New-York tribune., 1871-12-30
FOREIGN CORRESPONDING CE.



OF TuE STATE OF FEELING IN AMkRiCA-
PROSPECTS OF BRITISH REPuBLlCANisM.
FROM TIE REGrLAR CoRRS RS'poNpkNr or NE i'''' NI''
Invnox Dec. 1s.-Thcre is slight improve |
,oept TODAY in the condition of the Prince: none ~ "
m The condition OF the newspapers OF "i '"e P"."
spcb ritici,ns Imadc in my last letter on the con
NJ the London press might b repeated In this WIN 'e
,a,is,on I tried then TO explain how a consd'ra"'c
mar, NJ the poular aLxiety might be SET down 10 ~!
slty that was neither dsinc'nu"ns nor cou'c"'P''
trnced ~ limits. hut to-day the manics'a'""S !" Nv.
uress and elsewh seem to me to have oVersPIu '
line within which they could be deemed worthy VI "
sp,r Underwriters have long SINCE eAh"us'e' '"'
,n~cpuy in ,ringing together expressions OF eNaeS'r
ed concern for the Prince and the reT "i inc roy "a"
family The articles Of today are only the repe'iouo Vi
the ar clts Of yesterday, and they do not gam IN
Nv sial,ncss Of flavor The reports OF pnohc 'ee"'k
are pitched in the same monoonous KEY Always
TOO high and always ringing false reao
avery morning OF rhc throngs that all day long
.aihcr about Marlborough House. the frihces houuoh
residence OF the gates of which the ineu'ai ouetoh'
are m.ted Twice three times every DAY pass ny
,hor cafes on ny way and from this office and see
os or 30 people hanging about They are the throhg
Now and then carriage stops. or cab III IL !" car
r,, thc tmtuau Jumps down and asks loer ring 20
lice man ,o read the last bulletin for him. John Ih'nass
literary acouiremens being not Of nature which per-
nit, him to enjoy that privilege in person. Inc report
t the policeman is duly announced TO John lhomass
Iu. ter
,c box and the carriage drives on skilled reporter
h. watched this scene the opposite sidewalk. and
n uroishcs in company with Others OF similar Kino,
tie staple for those thrilling accounts OF popular e4ce
n,"ut which read ill next mornings paper.
II remains that there Is strong and among GER
tain classes general feeling OF anxiety about the
Prince iut il does not far us have seen, seek
vent In any very dcmononsrave form. Most English
men whom meet express decOrcus concern for the re-
,ovry who will be their King, II nc ves ana
II hiu. don't 20 out Of fashion IT Is not tue EheSh
vav 10 20 much beyond that. Englshmen are not ~
i rule cNci,a,lc. and they contrive to indicate then
feelings with less gescuation aud less emphasis than
even Americans 80 much the more am al loss
To- conjecture why the newspapers should embehlSh
their u,nnS with much pa sionate decamatlon OF
KIND nnl,ua them and little IN sympathy with the
national habits 4 lower order OF Briton resorts to
stronger Phrases. and probably having less 1eehng,
think> himself bound TO express good deal more
The average 1nidc.ckss shopkeeper Is perhaps the
,uo- devoted throne worshiper OF all. You cannot 20
INFO shop to-day without finding that out, and you
hardly IA ne withhold the expected rimte OF simper
. grief return for that which is shown you OF its
k,d tl. j. honest enough, but the KIND is not hOpe
The papt - suppose are written for such people, ana
between I've two hardly know which 10 choose. Re-
nccton of this sort are by no means pleasant. But
uu., he sa that mixed with honest loyalty there
good many manifestations which spring either from
crviy ol from calculation We need not feel bound TO
,nIcn. many British faces the simulated Favis
ne>- that goes moaning through column OF The Times.
Pat all these varieties of emotion together and they
strong Just now TO be braved by anybody NO
h pnhcan hits his voice today he would BE- rash if he
lid for he would inure his cause and to grief him.
Some of the Republican clubs are said to have
signed and rcrat mantle to the effect that while
they cling their opinions. they YET, as Engshmen,
desire 10 express their for the illness of the
Prince aud their sympathy with his family All sorts Of
dinners and festivities. public and private, have been
put of await the result of this crisis Perhaps the
most remarkable among many similar is the
po.ipon of the great Nonconformst Conference,
which wa- to have been held this week in Manchester
and which goes to January. 1t would certainly
have been uprudent to hold It, for the Conference has
not "a religious but political end in view and when
held a. will be in January, means TO throw down TIL
glove 10 the Government on the Education question
That public form OF prayer should have Deeh pre-
scribcd and used in the Church or Engian'
il only natural The Prince is the prOspec
tive head OF that Church. and its ecclesiastical
fortunes are bound up with the Throne. That makes il
the surprising that the Jews should have got ht
start of the Isans, and that the Prnae OF England
rhoud have witcd till Jewish Rabbi had set him th'
milc "f 'n;ieating Divine aid for the Prince O.
wa'r,'s recovery nor did any Christian hethnk himself
iirc al t,lcrraphing. a did the weIlnOwn Jew. s
Mps Nuniehorc. Ia Jerusalem that prayers might bt
~ for the Prince in what Jews and Christians
h. ,,nsid,r headquarters OF religion AS for the
ind other accounts from prONlnclal to"As
~.nca nj IN, papers, hot much need be said They are
yr,,, much al h, aud they doubtless about as ac
rlit, - The narratives Of what goes on in London In
tree; and cur:c>ty strong everywhere; anxiety
.~o j. strong mauy Jealous monarchists, and
auions all int * at politicians.
Nan, people have looked forward to to day with a
.uler-lo, convection that for good or for li was to
decide the fate Of the Prince His father died 10 years
40 the lh o December The general faith In onens
- VIVID enough to create peculiar socitude about an
marked and gloomy in its suggestions
But all the from sandringham to-day Is favorable.
and for time since last Friday there Is CLEAN
II something like hopcfuness in the curt bulletin
-irncd by the Princes physicians
som, -aii-fa ton ba> been expressed at New-i0rk
M-uatch .tatug that the Princes illness creates the
most intense interest aud anxiety throughout the coun-
ry and prayer. for Ms have been offered up in
everal churches. Anxiety seems strong word to
press KIND of interest which Americans may be sup
posed TO feel II IT really represents the state Of
American feeling. 1t will do no harm to repeat
that. apart from the natural and rightfu sympathy
feels with person in suffering and danger the
question oi the Princes life death Is question Of
politic. Hi. recovery will leave the Crown stronger
han IL has Hor many day His death would per-
asIs for time prevent the public expression Of Repub
opinions, and the public advocacy of Republican
t.uu Of government But when the popular feeling had
.uh-ided and a decent interval elapsed. 1t would be
tound that Republicanism was stronger than ever and
hat good many fresh difficulties lay in the path Of the
monarchy. The Regency question has already been dis
ussd aud seems TO be taken for granted that the
Princess Of Wa.cs Will be Regent If her husband dies.
The Princess is greatly liked and respected. and
DobOdy would have q word 20 say against
personally. The scheme Of Regency,
however. IL III isel confession OF weakness. 1t be.
rays that the throne caunOt always stand alone 1t
cpstee the death Of the Queen, and the prospect Of
hid as King adds that Ia, one more 10 the many
,nden. q royalty Which an inteltgent and earnest
.der snomae.. and to inquire into, and TO speak Of
burdens capable OF being removed ! don't ace why
Ann shoud feel particular anxiety for such