Nuhou, Volume I, Number 25, 20 May 1873 — THE ROYAL PERMISSION [ARTICLE]

THE ROYAL PERMISSION

As>?emi-ofllciMl]y announeod in the Advcr(lso* IiUH betni '•graeiously ,given to ihe Chie-f Jusiice to vi«it the United States." If'tliis consent ]ias been brought about in i>n>i)er lonn, aiul is an official act of the Hovereign, aided by the concurrent advice of ali C*onstitutional adviser.s, then we ean have 110 farther ground for whatever may be out convictions or objections. 13ut; we liave yet to be assured that the permission of absence to the head of the Department of Law lias been brouglit about in this satisfactory—we will not say constitutionar mannei'. Did His Ex. the Chancellor submit his request 111 writing for tlie consideratioii of the King, wliieli His Majesty eoukl submit to His Cabinet, or Privy Council, and so be guided by an advice whieh is called- for on less important questions ? Was it after sucli proper and deliberate consideration that the Bovereign formally consented to the absence of tliis high bfficiiil ? Bucli a course would eoiiimend itself to the approval of tlie enlightened sentiment of the community, and would silence any farther cavil. Sueh a course ought indeed to be in accordance with the views of the learned Chancellor in respect to a recognition of the sanctions of constituted authorities, and we aresatisfied that the First Bubject of the llealni will not be content to accept ās a personal favor from the Prince that whieh ought t<> be the olheial and well advised act of the Bovereign.- Let us know upon whoni the responsibility rests of paying a salary of fi\e thousand dollars for a u visit to tlie United %tates. n The King is not responsible; and therefore tlie PresH of this Counfry and the puhlie require that we have parties Who are responsible for the eost and the example of thfe instance of higlioffieial absenteeism.