Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-02-28

on the battlefield while this scion OF
royalty had nothing TO. recommend
him save that his mother Is "Her
m. duke Of Albany, the queens
yo,inycet son. Il also well provided Tor,
though lust AZ this moment 1 cannot
call 10 mind in what way.
AZ for the Prince of Wales, he holds
n hnIfdozen or more commissions nut
for manifest reasons must remain near
might indeed 90 through the entire,
list. and show that every reiaiiye 81
the queen ism position" ana draw
ing zig pay, bur apprehend rnuueh
has been written on the SUBJECT 10
show that there Is some excuse il
even so civil y c"inmr NJ az tne io'ioN
ing, cut by me TO-DAY rom = pasle.
that il largely read IN the hiBn's'
circles OF British society, VIZ;
nThc Duke Of Works. incapacity ne
omntapdcr-ln.cbief of the Flemish eH-
neu,l,o,, brought disgrace, defeat ana
disaster uunn our arms. The DcRe oi
Cambridge, when In command Of the
Quarts division in the CTimen, lost his
head and his heart also, aud WAS there
nv nearly losing us the battle Of the
Alma Tine Duke OF Clatpuct. rs iorh
high admiral, played such tricks ana
made -uch Il f,,ol Of himself, that tn
government OF the day was obllgtd 10
displace him. The Dukeof Counaught'
when coumandinh TIE tuerhs ia
Fgvpt, was always behiudhind when-
cver II ghtiur WAS going forward, lnuch
10 the disgust OF those under him."
These instances OF royal incaracity
arc pivru. IL seems, Ia view Of thu
faci That a certain relative to be OF tn
fsmiiv Inv marriage. to-wit German
nT;n,.. Who il soon To marry grand
laughter of the Queen-is To be APP
noit,rad 1, lucrative naval position
s,Surely., says the writer quoted from
aboyp with all these instances ol
royal incapacity ready at hand. the
first lord OF the admiralty "oulh ~
Justified In giving the same answer TO
the sovereign when another loO Is con,
tenplaled as the late Lord Derby ala
to Lord Chancellor Chelmsford wbtn
he wanted TO bestow "A highly reinu-
nerative post upon one OF his relatives,
which WINS 10 the effect that II was 700
bad -
Tint the present ministry do not
even NJ empt to make "A stand against
royal jobs Is charged by the radicals,
who have recently had ~ little To- say
in public about the fat places provided
FOR the dukes OF Edinburgh aud Con-
Daught. much to the dis-
Woodworking ard deserving officers
who were quietly put aside 10 make
room for them.
This opinion. however, X evidently
not shared in by gentleman signing
himself AN Old Tory who recently
wrote 70 Truth IA follows:
at il evident that we are IN dire
need OF two men 10 represent this ereA'
country on the banks nf the Nile; one
an experienced diplomat, the other "A
tried soldier. There are available AZ
this line two men who, | ain sure you
will admit, fulfill amply the two requl-
sites The first the late governor
general Of Canada, the marquis of
l. .rnr; tue other mat gallant soldier.
the duke Of Connapght, both OF whom
have the great di.ideratum OF being
most closely allied to our beloved SOW
erelgu. NNuu cau doubt II these We're
selected for the honorable and onerou-
task Of governing Egypt and recon
duerinE the SOuGan. we might iiud
that blue blood would far Guido the
muddy lilu0r that struggles through
the veins II Barring ora Gordon =,
AIr. Labouchere, the editor lsud, hy
the BIS, ,omelhing Of aradical htnselil,
in noticing this letter editorially sayS;
'SaFely my correspondent must have
addressed this letter by mistake 70 me.
IL must have been intended for one OF
my conservative contemporaries
Which would seem to lmply that In
his opinion at least such sentiments
would not have been out OF place Al adj
dressed to the, political crowd that
trains under the leadership OF the mar
Huis Of Salisbury aud Sir Stafford
Northcoaie.
must be permitted to say, by way
Of a personal explanation, that II |
have written some mean things nbpr'
Her Majesty Queen Victoria and her
iamily, II must not be supposed that
therefore ! am pTjudiced against
them. On the contrary, ] am :, real
admirer Of the queen at least, and re-
gard her a. being by far the most Iowa
bic Of all the monarcha now on Euro
Dcun thrones. ~ Texas correspond
ent asked for n dish Of court gossip,
and have given il, hut dislI already
dished up for me by English neWspa-
per writer's who have seNernily know n
what they write about; 50 Il the dish
Is not palstable 10 any of my seaders
let them only charge me with repeat
ing what English writer's have been
saying Of their own sovereign and her
family, who have said IL upon the
principle. | suppose, ilat there u u
point even In matters OF the Kind men
toned beyond which forbearance
ceases TO be a virtue.