The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-12

took place in the Isle Of Man, the act
passed for relieving her of signing such
documents having, by an oversight, not
included that part of her dominions.
Queen Victoria made her first visit as
ruling sovereign, TO Windsor on Aug. %,
1887 At her majestys first state visit to
Drury Lane Balfe's Siege of Rochelle"
was performed, and on her ensuing visit
to Covent Garden Lord Byron's tragedy
of Werner"
ON Feb. TO- 1870 she took as Price
Consort Francis Charles Augustus Albert
Emmanuel, second son OF Ernest, Duka OF
Saxe-Coburg Saalfeld, commonly known
as Prince Albert, who died Dec IA, 1861.
The year lS42 was marked by the dis
contents and disturbances brought about
by the Chartists. 1t was in great meas
ure with the idea of alleviatlng the pre-
valent distress in the country and causing
money to circulate that the series of mag
nificent state entertainments, which have
become historical, were arranged al Buck
ingham palace. Among these must be
mentioned as most remarkable the superb
fancy balls, and chiefly that which has
ever since borne the name of the plant
tagenet Ball" The costly dresses at this
were all of the period of Edward Ill,
Prince Albert himself sustaining the
character of that monarch, while her
majesty appeared as his consort queen,
Philippa. In September occurred the
memorable visit of the royal pair to
Louis Philippe. King of the French, at the
Chateau d'Eu. Perhaps the most impor-
tant incident connected with the year 1916
was the visit-her first-which Queen Vic
toria paid in the autumn to Germany.
The year 1S47 must be. ever memorable for
the terrible Irish famine, while in 1913 oc
Cured the abortive Chartist demonstra-
tions.
On Aug. 1, 1S49, her majesty visited her
Irish dominions, landing at Cove, which
has ever since borne the name of Queens
town. The visit was repeated in 1858 TO
open the Dublin exposition. On May l,
1851, was opened in Hyde park the great
exhibition or Crystal Palace" and gold
was discovered in Australia. The great
event of 1852 was the death and public
funeral of the Duke of Wellington. The
Crimean war occurred in 1S54-lS56; to be
followed by the Indian mutiny in 1857. In
April, 1855, Napoleon III and Eugene
visited England. This visit was returned
in the following August. 1t was on Sept
following that the royal pair for the
first time inhabited their new castle OF
Balmoral, which has ever since remained
the queens favorite residence. In this
memorable as the year of the peace. was
instituted the Victoria Cross. In 1861, Chc
queen lost not only her husband, but her
mother. On New Years day, 1877, Queen
Victoria was proclaimed at Delhi as En-.
press of India.
In June, 1887, the queen appeared in full
state on her jubilee, marking the con-
clusion of her fifty years rule over her
people.
There have been some longer reigns In
other countries than Victoria has yet az.
complished. The records show a Hapsbur5
ruling the German people from 1888 to 1903,
or sixty-five years That was Leopold J.
who succeeded his father and was sue
ceeded by his son. Louis XIV of France
did still better, holding his own as the
grand monarch from 1913 to 1715, or seven
ty-two years, while Louis XIV was "wen
beloved" for fifty-nine years.