West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1901-02-07

day she hardly knew their faces. Chiefly
had she hcen taught system. economy
and prudence. the very things our Amer
lean parvcnues think 10 bc unnecessary
IN queen. Her two remaining uncles
knelt before her. They had hated her.
June Fl. the day afterward. she was
proclaimed queen from ST. James palace.
whore she appeared dressed i'm black. in
sleek bands Of brown hair. Lord Mel.
bourne, the prime minister, proclaimed
her to the crowd their sovereign. That
NOM she presided at n privy council, past
le years old. at tho age for love and do
mesucity Albert wrote To her from the
University of Bonn:
My dearest cousin, you are queen OF
the mightiest land in Europe. May |
pray you 10 think likewise sometimes of
your cousins in Bonn!"
After King Williams funeral Victoria
opened parliament in the house of lords
amid splcndor unequaled of peers and
peorcsses. Sho wore white satin robo.
q tiara OF GSn;cnds on her head, n neck
lace and i;oinGcher OF brilliants and
the ribbon of the Garter across her shoul.
der "A mantle of crimson velvet was
placed upon her shoulders No queen
had been known Of hcr independent con-
ditlons since Queen Anne. Her fine elo-
cution was "a revelation 70 the British
auditors Charles Sumner was there and
SAID. "She performed beautifully"
Her predecessor. William. hated tho
Jews. ShN made ono OF them, Sir Moses
Montchore. Knight the first time sho
visited the city-the first jew sheriff. A
Jcw in time made her empress of In
dia. Disraeii entered the house OF com
mons at 39. the year the queen became
sovereign Iio was then an advanced
Liberal
n new throne IN Buckingham palace
was built for tho young woman queen.
who was said 20 resemble the youthful
George III Cousin Victoria is said To
have shown astonishing self possession, 4"
wrote Albert TO his father. The news.
papers. with a brutality peculiarly Eng
iish. were attacking the poor mother as
foreigner"
Tho astutc King Leopold sent Albert
off 10 tho south of Europe and held an
unclo's council with his niece at Wind.
sor Albert sent roses from tho Alps, IA
bit OF Noltaire's writing, ctc., things the
widowed queen still treasures, and there
was a tacit understanding that she was
TO ;algo Albert when she wanted TO, but
English factions were numerous and
SAVAGE. aad Leopold knew them too well
The cynic5 called her "all but n baby. :"
liar.i times afflicted England. The
volee of O'Conncll rolled through parlia-
ncnt saying. "If necessary, can get
5uO.OO0 brave lrishmen to defend the
lifc. the honor and the person OF this
beloved young lady who fills the throne. :"
She was small and delicate, of hair
nearly ilaSen and u rose bloom. She
hastenei To pay her fathers debts and
gave his creditors presents of plate.
Thus her mother knew for the first
time since her second marriage the bless
ings OF independence and honor.
Albcrt's ftepmother-hi father CON
soied himself again not go with her
husband 20 the coronation June 90. 1883.
when Victoria lad a now crown contain
ING all the old royal jewels Her mother
preceded her, and the queen was drawn
to the abbey by eight cream colored
horses. She sat in Edward the Confess
or's chair upon the Scottish "Stono OF
Scone.' whore may have been crowned
her ancestor. Bruce She also was de-
scended from William the Norman. Her
descent backward is through her mother
to tho Elector OF SaKony, who protected
Martin Luther; through her father TO
tho Counties Palatinatc mt Heidelberg.
William the Silent. tho sister Of Henry
VII. the queen OF Scots, owen Tudor
and Shakespeare Princess Katharine of
France
Victorias train was held by eight
young pceresses. and she wore crimson
velvet Tobc trimmed with er1nine and
gold lace. She was anointed.
After five days OF wooing Mt Windsor
thcqucen told Lord Melbourne she should
marry Albert She had as queen TO do
the proposing. and she wrote TO I.eopold;
'Iie seems perfection and think have
the prospect Of great happiness before
me. love him more than I can say. -
They rode horseback much together.
About month after this tho queen an
nounced her engagement 10 her privy
council Her whole cOurtship had been
only five weeks long. Her copsort was
go be allowed G80. 900 year. They were
married the third day ufter he returned
to England. Feb 10, 1910. at ST. James
palace. They spent tho honeymoon at
Windsor castle. They were first cousins.
Victoria Tho year before had made a
rash political mistake in refusing TO
change two Wing noble ladies. as was
tho custOm at q change Of ministry. The
rabble called her "thc queen who would
lot let ilcf bellies bo Peeled" i'm allusion
70 Sir Robert Peel. who succeeded Lord
Melbourne.
Prince Albert took charge Of his wifc's
political temperament from the outset.
In April, after the marriage, her mother
was moved 90 private house. In June
the queens hfe was attempted IN Hyde
park by waiter named oxford. who
WINS ever af erward confined in IN asy-
lam. Two shots wero fired, and her life
was ATTEMPTED several other times. By
July Albert WAS made contingent regent
Of the realm. Her uncle. Sussex. voted
against it "a jealousy.
Nov a. i1iO, o months II days after
The marri. 70, the princess royal was
born at W ndsor, long since the wild
owed Empress Victoria Of Germany.
Il should certainly have liked IL bet
ter II she Ind been "a son." wrote Albert.
But this girl shut tho posterity Of the
king Of Hanover from The THRONE Han
over that was 10 be absorbed in Prussia
by Victoria's son-in.law.
Dearest Vickel safe in bed with q lit
tie ono" wrote the queens mother, who
lived till 1881. the timo Of tho American
civil war. OF after her daughter had been
u years n wife
a boy named Jones was found behind
q rofa who had been Watching tho queen
for weeks 90 time with that passion for
royal secrota the palmer order Of English
reveal. Tho little cad had even lain be-
meath the sofa where the queen and her
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