New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-26

general public the great body Of the people, those who
dwell In cottages of the country ana lodgings OF the
town-far removed from Court-have no knowledge or
&C. feel no concern about IT, and never hear of except
when some stray Prince or Princess happens to
tourney along the railway yet they had interest in
the welfare of the Prince not at all political tor if they
think OF him at all II Is source of taxation, which
they can IN bear family conventional but intensely per-
sonal. They haG heard that the Prince OF Wales had
typhoid fever Now typhoid is the enemy of the poor
Nearly every household of the destitute knows it, and
every authenticated bulletin of its procedure ravages,
and discontinue interested thousands in whose minds
no special sentiment OF loyalty existed The crowds
OF fashionable persons who surrounded Marlborough
House ia Pan Mall were mostly anxious to learn whether
the balls to which they were invited likely to he
put of the crowds of shopmen who througed to the
marble arch for tbe purpose Of learning the condition Of
the Prince were sent by their employers, who were
anxious ITO whether the mourning goods prepared
for their windows could be displayed. The Norfolk
farmers who stopped in market places to make inquiries
about the Prince were concerned chiefly TO know whether
excessive game preserving was about TO be abated.
without one thought of the facts all these persons were
put down by the coury persons rendered reck
less by al hystercal loyalty which did not permit them
10 attend to their business.
ONLY last Tuesday morning scene occurred in the
Town Council Of Norwich which throws curious light
upon this topic. Two baronets representing tho Wig
Tory parties seated right and left OF the Mayor
Piece of business Sir William Foster (Whg) Said The
most important Of all duties Of the Council to express
congratulations the restoration of the Prince. Bit
Samuel Bignod Cory said he had never risen in the
Council under circumstances of deeper feeling than on
tat day. II impossible to estimate the Importance
to the country OF saving the life of the Prince when
we considered his heading the manly sports OF the
county, paronlzng Of the most benevolent iIsti-
buttons IN the world, the Masonic body obligations
and thankfuness TO Providence for carrying His Royal
HighneSs through his dangerous illness are az the
greater" OF course the resolution of cOngratulaOn
was abuDdany carried. No sooner was this business
over than the Council thrOwn into extraordinary
perturbation by the Town Clerk producing fewer than
five memorials, from influential wholesale ner-
chant and manufacturer in the city, avOwed Rcpubli
can, whose political capacity is very widely known, and
the others from respectable and intelligent artisans ana
small tradesmen, complaining Of the denial to them OF
the public halls OF the city for the purposes of express
ing the public sentiment UNCERTAIN public affairs. While
these memOraliss were supposed 10 be stricken with
prosraton at the fact Of royal personages being sub
jectod to suffering they had been actually composing
MORALS 10 the civic council Half an hour spon in
perturbaton-sOme proposing to reject the memorials,
some to send them to Committee who would never re-
port upon them. Other Councillors notably Mr. Tilett
late NJ. 7. foIthe city, an eminent Nonoonfornst in
speech Of great business spirit and fairness, insisted
that the memorials be read The Council is to bc sum
mOned specially TO consider them. One reason OF the
Councils commOtion the memorial of Mr.W S. Castle
ton Here its precise words submitted TO the reader
The ancient official style and title of memorial to the
Town COuacil Norwich is, "O the Mayor, Aldermen
and Citizens" There sound democratic ring IN this
form under which aggIieved citizen addresses him
self 10 his Acknowledgement from them CLAIMS redress
1t was in these terms that the memorial OF william
sparkhall CastletOn "citlZcn ana fateIayef TO
spectfuly set forth:
That he was deputed by meeting OF the class
Of he city Of Norwich 70 apply for the ue OF tf frSG
Library ian, III %iv 10 ~ WyiIiin ia a woi
inginan who met his death in Royalst riot at Bolton
fnsai gvcn was that the Committee had not heard OF
such yet it - notorious tha the pubic IaP9Fs
have reported IT. and that memorial mas been sElcu ny
thousand persons and upwards calling upon the secre-
tary Of state to institute an inquiry into me occrTehfe
been known to the whole country sDould ne subceht
for this Committee. Your lncuOrlast cano understand
why there should ne hesitation at granting his request
The country has just been told by the press that " The
see noes should occur 10 the Prince of Wales and that
an agOuized and anxious nation was wachnRa SICK hcd
OF Sandring ham where there lies, not neeGmc, upon
whose earnings wife and children depend for bread
hut young well-todO gentleman, with an income OF
SlO00OO who is attended 10y the highest medical
skill Europe furnish ana cOns0ied by the sympathy
of Empire The Bishop Of Peterborough told tins city
the OthoT night That he hcsatod as 10 Whetnet II was
seemly 10 enter upon cohuoNelsy-thcuGI II was con
lIoyeIry upon me way oil 5u1 auil-%hhnc tne me
of tins young gentleman hhhg III inc baidhSc.
But Ill the case OF the poor man, schoeheld, ms
and conTdcrate hano oi hesl.dlng ulsgase, nht
taken 10y act OF brutal violence ia riot conducted o.
persons W 10 put themselves forward her exclusive
champions While tine dainty hand Of skin aud the s0oth
service OF the Prince, mitigating his manageable
misery the poor workman carried 10 hospital,
where his sharper surelings which ended in dcat
only alevatCd by the cold intermittent, preedi1Ous ana
parsiIuoniOus hand % charity
While Prince could contemplate death without
pecuuiary anXety-Wel knowing that the pIOdigd hand
Of the nation would provide 10000 year Tor his wife.
and that rich relations would forever be able il Other
resources failed make smooth the path of his orphan
children through the world-his dying Norrnah's last
hours were enIbttGCd by the prospect that his wife
could not hope for bread save from her own toll,
the parish unless ieau"is ne PVoi dc 5D.sCi ni"uo
their scaDty means less 10 support On in Yet within
miles Of SaulrughJm, where Royalty commands
the compassion of heaven and the tenderness Oh car II
is denied By your Council to the woikingcn the means
OF holding mSeting where few PcnGtH %OuM ne coz
lected for this helpless widow aud children " Is not
begIudging the Prince his good fortune 10 be nioNtd by
the Insfortles OF Others. Had gentleman fallen by
Republican hand this mechanic has fallen ny lal al
some ROyast rnfian's, with what alacry the hall In
question would have been granted Newspaper odilOTs
had sWOOned with Sympdthy-pObaby civic cGhGOlrices
had NOT heen wanting on the occasion, hut when only
workman Is killed. the Committee nave no cOsDHdt OF
such an occurrence, ana deche 10 peTIlt tne PHDu
submits that the Council never have been INFORMED
of the sad and urgency OF dis ease, Or hey Womb
promuy and kindly accord their consent 10 tins humane
OF their hall. The denial OF u Tor such PuipOse-
when IL comes 20 the of her Maiesty-win De- your
menoriais il persuaded cause both OF surprise ana pam
whose personal tenderness IN cases OF haples
misery has often moved Tue 81 mpates ana regard 0i
Memorialist respe ctfullv snhsclibes himself
WILLIAM SrARKHA.L CAsTLEToN
This comparison Of the condition and fortunes OF the
Prince ana mechanic expresses the sentiments OF hmm
dreds of thousands the working OF the country
and illustrates the wide distinction between the personal
and the political sympathy OF the people.
MEXICO
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