The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-03-21

have been urged by her advisers to take up her
residence part Of the year at Buckingham Pal
ace The Standard calls upon her Majesty's ad-
visers to do so now. London would be perfectly
content if she occupied Buckingham Palace for
one month during the year, and SO great is the
royal influence that this would mean an increased
influx of people into London during the season,
an augmented trade, and far buster season
than we have known for years. She is on the
eve of the jubilee of her reign, and might we'll
signalize it by coming back once more to live
among her people. IA Matron,n in The Queen.
proposes that the women of England should sub
scribe half million sterling, and found 1000
Victoria annuities," of EGO each, co be allowed
to as many destitute widows in any class of life
not less than sixty-six years of age cher Maj
esty's age this year,, and other proposals are be-
ing ventilated with view of celebrating the
Queens half-century of rule. Entsrprising
traders, who make money out of public celebra-
tons of all kinds, are already TO the fore. The
Jubilee Portrait" of the Queen is already out,
and in the book stalls to be 'given away with
the Victoria jubilee something's newspaper or
book. / did not notice which The Daily Tele-
graph in an editorial defends the Queen by in
ference from the criticism of the Standard; and.
in fact, from correspondents of the Pail Mall
Gazette, and from the complaints Of Radical
orators There are persons" says the Tele-
graph, "who appear seriously to think that the
return of her Majesty to society would Danish
the foul fend of vice, and exalt to power the
angel of purity. Sober and reasonable men ask
themselves, on the contrary, what better example
could the Queen set her subjects than at pres
entf Her walk and conversation are those OF
Christian lady; her home is pattern of what an
English household should be, and her court is
kept as free from contamination as sleepless Wig
Hence can make it. How may her Majesty do
mores She is not, beyond her immediate sur
roundings, a censor of morals; and it q more
conspicuous example Of virtue be demanded, we
fail to see in what manner the Queens presence
at ceremonial observances can secure it. Sc
cluded as she is. the sovereign lives before the
people, and, indeed has given touching proofs
of a desire that her relations with her subjects
should be those of confidence, based on knowl-
edge The fierce light that beats upon the throne
allows nothing to be concealed; how, then, ii we
require the influence of pure example. can that
of the monarch be made more eficaciousl"
Nevertheless, it must be admitted that society
and art have suffered by her Majesty's absence
from the life of the metropolis. Society has
suffered in tone and character art in aim and in
tention; and respect for the throne has deterio-
rated. The Queen, herself, must feel this, and
does feel it, and she is. think, showing at this
present moment a determination to restore her
prestige with her people and to make the declin-
ing years of her reign as remarkable as her first
She is great good woman, q high minded and
constitutional monarch. Whatever she may do
or whatever she may leave undnne between now
and the end of her reign this will be the verdict
of the English people. Depend upon it," says
an impartial historian, "tnat the sovereign who,
when her reign is well-nigh half a century old,
has absolutely nothing to fear from any hostile
movement, is very remarkable woman, in
deed" It has lately been attempted more than
once to be shown that the Queen has unduly in
terfered with ministerial affairs, and Life Ia Con-
sentative paperl this week states that .the
Premier is obliged to forward the various rough
ideas of his new Irish scheme piecemeal to her
Majesty, who marginates the propositions, and
in one instance this week has struck out an
item" Myinformant did give me the particulars of
this item, etc. Mr. Labouchere gives Life fat
contradiction. ''It is not only absolutely I'M
true" ne says. s'but it is preposterous, and he
suggests that this kind of trash about the
Queen" is written at one lunatic asylum and
edited at another. When the Premier has his
Irish scheme ready he will submit it to the
Queen at special audience, and will prepare for
her precis of il. Neither the Premier nor the
Queen is likely to depart from the usual prac-
tice and custom of such occasions.