New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-20

land the Queen respected but in Irelsndl feel the

land the Queen is respected but In Ireland ies' 'e
woman is loved"
Few entertain more plying costempt for serviie
svcopbsncy or higher honor for manly independence
than the Queen and Prince. And perhaps few things
have stoned more wonder, and we must adj more
cortemp, in English society than 10 find that where
Americans have been admitted to the circles Of roy
,l,y or rank. they have with some noble exceptions
surnassed All others in aduatory alteration.
wife the Queen is said to be jealous and exact
inc Ru. .be must indeed be desperate in her de-
snds II she is not satisfied with the severe strctness
and decorous demeanor of the Prince one nus
warm temper and that which is often It's acconPan'.
ment. warm heart. Indeed she Is often conpe"eu
To Mace heavy chain on that reoeihous HeWoe' AZ
order to repress the woman and maintain the queen.
AT the Countess Waewskis celebrated ball oil last
season. she recognized at the door of the saoOn unu
ran forward with look Of JOY to greet lady wnom
She bad known. when suddenly recoIecting, with
look half sorrowful, half playful, she checked the
Affection Of the woman and resumed the dignity o. the
Queen.
In nersou Queen Victoria is about FIVE feet two,
Lt ,he sbortness of her neck gives to her figure look
Of dumpiness Her head is graceful and well set on
d Isidore who is minister of its exterior, speaks IN
RAPTURE of the length and lavish luxuriance oil her
hair beneath whose fold the small ear IL nestled IKE
pretty she'll Her head and hand, which latter meiii-
her was wont TO inspire that half patriot hall bonds
man enthusiasm of O'Connell, are her best POINTS,
Her ewes have the dull eaden look common TO the
Cuelphs: her skin is of cream-colored nue. ana ner
expression unrefned, espe tally when hushed' let
there is about her consciousness OF Der po'i'ion,
and SO little display of that Consciousness, anu
her English self-possesson is so iehcitously
combined with a certain German bon-hommle, OF III
this instance bonne-femmie that even those who know
her only by sight carry off impression that they
have seen the face Of tereotyped but highly respec
table, steady, domestic jolly, good-heared, rather
cboeric and excitabe but welLd'sp 'sed although
small Drained English woman of the AngIo-Gernan
tyne. In her morning garden dress of loose robe,
shawl and cottage hat she looks TO far greater advan-
tace than in full evening costume. She has all the
appearance of rude health, but is occasionally prey
TO fits of depression so Deep to occasion apPrehen-
sions of an attack of that malady under which her
grandfather George the Third suffered, and to makea
constant change of air and scene essential.
Whatever qualities she has have been diligently cul-
tiy aed but she is not by any means what termed III
this country smart" This is for many reasons, for
tunrte. Were she woman of superior endowments
she would have been obnoxious to the arls ocracy,
who shrink from nothing with greater dstrust than
from whatever may be calculated To wound their
ouovr rropre and remind them of their mental
and moral nferiority. If she were less fertile she
would be less popular among the masses. lie poor
Irish or English woman standing before one OF the
pictures in the Strand which represent the Queen with
the roval babies around her. feels attered by the re-
Election that the Queen after all has the same propen
stiles instincts and affections rule her, The only
class of women who may be said to dislike the Queen
Is the numerous one of broken-down, high bred,
sbabby-eeneel. and pseudo poetcal women. They
sheer at all the Queens domestic propensities rs the
ounessence of vulgarity. They say she is only vir-
tuous because accident places her in position which
allows her to crafty luxuriOusly every desire.
In the companion portrait of the Prince we shall en-
ter into particulars of the royalncome andexpendure,
and other details for which we have in this picture
been unable to find room. In what we have written
and shall write, we have strven and shall strive to
keep steadily before us the star of truth. We would
cherish noble examples wherever find them, belt
in the palace of the great the cottage of the owy
II is only YOUR ravng democrat who curses the bes-
sing which Queen may diffuse, as il is only your
fanatcal aristocrat who epudates the offering which
child of the people brings to the altar ofhumanty In
the one it has epgendered ndiscriminae hatred for
the very shadow of privilege; in the other it has
incucated indiscrimnaie aversion FIR the very breath
of the people, Hence the one flies into fury soon as
the name of Queen is mentioned in terms OF admra-
ton. or her lite con,idered as productive of good;
and the other falls into paroxysm of rage at the bare
idea Of one Of the people indicating his diviney inn
planted manhood or calling upon his fellow man to
breast the oppressor who trfes with his rights Both
extremes proceed from passion. 1t Is only by steering
between them that the of wisdom can be reached
Through wisdom alone we vindicate truth;
through truth alone can we advance the interests of
humanity. Some may endeavor from ignorance or
envy or mockery maignty, to cavil at one or the
other weakness of the woman, because they lack
the moral courage to cavil at the absurdities Of
the Institution. Others may revel with saucy
delight in lowering a woman simply because she has
been raised by the laws of the land to the
functions of Queen. But History will hereafter dis
perse these aspersions When the swelling tides of
freedom, education and practical Christianity rOusing
the manhood of England to nobler sense of dignity
and keener shame of servlity, shall have swept away
as some day they must do theold feuda and monarch
cal institutions of England and left in their stead
noble Anglo-Saxon Republican structure, the name Of
Victoria will by the most passionate enemy of royalty
still be respected for the good qualities Of the woman
and by its most Indifferent friends for the chaste
throne.
FISHING AT FIRE ISLAND.