The New York herald., 1874-11-07
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4 QUEEN ADELAIDE
The Queen came TO Lazy Bathurst's to see the
the Minister'S wives were presented TO her. She
gooa manners and did all this, which sne hated.
very well. she said the part as II sne were acting
| and wanted the green curtain to drop.
ROYAL AMUsEMENTs
The King (wlliam Iv.j continues very active,
people two or three DAYS running. He has dis.
missed the late Kings band aud employs the band
no ana srG are 20
earning money eisewhere The other night
Kns he nas Rar anS M
gentlemen, wish you good night; viii not de,
tam you any longer from your amusement, and
come along my Queen" Yesterday morning, or
the evening before, he announced to the Duke OF
ingiy the Duke was obliged in the middle or his
Preparations to get dinner ready tor MIN. In
windsor and Just at the hour when the DUKE ex-
pected him to dinner he was driving through
and lour horses dead Knocked up In the
front. the two Kings Jersey and somebody else,
M nd w 1s @s eap map a psev
House to see MIN pass and TO await TIL ne re-
turned. The Duke, on hearing he was there,
! The talk OF the town has been about the King
James the other day. He mad ninety guests, all
his Minister'S, ali the great people and al the for
rambling speech in French, and ending BY giving
US q sentiment" as he called It, .'rhe Land we
Live In" This was before the ladies left the room.
After they were gone ne made another speech IN
French, and ended with very coarse toast and
who WIN tod it me- SAID @ ne ne never 1 ie % SO ashame
Lord Grey was ready to sink into the earth.
SAT- next 70 Taeyrand saiS to him. En % oe oe
pensez UO1s de Cel1?' with his unm0ved. immOva-
bic face. he answered only, "C'eSt ben rensdrQit0-
Die ~
MACAULAY.
II was not until Macauay stood up that was
oil fhn undr auvaltu
appearance; not a ray OF intellect beams from his
countenance; lump OF more ordinary clay never
enclosed more powerful mlnd and lovely imagi-
nation. His manner struck me as not pleasing,
but II was not assuming, unembarrassed yet not
kind OF usurpa ion OF the conversation no tenaclty
as to opinion or facts no assumption OF superiority
but the variety anu extent Of ms lnIormatlon was
upon he evinced the utmost familiarity with It;
quotation, Illustration or anccdole seemed ready
IN mis- hand Tor every topic"
PALMERSTON.
Madame De Leven told me II was impossible to
describe the contempt, as well as the dislike
which the corps Dipl0mdtique had Tor Palmerston
They have the meanest opinion OF his capacity and
his manners, reverse OF conciliatory. She can
not Imagine how his colleagues bear with him,
and Lord Grey supports him vehemently His
it Is among the torelgn ministers. and he does
nothing. so that they do not make up In respect
iiers complains that Tor above three months he
has not received single line from him. and he Is
young minister, unIracliced in the profession,
SIR ROBERT pEEL's COURAGE
Peel wrote u letter to Hume demanding an
explanation OF certain offensive expressions he
had made use OF in the House OF Commons and
very civil. 1t was rather unnecessary that he
should take any notice OF what Hume said but
and seems to have made rule to himself never
to suffer inpertinence from any quarter to pass
puSc and is largely ses the es1a
ton In which he Is held to establish such char
acter.
The Duchess sat on one side OF the King and
the Princess Victoria opposMite. After dinner. by
given As soon as IL was drunk no made very long
speech, in the course OF which he poured forth
tlrade:-"I trust IN God that my lie may spared
for nine months longer, after which PERIOD IN the
snould tnen have the satisfac ION OF leaving the
royal authority OF the personal exercise OF that
the ana no IN the hands
OF person now near me, who Is surrounded by
act with propriety in the station in which i she
would be placed. l have no hesitation IN saying
endure no longer course OF benaViOr 30 dsre-
spectiuii pui to me Among many "a other things have
that young lady has been kept away from my
Court Sne mas been repeatedly kept from my
drawing rooms, at which she ought always to
have been present; but | am fully resolved that
this shall not happen again. ! would have her
make my authority respected ana for the
future shall insist and command that the Prin-
IL is her duty TO do.u He terminated his speech
by alluslon to the Princess ana her iuture
winch was excellent in its way. This awful philip
pic with great deal more which lorgeD was
The queen looked in deep distress, the Princess Princess
burst into tears and the whole company were
aghass. The Duchess Of Kent said not word.
terrible scene ensued The Duchess announced
her immediate departure and ordered her car
riage. but sort oil reconciliation was patched up
and she was prevailed upon to stay until the next
day. The toowing morning. wnen the King saw
Aoolphus, ne asked MIN what people said to MS
speech. He replied that they thought the Duchess
oil Kent merited his rebuke, but tnat 1t ought not
sent for her into MS closet ana nave SAID all that
he elt and thought there, but not at table before
weTe pc sps e or eeoTe ne 6a
God he had been insulted by her In measure
tnat passed al! endurance, and he would not stand
THE YOUNG QUEEN fvIcToRrA
The,KinR died at twenty minutes after two yes
at Kensington Palace at eleven. Never was any
thing ike the first impression she produced, or
the chorus OF praise ana admiration winch is
raised about ner manner and benaviOr-and cer-
taInly not witnOut Justice. 1t was very extra.
looked for Her extreme youth and inexperlence,
and ignorance OF the world concerning her, natur-
ally excited intense curiosity to see how she would
this trying occasion. The doors were
thrown open and the Queen entered, accompanied
by ner two uncles, who advanced to meet her.
Sne bowed to the lords, took her seat and then
read ner speech IN o clear, distinct and audible
voice ana without any appearance OF fear or en-
barrassment. She was quite plainly dressed and
in mourning. Alter she had read her speech the
Privy Councillors were sworn. the two royal dukes
first by themselves; and as these two old men, her
uncles, knelt before her, swearing allegiance and
kissing her hand, i saw her blush up to the eyes,
as n sne felt the contrast between their civil and
their natural relations, and this the only sign
OF emotion which she evinced. Her manner was
very graceful and engaging. She kissed them
hrfh onnr fr0T
the Duke Of sussex, VINO was farthest from her
and too innrm to reach her. | particularly
watched ner when Melbourne and the Ministers
and the Duke OF Wellington and Peel approached
her. She went through the whole ceremony,
occasionally looking at Melbourne Tor INSTRUCTIONS
when she had any doubt what to do, which hardly
ever occurred, and with perfect calmness and self
possession. Dut at the same time with perfect
and lnRratiating. The young Queen, who might