New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23

raicnousy great is the Importance she attaches to such
Court radius. Last year when the Duke of Albany
married the name Of every person 10 DC Pescic IN ~,
Georges Chapel was submitted TO her. ohe ulso uctu
ay edited the official programme OF the professions or
Order OF the Ceremonial, making many alleraIons,
tions and impressions Above all she was determined
that servants her household should have peIect
view Of the ceremony. Anybody would nave Inousns
that the members of the Houses Of Lords and commons
would have been considered before pack OF nenas'
hut this Is not the Queens way OF looking at tmhgs
were placed where they could see the wedding ceremony
while every trumpery windsor Official was acconlHo
the actual household servants 1t is still fresh in the rec
objection that when the Duke OF C0nnaugnt was mar
red Mr. Gladstone not invited LORD Beae9h ,
then Prime Minister and Lords Gran VIC anu ~
ington were invited leaders OF the oPpos.ion' ss
course being according TO precedent AdNahtage WIS
thus TAKEN incredible IL may seem, 10 exclude tne
greatest Commoner in England because ne was n9t at
The trashy traditions of the Court are very convenient
for snubblng or insulting Ieoplc and when me Puhnlc
demand the reason attempt Is maze 10 stop then
mouths with precedent
The demeanor Of the Queen toward her family Is ex-
traordnary and to ordinary mortals neomprenehsole
IuerrOachable wife and mother, except IN etuhg
her children acquire German accent she now Keeps
them at distance in very odd way There Is no douDt
Of the Queens love for her children When they want
start In life she induces the Premier to ask for as large
grant be thinks the House of Commons will endure
Every item OF outlay for the Royal family that can by
any stretch OF imagination be considered public Is
charged TO the excheque; and the Queen herself saves
every shilling that she out OF her Immense revenue
At this moment Her Majesty considered as private IN
dyidual, be worth less than couple OF millions
sterling great have been the requests made to her
and 80 great the saving she has made out OF income.
This latter is not quite fair to the country which pays
literally for trdis de representation and Is when Tor
oign guests come very shabbily represented but u
shows the Queens love for her children In the face OF
these facts is IL difficult believe that noneOf herc
drcn are TO see her without permission YET sucn Is
the undoubtcd fact. Not OF her children, except
the Princess Beatrice who is condemned TO seouson
with her mother can visit her without permission
Among themselves they are loving enough ana ex-
tremely pleasant and free and-casy together Prince
Christian who looks very old to he the husband OF the
buxOm Princess is the best terms with the Prince OF
Wales the Duke of Edinburgh and the Duke OF Albany;
and the Duke Of Tcck, batting his dull stories, earned
should think from the late Prince Consort gets on well
with everybody, thanks To his own good temper ana ms
charming wife. the Princess Mary, otherwise " the
Queen of Jngoes." But all OF these, including the
Prince OF Wales, at an immeasurable dis lance hOm
the Queen who lonely must pcriOrce conclude be-
cause she wishes TO he has rather encirced herself
with hedge of etiquette which she Is now p0wercss 70
"a she IS in her house IA beyond all doubt; nut
there question that she has not single friend
TO whom she can speak openly and unreservedly.