Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-10-19
LONDON CHAT.
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Correspondence of New Zealand Herald
Once more the Queen has
shown the strong good sense she
possesses. 1t was impossible she
should avoid noticing the volum.
inous correspondence about the
great length of her reign, and the
proposal to celebrate it's unprece.
dented duration on the 23rd prox.,
as well as the completion of its
Goth year on the Goth June next
should her Majesty be spared un-
til then, as we all hope may be
the case. So the Queen has caus-
ed the following message to be
published in all parts of the King
dom:-'The Secretary of State for
the Home Department has been
commanded by the Queen to init
mate that, while she is much gra-
titled to observe the general ex-
pressions of loyalty towards her
in regard to the fact that she will
shortly have reigned for longer
period than any other British sov-
ereign, it is her Majesty's wish
that, should she be spared to rule
over her beloved people for such
period, any recognition or cele-
bration of that event should be
reserved until she has actually
completed reign of 60 years.
Everybody applauds this decision
as most sensible and considerate.
A national celebration on the 23rd
of September would have been in
many ways most inconvenient.
But next year on June 20, if we
all live Her Majesty included
indeed especially we shall see
sight such as few nations-per-
haps none-have ever been privi-
legged to witness, when our beloved
Sovereign will have reigned for 60
years-really reigned, not merely
enjoyed the title of Sovereign, as
was the case during so much of
the life of George Ill, the only
English Sovereign who as yet
surpasses her in length of reign,
and also of Louis XIV. of France,
who from the 23rd prox. will be
the only monarch who has ever
beaten her in this respect
Let as hope that Victoria may
h. fn hn
years of Louis XIV.'s nominal
reign, which, however, included a
long minority beginning with alb
solute babyhood. To accomplish |
this Her Majesty would only have
to attain the age of 80 years,
whereas her relative William of
Germany lived to be "a. So we
may see it. Meanwhile one can
not help feeling some sympathy
with the Prince Of Wales whose
chance of seeing his name in
scribed on the illustrious roll of
British Sovereigns seems by no
means rosy. l fancy most doctors
rate his life as by no means so
good as his mothers, that is to
say they regard his prospects of
surviving here as not more than
equal, at the best.
Some people fancy that the
various rumors as to theQueen's in
tended abdication in his favor are
really pilot balloons foated in
his interest. lake, for example,
the report that Her Majesty
would abdicate so soon as she
either had reigned longer than
George III. or had completed a
reign of 60 years. The former
alternative is now autboritatively
disposed of by the Royal an
nouncement that she means to
reign, if possible, until the Goth of
June next. But the rumor is
persistently circulated that the
Queen will resign the reins of
sovereignty to her son so soon as
she has reigned 60 years. Per-
sonally, | do not believe it, and 1
have hints from we'll informed
quarters which confirm my opin-
ion that there will be no abdica-
ton, but that the Queen will con-
tinue to perform to the best of
her ability the duties which have
been entrusted to her until it shall
please Heaven to relieve her by
the ordinary course of nature.