Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1869-03-09

dignation at her retirement shows how
strong her affections are. The Englisl
people should give their Queen the free
dom of friendship and social life which w
give cur Presidents, or having isolated
her from the best sympathies Of the hu
man heart, they should cease to maligr
her for a line of conduct made necessary
by her official position.
Unless one heard it with their own ear
no one would believe that respectable peo
pie would indulge in the language they de
towards the sovereign of this realm. Hel
love for Scotland and Scotch people is We
/ ry distasteful to Londoners. They are
not content to assault Her Majesty fol
present conduct but 60 back to the day:
Of the Prince and rake up old storie:
about her conduct toward him. AT {
very respectable gathering Of ladies and
gentlemen at dinner this week it was sta.
ted by one of the ladies as fact that
when she was offended with the Prince al
his meals she was accustomed to shy cup
at his head. And such utterances are
among the mildest that one hears about
the Queen. aa#
THE QUEEN AS A SOVEREIGN.
In domestic life Her Majesty sets an
example that the nobility and the wealthy
classes may do well to initiate The time
not passed in the affairs Of State are pass,
ed in domestic duties, for he.Queen cats
no idle bread Her breakfast hour is
o'clock. This IS the social meal of Eng
land. The Queen meets her guests at the
breakfast table with the unaffected case
Of a high born lady. Motherly, unaf-
fcted and considerate, all are put at their
ease Letters intended for the family
and guests are put at the plate Of each,
and it is no breach Of decorum to examine
them. She is the woman Of the house
hold at her breakfast table, and not the
Queen of State The dinner is more
formal, stately affair." The Queen attends
personally to her household, to the en-
ploymcnt and discharge of servants, to
the expenses, the wages and all that per-
tains to the disbursement of funds. Sew
ing, knitting, visiting the poor and sick,
for Her Majesty always has round that
she goes, employ the time not officially
occupied. As "a sovereign she is the hard
est working woman in England. Her Of
fetal duties usually commence at o'clock
in the morning, one hour before breakfast.
Wherever she is, dispatches are sent daily
ia by messengers, who ride in first class
cars bearing what are called baskets. The
papers from all the Departments are sub
mitted to her. These baskets are dark
morocco boxes about a foot in length.
These are sent from Downing street, the
Admiralty, the Home Department, the
Head Of the Army, &c. Each basket is
locked by the Minister who sends it. A
card hanging from the inside contains the
name of the Minister. Every train to
Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne, carries
messengers with these boxes. The Queen
and the Minister alone can unlock them.
All these documents have to be read by
them, for she signs nothing which she does
not read. Every bill, act, treaty, doou-
mcnt, petition or paper requiring her
name, are subject to her personal atten-
tion. Her Majesty is admitted to be one
Of the best business women in the king
dom. Zach days business is finished be-
fore the day closes. Usually the mcsscn-
ger waits and takes the basket, locked by
Her Majesty, back to the Minister from
whom it came. The Queen holds ready
pen and carries on her personal cores
pondence, which is very large. She pays
her own postage like any lady in the land.