The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-23

and pearls. and as he dangled his hat 1t
cast a dazzling radiance all around
| While he was thus gIittering and gleam-
| ing, people were saying. 1 know not how
! truly. that he had to redeem those jew
els from pawn, as usual, for the occasion.
| AT half-past eleven the guns told that
the Queen hadsarrived: but as there was
mucn to be done in the robing-room. there
+, was long pause before she appeared. A
burst from the orchestra marked her ap-
| pearance at the doors. and the anthem 4
| Was Glad rang through the Abbey. ET-
| erybody rose, and the holders of the first
and second rows of our gallery stood up
SO high that / saw nothing of the entrance
nor the recognition, except the Arch
! bishop of Canterbury reading at one angle
| of the platform. The God Save the Queen
of the organ swelled gloriously forth after
| the recognition. The reclamation when
the crown was put on her head was very
! animated; and in the midst of it. in an in
slant of time. the peeresses were all cor
oneted; all but The fair creature already
described. In order to see the enthroning
l stood on the rail behind our seats, hold
ing by another rail. / was in nobody's
way, and l could not resist the tempta-
ton, though every moment expecting the
rail would break. Her small. dark crown
looked pretty, and her mantle of cloth of
gold very royal. She really looked SO
small as to appear puny.
The homage was as pretty sight as
any-trains Of peers touching her crown
and then kissing her hand. 1t was In the
midst OF that process that poor Lord
ROLES disaster sent shock through the
whole assemblage. 1t turned me sick The
large, infirm old man was held up by two
peers and had nearly reached the royal
footstool. when he slipped through the
hands of his supporters and rolled over and
over down the steps, lying at the bottom
coiled up in his robes. He was instantly
lifted up, and he tried again and again,
amid shouts of admiration of his valor.
The Queen at length spoke to Lord Mel
bourne, who stood at her shoulder, and he
bowed approval; on which she rose, lean
ed forward. and held out her hand to the
old man, dispensing with his touching the
crown"
gun their political careers with Queen
Victoria's accession have made her reign
the successful one it has been. 1t has
been beyond, measure the most beneficial
reign the English people have ever had,
while to the world at large it has been
more beneficent than that of Henry VII or
that OF Elizabeth. When the young
ha gha
Wings in power, with Lord Melbourne at
the head of the Government. He entered
upon the Premiership in July, 1884, under
william, but was obliged to retire in the
December following. He was succeeded
by Sir Robert Peel. the Tory leader. who
held office until April, 1885. when he was
in turn succeeded by Melbourne. Soon
after her accession the Queen dissolved
old King williams Parliament and sum
moned a new one, which assembled on
November 20. 1887.
This Parliament contained many Of the
great statesmen Of Victoria's reign.
Among them we're Sir Robert Peel. Lord
John Russell. who headed the second
Wing Ministry of the new reign; Lord
PalmerstoG. whose Entertainments on
what even Victoria considered her pre-
rogative she had occasion in later years
to rebuke: William E. Gladstone. and his
great rival in after years. Benjamin Dis
raeli; Lord Derby. Grote, the historian;
Sir Edward Lytton Bulwer. Lord Lynd-
hurst, Lord Broughham, the Irish orator,
O'Couueil. and others Of renown during
the last half century. Mr.. Golden and
Mr.. Bright came into the arena later,
and MacauIay and Mr.. Roebuck. who were