Year: 1876

costs, which must amount to a very tidy sum indeed.


Not only from having disposed of Beelzebub, but
from Thursday nights debate In the Commons, II
might be thought that this country has reached per-
fection. If its $50 representatives have nothing
urgent to do for couple of hours than to con-
slider whether their Sovereign shall add new title
to her already rather cumbrous one the millennium
ought to be near. Perhaps the matter is not so
insignificant as il appears. IL were what is called
loyal Englishman-a thOrOugh-going monarchst-
would vote for anything to increase the splendor
Of the crown. It's best chance of perpetnty lies in
it's power Of dazzling the popular imagination. Mr.
Dsrae as a Tory leader is quite right IN proposing
TO augment the royal style. Whether he asserted.
the nations Of India eager that the
Queen should be called Queen or Empress OF
India az well as Of Great Britain and
Ireland may be open to doubt. But the people of
England and more particularly the shopkeepers and
middle classes who are generally thought OF under
that name will like il, and don't why anybody
should particularly dislike it. Mr.. Lowe does how
ever. and made an ingenious speech against the pro-
posed bill cOntriving first to weary the House,
which is unusual for him, and then to exasperate it,
which is less unusual. He was indiscreet enough to
argue against the title on the ground that England
some day might lose India. Mr.. Disraeh told him
he was the only man in the House who would have
used an argument Of that kind Leave was of course
given to bring in the bill. The feeling OF the House
seems to he IN favor Of the Queen calling herself
Queen of India and not Empress of India which
latter is understood TO be intended by Mr.. Dsraeh.
Queen is more English than Empress, which, indeed,
is not English at ALL


On Wednesday the world was favored with
another insiament of Mr.. Gladstones auto
biography. He was presented with the freedom of
the Turner'S Company-a fraternity which has had


corporate existence for the respectable period of
go years and may have numbered Pilgrim Father
among its early members. Whoever devised the
arms of the Company was more logical than IS the
wont of Englishmen; he went TO the root Of things,
or at any rate, to the trunk. Mr.. Gladstone tells US
he finds their shield emblazOned with a woOdman's
axe among other more OF less heradc emblems,
which gives him some title TO think himself a
brother Of their ancient craft His exploits with
the axe lin this country continue TO spell it with
an "e," Websterized spellng-bees notwthstand-
ingl have long been famous. This craft of tree
cutting is remarks Mr.. Gladstone, what the common
eye does not always understand. 1t is craft of
skill If you doubt It, Mr. Gladstone is too polite to
tell you to 20 and try it for yourself but refers you
to a poet whose works are now 5000 years old,
who in one Of his immortal lines, has told the world
that the excellence of wOOdman heth not in his
strength but in bis skill. So much We knew before,
but we now come TO the fact for Mr.. GladstOnes
future biOgapher. lie worked at the lathe when he
was very young man--"a greater number Of years
ago than he should wish in this company, to men,
tom He was exceedingly fond of the practice of
turning, and at the present moment is in
possession of some articles executed by himself,
(which he should be very sorry indeed TO exhibit at
any of their competitions" They will certainly sell
we'll when his executors come to deal with them


To Mr.. Gladstone being made Turner nobody
objects but against the election of Mr. Dsrael to be
a Fellow of the Royal Society, which happened last
week, some energetic protests have been made. Ii
is not usual to confer such an honor compliment
or a. a mark of eminence in anything whatever but
science One critic goes so far as to call this "
aunkyish prank, discreditable and degrading to
the Society and 70 English science" which is strong
language The act is the act of the Council of which
such men as Dr. Hooker, Mr.. SpottswoOde, and Prof.
Huxley are members, and they are nOtmen to ex-
pose themselves to a reproach of that kind No
doubt some statement will be made of the reasons
which led them to choose Mr. Disraeli.


Icommented at the time of the MistlctOe inquiry
before Baron Bramweu on his reported expression
that verdict against the sang-master of the Al
berta would give pain TO the Queen. The learned
Baron now-in letter TO the Home Secretary, which
was read IN the House this week-denics having
used the phrase. lie would have done well to deny
il sooner but Ills denial is not to be questioned for
moment and Withdraw anything may have said
based on the report of that sentence. lie does
not, however, deny having asked whether English
men were not proud TO have Her Majesty travel at
greater pace than other people which itself was
strange bit of indiscretiOn and super-Oyalty. An
other report which was left for weeks to make
it's way over the world is now contradcted, that
Lord Ripon gave $4,000 to the Pope on his recent
visit to Rome. So much the better for Lord Ripon.


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