New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-22
QUEEN VICTORIA.
AN ENGLIsHNIAN'S VIEWS OF HER PEk-
sONAL, FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE.
LrRoM AN occAsoNAL coRREsroNDEST OF THE TnIn H

GFRoM AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TnIBuSEl
LONDON April 2.
All the time that can be spared from the DIS
cussion of dynamite devoted to that lofty subject the
loneliness of the Queen Society stands or processes 10
stand aghast at the isolation in which our sovereign
Lady is left by the death " her personal attendant
John Brown, esq. His position was lncompaIaD'
greater than that OF either Bloomfield Knighton the
pages Of his sained Majesty Krg George the Fourth
Enough however has been said and written eoncerns
John Brown who was q good servant and Handsomely
rewarded. far interesting question Il that Oh
the Queens future Ger utter loneliness is CONDITION.
which owes entirely to herself or rather To the au
visers IN whom she trusted She has Just as MI Aor
ham Hayward. @. c. declares he has, oullved every
body she could look up to-" the Duchess OF Kent her
dOmineerine mother Leopold OF Belgium, Lord Mel
bournc stockmnr the Duke Of Wellington, the Prince
Copsort and must il he added. John Brown she mas
not friend in the world and much sentimentallsh Is
talked Just this subject. | confess that III
common with few others who know the ns and outs OF
the Royal existence am very unsympathetlc upon tniS
point Poetic twadders talk of the throne being ike
lonely Alpine peak. high above the world. cold ana
solitary To that 1t Is much the same WIN
sovereign rs with an enormously rich II he choose
TO consider every mans hand against HIM. or eager 10
find way his pocket, he Will be solitary ihuee'
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 should yon love hin ahd
waste your time upon him
To estimate fairly the character OF tho Queen ana
clearly understand her habits thoughts and position
IL should be distinctly kept IN view that the Royal fam
ily including the Queen not English Mt ALL hut entirety
German In ideas sympathes, and whole mass OF ehu
ish tradition and prejudice concerning etiquette anu
routine folly of all kinds. Readers OF TIE TRIBUNE
are already aware that the home language OF the Royal
family is German. and that not one OF the Princes
and Processes can speak English Without Ger
man accent very strong the Prince OF Wales ana the
Duke Of Edinburgh This. TO Englishmen Is ridiculous
shOrtcoming. cept to few fashionable imrces WHO
actually employ the CULTURAL German ~ III limitation vi
ROYALTY foreign accent In man who VIII one DAY DC
King Of England is absurd enough; but Is not ha so
much to lie regretted the intensely German mode oil
thinking which affects the Queen quite powerfully
as her children II is not difficult to see how Her MAJ
esty has become separated by great gun from her
subjects and has fallen into that we-kuown habit OF
despotc soveregns OF loving servants better than Loyal
advisers adcrcns aud friends II Is vice oil rulers 10
love as far as they love anybody their personal ser
wants. their Wallets their lackys their babers ana sch
like The difference in rank is so vast that 1t Is thought
there Is little danger the creature forgetting itself
and asserting it, individuality. In fact however. Olivier
le Dam and John Brown had very great power Ihanks
TO modern and raj institutions. the dislike OF the lat
ter was fatal except 10 few poor souls VINO can ohy
breathe freely In the atmosphere of court; but SOW
creipus gradually weaken the allegiance OF those on
want between them kind Of moral and II necessary
mat, rial buffer when sovereign shuts herself up
year after year nj the Isle Of Wight or In the Highlands
with confidential servant Ordinary gilc. the We
netian olarchy" "a Disrac called the English nobility,
naturally take mbnge, and complain not Without rea-
son that the Queen who finds lcycc or drawng-room'
state concert or ball. tremendous effort can travel
many miles over the Highlands to he present 90 the we'd
ding OF some insignificant scotch serving man or woman
The German ilcaof sovereignty was early implanted IN
the Queen Her futhcr kind % idiot with special
tendency toward military drill aud uniform. Her
mother Of the house IDng,H had been frat married 10
the Prince Of Hohcnohc Langcnburg and had children
which explains how Prince Victor q liohenlohc better
known as Count Glclchen is her nephew TIL, nniahe
gentleman by the way, Is an admiral IN the Royal Navy
and clever draught-man and sculptor. The queens
mother was decidedly clever woman, very masterful
and aggressive She easily outyed both her husbands.
WA very fully Impressed WITH her dignity mother Of
the heir apparent to the Enesh throne and lived at
dacscTs drawn with william The Fourth on whom she
looked with contempt which richly mcriicJ, Tor he
was quite - iubcc 10 the Duke "f Kent without bths
80 respectable Intellect AMI dcccncy dii not 90 to-
gcthcr smorg the children Of George the Third; but
idiocy and iudcccucy combined In, ~ least the
Duke Of Clarence. aucrg1rl William the Fourth
Charles Grcyic. the Grnchcr" has told a. that the
Duke Of York whose whole life was a scandal was the
only one Of the Royal Prince, Who possessed tbc manners
of nm Eulsh gontlemqu mud 70 s significant that not
one Of our present princes wears the title of York Kent
or Clarence Grcvc has also told ~ OF the Indignation
OF Old william ~ the sccluson in which the Duchess OF
Kent kept the Princess Victoria This sccVson from
court full Of the king, Legitimate children vas perhaps
wisely maintained, but - did not prevent tho Queens
early ROMANCE the Ephiustouc affair before Prince Al
bets tme-and her jealousy Of The latter which led to
the cruel treatment OF the unfortunate Ndy Flora Hast
ings. In truth. Victoria kept entirely In leading
strings and Gcrnnu leading strings uHtl the death Of
her husband At first II the Duchess 81 Kent then
eopod of Belgium and Stocknar, ana next the Prince
Consort who relieved her OF the trouble Ol thinking on
political subjects.
Twas too young at the time TO know much Of the Prince
Consor but relative OF mine I'm whose judgment have
very great confidence lc mc that the Prince was sim
ply prngmatcal German schoolmastor." Instead OF
listening TO what Englishmcn who knew their
country had TO say this concccd foreign prg laid down
the law in the dulcst talk TINT be Imagined. Wit or
humor found resting place In dull methodic BRAN
crowded With half truths and drearg formulas The
English mobiles whom he had the insoencc To treat with
remote hauteur felt toward him mixture Of hatred and
contempt. He 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 its trial" his interference In the dis
Matchbox matter and his attempt To ovcrrue Lord
palmerson decide English opinion In spite Of the army
of sycopbans who lifted their voices from south Ken
sington in solemn hymns OF praise
There can he no doubt that the Queen felt his loss far
more acuey wives generally do the death of their
husbands She was left absolutely alone, for the Ger
man division had completely segregated her from her
natural friends It f. absolutely certain that except 10
John Brown and Lord Bcacon-hed, she has never
spoken unrescredy TO any person since Aerts death
She found herself left alone In her despair and she re
NAMED alone. Her husband on whom England looked
as milksop because ne was wrctched horaehan and
cared little Tor field sports, unbearabe "a compan-
ION and Ind gradually driven every soul whose so
cicty was worth having. Thus far certain amount Of
pity may felt for the Queen; hn' beyond this II can
hardly 20 When her husband died she was Of mature
vesrs Inf not too old to form friendships. What
did she dor For six years she dwelt In actual
seclusion signing indispensable papers but akngpa III
no public ceremony She IN fact absolutely dead 10
ncr subjects am quite aware that shall he reminded
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