Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-22
CAROLINA AND VIoToR1A.-The soli-

tude displayed by Queen Victoria during
the illness of her son recalls (by the doc
trine of opposites) the conduct of the
Queen of England 1870 years ago, when
her eldest son lay dying at Leicester
Castle Frederick Louis, son of George
II. by Caroline, his wife, had for years
been at daggers drawn with his parents.
He was strongly suspected of plotting
against his fathers life, and the dislike
of either father or son was a sure pass
port to the favor of the other. A short
time before his death, his fond mother
wrote to Lord Heryey, as follows:
my dear Lord, I will give it to you
under my hand, if you are in any fear
of my relapsing, that my dear tirst-born
is the greatest ass, and the greatest liar,
and the greatest caaaiILe, and the great
est beast in the whole world, and | hear
tily wish he was out of it." When,
shortly afterward, he went out of it,
the 10y exhibited at the Court of st.
james vas shameless. The contrast be
tween the eighteenth and nineteenth
centuries is a sharp one.
A BR1rIsH PEER PRoForNDI&u AN
ALABAMA FINANCIAL PRoBLEM.-Lord
Redesdale is troubling his mind in the
matter of the future division Of the Ala
bama claims indemnity money btsween
the Northern and Southern States OF thc
United States when England paTs the
American bill of damages. His lordshF>
has placed the subject before the liou>"
Of Lords in the shape of an arithmetical
problem-a puzzing form, indeed. for
his ar1sto1r2tic breshrcn. Tie Quod erot
deB20nst1a1Atyn OF tao question may be
safely cntffFAed to President Grant
u 1t Britain ftrword the cash; Grant
viii use ii ecsxtably. Lord Rcdesdale
is. perhaps, liable to become confused
, III the rAattcY Of international accounts
Sand balances, inheriting, As he must,
from hsxassher- Chancellor Of Ireland
at ti4c pcrdGI Of the union with England
an idea OF the terribly mnddIed man
ner in which the money matters u ttp.
two countries were at the time OF the
amalgamation Of the public ledger
GAMBErrA.- unhappy condition
Of Franc. at the present time attracts
universal attention, \ storm ap-
pro4pl.c4 which may prove terribly dis
astrous to the n4t;Qn The radical re-
publican element in the oou,n T. reedy
for work whenever the watchWord is
given. The government of NJ. Thiers is
not over strong, and, what is more, it
knows its o,Qp weakness. 1t is pretty
clearly understood h6>v that tfambetta is
the head Of this dangerous rlot"c,.t,
which only awaits an opportunr mo
".cnt to launch the country again into
the dreadful atrtsYlca of a civil war.
The apparent inactivity of tho nY-Dic-
tator Of Tours is regarded with ,n-.
i{oion. How suddenly he rose from
obscurity ia the early days Of the rcput~
lie until he exercised the influence of a
dictatorship over France Is already a
matter of history If the chance again
presents itself ther" is little doubt but
he will attempt Il similar role,
THE LATE GALE IN ENGLAND. The late
gale in England exceeded in violence any
tempest hnD%n there since 1912. One Of
the tall pinnacicr of d. hnttress Of the
central tower Of Westminster was blown
down. The mass. weighing over two
tons. fell into the street, and smashed
@toncwOrk and massive iron girders in its
descent. The Southwestern Railway
Aa4 rhollcd by the crumbling embank-
ments, and travel was entirely stopped.
Many of the villages near the Severn
were almost submerged. The flood in
the Vale Of GIamOrganshire is greater
than has been experienced for 40 years,
Trees were torn up by the roots in rari-
ous places and carried considerable dis
tantcS Many vessels on the coast were
sunk at their mOorings, and great dam
age was apprchended in the North Sea
Telegraph poles went down in all direc-
tions, and the reading of the barometer
when the gale was at its height marked
$3.50 lower than had been recorded for
many long day. The destruction of
chimncy-pots and tiled roofs in London
and other cities. is Described as prodjE-
iouS, and many buildings, public and pri>
yatr. were seriously iajured.
4 SHGHT DIFFERENCE OF OPINION.
Caleb Cushing says the american
case" as prepared by Mr.. Bancroft
Davis, is, in his opinion. n most able,
thorough, complete, learned and etfec-
tive exposition Of the claims Of the Tn
tied States against Great Britain" Mr..
Eyarts says he Is satisfied of its atvitity
ani completeness. PR rontr0, Rev
e.dy Johnson says, in effect. ''thr tone
of n~Eu u.nt employed in the case Is too
acrj uonious: that much Of It's state
mcnts Of history is cumulative and
might be- dispensed with without drtri-
mcnt; that the claim for indirect or
consequential damages cannot be Sus-
tanned under the clause Of tn" treaty
upon which Mr. Davis rests his judg
mcnt who shall decide Whcn doctors
high in the law like thcs" disagree?
But perhaps Mr.. Johnson's views on the
snbject have been slightly sourcd or pre-
judiced by his failure to communicate a
treaty with Great Britain when hs had
the matter in charg".
HOME RULE IN IRELAND. - Home /
rule appears to be making headway in
Ireland, the hierarchy Notwithstanding.
In Kerry the priests candidate has been
and in Galway, where neither
asplrant was particularly acceptable to
Cardinal Cullen, the preference has been |
given to the supporter Of home rule,
against Hon. Capt. French, son of |