The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-01-29
QUEEN AND KING-AN INsTRUC-
TIVE SURVEY.


Queen Victoria, are very general all
around the world. Quite naturally
many exaggerated expressions are
made concerning her ability. her great
Tess. After an eminent person dies 1t
is generally the case hat eulogy x
hausts itself where vituperation and
condemnation have not usurped its
place. The Queen Is gone TO re-
turn. The good she has done VIII live
after her. 1t Is said in London that the
Boer war really killed her. A London
dispatch { o the New York Journal
says
1T is admitted by those who made
the war as well as by those who OPP
posed il. Her physical health was TO-
bust enough to have carried her over
ten years il there had been no great
strain upon her mind and nervous sys-
tenn. Even as late as last week her
chief medical attendant said she had
enough vitality To last. but not enough
to keep her mind going as well as her
body.
ITO the last the burden of the South
African war has weighed upon her like
a nightmare. The Queen at the out
set was much opposed to the war n
- ~
surance that peace could easily be as
sured if Chamberlain and Miner were
allowed free COZ Toward the close
OF the negotiations h was irritated
by the imputation that her representa-
tive had misrepresented the negotia-
lions at Pretoria.
"Afterward the ultimatum was used
to overcome her scrupies and she threw
herself heart and soul into the struggle.
The final blow, however, was the
death of her ~favorite grandson, Prince
Christian Victor. n of many thou
sand victims of the a who persisted
not in battle but of disease"
Even Labouchere radical member OF
parliament, says he was a factor for
peace" He writes Of her in his famous
London paper. Truth:
1T is not too much to say that never
in the history Of the world has a single
death caused such universal grief.
Alike in happiness and sorrow she
live a life beyond reproach.
"She has been indeed a mother of her
people n as a mother she will be
mourned. In all the affairs of state she
manifested the same wisdom that in
sp1red her private life. nor did her own
alone enjoy the fruits of her
experience and sagaciry."
She assembled the throne Goth June
1887. She died 22nd January 1901. at |
osborn House. Isle of Wight. She
reigned longer than any other British
monarch-6S years. Z months. and 2
days. The celebrated Louis the Four
teenth of France among monarchs
alone exceeded the length of her
He reigned for p years, 8
and Is days. Victoria was |
born at kensington palace, London. |
She we'd to be 81 years. 8 months and
20 days old Teh English Kin who
reigned next to her in length was
George III. She married Prince Albert
On February 10. 1910. She had 4 sons.
D daughters, 40 grand children, So great
children. Two sons and four
survive her. During her
long reign there were twenty Prime
The great Gladstone served
times as such and refused twice
statesman of her reigr-Wil-
am Z. Gladstone untitled. Her pri-
rate fortune is estimated at $40. O09, 900.
was formally crowned in Westmin-
ter Abbey 1st June 1888. She was pro-
Empress of India 1st January
ST..
Edward the Seventh was born. in
buckingham Palace. London, on 9th
November 1S41. He was SO years. 2
months and Is days when he became
ing. He is the Oldest man but one
Tho ever assembled the British throne
the Fourth was Ga years, 81
nonths and 5 days when he became
The new mar married Prin-f
eSs Alexandria,, daughter of the King
f Denmark, at Windsor Palace, on 10th
1arch 1868. He had 8 sons and 3
aughters live now. He has 6 grand =
He is the thirty-ninth ruler
ince William the Conaueror' invaded Ri
conquered and held. He is the
fty-fifth since Alfred the Great who
led a Thousand years age He is the
rst Edward in 334 years. He gets the
in a rather complicated way. I
n order to reign by descent he has to
D back TO the greatest Of the Edwards, s
lie third of that name The Philadel- /
hia Times says that his direct gen.
does not touch another Of the {
anne. It was from Edward III. that {
Tudor claimed descent, through
Is mother, and made good his claim on
osworth field" After giving the line
: the Stuarts. the Times says: :
Mary and Anne having left no de-
and the Jacobite claimants
cling ruled out. it vas necessary to
I'm to the collateral issue of James /.
is daughter Elizabeth had been mar @
ed to the Elector Paletine n their '
aughter Sophia, to the Elector Of Ham 8
YER, n Augustus. whose son was
ecognized as heir to the throne of his 8
tnglish and Scottish ancestors. ia 7
-hich he acceeded as George /. In This I
'ay the German family of Guelphs, the =
uSe of BrRnswick-Luneburg came to !.
>ign over Great Britain :
The subsequent succession has beer 8
easonably direct. Victoria being a s
granddaughter of George W." s
He IS OF the House OF Hanover, Ger
IAN which hoOon in TIA or1 10 fba i