The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-06-21
ENGLISH UTTERANCEs.

LONDON, June 18.--In the house of com
mons to-day the rising of Mr.. Smith was
the uncovering of all the members. Mr..
Smith moved that an address be presented
to Queen Victoria and the empress of
Germany, expressing, upon the part of the
house of commons, the deep concern and
coincidence on the death of Emperor
Frederick. The late emperor, he said,
had faced death in battle with the great
est courage, but that quality was common
compared with the fortitude with which
he faced the progress of terrible disease,
sustained by a sense of the devotion of
the country. Hear, hear.
Mr.. Gladstone seconded the motion. He
said the trial that had befallen the German
emperor was probably the greatest that
could happen to any human being. Was
there any case in which one of so exalted
rank and station had earned such claims
upon the admiration and sympathy and
pity of the world? 1t was touching to re-
fleet upon the severity of the great trial
due to the circumstances under which it
occurred. The peculiar slowness, but Ger
tainty of the disease; the extraordinary
strength of the sufferers constitution,
and the marvellous additions to the
resources of the medical art which enables
its most skillful professors to secure for
the patient considerable prolongation of
life. The English recollections of EN-
peror Frederick reach back over long
series of years. 1t was in the first period
of his married life that he made deep
impression on the minds of the people of
England. Since then they have felt that
their interest in him was personal inter
est-not alone founded upon his relations
to their sovereign, but upon
| the high qualities of the man, the
bright intelligence, wonderful simplicity,
gentleness of character and kindness,
which gave him open access to all men;
the recollection of his great qualities; his
singular unison of wisdom with valor; his
known attachment to the liberties of his
country; his respect for its constitution,
which would have made him the secure
guardian Of the peace of the people not
less than the honor of the throne; the
winning personal qualities which, III him
showed forth that most beautiful and
appropriate of all associations-that of
genteness as with the highest manhood; of
these recollections, and his continued for
titude on his bed of suffering, greater than
that displayed by many a soldier and
many martyr, constitute a great and
noble inheritance for the German people.
Hear, hear, hear. We trust that the {
great nation, through long period of
strength, prosperity and virtue, will
che ish the memory of Emperor Frederick
as among the most precious possessions
that can accrue to any people on the
earth. Cheers.
Lord Harrington thanked Mr.. Glad
stone for the eloquent expression he had
given to the sentiments that prevailed
throughout the. house. Cheers
In the house of lords the Marquis of
Salisbury moved a similar address of
sympathy, which was recorded by Earl
Granville, and it was passed in silence.
BISMARCK DID NOT ATTEND.
BERLIN, June 1S.-Prince Bismarck did
not, as he intended doing, attend the fu-
neral of the emperor. He is so exhausted
by the excitement which he has recently