SIR C. DILKE.-THE QUEEN.

Westport Times, Volume VI, Issue 934, 2 March 1872, Page 3

SIR C. DILKE.-THE QUEEN.

Speaking of Sir Charles Dilke and his recent eccentric and mischievous exhibitions in England (rivalling those freaks which the same Sir Charles exhibited in his foolish attempts to describe New Zealand and New Zealand life), the " European Mail " says that the English character is as much allied to republicanism as oil is to water. It proceeds to say that it is a pity the Baronet cannot realize this fact, as he is not a needy man, either in capital or prestige, and therefore has not the excuse which his humbler brethren of the stump have for endeavouring to make capital—and perhaps a breakfast—out of the ignorance of those who are fools enough to listen to their effusions. These stump men are themselves sadly in need of the schoolmaster, and of the knowledge necessary to enable them to deduce effects from certain causes ; and it is evident that Odgor and his friends (Sir Charles Dilke included) showed such a want of judgment in enforcing their peculiar views in the then existing state of public feeling, that utterly unfits them for the self-imposed task of enlightening others. Regarding the Queen, Mr Lowe affirmed of her Majesty that she never made a promise she did not fulfil; that she never spoke a word not strictly true ; nor ever wrote a word with the slightest intention to deceive or misgnide. It is affirmed on the same authority that during the thirty-four years of her Majesty's reign she has filled her position with a high and stainless character, and her constitutional advisers have borne undeviating testimoney to that perfect sincerity which is expressed in the couplet, Her armor is her honest thought, And simple truth her shield.