The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-05

L UDenliOneu the matter ~
Lady CUTIE, an she would sooner part wild
her life than give up her title.
With regard to the pomp and etiquette
by which the viceroy is envifoned, it may
be said that he is known as the king
and has a court consisting of a state
steward, who must be a peer of the realm,
and controller of Ele household, who
must be a general in the army; a master
of the house, who is a colonel, as is also
the chief chamberlain, while there is quite
an array of gentlemen ushers, gentlemen
in waiting and aides-de-camp, al least five
of whom are peers and the others army
officers above the rank of captain. These
as well as his two chaplains, the senior
Of whom is a dean; his physician, his sur
geon his dentist and his oculist are main
tanned at government expense. When he
rides or drives out he is attended by an
escort of cavalry with drawn sabers, ana
court circular published officially every
morning at Dublin records his doings OF
the previous day. He is addressed 10y
everybody as Sir just as if he were
the Prince of Wales or one of the roy al
dukes. Men and women rise when he
enters the room and remain standing I'M
til he bids them to be seated, even if his
own father and mother be among them,
and when he either dimes out or enter
tains people at dinner every lady is forced
TO courtesy low before him when passing
L out of the dining room. He holds levees
and drawings rooms at Dublin castle just
in the same manner as the Prince and
Princess of Wales do at Buckingham pal
ace and ST. James, in behalf of the queen,
and he has the advantage over the HEN
apparent in being required to imprint q
kiss on the cheek of every one Of the
fair ones as they courtesy low before him.
The late Duke of AbercOrn. so faithfully
portrayed as THE Duke" by Lord Bea,
consfeld in his popular novel. "Lothair,"
holds the record in having saluted in this
manner no fewer than 800 young ladies in
the space of a single evening.
It must be thoroughly understood that
these honors accorded to the Viceroy are
merely conceded to him as long as he re-
mains on Irish soil, and that, from the
very moment he sets foot in England, he
becomes once more an ordinary peer of the
realm. In connection with this a rather
amusing story is told of Lord Crewe, who
was a son of the late Lord Houghton, and
who, having accompanied his popular
father on many of his trips to the United
States, is known to a number of people
on this side of the Atlantic Robert or
Robin Monckton Mines. Lord Crewe
having been appointed by Mr. Gladstone
Viceroy of Ireland in spite of mis- youth,
was on one occasion travelling from Dub
lin to London, and had scarcely ensconced
himself comfortably on board the steamer
leaving Kingston when he caught sight
of the exagenarian and stately Duchess
of DeVonsh!re. Imagining no doubt that
he was still amid the gloomy magnifcence
of his vice-regal court he most graciously
! beckoned to her to take a seat, and with
out rising, was even affable enough to in
dictate, by means of Yice-regal pat with
two fingers, the exact chair adjacent to
him where he was pleased to permit her
to sit. The duchess was a little taken
aback by the condescending manner of
| the viceroy, whom she had known from
| halax I'D 10 4 ~
| the signal, and during the voyage across
| the channel exerted herself to be pleasant.
| But the moment she set foot on shore at
| Holyhead she considered her duty fulfilled
and that she owed no more Difference to
| him as viceroy of Ireland. So it was with
the most imperative ring in her voice that
she turned to him and exclaimed. Here
Bobby, Bobby, bring me my dressing bag;
| and now run on ahead and mind you get
| me a good compartment"
This and many other anecdotes which
| could be related serve to show the extent
| to which the viceroyalty is a subject of
| ridicule and how little would be lost by
| its abolition. 1t is quite possible that a
| few of the Dublin tradesmen might suf-
| fer, but on the other hand, the entire
| Emerald Isle would derive economic ben
| eft from the utilization of the money
| saved by it's abandonment for the estab-
! lishment and maintenance of a royal res
| idence in Ireland. For the presence of
| members of the reigning family during
a portion of each year in the island, say,
| for instance, at Muckross, on the Lakes
of Killarney-an estate for the purchase
| of which the crown is now negotiating
| would have the effect of attracting many
| of the great and rich across St Georges
| channel, bringing money and consequent
| prosperity in their train, precisely as has
been the case with Scotland. The latter
| was a terra incognita" to the English
nd f1raf
| tranced by the wild beauty Of the scenery,
| established her autumn home in the High
| lands. That served to bring grand no.
| bleS, plutocrats and whole hordes of tour
| lists fiocking across the Tweed, with the
| result that money and trade have flowed
| in eVer-increasing current in the direction
| of the northern kingdom, much to the
! advantage of Sandy. 1t win be the same
| with Ireland when once the Duke and
| Duchess of York have their country seat
| at Muckross part and parcel Of that
Earthly PARADISE, so eXquisitely sung
Moore.
In conclusion, 1t may be pointed out
| that the change brought against the royal
family of having persstently avoided Ire
land during the present reign is not alto
| gether just. True, the queen, while she
| spends every autumn in the Highlands
| has visited the island but three times
| her published diaries, however bearing
| eloquent tribute to the pleasure which she
| derived alike from her intercourse with
| the people and from the exquisite scenery.
! Perhaps the refusal Of the Dublin munich
| pality to pass the vote of coincidence and
! sympathy which it was proposed should
| be sent to her at the time Of her hus-
| bands death and the subsequent OPPOSE
| ton offered by the same body to accord
| ing a site for the statue of the prince con-
| sort that had been offered to the city by
number of his admirers may have had
! something TO do with her neglect to re-
turn to Ireland since she became a widow.
| But her children have been there repeat
! edly Both the Prince of Wales and his
| brother, the Duke of Connaught speit.
| the one many months and the other sew
eral years, at the Curragh camp and at
Dublin engaged in military duties, while
the Prince of Wales eldest son, the late
Duke of Clarence, likewise lived couple
of years at Dublin, doing duty with his
hussar regiment, and being visited fire.
quently by the Duke Of York. The Prin-
cess of Wales has been to Ireland a num-
Der of times and So too have
the Princess Louise, Marchion