The Sun.
London, England, 1865-08-30 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1865.

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It is satisfactory to notice that the ceremony of the
inauguration of the memorial to the late PRINCE
CONSORT has been successfully got through, and that
nothing was wanting to conduce to the prosperity
of the undertaking. This has been, in truth, a sad
and solemn task, but its pomp and grandeur are
outweighed in most minds by the peculiarly impres-
sive and interesting attributes of the scene. Domestic
life, in its sorrows and sympathies, was shadowed
forth in that pageant no less than the mighty mean-
ing of the outward and visible wish of doing honour
to an illustrious Prince, who was the pride of Ger-
many and the worthy consort of the Queen of
ENGLAND. For the first time for many years all
the children of the QUEEN met on this occasion.
It certainly was an appropriate one, and well
calculated to bring painful and pleasant recollec-
tions to their minds. It is no exaggeration to
say that the children of Queen VICTORIA have
had the wisest training that has ever fallen to
the lot of the young scions of a Royal house.
They have been instructed as members of the
great human family ; and while they have been
carefully taught what pertained to their position,
they have seen the world to a greater extent
than many might have deemed practicable. Prince
ALBERT could have wished for no more graceful
tribute to his memory than this celebration at
Coburg. It was, in every sense of the word,
a fitting offering. The statue is in itself a work of
art that commands attention, and all its surround-
ings are calculated to impress the beholder. Mr.
THEED, the sculptor, has fulfilled the task intrusted
to him in an appropriate manner, and it must have
been very gratifying to the members of the Royal
Family to see the work so admirably performed. On
part of the pedestal there is an inscription of the
names and titles of the Prince, and at the back the
date of the erection of the monument, with these
German words of the Psalm—" The righteous shall
live in everlasting remembrance." Such is an ap-
propriate motto for the monument. All must feel
for the QUEEN and her family, and rejoice that they
were thus enabled to fulfil their desires, and to
witness the Inauguration of this Statue to the me-
mory of the loved and lost. At the same time, the
people of this country cannot but think that it is
one of the drawbacks to a higher rank of life that
sorrow may become too prolonged. In humbler
spheres important duties must in time take the place
of sad reveries and mournful tributes. It is truly .
said in the beautiful lines on the burial of the dead,
" Then cheerily to your work again." It cannot be
said that anything has been left undone that could
do honour to the memory of the late Prince ;
and it now
remains that the strict seclusion
in, which the SOVEREIGN has remained should
130 exchanged at all events for a partial resumption
of the duties of her high office. It is unfortunate
that, in losing the lamented Prince, her MAJESTY
was deprived of the only one -who had a right to
advise her ; but it is still to be trusted that she will 4
listen to those counsels which assure her of the
claims which still call her back to the land of the
living. The example of her lamented husband is
before her, for he never failed in his appropriate
work, and she will find in fulfilling her public
duties the best consolation that can be hers, until
in fulness of time " GOD'S love shall set her at his
side again" whom she so deeply mourns.

Republican America appears to be divided into
as many factions and parties as any of the older
states whO have the problems of centuries to settle.
The cessation of the war which has for the last foul

years given incessant occupation to the tongues and
pens of rival politicians has now developed fresh
difficulties and given rise to fresh discussions and
dissensions. The PRESIDENT has an awkward posi-
tion, and the honours which have been so suddenly
and unexpectedly thrust on him have hitherto proved
very thorny. He is apparently a man of much de-
termination and perseverance, and he certainly
needs those qualities in his Presidential capacity
more than he required them in fighting his way up
from the lower ranks of the people. There is un-
fortunately a party in the North to whom the
termination of the war means nothing more or less
than the political extermination of the South. They