The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-08-07
QUEEN WCTORIAS NEW BOOK.
whe Married Life OF the Queen an,
Prince Albert

Oueen Victoria's history of the late Prince
Albert which has been so long announced, has
At last been published, and presents many In
terestlng phases Of royal connubial life. Pass
ING over the somewhat prolix account of the
early life OF the Prince we present the follow
mig summary Of the subsequent history, as given
nv the Pau Mall Gdzehe:-
THE PRINCE LEAVES HOME.
7, annears that the Princes departure from
eotha was marked by very painful scenes. The
DOwager Duchess was proioundiy Impressed
SDith Inc sacrifice her grandson was making,
and the dangers and difficulties OF the position
he was about to assume. 30 much was she
affected that at last "his name was never mem
sioDed Iithout a fresh burst OF tears" The day
Of MS departure was sad one-hls 1rlends sor-
rowing g,Cb 1C INSET Many shed tears he bade
than fareWefl and as the carriages drove away
the Dowager Duchess wenS winS 20 ont HiSert Al
hertz In tones that went TO every ones nedS,L, 9di,
when she was carried away, slilosV III =" i"i"V
ing state, by her attendants
THE WEDDING
rno prince arrived at Buckingham Palace on
Saturday the Sth of February, io9O. Ne&S uay
he gave lhe Queen as a,ond ms brooeh. and she
Save him the star and badge OF the GRTter' ana anu
the garter iseiI set h oneen Wearing her sap
nhiTe brooch as she herself records, VI tne
marriage ceremonies we shall say notRlhS here,
thew were the brilliant beginning of life OF
Inuch more than content. or the Queens nap
piness afl er her union with 'the husband OF her
~
NAV Judge of it by the following extract from
her journal written when the Duke OF Coourg
took leave Of his son a few days after the mar
%6h how I did feel for my dearest, precious
husband at this moment. Father, brotner;
friends country-all has he left, and all for me!
God grant may be the happy person-the most
happy person-to make,ths blessed being happy
and contented, What is in my power TO make
him happy will do"
DOMESTIC LIFE
The domestic life of the Queen and the
Prince, and the part he took in public business,
are described with great frankness.
For the first year or two the Prince was not,
except on rare occasions, and by special invita-
tion, present at the interviews OF the queen
with her Ministers. Though taking, the Queen
SAYS, great pains to inform himself about
eyery:hing;" and though Lord Melbourne ex-
pressed much anxiety "that the Queen should
Tell him and show him everything connected
with public affairs" = ne dld not at thls
Nor We're there wanting those who would
gladly have kept him permanently estranged
from it; and not only so, but who would have
denied him, even In the domestic circle that
authority which, in private families, properly
Belongs to the husband, and without which, 1t
NAV be added, there cannot be true comfort or
happiness in domestic lite. The Prince himself
early saw the necessity of his asserting and
claiming that authority "ln my home llfe,n
he writes to Prince Lowenstein, in May, lS40 Il
am very happy and contented; but the dltficulty
in filling my place with the proper dignity is,
that am only the husband, not the master OF
the house"
Fortunately, however, for the country, and
still more fortunately for the happiness of the
royal couple themselves, things did not long
remain in this condition. Thanks TO the firm
ness, but at The same time gentleness with
which the Prince insisted on filling his proper
position as head of the family-thanks also to
the clear judgment and right feeling of the
Queen, as well as TO her singularlv honest and
straightforward nature-out thanks, more than
all TO the mutual love and perfect confidence
which bound the Queen and Prince to each
other, it was impossible to keep up any separa-
tion or difference of interests or duties between
them. To those who would urge upon the
Queen that, as Sovereign, she must be the head
of the house and the family, as well as OF the
State, and that her husband was, after all, but
one of her subjects, her Majesty would reply
that she had soemnly engaged at the altar to
"obey," as well as to "love and honor" and
this sacred obligation she could consent neither
10 limit nor refine away.
advice of Lord Melbourne, communicated all
foreign dispatches to the Prince In August,
1910. ne writes to his father:-"Victoria allows
me to take much part in foreign affairs. and
think have already done some good. always
cate them eTS To ToTd TG pMelbourne ene He Seldom
answers me, but often had the satisfaction of
seeing him act entirely in accordance with
PRINCE ALBERT THE QUEENS ADVISER
Asis well known, the Prince slowly but surely
established his position as the Queens adviser
till she at last ''relied in all questions of diff
BY his Sn adSice a when he % died she -" decarea
that 'it would now be, in fact, the beginning o
anew reign" This we can better understand
after reading the following passage:-
The Queen up to the period OF her marriage
had INDUCED strong feelings of political parCi
the marriage may be included the gradual ex
Iinction of any such feeling. The Prince ha
already shown, in the discussions and CORES
Pondence respecting the formation OF tn
household, his own determination to stan
clear from all political parties. Lord Melbourn
now most honorably to himself, supported th
Prince in pressing the same t course arr upon t. T.
time was come when her Majesty 'shoud hav
general amnesty for the Tories:" and on beiI
spoken to by the Queen, TO whom the Prime
such was his opinion On another OCCASION u
Queen records that Lord Melbourne, speakiI
OF the Prince, "said, looking at him with tea
in his eyes:-"There is amazing feeling +
him-there is q very favorable impression
him-every one likes him. and then adds:
''Then, speaking of the Tories, against who
the Queen was very trate, Lord Melbourne sal
You should now hold out the olive branch
httle'"
But the question of precedence" and u
position of the Prince seems to have been
very anxious one for some time The Quet
solved the difficulty at last by letters pate
comforting upon the Prince the precedence ne.
10 herself, which he ever afterwards retaine
ferTing upon the Prince the Office of Regent q
event OF the Queens dying and leaving an he
20 the throne) passed both Houses without
Sussex" Not that this result, after ALL WI
obtained without some difficulty and son
management The Prince, writing at the tim
had not Stockmar gained the Opposition #
Ministers, 1t might we'll have ended as did IL
$4,000" But though the friendly interventio
Of Baron Stoekmar Ian old servant of IL
the King Of the BelgiahsI may ha,
erected much Lord Melbourne told tt
Queen the result was owing entirely to u
golden opinions the Prince had won on all sid
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