Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-07-02
vICToRIA's ACCESSION TO Turl

~ " IL y ACCBSSlON TO THE
ilikoNE,-Ihis great event i'm the history of
great nation Is thriilingly described as fol-
lows, by Benjamin D'lsraeli i'm his new nol;,;.
cal novelof "Sybil or the Two Nations,
work intended TO lay bare the framework oi
modern English society:
clark! il tolls, All isover The yrca, hell
oil the metropolitan cathedral announces The
death ot the last son of George the Third who
probably VIII evcrreing in England. He wa.
good man; with feelings and sympathies. de-
hcient in culture rather than ability: with n
sense OF dutyj and with something of the CON
cep,ioa of what shout, be the character of on
English monarch. Peace To his manesl We
are summoned ton different scene.
'ln IA palace in ganlen-not in naughty
keep, prouTwith the fame, but dark with the
violence of ages; not in a regal pie, bright
WIN The splcndor, but soiled with the in,rigucs
oi courts ami iactions-in palace in garden.
meet scenc Tor youth, and Innocence, and
ocauty-canic the voice that told the maiden
she must ascend her throne!
The council of England is summoned for
the inst time within her bowers. There are
assembled the prclates and captains and chief
men oil her realm; the priests of the religion
That consoles, the heroes of the sword that has
conquered, the votaries of the craft that has de-
cneu inc tate oil empires; men grey with
thought, and fame, and age: who are the
stewards of divine mysteries. who have en-
countcrcd in battle the hosts of Europe. who
nave toiied IN secret cabinets, who have
struggled IN the less merCiul strife of aspring
sehates; men, too. some of them lords of n
thousand rassals and chief proprietors of pro-
Nihces, yet not one of them whose heart does
not at tins moment tremble as he awaits the
hrst presence OF the maiden who must now
ascend her throne.
"A hum.of half-suppresscd conversation
Which would attempt to conceal the excite
mcht, which some of the greatest of them
have since acknowledged, fills that brilliant
assemblage; that sea OF plumes. and glttcrinp
stars, and gorgeous dresses. Hush! the por-
tails open! She comes! The silence is as
ueep as that oil noon tide forest. Attended
lor moment by her royal mother and the la
dies of her court, who bow and then retire,
Victoria ascends her throne; agirl, alone, and
tor the first time, amid am assemblage of men.
Sin sweet and thrilling voice, and with a
composed mien which indicates rather the alb.
sorbing sense OF august duty than an absence
oi emotion, the Queen announces her acces-
sion 10 the throne OF her ancestors and her
humble hope that Divine Providence will
guard over the fulfilment of her lofty trust
.'The prelates and captains and chief men
oil her realm then advance to the throne. and
knceiing before her, pledge their truth, and
take the sacred oatllsof allegiance and supre-
macy.
Allegiance TO one who rules over the land
that the great Macedonian could not conquer;
and over continent of which even Columbus
never dreamed; to the Queen Of every sea, and
oil nations of every zene.
1T is not of those that would speak; but
Oh nation nearer her foot-stool, and which at
tins moment looks to her with anxiety, with
affection, perhaps with hope. Fair and serene
she has the blood and beauty of the Saxon.-
VIII it be her proud destiny at length to bear
relief to suffering millions; and with that soft
hand which might inspire troubadours and
guerdon knights, break the last links in the
chain OF Saxon thraldom2"