Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-01-22

CiiiiiuS III TOT years. leu ny
sense of duty. he had been overtaxing
not too robust frame with unceasing Ia
bors In many departments. The queens
diary OF November % reported him weak
ceived by the een from the cabinet occa-
stoned him su IAanxiety that he got out
OF bed and. wlSNa feeble hand, wrote, In
the name OF ~ &usen. his last memoran-
dunn on publ natrs. With some addi-
tional, change& made by her
majesty, the n1lpfandum was sent to the
cabinet; the aSRS tions which 1t proposed
In the paper 3 the cabinet had sub
been formally eTepted, were sent to the
United statessg{{ernment The changes
made In that Dick room are said to have
The case wag Met Of the British ship
Trent. from whiS8 a United States war
ship had rashly aiken the confederate en-
voys, Mason and Slfdell. The act was
mistakenly beliehed in Britain to be an in
tended insult ordered directly from WASH
ington ~ -
Lord Palmerston held this erroneous
view of it. and active preparations Tor war
had already been ordered. The paper sent
to the queen wassa draft of the proposed
instructions to Lord Lyons at Washington,
which were In such terms of command and
threat as left no honorable way open for
the United States to disavow the hasty ac-
ton of their naval officer The changes
suggested first by the prince, then by the
queen were In the direction OF leaving
the ENJOYS as a friendly rectification of
the mistake. The document as changed
effected their speedy release. TWO weeks
after the scene in Prince Alberts bedroom
he died from typhoid fever. This country
has reason to hold him always in reveren-
tial memory"
Sympathy of the World.
A deep sympathy was felt throughout the
civilized world.
The queen and prince consort were con-
stantly solicitous concerning the proper ed
ucation and training of their children On
this subject they held the most practical
views. AS far possible amid the
distractions of public life, they sought to
create for their little ones the seclusion of
a home, and 10 spread around them an at
mosphere of affection. The queen was
much disquieted by the fact that her occu-
pations prevented her from regularly near
ing the little princess royal say her evening
prayer. AS the boys approached adult age
they were sent on long tours under wise
and careful preceptors. Great importance
was attached to the teaching of the Chris
tan religion, but not to any sectarlan form
of 1t. The children were trained to industry
and economy. The daughters were taught
rot only accomplishments, but also plain
sewing and cooking. They were given to
understand they were not 10 marry except
with affection, and in no case merely LOT
money or reasons of state.
Queen Victoria's reign teemed with in
stances OF the exercise of a power. usually
in the form Of moral influence. with results
important and far-reaching. Some of these
Instances show craftsmanship Of high or
der. Never taking sides in partisan poll
tics, never antagonZing the policy OF her
responsible Minister'S though often advising
them and even at times correcting their
serious mistakes, never cheapening her ad-
vice by offering it in affairs that would
probably settle themselves If left alone; al
ways straightforward, sef-reliant, viglant
ff.1 hn rio q Of hnvs vol
for law; neither misled by ffattery nor CO.
creed by fear, hater of evil, maker of
peace. she exerted an influence, the moral
weight of which in hours of crises has turn
ed the course of European and even Amerl-
can history.
influence on American Affairs.
In addition to the Trent affair there was
another instance of her action relative to
this country In September 1862, when con-
federate victories were being repea tedly re-
ported, and British Intervention was known
to be viewed favorably by the ministry.
The queen was absent at Gotha when she
received a message that the cabinet was
about TO discuss the recognition of the
confederacy. Her reply expressed the op.n-
ion that the proposed change of policy was
premature, and the decision of the cabinet
was against recognition. Two months later
Emperor Napoleon urged the British gov
eminent to join him in an offer to mediate.
The queen strongly advised against this
step, and the. cabinet declined to join
France. 1t Is stated that as the sympathy
of the ruling classes in England was al
most wholly with the south, only the queen
and the working people being on the side
of the Union, there can be no doubt that
her action prevented an interference by two
allied powers by which the course of his
tory In America might have been materially
changed.
If it be true that the greatest of all
forces be moral force. then Victoria during
her reign, SO far from being fgure-head,
has had more actual power than any other
influence in the realm. She had great
influence on foreign affairs in Europe
France rapidly recovered from the Franco
German Of 1870. Bismarck, who had
hoped that France had been SO weakened
that Germany need fear nothing more
from that quarter for generation at least,
decided in 1873 that the conflict must be
renewed for the purpose of still further
weakening France. But his Plan to quar-
rel was thwarted by the old emperor. who
was supposed to have been influenced by
Car Alexander II of Russia. In Bismarck's
published letters it appeared, however, that
it was by the personal intervention of
Queen Victoria that the emperor was in
fiuenced to refuse a renewal of hostilities.
This was not the only instance of interven-
ton by Victoria in behalf of peace.
Proclaimed Empress of Indin.
Victoria was proclaimed Empress of India
January 1, 1877. She outlived all the mem
bers or the prlVy council at the time OF
her accession, as we'll as all but two of
the peers then holding their titles, and six
of the members of the house of commons.
During her reign there have been eleven
lord chancelors, ten prime ministers, five
archbishops of Canterbury and six of York.
There have been seventeen presidents Of
the United States, ten viceroys in Canada,
one king. one emperor and six presidents
in France, five kings on the throne of
Prussia and three emDerors in Russia.
The queens golden jubilee of 1887 and the
diamond Jubilee Of 1897 are celebrations
that live in the memory of all at the pres
ent time No intmation Of a desire for
such celebrations came from the queen.
Her last public appearance was last year,
when she was indeed royalty welcomed 10
Ireland.
TO COMMAND THE KENTUCKY.