New-York tribune., 1872-03-29
FOREIGN MISCELLANY Y.

SECOND THOUGHTS ABOtl Iht iA'ANN"-
GIVING.
IFEoM An oCC lSOYAL CORRESPONDENT or TiIE TEBuNBl
The Queen As and dear druShrinlaw e that the
whole nation Joined thanking God for sparng the beloved
Prince Of wsies's shfe"-oueeo's Letter
LONDON, March 2-Wen, let me relate
my own experience and that OF n friend. On
leaving ST. Pauls and passing through Farring-
don-st the crowd lining both sides Of the car
ragc-way was poor in clothes, and by no means
meek in spirit There settled hardness and bitter
ness upon the faces-especially upon those OF the
women-that impressed profoundly; and as
cur carriage approached particularly squahd
group. a exclaimed, with maigniY
that made me shudder Here come the gems of the
Court !" We in fine carnage; we were well
dressed possessed what they could never attain to-
therefore their natural enemes and belonged
10 the Again in OxfOrdst, the language excited
by the appearance OF prety dressed boy on the box OF
carriage awful as to the terrified mother
10 drive into bysreet These the people VINO, TO
quote The Saturday Rerietr, harbOr no envy NO envy IN
England, No envy in land Of castles and or extremes
The idea is preposerous And II there be no envy the
Seven Dals rejoice the wealth OF Mayfair ana Beigra
via why should this saturday Rer'ep declare ,ha'
moor and rich should be separated outdoors as well as In
doorsthat instead Of attracting the turbulent East
Enders TO the civilized parts or LONDON tney
shonld be entertained with fireworks In Victoria PARK
and iumnatons of conspicuous buildings IN their own
neighborhoodF' -
Then Won have heard how much the royal cortege was
cbeered As IL cheering on the 27th founded on the
one grand feeling of loyalty! The crowd cheered every
body but Lowe and Gladstone They gave our carriage
reception as II passed Temple Bar, for no reason put
that cheers helped to beguile the waiting hours froD
ably every other carriage received the same attention.
The people cheered Dsrael they gave an ovation 10
infkwoman postman driving pony cart maze son
sation i'm Pau Mall Louis Napoleon was received Win
accamatiom. and sanger's Circus. which Followed inc
ROYAL PROCESSION. was much more enthusiastically
onfI IIon hon pprfpCtlV
true that banners bearing the inscription "God save
The starving poor held up along the royal route,
that they were undsturbed by the pOpulace and that
they down by the police, as If the prayer were
an Insult Queen and the Prince OF Wales enjoyed
monopoly of God. 1t is perfectly true that the Duke
Of Cambridge was received with dsapprobaon and that
the ROYAL fomy hsSed at several points, especially
n HYDE Park where those who hised were attacked by
The police but untouched by the people! An omnibus
driver excl lined that he had always till now been
down on that Dixie, but that he was bowed If arter
this kind Of thing he did not turn redhot Republican,
And the extreme loyalty of at least Of the Oxford
shopkeepcrs may Of them who remarked
apropos who had purchased seats In front Of his
shop that "they might tumble through and break their
id nccks had sold out at guinea head and that
was all Inc cared for" Let make history truhfully
die.
The Examinations poor. and confined almost ex
clusivey 10 shopkeepers when one remembers that
The Queen alone has s173OOO 10 spend among them,
little of this loyalty may lie accounted for. 1--WE are
aware again / quote The Saturday Rerier-" that
some tradeslneu may regard illumination not as costly
burden hut as a profitable advertisement, and in this
point the present system is particularly oDlec
tonabe. Perhaps the strongest impression which re-
mains after one of these displays that of its general
md poverty of invention, and the papaby
commercial motive of the most successful efforts
That were made. said memorable occasion,
We cannot all talors.'" This final remark refers to
Poole tailor to Prince Of Wales, whose shop IN Sa-
Nille-row is always brilliantly Illuminated.
But this j. not all. Determined to probe the Thanks
giving s core. went that Tuesday night from the
glitter Of PoOles taOrshop the Hall of Science in the
far part of London to hear Charles Bradaugh
denounce the wOrkngmen who had accepted invitations
st Poul's. BE IL known that the Queen expressed
desire 20 have the w0rkngmen represented at this
clnOny that 8 tickets given Mr. Applegarth for
distribution among this body, with instructions from
Her Majesty that 10 ticket should be given to Odger or
70 that vic ked man Bradlaugh" went to hear what
this wicked man." otherwise Beast Bradlaugh" 9th
erwsc Brawling Bradaugh," had to say in his defense
aud against the historic SO workngmcn who stultihed
themselves by going TO ST. Paus without now enter
ing into 4 criticism of Bradlaugh the man, am ready to
declare that he is born orator. and that
n he succeeds in getting into Parliament at the
next qcucral election, he will stir the House Of
Common, a. Il is not IN the habit of being stirred. He
swaycd his crowded audience OF wOrkingmen as have
seen audience swayed in England His prayer was
Poverty. prayer. He and his audience did not stand
alone their protest. Many towns and villages were
hodina meetns7-ArDgtOn,H Hull, Sheffield, and others
When the Prince Of Wales i'll, Bradlaugh held his
tongue Now ne would be the rankest of all towards 10
keep quiet especially he had been told that he dared
not denOunce the Thanksgiving, that one would
listen him. Tie last Thanksgiving had been for what
For George the Thirds recovery from lunacy, and God
so blessed him that He drove him mad! Did people
realize they dOing7 If prayers had restored
the Prince Of Wales, why had not prayers restored
BIogg the groom What of many thousands who
die in spite Of prayers And what becomes
Of doctors and surgeons Why employ them at all,
il prayers are eficacious And what il
of which should he so thankful Is this great
in sciences l. he statesman Is he orator. poet,
thinker author. hero warior9 Bradaugh did not speak
> his last maneuver his shooting at Sand
IinghsD what has the House Of Hanover done for us,
hut make our fifteen times heavier than they
God bless the Prince OF Wales. What has he done We
won't lie even by acquescence. But to-day teaches
lesson 10 teaches that much work must be accom-
yshed before the coming Of the republic 1t makes
realize the necessity of unendng struggle You cheer,
YOU applaud but say that Republicans are only
IN quarantine and would mt give all Of youeven you
clean bill Of health" When BTadlaugh sat down. he
was greeted with round after round Of applause. When
deny the statement that sir Charles
Dixie had been present at ST. Paus the cheering broke
anew and this reminds that when the boat bear
ing the members OF Parliament TO ST. Pdus left West
minister Palace three cheers were given for the absent
tir Charles.
Judge then of the marvellous unanimy OF this people
Judge OF church ceremony attended by 1900 persons,
costing e13.OOO-9l per head-and for which the people
who not admitted are 10 De taxed. And what do
The Queen and her son In cOiDmem0ratOn OF this
recovery Her Majesty gives $1,000 toward the embe
1shment OF ~ Paus the Prince gives $500 The poor
forgotten spite of those pTOes stations press
pulpit weeks and eTybOdy Is asked TO follow
The royal example, God save the starving poor"
40 the mOnstrOus advertise Inen OF the