New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-30
TENNYSON.
HIS FUNERAL AND THE ABSENCE OF THE
PRINCE OF WALES AND OF Mr..
GLADSTONE.

London, Oct -.
Now that Tenuyson's funeral is over, the Eng
lishman INDUCES himself in grumbng about it
q privilege dcarcr to him than any other. Some
great personages who, in the opinion OF others
perhaps less great; OuSh! to lave been there
were not there, and down upon their Offending
heads comes an avalanche Of indignation Inc
most conspicuous absentee was Mr.. Gladstone he,
for time was the chief object of censnre. Then
it was perceived by his friends that if they could
not defend him they could attack the Prince OF
Wales, who also was absent, and they turheu
rather sa,vagcly upon him. These tactics are not
new, out are always more or lcss effective No'
only the Prince not in Westminster Abbey, pu'
lie was Ut Newmarket to the CeSnrcwltch
run. His offence was therefore twOfo!d. III MS
friends plead that the Heir to the Throne was
represented in the Abbey by Sir Dishton Propyn'
they told that this and the wreath NE seh'
10 lay on the poets coffin only aggravated MS
offence. To b. absent showed a want OF good
feeling. To send a substitute showed want OIL
good taste-that quality which the English
man prides himself: and upon which ne y" often
discourses. We hear it talked Of great deal
remarked Matthew Arnold Of similar 'opic'
perhaps because we have so little OF the thing
This controversy about the Prince VI wares
and Mr.. Gladstone is, ! presume, in its earliest
SV"N
at Orce, and the season is dull one and the
papers hard put to it for matter 1t has the
further advantage of being ine\haustibie lEe
last word can never BE- said: like the writer VINO
published u book Of Last Words on something
and then published another entitled More las'
Words" There are plenty of peOpl" who f'"i II
piuuant to assail the Prince III publc, whateNer
they may 10 in private. The 1ranbI \ro''
scandal is not forgotten TIL" press fed on that
for weeks; oven the more r"s1ectab' papers
thought proper at that time to tarn their columns
into pupits and preach long sermons Win u
long face. The appetite grows by wha' IL i"o1
on; and they may be expected to impr"v" IN"
next good occasion with greater Junction s'i'l'
This is not very good occasion. and the more
respectable papers will probab'; let It alone
They feel that there Is something nIs""iniy III a
wranclc about a grave which was closed only
yesterday.
Papers of the other kind do not always 'ra"
a distinction between what is secnily and what IS
ursccmiy They lave a political object 10 gain,
The New RadicalisIn is becoming daily newer ana
moro radical The Social Democrat, wien ne ie
not busy prying at the formations OF so'l". "'".'
tries his crowbar the Throne. IL Is h"' 'i'
immediate object, but il may become his o"l',''
and meantime it is good bnsresS to dis"reu' '''c
Heir 20 it, lie does not, unless nc - Nh
IIhouchcrc, attack the Queen dirc''E. l"' "'
tocbn,cnt of the great body of the people 70 III"
n.. !; still sincere Mr. Ilhuuchcr'''s Joint
campaign against the Queen a"i MT "'auS''''
hurt nobody but himself: ended not IN disaster
,n ,b.m. ar either of them, hut in ridicule upon
himself: which he is understood TO dislike. IL
WAS felt that the Qucca's messages TO Ten'Ns"n
f,m;,v wcrc all they conld have bccn-wolianly
and friendly ard sympathetic Til" HOMAGE o,
the Sovereign to the subject who had h'p'i
mntc her reign illustriOus was expressed h"t JOSS
b,norahly. So the Queen is allowed. thus lar'
10 c,cape the ccrslrc which falls upon the
Prince
The non.En.lisli world may think Itself r''ho'''
cnou.h from tie sc"nc and from IN" pa'sioh VI we
conflict TO take IMPARTIAL views OF BOTH Amff
cans are in truth in better position 70 Judge III
such a matter than anybody else. imagine We
shall all regret that the Prince OF Wa.es was ho'
az Tenuvsons funeral Whatever we may THINK
nj ROYALTY az an institution the people Of THIS lana
from which we sprung still hold to it. and the
Queen and-on account of her settled seclnsion
from all or almost al. the pageantre' o. liIe-'he
Prince II Wales are, for most ceremonial purp's~'
the representatives Of the Nation. They a. not
always represent il. The greatest OF this genera
tion who has hitherto been lali To rest III "eS'-
minister Abbey was Darwin. No member of the
royal family WIS pTcscHt III P'3"' VI ~ Wv pug
nm TINT OCCASION Darwin stood in no relation
t. them which they OF any Of them felt bound to
,cco.nizc He was simply the foremost man OF
science Of hi the. What have courts 10 do with
Scene? Tennyson, however, was not only
roct, but u court poet, Laureate: and he had
prfcrmrd onr public service wiiic! is slr" OF
lasting gratitude from the Queen; he had paid his
tribute, and pail il III magniiicen! and Inpcrisi-
able ver,e, to the PRICE Consort. There were
personal relations. also. OF which sovere.gns ana
princes ldOm fail u tanc account
Still, the Prince If WAlGs was absent from the
Abb e. There may DE- | all sare dGn't know
,um' otiqnrtte, sJinc rule "i courty or regal i"'
which forba,'c him to attend 1t is most unlikely
there should b., bat it las Len Suggested. The
Prince nii:..rs freely with his fcow-SuDi'cts IN
life and there ems no lcasOn why he Should not
remember them in death. II lie went to New
market instead, he did as many others Ut high
position did. j, il tie fashion TO say that all
which i, best or highest Or most famous IN
Eng ISL lie was at the funeral. Thai is not quite
so II you will look over the list Of tLos, pres
snt. YOU cannot bat note tli" absence Of many
names which coun, for much in the Soclsl lie Of
ENGLAND. Many Of them will be found in the
Newmarket list. 1t was an unlucky concil"nce
tina, the funeral should occur on the duy when
one OF the classic races was run-a day when very
considerable portion OF the English would would no
more think OF Icing absent from Newmarket
heath than Of being absent from church ON sun
day morning wien on their own estate.
The Prince went with the rest. One # his horses
was running in another racethis and many other
things are said 10 acc 'unt for III, presence. When
all l. said, W. shall all end by thinking he would
have been we'll advised to be elsewhere. Probably
he was not advised 81 all, aud 50 missed an excel
lent opportunity of increasing his popularity, ot
escaping the criticism which lie has provoked, u
strong tlcnins the ties between the throne and tile
best supprts OF the throne, and Of testl'yins IN
.zrsnn IN TN, raslrcI and regard which he really