Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1860-08-03

QUEEN VICTORIA AND THE ROYAL FAM
ILY.-Rev. Henry Baylies, the well known
Methodist clergyman, and native, we believe
of Martha's Vineyard, who is now travelling
i'll Europe attended the Ascot Races in order
to get sight of the Royal Family of England.
In his correspondence with lions Herald he
sketches an outline in bdSso reiieUo, which we
subjoin Having determined to get as near
Her Majesty as possible, he succeeded in get
ting into a small enclosure just in front OF her
stand which he had reason TO believe was
designed only for members of the Jockey
Club" but which proved to be very good
place and for an hour or tive he had the most
favorable opportunity of observing the Queen,
Prince Albert, and all the little princes and
princesses comprising eleven carriage loads.
"Prince Albert is good, wide awake. sensi-
BILE looking man, familiar and easy, and fit for
a husband to a queen, which he is, and only is.
Prince of Wales is about Is, of light complex
ion and rather spare looks like a fair, sensible
senior in college, and will graduate at Oxford
sometime in June. The Princesses resemble
very strongly the Prince of Wales. and are
not especially noticeable for beauty ; indeed
should not have looked at them single minute
were they not the daughters of the throne. AS
to the other personages, | saw nothing that
would attract attention. There were thouS-
and on the field better looking and to all
appearance equally sensible. l suppose it
does not require much sense to patronize horse
racing, does it? l am not in England, and so
l may speak. Understand, was from twenty
to sixty feet of her more than an hour, looking
with my own natural eyes, and with the same
eyes assisted by powerful race-glasses, which
l borrowed Let me say then, as | think.
Before ] express my thinkings, however, let
me remind you that very recently the Queen
refused to sit TOR likeness to an American
artist because she said her time is fully emf
ployed. That is not the reason, as you will
guess. Queen Victoria is doubtless the
mother OF several children, and is said to be
an excellent wife, mother and woman, which
is likewise doubtless but she is not hand
some, as some of her portraits represent her
she is not good looking even, according TO my
taste. That kissable little mouth you have
seen in her portraits was borrowed for it is not
i'll her face. Her mouth is rather drawn at
the corners, and arched in the middle. Her
complexion is that | have named for her child
rem, but her skin looks botched and unhealthy.
| especially watched her manners in her con-
yerSation and her movements among the
family and visiting royalty. l must say she
was entirely wanting in what is termed grace
and was certainly very far from appearing
queenly, according to the conventional mean
ing of that word. When she bowed in response
to the hearty cheers of her loyal subjects,
there was a look of the disdantul attached to
a stiff and cherries motion of the head. l
was for a moment within ten feet of her, and
noticed the same expression.
Speaking with an Engshman in Paris about
her the other day, he remarked, %, she does
very well to fill the throne she makes gooG
mother and wife, that is about ell More than
once | heard this sentiment expressed. The
portraits you see are portraits Of the cOnUea-
ttonai queen, and not the real"