The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-24

0ZAYILEs I0VA1OAJs 3AI -
VICTORIA REGfxA-
Today our ssiiow-citissns Of British
birth On this Cosst will csisbrsts the birth
dsy OF Qnesn Victoria, Who wss horn Nay
~. 1919, and II therefore 10 yssrs Of ass.
Her father vas Edward. Duke Of Kent.
fourth son Of GsorUs the Third; her
mother Vas . princess Of ths German
houss of ssxs-Cohuss. Her father, like
al the sons Of 6sores the Third. Vas
dissoluts man. Hsr. mother was m sx-
csllsnf woman. Who tducstsd her daughter
carefully In the principles Of sound
morality end ssiasiou In rstirsmsns from
the court
yictoria has bat . slight strain Of
sEnglish blood In her veins James the
Flint Of England married . Danish prin-
go. his DAUGHTER Elizabeth married the
Prince Frederick Paiasins. whose domin-
Ions wsTs laid wssts and conquered ~ the
armies Of Louis the Fourteenth. The
dauehtsr Of Elizabeth and Prince Fred
ssick Palatins married . German prince Of
the house Of Hanover, and became the
mother Of George The First. who vas
called to the throne Of England On the
death Of Qusen Anne In TIA
George the Yisst who We on his
n,othss's sids the grsas-srsndson 81 James
the First Of England. married German
Wits, and his son. Prince Frederick. was
the fAthss of George the second. whose
wits was German princess. George the
Third married . German princess. and II
u clear thsssfors tAas ell the Ensiish
blood In the veins OF Victoria she gets
from hsr ANCESTOR. the half Danish
daughter Of Jamss the First who married
Primes Ersdssick PalatinA.
victosis succeeded TO the throne on the
death Of her uncle. King William the
Fourth. June 20, 1887. OF the ave English
queens since the Norman conquest Vic
toria hes had the longest reign. Elizabeth
having bssn on the throne forsy-four
ysara vhtls Victoria hss rsignsd almost
ffty-esvsn ysara In the iiss Of English
sovsesigns Victoria has been for the long
est parted In fall and actual possession Of
che throne. for George the Thirds nominal
reign Of sixty pears vas interrupted BY
long periods Of insanity. Lord Melbourne
vas prime minister when Victoria sue
cesdsd 70 the throne. Gladstone wss then
but - years Of age. Since Mslbourns's
day victoria's prime ministers have been
Sir Robert Peel, Lord John Russssl. Lord
Derby. Lord Aberdeen, Lord Paimsrston.
Disrssii, Gladstone. Lord Salisbury and
Lord Rossbery--Psel serving twice. Rus-
cell twice. Derby thres times, Disrasii
twice, Gladstone four timss and Salisbury
twice.
Victoria vas married February 10. 1910.
90 her cousin. Prince Albert of saxs-Co-
burg. IL was, what il rare in royal mar
rtaxss, love match. Prince Albert was q
Handsome msh, Of fine education and cool.
philosophical. intellect. who had studied
80 advantage history. fins art, music and
literature. He died in December, ISL, at
the early age Of A. The married life Of
Queen Victoria Was exceedingly happy
with her wise and upright husband. To
the royal couple nine children were born,
among whom survive Albert, prince Of
Wales. his brothers Arthur and Alfred and
his sisters Victoria, the mother OF the pres-
snt emperor Of Germany, Louise. the wife
Of the Marquis of l.orne. aud Princess Be-
atrice.
The principal events Of vletoria's reign
have been The rebellion of 1857 in Canada
and granting Of home rule 10 that colony
IN tsa2 the opium war ia China, the
Afghan war. the o'connsii repeal" agi.
tancu. the Asheurton and oregon treaties
Of fss7-sa. the repeal Of she corn laws and
the nangurasien of the policy OF free trade
Ia 1896. the crlmean war Of 1876. the
Indian mutiny and war with China in 1887,
The disessablsshment Of the Irish church
In tses. the extinotioa of the civil disA-
biiities of the Jews. the settlement Of the
Alabama claims In isssa-so. the vars with
Ashansse. Asysslnia. AfgAanistaa and
purmah, the wars With sae caffrss, zalus
aud Beers of South Africa, she war with
Egypt and the Soadsa. the ps.sas. Of the
enlarged franchise bslss under Dissasli and
Maidstone. and The Irish home rule ag,ta-
hon. sssll In progress The early years OF
tlssosia's reign we're eouspicnous for ,A.
lasscdac<ion 81 the siectrsc telegraph. the
application Of steam 10 railway travel and
.rsasoceaase navigation. postal reform
sad shs organization of the great English
railway syssssa-
The reign Of Victoria has hssr eonspieu.
sas for its fertility in statesmen and ora
sors who inssaae such snsn a. Peel, Pal
avsston. Masaalsy. Derby. Russell. Bright.
roaicn. D.sraeil. NIL. Glsdssons, sails
barry and John Marley. IL has been .
reign more famaas fos the heasscsni vic
tories OF peace. ths usiiissrsan srsamrhs o,
adassry. science and philanthropy, and
he enlargement Of tas largest political
asersy for the greatest nam Der than IL b a.
been for saeh spiendor Of var aaa literature
~ marked EagissA history daring ths
trss ,Airsy years Of shis century. No
tseat soldier has he<a aided 10
Engiish annals sine~ Waterloo. saa
shiis the Victorian age st liseya.
mss and science incisdcs mary great
lamss, like these Of Tsanyssa. Hsovnsax.
laesslay. ksouss. Raskia. Cardinal