New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-04-25
QUEEN VICTORIA.
AN ENGLIsHMAN's VIEWS OF HER PEN
sONAI. FAMILY AND SOCIAL LIFE.

stand aghast at the isolation in which our sovereign
Lady is left by the death Of her personal attehu"
John Brown esq. His position was incomparaoH
greater than that OF either Bloomfield or knghtoh' t
papes Of his santed Majesty Krg George the fourtih
Fnough however has been said and written coheern'ne
John Brown, who good servant ana hiiiuoo'
rewarded far interesting question u tnat Va
the Queens future ner utter loneliness Is eohui'
which she owes entirely to herself or rather TO te W
visers IN whom trusted She has, Just as MI Aor
ham HAYWARD @. c. declares he has, outliVed every
body she could look up TO-" the Duchess OF hon', me-
domineerng mother Leopold OF Belgium Loru Hof
bourne stockmar the Duke of wellington the RIM
Copsort and must il he added John Brown ohe nus
not n friend i'm the world and much sentimentasihH
talked inst now on this subject / confess that IN
common with a few others who know the ins ana outs oi
the ROYAL existence very unsyInpahetic upon '"i
pont Poetic twadders talk OF the throne poiie nNo
lonely Alpine peak high above the world cola anu
solitary To me that 1t Is much the same WIN
sovereign as with enormously rich man. ii nc cnoos
to consider every mans hand against HIM. or eager "
find its WAY into his pocket he will be solitary indeed
And why not If the parsonage does nothing 10 ii"Ao
YOU love him. and and does no. give on any this' WI"
in the name OF common should yon love MIN anu
waste your time upon him
To estimate fairly the character OF tho queen III"
clearly understand her habits thoughts and posnon
II shoud be distinctly kept IN view that the Royal Ia
lv including the Queen, not English mt ALL but ehlteS
German in ideas sympathies, and whole mass w Oi
sh tradition and prejudice concerning euduetoe anu
routine folly of all kinds. Readers OF THE IRlboSL
are already aware that the home language o. inc 'o'
family is German. and that not one OF inc IiiI0o'
| and princesses can speak English Without Ger
man accent very strong IN the Prince OF Naies anu INC
Duke Of Edinburgh. This, TO Enslishmen IS Il fui'o
shorcoming, except to few fashionable in"cies WI"
actually employ the CULTURAL German r in Imitation OF
ROYALTY foreign accent In man who VIII one udS D"
king of England is absurd enOugh but is not halt so
much 70 Ice regretted the intensely German mode oil
thinking which affects the Queen quite as PowerI"S
as her children II is not difficult to see now ler MAJ
estv has become separated by great gun from iei
suhiects and has fallen into that we-kuown habit oil
desnote soyercign loving servants better than loya
advisers. adhcrcns aud friends IL Is vice oil rulers 10
love as far As they love anybody. their personal ser
wants their Wallets their lackeys their barberT ana Suc
like The difference in rank so vast tha - thouen
there little danccrof the mere creature forgetting Sen
and asserting it, individuality In fact however, ohViet
10 Dan, and John Brown had very great power Thanks
q, n,,dern and lb raj institutions. the dislike OF the lat
tor was not fatal except few poor souls VINO can oh
breathe freely In the atmosphere of court; b"t SOW
| ereigns gradually weaken the allegiance OF those On
whose gupport they count by inerposing common ser
want between them rs kind Of moral and II necessary
| mat, rial buffer When sovereign shuts herself up
veor after wear nj the Isle of Wight or In the Highlands
with confidential servant Ordinary nllic. the We
petian ocarchy" Disraci called the En2u7h uoDY'
naturally take mbagc. and complain not Without Ie'-
son that tie Queen who finds lcvce or diawihS-foon'
state concert or ball. tremendous enoft can uA'e'
many miles over Highlands to Ice present 90 the We'd
ding OF come insignificant scotch serving man or |omai
The German ilcaof sovereignty early implanted In
the Oueeu Her futhcr kind % idiot Win sifch
| tendency toward military drl aud uniform. Her
mother Of the houseof Lcnmgcn bad been -t married 10
the Prince OF Hohcnlohc Langcnburg and had children
which explains how Prince Victor q liohenohc better
| known rs Count Gclchen. is her nephew lhi' hnH'e
Gentleman by the way j. an admiral IN tue hoy" navy
| and a clever dnught-man and sculptor The queens
mother was a decidedly clever woman very ma'i'rinl
and orcs.ivc She easily outved both her husbands.
was very fully Impressed WITH her dignity ~ mother OF
the heir apparent to the Eneish throne" ana i''' "t
| dagger, drawn with william The FOURTH on "A"h enc
looked with contempt which was richly mcfco Tor ne
was quite - iubcclc the Duke ~ Kent without bcin
An respeetabe Intellect and deccncy dl not q" To-
ccthcr ,worg the children Of George the Third; Int
ldocy and indcccucy were combined IN ~ least the
| Duke Of Clarence, afcr@1rd William tue I"NIih'
Charles Grcyilc. the Grtuohcr mas t"' w tH"' the
Duke Of York whosc whole life was scandal was the
only one Of the Royal Princes Eho possessed tbc manners
Of nm English gentleman; nud 1t is significant that not
ono NJ our present princes the title 81 York Kent
or Clarence Grcyc las aso told ~ OF The Indignation
OF old william ~ the -ccuson IN which IN" buohe" o'
| Kent kept the Princess Victoria. THIS -ccHsoh from
court full Of the king, ccmate children vas perhaps
wisely maintained bat It dld not prevent ia" Queens
cary ROMANCE the Ephip.touc affair before llhrc Al
bers time-and her jealousy Of the latter when ed 10
tho cl treatment OF the unfortunate Ddy Flora Hast
| ing. In truth Victoria was kept entirely IN lcaamt
strings and Gcrnnu leading strings. until the death OF
her bu-band At first Il the Duchess oi Kent thel
Leopold of Belgium and stocknar and next the Prince
Concert who relieved her OF the trouble Oi thinking on
| political subjects
Young at the know much Of the Prince
Consor but relative OF mine In whose Judgment nave
very Great confidence tells that the Prince was Thi-
st..if .aat flipOlIu
| listening 10 what Englishmcn who knew their
country had TO say this concccd foreign prig laid down
the law IN the dulcs talk TINT can be Imagined VII OF
humor found resting place In duh methodlc Dram
crowded With half truths and dreary formulas Inc
ENGLISH mobiles whom he had the insoencc to treat with
remote hauteur felt toward him mixture OF hatred ana
| contcmpt lie said stupid thing and did several
which settled his place IN the English mind. His oDser-
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 overriie Lord
polnerston decided English opinion In spite Of the army
of svcopbauts who lifted their voices from South Ken
sington in solemn hymns OF praise
There can he no doubt that the Queen felt his loss TAR
more acutely than wives generally do the deatE oil the
husbands She left absolutely alone, for the Ger
man division had completely segregated her from her
notura friends II 4, absolutely certain that except TO
Iob, nrovn and Lord BcacOns1eld. she has never
oLcp upreservedy 10 any person since Alberts death
she found herself left alone In her despair ana she fo
m,iucd alone. Her husband, on when England looked
., ,,tlusou bccnusc he was a wrctchcd hOrscnan and
cared little Tor field sports unbearable "a c0mPah-
ion and Ind gradually driven away every soul whose SO
ciev was worth having. Thus far certain amount Of
pty NAV be felt for the Queen; hn beyond TINS II can
hardly 90 When her husband died she was OF mature
wears but not too old to form new friendships "n"t
d sle dor For six or years she dwclt In actual
seelnson signing inds ensahe papers but takngpar III
mo pnblic ceremony. She in fact absolutely dead 10
ncr subjects am quite aware that shall he remhde''
that during the whole period she saw her AlhsteS "'"
q WAS necessary and her children frequently. VIII eH-
Main hoy little OF actual companionship this really sig
Di1ed
When a Minister has audience OF the Queen on hhafs
- tato A. nust NOT be ina gned that anything Ike con-
ference or any approach TO outspoken conversation
L. IL lint hoy ~