New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-03-26
orEEN VICTORIA ST HONE.
From London lSOciefU.

7 Fr0n IOndOn SOcIeTV.
| One of the great charms Of her Majesty he's al
| WAYS been her voice. To the initiated tho voice Is
| always tile cleaIest aud most unlalling index OF
character In contemporary literature we nave re-
peated notes of admiration for this pure and peer
| less voice. Lady de Dustanvie was III the llouse
of Peers when the Queen frSt appeared 1t was q
sweet and n Ost distinctly heard" Passages of IN $
kind might be multiplied Miss FoX gives some
very pleasing incidents of the early days; ncle
Charles dined with us. He was dellghted ana dal-
| Zled by the display on the Queens day, and men
| toned right merry bubble perpetrated by my
Lord Al6emare who Gn her MAJESTY yo say gI6d RI
see me as | am TO see them : pointed out as their
| immediate cOclkney answer to the qulODle '. IL.
| She relates the touching incident that when the
Queen drove day TO he Park. Just after das-
tardiy attempt, in fear VI Assassination, she for
babe her ladies' to attend her and expose themselves
| to danger from which she would not shrink'
Stocknar came over nearly every year 10 ylSiJ
| the Queen and the Prince ana amost entirely TOOK
the management of the whole me"dge INTO ms
of the royal household on a sort OF philosophical
basis He passed at will from the broadcast gen
ordinations on the British Constitution to the small
est details of the nursery. The organization ana
SUPERINTENDENT of the chldTchS department occl-
pied "a considerable portion OF Stockmars time In
one of his letters h" writes The nursery gives me
more trouble than the government OF kingdom
would do We may mention that the httlc rim
cess the Crown Princess of russia, now woman
looming with health and life was for many years
n sickly child, whose rearing long seemed matter
of doubt. lie found that an odious system of red
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household. Ii was IN the hands of three great state
oncars-the Lord Steward, the Lord chamberlain
and the Master of the Horse. These are always
nohemeu OF high rank and great political position,
who of course delegate all the practical duies INTO
the hands OF subordinatcs The result was that al
the tricks of a.. Circumocutlon Ohcc were to be
found IN Buck Lgham Palace and windsor Caste.
There was great deal OF me h"W-noI -Io-"3-it eie-
mcnt. The outside of the Palace belonged 10 tue
department. OF Woods and Forests; the inside clean
ing Of the windows belonged TO the l.oId Chamger-
lains department. The Lord Steward LAYS the IRE,
and the Lord Chamberlain lights II. The Lord
Chamberlain provides tie lamps, and the Lord
Steward must clean, trim and light chem. III n
window pane WIS broken, or cupboard do0f went
wrong. there was n whole series of iormalItles to
bc gone through before either could be Hended.
Stocl,uar complains that there was no one I" re-,
ceive visitors and show them their rooms; anu
that they wandered about the corridors alone ana
unass.sted. NJ GuZOt relates that inns was cir
cumstance which once actually happened 10 HIM
self. IL was through this state of things that the
boy Jones was enabled ar ! o'clock in The morning
actually 10 hide himself under the sofa of the room
next the Queens bedroom, inst after tic buth OF
tho Princess Royal. Once wien the Queen was
taken III there was nobody whose business 10 was To
attend to such natter until NJ last domestic hld
the presence Of mind o bail a cab 10 come TO the
door of Buckingham Palace and 10 drlye OF to fetch
We have reason to believe trait all the anomalies
which StCckmlr pointed ont 10 ms luemorahdnm
have been rectlcd. The roy al household Is now
model to every household in the gIn8dOm. lis guests
are made rs comfortable as IN the most homc-ilko
home IN the land. Indeed. IN the pleasantne's ana
almost Liberty Hall to It's visitors. The Baroness
Bunscn writes: d" have always .kcd the ylsits ut
Windsor; the comfortable quiet ana indepfnuehce
IN which one could spend AZ much time aN enc
would Of the day in Cne's own comfortable rooms
where ] have written letters and read books Tor
which had no time IN Lonfon. The period 81
stat, stiffness was often restricted within tie mar
rowcst imaginable bounds She amuslngly Oh
serves One must make an " u. that when one
visits queens. they give one cyerythin@ but
matches. | was once in the extreme OF distress Tor
one at Green AdelaIdcs.' Before parting with
Baron Slocin.ar. however we mnst quote his
striking language respecting the Queen: The cld ar
acter of the Queen develops Itself to great adyan-
tage. She gains daily in judgment aud experience.
The candor truthuness. hon eSty and fairness win
which she Judges o. men and things are really de-
lightful: the impartial sefknOw ledge with which
She speaks of herself Is thoroughly charming"