Morning journal and courier., 1886-02-27
MAX ORBITS LETTER.
Criticism of Queen Victoria-The Lon- don ssRevolutton'' = The Weak
 French Republic-Sir Charles Dilke -Darwinism-ssAP A ParisIan' n',-A Pretty

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 Special Correspondence Of the JOURNAL AND CoUR
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 LONDON, Feb. 12. To the Editor of the JOURNAL AND COURIER:
 The Queen has always so avoided any dis play of partiality towards either Conserva- tive or Liberal party that her late dealings with Lord Salisbury and MT. Gladstone have drawn forth comments from many quarters. When MT. Gladstones ministry was defeated, not long since, Her Majesty did not lose 8 moment in sending for Lord Salisbury and entrusting him with the formation of new Cabinet But when the Conservatives were last overthrown two days elapsed before the sovereign could make up her mind to send for MT. Gladstone, and when at length Sir Henry Ponsonby, Her Majesty's factotum was dispatched to summon the veteran states man to Osborne, it was at such an hour that he only reached Mir. Gladstone's door at mid night. To disturb elderly gentlemen in their first sleep, or just as they are turning their attention to their prayers, gruel and night cap, is much of piece with making all the ladies of the court attend the opening of Par lament the other day with bare necks and shoulders while the snow lay inches deep in London But while the Queens yacht is sent across the Solent for Lord Salisbury, and he is treated with all possible kindness and made much of during his stay under Her Majestys roof, some sort of considera- tion seems called for in the case of MT. Glad stone, who is now seventy years old. Per Sonai1v I haliava the nation iS Cyatfiny trad of the Queens gracious messages calling upon her ministers to proceed to Balmoral or Osborne in all kinds of weather The very least Her Majesty could do would be to re- turn to Windsor when ministerial crisis has taken place. The English begin to feel that they are snubbed What they want is that their sovereign should be a living, breathing, acting reality in their midst and in these democratic times I am sure Queen ought to feel proud and grati6ed to know she is wanted. One cannot help noticing the increase of the feeling among the English people that it is time Her Majesty retired in favor of her eldest son, and that as the Prince of Wales does the work he ought to get the pay. Moreover they do not doubt that when he does get it he will devote a great part of it to rendering London lively and so revive trade and manufactures
 The English proletaires need envy the French no more; they have had a nice game at Revolution" this week. The Londoners are panic stricken. For two days the fash ionable shopkeepers of the West End had to put up their shutters and all was brought to standstill. The outrages committed by the Socialists, or whoever they are, have kin dled bitter class hatred. Who the mem bers who invaded Pail Mall, St. James street and Picadilly, sacked houses and shops and committed al! sorts of acts of violence, 1t would be difficult to say. Thousands of sec dy, destitute fellows attended the meeting at Trafalgar Square and following in their train came ragged ruffians, loafers and pickpock- cts. Among the latter there was material for an army capable of any outrage, and it only required the encouragement and the cheers of mad men to set them to work. One was inevitably reminded of the Gordon riots one viewed the work of the wreckers last Monday and Tuesday. The distress ill London no doubt is very keen. Yet no pun ishment would be too severe for the educa- ted men who were at the bottom of these evil doings. Excited mobs are everywhere a horrible sight, but none can be compared to London one. The London roughs have not their equal on the face of the earth If ever there should be a regular insurrection in London it would go far beyond anything yet recorded in the annals of revolutionary movements.
 It Gambetta's dream to bring into the republican camp by persuasion and gentle
  and under government of his princes and anarchists alike would have been able to re- main in Paris undisturbed. But Gambetta is gone and with him all confidence in the republic. The different men who come to power successively tremble lest their time should soon come to make room for other men, and they try to imagine new plans for getting rid of scares. Hitherto Royalist pre- tenders in France have been permitted to re- side there under the protection of the repub- lic But certain Republicans have discov- cred that the presence of the princes of the house of Orleans in France is a danger to the existing institutions, and they have pre- pared bill with a view to expelling them from the country. It cannot be said that the princes have done anything especially in- discreet The chief of the house, the Comte de Paris. is not an adventurer. His long leisure time has been spent mostly in literary work, and posterity will remember him for his impartial volumes on the American war and his lucid examination of the problems of trades-unipns. But in certain states of opinion reticence evokes suspicion. "The prince is silent" say his enemies, Che must be hard plotting." Prescription is a dubious weapon and not uufrequently breaks in the hands of those who attempt to use it. The princes would gain great deal of popularity if they were expelled from France, and the next election would bring to the French Par lament a greater number of monarchists, which would mean for the republic not dan- ger indeed, but death.
 Sir Charles Dilke does not form any part of MT. Gladstone's Cabinet But when the divorce case in which he is to appear to-day as correspondent is over he is expected to be made Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Lord Rosebery will go to the colonial office. The air is filled with all sorts of rumors as to the course which the trial will take. It will be recorded as cause celebre. A few days ago it was given out that young and lovely Mrs Crawford (Mrs. Ashton Dilke's sister, had left England and would, so to speak, be rep resented by confession. Sir Charles Dilkes friends, accepting this rumor as quite cor rect added that Mrs. Crawford's confession would be found to exonerate the right honor- able and sympathetic baronet. Last night I heard different story. This was that the lady will after all appear in the witness box, and that the proceedings, instead of lasting brief hour or so, may and will probably become two days sensation. The lawyers interested in the case simulate uncertainty of the course which the proceedings will take. The case excites enormous interest, and what remains of the panic of the last l three days will be overshadowed by the ex. | traordinary revelations for which everybody | is looking to the divorce suit. Si1 | Charles Dilke has emerged from the sulleI 1 gloom which rendered him an object of pain | ful study for many weeks and now presents an air of unaffected gaiety. A well-informet contemporary announces that the lates statement on the subject is that "a surprise | is in store for us.
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