New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-23
QUEEN VICTORIA.
AN ENGLIsHNIAN's VIEWS OF HER PER-
sONAL. FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE.

' LONDON, April g
All the time that can be spared from the as
cussion dynamite devoted TO that lofty subject tue
loneliness of the Queen Society stands or processes
stand aghast at the isolation in which our Sovereign
Lady is left by the death Of her personal attendant
John Brown esq. His position was incOmparaDV
greater than that OF either Bloomfield or knlghoh' o
pages Of his santed Majesty Kirg George the four'
Enough, however, has been said and written coheefns
John Brown, who good servant and handsomely
rewarded far more interesting question u That OF
the Queens future utter loneliness is condition
which entirely to herself or rather to the au
yisers In whom trusted She has just as MI Apr-
ham Hayward. @. c., declares he has, outlVed every
body she could look up to-" the Duchess OF Kent heI
domineering mother Leopold OF Belgium, Lord Mel
bourne stockmnr. the Duke of Wellington, the frlhoo
Consort and must it he added John Brown. she mas
not friend in the world and much sentimenallsml Is
talked inst now on this subject I confess that I'm
common with few others who know the ms and outs OF
the ROYAL existence very unsympathetic upon thls
pont Poetic twaddlers talk OF the throne being HNe
lonely Alpine peak, high above the world cola anu
solitary To me 1t seems that 1t Is mch the same WI"
sovereign as with an enormously rich II he choose
TO consider every mans hand against him. or eager 10
find its way into his pocket he will be solitary indeed
And why not If the parsonage does nothing to make
you love him. and, and does no. give on anything why
in the name OF common should you love him ahd
waste your time upon HIM
To estimate fairly the character OF tho queen III"
clearly understand her habits, thoughts and POSITION
il should he distinctly kept in view that the Royal fam
ily including the Queen, not English Mt ALL but entirety
German I'm ideas sympathies and whole mass OF child
ish tradition and prejudice concerning etiquette anu
routine folly of all kinds Readers OF The IRlboNI
are already aware that the home language o. the koy
family is German. and that not one OF the frlnces
and Princesses can speak English Without Ger
.ho priuc of Nal
Duke Of Edinburgh. This TO Engishmen, Is ridiculous
Shortcomings el ccpt a few fashionable mheces VINO
actually employ the CULTURAL German "r In Imitation OF
ROYALTY foreign accent In man who VIII one day po
King Of England Is absurd enOugh but is not halt so
much to lie regretted as the intensely German mode oil
thinking which affects the Queen quito as powerfully
as her children It is difficult to see how Her Maj
estv has become separated by great gulf from her
subjects and has fallen into that well-known habit oil
despOtc soyercgns OF loving servants better ta Ioy
advisers adhcrcnt aud friends. IL Is vice OF rulers 10
love- as far they love anybody their personal ser
wants their Wallets their ackeys their BARRIERS and seh
like The difference in rank is so vast that II - Thought
there Is little danccrof the creature forgetting Itself
and asserting it, individuality In fact however Olivier
le Daim and John Brown had very great power THANKS
t niodern and lib, raj institutions the dislike OF the lat
ter was not fatal except 20 few poor souls Who can oh
breathe freely the atmosphere OF court bnt SOW
ereigns gradually weaken the allegiance OF those on
whose
want between them as kind Of moral and II necessary
mat, rial buffer When a sovereign shuts herself up
wear after year nj the Isle OF Wight I'm the Highlands
with confidential servant, an Ordinary Hlie the We
netian ogarchy. Dsracll called the English nobility
naturally take mbrugc and complain not Without rea-
son. that the Queen who finds lcvce or diawmg-foom'
state concert or ball. tremendous effort can travel
many miles over the Highlands to bc present 90 the we'd
ding OF some insignificant scotch serving man or woman
The German ilcaof sovereignty early implanted IN
the Queen Her futbcr q kind o idiot with special
tendency toward military drill aud uniform. Her
mother Of the houseof bad been first married to
the Prince Of Hohcnlohc Langcnburg and Ind children.
which explains how Prince Victor 81 Iohenohc. better
known as Count Gclchen. Us her nephew. This nmahle
Gentleman by the way is admiral IN The Royal Navy
and clever draught-nan and sculptor. The queens
mother was a decidedly clever woman, very ma-ternl
and aggressive She easily outlycd both her husbands.
was very fully impressed WITH her dignity rs mother Of
the heir apparent 10 Engish throne. and lived at
dac-crs drawn with william the Fourth on whom she
looked with q contempt which richly mcritcd. for he
was quite inbcc 10 the Duke "f Kent Without b'h
30 respectable Intellect AMI dcccncy iii not 90 to-
rctber srorg the children Of George the Third but
idiocy and indcccncy were combined In ~ least the
Duke OF Clarence. aftcrg1rl william the Fourth
Charles Grcvilc The Guuohcr" has told ~ that the
DIXIE OF York whosc whole life scandal, was the
only one Of the Royal Princes Eho possessed TIE manners
OF an English gcntl mqu; mud 1t ls significant that not
one OF our present princes wears the title 81 York Kent
or Clarence Grevlc has asn told ~ OF the Indignation
OF Old william ~ the sccu.on in which the Duchess OF
Kent kept the Princess Victoria This scclVslon from
court full Of the kings cgimae children vas perhaps
wisely maintained, bat It dld not prevent the Queens
early ROMANCE the ElpLn,touc affair before Prince Al
bers timc-and her jealousy Of the latter which Ted 10
the cruel treatment OF the unfortunate ndy Flora Hast
ings In TRUTH Victoria kept entirely In leading
her husband At first It the Duchess 81 Kent then
Leopold of Belgium and sOckmar ana next the Prince
Copsor who relieved her Of the trouble OF thinking on
political subjects.
Twas too young the time 10 know much Of the Prince
Consort but relative Of mine In whose judgment have
very great confidence tells that the Prince sim
ny a uragmntical German schoomastor." Instead Of
listening 10 what Englishmcn who knew their
country had say. this conccitcd foreign prig laid down
the law in the dullcs talk TINT be Imagined Wit or
humor found resting place In duh methodlc BRAN
crowded With half truths and drearg formulas. The
English mobiles whom he had the nsolencc to treat with
remote haueur felt toward him mixture Of hatred and
contempt lie said stupid thing and did several
which settled his place In the English mind His obser
walton that in "a country like England constitutional
government Is on It's trial." his interference In the dis
Matchbox matter, and his attempt TO ovcrrule Lord
pamerston decide English opinion in spite Of fhe army
of sycophants who cd their voices from south Ken
sington in solemn hymns Of praise
There can be no doubt that the Queen felt his loss far
more acutey than wives generally do the death OF their
husbands She left absolutely alone for the Ger
man division had completely segregated her from her
natural friends It f. absolutely certain that except TO
John Brown and Lord Bcaconsfeld she has never |
spoken unreseedy 10 any person since Aberts death
She found herself left alone in her despair and she re
manned alone Her husband, on when England looked |
as a mksop because he was wrcchcd horseman and |
cared little Tor field sports unbearable a compan-
ION and had gradually driven away every soul whose so
ciety was worth having Thus far certain amount Of
pity may be felt for the Qneen hn beyond THIS II can
hardly 90 when her husband died she was of mature
wars INF not too Old to form friendships. What
did she dot For six years she dwet In actual
seelnson signing indispensable papers but tangpart In