Litchfield enquirer., 1880-08-26
The Prince Imperial Monument.


recent debate in the Houseof Commons upon
| the proposed monument to the Prince Imperi-
al in Westminster Abbey. -ED. Eve
Last evening we were 90 fortunate az to
listen to spirited debate IN the House of
Commons In order to get admission it is
necessary to procure an order from a member
for entrance to the Gallery; this we succeeded
in doing, and went in at few minutes before
9p. IN. Immediately after the clock had fin-
ished striking the hour, the clerk of the House
and his assistant made their appearance fol-
lowed by the Mace Bearer, who in turn was
followed by the Speaker, which last parsonage
took his seat at the end of long table in an
elevated position. with the Mace lying in po-
sition at the other end, and the clerks in low
er position in front of him.. The members
came slowly in taking their seats mostly with
their hats on. The Speaker and the Clerk
were in wigs and robes of Office
"The business was very promptly COM
erection of a monument to the young Prince
Napoleon in Westminster Abbey. After Of
fering resolution which stated that IN the
opinion of the House it was not expedent 50
to do, the member who offered it made leng
and animated speech showing why he was OPP
posed to such a course. The speech was an ex-
cellent one, but frequently interrupted with
obs and abs from the Tory sideof the House,
and hear ! hear + from the Liberal or govern
ment side. Many prominent members ON each
side took part in the debate; as it progressed
it was very interesting to notice the peculiari-
ties of style and manner. Nearly all spoke
we'll and very much to the point. AT an early
hour Mr.. Gladstone had entered and taken
seat on what is called the Government Bench.
Immediately behind him was his son, men,
Der of the House and quite young looking
man. Beside him sat Lord Harrington and
Lord Harceurt; on opposite benches sat men,
bers of the Beaconsfeld Cabinet, who Of course
are now in the opposition. ~.
'To show that Parliament had claimed and
exercised right In such matters, many pre-
cedents were cited In the Introductory speech
among others the order of Parliament that ''the
carcasses Of OEoer Crom,oeu and others should
be removed and the order for the Dean to d.
rect his officers to assist, &C.; other presidents
also were cited. The great point made in the
support of the resolution was that gentle and
amiable as the young Prince was, and brave
also, he did not belong to the British army
and he had done nothing which entitled him to
such high honor as burial in Westminster
Abbey, a place where England buried the H.
lustrious dead who had done something for
country or humanity. 1t was past II O'Clock,
p. M, when Mr.. Gladstone rose to speak and
it was curious to notice the attention which
was paid to every word that he uttered HIS
speech was quite long one, but it was evident
that he did not intend as Prime Minister to
commit himself very positively. The gist of
his remarks was that inasmuch as the Dean
had proposed the matter under the former ad-
ministratIon, and they had not objected at the
time. it might be as we'll to leave the matter in
the Deans hands.
sit was pleasure to hear this great master
of debate, perhaps at the present time the
greatest in the world, handle any question of
interest A gosd deal of hostile feeling has
arisen in the country and especially among the
Liberals in this matter, the aristocratic element
also on their part favoring it. If any odium
Is to grow out of it the Premier is. doubtless
quite willing that his. predecessor should bear
1t. But the debate continuing, member after
member rose and expressed his opposition to
the Monument and his detestation of tie b.
napartes, and the mover of the resolution de-
clared his earnest hope that if monument
was erected, it should be, not to an undistin-
guished though amiable young foreigner, but
to great statesman and benefactor of Eng
lan'l, Oliver Cromwel! This was the signal
for great excitement and shouting especially
among the Tories, one of whom enquired as
soon as he could be heard, why the name of
the Butcher Of Wexford should be dragged into
this question. .
The discussion was prolonged until half
two divisions Of the house si,ad been taken.
This is quite un interesting proceeding The
Speaker, after saying, as he always does, Il
think the ayes have It," or If In doubt saying,
''the ayes to the right. the noes to the left,
Messrs. b. and G. are tcllcrs for the ayes and
D. and E. for the noes: the members very
quickly pass out OF the house giving their votes
as they do 80 and quickly return to their seats
M t, he fat <ft nj
table bowling three times as they do 80 and
making known the result which is declared
by the Speaker. And so the vote resulted in
the passage Of the resolution; That 10 the
opinion of this House the erection of monu-
ment to the young Prince Louis Napoleon
Bonaparte is inconsistent with the national
character of the edifce." Doubtless this OK.
presses the sense of the English nation. The
good Dean is not politician and he did SYM
pathizc, as who does not. with the Empress
mother. But that is not all that is necessary
to secure resting place in Englands Val,
hala. .. .......-: .,......
SLOW little thought when attended the
celebrations in Paris, at the time of this young
Princes birth, and saw the efforts made to inn
press France with the idea that he was the
embodiment Of her glory and renown, and
destined to hand them down to the ages after,
that SO few years would show ssch sad ter.
mination of his career" 49,.
Goshen, No. 455. -,s
We noticed at church, last Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. Rodney Denis of Hartford, who are
boarding in your village. ...za 49, !.
Twenty-Five of our young people, last
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