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

niles after merry little Shetland pony which was
-. 20 c.nter every morning through the
.,ser lanes and shady hooks of kenslngton. ms
merry little Shetland pony carried VICTORIA ana her
s.x,unes The future Queen was then fat, fair, ana
,.,bcr ordinary looking girl, with bright sunny ring
,e,s large German blue eyes, temper as spoiled as
usually belongs TO an only child and that child heir 70
throne, and will az obstinate and hayward a. the
frisky Highlander che rode. The early his'ory Vi
VICTORIA is almost shrouded as the early history oi
Rome. Poet laureates, indeed, and historians VINO
have dined at Court or Celtic editors VINO nave
fanced that the Queen smiled softly ON them III '"o
Park. have endeayoIed 70 surround II win eA'u'0
Of romance But we have reason to oeheVe 1n"' '"o
launched and cried, and danced and sang anu ""'
GOOD and naughty ike ordinary little girls OF hef "so
and day. .,.a-,.
Tho name she received at the font was AIexahdrna
- ooI,o5 t,vh.. arrange revolutions time brings
after Alexander, the then Emperor Oh hussi"' Ano
elder sister of the Queens mother, the Ducnee' Vi
Kant WAS married TO Alexanders brother Cohstah-
tine the capricious tyrant OF Poland, three Oh inc
Coburg goddesses having been actually posted OH 10
ST. Petersburg for this Russian Paris to examine ana
select FROM Surely the Crcassian ladies who aresolduo
furnish breeders for the harem are not Dargaeu io
and carted about for sale with more outrageous lnue
eacy than the Christian men and maldens OF 'ne III
,nr;nonoo. (fico nj Coburr. The cruelty with which
Constantine treated his purchase drove her in'o III
;ntrone with young Russian officer; but Alexander
with gentle pity not alone protected her nom Vioence
lint oaye her an allowance pom which she quietly ana
bsepily lived in Switzerland. This kindness was
.ctnowedced ut the font of the future Queen but on
the death of Alexander the memory dying with the
,,ons,cb her eldest name exchanged places with its
vounoer sister Victoria the tuelary deity Of the house
Of Coburg.
Hin 10 within year or two of Vctorias attaining the
age OF eighteen the age at which the Sovereign con-
,;dered entitled by English law to assume the throne,
her mother. the Duchess Of Kent, lived life of tran
Gull felicity in the enjoyment OF the society OF S Jonn
(,onrov. an Irisbman or Welchman Of low birth,
whom She had raised to the position OF equery, treas
urer and director-geDeral Of her household. The
Duchess was and is one OF those gross German women
whose coars ness of feature is unreleved by single
line of spirituality, one Of those mere machines for
converting SO much sausage and sauer-kraut into
human nature And though flal affection has always
induced the Queen not to forget the mother In the
woman, it was impossible that the daughters love
could assume that elevated tone which higher and
more refined nature would have inspired
neighboriDg cottage or of some early token of sympa-
tbv with the suffering poor, England knew little and
thouobt little of the lady who was one day to grace
her throne. At Malvern, indeed, between which and
Kensinpton she passed most of her time, the old
man at the springs tells with soitenng memory oil
some Of her cav girl-iests and pranks, and when
easonally some far-seeing corporation presented an
address TO her mother as theyposted through the town.
foy4b non 4 wa
told in the papers Of the day that besde the Duchess
"stood girl with her fair hair gathered behind her
"ears. who appeared to listen with marked attention
ito everything which occurred" But suddenly came
n whisper that Englands sailor King was ill. The
whisper grew into report-the report into bulletin
The interest of the world is its wont, Immediately
forsook the departing King and flew to the coming
Queen.
1t was beautiful evening in June 1884, when first
tbe ROYAL girl presented herself at a window of the
good old palace OF st. james as the Sovereign OF that
Empire on which the sun never sets. There was that
in her youth and simple modesty of look, and womans
weakness under the emotions of the hour which would
for the moment have softened the sternest foe OF
Oueendoms and encirced the girl, loaded thus young
with such trust, with girde of million of hearts
as with wall of fire. In the mass which swung and
swayed around were Wellington, and Lyndhurst, and
Palmerston. and Hume, and above all the voices
which swelled the cry Of "God save the Queen
might be heard the thrilling tones of Ireands burly
champion, OConnell, whose broad shoulders and
coarse comic face made him conspicuous amid the
crowd.
At the period of Victonas accession to the throne,
party spirit unfortunately high in England, and
the gloomy condition Of trade and the reaction conse-
quent on the disappointment Of the exaggerated pcpu-
lar hope which followed Reform, almost balanced the
contendng forces and thus lent to the of the
rival Wing and Tory factions spirit Of bitter rsncoi
and personal mahgnty unknown even in its fiery
throes Men looked darby on each other in tn,
street, and in the House he who stepped his spea
in the bitterest gall and planted his rape
with the fercest thrust drew forth the loudes
acclamations from the representative circus Vic
toris on her coming to the throne found the Viii!
party in power, and there is little wonder that will
her girls heart she gave TO them confding trus
which perhaps grew into affection. She was alone,
girl Almost an orphan. In Lord Melbourne, the thei
leader of the Wing party, she found gentleman o
most distinguished accomplishments most fascinating
manner and most kindly heart. Whatever may have
been Lord Melbournes faults as individual OF
the Minister of nation, the Minister, adviser,
and friend of the Queen he had He sur
rounded her person with the purest and
poblest of Englands daughters. The Dutchess
of Sutherland, as Mistress of the Robes became her
constant companion and conhdante and her Ladiesin
waiting were selected from that elevated region of
arstocracy in which Lady Gansborough. the Duchess
Of Bedford and Lady Portman dwell lie himself first
IN conjunction with Lord Palmerston, and when he
weared, with Lord j. Russell, and subsequently, alone,
undertook the Office of Private Secretary. To the