The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1877-11-11
QUEEN VICTORIES FAMOUS FooEMAM
tsan Francisco Chronlole J


London, Sept. 1.-The latest scrap of
news in the way of court scandal is that
John Brown is out of favor. Here are two
anecdotes about John Brown which are
said to be authentic, the second having been
related to your correspondent by an eye
one of the Royal Academy annual exhibi-
tions of pictures, the British public were
astonished, and not a little amused, at a
work of Lapdseer's which, during the three
months that, as usnaf, the exhibition re-
NAMED open to the world, hung in very
conspicuous place, namely, in the post of
honor in one of the large rooms. 1t repre-
aented the Queen, in the everlasting wild
ow's weeds. seated on pony and reading
q letter. The pony's bride was held by
Scotch gilly standing at its head. The
Scotch giily was John Brown. He, the
Queeu, and the pony were the chief objects
in the picture. Some way off, seated on q
garden seat, were two of the pcincesses-
Helena and Louise, if l mistake not. These,
however, were quite subordinate, quite
cast into literal shade in the background,
eSipsed by the commonplace looking man
clad in Highland costume, and turning his
back upon them. The picture, it must be
confessed, was a horrid Gaub, for it was
painted when the once great and ever cele-
brated Sir Edwin had grown old and feeble,
and his right hand was fast losing it's cum
ming. Now fer the stoTy. 1t is said that
the artist himself, and not few others
besides, had tried hard to rid the picture
of John Browne presence altogether. But
all in vain. The Queen would have him in,
and when she will she will. So Sir Edwin
Landseer, quite q courtier, compromised
matters by painting him with his eyes cast
down, as though overcome, for once, with
bashful humility.
The second story exhibits the great J. B.
in anything but a bashful or humble light,
as, indeed, is not surprising, seeing that his
head is said to be completely turned with
the notice he has received from the "firet
lady of the land )" and it is this degeneracy
on his part which is supposed to be the
chief reason of his fall from royal favor.
One dRy-sO goes the second eale-the
Queen was present at review of her
troops at Aldershot or elsewhere. After
some of the evolutiOns had been gone
through, her Majesty desired to speak to
some Of the mounted commanding officers,
and an Aid de- Camp was despatched to
call them up to the royal preseuce. Ap-
parently they were not 30 quick in their
movements as the devoted Scotch gilly
considered they, ought to be, 40 he rose
erect in his seat, the footman's behind the
royal barouche, and gesticulating with his
arms and beckoning frsntically, shouted
"Come up faster, come up faster, can't ye ]
the Queen wants you" On which, by the
time Cbe Cfflcers had reined up their steeds
beside rOyalty's carriage, one OF them,
looking up at John Brown, exclaimed in q
laundering voice "You jnst mind your
own business, and keep in your own place.
you id flunkey." WhereupVn the
Queen turned as red as fire. OF all the
people whom he knows, the Prince OF
Wales is said to hate John Brown the most,
gets quite into o fret when his name 10
mentioned, rarely sets foot aG BalmoFal,
and makes no secret of his intention, when
his time Gomez 20 be King, of seDding John
Brown back into his native obscnrity.