RUMOURS OF THE QUEEN'S ABDICATION.

Oamaru Mail, Volume I, Issue 60, 30 June 1876, Page 2

RUMOURS OF THE QUEEN'S ABDICATION.

The London correspondent of the "Ne\j York Graphic" writes ::—At not long in. tervals some one in "society" whispers that his wife's uncle, who is oil very inti. mate terms with the bosom confidant of Prince Christian or Prince Leichenstein had told liim that the Queen had made up her mind to abdicate? The story thus started runs the usual rounds and gathers large proportions, butufter a while it dies away again. The story been again set afloat within the last few days. usual, it is attrnrated to someTremarV made or hints dropped by some of thei Queen's German cousins, who are notoriously very much more in Her Majesty's 1 confidence than any English person. - The story, this time, seems to be believed in the German Courts, and .it has found itg way into the Continental journals. Pro. bably there, is no truth for the:rumour,.bHt. one cannot-be certain. The fear; as well, as the wish, .is sometimes- father::to> thought, and. there are Serenities,who would be v!e# the Prince-of Wales take tlielplace 5 6£,;t1& Queen. " They would find"their-' position! altered very .much for the .worse. Xfc ominous incident is said to have occurredat the reading of the Queen's Speech" on the opening of Parliament. Queen, who had been seated on the throne during, the reading of the Speech, arose to retire, when, as the story goes, "her crown fell off and rolled upon the. nooi\" Tliis'isan< exaggeration of what really happened.; The Queen wore a small, coronet of diamonds, the great crown itself being carried; by one of her attendants, on the cushion;: Part of Her-Majesty's head-dress consisted of two large "weepers," and tie ends of these had caught themselves o|; the throne behind her. When she arose the "weepers." stuck fast, and they dragged the coronet from its/ position on her head; the Princess Beatrice started forward and released the." weepers," and that was all there was of it.