The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-01-29
THE QUEEN.
Victoria's Tastes and Eabits = Her
Treatment of Prime Ministers.
The EOOEs She Reads-Her Daily Occu-
patfons-PersOnal Likes and
DiSIik e..
London TRUTH

reason to congratulate himself upon his
crabbedness, for he got into very i'll odor at
court, and found no support there in trying
times. He was one of the very few states
men who ever received downright sharp
answer from the queen. This was in 1860,
after the italian revolution, when the differ
ent grand dukes were being dispossessed.
The Duchess of Parma, in great distress,
wrote to the queen, beseeching her to inter
cede with Victor Emmanuel, so that her
private property might not be confscated;
and the queen, compassionately willing to
do what WIS asked. showed the letter to Earl
Russell. 1.-THE Carnsttushion demands that
should answer that" remarked his lord
ship, in his piping, ungenial voice. "Well,
then, answer it." said the queen CURLY, and
turned away much offended. 1t has often
been SAID that the queen liked Lord Palmer
ston, but this an error. Her favorite min
listers have been Lords Melbourne and Aber-
deem. Sir Bobert Peel she at first disliked
intensely, but
HER AVERSION WORE OFF
when she came to know him better; and ex-
actly the same thing occurred in the case of
Mr. Disraeli. Lord Beaconsfield is not per-
haps, aware that until he acceded to the
premiership in 1868 the queen had only read
one of his novels-.Henrletta Temple" She
read all the others in the course of the three
months after Mr.. Disraeh had become her
chief adviser; and in due time enjoyed "Lo-
| THAR" though the present premier has
never ranked among her favorite authors.
For this his lordship may console himself
seeing that Thackeray and Lord Lytton are
under the same ban as himself. The queen
| likes Dickens novels. one or two of George
Eliot's, but chiefly Wilkie Collins and Mr.
Black's-the latter's description OF Scotch
scenery being very dear to her. The queen
also reads and rereads Walter SCOTS novels
which is more than most of her subjects
do now, more's the pity. On the whole,
though, she lnciines rather toward the seri-
Gus reading of history and theology, and the
libraries at all her palaces are richly stocked
with books of chronicles and memoirs,
| though it has been noticed that she never
calls for French book, having deep objec-
ton to French literature in all its branches.
Every one who has conversed with the queen
| on theological or historical subjects has re.
marked how thoroughly Protestant is her
Righteousness, and how she yet keeps up
QUITE A SENTIMENTAL FEELING OF SYMPATHY
with tine Stuarts. Going one day into the
! library at Windsor Castle, she discovered the
! librarian engaged in reading some strongly
Jacobite memoirs. sob, you need not put
them away she saio, with q pleasant smile.
"You know l am Jacobite myself" This
does not quite tally with the story which
! Macauley used to tell OF the queens opinion
about James III. The historian being on a
visit to Win 1sor, her majesty observed: 81
have been reading your history, Mr.. Ma
| csulay and I'm afraid | can not say much
for my ancestor, James H. "Your males
| TVS predecessor, not ancestor" answered the
historian, who apparently thought that the
queen had not been well informed about her
own lineage.
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busy life, and few great ladies find time to
compress so many occupations into day.
time as she does She breakfasts at o
lunches at and dimes at 8. From to
she generally drives or walks out; but the
| remainder of her hours IS devoted to State
| business, study or correspondence with the
members of her widespread family. AL
the queens private letters are written
in English, not in German, as
many think; and, in fact, German is SO little
| spoken among the royal famild that ever
when the crown prince of Germany comes
over he speaks EDglish at court like hi.
wife's relatives. The queen reads all tbs
daily newspapers, and the proprietors OF The
Daily Telegraph, with the vein of toadyisn
that distinguishes .hem, print several copie;
of their journal Tor the royal palace on spec
ial paper. The queens devotion to state af
fairs is well known, and her Intervention il
them. particularly when religious question:
are involved, is not at all half-hearted. Shs
also exercises her discretion very freely il
the appointment OF bishops and peers. DIR
TAFT was nominated by Ter 10 the see o
Canterbury before Mr.. Disraeli had recon
mended any one; and about year previous
ly her majesty had fatty refused to bestow
mitre on DR.. Wordsworth. owing to the pro
tests which this divine had emitted wheI
DIR. Stanley was made dean OF Westminster
A little later she consented TO appoint DR.
Wordsworth to the see of Lincoln, bu
rather as compliment 10 his scholarly al
tainments than out of any feeling for hi
views as a churchmau. As to peers tn
queen, anxious to preserve the prestage o
the nobility, has made it a rule
NEVER TO ENYoBLE MEN OF SMALL FORTUNE,
unless they were persons of fairly advance,
age, having no sons. On certain occasion
when advised to raise to the peerage diplo
matist more ambitious than wealthy, she re
. Piled pretty shrewdly: 81 should be render
! ing him q poor service" and the diplomats
had to be content with the ribbon of G. @. Z
. have just alluded to Dean Stanley. He il
, of all the divines in the Church of England
the one whom the queen likes best as
preacher, and this liking is backed by
! strong personal regard. During the lifetim
, of Lady Augusta Stanley, her majesty was
.. frequent visitor at the deanery, and ther
on several occasions met Mr.. Carlyle. Nj
/. Carlyle (who by the bye. refused the gram
cross of the Bath at the same time when MI
! Tennyson declined baronetcy) is no cour
,, Ter, and his unsophisticated manners NOR
than once amused the queen. One day, bein
! perhaps, "hard of hearing" and wishing
hear her majesty's remarks distinctly, b
came close to he-, dragging chair after hin
and having made himself coy by her sid
I proceeded to question her as to her likes an
: dislikes, instead of waiting till he was hin
I, self questioned. 1t should be mentioned
connection with these visits to the deanel
= that whenever the Westminster boys heal
a - NO. IN m a
\ a half holiday might be commanded fl
E them, petition which was always compile
= with.