Morning journal and courier., 1885-08-01


 l Pretty Story From Vienna-Queen Victoria and Christine Nilsson Miscellaneous Items.
 ! Especial Correspondence of the JOURNAL AND CoUR All Rights Reservedl
 LONDON, July IS. To the Editor of the JOURNAL COURIER:
 Now that MT. Gladstone is once more in opposition, that fckle mistress whose name \ is popularity is again smiling upon him. It is interesting to observe the wholly altered attitude of the Conservatives towards him, I and the entire change in his position. There ! is no doubt that he is to-day twice as power \ ful a factor in the House of Commons as he l was five weeks ago when he was prime min | ister The Conservatives feel that they live [ by his indulgence, and every day shows him | their gratitude for it. If he remains leader of the Liberal party up to the time of the general elections, the Liberals will return to ! power with an overwhelming majority. Till l the very hour that preceded the division l which upset his government MT. Glsfa >ne l was subjected to all kinds of personal out l rage. He was scarcely allowed to speak 1 whole sentence without being riotously in 1 terrupted Now the deferenee of the Conserv- atives towards him is almost ludicrous They | wait respectfully for every word that falls ! from his lips, the slightest courtesy of speech | from him is hailed with grateful cheers, and | when he resumes his seat the applause on ! the Liberal side is taken up and re-schoed | by the new ministerialists.
 ! No less remarkable and amusing is the new position of Lord Randolph Churchill. | Good bye, the fiery orator; no more resound- ! ing speeches, no more freworksl By cross | ing the narrow gangway that leads to the ! treasury bench he seems to have left all hls ! sprightliness behind him. In becoming | quiet the young and brilliant aristocrat has f become dull and now, when he speaks, there \ is behe1d the unwonted spectacle of mem ! bers trooping out, just as if he were Mr. Ash 1 mead Bartlett or Sir Henry Wolff. Always | at one extreme or the other, he now seems \ to have passed to the extreme of dullness. | Will he consider his f5, 900 salary, as Secre- ' tary of State for India compensation for | the loss of an appreciative audience1 The | poor spoiled child seems to have been bribed ! with q lump Of nieey to keep the peace. I has gone bis self-possession. He frequently \ patses for choice of word, and evidently | feels uncomfortable in his official capacity. The defunct fourth party was the life and | sole of the English Parliament. With Lord | Randolph Churchill i'll harness, Mir. Ash II ! Egypt, and MT. Gladstone become an object \ of yeneration on the Conservative side, thn | House of Commons threatens to be an ex- ! ceedingiy dull place of entertainment.
 | The representatives of the press, am sor- | " to hear, will be excluded during the cere \ ifony of the royal marriage at Whippihgha T | church oti the 53rd inst All tie official re- \ tiorts will be issued under Her Majesty's own ' sys. If this really De ths intention of the | 3deeh, 1t sestns tt De $ most improper course \ t6 adopt. The House of 06thth6hs has | yBtsd f95 GOO as s d6wty t6 the Princess | Beattiee iii occasion If htt marriage t8 tht 4stitiati iietftehatit, fiji aadit8tt t9 the f6BgJ | 4 Feaf aifsaay granted, atid 1 tsih sttts Z lAti9H. that supplies the young e9HBie #ith | btte Heafis Of ii3iHg H4isht be stt9#sa tbs
 2. a sas sssats ts5ssa t;a M @ sha as ssa aae \ H4Fs how 8fteH th9se whs b9it the Natef aFE aQt th9se who drink the tea.
 4 fortnight ag9 told yen that there was ! . FHmor aAaat ta the effect thai frlnes lien " of Batteabera would be invested with the garter and be made royal highness. Tn ! rumor has proved correct We all know ! that sovereigns are awfully clever, but did not know that they had the power to instill royal blood into the veins of serenities. What ! is not quite clear to me is on what principle | Princess Beatrice's husband, is to be made \ royal highness, when the Marquis of Lorne, Princess Louise's husband was not l sup pose it is because the former has the honor of being a German. Surely this IS high compliment paid to the English, and one ' which they ought to appreciate.
 A pretty story comes from Vienna, which ! will make Milford" go up in the estimation of continental people. A rich islander who \ had entered hair dresser's shop, noticed within charming young girl, very poorly | attired, conferring with the master of the | shop upon some matters of business The fact is that she was offering to part with her ! magnificent hair for the sum of ten forins | The hairdresser, however, would only give her eight f1orins for it. At last, with tear ful eyes, the pretty girl consented to the sac rifice, and the man had already taken the ! scissors in hand, when the Milford vented | forth a laundering ''stop," He then asked the girl what were the motives that compel led her to submit to such a disagreement, l and learned that her parents, who had been ! in very easy circumstances, were actually | without bread at that moment. The Eng | lishman, taking his purse, drew forth two l bank notes and offering them to the distress ! ed girl, said: 'sWill you let me buy your
 hairs" The girl, without even noticing the l sum, at once answered in the affirmative, and
 the Englishman, after giving her the money,
 delicately pulled out single hair, which he
 rolled round his finger, placed in his purse,
 and then walked away. The hairdresser
 then informed the girl that the bank notes | represented sum of 5000 francs, when the latter burst into tears of joy, at the thought
 of her parents being saved from misery. All 1 Vienna, says 8 contemporary, is dying with impatience to ascertain the name of this gen. 1 erous benefactor, but he has entirely disap- ! peared from the scene.
 The 'tRose Ball, ," of which I spoke to you I last week came off very successfully, although the Prince of Wales refused to give his coun- | tenance to it. Considering that His Royal
 Highness' refusal to be present was owing to ! the fact of three young ladies of the aristoc- 1 racy having been sent to Coventry on the ! occasion, the little fete ought to have been | called the "black ball"
 The following story about Queen Victoria ! and Christine Nilsson, from one of the 1 monthlies forms tribute both to the sov- ereign and the celebrated singer. One of the ! presents the great artist prizes the most came from Her Majesty the Queen, who heard I Madame Nilsson at Windsor and with hel ! own hands put a bracelet of rubies and dia | monds on her wrist, to which a little story is attached The fact is that Madame Nils | son had been asked by some nuns who kept ! school for poer girls, if she would be ex tremely kind as to sing once to these little l ones as it would make an impression or
 them which they would never forget. Chris ! tian Nilsson, too happy to do so much goo6 1 with so little trouble, promised to come, ano fixed a certain evening. But what shoulo
 happen but a visitor, under the guise of Hel l Majesty's bandmaster called on Madame Nilsson to sing at the court concert at Buck \ ingham Palace. Of course, you suppose she instantly sent to the nuns to express her re
 gret not to be able to sing to the childrez that night on account of the court concert
 Not she She told Her Majesty's bandmas ter that she was very sorry not to accept the
 Queens invitation for that evening, she
 had an engagement she could not evade; an6
 that at at any future opportunity she would
 be-happy to receive Her Majesty's command "Not obey the Queens commando Not sing } at the court! Why. every artiste coming to London desired before all the honor of being invited to courtl" What was he to do That was his concern. Madame Nilsson could
 ! not break her word. Tremblingly returned I the messenger revolving in his mind how ht
 | would lay before Her Majesty the message ! that Madame Nilsson had something else te | do. However, there was no mincing matters he had to say it. But what was his aston
 ishment when, instead of the royal frown ht expected, he heard the august lady say: "Oh I know. have been told what the engage ment is, and right noble heart she has !