Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1852-03-11

lowing graphic and pleasant sketch :-R.
HcpubiicGa.
Queen Vicfor!:,-PTimre Albert
Royal Palaces, &c.
| now redeem my promise to send You
some extracts from my Jou,nai descrip-
tive Of the personal appearance Of Queen
VicioIia-and especially intended for your
lady readers.
| have often seen her majesty Victoria
first, as have before remarked, at The ra
ces at Ascot-whcrc | had a good vie Of
her and her family for four hours-and
subsequently. and on frequent occasions. .at
the Worlds FAIR.
The Queen visited the Fair when she
was IN London, regularly twice or thrice
a week. aud appeared to take great inter
est in the exnhiIion,o ,hich her husband
was tie great patron. Ordinarily. The
Fair was opened for visitors at 9 O'clock
in the morning but on the days of the
Queens visitation it was closed To the
general visitor until u, at " hich hour her
majesty usually withdrew. My privilege,
as Commissioner, allow ed me 10 enter
the glass palace at any lime, and hence |
occasionally y avaiicd mysclfofu 10 be there
when the Queen was IN attendance. |
have been for hours, and until was tired
Of looking uponroyalty. in her immediate
presence, while She was engaged in cx-
aming.and sometimes in making purchases
of costly and elegant articles on exhibition.
On one of these occasions, she gave an or
der for a splendid Persian shaw l. the most
elegant, but not most costly or gaudy, il
The FAR.
Her Majesty is rather a comcly person,
without being decidedly handsome. |
have seen no likeness Of her in marble
bronze or canvass, that does not Aatter-
Her eyes are fall, almost pro, cling, and
exhibit too much white her nose is ralh-
er long, and too prominent for her beauty;
her mouth Of the real English cut, the
corners dipping IA little. whie the upper
lip but impertectly conccals beautiful set
Of well-arrangcd teeth, which are shown
to great advantage when She smiles The
contour of her face is oval. with a want Of
that peculiar fineness and dclicacv of skin
that distinguishes our Southern ladies': her
conntennnce ID placid and mild, and her
voice soft and agreeable. One would
Judge from her countcnance that she wants
animation and vIvacliy. though none would
fail to conccdc to il usual good nature aud
aminbiity. She is neither thin nor lcshy,
but Of pleasant rotundity Of person, and
her height is the medium height of our A.
merican ladies. Taking her majesty all
il al, She is decidedly good looking for a
lady Of thirty, and who is the mother Of
seven children. but not sufficiently bcauli-
ful to cause a sensation or TO excite the en-
w oi the ladies Of her court
Her dress. though rich, is invariably
plain. She wears but few Jewels, and no
insignia Of royalty except on state occa-
SLAMS. Indeed. the style Other dress Jif-
fcrs nothing inquaity or texture from other
well dressed ladies'
The carriagcs used BY her majesty on
all ordinary occasions. are plain vehicles.
not better than those used by many ftmi
lies in America She takes her airings in
the Parks and public gardens. In carriage,
on horseback. or on foot, among her sub
jects, without any apparent ostcntatlon,and
with as little form and ceremony as seems
compatible with the preservation of tine
dignity of her position.
The Queen is universally popular with
her subjects, and would be perfectly safe
in any part of her kingdom without body
guard. That she deserves the high stand
sic occupies in the affection Other people,I
do not doubt, for She is essentially good
sovereign and virruons woman.
The merit of Victoria consists by no
means in the fact that she is n sovereign !;
but that, being sovereign, she has, not
wirhstanding, displayed those high social
and domestic virtues which are so seldom
displayed by female sovereigns.
| was told in England that her majesty
is subject to periods Of melancholy, and
that actual arrangement Of mind is feared
by her immediate fricnds--and this is given
as the reason why she SO frequently
changes her residence from one Of her pal
aces 10 another. remaining. not very long
at any one. There is probably some truth
IN this report and it derives sanction from
the well known fact that there is tint Of
hereditary arrangement in her family; her
grandfather, George Ill, having laborcd
under The malady several years before his
death.
Mr.. Lawrence. our Minister at her Ma
iesty's Court, and who has enjoyed am
pile opportunities for knowing her well, as
sired me that she is a woman Of most ex-
ceissnt sense. The history Other admin
i'trs.ion. and of her private life. so far as
we ave able to judge Of it, fully sustains
this opinion.
Tire Queen. by common consents high
ly bles sed 10 husband and particularly
in tIis.tf1at he is the husband Of her choice.
and Of her young affections. The match
between a lbert and Victoria is admitted on
all hands I, have been a 'love match, a
ra re thing iii crowned heads.
Peace Albert is one Of the hnest look'
o,en;n En-, Cpe--of German, pot Eng