Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-23

purchase OF army commissions was abol-
ished, the Washington treaty regarding the
Alabama claims adjusted, the Ballot Act
passed and the Ashantee war undertaken.
In 1874 Disrssli succeeded Gladstone. In
MS ministry Che Khedive's shares in the
Suez Canal were acquired and the Irish
agitation renewed. The Eastern question
took on new Importance, with the riot at
Salonica. The Berlin Convention Was
held, to which Disraeli made his celebrated
response. The Bulgarian horrors
awakened Europe. Turkey was given to
understand that che would not be allowed
to govern her European provinces free from
European control The Irish home rule
agitation was renewed. The war between
Russia and Turkey broke out and afforded
Disraeli opportunity for the exercise Of his
most statesmanlike qualities. The Act
recognizing the Superior Courts Of Justice
in Ireland, and that enlsrging the powers
of Universities, passed. Then came, in
1877, the annexation of the Trausvaal ter
ritory and the enlargement Of English pos.
sions. The Russian Turkish and the All
CHAN wars were absorbing topics, the Queen
called out the reserve forces, and Derby
resigned from the Cabinet The Indian
contingent was removed to Malta the
Congress Of the Powers at Berlin was held
and the treaty settling the Eastern ques-
ton resulted. England contracted with
/ Turkey to undertake the administration of
the affairs of Cyprus, and extended pro-
tectorate over Asiatic Turkey. The war
with Afghanistan was chief event of the
/ period, as also the murder of Earl Lstrim,
and the moving Of the home rule measure
/ for Ireland in the Commons. In 1879 the
army discipline bill passed Parliament, the
war in South Africa was entered upon with
vigor, the agitation in Ireland increased
and demonstrations became formidable
Then came Gladstones celebrated
campaign in 1880. the triumph of
the Liberals, the retiracy of Bea.
consfield and the accession of Gladstone
His administration since is familiar
to the reading public, marked as If has
/ been by the murders in Ireland, the pun.
ishment of the offenders, the throttling of
dynamite conspiracies, the settlement of
all foreign complications, the memorable
/ forty.two-hour session of Parliament, the
! struggles over the Irish land bill, and the
Forster bill for the protection of life and
property in Ireland, the Irish coercion bill,
the Bradlaugh case, the trials of the
Land League leaders and the PhGuix
Park murderers in Dublin, etc. While
Victoria's reign has been of the gravest
consequence to England, she has enjoyed
the confidence and esteem of her subjects,
probably to greater extent than any other
female sovereign. Her virtues have en-
bellished singularly stainless career her
broad sympathies, her gentle womanly dis.
position, her affection for her family, her
regard for her subjects, have endeared her
to her people, and she has reigned with
the most amiable submission to the voice
of the realm. Victoria in 1867 had CON-
piled by Lieutenant Gray work entitled
The Early Days of His Royal Highness
the Prince Consort. In 1865 she sent
cut, with the aid of Sir Arthur Helps, a
book entitled Leaves from the Journal
of Our Life in the Highlands, and in
1874 Life of the Prince Consort," pre-
pared by her direction by Theodore Mar
tin. One Of the acts for which women
especially will always bear Victoria kindly
in memory was her order that her wedding
dress, costing 81, 600, should be made of
Honiton lace. This she did because of her
desire to improve the condition of the lace
workers of Devonshire, and thereafter
Honiton lace was in great demand, and con.
tinued fashionable and expensive. Under
the reign Of Wet oria, England has made its
greatest advancement in material indus
tries, liberality of sentiment, tolerance of
expression, and generally in all that goes
to exalt and purify a nation and advance it
toward the highest possibilities of civiliza-
ton. Since the death OF the Prince Consort
and heT mother in Sol, she has practicallyre-
tired from public life and mourned her
losses. In 1876 she assumed the title of
Empress of India under an Act OF Parlia-
ment dictated by Disraeli. Albert Ell.
ward, who certainly at no distant day will
succeed as Edward VII, was born in 1871,
and married Alexandra of Denmark in
1868. From the disfAvor which the loose
conduct OF his youth and his unwarrant.
able extravagances engendered, he has
grown to a gravsr state and is more re-
spected among the people than formerly.
though his habits at this time are not, if
the scandal OF the day is to be believed,
such as fathers would advise their sons to
initiate, since it is alleged he loves gaming
and the turf oyermuch, and is quite too
cornwall for ordinary incomes. Yet CON-
pared with most princes Wales has been a
very moderate spendthriit, and fairly rep
resentative man, and the worst that is said
of him does not attach dishonesty to HIS
name, nor indicate that he Is lacking in
qualities which may make him good king.
That Parliament viii ind him less yielding
than the Queen is certain, and that he will
claim the fresr exercise of the royal pre-
negatives, and viii concern himself more
with the affairs Of state than his mother, is
without doubt 1t is therefore certain
conclusion that ii he attains to power the
royal influence will be felt to greater ex.
tent in legislation in England thsn at any
time during the last fifty years.
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