Will the Queen Marry?—An American Canard.

Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2955, 5 August 1878, Page 2

Will the Queen Marry?—An American Canard.

The New York Graphic writes:—" A somewhat startling rumour reaches us from London, where we believe some credence is given to it. Not only is the Earl of Beaconsfield to be made a Duke, in recognition ofliis splendid success in the matter of the negotiations with Kussia, Hbffct still higher honors await him. Asfortje ' Dukedom, that indeed, is an honor which he has richly earned. His bold and imperious attitude has won from Eussia the concessions which the rose-water policy of Earl Derby would never hare '-.Rained; he has, in all probability, saved Europe from a general war, by manifesting a willingness to fight; and le has gratified the* piide of England by disclosing to the world that she could make herself the most powerful military nation on the globe by employing her Indian troops. Earl Beaconsfield is to-day the most popular man in England, and the cup of his ambition must be nearly full. But the rumour of which we sp ak intimates that a still higher destiny is in reserve for this extraordinary man—the man who was stigmatised as a Jew adventurer; who was a fop; who was a radical, if not a revolutionist; who once boasted that he had a 'taste for treason,' and had not only been the petted and chosen leader of the Tory party, the Conservative, the stupid party, but has so successfully ' educated' it as- to make it the really popular organisation.. All this is so strange that the new rumor, incredible as it is, is scarcely more astounding. It is that this 'Jew adventurer' is about to marry the Queen, and that the wedding will- take place immediately after the adjournment of Parliament in August next. We cannot believe the report, although it has an indirect conection with the fact that theJ?rince of Wales has recently quarrelled with his mother, and is on such bad terms with her that he refused to attend her birthday file. Her Majesty has always been fond of Mr Disraeli; even his remarkable declarations concerning her, seven years ago, caused no coolness between them. In a speech at Hughenden, on September 26,1871, Mr Disraeli said—' The fact is, we cannot conceal from ourselves that Her Majesty is physically and morally incapacitated from performing her duties.' For the last four years Mr Disraeli hr.s been in constant and most familiar relations with the Queen, and it is well known that she regards him with great esteem. The Queen is now. 59 years old; she has been a widow for 17 years; the Earl of Beacousfield is in his 74th year. If he should now become the husband of the Queen of England and the Empress of India, the ' Wondrous Tale of Alroy' would, indeed, be ended with a supplement that would startle the world."