Potentates,
" together with their subjects, that the British
people are utterly powerless in all matters
connected with the reception and entertain
"ment of illustrious strangers on their visits
" to this county; that all such visits are
" looked upon IA subjects beyond our sphere;
" that our opinion is never asked; and that
" any indirect indication of our wishes invariably
" encounters an official rebuff as an imperti-
" nent intrusion upon the social intercourse of
" an exalted caste"
In this case there is an especial bitterness.
because thoie is nothing priced so dearly in
England aS success. and never has thore been
such a marvellous run of luck IN favor of any
Croatures d, that which has lpss lifted the