The New York herald., 1872-10-25
THE LECTURE SEASON.
Miss Emily Faithful On Queen Victoria
and the Royal Family.
The Various Kinds Of English Loyalty Attach
msnt to the Queen It's Main Foundation
The Character and Life Of Victoria.

There was very fair audience gathered
together at the Cooper Institute last evening
to welcome Miss Emily Faithful on her first ap-
pearance In the lecture field Her subject was an
interesting one-"Queen Victoria and the Royal
Familyn-and the fair orator was listened to
with very nattering attention. She was little
late in making her appearance, but punctua
ity has never been a conspicuous femin-
inc weakness. Her personal appearance was
lady OF portentous dimensions, OF more than the
usual stature, and OF many pounds avoirdupois
She wears her hair short, and her face is ruddy
and weatherpeaten, as was that OF Captain Cutie
or his friend Bunsby. In short, she has not
poetic appearance but her voice Is sweet and clear
and her delivery very charming.
Miss Faithful began by saying that by birth she
was
REPRESENTATIVE OF MONARCHY,
while her audience were, OF course. republican.
But she did not fear that their opinions would
clash. She was one Of those who believed
both in monarchies and republics Republics
approached the perfect ideal state Of human soce-
ty, while monarchy was stained with the worst
developments OF nunkyism, at least when we
listened 10 the utterances OF some OF us annerents
cause Of their love OF vulgar display. Even clergy
men had generally t0adicd to the monarchy, though
there was one OF them who had even gone so lar as
to take for the text OF funeral sermon on one OF
the Georges, "And the beggar died.n In speaking
OF loyalty she hoped she would not be thought to
be encouraging the
which had prompted English ladies to scramble for
the cherry stones left on the plate OF the Prince OF
Wales This was not true loyalty. The same peO-
pie who had tried to hunt Victoria out OF her sOr-
- mao oeem tne tho IN sucn ns
now there were many kinds OF loyalty in England
There was the old tory loyalty. with delicate
not much left. There was also the loyalty Of
the Carlylese or Ruskinese school, with historical
foundation; and the temperate loyalty Of Tennyson
thought the crown would do very well for the
present; ond the loyalty of bumptious nationality
that looked upon the Queen as paid servant Of
theirs, who reflected upon them certain amount
OF dignity. It could not be denied that there were
many Englishmen who now grnmbled at having to
for so little royal splendor The loyalty OF English
men, however, was mainly founded on content
ment of system which, on the whole, worked well,
ana over which they had absolute control. Perhaps
II they were to begin over again they would not al,
machinery; but they. were, under existing
circumstances perfectly Wen satisfied to , let
well enough alone. she believed "a also tnat
and blameess and non-mcddles0me way in
which the Queen has reigned, The Queen, how
relaxed her attention TO public duties The actual
life OF the Queen began with her marriage. There
voon ae nes aSand me aRn Whole reign e
sort, who was one OF the best and purest
In England two things had become impossl-
BILE in connection with the Crown-a meddling
political sovereign or dissolute sovereign. Al
couple had made it their chief aim to avoid even
the appearance Of evil, and the royal court be-
came
SPECTACLE OF MORALITY
and virtue such as many had deemed impossible.
The Queens account OF her visits to the Highlands
was an accurate picture of her life. Few people
had any idea OF the amount of work done by the
Queen. She spent her mornings Invariably in the
perusal of State papers which demanded her
signature and with some subjects she was spe-
cialy familiar, more particularly that complicated
problem or the Poor laws. Her kindly interest in
her people had justly earned for her the title Of
'MOther Of Her Country" Before she Miss Faith
fun had been working one year ior the industrial
ment and counsel from the Queen who had also
been among the first TO acknowledge and praise
the discovery OF Livingstone by New York corre-
sp0ndent Miss Faithful went on to give many
other examples of the Queens sympathy with and
thoughtfuness for her people, telling at the end the
CRUEL PERSECUTION
waged against her by some of her subjects and o
certain section OF the press in consequence OF her
inability to appear IN public after her great be-
that she had restored its old prestige to English
loyalty and had surrounded the throne with halo
Of reverence renee and respect & Il was av very doubt;
another disastrous reign such as that OF
George w. Miss Faithful then proceeded
to show. the affection OF the English people
for their Sovereign by depicting their demenanor
q number OF important state occasions, and con-
cluded by very fattering eulOgium upon the per-
sonal character, not only OF the queen and OF all
her children, the Prince OF Wales the Duke OF
Edinburgh, Prince Arthur and all the daughters, all
OF whom she thought to be models OF all the Chris
tian virtues. Prince Arthur seemed, however, to
be her favOrte prince, and she praised his intellec
tual talents very highly.