The morning call., 1892-03-05


| day or two she will not stay al Buckingham
Palace or ST. James Palace, and according
| to the season she prefers Royal Windsor,
with its noble domain of parks, or the pri-
vate residences of Osborne, in the Isle of
| Wight, and Bslmoral in Scotland Hamp-
| ton Court Palace Is HOW mere lodging
| house for pensioued friends of the court.
and St. James Palace and kensingtOn Pal
| ace are also appropriated IN this fashion.
| IL was at kenSington the Queen, then a
| mere girl, was informed OF her accession,
| and II was al buckingham Palace she pro-
| posed to the FRINGE COnSort, thar eXtraordi-
| nary step for woman being etiquette un-
| der the strange circumstances Of her po-
sitlon. Her Majesty has also palace at
| Edinburgh, but il lies low, and she is under
| stood 10 deteSt the place. for the reason, so
| people suppose, that the Prince ConsOrt
| caught his fatal illness there. Yet another
royal palace exists at Linlithgow, kept up at
national expense, but it is a ruin and is
| chiefly interesting from the fact that here
| Mary Queen OF Scots was born. Her Majesty
| has 10 residence IN Wales, and when she
pays the pTlncipallty a visit she has TO lease
| house. Ireland her Majesty las not WIS.,
| tied since those far-Utf DAYS when the Prince
| C0nsort was with her, and when she was
received with genuine enthusiasm by all
ranks OF the Irish people.
The journeys of her Majesty give an i'm
mense amount OF trouble to the managers
Of railways and TO the military and naval
authorities. Special trains are always used.
and for twenty minutes at least before the
| royal train reaches any point the rails are
kept clear of all traffic. y pilot engine also
| goes in front. Obviously. this is a great
hindrance to the ordinary traffic on routes
! usually working under pressure. AT the
| stations spectators are excluded. and at
! points where the train stops there are
| guards of policemen or soldiers. The guard
at Portsmouth often extends all the way
| from the carriage door to the barge steps
! ana when her Majesty sleeps Oh beard ler
yacht a patrol OF boats rows around the
/ anchored vessel ali night Al these pre-
| cautions seem absurd 10 ordinary English
! men. bnt in old age the Queen has become
exceedingly nervous ana retiring and not
| at all fond OF contact with tile multitude
| She even opens Parliament in person as
| seldom as possible, ana 10 wonder most
| people WIFI say who have seen her Majesty
on the way 10 Westminster With q million
| or more endeayOring. for the most part
vainly, 10 catch glimpse OF the procession.
| When at length her Majesty reaches
| her destination IN some quiet place on the
| Continent, she Is paSsably free from vulgar
! prying ana by taking rest at home and mod
! crate exercise her health is considerably
! benefited. 1t is not, however, all holiday
| cOuriers or Queens messengers are con-
| tlnually going ana coming with dispatches
! from the Government departments, and
| these require perusal and action. Tele-
! graphic messages lD cipher are also fire.
! Quent. Wherever she goes the Queen has a
| large amount OF work daily to oyertake aud
! II is only by application and method that it
| is oyertaken. She has the hnnors of lofty
station, but also the responsibilities.
How the biograpner ana the COMPILER of
| memoirs would gloat over the cases of cor
| respOndence and the official communica-
| tiOBs In the possession Of Queen Victoria.
| 4 century hence a considerable portion may
| fall into the hands of the Historical Manu-
script Commission of that time, just as that
| body to-day is dealing with lie musty rec
| OTds Of old families. A few historical vol
umes # more than ephemeral interest
could be formed from Mr.. Gladstone's
| Parliamentary letters while Premier.
| Her Majesty requires a personal statement
| from her Ministers OF what RAISES in Par
| lament, and IT was Mr.. GladStones con-
| scientious habit to furnish this himself As
| the times of his service as Prime Minister
were eventful and very stormy, these let
tiers, usually lengthy and closely written,
/ are probably admirable summaries OF the
| debates, but ii is extremely unlikely they
| contain Ten and ink sketches of character
or descriptions OF anything behind the
| scenes, or gossip. Perhaps for essential
purposes the summaries in the newspapers
are just as good. Lord Beaconsfeld re-
| garded this Parliamentary letter rs so much
| drudgery, and shuffied the burden off upon
| some one who had nothing else TO do.
| Should the strike of half million miners
take place in England within fortnigh,
the price of coal will rise high enough to
| almost tempt expectation of fuel from this
country. There is no duty ON coal in Eng.
land, and the ports of the country are Jus,
as open to United States vessels as 70
British vessels. That is to saw. n
ship flying the stars ami stripes can go from
port to port IN the United Kingdom aud ply
coastlng trade. A number IF foreign
| vessels do in fact take advantage of thi,
freedom of traffic Ii may appear like car.
| rying coal to Newcastle to ship from the
| Pennsylvania coal-fields to the United
| Kingdom, but very little impeachment stands
IN the way The wages OF miners in the
| Allegheny region are not much higher If
anything, than the average wage in the
| English and Scotch collieries. So poor is
the remuneration, indeed, that the work Is
left by the native-born American as much
| as possible TO the Huns. Poles and Italians
| who are coDteDted to live in squaior and In
communities OF their own race. The aver
| age American aims higher. Ii is probably
for the same reason that so few Americans
| are found before the mast on deep-water
vessels.
Four eccleslasties of the Russian Church
on their way to this Coast are reported 10
| have declared that the statements about the
famine prevailing in Russia are all false. [,
is admitted that in some districts there is q
scarcity of food, but that there is actual
suffering is denied. The admission and lis
accompanying denial are inconsistent /,
looks very much as if these ecclesiastics are
| either badly Informed or are anxious Il
| gloss over the unpalatable truth that there
| is serious trouble in Russia It is not the
| first time these denials have been made. but
all unavailiDgiy. The moaning and wailing
| OF the starving peasantry have been too
| loud to be suppressed. At the close of last
year. when it was evident the crops had
failed in large districts, the Government
recognized the fact by prohibiting the ex-
pert OF rye. Very soon there were riots to
| prevent grain being carried away from dis
tricts famine stricken. and evidence has
| gone on accommodating that the population
visited by the calamity is positively being
| swept away by privations and starvation.
| Some OF the governing classes in Russia.
| including the Gar, appear TO be too pro nd
to accept relief. 1t is doubtless fiattering TO
them that Russia may attend to her own
| Business. but II the work is not performed
effectually 1t Is foolish if not criminal to
| refuse voluntary assistance from foreigners.
The famine has had one good effect for
| Europe. Russia Is so crippled that she win
| hesitate about going to war In any direction
iof at least couple of years.
| The chief use of dynamite for nefarIous
purposes appears to be in blowing open re.
| fractory safes. 1t then does its work only
too SatisfactnriIv and IL the rohhora bovo