The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-10-11

| try. and they will prevail should general
election send the Tories back to power. As
this contingency Is admittedly remote. tho war
| party In India will have to ease thcir feelings
as heretofore. by writing letters 10 newspapers.
There IL plenty OF combustible material on the
| Indian frontiers, but tho time has not yet come
to fire It.
Mr. Labouchcres article In tho Forum on
| English royalty hns attracted some attention
here and has surprised many OF his friends.
| He Ia generally supposed to be an acute OBJ.
| server, but tho F6,1u, article is not considered
| creditable to his powers OF observation. The
idea that tho march OF British democracy will
stop nfter the demolition OF tho House Of
Lords and tho Established Church is secuted
as absurd. and tho suggestion that there is no
rtrong feeling In favor OF republican
form Of Government In this country Is entirely
uuwnrranted by the facts The most nd
yanced republican weekly newspaper has
| an enormous and notwithstanding circu-
laton ard Bcores Of newspapers not avow-
| edly antI.monarchical lose no opportunity
| Of ridiculing members OF tho royal family. and
bringing the throne into contempt. That these
new papers reflect tho opinions Of very large
constituency is undoniablc. Mr. Lnbouchere
could have informed his American readers had
mittee. Of which Mr.. Gladstone and he were
members. was appointed in consequence the
| loud popular outory provoked by the report
| that the Government intended to ask the
House OF Commons ITO make suitable provl-
sion" for Prince Albert Victor. eldest son Of the
Prince Of Wales. Tho very rumor OF such an
intention was Immediately followed by series
of public meetings Of protest. and tho agita-
ton quickly assumed such formidable proper
tons that Lord Salisbrry's Government In the
plenituds Of Its power had to yield. Prince
Albert Victor Is now ~ years Of age, but he is
still without an allowance from the public
treasury and there are no signs Of an inten-
ton on tho part Of the Government to provoke
another outbreak Of popular rage by asking
Parliament for money for any member Of the
royal family: nor must 1t be supposed
that the feeling referred to Is confined
to the working classes. It has gained
ground In recent years in remarkable
manner among tho middle class and mani
tests itself In variety Of ways. The time was
when public ceremonies. such a. opening new
By members Of the royal family whenever their
presence could be secured: but nowadays the
work is more often done by local notabilities,
Only last night. fos instance. the corporation
OF 6tockton-on-Tees, after q lively debate. in
the course Of which many unkind remarks
were made about the royal family. re-
jeoted . motion inviting the Prince Of
Wales to open the new park. It can
not be denied that God Save the
Queen" is rarely played in public places
without some demonstration OF dissent and
Americans will remember the rough manner
in which the Prince Of Wales was handled over
the Tranby Croft baccarat scandal. No sensi-
BILE person supposes that there is any immi-
nent danger Of q Republican revolution in
England: but, on the other hand. no serious
student of British politics can fail to see that
when Democracy shall have become strong |
enough to sweep away the Established Church |
and House Of Lords the throne will soon follow. |
The interment Of Mr.. Parnell's remains In |
0lssnevin Cemetery tomorrow will be one Of !
the most impressive ceremonies which Dublin |
has ever Witnessed Tho masses of Dublin. |
among whom Parnell was an idol in fair |
strength. while there are few towns and vii |
lagos in Ireland that will not be represented |
AL the leading mon Of Cork and Limerick have |
announced their intention Of attending. and |
on nearly every line special trains will be run |
on Sunday. bringing countless thousands |
into the Irish metropolis. As rule. the anti |
Parnellites show disposition to join in this |
last tribute to the man who did 80 much for |
Ireland. and large numbers OF them will take |
poAS Al LILO ooiAohoSAutious wv IuObo VINO |
made themselves prominent in the opposition |
have decided not to trust too much to the |
Irish sense Of decorum at a funeral. Tim
Healy. for instance. 10 not likely to have an
abundant faith In that respect and John |
Dillon would not care to run the risk OF
further denunciation as "a murderer" by
rampant roughs at his old colleagues grave
side. There Is o strong suspicion to-day that
the members Of secret societies have deter
mined to make an example Of some Of the
leading snti-Parnellites II they get hold Of
them. The outlook is one which gives the
Castle authorities some anxiety. It is said. but
It may be crocodile emotion. for q riot among
the rival factions on such an occasion would
be grand Tory argument for assuring Eng
lish electors that the Irish can never be In
trusted with the powers Of self-government:
therefore It may be assumed that, II Irishmen
want to fight, the royal Irish constabulary will
not have an overwhelming desire TO spoil the
sport.
The funeral of Mr.. Smith to-day was chiefly
for It's unostentation. It was
simplicity In It's severest degree. Mrs. Smith.
plain. homely housewife. hating the vanities
II the fashionable world and desiring only to
20 left alone with her grief would have moth
ng to do with pomp or ceremony: but the
were at times scarcely decorous. |
t was showing no respect to the deceased
eader to send his body of alone TO the station
Without an escort Of any kind. tho hearso
icing driven by q man who not long since did
TX months hard labor for bribery and cor
upton. whereby the borough Of Sandwich
Gas disiranchised; neither WAS It partic- !
arly decent to have the coffin hustled I
nto the railway siding by couple OF
orters. assisted by the aforesaid cor
upter OF the British voter. and landed
n freight truck with all the signs Of its 9
grlculturnl uses attached to 1t and promi-
emily labelled available for any weight upto
ve TONS" At Hambleden. whore the body was :
lterred. the scene was pathetic. few Of tho d
eccased lenders colleagues attended. but the
Majority OF the politicians and diplomatlsts Of /
,nded the memorial service at Westminster
bbey. where "Old Mortality's" virtues re-
sived the testimony to which they were en- &
tied. q
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