The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-11-30

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piness, and which will suit your own character,
temper and mode of life"
You say most annually that You consider it a
sacrifice ON the part of Albert. This is true in
many points, because his position will be u dIth-
cult one: but much. | NAV say all, VIII depend ON
YOUR affection for him. If YOU love him, and are
kind to him. he will easily bear the bothcrs ofhis
position and there Is Il steadInesS, and ut the
same time a cicerfu.le>s, in his character. which
viii facilitate this
From Prince Albert's own letters we learn
something more OF this interesting interview. In
a letter TO his grandmother, he writes:
The Queen sent for me alone 10 her room a
few DAYS ago, and declared 10 me in a genuine
outburst Of love and affection (ErSusSe Won Herr
lichkeit und Liebe) that | had gained her whole
heart. and would make her s~upremely happy
(uberglucklicb) If / would make her the sacrifice
of sharing her life with her. for she said she
looked on it as a sacrifice the only thing which
troubled her was that she did not think she was
worthy of me. The joyous openness of manner
in which she told me this quite enchanted me,
and | was quite carried away by -. She Is really
most good and amiable. and | am quite sure
Heaven has not given me into evil hands, and
that We shall be happy together. Since that mo-
ment Victoria does whatever she tancies | should
wish or like. and we talk together n great deal
about our future life, which she promises TO make
as happy a. possible
In another lette- to n college friend he says;
You know how matters stood when | last saw
You here. After that the SKY was darkened more
and more. The Queen declared 10 my uncle of
Belgium that she wished the affair 10 be consid-
cred as broken off. and that for four years she
could think Of no marriage. | went, therefore,
with the quiet but firm resolution 10 declare on
my part that | also, tired of the delay, withdrew
entirely from the affair. 1t was not, however,
thus ordained by Providence. for ON the second
day after our arrival, the most friendly demon
stratiOns We're directed toward me, and two days
later | was secretly called 10 n private audience,
in which the Queen offered me her hand and
heart. The s%tricteSt secrecy was required. Ernest
alone knew of it. and it was only ut our departure
that | could communicate my engagement to my
mother"
Many interesting passages from the Queens
journal are then given, relating to the announce
ment of the marriage To the Privy Council and
the Parliament, and the preliminary
After the Prince returned To Germany, the Queen
correspondent constantly with him. The Queen
seems to have been indignant at the time with the
proceedings in Parliament relative to the grant
which was ultimately voted to the Prince. But
the Prince himself, it is said, soon understood the
of our political practices, and that the
proceedings in Parliament were only the result of
high party feeling, and were by no means TO be
as marks of personal disrespect or want of
kind feeling toward himself
After the marriage. which took place on the
10th of FEBRUARY, 1910, the separation from his
who returned on the 2Sth, was deeply felt
DIV the FRINGE - lie stilu 10 Inc, Tie queen
records in her journal. :. that | had never known
n father, and could not therefore feel what he did.
His childhood has been very happy. Ernest (the
hereditary Prince, who remained for sometime in
after his brothers marriage) he said was
the only one remaining here otall his earliest
ties and recollections, but that if L continued To
him as l did now, | could make up for 1t all.
He never cried, he said in general, but Alvenslc-
ben and kolowrath (they had accompanied the
Duke to England, and now left with him. had
cried SO much that he was quite overcome. Oh,
now | did feel for INV dearest, precious husband
1t this moment, Father, brother, friends, coun-
has he left, and all for me. God grant
hat | may be the hairy person, the most happy
person To make this dearest, blessed being happy
md conCented, What is i'll my power TO make
aim happy L will do
The Prince disliked the dirt and smoke, and
still more the late hourso of London, and the Queen
'ecords of herself thar she soon began TO share his
owe of the country. In an entry in her journal,
written in 1910, she says:
- told Albert that Formerly ! was too happy
o go TO London, and wretched To leave 1T, and now,
ince the blessed hour of my marriage, and still
more since the Summer. i dislike and am unhappy
o leave the country, and could he content and
appy never TO 20 10 town. This pleased him.
The solid pleasures of Il peaceful, quiet, yet merry
ife in the country, with my incstimable husband
nd friend, my all in all, are more durable than the
of London, though we don't despise
II dislike these sometimes"
As years went ON. this preference for the coun-
~ ON the part of the Queen grew stronger, and
tronger, . : till residence in London became posi-
lively distasteful to her" Her Majesty says in a
otc that it was also Injurious To her health, as
he suffered much from the extreme weight and
of the atmosphere, which gave her the
Residence in London was, in fact,
only made endurable by having her beloved
usband at her side To share with her and support
er in the irksome duties of court receptions and
ceremonials." The Prince, however, was
ways anxious that the Queen should spend as
luch of her time as she could in London, though
ne sacrifice 10 him was 50 great.
General Grey, commenting ON the beauty of
nc domestic life of the royal family, and the free
ON of Prince Albert from the vices of former
enerations of the royal families, observes:
Above all, he has set an example for his children
ON which they may be sure they can never de-
without falling in public estimation, and run
the risk of undoing the work which lie has
cen - instrumental in accomplishing
When the Princess Royal was born . 'for n mo-
ent ONLY the Queen saws, was ne disappointed
its being a daughter and not a son. During
c time the Queen was laid UP his care and devo-
On the Queen records. 'were quite beyond eX-
,cssion.' He was content to cit by her in a
lrkened room 10 read To her or write for her. y
emurandum by Her Majesty says:
No one but himself ever lifted her from her bed
her sofa, and hc always helped To wheel her on
r bed or sofa into the next room. For this pur-
sc he would come instantly, when sent for, from
" part of the house. As years went on. and
became overwhelmed with work (for his atten-
ms were the same in all the Queens subsequent
nfnements), this was often done at much incon-
nience 70 himself, but he ever came with 4 sweet
lille on his face. In short, the Queen adds,
is care of her was like that of a mother; nor
uld there be a kinder, wiser, or more judicious
The volume closes with the first year of her
liesty's married life; the next will probably COM
- a. 1.anan-- -nl
ristening, in the beginning of the year lS4l."