Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, March 30, 1873, Page 7

S —————— THE CIIICAGO DAILY TRIBUNE: SUNDAY, MARCH 30, 1873, 3 7 HAWAII-NEL Lunalilo, the New King of the Sandwich Islands. | His Election by the People and the Legis- latore-~Bow He Took the Oath of Office. “The Obsequies of the Late King= The New Cabinet. Adoption of Consfitutional Amendments.«- Lunalilo’s Speech Proroguing the Legislature, Special Correspondence of The Chicago Tridune. HoxoLuLy, Jan, 21, 1873, On the 11th of Decomber last, the people of hese goodly isluuds were staztled by the an- wouncement of DEATH OF THE KING, ‘Hamehameha V. le had been for gome timo ill, ‘but assurances had been given that he was recov- ering. Cloge following this intellizence came the rumor, which proved to be correct, that the King had failed to nominate his succossor. He was unmarried, and doubtless considered himself the last of tho Kamehamehas, and pre- ferred to leave the question of the succession to be eettled by a vote of the Legislature. ¥or 2 day or two, tho air was full of sarmises and speculations, and five candidates to tko Throne were tallked of. But thevoice of the na- tives, who constituto nine-tontks of the popula- was soon heard in favor of L PRINCE BILL,” so-called,—otherwise Willicm C. Lunalilo,—a member of the Royal family, who had been en- tirely ignored by the last Adminittration, but who, nevertheless, had not beon forgotten by the people. They kaesw him to be a direct de- scendant of the Great Katnehameha I., and many believed the title and position of Kamshameha ¥. ghould have been given him. In the meantimo, many of tho Amsricans now resident here thought, or rather Loped, tha time nad come to strike for A BEPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT. Nor were thoy without an organ to give expros- gion to their viowa. The Pacific Commercial Ad- ertiser, » Liberal paper, published in the Epg- Lish language, fairly surprised iis readers by the boldness of its uiterances. In tho vory number announcing the death of tho King, the editor wnsed tho following langusge: The dispute and cholce of a now head of the nation ‘and order of government i to be left toa Legielature ; and it is only to be denired that such 3 Legisiature was ‘to be chosen by the people in view of the present polit- Jcal exigency. A couvention of the people, cailed in consequence of the demise of the last of the Kame- bamsbse, might aford sn opportunity for » corvect expreesion af the poiitical sentiment of the country. Wenced such an expressi d we need auch & po- litical head and organization s will take the initiative in tho movements of Hawail Nei,—tbat will bo sutti- ciently cnlightened to appreciats all her capabilities and all her wants, and that will posaess the stateaman- £hip to lead her onward, by wiee and timely measures, in the march of material progress. During this interregnum, the people are the actusl sovercign. They were subject when tiey obeyed a constitutinn granfed ouly by the royal will of the late Eing. It kad no life but in his will and dictation, Therefore, since i dies with him, i» Dot this 3 proper time when the Jeople should desire and demand a con- etitation which shall be the expression of their will, 2nd not merely that of the new chief whom they may chocse 2 The Hawnifan people, native and forcign born, are now eovercign. Let them consider well how they del- egote their powers. "Alleglance ceates with the life of the Prince. On this occaxfon, Jet it only be remewed to an sutbority that Zully reprerents thie Wwiil of the people. Also, in = communication, entitled, ** Where is the power ?” {Le questions as to the rights and duties of tho poople, iu the emorgoncy, wero boldly discussed. 1IN 1852, A CONSTITUTION 118d been formed by_King, nobles, and peoplo, acting through tho Leg siature. The late King, stied wiil this Constitution, had czlled a convantion to amend it ; but, not being sble to Drocure the desired amendments, he dissolved the Convention, arbitrarily set aeide the Con- stitution, and prosaul g:tcd anotlier more satis- factory to himself. Thiswas in 1864. For eight yenrs, the people, rather thea resort to revolu- t:on, hnd submitfed to this tyraany. In the ar- ticle referred to, the people were upon to dis- rogard the “Decree” of 1854, and re-aseert their rights undor the Constitution of 1852. “YWhatever is done,” eaid the writer, *‘let it be with sn aim for the greatest good of the greatest number; let it be inepired with the ides of the equal rights of all men, and let this emergency be made an opporiunity of advancing our little country tow: popular and constitu- tiona! freedom.” THESE ARTICLES CREATED MUCH ENTHUSIASM. * While they did not openly advocato & Icpub- fican -Government, they were fairly preparing the way, and the posaibility of & change in the form of government, and of ultimate annexa- tion to the United States, was openly discuseed =t the hotel-tables and on the stroet-corners. It was generally conceded thet the masses were not educated up to such a change ; but it was argued that, if it could be suddenly brought about, or if such a movement could be well started, a people who would quietly submit to ot eati have their Constitution overthrown by the King *would mot objoct to a change €0 much in their favor, _insugurated by others. The project of a public meeting to discuss the question was talked of. It was ‘proposed that a convention to frame the Consti- tution should b called. * 3 At this juncture, Princo William, the favorito candidate for the throne, came forward with = & A MANIFESTO - eubmitting hisclaima to the peoplo, and promis- ing to restore the Constitution of 1852. "As this document is considered one of great importance, I ziveitin full: . TO THE HAWAITAN NATION Wiltiam C. Lunalilo, Son of Kekauluoli, the Davche ter of Kamehameha I, to the Hawatian People, Greeting : Wreneas, The Throne of the Kingdom has become «wacant by the demiseof 1is Majesty Kamehameha V., on the Lith of Dec., 1872, without a successor appoini ed or proclaimed ; znd Wurgas, It is desirable that the wishes of the Hawailan people be consulted as to a successor to the Throne ; therefors, Notwillstarding that, according to the law of {nher- ftance, I am the rightfal helr to the Throne, in order 16 presesve peace, harmony, and good order, 1 desire 1o submit the decision of my claim to the volce of the people, 0 b frecly and fuirly expressed by o plebis— citum. The only pledge that Ideem it necesrary to offer fo the people 1s, that I will restore the Constitu- tion of Kamchamcha 111, of Lappy memory, with oniy £uch changes as may be required to adapt it to present laws, and that I will govern the nation according 1o the ‘principles of that Coustitution and a liberal Constitu- tional Monarchy, which, while it preserves tho proper prerogutives of the Crown, ehall fully maintsin the Tights snd liberties of the peopie. o the end proposed, I recommend the Judges of the-different election-districts thronghout the Islands (bereby appealing to their ancient alle- glance to the family of the Kamehamehss) to give notico tbat a poll will be opened on Wednesday, the 16t day of January, A. D, 1673, at which oll male subjects of the Kingdom' may, by their yote, ceably and orderly oxpress their frea choice for a ing of the Hawainn Irlands as stccessor of Eameha~ mehn Y.; snd that tho said ofiicers of the scveral election-districts do, on a count of the vote, make im- ‘mediate certified retarn of the same to the Logirlative Assembly summoned to meo at Honolulu on the 8tz day of January, 187, That, if any oflicer or ofiicers of any election-district ehall refuse to act in accordance hore- with, or if there ehall bo a vaczney in eaid offices in any ‘district, tho people may clioose others in their places, who may procced in conformity to law in con- ducting the election. Given undermy hand at Honolalu, this 16th-dsy of December, 1572, God protect Hawati-Nei ! This proclamation was raccived with great enthusiasm by all class=es. The recogni- tion of the Republican principle, by submitting his claims to the peopls, was peculiarly gratifying to thoss who have been advocating & change in the Govern- ment ; and, sfter consnltation, it was deemod bc:t not o agitate the question further at pres- ent. R A eignificant fact—which was well known, and which contributed to this result—was that the manifesto hed originated in the Adrertiser office, and that oflice Fad been_ made the orgau of the Prince in commuuicating with the peo- plo. Even the most rdical articles which had sppeared in its columns had met with his appro- bation. The members of the Cabinet of the late Kiag, who weze still condncting the Government, con- tented themeelves with isvuing 3 + A COUNTER-NANIFESTO, reminding the people that a epecial ses- sion of tbe Legislature had Deen called for the 8th_of Jauuary, for the purpuse of electing o King, and’ procleiming that, wkilo the people had a right to express their choce, the officers named in the manifesto could not act officially in taking ths vote. The 18t of January arrived, and the people flocked to the polls. ANOTHER MANIFESTO had_been issued by a Chiof named Kalakaua, o | rival candidate for the Throne. It was soma- what inflammatory ; appealed to the respect of the people for tho dezcaved King, complainin, that the tabus of “ tho eleeping great ono” L been broken (by the ancient customs, no impor- tant husivess could bo_transacted between the death and buriel of a King), and calling_upon them to wait until afrer the funeral. In the same document, Kalaksua anuounced himself as 2 candidate, and 8ot forth a platform of govern- ment. Ho promised to repeal all the personal taxes, to put native Iawaiians into government offices,'and to amend the Constitution of 1864, ‘*Beware,” eaid he, *of tho Constitution of 1852, and tho false teackings of the foreigners who are now grasping to obtain tho direction of the Government, if W. C. Lunalilo ascends the Throne.” “This appeal, plansible as it was, seemed to havo littlo effect upon the peaple. They had SET THEIR HEART UPON LUNALILO us their King, and Lunalilo thoy would have. Kaloknua had personal friends; so Lad otber candidates, among whom wa3 an accomy lished native Havwaiian lady, tho wife of Mr. Bishop, the Honolulu banker. E = But the personal populanty of Prince Will- iam; the confidence lie had shown in the peopis, in submitting his claims to o popular vote,—a thing before unheard of in the history of the country,—together with the general impression that'ho was the coming man, sll conspired, not only to make the vote cast nearly unanimous, but to bring out A YERY FULL VOTE. In Honolulu, 3.049 votes were cast, all for the Prince. This was within 600 or 890 of the entiro number of votes in the district. The vote of other diztricts was similar,—a fow scaitering votes heing reported in favor of Kalakaua. A day or.two afterwards, the Prince was wait- ed upon by THE CARINET in sbody ; which ways locked upon as a recogni- tion of his rights to_the Throue, in deference Lo the popular will. The Cabinet, when full, cou- sists of four members: Minister of "the Inte- rior, Minister of Finance, Minister of Yoreign Affzirs, and_ Attorney-General. 'Che oftice of Dlinister of Foreign Afairs had becu vacant for some time. The late Cabinet cousisted of Mr. utchineon, an Englishman, Minister of the In- terior; Mr. Sterliug, a Scotchwan, Minister of Tinance ; whilo the position of Attorney-General was filled by Stephen 11 Phillips, a Boston law- yer of fino education and good ubility. On tho 8th of Jaauary, THE LEGIBLATURE CONVENED, for the purpose of filling the vacani Uhrone by Notwithstanding the great unanimity with which tho people had voted for Lunalilo, thero were many rumors_that mewbers of tho Legislaturo contomplated the choice of some other person. The membors were instructed, and in some cases, whers they were mistrusted, were threatened. A large and enthusiastic meeting of the poople was Leld at Honoluly, in- structing tho delegates unanimously. Similar mcetings were hold in other placas. “Thers were no riotous proceedings, but thers was a deep and quict faeling of determination, and very many wero tho weapons of various kinds which wero quictly prepared and kept ready for an emergency. When, at last, the Legislature met, 80 great was the outside pressure, and such large crowds assembled about the Court-1ouse, that the mom- bers, although thoy privately desired to nd{gum till tho noxt day, out of respect to the lato King, thought best to dofer to the wishes of tho peo- ple, aud proceeded at once to elect his successor. A motion was made, and carricd, though not without opposition, that each member should write his name on his ballot. Then, with the = - erea of tho pooplo upon them, and the mode of 3 detection establishe EVERY MEMBER deposited his ballot for William C. Lunalilo, while chieer upon chcer arose from the masses surrounding the Court-House. = All felt and knew that the voting was a mere matter of form, Tecording the will of tho people as expressed on the 1st of January. And thus, balf-unconscious- Iy, was a great stride taken toward a Republican form of government. On the 9th of January the King-elect TOOE THE OATII OF OFFICE at the nativo chure, in tlie presence of a Iarge concourse of peopls, while assembled thousands ‘were unable to gain admittance. A lino of mili- tary guarded on each side the way to the chmrch, uniil every one had been scated in tho ordor of proferenca. Two of the three members of the Cabinot were dresged in regalis, with sword at the side; while Mr. Sterling, Minister of Finance, appearo in citizen's dress. The foreign reprosentatives, Copsuls, Judges of tho Suprome aud other Courts, members of the Legislature, nobles, and other distinguished persons,—in fact, every- body, whether distinguished or not,—was pres- ent. < The King-clect was plainly but hand- somely dressed in citizen's suit, with a red scarf passing round his porson, un- der his coat, so as to be vieible only over his vest ; a silver star on his Jaft breast ; and on his right side, at the lappel of his coat, & heavy gold ornament, #omothing liko a_watch-chain. These were the only trappings ho wore, appeat- ing in strong conirast with the gorgeous uni- forms of somo of thoso around him. Aftor a prayer in the Hawsiian tongue, the King-elect took an oath, first in Hawailan, then in English, to support ¢ the Constitution of this Kingdom,” and to govern the country in ac- ance’ therewith. He then read, in both languages, first an address to tne nobles and represcntatives, then to tho Hawaiisn people. In tho latter, he referred to the fact that he had Bsubmitted his claims to their decision, thanked them for the almost unanimons expression they had made in his favor, and promied to endeavor #0 to administer the ‘Government a8 to justify the confidence they had reposed in him. This gounded so much like what I had been accustomed to bear, that I confess to a feeling of satisfaction and pride as I listened to thesa utterances of a truly Republican King. But will the Government correspond with, and be ani- mated by, these libcral sentiments? If the King could be left to himself, 1 think it would. How far ho may be surrounded and influenced by men imbued with far different ideas and impulscs, remains to be seon. Ever since thoe death of the King, the remains had been LYING IN STATE % in the * Palace,"—a somewhat formidatle one- story-and-basement wooden building; znd nightly tho air had resounded with the Liuizs, the songs, chants, and wils of- the natives who bhad flocked into the inclosuro, thus to honor the sreat sleeper, according to their ancient cus- toms. Trom these performances, foreigners were stu- diously excluded, until tho ovening of the Gth of January, whon tho Palace comrt-yard was thrown open to all. Of course, thero was a groat Tuehe™ Within the Paleco, all the doors of .Shich were open, could be seen the tall black plumes waving over tho coffin of defunct Majes- ty,—tho wamg plumes having been waved by réntivn hands, without coasing, since the King's eath. . Withont, at many difforent points, on every side of tho building, the immense crowd was ontertained by songs, chants, and dances. Tho performers consisted, sometimes of two or thres, Bometimes of five, or six, or & dozon, sometimes of one, supported by & chorus. On cno front of the building, a company of half-a-dozen young women performed an OLD-FASHIONED HAWALIAN DANCE. It comeisted principally of motions of the arms, accompanied by & waving back and forth of the body, allin complete harmony. Sometimes the postiro would be changed, each singer turning part-way round, and always moving in unison. Anciently, thexe dances were of & licentious character. . That style of dance has of late been forbidden, but the fair performers on this ocea- sion did not always regulate their movements in referenco to the statute in such case provided. The dence was accompanied by a low chaut, in which thay were joined by others. Btrange to ray, there wns 1o attempt at INSTRUMENTAL NTSIC, unless wo_dignify by that namo the beating .upon gourds, the striking of bamboo-sticks, or the shaking of rattles,—a sort of castanets. Letit not be iuferred, howover, that the Hawaii- ans are incapeble of instrumental wasic. Thero is of Iate a good deal of musical tasto exhibited. The military band of this place, consisting of {wenty-six native Hawaiians, under a German leader, sent by the King of Prussia expressly to teach them, disconrees very handsomo music, every Saturday afternoou, in Queen Fmma And, at Hilo, I heard & class of young men, at the school of the Rev. Mr. Lyman, play Very croditably on the flute. Thero is also & Lrags band at that place. On Saturday, Dee. 11, the old Kivg was buried, the funeral being atteuded with the usual pom- pous solempities. ) THE NEW CABINET +as announced on the Monday following. Bui ono of the old memkhers wag refaincd, Rolert rling, Mimster of Financo. The new mewm- ers aro:. Edward O. Ifall, Minister of the Xaterior ; Charies R. DJ].\cg, Minister of Foreign Affnirs; acftd Altert F. Judd, Attorney-Generel. - Upon the whole, I coneidor the Cabinot a good ove, though the majority of its members are Dot very progrossive in their proclivities. Ar. Hall is a highly-erteemed merchant of this city, i and one of tho oldest misgionaries. Mr. Birhop is a banker, a gentieman universally re- spected. His wife, a native Hawaiian of dark blced, was coneiderably talked of as a candidate for tho Throue. Mr.Judd is 3 young lawyer of fine talente, gon of one of the first mission- aries zent by the American Board. The members of the Cabinct are all of for- eizn birth, except Mr. Judd. I'hus the change of rulers has been edected quietly and peaceably. and somowhat in accord- auce with Ropublican priveiples. Home changes m tho Constitution have been propoxed by tho King to the Legislature. Of thoso horesfter. 1T 18 TO BE NOPED tiat the Kingdom of Hawaii-Nei may now com- ‘mence a new careerof prosperity, and that some- thing may be douo to arrost thes steady decrease in population that Lns boen going on for the last hundred years. Sinco writing the above, tho CONTEMPLATLD CHANGESIN THE CONSTITUTION havo beon proposed and sunctioned Ly the Leg- islature, aud the delay of the steamor enablas me to report them. ‘The changes proposed by the King wore, that tho Legislative A:sembly shall cousist of two Houses, iudependent of ecch other, instead of one, 08 now ; that the Ministera of tho Crown should have the prisiiee - of presenting titeir views to the Houee of Ropresentatives; that the property-qualification of electors bo modified ; that tho Attoruoy-Goneral bo 1o longer a mem- bor of the Cavinet; and that, when tho King returns to tho Legislature a bill or resolution without bis approval, e will roturn with it his objections in writing. Theso were the principal changes necessary to make the Constitution conform to that of 1852, - ‘TLey wera all adopted by the Legislature, ex- cept that the proporty-quulification” of electors, instend of Leing modiried, was done away with eutirel: An important stop toward universal suflrago. The suffrage article, as it now stands, re- quiren the eloctor to bo a male subject ; that he ehall have paid taxen; havo attained the age of 21 yeers; that he shall have been domi- ciled in the Xwmgdon one year immo- diately chc\\jng tho election; that, if born since the year 1340, be ehall know how to read and write; and that his namo shall have been registored 28 a votor. The following amen ’ments wero also adopted Dy tho Legislature: An article declaring that no officer of the Ju- dicial Department should ever be a member of the House of Representatives; auother, making some changes in the tenure of otlico of the Jus- tices of the Snprowmo Court, providing that they shonld hold their offices during goog behavior, and be subject to removal upon impeachment ; avother, providing that tho npgoinhunnt of Jus- tices of the Supreme Court, and all other Judges of Courts of Record, by the King, slell bo by and with the advice and consent of the Privy Coun- cil; another, providing that ail bills or resolves for raising revenuo, or calling for any expendi- turo of tho public money, shall originate in the Houso of Represontatives. All of these amendments must be sanctioned by the next Legislature, by a vote of two-thirda “of each House, before they become a part of the Constitution. The amendments are to be pub- lished thnee months before the next election for TRepresentatives, and doubtless they will be thoroughly discussed. The structure of the languago, and the ardent fempnrnmeut of the peoplo, are alike favorable = . ORATORY, and evory Kanaka is o natural-born orator. In tho Legislature, which is composed mostly of natives, tho amount of oratory is wonderful to Lear. And, wlen we considor that all the Lusi- ness bas to be done, and even the substance of the speeches anuounced. in two languages, the wonder is that they ever get through. Within tho past few days, SEVERAL WAR-VESSELS of difforent nations have arrived here, all ex- pecting trouble conscquent on the death of the ng. Happily for tho interests of poace and good government, they are all disappointed. Yesterday, Jan. 20, tho King prorogued the Legislature, with duo pomp and solemnity. The following is IS ADDRESS ON THAT OCCASION : Nobles and Repreaentatives : ‘You were called to meet in extraordinary session. Your promptucss and decision in accomplishing the ‘busiuess to which your attention has been directed, have made y01 s model Legixlature. Tam contdent that in the future your example will be citod as worthy of praise end imitation. T congratulate the nation on your unanimity fn rec- ommending certain amendwments to the Constitution. Ample time will now be given to the people to consider the propricty of the final sdoplion, #0 that the next TLegislative Aseembly will be prepared to act upon them with & decision and intelligence worthy ¢{ your own. "Tho public mind has boen for some time sgitated on the subject of amendments of the Constitution, and I trust that the course now taken will lead to s satiafac- tory result. X desiro that the Constitution ehall pecure to my subjects all the rights which shall best promote their improvement and happiuess. Nubles and Representatives: By your choice, which is in accordance with the popuinr sufirage, T have been made King, aud my ‘efforts will be unceaeing to prove myself worthy of that high trust. In partiug with you, I renew the expretsion of my thanks of the cordial Good will and support which you have rendered me. May the bleesings of our Heavenly Father be con- tinued to our Kingdom. 1 now declare this Legislative Astembly prorogued. bt GOOD-BYE. Good-byo! Tou had wy fricrdship once ; T meant the gift to kst forever; ‘But now the purtals of my heart 1 close, and you may pars them never, How near you camne, you do not know, Nor will T pause ths space to measure; Fou footprints left in sand were all ‘Too fleeting to attempt to treasure. Gond-bye ! owever oft wo meet, Howerer kindly is our greeting, "Tis all good-byo twixt you and I'; Those hearts can know 1o secon:d meeting, Twas a true friendship that you kil'sd, No mtter; it is dead forever. 1 Joved you ouce, I love yon still. Don voyage to you! Hore we sever! Ipa. ——a e To Kotosw or Not to Kotow. T4 is curious that tho form of meking & bow should for years have stood in tha way of our amicable diplomatic relations with Chia. The bistory of tho Kotow squabbles is not less curi- ous than the fact of thoir cxistence. Although Kotow is not to be found in the second volumo of Latham's large English Dictionary (1570), it is, a3 everybody knows, thoroughly acclimatized —bolonging to us by adaption rather than by ace. Tho expressiors, Lie would or would not Xotow to such 2 one, ar¢ 4o common as to be bouschold words. Dut tho performance of the Kotow itsolf beforo thet high and most ‘mighty potontate, Son of the Moon, and the near relative of all stars of any respectabto magnitude, His Tnperinl Majesty, Tnngebi, of Clina, otc., eotc., suprémo, is quito another thing. The Ambassador from the Court of St. James at Pekin has, from {l:e first institution of 0 ombasy in Chiuss in 1793, to the present day, moro or lers angrily rezented the propoal mado by tho Chinese that ho should appronch the Imperial Mujesty of Chioa on his hands and knoes, in gait and manner like £a oriental el2vo, rather than o Minister Plenipotentiary, and & frecborn DBriton to boot. 80 the Kotow question remains whers it was mnearly & century ngo; and it s not likely that thew advisors of the young Em- peror will allow him to give way in_ tho matter, Teceive from Europeans the same form of homage they pay to their sovereigns at ‘home. Tho ery of Chinese Ministers dealing with “ bar- Darian ambassadors " in the Imperial presence is for the Kotor, tho whole Kotow, and nothing Dbut the Kotow. In 1850 the American Minister tried Lis best to cnt the knot, but without guc- cosu. 1o said he -*folt thio same respect for the Emporor of China asfor Lis own Presidont.” Tho effect of this on tho Court of Pokin, how- was not to throw oil on tho troubled wa- ‘over, r Yors. * This languago of the American barba- rian just places ~Cina on n par with tho barbarians of the South and East, an arrogation of greatness which is simply ndiculous. In the reign of George 11L., Lord Macartuoy offered to perform the fio- tow beforo Kien-lung (then Emperor). if the Chineso would uudertake, whenever they visited Eogland, to perform procisely similar bomago, Letore o aroreig P iFlis they refused to do. But Hie Majesty Rion-lung gave way, and ro- coivod King George's autogph laticr in the Faropean fashion, from Lord acattuey, on bended kneo only. ' Kea-King, tho next Emperor, Lehaved with le-s sense ; and in 1816, Lord Am- herst, our eecond Ambessador, was incessantly worried, cajoled, and bLored by the Chiness Commissionors _on _tho sub- jeet of th Kotow. DBut he refused to perform any such Lese bomage to His Majesty, Kea-King, aud he left the Capital with his mission unper- formed. In 1869, Lord Elgin went out to ratify the treaty of 1853, and to prescat an sutograph * letter {rom the Quecn to Hienfung ; and Lus ro- fusal to Kotow led to a rupture at once. Even eince that deote, we have had a Minister Plenipo- tentiary at P'ekin, but he has been persistently refuced the right of audience. Now His Majes- v Tuugcehi 18 of age, aud way act in the matter for Limeclf. TUpon his conduct depends the 8o~ lution of the grest sudienco question, To Kotow o ot to Kotoy has tronbled our rela- tions with Clinafor eighty years.—Once @ Teek. -BOSTCN. The Tardy Spring---Caprices of Fashion. The Radical Club and the Woman's Club. Romance in Real Life. Special Correspondenceof The Chicago Tribune. Bostox, March 25, 1873, THAE SPRING COMES VERY SLOWLY up this way. March, having come in in his most loonine manner, has thus far maintained his rude and boisterous character, and the hope that ho way put on the gentlencss of the lamb for his exit grows somewhat faint. A furious north- enst snow-storm signalized tho passing of the vernal equinox, and, to judge from present ap- pearances, we havo not yet done with such un- seasounble manifestations. The Common, which has beon used all winter 28 & repository for the accumulations of enow and ice removed from the streets, still prosents much the aspect of a partially-cleared lot of the original forest. But already the leafless trees are vocal with the songs of the robins and tho saucy Englisli sparrows, sud building operations seem to be as actively in progress in thoir branches asin the burnt dis- trict. Fashion, too, decraes that it shall be spring. Some adventurous young gentlemen tike ad- vantage of the fine mornings to display natty spring suits, which look & little incongruous in contrast with the lingering ico and the cold sky. We are also IN TIZE MIDST OF THE * OPENINGS ;" and shopping—that occupation so dear to the feminiue heart—grows brisk. Bhop-windows glow with all the tints of the rainbow, and half & hundred beside ; and the counters of our prin- cipal magastns aro heaped with a bewildering profusion of costly and delicate fabrics. The varioty of shades is something marvelous to the uninstructed mind. Every hue in Nature secms to be repeated and called by its name. We have tho green of the fowland of the ser~ peut, of the iceberg and the western sage- grass; the blue of the eky and of the pescock’s plume ; the gray of the rain-clond, of the birch- tree, and of the beetle's back. Among the fa- vorites are those charming neutral shades, variations of olive, and green, and gray, 80 in- termingled that it is sometijes difficult to select the true word which describes thom. The deli~ cate reseda shades are also much admired. TIE BONNET OF THE PERIOD is 8 thing fearfully and wonderfully made. No ono can look at it without recalling Petruchio's scornful description : Why, this was moulded on & porringer, Avelvetdish! . .. . Why, 'tis a cockle or a walnut shell, A knack, a toy, trick, & baby’s cap! Away with it!’ Come, let mo have a bigger ! But the fair woarers, ono and all, Teply with Eatbarive : I bave no bigger; this doth fit the time, ‘And gentlewomen wear such caps as these ; and who shall dare to dispute theirtaste? Itis, however, plessant to observe that, in the matter of ornamentation, delicacy and dsintiness are taking tho'place of the too prononce modes of past ecasons. Flowers are small, and perfectly imitated from Nature. Clusters of viclets, heaths, mignonette, or lily-of-the-valloy dis- Plsco the shiowy astem, etc, ‘hich have raged so ong. ONE OF THE MOST DISTINCTIVE FEATURES of Boston lifo may be #ecen in its clubs. Of conrse I donot mean the fashionable men's clubs, which are precisely like those found in any other Americau city, maintainod at great expense, and patronized chiefly by young men, who, a8 a rule, tire of them after & very few years. Such as these take no very irm root, because they sup- ply no deepiy-felt want. They aro the resource of elegant idlencss, and our American life is mainly toc buey to need them. But the clubs I refer to aro of a different kind,—associations of schiofars, thiukers, or workers, united by their kindred intersst .in some special subject or cause, which they take this mothod of studyin or of advancing together. Persons familiar wi German Jife know this sort of clubs well ; they sre everywhere i: German cities ; but in Ameri- ca thoy scem to find their best -development in Boston. Conspicuous among_these—most im- portent, indeed, from the weight of intellectual influence it carries—is THE BADICAL CLUB. Its mombers include some of the best minds in New England. They meet to discuss an infinity of quostions, social, political, ethical, and theo- logical, in a spirit of fearlees truth-sceking which has not too many parallels. If you wish to hear things called by their right names, to sea tho mask lifted from the faces of certain social ehams and intellectual conventionslities, this is » good place to enjoy that privilege. There is noname more misapplied than that of *Radi- cal.” It has come to mean, in the minds of most persons, an_extremist,—one whose views are simply exaggerated, and who differs from ordi- nary fhinkers merely in his incapacity to per- coive the proper mean in anything. This is & very unfair estimate of the meu composing the Radical Club. They are oxtremists only in their resolufe reprobation of every- thing which can fettey freo thought, or ropross its honest exprossion. Their Radicalism coneists in a desire to go to the roof of things,— to view all topics in their relation to first princi- ples, and, as far as possible, in tl:e white Light of abzolute truth. WE WILL SUPPOSE OUBSELYES at one of their recent meotings. First there is reada brief es swe will say upon *The True Naturo of Religious Liberty,"—a good thome, surely, for discussion in this aucient city, whose very foundations wero laid by men exiled for their devotion to religions freedom. The es- sayist bases Lis claim to perfect freedum of thought on tho authority of the spirit of God in man. Tho idea which runs through it all1s the assertion of tho eheoluto right of private judg- ment a8 against the suthority of any church or majority, This eeeay is liko the theme of tho musician, or the text of tho preacher. The reading ended, it is discusscd, in a familiar aud couversational manner, by the whole Club ; and froquently much better things are aid than any which the formal essay itself contains. Nothing can bo more interesting than theee discussions, which sre very {ree, ot conducted with an admirable courtesy, joined in alike by thought- ful-browed _men, and soft-voiced, cultivated women. Here you may catch the latet and froshest thought of more than one whose thought is a recognized and widely-felt power in the world. Moro than onc noble work which the world values might, if traced back to its origin, be found to havo sprung from a germ firat quickened into lifein these familiar talks of the Radical Club. % THE ** WOMAN'S cLTB " 3 is another ¢ Boston notion " worthy of notice. It is not like the gay and stylish New York So- To8is ; nor i8 it & mere branch of the woman's rifixl.\lu ‘movement,—one of the avenues through which the theories of tho femmes emancipecs aro propogated. It is rather, in a modest way, & sort of social-rcience association,—the meihiod in which a littlo circle of intelligent and culti- vated Iadies have choeen to combine for the pur- pose of sacial enjoyment, and of united effort in various schemes of progress and reform. The club-rooms are the pleasant paclors of an old-fashioned dwelling-house, looking into s quict - ““Place” a stone’s toss from tho State- Houre. If you are privileged to stroll thither al about half-past 4 of a Monday afternoon, you may watch tho gatlering of the members. They are of all ages,—matrons Wwith gray curls, and the maidens with fair ones; and of many classes,—teachers, ladies of culture and leisure, artists, litorary women, mothers, workers. If I were at liberty to mention names, I might give many which are well known in_literature, in art, in tho history of noble charitics, and in higher walks of social life. Bat it is not notoriety which these Iadies seek, and Jonkins is not a welcomo guest at their assemblages. THELE I8 NOTEING SHOWY OR LUTURIANT about tho roms. A fow pictures and wreathing ferns adorn the walls; o vase of tlowers, or 3 bust, herd and there, are the simple ornaments, and 'low, folding chairs the principal seate. There are Do badges, no insignia of office, no show of any kind. The President sits modestly in one corner, and the tap of her white finger on the table calls the members to order. All sorts of questions which Lave to do with our complex and puzzling civilization are discusecd here with freedom an boldness, combined with womanly delicacy erd feeling ; and many s nceded charity and benefi- cent réform has here its epring. Theso ladies have faith that a better stato of human eccietyis among the * realizable ideals:" aud they are do- inzz whiat they can to make snch an ideal s fact. Whio docs uot wish them god-speed ? After tho graver Lusiness i discussod, sirapls refreshiments aro served, and the Club becomos a sceial party, TRESO ‘““ESTHETIC TEAS” ars not, perhape, 60 brilliaut, in the fashionable senso, a3 some other entertninments. There i3 ay ©f dress; and tho seattering of poots, artiets, and clergymen, who compoee the male eloment, is hordly sufiicient for any desper- ate flirtation. But, if intellect, wit, and the races of tho highest eocial culture’ can give dglllh:mcy to any gathering, these cannot well be THAT TRUTI 13 STRANGER THAN FICTION, everybody kuowe. But real life is not merely mora gtrange—it is often more romantic than anthing invented by the romance-writers. An instance of this has recently occurred within our knowledge; and tho denoudment of the story is £0 pleasant that I canrot refrain from - giving it to your readers. I can vouck for its correctuess, &8 ono at least of tho parties concerned is well known to me : About ten years ago, & wealthy . morchant of this city, having an only child, a beautiful girl of 17, became alarmed at certain indications of n. congumptive tendency in Ler, and, to recruit her Dealth, sent ber to pass some montha at & coun- tiy home among the hills of Vermout. The voung lady recosered her Lioalth, but she lost her heart. She made the acquaintance of a young man named , o farmer's som, in- telligent and well-educated, but a working machinist. The young people becamo warmly attached to each other, and entered into zn cn- sagcmeut conditional on the coaseut of the la- v's father. But (ko laiter had moro ambitious views for his daughter; and, when the young machinist prosented himsolf as bLer suitor, he was TREATED WITH VERY LITTLE CEREMONY,— was, in fact, dismissed by the fathier ina manner ‘so offenssive that pride forbade dim to make any farther advances, He went West, and ontered into business in §t, Louis. Having plenty of talent, energy, and charactor, ho was successfal, soon liad a largo establishment of hia own, and has accumulated o handsome fortune. Abrorbed in business, and in tho yarious occupations of a man of prominence and influence, he had doubt- less outgrown his early disappoiutment in love; but be had formed no other attachment, and re- mained unmarriod. “Iho young girl mesnwhile, her lover bein quito 10st to ber, accepted tho hysband sclecter Dy ber father, WAS MARRIED, and went to live in France. At the end of two yoars, sbe Lecame a widow, but continued to re- side abroad. £l was in poseexsion of a modest fortune, and, hor parents having died in this in- terval, ‘thoro was nothing to call her back to Boston. Up to Septembor of Jast ear, this was the position of aTairs between these two. With each, the bricf romance of their carly youth had faded into the memory of a tonder dream ; and nothing could have #¢emod lees likely than the occurrence of any event which should reurite their sundored lives. Howover, it 5o fell ont that the requiremonts of Mr. G——'s business took him last year to Europe, and hio remained abroad several months, One evening, Iato in September, he was on board & littlo steamer going from Marseilles to Leg- horn, when there_caing up ouo of tho sudden storms for which thoso waters aro un- plossantly noted. 1t was very rough B A war. AN G—— ual on deck, watching tho storm; snd meny otlior paskengers, among_them eoveral ladies were doing the same. Ope of the latter had rison from her seat to go below, and was stand- ing in an unguarded attitnde, When, thy sieamer giving a violent lurch, she loat her ‘balance and WAS TIOWN OVERDIOARD. Mr G— saw the mishap, and instantly lesped after her into tho sea. He wna fortunste enough to find and support her; but it was durk, the sea waa running high, and, though, a boaf was quickly sent out by tho people on the steamer, those ia it wero unable to find the missing passengers, and it was supposed that they wero drowned. But, fortunately for them, the stonmer people, as 800n as the sccident was known, had thiown out various things for them tocling to. A plank floated noar them, nnd by this they woro abla to keep themselves from sinking. They wero picked up, on the following day, by a vessel bound for Malta, and carriod to that port. And thus it was that theso long-separated lovers MET AT LAST! In the darkness of night, on a plank in the stormy waters of the Moditerranean, they recog- nized each other! They were reunited, but with no prospect before them but of a speedy death in cach other's arms. Was it strange that the old love, which bad slumbered, not died, in their hearts, was reawakened, and that, on find- inF themselves once more possessed of life, thoy felt it impossible to spend that life apart? At any rate, TIEY WERE MARRIED 500N AFTER, in the English chapel at Malta, aud, having }nasund tho winter there, for the benefit of the ady’s bealth, which had suffered greatly from tho exposure sho had undergone, they are at present on their way home to America. And may all true loves have an equally fortunate insno ! E.B.C. T = Strikingly Reauntiful. Bpreading rapidly-through the Westorn papers, under credit to the Literary Journal, is s domestic story in the vory Iatest style of Ameri- can humor, as the appended extract shows : A NEW CABABIANCA. The man looked at hia boy proudly, sterzly, corrowfully. Tho lad looked into hiy father's face sadiy, exultingly, eroically. It was a living tableau no artiat could reproduce. * B:lly,” eai the father, gravely, “Itook your miother and sister tochurch yoaterdey.” © Yes, sir.” “And left vou to seo to the things.” ** Yes, sir,” re- plied tho boy, gazing out through the window at the flicker a8 it hitched down the gate-post, and finally droppod into the grass with a ehrill chirp. “And youdidn't water the pigs?” ** O-0-0! Oh, sir? Geeroody! Oh, mo! Lawsy, lawsy me!" The slender ecion of an apple treo rose and fell in tho band of Mr. Coulter, and up from the jacket of tholad, like incense from an altar, rose a-clond of dust, mivgled with tho nap of jeans. Dowan in the young clover of the meadow the lark and sparrows eang cheerily, the gnaty and fliesdanced up and down in tha sunshine, the fresh soft leaves of the vines rus- tlod, and all was merry indeed. Billy's eves turned up towards the face of Lis father in ap- penling 2gony, but still with a sharp hiss the switch ¢af :lic air, falling steadily and merciless- Iy on his choulders. And nlongillhe green banks of the river tho willows shook their shiny fingers at the lifting fog. und the voices of childreu go- ing by toschool smoto tho weet Mlay wind. «Oh, “pap, Il notforgel the piga no more «“'3peet you won't, ncather.” The wind, by a uudSuu pufr, lifted into the room s ehower of white bloom petals from a swect apple tree, lel~ ting them fall gracefuliy upon the patchwork car- pet, tho while s ploughmen whistled plaintively in & distant field. **Outch! Crackeo! O, pap, ep!™ *Shut your mouth, r'l T'll split you to the ackbone.” How many delightful places in tho woods, howmany cool spots beride the murmur- ing river, would bavo been more plessant to Billy than the placo Lo then ocanled. “0b, me! ob, me!” yelledthelad. Still the dust rore and danced in the slanting jet of sunlight that foll acroes ti:c room, and the Lens out at the barn cackled and sang for joy over mew egge laid in choice places. At one time during the falling of the rod the girl quit washing, and, shrnsting her head into tho kitchen, eaid, in a subdued tone, “ My Jend, sin't Bill gitten’ an awful one 7" * You're mighty right,” replied tho mother, solemnly. Along towards the last 3lr. Coulter tip-toed at every strcie. Tho switch actually screamed through the air as it fell. Bully danced. Now go, big!" cried tho man, tossicg tho frizzled stump oi the gad out at the window. *Go mow, and_the next time you watar them pigs.” And, while the finch poured out » catatact of melody from the locust, ho went. Poor boy! that was a terriblo ihrashing, and, to make it woree, it Lad been o Lim the evening before, o that bo romis iad boow dreading it aud hivering over it all wight. - Now, s ke walked through the breuk- fast-room, his eister looked at him in a commis- erating way, bat, on paesing through the kitch- en, be il no calca the eyo of his motler.’ Finally, be stood in the fres, open air. in front of tto eaddle-closete. It was just then a speckizd rooster on tue barn-yard feuce flopped M wings and crowed vociferousls. A turkey- cock was strutting upon the grass by the old cherry tree. Lilly opened the door of the clozets. “A boy's will is the wind's will, and the thoughts of youtn are long, long thoughte.” Dilly pecped iuto the cioser, aud theu cast & glance about Lim, a8 if to keo if anstlicg was Rear. At length, during & pleasant Tuli in the morning el and wilo thie fow, Lendoly-mel- low flow of ths river was distinctly aadible, aud the song of the finoh increased i volume, and the bleating of new lambsin the meadow died in fluttering echoss under the barn, and while tho fragrance of apple-blooms grew fainter, and while the sun, now Ezming just above the east- ern tree-tops, launched a shower over him from head to foot, Lo teok from under his jacket be- pind a double rlheep-skin, which, withan in- effable smile, ho tossed into the closet. Then, 2e tho yellow flicker rose rapidly from tbe grass, Billy walked off, whistling the air of that once popular ballad: 4 On, give me back my fifteen cents.” LLONDON. Three Cabinet Ministers Bur- lesqued on the Stage. Gladstone’s Irritability === Gossip © About Disraeli. Scandal About Methbers of the Royal Family. From Our Oiwcn Correspondent, . Loxpox, March 6, 1673, THREE CABINET-MINISTERS ON THE STAGE. Theatre-goers in London are usually Consorva- tives. Modern politics are rarely introdaced on the atage, but history is employed in the Tory ecrvice, and King Charles is a martyr in the eyes of the stalls and tho boxes. To-day we have & sudden frruption of the politics of the hour, #nd the Tory organizers, who have started cheap sheets over the country, have got outa bur- lesque upc:: Cabinet Ministers, and are every night mimicking statesmen in office through the moans of buffoons “ made up " for the purposs. The theatro chosen is & pretty Littlo houso at the Weat End, called appropriately the ** Court Thea- tre,” and the play which is the medium is a bur- lesque of & burlesque. The Gilbert a'Beckott of 1873 is very unlike his father, the Polico Magistrate, who wrote in Punch, and who was & genuine Liberal. The son once edited Tomahawk, and hias since been raised up with the Conservative press. He has not been partic- ularly fortunete in life, and unfortunate literary Liberals have a knack, 1 have observed, of find- ing their way to Tory offices. The leading arti- cles 1n tho £andard, at the present moment, aro writton by reuegads Radicals. Mr. a'Beckott takes for hismodel ** The Wicked Wosld,” by Mr. Gilbert, now being performed at the Haymarket Theatre, and he calls his productior ** The Hap- py Lznd.” The satire in the former is of the so- cial kind, whereas that of tho newer one is solely political,—being pointedly, uoreservedly, and continnonaly directod against the recent measurea of the present Government. Three actors aro dressed to represent, respectively, Mr. Gladstone, Mr. Lowe, and Mr. Ayrton. In tho first, are the etrongly-marked lines of Mr. Gladstone's face, arranged as parfectly as tho dressor's art will allow ; in anothar, the white hair, eyebrows, snd oyelashes of Mr. Lowe ; and the third shows the round, solf-eatisfied foatures of Mr. Ayrton. “ T4 is nothing," says one dramatic critic, speak- ing of the pieco, * lesstkan n pilloxy. . . . . There is no limit to the daring of the satire. There is no attempt to disguise the inteution of the eatirist. Thereis Mr. Gladstone, limned, and marked, and dresscd to t3 life. There is Ar. Lowe, a living caricature. Thers is Mr. Ajrton, chaffed almost to the extent of cruelty. The sudience, eager for scandal and hungry for a lsogh, accepts the fun without thinking of its consequencea;" and . . . . “a ridiculous song, in which the thres DMibisters ex- plain their personal peculia-ities, adds excitement to the sceme. . . . . The moro the audience applauds the more extrava- gant the actors become; and the general feeling appears to be, now that the first difficulty is over, that anything may be sald or dore.” Lest » single sally should be missed, the caricatures are on the stage to make the hit mamistakable, Arbitration, economy, the deserted site of the Law Courts, the Parks Regulation bill, the Li- censing act,—all theso, snd # hundrod other gimilar “ points,” are hurled to and fro with an sbandon as daring as that of Tenniel at his wild- cst moments. The three Ministers perform ‘break-downs in 8o ludicrous a fashion tbat everybody roars. You must understand that the trio are eummoned to the land of the fairies o teach the mysteries of Constitu- tional Government. They divide Fairvland into two orders,—Ministry snd Opposition,—and clect a Cabinet by competitive examination, the various offices being given, in ench caso, to’ the most incompetert person. _Thus, one of them having innocently asked, **What is & ship?” is, on that very account, and without s minute's hesitation, made Chief Lord of the Admiralty ; enother, having promised to put up with nation- alinsulf, to fritter mway the preatige of the Kingdom, and to refuse bsolutely to resign, though the public voico demands it, is mado Tirst Lord of the Treasury; another. who con- fesses that “ T'wice two are three or five, accord- ing to circamstances,” recoives tho Collectorship of the Exchequer; and yet another, as soon a3 Le vows to be arrogant and insolent, accepts theportfolio of the First Commissioner of Works. It is an odd sight, truly enough, thatof the Chan- cellor of the Exchequer smiling benignantly as ho 18 covered with flowers and carcsses by a bevy of fairy damsels, and to unote the Prime Minister joining the mozt unpopular of his sub- ordizates in acan-can. Undertl:e tutelago ofmor ta) politicians, tho faity minictry soon Plunges Cloudlend _into disaster. Rebollions meet- ings are held; wesk laws are openly mctat detiance ; and a system of poity economy and pusillanimity earns only contempt. On the occasion of the first production of the pieco, the Prince of Wales and tho Duke of Ed- inburgh were present. and both laughed heartily at the hits at Popular Government, and cheered the snctors. Triles show the direction of the current, and the vehement appleuss which this attack npoa Democracy o-cites, indicatesthe cur- rent of the foeling in thie ruling sets but if thoLord Chamberlain does not interfors and stop the picce there will, no doubt, be connter-demoustrations. The press comments upon the ivoovation in su undecided tone, tho balance of opinion. how- ever, being, that the atage ought to bo &s free o8 the newspapers. M. GLADSTONE lays himself open to caricature in s manner which his frionds must sincerely deplore. In the House o; Commons, two_nights 8go, ho was beside hime1f with rage, and on some trumpery mattor. To the surprise of evarshods, ho turned upon a faithful supporter of bis Administration, and demanded of bim categorical replies, thers and then, to ome question aiter auother. Itia painful to those who ad: the man to see him in these passionate fit: o beats tho table; Dis voico is shrill with oxcitement, and the whole body is affected. e is doubtless iv s slate of diappointment st tuo fate of his Irish Universit: ¥cheme ; bnt, couid bie take things calimly, ho wouid be the stronger, and would scarcely be forcel into su:h obser- Vations rs that whick fell from_ him yesterday. “Activity,” he eaid, *is Lappincss, or a great couetitnent of happiness; Sut I may eay that onr activity labors under one—Z 17as going to sey defact, but I will say ouc ohjection, and that is, it is somewhat in oveess with reference to the mental and plysical trength of the human organization. Tam well confgnted with the past. but whenever tho hour of dissolution—I do not rsean tho dissolution of Parliament—but the dissolution sifecting the Goverment, it will find e, and I think I can venture to_wpeak for my colleagues, it will find us no unwilhing victime.” 1 quest:on’if, in this particular, Mr. Gledstone can ‘ spesk for his collesguex.” Gentlomen like Mr. Stausfeld, for example, will cling to ofiice 2 long a there is a pecny to bo got out of it. JME. DISRAELL, heing an exceptional mau in the varions steps of his career, has supplied a perpetual themo to gossips aud scandal-mingers. His debts, bLis Social seqnaintauceshipa, bis literary feats, havo 2ll reemed a8 fruitful in this respect as Lis ex- traordinary political history. His quist life of late years has efforded but little r«al notoristy for tall;,—the Right ilunvrable gentieraan bav- ing got rid of his overtlon of Apinty in occa- sional =pecches of brilliaucy, and in ruch pro- ductions as ** Lothair.” Just now, howerer, ks is dizcussed again with animation. ~ A ridicnlous stors is afioat, tiat ho iutends a sccond mar- riage atan cazly date;and a still more aheurd canard details the name of the lady as that of the Countces of C- The ~iatter per- gonago i8 #o motorivu<ly his antipodes, that therein, 1 imagine, is_ e origin of the atory. She is & bold, fast-living womau, with monay, and has boasted, it is said, that there is only ouo individual in England whom he would marry, and that is the leader of Her dlajests's Opposi- tion. ir. Disracli would as so0n_think of mar- rying Madame Schuciler. Anotbor assertion which 1z being repesied is, that Mr. Disracli i restored 1o genteel poverty by his wife's deatls. Paor, to a ceztain e teot, no doabt he is, and T am not surprisad that his Lousa at Grosyenor Gate is given mwp. But he has a penzion of s year, and ha Lae an incoms from eoma of his books, while it izextremoly donbtla 1if the Whole of the woihy Jewess' money went in payisg off ‘morigeges without meking him soy richer. “[pat evisode about Mrs. Saral: Williams is romantic cnough. Tho old lady—she was nearly 100 yesrs old when eshe died—was a strict _Jewess, and she read with delight Mr. Disraeli dofcnso of their race, forgiviog hi profession of Christianity for his maintenance of the dignityof Judsism. Mr. Disraeli was ax amusod a8 he was surprised when he received her first letter, expressing her respect for his sorvices, hinting at her wealth, and inviting him, together with his wife, to stay, witk her at Tor- quay when their engsgements wonld permit. Fortunately, Mr. Disracli's lawyer saw some- thing more significant in tho matter than an ordicary compliment. Inquiries were mado, snd, in'the ond, the invitstion was accepted. For yearu, cn annnal visit was paid to the vener- lolady in her Devonshire Lome, and tha in- itiated smiled at the oddness of the fricndship. But she kept her word, and a lsgacy of some £40,000 proved in a substantial manner the reality, on Ler side, of the attachment. * TOE MABQUIS OF LORNT, in marrying the Queen's daughter, must have been sutficiently aware of tho attention he wonid invite towards himself, and of the disagreeabis penalty ha must pay, Evory season has its nou- sense abont the Royal family. One year, the Queen is nearly insane, and does and aays out- Iandish and ridicalous things ; then, one of her daughters has been marricd, against hor will, to uamubod{l who hss a wifo already; and, of course, the Prince of Wales' gins are always on hand. ' Now, ths peoplo who criginato and repest tleso etories are Royalist cnough, and indced are usuaily toadics of the purcst water; but thoy Lke to asperss tho idols whom in public they adore. Something, too. there scems in cvon superior people, that leads them to indulge in this silliost of vices. have hicard grave and nble men tell stories abous Royal people and tho aristocracy which they kneéw, a3 well a5 any ono cau know, caanot have aword of truth as foundation. Ifamuses, and it §ills a gep in tho chat. The Prince of Wales is » good-natured, easy-going mau, fond of horses, of sport, and of slangy talk. He ia vory kind {0 his wifo, and fond of Lis- children. Io hasna barm in him, nor hes he auy positive virtues. But, if you tell folk s much, tavy are dizap- pointed and shake their heads. Thoy waut something much more colored. Well, to-dsy thoy'vo & story to tho_effect that the Marquis ot Lorno aud Princoss Louiso do not ** get on to- gother.” They heve Liad “rows,” aud the Murquis Las gono away, whilo the Drincees takon to “religion.” Tho talo will reach America goon enougli, with plenty of additions. But my axsurance is, that it 1s 29 false &8 were the far moro definite snd circumsiantial rumors of tho samo kind respecting the Crown Princess of Pruseia. For a year, the English public be- lioved, and_chafed and fumod under the Leliof, that the Princess was neglected for a misticss : that she was kept & Bors of prizoner, nuti Lo nfrequently was tho subject of literal ill- usage. It waa not unl certain public mer, oas of them a well-knawn divine, assured the pubhe that they had mado special inquiry iuo the statements, and had found them to Le devoil of shadow of fact, that public opiniou calmed down, To Rapublicans, these scandals give epecial annoyanco, for indirectly they dem- onstrate how closely the Dritish pecplo xtill identify the fortunes of ono particular fawmiiy with the nation. STELLA. In my Wfe-wandering, long, long 8go, 1 et ap Elfin, fair as the ¥now, Voiced like sweet music heard from afar, Graceful and charming, aad bright as a Star ! On went the jonrneying, dim grew tho light, Sorrows came thronging with darkness aud blight, Hope Lied departed, but atill {rom afar Glimmed the lustry of one lLittle Star ! Again on my pathwsy a fairy form stoood, Shining, and Lrilliant, with portent of good. The dark clouds were oroken and banished afar; The Fairy and Elfin was my little Star 1 P Audacity of a Penny-a-Liner. When the Duke of Wellington was Primo Minister, one of the morning newspapers gave the programme of a very in.lgoflunt government proceeding about to-bo adopted. It startled all parties’ and_created an immenso sensation smong the Tories, for that political party Lad received no information that the Cabinet in- tended any such move ; nay, the majority of the Cabinet Ministers themselves were equally in the dark; and the announcement was true. The Duko was full of wrath at tho prematurs display of his plans, and e&uflly full of sarprise, seoing that those plans had not been committed paper. The clue to the mystory was after time obtained. The Duke of Wellington was rather deaf during the second half of his life, and (23 is uenally the case under such circumstances) adopted a somewhat loud_tono_in conversation. Ono evening, after a stirring dobate in the Housa of Lords, the Duke walkel! home am in aria With another peor, a trustet member of his par- ty, but not a member of tho Government. Ia 05 course of conversation ho gave the outline of a scheme swhich he had determined toput into effect, but of which he had said nothing to his colleagues in the Cabinet. A penny-a-liner hap- ponod fo. bo outside tuc Houso of Pords. 1o caught some words from tle lips of tho ~ loud-talking Duke, eaw at once that they bore an imporiant relation to the existing politics of the day, and resolved to attempt a veat thing in the way of bLusiness. TLaying aside honor and delicacy 4 toublesomo companions, ho folldwed the two peers at a cautions distance, snd picked up tho loud words ss they fell upon his car. The night was d the tread of his stops was mads soft for il oceasion, and he escapod detection during a long ortion of the Duke's walit to Apsley Hous Returning to his lodgings, tuc **lner got up an account of tha momentous policy intended by the noble Dake at the head of His Majesty's Government, writtcn in the proper newspaper style. Kiowing that noae of the papers wonld placo trustin any flimsy from a * liner” if seutin_the nsual way, ou » subject 8o peculiarly special and momentous as this, he adopted another plan. Jr. Black, oi- tor of the AMforning -Chronicle, had tkat day given » “Joader” of his'own, in which the Duke wa sevorely handled_for refusicg to make hnow his plans in the Iloune of Loxds. Tha. ¢ went to Mr. Black, handed him the article I 1iad propared, and, on being preweed, cand avowed tho mancuvre he bad alosted. The tcmptation was too great be resisted; Mr. Dlac accepted tliners” articlo, pamid for it sowely, and insorted it mext momni a8 a double-leaded Teading article. The el was immense, The conductors of the other papers were surprised and vexed at being thus forestalled by tie Mo Cloronivie ; tho Whigs were elated at the discloeures thus mada; tho Tories were mortified at having been thu kept in the dark by the Ministors of tleir choico ; the Duke's colleazues in_ thie Cabinot were sometking more than mortified at hav-- ing been deomed equally unwortly of Lis trust and the clubs digenseed ~tho af- fair day efter day. Many influontisl members of Parliamont called upon Mr. William Cloments, principal Yruyrictor of tho Morning Chronicle, tad asked him to tell thom, * in confilence,” how the information was | obteited; but, until the article had produced its Wl effect in relation to the party politics of ti:e day, Mr. Black would not tell even his 0wn etu- ployer tlio history of the secret. As the Dule had not committed Lis plan to paper, and kal communicated it orally only to Lis friend t..s peer, by suspicions lighted in that quarter, eud much unpleasautness resulted, uitil the resl truth oozed out.—Chambers’ Jowrnal. A Yinrderer and EHin Victim Dle at the same Elour. From the Arderson (Twl.) Hezals, On Thuredsy evening, the 61 of tiis mosth, & schidoi exbibition sas Leing given it the o in Grant County, known sy * hnotty Coruer. There were eral young men present from Liborty Tou p, all more or loss under the i fluence of liquor. Three of the young men. named Scott. Griffey, and Bann hs man nawed I melee which folloved Gr X side, inflicting a serious wernd. rested and pizeed noder boids for atcourt. In_a fow daye Le took cereb-o spinal waningitix, and on Sunday last ho died ; and ot the sawe bour, on the eamo daz, ‘hands 3 iffoy was ar- caranc hin victim, Bradw, died also, of the wourls e re- ceived at the e i 4 i oa sinzular tragedy. istor are yet uuder bouda 28 Recomplicos. Iateiligent Il A corrcaponisataf the D. Telegrazh relaten tho following Ahen and a largs flock of ch the Liabit of coming round our north L and wero rather uvablesome. One ge; put out a favorite cat, raying : ** Thcre, ou can catch one of these chie! finre the whole of it.” Nosoouer & the chicken wes caught and eal came as usual pext day with ber chi nover after that day did he come i 13 company_of anotliér Lew, who invariably took ber position botween tho hen and chi 5 the honse door, mar lito @ sentivel back and forvard ta the #n cat made her appea: wozi and drive her apsy it -a3 glad to run. “*J those chickene. Now, how did this mother hea communicate atd make the other hen co: oreheiid her loes aud tie pervice vhe roquire: e wick (Maine) 47