ROYALTY IN ENGLAND.

Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 8, 16 October 1871, Page 3

ROYALTY IN ENGLAND.

PROSPECTS OF AN IRISH E*STABLISIIMENT FOR A PT.INCF OF THE BLOOD. For some time past there have been rumors of an Irish establishment for the Prince of Waies or one of the younger Princes. Mr Gladstone himself indicated that some plan of the kind was under consideration. The present may seem an awkward time for reverting to this subject, for only a few hours have elapsed since the House of Commons divided on an amendment for giving Prince Arthur no income at all, and we are afraid many of the working class agree with Mr Taylor and his eleven followers. But should the House of Commons ever be disposed to provide another royal residence, or should the sovereign or her family determine to purchase a house or estate out of their own resources, it should he in Ireland. It is needless to extol the natural excellencies of the country ; rather let us consider the effect of a court or a royal residence permanently established in the neighbourhood of the Irish capital. Up to the present time Ireland might think herself hardly better dealt with than if she were a colony. Till the reign of the present Queen, Scotland was in the same plight, for in former days even princes and peers travelled but little ; George 111 never saw either Scotland or Ireland and. George IV. visited them but once.. Wbat Ireland may now complain of is, that while Scotland has been constantly favoured by the Court and family of Queen Victoria, their visits to the west of St. George’s Channel have been few, short, and formal. Political reasons, of course, have had much to do with this, though it must be remembered that the most enthusiastic greeting that ever welcomed a sovereign was given to the queen in 1849, just after the treason of Smith O’Brien, and at the close of the long period of agitation. There is all the more reason to avoid the appearance of treating Ireland as a dependency since there lingers in that country the irritatiug tradition o' Saxon conquest and Celtic subjection. In short, the reasons in favour of sending the Court, or a royal household, at times to Ireland authorise, we think, some violation of that strict economy to which the members of the Lower House are now urged by their constituents. The maintenance of the Viceroyalty is, perhaps, mixed up with this question. Years ago it was proposed to abolish this office, but the Irish people resented the proposal with great unanimity. The Sovereign has now a worthy representative in Lord Spencer, hut if Ireland were to become the permanent residence of a member of the reigning house, the borrowed light of Viceroyalty might, perhaps, be destined to shine no more.— London Times, Aug. 2.