The New York herald., 1862-01-01

than twenty his has been every day before the
pubic, combining IL asnglarly uniform routine works Of
public utility with dutful devotion TO his wie ana
veregn Though precuded from public discussions
don brought face face either with general society the
world still larger sense he has vet been more promi.
nenty and uninermittngy before the British people than
any other man in these isles Instead of as others
might have DONE against the constitutional etiquettes
which met HIM on every side, he found compensation
In the world Of art and science and for himself there
nobo realm Of which even death cannot deprive him.
AT this moment IL impossible 70 say how much awaits
the decision OF his taste and the exercise Of his skill to
select or 10 arrange. Yet these only tres Of the
hour in comparison with the Office Of comforting and
tanning the heart Of woman 10 bear the mghties en-
pre- in the world. We have only to look
around at the best men among US, and
glance will remind how few, Of them,
would endure the monotony the restraint, the sci,
denial and subsection Of will necessary for such posi-
tion Prince Albert has discharged II for twentyone
years without fault. IL is hard TO which most TO
adrnre-his goodness his wisdom or his fortune In no
respect has he been wanting 10 his difficult post, and
should have 20 ransack forgotten stories for hint that
he had exceeded IL duties All at once he is gone and
ty what precedent shall We frame The OF loss
England lost boy king q whose virtues we read
much from his tutors and guardians she has several
Of progresses and paeeants, eayeties aud ntrgues
she has lost royal ciIhers and children Of promise
broken. The hand Of the has sometimes added
wrong and horror 70 n national loss Forty-our years
ago. IN day OF dakaess when discomfort and dsoyalty
had taken root IN the land aud there seemed but soil
tary pathway OF light TO . purer atmosphere and to
happier times, it was suddenly extingushed and all
the hope OF the ration was borne 20 the tomb II is not
easy to compare the funlmcnt with the hope, things
known and things unknown but for the suddenness and
bankness OF the loss for the dsmay struck into
cvery thoughtful mind, there parallel
than the death Of the Princess Charlotte and her child in
1877 and that Of Prince Albert in this already fatal
AS these one aud twenty years have almost i'm
perceptbiy stolen away, and the fortunate youth,
as the people then held him, has pursued his
already acquired that calm pure light o. fame, that
desccnds TO the latest ages In long line Of royal
nobes OF all work, the reward of which itself II
cannot be said that Prince Albert has had his reward 1t
is simple fact whatever the cause, and whoever be In
fault that lie has been but i'll rcquited duly appre
ciated. AS men who do their work the best more
enved for their opportunities than commended for their
industry or skill, the very success OF Prince Albers
work, whether in the palace as the patron of
art, has itself detracted from his just praises
Such men must be missed before they are
homage and measured respect the Prince Csort has been
taken from before oar at the moment when Queen Vic
toria Is threatened oih ree,rdl Of the frdtriciioI
Which her grandfather much misery and disgrace
Tho very papers which yesterday told England she had
gorernmDnt amt Congress at Washington tda
naing themselves to with this country There
not be imagined an occasion 20 make heavier demands
and impose seyerer trials on the energies and the
heart of patriotic sovereign. Tho light Of the
tho prosperity of all the Interests, the happiness
Of all the classes and the harmonious working of all the
institutions in these islands Not to speak of the vista
tons Of nature cannot be said that in this reign egs
ston has ever sacrificed one part of the British people
TO the other In the struggle which mpcnds large
section Of the British puts itself in tho position that
it must be humhed and chassed If the flag Of England
Is still to be respected Who shall say what mseres and
losses may have to suffer or inc in such contesY
Our Queen will be the first to lament The necessity the
responsibility Who Is there to divide and bear the bur
hen9 Who there to reassurc with sound reason the
bosom whose dstresses and msgivngs will b. at
natural and meritorous? The reception Of all Europe and
the civilized world in the exhibition next year may be
left to other hands The Prince Consort will be the
recognized from not being there ard the work will bc
done he designed it, and under the shadow Of his
But h0 shall be Queen Ttctorios ,ide TO erch0nge
sympathy counsel aud encouragement under the psicdl
difficulties the changing fortunes, perhaps the calauitos
rereyses, of an american pdr?