The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-04-24
Queen Victoria and Her Ways

A late London letter says: The Queer
will not drive through the royal gate
way Of the Palace, nor has she since hcl
husband died. She will not rid,
through the royal entrance to the Hous'
of Lords, but goes in through the Peers
entrance. She will not wear the Roya
robes, and when she opens Parliamen
in person, the robes are thrown owe
the back of the throne, which is n gild
cd chair surmounted with gilt crown
and sit on them. Shecomes to LondoT
when duty calls, seldom passes a nigh
in her capital, ard has passed less thar
a dozen in four years. She remains il
quiet at Windsor or Osborne. She ha'
no company but what her official posi-
tion imposes on her. The State apart
ments at Windsor are all .dismantled
and are unused-the massive plate j:
not used, a plain silver service is put Oh
the ta5le-a small, quiet pony and
low wheeled carriage the Queen use;
for her private rides at Windsor, and
she seldom, unless duty calls her to Lon.
don, goes beyond the private park OF
the Castle. The 100 horses that fill the
Windsor news are seldom used, and the
eight creams for state occasion are not
driven twice year.
The room in which the Prince Con.
sort breathed his last is kept with scru.
pulous care, just as the Prince left it,
The ladies say that each night the
dressing gown and slippers are put in
their accustomed place. The Queens
confidential attendant is "a Highlander
by the name of Brown. He takes all
the orders from the Queen-and bare
legged messengers come from the
Queens Apartments at Windsor when
Her Majesty is to be served. This
Brown has been the occasion of a world
of talk. He is about fifty-tall and
spare-with great assurance, and at
tends the Queen to and from London.
Great attempts have been made to dis
lodge him, bnt all in vain. The Queen
has a will Of her own. Brown was the
Prince Consort's Highland servant. and
was held by him in all honor. While
Victoria rules England, Brown will
rule the Royal household. 49, -
The attempt to compel tine Queen to
dwell in LondOn and make show OF
ROYALTY has about been abandoned
The coming of the Princess was hailed
with rapture-so young, so amiable. SC
elegant, so graceful and courtly-withal
the daughter of o king. She met with
a warm welcome, and seems to promise
a revival of the splendors of royalty
Her sickness is amended--her deatl
would be greatly deplored. E
Refusing to play the Queen, her Maj
esty has never forgotten to play the wo
man. Her visit to Balmoral and Os
borne is benediction to the poor
She will allow no unseemly hohors
She drives her own pony wagon. Daily
she goes her rounds, with her carriage
filed with little gifts for the sick, thu
infirm, the poor. These she distribute:
with her own hand. By the bedside O.
the aged and neglected the Queer
kneels and prays to the Sovereign O
all, To one she daily reads, to another
she presents some needed comfort; ant
she is especially tender to the little one'
who, are in sorrow or want. Al
through the highlands she is regarded
as an angel of mercy.
\ Her favorite room at Windsor over
looks the tomb at Frogmore, wher'
Prince Albert lies. He was benefac
tor to the poor, amt the work he begaI