The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-03-22

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strong sentiments of exasperatlon against
the government of the day for harsh and
unpopular measures that had just been
adopted by the cabinet with regard TO
the Emerald Isle. AS usual II was the
crown which was held responsible by the
people for the acts Of the government, and
the Queen grief stricken though she was,
had to bear the brunt of the i'll will eX
cited by her ministers. hurt and panied
! in her tenderest feelings. 1t has taken
| Queen Victoria many years to pardon and
| forget this. For, in spite of her many
| lovable traits, she is not of a forgivinS
| turn of mind.
That she has, however, now obliterated
| from her heart all unfriendly feeling to-
| ward Ireland, thanks in great measure
| to the magnificent gallantry of the Irish
| troops in South Africa, is shown by her
| sudden determine ton to visit Dublin once
more, after this long lapse of forty years.
Previous to becoming a widow she was
| a frequent visitor to Ireland invariably
making her headquarters, not at the Cas-
| tie in Dublin, but at the Viceregal lodge
| i'm Phoenix Park, the Lord Lieutenant
| taking up his abode for the time at the
castle. The last time she was there was
| a few months before her husbands death,
and whereas next month she will be well
of Connaught, who to-day commands the
entire military forces in the Emerald Isle.
| in those days one of the purposes of her
| trip was to see her eldest son, the Prince
OF Wales, then doing military duty as a
subaltern of the Coldstream Guards at
the great permanent camp of Curragh.
Loyalty Remembered.
The late Sir Robert Peel, as Irish Sec
rotary was in attendance on Her Majes-
| refers to the kindly enthusiasm and 10y
atty with which she was greeted by the
| people high and low. The Prince Con-
sorts last birthday was celebrated at
Dublin by the royal family, a day which
| the Queen describes as ''the dearest of
| days, and one which fills my heart with
| love, gratitude and emotion"
After leaving Dublin the Queen, the
Prince and the royal children went on to
| visit the Lakes of Killarney, and stayed
| with Lord Castlerosse, whose castle COM
| mands an exquisite view of the lake, the
| dinner party including a brother of the
great Daniel O'Connell, the Queen de-
scribing in her diary this particular
| O'Connell as "a very good man with quite
| different political views from his broth
| err" A previous visit to Ireland had taken
| place about seven years previously, at the
| time of the Dublin Exhibition, and on her
departure the Queen writes in her diary
| we feh SO sorry to go away having
spent such a pleasant, gay and interest It.
| ing time in Ireland"
How Queenstown Got It's Name
On yet another occasion the Queen land
| ed at Cork, and it was in memory thereof
that the Cove of Cork received the name
| of Queenstown. by which it Is known to-
day. Talking of Cork, the Queen remarks
in her diary:
"The beauty of the women is very re-
markabe, and struck us much. Such
beautiful dark eyes and hair. and such
| fine teeth! Almost every third woman was
pretty. and remarkably So"
At another time, on making her entry
into Dublin-it was few months before
the birth of the Duke of Connaught-one
stout old woman screa med "Oh, Queenie
darlin' make one of them children Prince
Patrick and all Oireland win die for you.''
The Queen nodded laughingly and
when a few months later she gave birth
to the Duke of Connaught she insisted
that he should receive the name OF
Patrick.
Boxed the Princes Ears.
Another thing which caused good de Al
| of amusement not to the Queen but to
| the people, as she was driving through
| the streets on that occasion was the man
| ner in which she disciplined her son,
Prince Albert, now sovereign Duke of Co
-
| Prince Alfred was then, as he remains
| to-day, the least gracious and the least
| genial of all the Queens children. He
| was seated opposite 70 her in the carriage
| with the other children. and apparent ly
| did not respond as courteousy as she
| wished to the salutations of the cheering
| crowds. She made some remark to him
| which had the effect of bringing a sulky
frown to his handsome features and to
cause him to put his cap on his head N
| a defiant manner, as if he would decline
| 10 bow any more. Quick as lightning aud
| without ceasing TO bow herself TO the right
and the left in the most gracious manner
the Queens hand flew out, and boxed The
young Princes ears soundly, at the same
| time knocking the cap off his head. II was
| done in a flash. But The way in which it
was done and especially the touch Of hu-
man nature contained in the act. shown 2
to the people that royal mothers have to
punish their children just in the same
| way as less exalted mammas, took the
people by storm and increased the enthu-
| stsm and the cheering hundredfold The
| old women especially seemed delighted
That the Prince Consort appreciat ed
the hardships and sufferngs of the Irish
people is shown by the following phrase
J which l Gull from an address which he de-
| livered in his capacity as President of the
Royal Dublin Society.
1T Is impossible" said he, mot TO feel
| deeply the marks of enthusiastic attach
| ment which have been displayed to the
queen and myself by the warm hearted
inhabitants of this beautiful island and
/ most sincerely hope for an early ter
| mination to those sufferings under whio h
| he people have so lamentably and yet
with such exemplary patience labored 3"
A stately Farewell.
Queen Victoria when she last left Ire
and paid her subjects there compli-
ment as stately as il was unusual So
much moved was she by the extraordinary
| demonstrations of loyalty that character
| znd hnr dena rfl1ro from kingetnun III a 1