New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-01-29
THE ROYAL MESSAGE, AND GRAND DINNERS.

QUEEN SIEEtH MADE MODfiSAlE ~ SLt 1 III.
HARMONY IN THE CABINEr-GRAND PARLIA-
MENTARY DINNERS-CUSTOMS REGARDING THE
ROYAL MEssAGE-scAST COURTESY SHOWN THE
PRESS.
IRON TIE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE ]
LONDON Jan. 1.-THE day has come; the day
which was to be big with the fate of empre-of
three empires at least-and there is every prospect
that the three empires will find themselves at the
close Of it very much they were at tho beginning
The contents of the Queens speech are known in
advance and they are not of an exciting nature
Few royal speeches." says the leading Tory organ
"have been more looked forward 10 than
the one that will be pronounced to-day
None. perhaps, will be found more disap
pointing" That the speech must be mOder
ate was understood beforehand. If an I'M
moderate message to be sent in, Lord Salisbury
Lord Derby, Lord Carnaryon and Mr.. Cross would
not have been conscnting parties to it, their resgna-
ton would have been known before the tenor of
the speech had been known. Ii cannot be neces-
sary To remind the American reader that Queens
Message and a Presidents Message are essentially
unlike in this: that the President speaks for him
self, his Cabinet asserting, while in England Minis
tersspeak for themselves. the Queen asserting 1t
is tho Queens speech in name only; and this re-
mains true, spite Of prcrogative and encrcachment.
ana Oh All tudl HflNoudl lHtVi''ht''h VI wv SUI
ereigu in public affairs of which such curious revea
tons have been lately made by Mr.. Theodore Mar
tin IN his life OF the Queens late husband
II is tho custom Tor Ministerial aud Opposition
leaders in the House of Lords and House of Com
mons TO give what are called full-dress Paramen
tarv dinners on the evening before Parliament as
sembles. Full dress means uniforms of one kind or
anothcr-cOurt dress, or whatever apparel more
snlcndid than that "A man may be entitled to wear
IL, Inc, al and Iapnr1f | fp
enough to possess them. Lord Beaconsiield's BAN
Duet was given at the Foreign Office, which boasts
some of the most spacious and splendid rooms IN
London. The passion of the man for rank and title
must have been thoroughly gratiied. lie sat down
with eight Dukes. ten Marqulses twenty-eight
Earls (he himself the twenty-nnth! ana dozen or
SO mere Lords and private secretaries including the
Incompatible Mr.. Gi0ntagu Cory, who did not
write the famous letter attacking Lord Carnaryon
signed " One who Knows" now said to have been the
composition of Mr.. Claiborne Hardy, who, although
still Lord Carnarvons colleague in the Cabinet, has
not denied it. Lord Derby was absent from illness
"A real illness and not diplomatic Illness. lie has
been confined to his house for some days by NAL
adv which the newspapers do not mention, but 10
which have heard very grave name gwen. lie
was so i'll three days ago that Cabinet meeting,
Amounted to be held at his house in consequence of
his inability to go out, had to be held elsewhere;
He was not well enough to see his colleagues and
hear business. discussed. This morning he is re-
ported better and it is OF no little moment that he
should be able to appear i'll Parliament, as well as in
Cabinet Councils The ant-war party cannot al
ford to lose Il single member
The presence of two among the dukes is note
worthy one the Duke of Cambridge, the Queens
cousin and Commander-in-Chief of the army--n
both capacities an ally whom the warlike Prime
Minister must value; the other the Duke of Suth-
erland, once Liberal, now both Tory and Turk,
and Tory because he is Turk. lie bears name
once deservedly honOred in America. The Duchess
of Sutherland whom we all used to respect the
Aholitonist, was this mans mother Nothing is
more rare than for the head Of great family to de-
sert his 1ag as the Duke has now done. 1t is said
that hatred for Mr.. Gladstone had as much to do
with it as love for the Turk 1t is certainly true
that he attacked Mr.. Gladstone with great bitter
ness In the brief speech he made last week
one of his very rare public appearances-at
St. James's Hall. The Duke of Sutherland
called Mr.. Gladstone Russian agent. The Duke is
a man of great wealth, old family, with the finest