THE JUBILEE OF QUEEN VICTORIA. We are about to celebrate the Queen's Jubilee, not so much because Her Majesty has merely reigned fifty years, but because she has reigned 50 years in the hearts of her people. _County Meeting with reference to Queen Victoria's Jubilee, Newport, February 9th, 1887._ THE LATE QUEEN VICTORIA. The expression of the country's appreciation of the character of her late Majesty has been done grandly and well. Statesmen on both political sides have told of their experience of her, not merely their opinion, but the result of the interviews they have had with her. All classes have borne testimony to her goodness and greatness. We, as humble subjects of Her Majesty, knew her sympathetic qualities. Everybody present has benefitted in some way directly or indirectly through her. I think of the line which says--"One touch of nature makes the whole world kin." It was the touch of nature in her character, and her sympathizing feelings, which have made the whole of the civilized world, and much of the uncivilized world, mourn on this occasion. _Monmouthshire County Council, February 6th, 1901._ THE LATE KING EDWARD. It has been well said by a poet that "Fierce is the light that beats upon the throne." Since those words were written the light beating upon the throne has become ten times more powerful, but in the case of King Edward that fact has only tended to emphasise His Majesty's charm of life and of personality, and the power of his will, which have benefitted not only this country but the whole civilised world. _Usk Quarter Sessions, June 22nd, 1910--in moving a Vote of Condolence on the death of King Edward._ THE PENNY WHISTLE OF REPUBLICANISM. There never was a time when the country was more loyal. The penny whistle of republicanism which tried to blow its notes some time ago has, I believe, burst itself, for it found no sympathetic echo in the heart of the nation. I believe there is no harder worked man in the United Kingdom than the Prince of Wales. From morning to night he is at the beck and call of somebody or other, and we always find him ready to respond to the calls made upon him. _Tredegar Show, December 16th, 1875._ ON PRETORIA DAY. We have done our best to publicly recognise the success that has been achieved in the occupation of Pretoria, and to do honour to Lord Roberts and his gallant army. You can tell the kind of man Lord Roberts is by his despatches. You can depend on it that whenever you read a despatch from Lord Roberts you are reading what is true, complete and accurate. I hope we shall soon see Lord Roberts, who is an old and good friend of mine, in Newport again. _Pretoria Day, June 7th, 1900._ ADMIRATION FOR AMERICAN SAILORS.