The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1863-10-02
Life of Queen Victoria.

Dc queen, aitor TlslnB ~ aDOuG eeSeu,
and attending service at tho chapel, takes
breakfast. looks at the newspapers, visits
her children, and then affairs of state oc
cupy her till about noon. Tho public af-
fairs of the nation at an end, the Queen now
receives visitors, who have either been spec.
tally invited, or persons who have been hon
ored with her "com mmands" to attend at the
Palace. Among these latter are artists nnd
publishers, who have rare and novel works
to show to Her Majesty, or her lik onoss to
to take persons entrusted with presents
COR the aviary, foreigners with special intro
ductions from their own sovereigns, trades
men with articles which the Queen is desir-
Gus of purchasing, and 80 forth. After these
folks have been dismissed, the royal family
take their lunch, at which tho Queen eats
and drinks heartily. Tho horses and car
ragss are then brought to tho door, and
her Majesty either rides or drives out for
three or four hours, frequently taking the
opportunity of visiting some of the nobility,
the Duchess of Inverness, or even Tin the
country poor but worthy people who are
confined by sickness. Her Majesty's kind.
ness to tho suffering OF her own sex is pro.
verbal. 1t is on record that, when Mrs
Warner, tragic actress OF excellent char
acter, was i'll OF disease which ultimately
carried her to her grave, the Queen sont q
carriage evory day, that she might have the
advantage of pure air. On her return
home, the Queen spends an hour in her pri-
vate boudoir or library, and then dresses for
dinner.
A dinner at tho palace has always been a
very stately, droary, tedious affair. The Va
ble service is, Of course, superb--gold plate
Sevros porcelain. aiabastor vases, flowers
brilliant chandeliers, servants in scarlet coats
and powdered heads, military band per
forming in an ante.room, and many ladies
and gentlemen at table in full dress cos
tune. A profound silence reigns through
out the meal, only broken by the voice o
the Queen addressing herself to one o.
other of the guests, who are expected Il
limit themselves to direct reply. Genera
conversation is carried on in whispers only
A great variety of winos are drank at tn
royal table, the Queen and Prince Alber
coniining themselves chiefly to Germal
(Rhlne) wines.
After dinner the party adjourns to th
drawing rooms, and tbero the Queen cast
aside all ceremony, and gives herself up /
y innocent pleasures, and the promotion G
the enjoyment of her guests and family
If the party DO not large, a chamber cor
cert or a dance is improvised, the Quee
herself taking prominent part in the snl
ing and dancing. The objects Of interest I
the stranger in tho suite of drawng-room
T. are numerous, and the Queen is not slow
invite attention to and explain them-a ho
pitable office,in which she is sustained by tt
Princes and Princesses, and the ladies an
d noblemen of the household. There al
I. magnificent vases; statues Of marble. bron'
and alsbaster; glorious pictures by Il
first masters, ancient and modern por
foIios of engravings, musical instrument
curious articles of rertu, etc., etc. All
sr life and abandon. At half-past eleven,
Of earlier, the Queen retires, gracefully court
20 sying 20 the company, the ladies-in- wait
g. and the lady guests acknowledging the OBJ
sance by sinking to the ground.-Mrs. 81
dons in Harper's Magnziae.