Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-22
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In view of the interest that will be ex-
cited by the painful rumors brought by
thu cable, we give below brief epitome
OF the life of Queen Victoria and the
principal incidents of her long and be-
nefcent reign.-ED. GLOBE.
Victoria Alexandriana, queen of Great
Britain and Ireland and empress of India,
born at Kensington palace, May "a, 1919.
She is the sixth sovereign of the house of
Hanover, and is the only child of Edward,
duke of Kent, fourth son of George Ill,
and the princess Victoria Mary Louise, of
Saxe-Coburg- -Saalfeld, relict of the heredi-
tary prince of Leiningen. Her father
died Jan. %, 1920. Neither George ".
nor his brothers, the dukes of York and
Clarence, had surviving legitimate issue,
and she became heir presumptiye to the
throne on the accession of her uncle Will
liam ". in 1880. Her education was in
trusted to the duchess of Northumberland.
On the death of William ~. without is
sue, June 90, 1887, the crowns of England
and Hanover, which had been worn by the
same person since the accession of George
[. (1714), were separated, the former de-
volving upon the princess Victoria, and
the latter, by virtue of the Salic law, fall
Ing to the duke of Cumberland, the late
kings younger brother. Queen Victoria
was crowned in Westminster abbey, June
%, 1888. When she came to the throne
the whig ministry of Lord Melbourne was
in power. Her sympathies were with that
afoin ndU nIstra
tion, in spite of a majority against them
in the commons, till 1841. The first years
of the queens reign were disturbed by the
rebellion in Canada, the anti-corn-law
league, the chartist agitation, the Jamaica
question, Irish affairs, the Afghan war
(1839-'42), and the war with China (1840).
The revenue at the same time was steadily
falling off, the deficit in 1841 being
about e2,OO0,OOO.
On Feb. 10, 1910, Queen Victoria was
married to her cousin Prince Albert of
Saxe-Coburg- -Gotha. On Aug. 80, 1841,
Lord Melbourne resigned,and was succeed
ed by Sir Robert Peel, who retained Office
till 1916. He succeeded in placing for
eign affairs on satisfactory footing, and
carried through the introduction of an in
come tax and the abolition of the corn
laws. The ministry of Lord John Russell
(1846'52)carried the empire safely through
the irish famine and the dangers of the
year of revolutions (184s), and repealed
the navigation laws (1S49). The conserva-
tives held Office under Lord Derby through
1852, and were succeeded by the Aberdeen
coalition ministry.
Forced to give way before the pressure
Of public opinion on the question of the
management of the Russian wal, r,they were
followed in February, 1855, by the Palmer
ston ministry, who brought to success
full close the Russian war, as we'll as wars
with Persia and China, ,and were struggling
with the great Indian rebellion when, in
February, 1858, they were defeated on a
bill to punish conspiracies against foreign
potentates and resigned. Lord Derby hel d
Office till June, 1859, when Lord Palmer
ston was reinstated. The rebellion in
India having been put down, the posses
sions of the East India company were
| transferred to the crown in August, 1858
The friendly relations which had long ex-
listed with Napoleon III. were maintained,
and neutrality preserved during the Italian
war, the civil war in the United States. the
! Polish insurrection, and the war in Schles-