Tuapeka Times AND GOLDFIELDS REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1884.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1029, 2 April 1884, Page 2

Tuapeka Times AND GOLDFIELDS REPORTER AND ADVERTISER. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2, 1884.

"measures, stot men."

The sudden death of Prince Leopold, Duke- of Albany?- will be a sad blow to the Queen. Her reiga has been a long and a prosperous one, and in a great measure a peaceful and happy one. A t least this is the case in matters temporal ; for during the reign of Queen Victoria the British nation has made those immense strides which have now extended it to a vast empire, over which the sun never sets. And the strong, firm arm of constitutional government, has given such a guarantee of liberty and security as no other people of earth enjoy. Yet amid all the pomp and glory of the most prosperous reign that England has known, the life of England's Queen has been tinged with deep sadness. The loss of a dearly beloved husband fell like a blight across her life, Bnd forced her into a retirement from which she has not since wholly come forth. And the loss of a favorite daughter is now followed by the sudden death of her favorite son. " Vanity of vanities," saith the preacher, " all is vanity," and even royalty itself must smart beneath the stings of human woe. Endowed with deep affections, and subject to that hereditary melancholy characteristic of her family, she is, indeed, to be pitied ; and, we believe, everywhere, British people will deeply sympathise with the Queen in her sorrow. The late Empress of France, who, too, has felt the stings of sorrow, and who is present with the Queen, will, by that bond of sympathy which makes all akin, be able to comfort the bereft mother. Eteetwheee the Press is jubilant over the victories recently gained by General Graham. The British arms have been triumphant, and the slaughtered and wounded among the enemy are proudly enumerated. Tne British Lion will give his tail another magestic sweep, proud of another victory recorded in the long roll of glories. But the Arab fanatics, fighting for freedom and their father-land, will fail to see it in the same light, and the poor wounded wretches who have crawled to the hill sides, only to die of famine and thirst under the burning sun of Egypt, will be unable to appreciate the glory. We look upon these men as rebels, and so were the men who, under the leadership of Washington, founded a great nation. The magnificent bravery of the followers of the Madhi betokens men terribly in earnest, and, in the true sense, these men are patriots. "We deplore the downfall of Poland and the subjugation of Hungary; and the Arab has as good right to his desert wilds.