Show commercial AND POLITICAL combinations RECENT dispatches from england convey the idea that queen victoria is favorable to a local government for ireland it is even stated that should such a measure be passed by the house of commons her majesty will use all her power and personal influence to prevent the lords from opposing posing it the fact is that the queen has always maintained a decent regard for public opinion and for the sentiment of the majority on vital issues it was generally supposed that she antagonized the disestablishment of the irish church by gladstone in 1869 this was a great mistake she was entirely guided by public opinion her letter to the archbishop of canterbury at the time is now published in it she says distinctly that the rejection of the church bill by the lords after passing the commons with such an overwhelming majority would only lead to results disastrous to the nation as a whole |