The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-08-06
VICTORIA'S REIGN.
The Anniversary of the Good Qneen-s
Accessiou-lnciden of Her Early
sSSYal Life.

Il
Observation-Disclosures of Eer Early
ssSynl Life.
Correspondence of the New York Tunes.
LONDON, June 20.-To-day is the ami
versary of the queens accession to the 1
throne, and has been celebrated by the /
usual display of flags in the public Offices,
and the royal salute fred in St. james /
Park. In the gray dawn o. this day just
thirty seven years ago tod day a-distinguIsh |
ed party were at the gates of Kensington
palace, trying to rouse the porter from his
deep rerose. The archbishop of Canter-
bury and the lord chamberlain had left
Windsor at 3 O'Clock N the morning, I'M
mediately after The Kings death, and after
a rapid drIye of two hours reached Ken
sington, where the Princess Victoria was
| living with her mother. They bad 10
/ knock, .ing and thump for = considerable
time before any one answered. 1T last the
gates were opened, and they were shown
into one Of the lower rooms, aid apparent
/ ly forgotten. 1t was supp osed that they
would wait quietly till the princess got up
at her usual hour. Bat Their. business
was too important and pererp ptpry to al
mi. of this delay. They rang the bell,
and insisted upon having an interview " it'll
the princess at ones. The attendant plead.
ed that the princess vas in such sweet
sleep that she could rot venture 20 disturb
her at such an early hour Then they
said We are come to the queen on bust
ness of state; ara even her sleep must
give way to that" IN few minutes the
Young queen came inc the room in a
loose, white nigh: gown and shhwl, he-
! nightcap thrown of, and her hair falling
upon he- shoulders; her feet IN slippers,
tears il her eyes, but perfectly collected
and dignifed" At ncorI there was PRIV
Icouncil, at " hich a14rr~'- siltion was drawn
up announcing tbs accession of 'ethe Prin
cess Alexandria Victoria" who Their upon
was ihased 10 make declaration, in
which she said she trusted that divine Provi-
, dence, which had Called ,er~tD this work,
would give Der strength Tor the perform
Gnce Of i, and that she should find in the
purity of her intentions, and ii her zeal
} for the public welfare that support and
chose resources which usually belonged to
d more mature age and longer experience.
She added that she placed her firm reli
Gnce urch .L5 wisdom of Parliament, and
npoa .he loyalty and affection of the peo-
PIE, and that "eHpcated in England, under
the tender and enlightened care of a most
afectio1ate mother, she had learned from
infancy to respect and love the Constitution
CT her native country" 1t was expected
that The young queen woGld have retained
} her name, "Alexandrina Victoria" bat
she preferred to be known simply as q Vic
soria." It is interesting to look back to
The day when the young giri was' summon
81 to the responsible duties which she has
discharged in so eZem plary manner.
The troubled and dangerous condition of
the county during the early years of T
reign is beginning TO fade from recollection,
but it can hardly be doubted that the
course Of English history, during the last
y years, would have been materially alter
81 if, instead of the Princess Victoria, the
duke of Cumberland fafterwa,d king of
lIanover), had been eahcd 10 the throne.
Only tive of the ministers who greeted the
queen on Ter accession are now alive, Lord
HGssel and Earl Grey (then Lord IIonick j..
Mr.. Disraeii entered the Few parliament
which followed the necessary DISSOLUTION Oh
.he death of the sovereign, but Mr. Glad
stone had already sat then for four or five
years. l. is but mere formal compli-
iaent to say that the queen is the dcposi
tory Of more official experience than any of
the acting politicians of the day. She has
been PLACED il intimate confder tial rela-
4 tons with u Succession of states men, and
t has watched with close and intelligent at
tention the direction of affairs from the
centre Of The system. 1t is understood
that the Highland diary which she has
published is only fragment of contin-
IONS record of her life and it is impossible
70 exaggerate the political and historical
Importance Of such an autobiography if
ever it is given to the world.
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