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do homa ge. heightened the good I'm prs
sion made by her forethought for the pe 49

Shortly afterwards Her Majesty became
ged to Prince Albert. a young 1nil ll.
as ideal in thought and character
the Queen whom he welded, and Wih os'es5
transformations and lofty influence Vas e ~
erted alike for good over Victoria anu iisl
subjects The romance of the royal loN '1l
10 "a theme the attraction (which h never
ranes and the match which had been 81
a,,aentIy desired by those nearest CON con-
cerned became one of the deepest ana
truest love
The Opening Of the year 1910 protl1 lis
,reat happiness to the Queen; 1T is true
she had had to suffer many annosisHees
from those who would not grant hel
natural womanly wish to bet her hl NJ
ra NIX next to her, and who had stru sst ~
against allowing him u grant sulldple ~
his position, but otherwise the COURSE u
true love had unvery smooth a.iu ' -.
February 10, 1910, this union OF love "AS'
ratified.
ATTEMPT ON. HER LIFE.
few months later the queen "aa
,f,a victim of one of those attempts on
l,ar life which have occurred from tillis
70 time. the miscreant being t1o" S.i
oxford. a potboy OF. Il, who fired az ll.s
Queen as she drove with the Prince ny
Constitution Hill in an open CD 60.
oxford was seized, and being suose'lu1 In.
" Judged guilty and insane, was oois
punished. ro close.
IL knit by the birth of their ilis -
November 2lst 49,, ,c
second son, the Prince Alfred, W." ;'
hor, in the next year to increase tiio
hannv family, but death tad meaii, ,al,
C!1astened the loving circle, for on 80
uary 10th Prince Albert, t. his srca'
learned the death OF MS lailet. :,
q
On a,onuent speech, why he gave up pro- pro.
toafion and proposed to bring III re-
t,e1a end on June 25th the bill pasSeu
tho House OF Lords, and the cor 80,
wore repealed, in which movement - -,
ard Golden and joan Bright -
chief agents their energetic 'li" ufar,,,
ing zeal in thi5 very necessary - NO
being the principal means oi pas. ~ in
hin This was Peels last great W.
1' tTbe reign brought to a close by me
an, IN Of Queen Victoria, though ,,,e
shadow of a war now hallss o Sr and in
pire, has been one ootn n IN in the
annals Of England. Under the suooo'' Si,.
administrations of Lord Melboul,iiier ar1
Rohert Peel. Lord John Rns S5.,le,.s .-r,
Derby, Earl Aberdeen W ho1 - Gladstone
Etar5,,Iis of Salisbury and the t.ari u
R0sebery. the British EmpIe home
creased in peace and prosperity al The
and in dignity and influence abroad ,,os 1 to
tins Of affection that bind the colonies ~
The mother country have been SUI, ~, ~,
ened and the measure OF lieo 1'os been
government allowed tnehi tn "
Increased The Boer war has 1u 5 ISL 5aI,o'
a notabIe proof of the loyalty ana 49, w.,
tion that the colonies. though sss.-1 tbe
nv oceans and continents. bear 10 D., ti is.
mother country, of which thes
iioiiie' IMPORTANT EVENTS.
Among The important event, OF Queer
yictoria's reign have been tile is ,ipI a,,,i-
the corn laws: the irish famine a n1I 80 49,
eration to the United States; the CnaI ,
ssaitafion: the Crimean war; the indian
115IItinv the assumption of the dlTect 80,
eminent of India: the cotton laiiitis
and the delicate relations with the LAiiiei ~, -
can belligerents during the ciF!i war, t,'0
NTexican Intervention and it's rupture; the
reform Bill of 1866. the confederation o.
british North America; the dlsestapiish-
,nent of the Irish Church; the ao"tltloi,
of religious tests at the universities ai'u
Of the system of purchase IN the army
the Alabama claims treaty: the lntfoduc-
ton of the ballot; the wars in Apyssinist'
Ashantee Egypt and Soudan; the ilsSlilp-
tion Of the title of Empress of INDIA; the
creation and rapid growth of the Aus
tralian colonies; the remarkable develop
ment of public education and the pro
longed agitation of the question OF nome
rule in Ireland.
The Queen has been the pattern of
every domestic virtue, and beyond any
other monarch has shown that she re-
CARDS her authority as held in trust Tor
her people This may explain in some
mea sure the affection of her subjects of
every class which amounted almost to a
worshipful devotion Her death brings
sorrow and grief into homes of high and
low in every country, climate, nation and
people in the whole world, for whose
betterment the race to which she belonged
has done and are doing SO much.