New-York tribune., 1876-05-20
THE "EMPRESS OF INDIA"

-, ruE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THs rRiBoNE't
Io,,nox. May 5.-Whether there IS ever TO be an
- the racket about the royal title is question
emu " ro,rs daily more difficult to answer Pas
s have been reused on both sides to point sell
son' "nebed and on Tuesday night the pent-np vol
ao"' o"'n~nl,ded in the House. Mr. Loves ketiord
'A "at had exaspcrated the Tories generally ana
~ n;srocli in particular. 1t proves TO have Deeh
~ -, rash one Where Mr.. Lowe got his antholVy
Gov the story that the Queen had applied 10 TWO Po
iona Prime Ministers to be MADE Lihpi0'''
and been refused, he has not ye' 'oiN "
II was current gossip, certainly anu vac
hI,eved 70 be true but Mr.. Lowe spoke OF his coi-
vction" that it was true, and man III his PoSi,U"
with his turn OF mind, is most unlikely " i'U Wv
weight of his name to mere rumor. ferhapS - W.
not much matter. Mr.. Lowe is too hluch uio'iIu-
tied at the moment by the result 10 ie"'o 'oO.
x,lanation of tbe processes by when he WIS ii'lcu
.I,i %,- CI,lcs Lewis mcddesonc parsonage
,n11a,c,od him TO give an account OF his speech,
r.: 80 otroat was still open. 1t is not the EngIlsh
80, 70 hear hardly a man who frankly acAhoWi-
odrcs an error. But Mr.. Lowe is one OF the
most beadstrong and arrogant 0f men. lie ue-
rn;ses Mr.. Charles Lewis 50 profoundly that he
I'll NOT or would not see that for once, Mr.. Lewis
IA the House on his side. 1t had become known
.hot tbere was no foundation for the RetioTd story
AZ Lowe knew it when lie rose to speak. He had
, IN say that he had trusted TO untruStwortLy IN
sa.y,o+;op that lie regretted it, and that he with
d,r his previous statement, and all lmputatlons
tarnded on it. His ofreuse would have been con-
doped. and Mr.. Disraeli's thunderbolts would have
fallen harmless. Bat no. Mr. Lowe could not resist
Che temptation of crushing Mr. Charles Lewis,
thonph he were himself to he crushed the
next minute. so lie made rafting ret0rt on Mr.
Lewis and sat down, leaving the way open for NT.
Disrael who desired nothing better than to destroy
aman between whom and himself there has long
been hitter personal enmity. In speech alike care
tu and passionate, the Prime Minister pointed out
that Mr. Lowe had attacked the Sovereign by stat
inc that the Royal Titles bill due to her uncOn
stitutiona and personal influence and that he had
held M TO. public nfamy the Chief Minister of the
Crown by asserting that after that Gracious Sow
eregn had been baked and bailed in her appeals to
nsyious Minister'S she had found plant and scrvile
instrument ready to do her WILL If the statement were
trne. said Mr Disraeli, it ought not to have been
made To show that il was not true he entered
into the history of his relations with Lord
Derby 81 lived with him, 50 far as political Cir
eumstances are concerned in as much intimacy as
probably ever existed between two public men" No
proposal was made 10 him. Mr.. Gladstone had said
none was made to him. The only other two Prime
Ministers-slr Disyaeli himself eXcePted-since the
trspsference Of the Government OF India to the
Crown-had been Lord Falmerst0n and Ear! Russell.
Lord Palmerston is dead. Earl Russell confidence
he had never shared But he had the authority OF
Her Majesty to make a statements
Here the Opposition broke in with cry OF Order
It's against the rules Of the House 70 introduce the
name Of the Sovereign to influence the deb .tcs Of
the House. But the Speaker ruled that it might Dc
done If Il would not have such influence, and II
the House allowed it. So Mr.. Disrae!i who had sat
down, rose and concluded thus
There is hardly question before the House, aud the
statement eye 10 ra he is influence upmior. II
j. merely this ststonel on hc % ,rt M;esy. Tat
there the slightest i1undstOn Tor me statement
were described in Rciford poech were ever made 10
any minister at any time. Renewed chceriuE Sir, ihe
whole Thing IL utterly miionded-inefeiy 'iat sort OF
ealgniOuS gossip which, unfortunately, suppose, must
always prevail, but which cne cesialny d.d n', tuPp1S
o. Her Malesy's late Cabinet Ministers. Loud checlsi
The scene is said to have been more exciting than
any that the House has witnessed since the Plmson
iacdent The Ministerial benches were ali aglow
with virtuous Indignation. Mr. Disraeli, who was
undoubtedly perfectly cool, appeared TO those who
DO not know him wei, to share the emotions he had
stirred 1t is obvious that all ihat part Of his speech
which preceded the passage quoted was wholly un-
needed. Ii was an argument f0r circunstdntia eSl-
dence be all the while holding absolute proof IN lIls
hands. The Queens word puts the question at rest
bat whether the royal authority gains more than 1t
loses by It's employment in political and personal
conflict may be doubted. The immediate effect was
triumph for Mr.. Disraeli; tempered by the general
reflection that Prime Minister had no business to
resort to such language or such taciics and dsas-
ter to Mr.. Lowe, tempered by nothing whatever.
The language which here is thought violent will
seem weak to certain Senatorial gadiatorS in
America But they will bear in mind that civiliza-
ton in this country is imperfect and that tLe re-
sources OF the English language are not 80 well I'M
derstood as they are n Indiana and Illinois, not TO
speak of New-York.
Mr. Lowe last night retraced and apologized
for his Retford speech iii terms which, had
they been addressed TO anybody but the
Sovereign and that Sovereign woman might be
thOugl. too huInatng. He admitted freely that
he ought not to have made the statement he did
about Her Majesty, even had il been true as he be-
ieyed il TO be- He sincerely regretted that he had
not remembered the fact that in the whole OF the
Queens domGions Her Majesty is, by reason OF her
sovereign dignity the only person upon whom is i'm
posed the disability Of not being able to say any
thing in her own defense. lie was now aware that
he hal been entirely mistaken in what he asserted
snd it only remained for him 10 express his extreme
regret, and II snch a thing be proper from a sub
ject to lis Sovereign" to Offer unbly his most sn-
eere apologies 10 Her Majesty for the error hc had
committed. The language Of cOntrtiOn can hardiygo
beyond that II seems however 70 have been deemed
none too penitent. The House cheered heartily, and
when III. Lewis rose, further TO improve the 0cca-
son at hr loves expense, tempest Cf dcrisyc
shouts invited Mr. Lewis 10 resume his seat
which he presently did with bis speech
siAl unbcsomcd. All tho same, the dam
age 70 Ar. Lowe Is considerable. No man
oi ANYTHING ike his abilities has shown
soeh biiilani incapacitc TO discover what VIII do