New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-11-19
NOTES FROM LONDON.
,r,.T,yG MOSTLY TO ROYALTY.

-, ,,;s;t 10 the Queen had after all, pleas
-,o them He reached the Castle nj g. as
- O,.cn was setting out for a drive-her custom
ava nj the afternoon. Her Majesty greeted her
'.ccsx,ul soldier cordially, hut did not postpone
no, airing Royalty Is not In the habit oil postpoh-
;n, ,ts pleasures for the people; nor prooao'
uond lesser great people have thought OF pcStpou-
ing ANYTHING previously arranged. Inis is a eou".
49, where people do not put themselves out lno
s.,eronv in snch matters is to be uucercmohious'
The oucen Informed Sir Garnet that he must Oe
80 With his Journey, and handsomely suggested
h,,, that by the time she had come III IRON GriN'
- ba s,oud be rested aud better able TO taiK' one
-.t,,rs5 at 3 tea was ordered. maps were pto-
',,o.d and Sir Garnet Was commanded TO describe
,ho canpagu 10 her Majesty. lie iound her
familiar with military details as might Oe eApec'eu
Tine Queens knowledge or public affairs Is ai"a!s
minnie. say those who come in contact WIN 'no
Throne. And so over cup Of tea the Vieu ooh'' =
tonight his battles DER again to the great ueilH" "
his audience aud perhaps to his own Inc
one hears. pnt many questions. acnte anu ous'D ISL,
like az times and then womaniy anu ,. Al,
vould know all about the wounaeu an" Wy la
bospitals were not better suppheu' ..,,-ad
,,,,,oh bks 10 be sure whether Sir Garnet 'en,uioN
hiuon -" - h.r his siern state ent to his military
sppariors that he knowingly "weh' "He"
transport' for good military reasons ,n..
1hara was an early dinner. 1t is whispeIeu nav
-. .no,s. comuany sat down to table III VneH
ofternoon raimcnt; did not. III shoi'' 49,
dinner. Such q departure from usage n.S -
lorr before but it is enough 10 hoAo ""S w
-, Relcrayi. lose their appetltes' iio"eN0'' '
-. ,eason. Sir Garnet had TO be IN Loh"o" "oA
eO"'s aud etioustte for once gave way 20 mill
80, necessity. Or did not give way since "n"'-
va, the Queen commands is etiquette, FOR the tinc
pla
- o,a the Egyptian talk went on. Inc queen
. -. ba-self throughout most gracious; winch
So +he more remarked because heretofore oir
60, Wolseley has not been q favorIte NJ court
ro,al opipons on military matters are suppoSeu "
- wrch influenced by the Duke of Cambridge anu
80 of Cambridge as everybody knows has
- =. dayrers drawn with Sir Garnet on short SET
ice and other questions Of army reform
Tbare IA a stoIy-thOugh it seems churlish 10 10
pow-that tho Queen insisted on or O"rhe'
,,o,ey ooinc to sec her before he left for Egypt
- II, that his pn vsicans had forbidden him
III - tbe Prince of Wales rhe Prince asked
~ mt his hand inside the door and shake hands
49,, his dcparting friend but the doctors stuck 10
49,. ~ We'll this critical state OF health was
80 LARGELY said people at the time, to the journey
g, Cr,et had been forced 10 make TO Osborne-or
ubereyer the Qaeen NAV then have chanceu 10 De
to take leave. And one reason Tor her Majesty
,hs,iuaey in the matter was her determination 70
.rs,k her RIVAL mind to Sir Garnet On some points
of military administration which he. as AdjntaOI-
General had been ordering otherwise than Was
nea.iac TO the Duke of Cambridge Let US nope
this IL mere scandal
Rnt ALI that is over. AMI so was the dinuer al
,o1uo-,I after n time but not before an incident
had occurred which high authorities say Is qli'e
rnnrecedented When the wine came on al ues
.srt the Queen rose aud proposed a toast to the
hoolth of Sir Garnet Wolseley, with latter ne
,ord or tro about his success in Egypt. Ihere was
osi+ra,ion for a simple minded, blunt soldier! sir
Garnet declares that nUthiue Ia Egypt haa lnzLicH
him 40 much as TO know what he ought to do III ths
emergency. What did etiquette requre,-nay "hat
did II permitf What might subject IN presence
of his sovereign do to acknowleds9 TINS extra
ordinary act OF royal cUndcscensloni lropose tho
on.en's health In return Doubtful as matter OF
provriety: certainly con monplaee II proper when
Tho Opeen sat down Sir Garnet stood mp tfor sup
,'.s. tocoph not stand while his own health was
Le,nq drunk even in the Queens presencel and said
sWiIl vour Majesty permit me 10 propose Il
toast" ~, g..
Her Majesty sienifed her assent, upon which SIR
Garnet said: u..u
81 h.u to propose the health of my gallant COM
,ode.in arms His Royal lligEness the Duke ol Con
nuught."
Onte nerfect. was il not ? They say the Queen
was immensely pleased, both with the tact oil cir
Garnet Woseley and with the compliment 10 hef
son When the General took his leave 'hey p"f'e"
mon the best of terms. and, ON the whole IL ap-
pears that the hero of Tel-elKe6il and Cairo does
NOT rerret his 200 miles OF travel to and from
Balmoral.
fine If Sur (;arnet's anecdotes about Tel-el-Keb'r
;s oot vet out of date He had timed the night at
tack TO begin at fixed hour, and reports To he
brought him from the different bodies OF troops that
,hoy had actually reached their positions Sur
,ounded by lis staff he sat waiting OF horechacH'
and in his nervous impatiencc he was contihuauy
,nIl,ng out repeater he carried, and ringing the
harr The night was extremely dark. the repeater
vow old and Sir Garnet frequently grew anSiou.
Lost tho noueat for the attack should pass before
everything was ready. The staff said what they
,ould 10 rcassure their Chief and somebody
shrewJly suggested that perhaps the old repeater
was too fast Just then a faint light d2wDed IN the
Eastern sky and grew swiftly brighter and before
long the horizon and all that quarter Oi the heavens
were radiant with the hues of early morn Sir Car
net threw down his watch with an exclamation OF
despair and turning 10 tho staff said: ION see
gentlemen il is too late IL will be broad daylgat
before the troops can reach the enemy's lines.
"But wby,e Gueried one bold man; the hour
fixed Is not passed." ut must be past retorted
Sir Garnet, look at the light IN the sky" Yes.
responded the bold man. " i see the light II II the
comet"
Iapprehend that the promise of the Prince Of
Wales to act as chairman Of the Longfellow Memo
rial Committee will silence much of the opposition
10 the proposal for a bust In Westminster Abbey.
HIS support probably nsuies the assent OF Dean
Bradley to the erection Of anything the committee
Ike TO ask for. From what | saw of the Deans de-
meanor at the Stanley Memorial meeting, over which
the Prince presided. should say that the Dean
had very defntc sense Of Lis duty as cus odian Of