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Trotwood was quite assured of the sanity of her friend, “ Dick,” in spite of the way King Charles’head would crop up and interfere with the more rational current of that dear oldgentleman’s ideas. Can we extend thesame charitable view to the one hundredeccentric persons who assembled in St. Margaret Pattens, Rood Lane, on Mondayto “ solemnly celebrate ” the “ martyrdom ” of tlie pious monarch, whoseviews on constitutional matters wereunfortunately for the security of his head so greatly diverged from those of hisects ? Poor King Charles’ head seemscapable of giving trouble still. We have actually in existence a “ Legitimist ” party side by side with an Anarchist faction, and a “ White Rose ” League to boot— in fact, a revival of Jacobitism in petto, or more likely ipour rire. I do not know ing of the Rev. R. Corbett, who“ celebrated ” on this solemn occasion,but if be has taken this Jacobite tomfooleryto his heart with conscientious earnestnessI should advise him to consider, with equal conscientiousness, his obligations andloyalty to the existing head of theAnglican Church. If lie can make thesquare with his conscience all well and good. By the way, it would be highly interesting to know who is the rightful sovereign of Britain at the present moment according to the tenets of our neo-Jacobins. I am shame-in the matter oflineage
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London Man of the World
London, Middlesex, GB
Wed, Feb 01, 1893
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