The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-01-22

had she been taught system, economy
and prudence, the very things orr Amer
ican parvenues think to be unnecessary
In queen. Her two remaining uncles
knelt before her. They had hated her
June 81, the day afterward. she was
proclaimed queen from ST. James palace,
where she appeared dressed in black, in
sleek bands of brown hair. Lord Mel
bourne, the prime minister, proclaimed
her to the crowd their sovereign. That
noon she presided al a privy council, past
IS years old, at the age fer love and do
mesticity. Albert wrote TO her from the
University OF Bonn:
"My dearest cousin, you are queen of
the mightiest land in Europe. May
pray you TO think likewise sometimes Of
your cousins in Bonn
After King Williams funeral Victoria
opened parliament in the house of lords
amid splendor urequaled of peers and
peeresses. She wore white satin robe,
a tiara of diamonds OH her head, neck
lace and a stemacher 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 her independent con-
ditions since Queen Anne, Her 6ne elo-
cution was q revelation 10 the British
auditors. Charles Sumner was there and
said, "She performed beautifully"
Her predecessor, William. hated the
Jews. She made one of them, Sir Moses
Montefore, knight the FIRST time she
visited the city-the first Jew sheriff. A
jew in time made her empress Of In
dia." Disrseli entered the house of com
mons at 81, the year the queen became
sovereign. He was then an advanced
Liberal
A new throne in Buckingham palace
was built for the young woman queen,
who was said TO resemble the youthful
George III. Cousin Victoria is said 10
have shown astonishing self possession,
wrote Albert TO his father. The news
papers, with brutality peculiarly Eng
lish, were attacking the poor mother as
foreigner"
The astnts King Leopold sent Albert
off to the south Of Europe and held an
uncle's council with his niece at Wind
sor. Albert sent roses from the Alps,
bit Of Voltaire's writing, ETC., things the
widowed queen still treasures. and there
was tacit understanding that she was
10 take Albert when she wanted TO. but
English factions were numerous and
savage, and Leopold knew them too we'll
The cynics called her "all but baby"
Hard times afflicted England. The
voice Of OConnell rolled through parlia-
ment saying, IF necessary, can get
800, 900 brave Irishmen to defend the
life, the honor and the person of this
beloved young lady who fills the throne"
She was small and delicate, of hair
nearly faxen and rose bloom. She
hastened 10 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.
Albert's stepmother-hi his father con-
soled himself agsin--did not go with her
husband TO the coronation June 2s, 1883,
when Victoria had new 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 "Stone OF
Scone," where may have been crowned
her ancestor. Bruce. She also was de-
scended from William the Norman Her
descent backward is through her mother
10 the Elector OF Saxony who protected
Martin Luther through her father 20
the Countess Palatinate at Heidelberg,
William the Silent, the sister of Henry
VIII, the queen of Scots, Owen Tudor
and Shskespeare's Princess Katharine OF
France.
Victorias train was held by eight
young peeresses. and she wore crimson
velvet robe trimmed with ermins and
gold lace. She was anointed.
After five days Of wooing at Windsor
thequeen told Lord Melbourne she should
marry Albert She had as queen 10 do
the proposing, and che wrote to Leopold:
He seems perfection, and think have
the prospect Of great happinese--5efore
me. love him more than ! can say"
They rode horseback much together.
About = month after this the queen an.
nounced her engagement TO her privy
council. Her whole courtship had been
only Ave weeks long. Her consort wos
to be allowed 10000 year They were
married the third day after he returned
TO England, Feb. 10. ls40. at st. James
palace. They spent the honeymoon at
Windsor castle. They were first cousins.
Victoria the year before had made a
rash political mistake In refusing to
change two whig noble ladies. IA was
the custom AZ change OF ministry. The
rabble called her ''the queen who would
not let her bellies be Peeled" in allusion
10 Sir Robert Peel, who succeeded Lord
Melbourne.
Prince Albert took charge Of bis wlfe's
political temperament from the outset
In April. after the marriage. her mother
was moved 60 n private house. In June
'he queens life was attempted IN HYDE
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