New-York tribune., 1885-01-18
PRINCESS BEATRICE.
.,,, urrpoTuAI, AND HER PREVIOUS LIFE
" XyIrU THE QUEEN.

tJ,,, Of paftenberg is discussed ih puoh0 WIN
,,,at fniness of courtly adulation which Inc ThF
t;st press considers correct on these Interesting
,.sisms. Congratulations to the queen W -"
Princess, 10 her future husband are SouN 40
oddly mixed up with sincere efforts 10 eAP'a"
the royalty loving people of Eneiaho "n@' y49
tang Il ;s that the bride and bridegroom ai'er
their marriage will live with the Qneeh. " ,rora
az .ltsd circles a man might think his fraehuS WIZ
sr.f;n,, him if they offered their Fluctuations Oh
The nrospect of his permanent residence p0n'"t- w.,
h;s f,,nre motherin-law's roof. But where roS ''S
!. ,,,ncerned IL is etiquette to consloer e'1is
th,c for the hest in the best OF oil p"shio'e ,
r,eo, ,o,v ;s for the public. What rs saio III i'''
.,,,h,;o WAYS is not quite in the same tehe' III
80 Cor the homage and for the criticiH'' 10
80 The marriage OF daughter OF the queen %
- nv the Oueen herself topic OF the hios' of."
a;acnssiop 1t is Her Majesty who announces !, "
her subjects. The Court Circular ilnpar's 'no oo'
g., news in terms chosen by the Queei' ana coii'
-.,,niooted In every newspaper i'll the three king
ao,,s I1seful information about the bridegroom Is
,,;aa at the same time might, in any Case oc
cleaned from that august repertory OF TOY "i
oI,t,es the Aimanacb de Gotha. L spare s'u ~
,enetitiop of particulars when you caiho' Du
have pnbished at once to an inquirlhs coh.,ne"'' ~
f Il were possible to say that frihre
"a
l.,or or dull rich OF poor might do that, ouI iio
I'D, I have met seems TO know anything Oh thes'
- ,,;o.,rtsrt matters. BY Ear the most eAci'-
;, o,4har+ic fact in connection with the petro'hai
IA tho official intmation that III the steward fo'i"
a. Oshorae. champagne was placed on the taoie "'
tbs oueen,s orders to celebrate the eyehi. iho ~"
camnapy pying announcement that the ehgasoino'' W
which the Queen gave her consent on Mohnas was
made known to the Privy Council on iuesa"S'
ia unfortunately coHtradicted to-day lhe 80
ar,s roam clearly had the earliest news anu ih 'i0
champagne. A., o,,t
II has long been said by those about the co"i'
that the Queen would never LET her ryonngesi"aos'i
ter marry The royal view of snch matters Is
we'll. let us say royal. We are always peihs III,
vited to look behind the throne ana
admire the simple domestic lie OF biIi'
ton,Iv OF this-as we are reminded this morning
by a journal winch rebnkes the efius'Ve anu uic''
ous expressions of feeling in which gushing con-
+omrorarv MISUNDERSTANDING gimpses are TO be
had in the Queens published Diaries. We are BID
den to behold in them a revelation OF the 1nli
an;ovment she has found in the cultivation OF iie
aveet familiar side In these famiyreiat'onshipS.
fear n GOOD many readers remember more aoout
Charlie Thompson, in the rumble of the lahuau' anu
John Browns legs, and the packing OF the queen
boxes by the Queen and John Brown than ABOUT
the sweeter TOPICS Be that it may the domestic
life of the royal household has ALWAYS felt the bur
den of majesty. The Queen is admirable III al,
or nearly all, relations of life But III ali
she is Queen The love of the mother Tor her
children has never saftened the authority Oh 'hc
sovereign over her subjects, of wnom her cui'dreh
are the first in rank the nearest to her own person
and the most intimately acquainted with the i'rce
of the royal will. The authority of the Grown,
nto1rl said N
has been the sternest reality to the Princes ana
prineesses whose lives seem to the outside world
lives of mere splendor and gildcd luxury. To this
dav the hghtest word or wish OF the Queen Is
royal command to her children. 1 don't say that
all of them always aad in all circumstances obey,
if obedience is understood to mean strict conpi-
ance with the Queens desire as TO the general con-
dnet of life But apprehend that particular order
issued for particular occasion Is never resisted
Instances might be gwen where such orders Davc
proyed decisive when notorionsiy repugH'hl u"
those who felt the stress OF them. But 10 give
them would be intrudiRg upon what are, aftcr AZ
ur,vate concerns and there are some incidents OF
life's sweet Tor SCUM familiar side which oven
princes may prefer should be private.
The Princess Beatrice, seven and twenty
yearsold she will b. eight and twonty IN April has
been much more than daughter to her mother.
The duties laid upon her have been constant and
beavv. She has had vast deal TO DO with the aG-
mipistration of her mothers private affairs, her
charities her dependents and pensioners her guests
Prohaby the Princess Bsatricc'5 lie has been
an easier one since the death o. John
Brown, the man who made HE
irksome to so many of the immense household
about the Queen. 1t has nothing to do with ;he
Princess. but since John Browns name recms 81
often in writing about the royal family, ma re-
peat in passing the story breaght freshly to Hint
by the recent death of Dr. Marshall. That excel
lent man held the post of physican-in-ordriary I"
the Queen. The Office is one which required HIM
to be always on duty and always within call. At
ser many years of unbroken service he was allowed
n vacation the year the Queen went to Baveno and
occuyied Mr. Henley's villa, on the shores o! Lago
Maqgiore. She took with her Sir William Jcnner,
who has long been her extraordinary or
consulting physician John Brown Of course.
was of the party. Not long after they
arrived Johu was attacked by some
ailmcnt which was, believe, painful, but. 10 the
medical mind, trivial. Rum0r, concerning herself
as she does with the slightest matters reiating tc
great people said thaT John had the collie What
ever il was, John was not satisfied with tllc SER
vices OF the FIRST physician in England. lie had nO
confidence in Sir William Jenner. His faith in
medicine was given to DIR. Marshall, ard to him
alone. He insisted that Dr Marshall should be
seat for, and sent for the poor man was by teie-
graph, and had to abandon his hsrdwon holiday
and journey across Europe at the bidding of this
Highland gilhe. whose chief complaint wac
whiskey. he made the journey, aud arrived only
10 find John Brewn well agan, and to be abused
for not having come more quickly.
Bat the Court of England says a eourtly writer
has 90 secrets to keep from the knowledge of thc
English people. The Queen has taken rs into hei
confidence, continues he, and that is why her pee
pie can sympathizc to-day with the sense of regre
which chastens without diminishing the JOY of tb'
betrothal She has set her people good example
Of sef-denying duty, and nos resolved not TO stant