THE QUEEN'S JOHN BROWN.

Mount Ida Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 171, 14 June 1872, Page 3

THE QUEEN'S JOHN BROWN.

It is not clear who first seized 0\ minor when he presented . his unloaded pistol at the- carnage window, but the .' Court .Circular,' which'-is' .drawn up under the personal. supervision -of the Q.-ieeo," gives the credit of the rapture to John . Brown. John is rather a celebrated "character is his way, and was regarded with much curiosity.when, he appeared as a witness in the Police Court. He is an Aberdeen man, from the neighbourhood oi Balmoral, and was Prince Albert's favoriteghilly when the iVinee w.nt out grouse shooting or deer sialkinj.. The .Queen frequently accompanied her ins sport-* ing expeditions, mid was mu.h struck with Brown's evident attachment and devotion to his master,.as well as by his shrewd rem irks and independnnt judgment; on all mifcters on. which he wns consulted. Brown was always prepared for every emorgen.-y. If the clouds gathered suldenly .-"overhead,' it" a eh.-unje of .wind brought a biting air with it from the snow tops of the mountains, it wa< invariably found that Brown's foresight- had provided for it; the shawls and wrappers had been stowed away somewhero, jukl that everything was forthcoming when required. Brown knew fhe nicest cam pin<» places, the safest roads, an i the best way of managing everything After the Prince's death he became the chief persona] attendant oil the Queen a:id has ever since retained Ids supremacy in ..the household. He accompanies Her Majesty on-all-occasions leads her pony, or rides in the rumble behind her carriage". In his tartan kilt and plaid, stalwart, shaggy, * hard featured, he is a genuine specimen of the North country Scot, and he is also a thorough JScofc in character and temper —very quiet, cool, and imperturbable ; reserved in speech, although outspolten'enough on occasion ; canny, and deferential, but also resolute and pertinacious. He belongs to the type of Scotch' retainers of whom several samples are to be oundin JScort's novels, who identiHcd themselves with the " family," believed in it, worshiped it with intense, passionate fidelity, but

at tV ~\m<? - ex pre <si u*r- a- h. ►aest- opinion 1 on--•<!■»'>-j£' question/even aiuthe -.risklot? ditf&rltfsr" with, the ' vnii'sii'fcssi.;- ihe Scotch have; for this personal loyalty.and trustiness... 11 is; co.mmonly ; supposed ;that eign, with a .great'hijfiseboid always at -(•all,.;raust,necessarily; Jbe ; v.el L.served ; rlnit the yaju.e 1 pf r ,al.ls.ery.ice. i .depends on the spirit jn which : ; it is rendered ; and . in tne'inidsf i»f lhe>e;t;inu-6'"of state » monarcli k especially qualified to ap-prec-i.itethe watchful attention of personal knalty and attachment: The posiriou which John Brown?] holds in the royal household is alike honorable to the Queen' arid to himself. In the Police Court-he"' gave his' evidence with'- a strong" .Ji«:oteh riceenfc r and , qusint homeliuesft or' language-. "1 just catc'hed the boy, " he saidy <r by -the scruff of the neck,/and: kepit him till there was enough people round 1 ta-■tak'c]ia<,ff3;«»f-hira;,:'--.-