The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-08

day about noon. Orders received this NOM
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Four GREAT LApIEs.-Having exhausted
the arsenal of SANDER and abuse of the Gear,
the London press is beginning to invade the
privacy Of his domestic circle, and singles
out, as the target of its ill-natured assaults.
the wife. whose alleged dying condition
does not exempt her from the brutality and
malice of her husbands enemies. The Lon.
don News says;
She 10 only fifty seven ysars Of age, though we
have heard Of her for many years a. falling aud
brosen her down. She LEFT Berlin a. Bride when
she wss ninsteen and then began that life of dssi-
patton aud di.plsY which wa. no choiss Of he, own
IL Understood to be very like her brother the King
OF Prussia; while she had no pPortunity, before or
after her early marriage to cultivate such tastes
acquire such knowledge a. he really has. Like most
wives ofdespctc soveregns she has always been ex-
acting to excess about dsss and matters etiquette
never failing to manifest her powers of observation
and memory ifany lady appeared twice at Court in
the same robe. Her occasional remarks, "Ah that
aamask-I remember sdmirins IL before;' - and IAN
old acquaintance like that brocade of yours, Count
ess' have had their share In promoting the Csar's
policy of aristocrate frvoiity at home, while the
poor lady herself has been sadly sacricsd to the same
policy A. the Russian aristocrscy must be constant
ly amused. the Empres 80 must be always leading the
ADJUSTMENTS. She must never be tired-she must
never be Ill. For long years she has been kept on
her feet when she ought 70 have been on her sofa
Meme who have seen will the spectacle of that
stature of the Gar she strove to sustain her,elf
by his side. Dress and drugs may DO much tor tn
frat impression and the mere face OF the used up
but such ensciaton a. this poor iadys snd such Ia
tgus and anxiety as abe has suffered without remis-
sion for many years, have long made the Court fes'
In patb> ssf viii the forced airs of the
ballroom and imperial gardens, has been her solici
tude to gain in private for the Gear the good opinion
of strangers The questions asked about what the
foreigner has seen the eager about what
he ought to think, the paintive pleas about poor
hyssa 10 gssssr stq by h1 al the worIdal this
while very like the mood of her brother at Berlin,
10 pathetic illustration OF her life at 81 feteTsout
LetaIy an matters have grown worse, as her heaItn
has sunk more hopelessy, as her sons have become
more irreconcilable in their views, pursuits ana
tempers, and her husband more ferocloas an As 20
cy abroad and despotc IN his tyranny at home, the
poor lady has done what women usualiy 90 IN
hopeless postion-she has become deV9te. me IA
natcal correspondence between the palaces at Ber-
lin and ST. Petersburg has been, 1t 10 understood,
nearly or quite as wonderful as any moImoIhsm or
sny Irvingism in England and America, with the
great difference that it has produced zeal enect on
European politics by siren thenng the influence OF
the Russian clique at Berlin Tbat cirque uses the
poor Iady,s very DEATH before it happens, to keep
Prussia virtually on the Russian side. threatening
the susceptible mind of tbs King with the rem me
of the raricde II he wounds the feelings OF his IN
firm sister. As the close draws near, however, mer
seusibiiities working in another direction; the
anxiety about her young sons In the Crihes the un
conceivable failures Of the Russian armies the over
whemipg calamities of the nation, IN the loss OF
life and treasure, and the fact imposHoie lor even
and deserted in a world where he took all rulers and
their peoples be his vassals and his prey have at
last broken down even conjugal etiquette, $50 lnVn
chile at ST. Petersburg and have unsealed the dying
lips to suppcate Peace peace" till even the Au-
tocrst can bsar the paintiye cry no longer WIN
sinks into the grave the woman who may be said to
stand nearest to the war.
The News then complacently observes how
cheerful, in comparison, is the spectaclepre-
scented by "our Sovereign Lady, the Queen"
with her." quotes the News, sal is honest
and sound in regard to the entering upon
the war and she will see, and be helped by
her people to see that all is made honest and
sound in the management of it. If, instead
of appearing among her people every day,
active and healthful, she were secluded by
disease and looking for death, like the EN-
press at St. Petersburg, there would be no
cause for remorse; no room for doubt; none
of the anguish which breaks forth in the cry
for peace peace! which melts the iron
soul of the aggressor. Our Queen grieves
for the sufferings and sorrows of war, though
they are none Of her making, nor rashly in
cured; but the price she bravely pays for
the exemption of a future generation from
worse woes. She suffers her share of the
pain which the selfish mailman of the North
has brought upon humanity; but from the
anguish of divided duty, of domestic or ne
tional discord, or of perplexed and irreso-
Il, 90 &Io,o
Heaven, as thoroughly exempt as the hum
blest of her happy subjects"
1t is great virtue in Victoria that she is
not secluded by disease and looking for death!
1t is fine moral excellence in her that she is
physically fat and hearty! And, bless the
little woman, her conscience is free from all
responsibility for the war. No doubt ofthat,
for every one knows that she is the merest
puppet of a monarch that ever ruled, with no
power and no responsibility for anything
But she is most tender hearted and sympa
thizing soul, grieving for the sufferings and
sorrows of the war, and suffers her share of
the pain which 1.-The selfish mailman OF
the North has brought upon humanity p'-
Pray how long is it since, whilst all England
was clothed in mourning for her slaughtered
braves at Alma;whilst from the noble palace
and the peasants cottage, there went up one
shrill wall CT neutrality-suspicious. weeping
for her children and refusing to be comforted
because they are not'-yictoria and the
Prince were frolicking at one of their coun-
try palaces, and so absorbed by the sports of
the field and the accompanying festivities,
that the London Tsmes-a honor to its no.
lecourage andtrue manly heart--was obliged
to rebake the Court for its unfeelinp leyity at
such an hour, and in the name of al Injured
and offended people called them back TO LON.
dom That is a fact fresh in every mans
memory, and another fact is, hat the O,.on
obeyedthe call ofthat mightier monarch tho -
herself, the Press. ands monarch who. in ,h;.
instance at least, used his power right row
ally.
Now, if the st. Petersburg journal were
disposed to retort upon the London News for
its gross invasions ofthe sacred domestic cir.
Gle; if it wished to handy epithets with the
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