, 1879-07-19

hort," Expresses surprise that man 50 shrawtl
a. btockinar should hayo blundorctl 30 stra.,Ro-
". hut It Is evident that tho pfineo's mind was
receptive Of tile losson n,.sl ita 1tcas ssce1den.
her own Importance. This feeling, it !s be-
lovc,l, has been carefully fostcrcd by Lord
Dcaeonat!cld by incana Of nroI,Iso md constant
md fngcn'ous !iatscry. distinguished public
.ns,lcld Is !" Tho only Premier snco Mel
bourne who has remembered tint tho
tlIccn Is woman as vol as branch OF Thu
uovrrnmsut." Ws have. heard atorica Of The
Uslon'al lavahncss !s as marked in thla I'd In
other things, n,ll that llo "lays Il onn not with
tcowef only: The Infinite, aossIp, l,owovcr, Is
valuable noL Tor Ita truth hut for It's sQn canec.
consciousness that tllerci sonnet hing To explain.
Tiers hare bnen very platn articles In the .nngn-
zines uron tho tlrfft toward personal gpqorn-
nrnt, atul the report that The (1nocn was In per-
tlta, and Lord Chelmsford. III South Atrtcn, led
to n irnt!on In tho COnn,uus. by . substantial
n1M1 conservative member. plainly Implying tlsat
tho Queen hatt transcendcd her proper position
under the Constitution. ..
The alleged growth Of the influence Of Tho
crown u concitlcnt with great increase Of TIC
court cirelo by the marriages ut Tho rnriols lncn"
bcrs Of tlc ROYAL family, 40 that The COURT in1'u-
eHco 10 politcs becomes more Alltl moro eytdctt
"A regent incident ahows lilo ,condtion Of tho
,EnGffc nl!nd IN England. and the risks OF tic
l,eaconsflc,d policy. slr lsobcrt Peel spoko ge-
vcrtly III tho House OF Commons Of the Quecsrs
corresnonlenee with Lord chelmsford, md a.
luaed to Thackcray's unlattering por1raits Of
'thg HeorCea. one Ut whom, aud The most re-
dictionary. ssas the Queens grandfather. Pres
emily frlcnd Of tie Prince ol Wales tntImated.
II d. paper called Family Fair, that tho
crt. To this fouItsh assertion Sir Robert
replied, In letter which the editor OF N1n;tY
Fair begged ijlm to Withdraw, and which WIS
privately SHOWN to thr Frlnce OF Wales, who
caused Sir Robert to be informed that liz had
not authorized Tue statement In Family Fair.
This message Sir Robert scnt 10 tho Times, anl
tho edttnr Of Kamty Fatr retortcd BY b,lbllah.
lug Sir Robcrt's letter. 1t Is letter In which,
courtTo5d end tlueonynrd. 81; slF Re- Robert uses g
Panty Fair IN very tmou1ent expression OF
the latest Development Of tho ridiculous i'm
pernlena Of the present day"; "a clear brcach
II ops psyteTs y T,a, 1,eea hs 0'. fapa vfe S5b
to game which two can pfaY at: one Of ,hc
parties In tic contest may prove pungcnt
critic Of tic coming K mid CO.. "You act
as tho plentpotentfary OF Royalty: 70 and tell
be snnthercd by Imperial menaces, aud unless
receive tho most ample satisfaction from tho
Royal sources which huve innde Yuu .the[r most
isnpudcnt mouttrpicec, shall scs,a copy
OF your statement, together witt, my rcply,
to the prIuro Of Wales mid tho Duke OF Cam-
bri,1go''
This - s41angwtdce' which even Jcamcs
Ycaluwpluah could not mistake, aud tho court
cots disclaimer OF thu Prince, which did not
prevent its t1nal publication, cannot change
lie conviction that there Ia very deep mud
strong feellng when q man Ut the position Of
Sir Robert Peel, who Is hy no means R Radtcal,
can writu in such TURNS Of tho Court for pub.
lcation, aul when another stald and substantial
Cumm0nor can propose virtual censuro upon
the Queen. 1t is not a favorable moment for
astomnsinE to maguify personal 1nonarctfcal
powor,, md the course Of events 10 England
SHOWS how sin9ularly out Of tune with Cd own
ago the Primo. Minister is. 'When he was made
Chancellor, few, Vcara since, he exl.ortel tho
students to study carefully the spirit Of their
age, md to conform their llscs to It: and by
way Of illustration he chooses the tttnc In Which
the idea Of monarchy Is 0utgrown among tho
educated and Intelligent classes who In.
spire and control tic age, and in n
country tralittonalIy sensitive to tho en-.
croachi,jcnt of prerogatiye. ul,d H. the prospect
of lilo st1ccssstnu OF princc who Is thought too
much to rescnib!u his ,Erand-uncle tho Prince
ReRcnt to reyivu personal government TO CO.
lanco the power Of the crown,. mud to belsttls
Parliament. TlIeru IL, lndetd, ID the opinion pt
FhrcNd observers. reaction upon the Continent
against FREQ Eoycrnlnent. But that Ia ltnpossl'
bio In England. Tie country has gone too fat
forward; the suffrage Is too wtdGly extulllcd
there Is too lnnch rcaf liberty and eound1css OF
thought. too homogeneous n people, too sturdy
a national character, to permit any aHeh rGAc
tlou. There Is nothing III tic purpos6 Of Lori
HcAconsfcl Witch CAR eontend successfully will
tue spirit of Sir Robert Peel.