, 1878-08-22
Prince Albert.

the least interest for American readers.
it would pro1abIy he Il life of the Prince
/ COusort i'm four huge volumes. Yet three
such volumes have been published, and
they are -i0guIWly interesting, both as
the portrait of o man Of whom very little
was really known, and as a sketch of
/ European politics in their relations with
/ England for quarter Of Il ccntury--from
1885 to 1860. The Queens J0UyNal,
which was published some years ago, was
a singularly naive picture Of her simple
character and was full of an uumistak
able tone Of domestic happiness. Those
who read it carefully could not help in
| lcming from it a private family history,
which was much more striking than any
| thing which it narrated, and it has been
| universally conceded that the prolonged
sorrow of the widowed Queen has had
reason such as seldom exists in royal pal
aces.
While he lived there was always Kind
Of contemptuous British hostility of feel
ing toward Prince Albert. Those who
recall the earlier years of his English life
will remember the constant and coarse
chat that was blown at him by common
oossin. .Tohn Drioht in a sEeech Inst
autumn. smoke Of the ENGLISH hatred Of
Russia, and Mr., Green, in his history. de-
scrbes the general English dislike of all
forejUners, This WAS naturally aroused
by the coming of n German princelino to
marry the Queen, and to take a kind of
precedence Of all Englishmen. The jeal-
ousy not only lasted during his life, but
onnoors now nnon the publication of thc
third volume Of his memoirs which in.
cludes the Crimeon war. There has been
some anorv writino TO tbe noners about
his interference With fine noficy of fine
government and an evident revivol of
the hard feelinn toward tbe "Grrman
naunern During fine war he was believed
Inv manv ncrsons 70 he - fool or ooent of
a Continental CLIQUE which was secretIv
friendly to Rnssio and oven EnolieT
mcmbcrs or Parliament srsnoctod him
Of hindrrino and cmhorrassing tha oner.
ations before Sevastono). Yet at that
very timo he was WRITING tho most rc-
proacbfuI and, appry letters to the Rns-
sian and reaction0ry "King Cliouotn of
Prussia for Lis RuSsion symnothv. and
throughout the war Albert seemed really
TO have the clcarest head in EnCIand nc to
the truly efficient policy necessary for the
vigorous prosecution of hostilities.
Those who sunnoso the Prince Consort
70 have been a ooodv-voodv namhv-
pambv character, will be SURPRISED TO
fnA fiat ho WAC ono of +hn most intoll;-
rent and sngaciops nublic men in Eurone.
Il was. however, the condition of his no.
sition that he should never appear, or
onlv in q ceremonial conacitv Nnbodv
in ENGLAND understood more Clearly than
he the instinctivo British jealousy Of him
and robodv could have refrai6ed with
more tact than he from GIVING il onv
plausible reason. Queen Anne's husband.
Prince GEORGE of Denmark was 60 wholly
supDressed POLITICALLY that manv pcrsons
ore surnrised to learn she was married
olthongh che was thn mother of scventonn
chiIdrGn II was Of prince Goorge that
Charles II said. 81 have tried him
dunk and have tried him sober Lut
drrnk mr. sober thcre ia notbing in him >,
and his fathcr-in.law Jnncs 1T said
when Georoe deserted him, "a GOOD
trooner won1d have been a areatcr loss :"
When his wife came 70 the throne the
prince WINS made Lord IIioh Admiral Of
Enrlond and he was oIrc9dv gennrolis
simo of All tho Onnpn,s forccs Rnt the
GOOD sense md tact of Albert were snch
fhot wbon tbn DnIo nf Wnllington ho%"ed
him to consent 70 enocood hin 90 c6rn'
mander. in.chief of the .ermv Aibcrt a
vomnn man If thirty.nna ieciincd tbe
nron6sition in W w5v and for ro.OonS ms
wrhich nnnyinco5 +ho 9,d 6nko tho+ Lo haJ
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TN rho so~acit~ which or,oors in th;. do
cision AMI tbS ohiii,y r IritI L whinb ' IL Hos Uo
stated % and mroeJ. % ws,c "" shown mn in q very rv
6itreront wov n tho concontion and or,
~anizotion 0f ,ho H,n"t oxhihition or
7sTt tho GrSt of tIo @root n,ndarr onort,
nf that Kind # wos . % not m amateur Or ~
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masteroJ To details ,SoronoGiv and
moa T., truth tho L"ad of tho eSntoJr,or;na 49,, %a,
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rcaJer , Of I Lis ~ Iife b tbnt roy % men bopo bcnn
,n"re Oa' omnIu NJ T ftted m for ~ vnrv % imnortant 0 rant