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Show " IfflrTOTtnTfCrr ot public ieelliTglfl England is somewhat alarming from a monarchical standpoint. Tbe last escapade of the heir to the throuo has seemed as a sort of last straw, and there is a widespread feeling that steps should be taken to cut him oil' from the succession. ;eereuce for royalty has b"eu shaken, and like thn cracking of tho piaster of an old linuse, thn damage done ca 1 never be repaired. It is not I'koly tint tho feeling will stop at the mero que- tion of who shall succeed. Tho eldest sou of the prince is no better than the heir apparent; aud there is nothing, either in past history or present conditions, to warrant the hope that there is any confidence confi-dence to be placed iu the lino. Under these circumstances, if au actual movement against the prince should bo htaited, it would probably grow until it would become an attack upon the entire system of royalty. A great many thoughtful people have had their minds mado up for years that a rev olution is to be expected iu England before many years, aud the present ag-itatiou ag-itatiou will go far toward deepening the impression. Tho death of Queen Victoria Vic-toria may bo the signal for the inauguration inaug-uration of u, movement that will carry thu English throne into the muscuta of antiquities. |