, 1864-09-11

noouce Tie CONTRACT ottW cen this Niu6trfOua
From that hour a change came over ths
afhanced bride. The sunshine faded aEav
itofh fer JouDg lit, and she BECAME &houoht
1nl and ue}ancGoty; outwardiy aecnfug n.
signed, though her acquiescence Tas not
sven asked, INT bel, ing the realgaation by
ae, nse constant r. silent tcats On TIC 14th 81
and three months old. this trembling child
was married IN the Chapel Royal. ST. .ian'5
by pEoSy-that proxy bclnc her easy. f,kfn~
erether, Edward Duke Of York--to Ehristaj5
now king Of Dennark. She had nsver
seen nef Ansbano, sAd If she had ever heard
In, thing oi hiEl: it was not likely to be Of
That quality witch could bring saiisfac:Ioa to
the heart Ola e,fl WHO -as condemned to be
bis vile. Archbishop Seeker, The ex dissen.
ter, performed the ceIemony, aftsr dinner.
in the erIhiug. There was IN adsence from
OF all prlncely grandeur; and when u was
coh clucet, the young queen OF D.nuart7
VT ut Wetpitg to her room,
!, on TIE following morning, ut six o'clock.
there WIS large gathering OF the u con-.
mon people," By whom she was ,yarmlr r.
garaed, tu "5tntss her departure from Palt
Mall for Copenhagen, via Harwtch and Rot
tefuatn. Ihe Danish people Welcomed her so
heartily that they fairly brought en,1s Into
bcr pale checks; but theS Remarked that it 1os
q smile like thnt Of her oWn October s,1n-
bright, Int not Warn,1Gg, and so thov hr,e
hes Tod speed. In the capital her arrival was
greeted WIN accixmatton; there was a fran
most he"iid.rcd her. Under thls popuiar
ssluta0on, Caroline Matilda was carried To
!he fcJ ol palace ut Copenhagen. where tile
klng brilliantly surrounded, stood to receive
ner. she was led At once to the charel. and
thence TO banquet, 1t which sbe presided,
uppracticea hostess to hutdrAd and
twenty sharply lJ-gazing straugers-
II the glance OF the young queen fell. by
chance OF curiosity, upon tue king, her tord
Sue beheld nothing III that form Or feature
70 oie ehnrt nes nfhft ne 5ope er rejoice He
woman accept ss compensation Tor beauty,
he Was not Ill made, nor ugly, but he was
proud; lot Pleasantly tempered, flt-mauner-
"a. or 60 exnggera,edly well mannered as to
sss here Ie
the court circle looked like Ills strut Of n
cock.spairow. This WAS uupromisin, uaonph
az u Struck the eyes aud sunk iptu the 1nart
81 me 1nls. queen like, and beautiful Ei1l,
for her TO make She had to 1carn thnt i,er}tf. ~.
tic husband Wss weak, cruel, gloon7 d sou,i
ottpafian IN some things, and rsmorselras
Jealous and unrGthca rarely elrctiouuto IL
tGr; 1epn'slse Wien hs effected to be so; ard
r. mnn Hste VI heart2 or what stood for his
nc'ff, lof low and ITnohfe compsuy than fur
the society ofa nohie wife. Such was thn
position OF, This 1naa py ou5g Queen. gl,use
molHtr mad Kept her In auch slriet nrivacv
that she had n'.ver seen a ssdraplpr rontn',
heiofe her marriage was ceclded on, From
.he quie.est nome IN England sne Was flung
into court circle to the manners Of whjcS
the Was completely O stranger: while ehe
Was competent to Withstand intrigue. faa5-
mitch n che Tas too innocent 10 supnosc
that che tousd be the object by Which fxtrI-
gnes you'd make her serve their purpose.
rom 1Ee frst. the condition Of e ,r,,l,,ir
Matilda ht The Court Of ofDcnmurk was inrnicr.
9bIe Tor Young and ell.prluciplcd woman.
uer husband Mas alt that Is eomur,scd nndcr
the term: "Vro1iigutc and shamcft,lt black
guard" The Queei.-dowsger, Juljuna Naria
LION Mailelons pleasure In letting tue
IL. pstEni's; ard when tnat un- uyiab,e ;, ife
enxs hlrth to the cro@n FRINGE Frederick. in
li9st, the fnther of the heir to the crnwn w,a
ty hoots." |SA~ e4"'
Tue dome sic incident however, afforded
new ineidtnt did that simply eecausc It y WA
Lew. 1w. Ihe poor wretch was blaae with such
life as he could find in Denmark-nr rhn:e
to Ind; for he looked for his cxp.riesces
ma enjoy mehts ouly In unclean pisces; lie
Wos often n.- lt1eated In The STREETS by bis
own subjects, who probably knev better
than tney preten1ed to do tue band Of drnnk
en- rufiis1s who sssalled them at nlrht. and
Some Of whom Invariably fed tor refu1e To
the royal palace Dy way of healthy CHANGE
ChriEtaln 1csolyel to travel, and be was also
resolved that his wife, who had nursei him
thrensMn M Scarlet fever, should not accom-
Dn1ing Christians absence orseyep months
from h1s Kingdom, Caroline Matilda rem tn
cd In strict privacy With her con. whose birth
Waa 20 unWeleome 10 the hopes OF the son
OF Jusiana 3lasla that tbs latter lady all the
more slandercd the character Of the Young
queen. When Christian entered his caDitai'
he T. und city suffering the sevaresk dis.
t1csses from the unparalleled extravaganza
OF the court, and = wife as loyal, but as lit tle
CARED Tor, as The city. Yet both capital ami
comfort put On a1l ar Of 1ejocio: welcome:
anu the bling assumed no air cfnppe.riny to
cate Ct al itr the d. smorst.ation rendered 10
lin from either side.
With the return OF Christian there appcars
On the stage tile two weli-known S,rucnssc
de is hFsiclan Of thirty Two Years OF n,..
advancing In favor Of the~ king, but uitafiy
incapable Of besrirg with elu4nim,t7, a. his
own 1evertut father dtclarcu, Ii. Patronage
Of monarch. That the kings pnyslciau
should also attend the queen, and gain her
tavoE, too. By successfully treating her child,
vas natural Str1ensee crew in the fair esti-
1nstlon OF both. He was not man OF fixed
principles himself; but he was an angl. Of
light com pared with some Of the men who
WIZ AAVAh k&1~ niAEt hAA Hut leu u1Su O1 IN
the Ways Of vice, even when he WIS weary
Of follpN ing. Caroline Matilda, unforsunuts-
ly, became on such famlllnr terms with Ais
able, plausible, clearefshred, and Easctna ing
ph1siclAn that she employed him to do 3
very acceptable service to her and Den mark:
namely, to bring about the expulsion Of
Holck, and others of Chr!stain's friends, who
destroy &c and took pleasure In eest1nyfpg
bis mind, body ana soul What may here ba
told In trW words Ras ofcouIse, u work IF
time; but 1t was e1sctua1iy thong gradually
accomplished, not without scandal arising
ttvm tie conndence wbtcn tic queen osseu-
tstiously rtFoscd in St1usnsee, and cerhap3
not ~itnout some knowledge OF the scandal
on her, pa1t, or some fears lest there Should
ever be ground for It, testified By the ltnc she
wrote on WindoW-pasc in ,Ae p9tscc OF
Frcde1.ehsted, "oh, Keep me innocent; and
make otness great 1"
Ne must refer our readers to Sir Lascelles
Nra2alls volumts for the Development ofthe
story Of St1usnsec't SUCCESS. Tue Germ II
doctor cleared the court of many Impurities
and OF many Impure people, bronsns back
IT, King to something like decent regaru for.
his wife, anu used hia rapid rise III favor,
titles, and influence to relieve the people
: from taxatlon, the press frum all restrictions
and the court from q protligate nobility! But
among his cr1ors may be reckoned his hos
tilty 70 tha Danish nobility generally, and
the ,h1ongbiy German sUl1it In wh1:h he en-
GEAECTfu ~ A4AAV AAe. AAbAfG 4NlE 4AAta 6ODE1A
srde that OF the Danes, This alone caused
the people. whose burdens he had ughtened,
to s1ccra.e hin, and the press, which he haa
cufrancbited, to denuunca 11lui. Both unit
ed to shower calnnny upon him Us seduccr
OF the queen and t}lant over the king; and
1t was when he cared least to conceal that
bis favor With the former, who really oTcd
very much ct Increased domestic comfort to
him, was unbouuded, snd his power over
the later SO great, that the lmhecile Chris
tnin Wss bnt yiceroy under him.. that the
fearful sounds arcfe which p1rendcd de-
luee, which was not to be stsyed By the birth
oi the queens daughter, in It'll.
Could such q miserable yet monstrous
wretch. .baye been patriotleaiy disposed,
the country might have rej5iced; but, as
s.ruensee only practically depoaed h,m to
place power almost exclusively In his own
bsndf, ard little In that Of a queen who:
-wAs foreigner, his enemies were numbeflese
Il could not be denied that his reforms had
heCn for the mcst part ofa highly satisfactory
character; and If The dowsger.queen and her