The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1883-03-15


fore they can accomplish their purpose;
for il that purpose were misunderstood
by loyal mob, they might expose
themselves to some very rough handling.
The Queen is. indeed, very well guarded
by the affection of her subjects, and,
generally speaking, she has rather to
fear annoyances from silly people than
criminal attempts from vicious ones.
This shows what terribly difficult work
the police of some foreign countries
must have to perform in guarding SOW
ereigns who are unpopular. Occasion
ally, the English police have a taste
of this work, when some of these lln-
popular potentates visit this couLtry and
have to be guarded against subjects of
their own living here in exile. When
Napoleon III. visited England in 1885,
the Government of the day suffered
agonies of anxiety lest harm should be-
fall him; and these alarms were renewed
in 1874, when the late Gar Alexander
III. came to London. On both of these
occasions, money was poured out like
water to insure proper protection OF
the illustrious guests; and the police
did their work so well that, although
there were ser GUS reasons for believing
that malevolent refugees were brewing
mischief, both Emperors left the coun-
try without having heard so much as a
rude word. The police, however, may
be pardoned for having felt the most
pleasurable relief when the visits of
these much-threatened mOnarchs came
to an end. When the Chief Commits
sioner, Sir Richard Ma ne, received the
elfgram announcing that Napoleon ILL.
had safely landed in France, he re-
marked with quiet satisfaction: ''NOw l
shall be able to get good nights rest"
Many of the difficulties of the police
in guarding royal personages come from
these illustrlous persons themselves.
Princes who are br we do not like to
have their footsteps dogged in private
life; and will sometimes grow impatient
and angry when they find out that they
have been watched for their own good
They have to be watched, nevertheless,
whether they like it or not. 1t would
never do for royal Prince to be kid
naped and detained as a hostage by po-
litical or other desperadoes; and so care
is taken that wherever a royal Prince
may go. he shall always have his invisi-
BILE escort of police. The Prince OF
Wales is guarded nearly as vigilantly as
the Queen. If he travels by rail, sur
veillance is kept by the police all down
the line; if his Royal Highness hunts,
rides, drives, or takes a stroll on foot
through any part of the West End, de-
tective is sure to be close at han . So
it is with other members of the roya!
family in these agitated times; and irk-
some as the supervision must be- it has
to be submitted to with good grace be
cause of its absolute necessity. The
police, however, are sadly worried at
times by hose foreign Princes who
come to visit our own royal family, and
who delight in slipping out of palaces
for rambles through the streets without
giving any notice of their intentions.
Some detective or other is always held
responsible by his chiefs, and severely
reprimanded when such q thing hap
pens; for the police force on guard at
the palaces is supposed to be in a con-
dition to provide for all contingencies
OF the sort.
1t VIII be seen from all this that the
Office of court detective is by no means
a sinecure; and one may add that it is
vi all poSIS lhdI III WHICH ldltHlul, Icdl-
Gus, efficient service obtains the least
honor and reward Not that royal per-
sons are ungrateful to those who guard
them properly; but because the men
who guard best are natural y those who
make the least fuss. 1t is the duty of
court detective not only to shield Princes
from danger. but to conceal from them,
so far as possible, that they have been
in danger. Thus a man whose sagacity
and diligence may over and over again
have saved Princes from annoyance or
hurt, will often be less appreciated than
the more demonstrative servant who.
perhaps once in his life. has had the
good luck to arrest the arm of an assas-
sin after-not before-the pistol we,
fired. Chambers Journal.