The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-03-29
England's John Brown.

| ! correspondent OF the New Ork
Times writes from London as follows
1t is not quite clear who first seized
! O'Connor wheu he presented his un.
loaded pistol at the carriage window,
but the Court Circular, which is drawn
up under the personal supervision OF
the Queen, gives the credit of the cap.
| ture 10 John Brown. John is rat her a
celebrated character in his way, and
was regarded with much curiosity when
he appeared as witness in the police
court He is an Aberdeen man, from
the neighborhood of Balmoral, and was
Prince Albert's favorite gilly when the
Prince went out grouse shooting or
Devastating. The Queen frequently
accompanied her husband on his sport
ing expeditions, and was much struck
with Browns evident attachment and
devotion to his master, as we'll as by his
shrewd remarks and independent judg-
ment on all matters on which he was
consulted. Brown was always prepared
for every emergency. IF the clouds
gathered suddenly overhead, if a change
Of wind brought biting air with it
from the snOw-tops of the mountains, it
was invariably found that Browns fore
sight had provided for il, that shawls
and wrappers had been slowed away
somewhere, and that everything was
forthcoming when required. Brown
knew the incest camping places, the
safest roads, and the best way of man.
aging everything. After the Princes
death he became the chief personal at
tendant on the Queen, and has ever
since retained his supremacy in the
household. He accompanies her Males
ty on all occasions, leads her pony or
rides in the rumble behind her car.
riage. In his tartan kilt and plaid, stall
wart, shaggy, hard-featured, he is a
genuine specimen Of the north country
Scot; and he is also a thorough Scot in
character and temper-very quiet, cool
and imperturbable; reserved in speech,
although outspoken enough on occa.
sion; "canny" and deferential, but also
resolute and pertinacious. He belongs
to the type of Scotch retainers of whom
several samples are TO be found in
SCOTS novels, who identified them.
selves with "the family" believed in it,
worshiped it with intense, passionate
! fidelity, but at the same time had no
hesitation IN expressing an honest
opinion on any question, even at the
risk of differing from the master or
mistress. The Scotch have always been
remarkable for this personal loyalty and
trustiness. 1t is commonly supposed
that sovereign, with great household
always at call, must necessarily be well
served, but the value of all service de-
ponds on the spirit in which it is rem.
| dered and in the midst of the retinue
of state monarch is especially quail.
fed to appreciate the watchful attention
of personal loyalty and attachment.
The position which John Brown holds
in the royal household is alike honor
able to the Queen and to himself. In
the police court he gave his evidence
with a strong Scotch accent and quaint
LONELINESS of language. He just catched
the boy, he said, by the scruff of the
neck, and kept him till there was
enough people round about to take
charge of him. Prince Leopold was
also witness. "The boy" was COM
mitted to take his trial at the next
Assizes