San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1926-04-25


.owever, seems to have asso-
ston explained that your Majesty has
no intention to depart from the posi-
ton of strict neutrality with regard
to the Civil War in North America;
nor does your Majesty intend to inter.
ferc by force of arms in the interna!
affairs of Mexico, however desirable it
may be that Mexico should have
stable and respectable government.
Mr.. Mcguire dilated upon the dis
tress in some parts of Ireland, and Sir
Robert Peel (Chief Secretary for Ire
land) asserted that the allegation.
of that distress were great exaggera-
tons.
BARES GRIEF TO DERBY.
Queen Victoria to the Earl Of Derby.
OSBORNE, 18th Feb, 1S62.-The
Queen wishes herself to express her
thanks 10 Lord Derby (three times
Prime Minister, but at this time lead
er of the Conservative opposition) for
the copy Of his speech, and her salts
faction at his serving on the commit
tee Of the memorial Ito the Prince
Consort) so full Of interest to her
poor broken heart. She hopes to see
him some day at Windsor, TO which
living grave she intends to return for
a short while next week.
To express what the Queens desc.
lation and utter misery is, is almost
impossible; every feeling seems swal-
lowed up in that one OF unbounded
grief, She feels as though her life
had ended on that dreadful day when
she lost that bright angel who was her
idol, the life Of her life; and time
seems to have passed like on. long,
dark day!
PISING OF GRIEF.
She sees the trees budding, the days
lengthen, the primroses coming out
but she thinks herself still in the
month Of December! The Queen tolls
away from morning till night, goes out
twice a day, does all she is desired
to do by her physician, but she wastes
and pines, and there is that within
her Utmost soul, which seems to be
undermining her existence! And how
can it be otherwise? The happiness
and comfort Of % years crushed for
ever; and the Queen, who did moth
ing. thought Of nothing, without her
beloved and gracious husband, who
was her support, her constant COM
panion, her guide, who helped her in
everything, great and small, stands
alone in her trying and difficult posi-
ton, struggling to do her duty as
she will to her last hour, with a
broken, bleeding heart, and with but
one consolation-to rejoin him again
never TO part!
The Queen feels deeply grateful for
the kind and universal sympathy
shown her, and is gratified TO see JUS
tice done TO him whom she was al
lowed 10 call husband; q privilege
she ever felt TO be the greatest which
ever fell 10 the lot Of woman; great
b ss was this privilege, proportionately
great is also her sffliction!
Our dear Alfred prince Alfred, the
sailor Prince, stterwsrd Duke OF
Edinburgh, has been at sea in H.M. S.
Euryslus when his father died) re-
turned last night!
NO BLIND APPROVAL
Queen Victoria 10 Earl Russell.
OSBORNE, 9Th March 1s62-Th.
Queen Victoria to Earl Russell.
Sir James Hudson British Minister
at Turin
She could have wished 70 hear Lord
Russell's opinion as 20 the probable
effect Of the change (of government
in italy, on the future course of
events in Italy, as well as on the
relations Of this country with the
Italian government.
The Queen must also observe that
she would be very glad Of more assist
unce generally from Lord Russell IN
forming her opinion on the various
important questions affecting the for.
eign policy Of this country, which now
engage the attention of her govern.
ment.
1t is very difficult FOR the Queen.
when she is left without one word Of
explanation to assist her, to draw her
own conclusions from the psrussl OF
yoluminous dispatches from abroad
(not always very regularly sent,
when she receives drafts for her sp-
proyal, and TO judge, in her ignorance
Of the views Of the government, or OF
the reasons which have dictated them,
whether she should approve them or
not.
The assistance the Queen asks for