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1 is sworn in. There is no instance on
 record in which there has been any 1 friction between the queen and her ministers during her reign, nor has 1 she ever exercised her right Of veto On any bill which has passed both i houses of parliament. George ", the i last Of the Georges, had only one daughter, the Princess Charlotte, mar ] ried to Leopold, king of the BeIgi8ns l Sle died in childbirth and the menu ment to her and her child by Sir Fran cls Chantry in the Royal Chapel, Wind scr, is an object of interest as a work | CT art to all travellers. The trial of Qusea Caroline is a matter of history i Next William " succeeded and during his reign the reform bill was passed.
 The oligarchy which had previously ] governed England was succeeded by whig rule and Lord Melbourne and the whigs were in office when Queen Vic toria ascended the throne as the granddaughter and heiress of King George III, through Edward, duke Of i Kent, some time commander cf the 1 British forces in Halifax, Nova Seoia. | and after whom kentviIle Nova Scotia. and Prince Edward island were named.
 On her majesty's accession protec- tion was in full blast. Through the exertions of Ccbden and Bright the apostles Of free trade and by the in- flUence Of Sir Robert Peel the corn laws were repealed and the free trade movement got an impetus which was never checked, an1 under the Rt. Hon. ". P. Gladstone effected a fnanciaf revolution. The statute books of the carrier years of her majesty are full
 If aEc- Es 4l.- dTGcOnic criminal law in vogue dur ing the preceding reigns under which for instance there were 122 offences punishable by death. For the removal Of disabilities imposed by the ignor- ance and bigotry Of preceding genera lions and by means of the income tax the burdens Of state were shifted On Q the shoulders of the rich to the relief Of the poor and in the sequence complete religious freedom was estab- lished. We would remind our Catho- lie readers that during this reign NichClas Wiseman became cardinal he first since Cardinal. Pole in the days Of James II, and the Catholic church obtained a foothold i1 Eng and. Our Jewish readers will remem- Der that disabilities also have been re- moved and their wealth and political
 
 Lord Beaco9sfeid's administration Victoria became empress of India. Un- der the first reform bill only the mid dIe classes were admitted to the suf- frage and the household suffrage bill was intrcdUce5i ard carried by Lord BeacOnsfeld. This was followed by the ballet acs, which did away with bribery and intimidation and left the EIlmblest voter free in the exercise of the franchise IT is a fact which ad- mits of no denial that the position of the working classes or wage earning classes has greatly improved during the queens reign and education has become so general from the facilities afforded by public schools that to find ? person who cannot. read and write (that is a maTksman) is uncommon, whereas Cn her majesty's accession the majority of agricultural Iaborers were n gross ignorance and housed in manner little better than the beasts they tended
 Queen Victoria succeeded in June. 1887, and her coronation took place in Westminster abbey in 1S3S She mar rled Prince Albert Of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, highly educated gentleman and a man of good sound sense. Those who desire information as to tIIe do- nestle life of the queen and her cen sort may learn all they wish from Leaves From the Queens Diary published by authority. Prince Al bert will ever be remembered as the i prime mover in the great exhibition of lS5l the first of 2il the numerous ex- hIbitiOns which have f-llCHed. Prince l Albert always worked for the good of i the people and by his premature and l rather sudden death her majesty was left widow with a numerous family. | It is considered the duty of parents to ! see to the settlement in life Of theic | children. The queen was fortunate in | that respect. Her eldest daughter be- ! came the wife of Frederick, afIerwari i emperor of Germany (whose son. Kaiser Wilhelm. is grandson of the | queen). The prince Of Wales married | the daughter of the king of Denmark, | whose brother is king of the Hellenes | and whose sister is widow cf the late | ear Of Russia The duke of Fdin- | burgh married the only daughter CT f the Czar Alexander Of Eussis. The | duke of COnn2ught married the daugn- | ter of the Red Prince, the Prussian general in the FrancO-German war The Princess Louise, our Canadian readers will remember. is the wife Of
 
 general Of Canada.
 On the accession Of Queen Victoria India was governed by the cid East India company but after the Indian muuny India became absolutely part and parcel of the British empire ana during her majesty's reign Burmah. Seinde and other places have been an neXed by the British and 1t is a facs that at this day India $ a prosperous and well governed country.
 T12 trade with China was cpened after tAe French and English expedi- ion during which the summer palace lf the Chinese emperor was footed.
 It is common saying that the Brit sh are always at war. The present 'eign of Victoria has ben signa.ed by he Crimean war, which terminated in he fall of Se5astopoL By the Abys- ;inian war, conducted by Lord, Napier f Magdala. Two expeditions to Gem