The daily gazette., 1874-12-28
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St8te OF 00zz1ng ana cOntJnuOuS eX-
citement, which the Queen has herself
pronounced to be- detrimental to all
natural feelings audzsffections, ''those
who had her welfare most =heayt were
anxious to put Limit by securing for
her without longer delay o husbands
guidance and support But though
the Queen was most favorably inclined
to the Prince, land enever," as she exs
pressed it, chad an idea IL she married
at all of any one else, = she was still for
delay, and expressed herself 20 strong
ly to her uncle that though the Prince
came to England in the autumn of 1889,
Fhe did 80 under the "mistaken impress
sion that the Queen wished the affair
1 to be considered as broken of, and
fthat for four years she could think OF
/ But this problem, the old logical pro.
1losttEon eosejtHT dNsbuldndd, was solved
bW . Journey to Windsor. On tho 10th
fof October, after an absence Of three
lyears. the cousins met. Prince Albert
WAS now tall and manly, and still emf
fnently handsome. His gentleness Of
Repression, his peculiar sweetness, and
1.-THE look of deep thought and high i'm
Itelligence in his clear blue eyes and ex-
pressive forehead, captivated all behol.
I6ers. According to his own account
to his friend, Prince Lowenstein, ''the
most friendly demon stratiOns were 'di.
frected towards him" aud on the same
fday the Queen herself thus wrote Of
him In letter to her uncle: "Albert's
beauty is most striking, and he is most
ainiable and unaffected: in short, very
1JascSnating." '"rhe young men are
very amiable, delightful companions,
land lam very happy to have them here. I"
Having excited this admiration in the
/ Queen 1t is not wonderful that nothing
lRore was heard of that four years. de-
Hay, On the 14th of October the Queen
fihformedL Lord Melbousn ne Of her choice
land to 6tockmar slie wrote the follow
ling charming letter on the 10th: II
q do feel SO guilty l know not how to be.
gin my letter, but think the news II
Twill contain will he sufficient to insure
Iyour forgiveness. Albert has com
'Ipletelywon my heart, and allwas settled
between us this morning. :. - ] feel
Icerta N he will make me very happy
II ~ish 7 could say l was certain of
'tnekng BIN happy; but shall do my
y tbent. Uncle Leopold must tell you all
I about the details, which have not
time to do. /. :, Albert Is very much
tattached to YOU" As for the Prince
Q Ihimselt, he was full of gratitude and
' Thanks to his uncle and Stockmar, ,and
: -lfull of devotion to the Queen. Ono
Q Ipang he had as he looked forward to
8 his approaching marriage, and thai
d was his partir g from that dear Thur
G ingian land, and all those who lowed
! him there SO tenderly. Amid public
. demonstration of regret and parox
b ysm OF despair from his grantlnnothe
# | II losing him, he departed from Gothi
e ON the 28th of January, 1910, only Il
U lreturn to it as the husband oftheQueei
!, Iof England. ...t.F .Fss.t....ef..
ri Only the first volume of Prince AL
e tbert's Life looming down to the brit
i Of the Prince of Wales, In November
II1841, soon after the second Peel lad
r Iministration hadt been formed), ha
e vet been published, but it must be ac
ot cepted as an authentic contribution, %
= 1.-THE highest interest and value. to po
's litical and personal history. We TAX
gtit for granted that Harper q Brothers
II who published the preceding works Il
o (Which Albert and Vicsoriaappeared 81
70 happily together, WIN also republisl
n ntthfs, which, indeed, continues and VII
n 1oomplete the, very remarkable series
E 1T Is to be remembered thas the atithO
's} }defives much, If not most, Of his infoi
g fmafion from the most aasthsntsc s0tlfc
4 for Queen Victoria herse6 has apper
1ded notes-wkere the text appeared =
e freQufre it--not 20 much to cpyyecs as 7
D. enlarge the information thuscom1nYn1
Il
d Gated to the world X. y M.