The Signal, 1897-6-17, Page 7TA E
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00 1011111011 ONT. THURSDAY JUN4 .17 1897
D1AYOh JURILSE..
gusS m! els* Tears
e ars patens a girth. Cereateasa and
Logue. _taetdeau •1 Ow MN tai
umpire Fronde se 10111.
C wit on the morning of 24th May,
19, that in the old Palace of Kensington
little pillow. fin► taw the light who
e in alter years to be kala as os of the
Islsis 04d beet .ove.eigpe who have ever
a the throat. of Grill Break -Her
tet Qreolow majeseir, gesso Vittoria.
re pares, who led but rec stly taken up
Or residua" in Landes sa their return
em the Coatiwal,where H.R.H. Edward,
iks ot Kent, sad the Pauses Vittoria
aria Louise of Saxe Coburg. sister to
,loam Leopold, and widow of the Prince of
r,,iasep, the august couple havtag Dela
anted in the previous you, first:by the
interact rite gun Germany, and ewe (soothe
tan by the Archbishop of Csnterbary, to
e preemie of the British Royal Family.
There is as used to dwell aeon the quse-
n of suooesston to the Crowe which rea-
red the intent Prtscua's birth • matter o1
Aline upon the p•re.otry•whlek rightly at-
teada the Aooeseioo of soots • Monaca% •a
ems ; 11 was is ao whit tenni tee which
bed distinguished termer tarns.
Qn the 1210 0l July, tear days atter the
las K1. . taasral, the new (lures left her
early hoose ae Beapdbrtoa eest.Jtllsk ber
Centre sit what we Dow Gall Busktagbr w
Palau ; and five days later cane mother
State fusploo, vii•, Her Majesty's ares
Nett se Mouaroh to the House of lords to
prerogae P•rU•meat. Theis entital.t.d.tlp
doing in perem, although her mother end
others, serious for her bealth, would fain
have bad her do t► by Commission ; bat
Victoria et (creat Britain and Ireland •
wee
'too nue a venue to shirk whet she held to
be her plata ditty and her self-.•ortflce was
rewarded by an sntbast•atio reoeption. I.
it net wee* lemeetbering that one of the
first .eft -b• • wbioh she was Gelled to give
her Royal meat was foe the Immune of
the ambit ot aims ter *Mb the death
penel►y was muted.
Lab us aote.too, that on the Duke of Wel-
lington promoting to the youthful Sovereign
ber asst death -warrant -she w1• then
obliged to sign them in pares' --she, on the
.Uythtest pretext for moray, wrote "pardon-
ed " scrum she fatal deeamenar --•- < - ,
In the year 1857 ore epMeeed In she
Finns Psrtiament of the Aoosssfon • good-
looking young dandy, the new member for
Maidetows ; bun matdaa speech was • haeoo,
bat it ended with memorable aorta,
"Though 1 eft down now, the elute will
come when you shall bear me." Was not
that youthful prophecy justified by the
career of Beejamin D'tueslt, Eatl of Ile.-
aonsfield.
Queen Vtoorie made her first visit, as
ranee Soverig n.to Wiadaor on August 22nd
of that year, tr•velmg with her mother in
an open barmen* with a *nestle seoort,
Her reception was moot enthusiastic and
the Royal bounty w1• profuse : tour thou-
sand two hundred poor people cat down
thee day to • good dinner.
Tbe oity of London was shortly to abate
In the general rejoicings ; for on the 4th of
November We Queen returned to town to
pr. pare for her .ohms Stets visit in honor
of ,.ne new Lord Mayor. Ie was • semen -
dons ecooese lin the 20th of the same
month Queen Victoria in pinion opened the
first Parua:tient of her happy reign• There
was more thee use a•a n for public anxiety .
for Canada was grwvoeuly disturbed sad
the Irish ary for " Repeat " had also made
null beard. But the Queue, se she said 1
bar speech from the Throne, placed her re -
limos '• open the love and .Qeotien of ail
my people. sad. slate e1 desnegloRs., they
have not told her tbrtt.� sixe, pew.
- Many -ANON were
ch Mims! jotporta5oe sod interest but;
may be noted that as that period. owing
O nly to to the ioevtteble re,otown after
og war, the silos was 'officio* great
,henry, taxes were high, food was deer, and
ode slmest at •. aodstilL The o.remooy
i e*ptism took plops is the dewing -room
Ke siutton Pelee', the Arobbisbop of
'enterbury, waisted by the Bishop ot Loa-
m, otficitiOne, when the babv received the
mei of " Alesaaartn• V1066r6," atter the
:impostor of Russia and her mother, the
we by dhioh she has sizes endeared ber
all to her people, though in her early child -
mod chi was generally known as the
' Frieo• . Drina" When little mon than
u months old she lost her tether, who did
1 4tdmouth from the effects of • chill
eased by remaining is wee clothes who
Larne witb his obiid. 'Tbe widowed
Wane to remain la Enilead,.aad
row that time devoted horst' entirely to
be education of be: daughter.
Of their simple, nesural life at Tanbridge
galls, Malvern, Norris Castle and au -
rates so many •ae.dotes remain that sau-
na wonld _ be the diihoalty. Bat to sae
Gist we mat drew attrition ; it- would
sally seem as tt oar Sovereign bed, from
or earliest years. borne what in ad days
ram called " • obanned life " She was but
ex months old when. at 8td.outb, a boy
hooting sparrows .eat bis shoe %breark ber
tursary wudow, missed and narrowly mid the
taby bead. About her thirteenth year,
Mule ea • trip by sea with the Duchess of
gut, the 'eau/ primes metr why escaped
Mask :sits tee 'tett. tan is modes rale, of the
'comsat, harm been sstobed from where
e1. etod, • moment before the •easiest. by
1 faithful pilot.
While on this subieot, w. may risall the
ramous deliberate attempts epee the Qaeeo'e
las, made by tool or mutes, and is get
quit 'of an nnpl.•ssat sahjeet. After Her
Majesty Dame to the throne the following
sty be re•girded : 1a the year 1440, the
wary potboy. Edwatt Oxford, made the 111.-
tamp
ttempt which oonsigned him to • madhouse ;
is 1842 " • .ws-1 by -looking ruffian "-one
/rants, made • doable attempt, and only
the day after his amisse.•siat to death •
wretcbed cripple attempted M emulate Mm
-earning penal servitude for hie psis..
Nun years late. as habeas. named Hasa
ileac. made • atelier treaties "sok-with
a Similar result ; whilst is 1860, 1872 sod
1882 Her Majesty was •d'+jeoted to further
est • :es of the same ''•tare ---bas never did
fast wet over, the amorlystarried
whole k-
ed for Windsor C•e1M The
was ea feta; It le said that the crowds to
Loudon were greater thea even at the our -
amities
The nest .00areaue et public importune
was the birth, ea 2010 November in the
.me year, of her Majesty's lint ehi14--o
daughter, new limpreas Dowager ot Ger-
may. The little lady wee ohriafened in
February of 1941 by site manta of \ intern
Adelaide Maay Louise. la November of
tite slime you, the present Ret*-Appigen►
O1ee saw the light, it by the dls•
1843 was unhappily
contests and dlsturbe.oee brought about by
the Chartists. It was la greattrttS re
with the idea of alleviation the prev
distress in titei oon.try, and oanetpg money
to etroal•te, that the series of magnifioent
Slate eaurteiumeate wbioh bate now bi-
ome historiaul were arranged at Buckiog-
bam Palace. Anwogat these most be .it -
Monied as most remarkable the superb Nosy
balls. and obielly that w*tok bee ever.laee
bora the name of tit. " Plant cream Ball."
The wetly dresses at this were all of the
period of Edward UL -Prints Albert him-
self an.t•inini the character of that moo-
swb, whilst Her Majesty appeared as itis
Contort Queen Philippa. It w1• said that
of her jewels, wore on hltls 0001•ioa, one *et
alone was worth more time sixty tttotweed
pounds- Another suns of some passing im-
portances was the Queen's But railway jeer-
pity
eerpity to Windsor by the Great Western Line,
whittle was made • State eso•sios, and
mated considerable Interest to the popular
mind. In the month of August Her
AM•lssti,. in company with the Prince, paid
her first visit to Sootisod, -visiting Edin-
burgh, Perth raymoutb (rifle hod parte of
the Higblonde ; they returned to London in
September, but trom thee shot dates the
strong affect -her which the Queen has ever
since entertained for ber Scottish Kingdom
and 11. peepla.
In the year 1843 Prisms Alio' was born,
and death oleimd H.R.H. the Duke of Sus -
DI X.
Moos Alfred, Dake of Edinburgh, was
bora in the mating year, Five week. later
Her Majesty paid her second visit to Soot -
land, proceeding to Blair Castle, whine tee
time. It was in thisear Seflt- tae
auspices of Rowland *1.11. the Pest
w1• finally estabtiahed. bemat_tw else
g red.ally superseding the old .eil•esacb
which in 1837. passed Hyde Park o the
number of 141 daily,
"Sot neer drew Dear flit groat wises,
on the `28th June, 1838, tin Quint w1• to
be crowned as ruler of the I<.mpire. At
day -dawn • salvo o1 artillery eolemny from
the Tower gays notices of the approaching
function ; jars beton 10 s -sr the roar of the
Park guns told that Her Majesty had enter-
ed her carriage as the Royal 8oad•rd
matted out over the great eatrane of
Buckingham Palace.
hirers too long o &scribe the proosmilae
the like of wbioh has not been seen shwa
The yoga. Quaere was met at the Abbey
door by the obit Mintabers of State, the
nobl 'ten be•riag the regalia, the eoolsota.-
ttcs the paten, chalices and • Bible. The
suepe was gorgeous is the ertreme,whetber
se regarded the galaxy of female beauty
preset, the nob dresses of the tibial' end
rases or the deoorstione of the Abbey.
The prooeeelou entered the choir a little
atter am to doe order. After those of-
ficials who hid charge of the regalia tad the
Royal offerings came the Queen, ea gpp sled
on cider side by the Bishops et �1�p
and Beth and iJS'.ils. '•the wsu sage se
authority, " • state robe ot crimes velvet;
bordered with ermine sad eatisbed with
void, • slip of white sada alto wrought in
gold and • circles of rote adorned wait
brilliant* above which rue alternately
Maltese crosses and strawberry leaven"
The venerable Archbishop Howley, when
the Quint. after some moment" of private
prayer, bad seated henett os the Throne ot
Reoognittoc, performed the gree part et the
imposing oeremooy., Then her Majesty,
kneeling, presented her first oblation -ea
altar-oloth of cloth ot gold sod • wedge of
the Dame precious [notal. After this the
seals, was. with ell 'solemnity, blessed end
Maori upon the altar, prior be witty o,tebrse
tion of the Holy Bscberist, at which. of
coarse, the Qom was the sole oommoni-
Gas0. The Bishop et London then preached
mad the various rites and oereteesiea proper
b the ct•Dgoe took their noose.
Andnow Ultras done,rnd',moan Victoria
was, sot by lineal descent only and by
Bight Divtae,bnt by Coce.cration,Soverign
of �t Britain and inland.
It is not to be supposed that ►he mind' of
many should be exercised as o the possible
m•rrwe of the British Queen, sod that
there would be no leek et setters was • pre
suasive* idea. They might all the ha vain!
True love had asserted Is right" and the
seleotioa of the heart had been made.
Asses' 111 the youthful aspirants then
was one-f•vord by King Leopold -to
whom the girlish fanny inclined and who
was da tined o rise to the proud position of
Prince Commove of Great Brits», vis.,
Fr•.ots Charier Agoato. Albert Emmanuel,
sound se. of Ernest, Doke of 8are•Gobarr
8oaltdd. Io u • pretty story that, of bow,
•t the State ball. the ydhag Prince out open
hie tunic b place next his heart the flowers
given to hint by his Royal partner ; and of
bow die. nezt,dey, honotei him by dealer-
ber prsferenee.
Of inures, as everybody knows. the so-
goainl•eoNbip was no new cps, the young
wept. bad knows each ether itttimssly for
many yam. Al s epeeist meeting of the
Priv, Osuneil, on November 23rd, held at
BuckinghS. Palau Her Majesty enthused
her ketrstkel. Aeoord»g to Mr. °ravine-
• All the Privy Coonoillor' had .ssbed
tbem.slvis, when the }Whig -doors were
Hiram *pea, sad the Queen Dame is, •thir-
d is • plela inoraier-gowa, net wearing •
bracelet eost•inis4 Prince Albert'' picture.
She read the d*elarsbioa is • olsar, noaer-
ows, .weet•tosed voles. but her band' trem-
bled s ec0assively that we wonder .he was
giblet to reed the bps which 'be held.
Truly, le mess hate s.ervem meanest;
M1. se she told the Dunbar of Glonoseteg.
Nie bad lately done something 'till' ware
w�vuss esgeepM ell te Prime Albert. The
hateable la pssdoa was worn beoaa.e .he
Laid it sem* somehow to give ber ouarsge.
Qtr 161h January of the fothtiI yese the
hdesdeal metre was anetwooed te the se -
mat* Parliament the new' being reesived
with the rosiest entba'Ma's.
These 1. .e need to dwell co Prisms Al-
bert's Iuvsifsro with the (W S s1 the Gar-
ter, his usurp to the w the mmi-
pbs1 b l b Ms m.-
ativme& M okiniba* by bis preen -
bed bride in pore.". eq.ded M her meth -
a, cid the terse et estarab.eetse mss as
ease a *reset. At was es 106 of
?.bsrrl.19400, ohs Rey1 e.dfi{I.1WOW Chisel
chafed with sada I$ polo Wolf
Iterate at, 'wen 1 ; '6tko et See-
Im
t sad rm wooha tyr Seat tin 1~1111Ne-
Royal pair neon the ruses of Lord 0len-
Iyen. L Noysmber of this year another
Sate Progress was made into the city. for
the purpose of opening the new bulldog/ of
the Royal Exobauge, and noveding the
equestrian statue of the Dake of W ellisgton
ehioh stands in front of it.
Perhaps the most Important incident Goo-
seoted with the year 1845 was the Neit-
her ant -which Queen Victoria paid in she
Mouton o Germany. la this year died
'Phomas Hood, and in eta ionoweaslhe
greet Irish statement Daniel O'Connell.
Asotber vi.it, thes time by yacht, was
sun. Md bo Sootlsnd to 1847. Ties hoar iwciaded
Dartmouth, South Wales. the Western
Highlands, and the Hebrides; this time the
ratans of Water end Pr»e.rReytieees
the party, which warned to Londerilffell
September. 1.847 must ever be memorable
tor the terrible Irish Famine, and the effort
for ite alleviation made by the *•tion, head-
ed by is Sovereign. Prind Albert was in-
stalled Cbanoellor of Cambridge University.
Oa Msrob 1.1, 1848, was born the Pauses
Louie* - now Merobiooees ot Lorna On
5th of September Her Msjeety, for the first
time, prorogued Parliament in the Dew
House of Leeds.
At length, en 1st August, 1849, Her Maj-
esty visited her Irish Dominiooe, landing at
Cove, which has ever since borne the name
of Queenstown, and thence proceeding by
rail to Dublin and Belfast- The visit --
which was repeated On 1855 to open rte
Dublin Exhibition -proved a signal mousse,
the populace meaifeeting the greatest
loyalty. The last time Her Majesty was in
Ireland -after the death of the Prince (:on -
sort --the saute oecarred. In this year died
the Queen Dowager. Wordsworth tae Post
L•ereete, died in 1850, as did Tom Moore,
sin r -wive any bodily Slaty, sad never
was her ooar•.e and -r tial fossa mating.
Let as Dome to the moat lmpertent feature
d the narrative, vie.: The Anemia'. 1t
nen in the early dews of the 20th June,
1837, that the gate -porter of Kensingtoo
Alsce was •rioed by • knocking wbtoh
was signiflosat of • King's death. For
Atcbtit trop Howtv.yy'lbw Hermits ef OesyuR--
Item (Lord CbeatSerlaha), sad Air Henn
Halford were there to san once to the
w►0eome Princess Drina that William IV.
-the Sailor King -was gathered to his
lateen, and ►h•1 upon her young bead Dow
devolved the Crown of Great Britain and
Leland. It map hast, boas • toschine sight
whale the young girl. kali-awake, "hooked
by the sadden bene., and Mad in little more
than her night gear, was brought ost by her
mother to receive the emi.esrtes' Intelli-
gesce. But Queen Victoria w1• neves •
eoward-tor old Stuart blood, of whit► "its
boreal it so prod, area in her ; by 6 ♦:w.
she was ready to receive the Premier, Lord
Malouroe ; to whose vias esooueded • de
•
DastIon from the City, headed by the Lord
Mayor Kelly ;-sod meat trying of •ll,
awe the young Sovereign's first meeting
with her Privy Council.
It was bot is 8R James Palace, bat in
Rseeinrtov-la the very Mme room is
which she had been ehrietesed-•;het Queen
Victoria held thee fins Ce.nriL After the
formal ann000eemest et Kiss William's
death had been meds by the Lord President
it was agreed that, In condderstlos of her
max and tender years, the entire Coned
should not obtrude apes the Qseen'i pram
otos, but that the duty of apprising her of
bit new diesity should M entrusted to her
two Royal onoles--tie Dukes of Seim and
Cumberland-tbs rete-'Arobbiabope, the
Premier, and Lord C eitei ham, the Lard
Kph Chancellor- no Queen reewired than
alone in the edjolofsr room. Utes their
rotate, Bee MatMy's unseat wee an•
pounced, and the usual proclamation et a
trash Aooeesion to the Throes read. Theo
rho doors were opened, awl ti. 8everiegn
We entered, pled in deep eimettier. .o-
0ompsnied by her mother and seem Otani
of her household ; as anon as she bed been
installed is the arm chair wbioh etude bar
*Sntporary throne, three .11 reared. The
Wean read ber Mot iamb with that Amen
of veins sad delivery *bleb Ise always dl.-
►ingebhed her patine et eraeen,..l550.4
conics, drew doers the PA oh C. ins
militiaa ln4i. tee Yrs. P•M1 Issabl.
sod next owes the several Goebe,.4.1.15
tared by the Lead High Cba..dler Pim she
ArehMahep .t C..terbery reipoaHtely 1
Use the Privy Cea5 1tere were ewers.
Was i► net a pretty and gra.slel art the*
whip it came to the bins sl the grad nil
Deka of Fines', the yevnx athrbd
forward to ber ..sonata gad kissed
him' The nest day the erre. s'y .f ►he
Preciawi•etne Seek pine., sad wt* thee
oaths Q. Vlebrl.'s asp psbhle app..r-
sena bots* bop now athlete. in sales di
the a 1141 et the previews day, she ay.
dr
las I#-' "wee bake* with that paster l-
I01Slh m OHS has
lw%ys tan- one of leer most
rameekin. sew'
Plegine she Seed te
tleeepry el the Prime whom it had.' •1
Met, found o.1 that it loved eo dearly. Tee
e serriage was eolecentaed in St. George's
Amp*. a1 Wisdom. The The aksgivbsg
Wok Moe ea 27th February. 1878
On New Year's 1»y, 1877, 000arred on
event of NM eatioial impottaose is cm -
stetson with Queen Victoria's relief. This
was bur preclata•stoa at Delhi as Neoprene
of India •
The past few years have also been notable
ones of her glorious ;reign. but as all that
transpired must he known to nearly all the
Queen's aubjeos, the record may Gloss. Per-
l•apa, however, it 1. meet that mention
should be made of the Dube of Ctareno& s
esthetic death jos before the time set for
hie marrows to Princess May. the mart1&
some time later of the Primes to the pres-
ent Duke of York. and els birth to them of
• son, that leases the Empire with three
direct heirs- lmg any the Queen of
Great Britain and irwuod sod tete Colonies
live to reign over us !
AN AMERICAN TRIBUTE.
If the Queer L loved at hove, she 1s ad-
mired abroad. In America there suss a
more profound and abiding respect for Vic-
toria than perhaps tor asp elber living per-
son. A practical peo0M. 7tioognirs sod
appreciate the vales of her example to
rulers and the ruled. It ls • striking oma
ment•ry upon oar political ooasletenoy,that
we acknowledge and pay homage to virtue
and. merit in • bereditary sovereign, and
proverbially scrutinize, with little regard to
the (solid qualifications, the claims of our
elective oflcoers. Who shall reoonoile our en-
thusiastic reverence tor toe virtuous ed -
mioistrsttoa of • woman raised to power by
an accident of rank, and the oonetltntion•l
levity and indif srenos with which we pro-
nounce upon the flown of those whom we
are to promote to office by the exercise
of our birthright!
The British are unfortunate in one re-
speot,in their national anthem and patriotio
lyric -they clan be .ung by Do one Out
themselves. There is little in the Marisa -
Wise which doss violence to the feelings or
the pride of other nations. and of late years
Amerio•as have as fervently joined in the
chorus as tie Freooh-in feat, to view of
certain contingencies, muob more .o. There
is nothing in The Star-8psntled Banner in
wbioh all stators might not join : it prays
only that the flag ot tee country may con-
tinue to neat over the lend where it 1. now
acknowledged. There le but one tine in the
two British Anthems with which we can
with ,.- 5.iisty asset. W. can hardly -be
e xposed Seeress the dads*, ii melodious
eados..baez Britannia may rale the waves,
as we iiTti i$lItterest to our own week, bat
truly gallant, navy ; nor that the Queen's
semis may oe " sasttered " as, =fortes-
, we may yet be,-potttically; Minded-,
awtotg than ; we cannot o•U arca Provt-
detoe to .. unfound the politics," or '• frus-
trate the kasvieh trioks " of all nations be-
sides Greet Britain, as we might be saying •
bad word for a portion of our own diplom-
acy ; but one line we may repeat as loudly
as the most loyal Bsgliabmen, and in is
sentiment we say and do as heartily °N -
oar -God Save the Queen. - Frank B.
Good rick, b1 Women of Heroism and
Beauty.
and the great Sir Robert Peel -by an wei-
dent. Also the Queen's mole, the Deka of
Cambridge ; and the exiled King of the
French .t Claremount,tt`dioh the Queen bad
given to him iD 1848.
Oa let May. 1851, was opened. in Hyde
Park, the Great Exhibition, or "Chrystal
Palace" -the original of such world -fain.
and largely doe to the taste and wisdom of
Prince Albert- Many were the predictions
of universal pesos. and to less than two
years we are prepsring for war with Rosie!
Gold was discovered is AnetrsU•.
The great evert et 1852 we the death
and publie funeral of the Duke of Welling -
too. The Damp established et Chobbsm
wee • .sties' of area ,.gntiteatoo to twee
more so than to Her Majesty. Ia August,
ag•io, she held • Greed Naval Review at
S`itbead, previous to the departure of the
fleet tor the Bettie, for war was now With-
out. On 28th February Her Majesty and
the Prince Consort held another review --a
formol review of the Sows Fusilier Guards
prdvia.', to the embarkation for the (eines,
wberd, until the peace in 1856, the nation
was embroiled. A military gathering ot •
sadder. more pathetic kind, was that in '55
when the Queen, with her ower hand., div
tributed medals to the heroes of the Crimea
oD the Horse Guards' Parade.
In April of the same year Napoleon 111.
and hie beautiful F.mptves was in London.
This visit was returned in the following
August. It was as the following 7th Sep
umber that the Royal pair for that first
time inhabited their new castle of Balmoral
(which has ever casae remained the Queen's
favorite residence) ; and here our national
favorite, the Prisms Royal, wile betrothed
on M iohselm.s Day to her future husband --
than Prince Frederick ot Prussia. She was
oonfirnted in the following March by the
Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop
of Oxford. 1* this, memorable as the year
of the pm•oe. wan instituted the Viotori.
Crow.
W. map pees over the horrors of the In-
dies Mutiny in 1857, sad Dome to • pleas -
aster tepio-the mserlsg• of the Parsee
Royal. it Jws•ry. J,B68. Despite the sea-
son , is was • grand dr, and watt off .d-
mlr•Ny. On 4th Amass the Qom and
Prises Gasper' pada Stas visit M 'Jber-
beorg.sosatip•nied by an tmpoaladfleet,sod
thea wont to B•belaborg b vie their
da.rbt.r and eon -in-law. Her Majesty's
flees gr•edoblld was born at Berns in 1859.
Ie Jot.., 1860, the Queen held • grand
review It Hyde Park of the newly stb-
1ldted Volunteer Fero.* for England. and
raeeeaeded in August s review the forge for
$onthad.
had thew ser beloved Qd .s'a Weds neer%
arias thick upon hest is bfnoh, 1861.
ber mother. the Daiwa el Ki* be whom
she was fondly sttsobed, died t end this
shook meetly M he 1oUewed,bel .. mother
New Y. by the Irreparable rep of the
Prime Comet Upon that evert M wage
Hither seemly vise mobil to dilate ;• grief
se geared twA seeekeng bespeaks Nita bash-
ed vete'std rine heaths gs leapa.ge
It was e. DsN bssrr 14tbr 1811, flat ehie
edamtty betel* stir
1
it. ;tagi.ad it eeaai'f• and if Ow
will be remembered la • busdred year*?
We Mat all grown rioter. nitwit rider.
'Tb. pow,' says lir. George. "have armee
poorer." Tbet is mast dl.MLsotly and em-
phatically natr.e. The poor, that is to say
the werklag Swage, boys gr.wa dlsel•otly
bettor .L They ars better housed ; they
ere better fed ; they are more cheaply fed :
they .re better dammed ; they have • thous-
and tusrtes to wench they were formerly
strangers ; their ohlldreu are better educat-
ed ; is moat great towns they have tree lib-
raries: they have their own olabe ; they are
at liberty to combine and to bold public
meetings ; they have the Port Moe Savings
Bank ; sed as for political power they base
•11 the power there is, because you cannot
give any man more than bun vote.
Tbe people have found out their own
eeaa57. Formerly tbeiplhves were spent
wholly in the plant where thoy were born ;
they knew no utbse. Now the railways
oarry them cheaply everywhere. The rail-
ways, tar more than the possession of • vote
have given the people • knowledge of their
strength.
itt fi 1 . 181*. lit !b i 'rssly a
.rev. Datil* lady win wee b be the
brute N the Prism e1 Wake g who gee ler-
00
r
00 1be $4tshrrteI1 - el Lowlier ea tbht
Is ebb ib �tsM{�,
chats el geld. w I.«tn. w ler «gewWes
2 lgte
OREATt4 B8 OF THE EMPIRE.
I1 Snell sly even fora Briton, blessed as
he silkily y patriotic •rdor,bo form an ad-
equate oeneeption of the present ;treatises
of the British Empire. or the marvellous
rapidity and erten' of is growth d.rmve
the Viotoriaa ora To briny either even
partially within oats comprehension tt in
necessary to look st the subject from many
different pointa of view : from that showing
the [notes110 of population and the additioo
of territory ; from others that disolo*e the
development of natural resources, and the
accumulation of wealth ; from those which
1 0 THE QUEEN.
RIVER/6D, beloved -O you that hold
A nobler office upon earth
Than arms or power of brain. or birth
Could give the warmer Kings of old.
VICrowt,--stone your royal grace
To eine of lees desert allows
This hare! greener from the brows
Of him that uttered nothing bas. ;
Aad should your yreataass, and the one
1'bat yokes with empire. yield you time
To make demand of modern rhyme
It aught of ancient worth be there:
Then -while • sweeter mute wakes,
And thro' wild March the thromle oalls,
When s1! about your palace walls
he sun -lit almond blossom shakes -
TM., Madam, this poor book ot song;
For rho' the faults were thick as dost
In vacant chambers, I could trust
.Your kfndnew--May you rule as long
And leave as rulers of your blood
As noble till the latest day I
_Ides ant Children
She wrought ber people lasting good;
Drina before to in puoramio (ardor the brit -
achievements that have been accomp-
lished in the domains of science, literature
and art ; from the standpoint+ of liberty
and freedom ; and still more, perhaps, than
a11, from those whence may be gusted the
progress wbiob has been made in the better-
ment of the oonditios of the people.
One writer, confining himself mainly o
figures and bald foots, reminds us that when
Vioorta was called to the throne the United
Kingdom contained 26,000.800 people,
while today it h1• 39,000,000 --that the
•• wise men " of the time said that the na-
tion would ro o pima, that i1 oould Dever
govern ite home and colonial possessions,
and yet that the new territory •squired in
the Queen's reign aloes is •eassizth larger
than the whole of Europe, the malt being
Limb aim aopjen saw extends over 11,399.-
316 square miles, cevoring 21 per Dent. of
the Led of the world, while the subjeote of
H« imperial Majesty number 402.514.000
or 27 per out. of the population of the en-
tire globe.
fa fusee et ~lc satisticerper scuts of
oorr•aponding dimssiois, le -As. sot puerile
in the extreme tor any Amsrlost journalist
to attempt to belittle the importance of the
event wbioh Britons the world over will cel-
ebrate • fortnight hence ! One of the
greatest of American orators, Daniel Web-
ster, speaking at • time when Britain was
not nearly .o great or as good as she L to-
day. showed himselt much better mogaagnt-
ed with the foot*, and at the same nems a
truer and more nobler exponent of the feel-
ings entertained by the balk of Americans
towards the Old Country when he delivered
that m aniacsot eulogise in which he said,
"Our fathers raised their flag against a
power to whlob, for purposes of foreign wa-
viest and subjection, Roma, in the hbight
of ber glory, le not to be oompard-a
po which has dotted the surface of the
whale globe with her possessions and m1U-
tary poets, whose morning dram beat fol-
lowing the sun in his mess, sad keeping
pace with the hoar. chaeta the earth with
ops eontiauons and unbroken-_ W She.
mrsial airs of Britain." -
01 QuestVioorla's immediate redeem -
sere on the throe. i�,is no
much. Thaobsr•y, epitaph on the font
Georges was vary unfortunate to that it was
tree ; sad of William 1V., the sailor king,
(dk " Young Royal Tarry Breaks ''as Barna
had dubbed him fifty year. Worn the beat
that can he said is that he died lite • gent.
lemma. His oe
death was also ezedinely op -
pori no, especially for the Monarohy, for
his reign had been disappointing. and •
large section of the people were turning
tired, if not of kingoraft, at least of such
kinger.ft as had recently been their lot.ce
Fors had been arising which celled im•
pazativaly Inc -a mors. uoAmtlttttjopst and
-Mr evert nese pan ; her life wrens •
(led eve ber pesos ; her land reposed ;
A thousand Maims to reverence closed
el bit as Mother. Wife asd Quay; •
And statesmen at her council met
Who knew the mesons when to take
Occasion by the hand, and make
Tbe bounds of freedom wider yet.
By shaping some august decree,
Whiob kept her throne unshaken still,
Broad based moon her people'. will.
Aad compassed by the lavtoLS res. -
u .,.. .sr -w .,.. .
J1e
Bicycle,
.Livery.
P6URTH SEASON
After three years of successful
work we open our Bicycle Livery
this year, and trust we stall
have a season equally successful, if
not in advance of those of the past.
In addition t0 the larger num-
ber of Bicycles iot'il ie webave'
this year added a Tandem, which
will no doubt be appreciated by
those who desire tel go in couples
All kinds of repairing carefully
and rapidly attended to, and a
vulcanizer has been secured for the
rehabilitating of old tires.
The Teaching Academy will also
be maintained with its usual effi-
TODAY.
Thai Charoh hes grown greater mad
'teenager. She will be greater and stronger
.till when ab. enlarges her borders to admit
the great bodies a Nosoonformftrs. The
old grlev.nose szlab no lodger ; there are se
pluralists : there L an me -resident Vicar :
the ohareh aweless are reades.d with loving
and jealous osis : ehnroh architecture 1160
revived : the old reproaches are no longer
burled at the bead of the olergy : the smell
bene8osi are improved.
The revivial of the Ckuroh services hes
prodsoed its effect also upon 1Heaent Is
ministers are more learned and ma a cul-
tured : their o5greostions are no Iooger
racy,
wembez the old and reliable --
place ,
Kingston -at.
YULE S
BICYCLE
LIVERY •
1(001 ENAY
ou
Abut tee years ago I first became witted
lathRbeumatirm and Gout, and during the
last ten years I have been treated by several
pbysls►ana. and they all advised me that 11 was
Impossible o cure me bore, and that the only
remedy tor mo was to go Loa warmer climate.
1 was confined o nu
my bones last December
owing to this disease, and wee enable to 4,
any work whatever. . .
I commend takbfa
Mr:ing the Kooteen7Curew
M 8. S. Ryokman, M. P., gave me about tae
middle of April last, and after about one wades
this medicine I was
sufficiently cared o be
able o start dreving •
bread wagon. which wank
required IDs constantly getting un
wagon.
The pains which I always had in my tide--
are now completely gone, and I em now able M
wait wttboubseri 111in.wIt3cevprr. -
sr -
In the past I have suffered almost indent►
able agony from this disease. 1&y gs.sed"�
health has wonderfully improved since Halo-
this mediatne. Sworn o by MICSA=L
W1L
DY&R, d2 Leeming Street, Hamilton...
Send far pamphlet o 8. 8. RTClltaair WNW
Cuts Co-, Hamilton, Ont.,
RHEUMATISM
For TWENTY-SEVEN YEARS
DUNN'S-
BAKING
n PpyfIDE11-t.necessarynecessary tosayBES'TF'RlEND
La*mT 1Mi<i *14 CAMAOA.
oosdned to the humbler trading olaas: their
leaden belong to eeefety their writer' are
among the boat of the day.
That the sauce of warfare, by res end
lend, bas also ohanged, M • doubtful *dvmn-
teem. Tel wars are short. which le, iu it•
snit. an (tame5anble gin. The thin red
lis will be seta me more : sot the plendld
great aan-✓.w*r. with a hundred Kees aid
a crew of a la.eesed area.
TM dine. 1m whish, sixty yam. m
be1apd ebony to the Cberoh. Me vow
'stem apes. The Peilewebtg* ped bawler-
•hbMtl et tie Galleon were tb.a .eMlgl y Ne
proa ata awe gni
''sere et vL1L bee boas
Tbe edemas M MOW wed 'paydssl est-
eem Me bees menses@ 1 ebil., is steer,
Me ifuevsry et vtaa0hetk. baa ?Saueved
he* lits sauna' tan most appgsg Monts.
b llsesenre. fife V tetoi1 . eon eat hews
e1 as* etunee sa Oadybs. Wmelay. Meek.
*ray, Olglibr► Twines, and Hreweii., en
Ice yet raft et Messes t tabs el Duets.
Faster w new* fa .+Mies. Beide.
tike Mn. bas Mea an hero min even .1
b aijlreellm '�iir. hie
Om rod *Mem Mit Maw M ire s
Mee 'fast *Mfr. be �.�1a ilmeeri n1111-1maattrrwits trbarlb
/,tint DVp 1 rtu4ello MOON pus tilt Jibe jp. I Wbe ma isp r stay .l ties
FINE
GROCERIES.
Lass personal form of monarohial govern-
ment, anti it is an exoepttooally fortunate
eooideni, if not • providential arrangement,
that the successor of William IV. should be
a Quest. Still more fortunate was it that
that Queen should be young, and,1• became
ber station, fairly good-looking and amis-
bls--above all that she should possess, as
Qno.• Victoria soon showed that she did in
as eminent degree, the (limply are et fa.,
spiring loyalty and devotion. -
Leokine back on Her Majesty's long reign
ls shore-- co.ld then be-enyt ing more re-
markable than the alteohmenb and respeot
which bare been *bows and felt for her by
all who have served - het whether se minist-
ers of State, disnitries of the household,
or humble domestfo help! At times it has
Iowa whispered that . she preferred fhb
Prime Minister to that, bat those mod in-
terested and best qualified to judos --the
Prime Weisser, tbenwlves-have always
made it plain, though they were nob at lib-
erty to say, that *te gave any evt-
deooe of the *lightest favoriNem, Neither
oonld it be •Mewled that she ever 'bowed the
slightest partiality for one political party as
'tempered with another, all of whloh shows
bow well fitted the was by paters and train-
ing to be the first of the really oouatiotloe-
sl .svordg.s of Great Britsii. And yet let
it Mb* thought from this that •be tempor-
ised lar plinggn}shed any of the duties or
privileges of royalty. Probably none of her
ptadessssors--tet least daring the Hanover-
ian maim - expressed ti d. views move
frs.kl be their mtnIasrial advisers or et-
a more potent inflame* on State .f.
fain, than she has done throngboot her
raise ; but what the Georges or William
wear taw dle.s benegaely and personally,
eh • did enebtrasvely through the Ministers
of the Crown. always treating them as in
r..httyala eenneiL-"Bo.btisb (N tan
KIDNLY SENSE.
Car..)!s are out of **Question is Kidsy
Dbetdsrs-A Liquid Solvsat-A 9oi dSo
Kidney Tonto is the Only Mate Remedy.
Row .say disorrer when it is too late
that the kldsye have literally hese ground
eat by she little solid particles withal are
oont road in tite blood of all sufferers from
kidney disease, mid whisk aewa.Mta la
'Mss wpm Comateon meas myeloid med-
ial release has prow. le met • liquid mel•
yaks eAi* 1111 dissolve these *elide sad
eradiates them hem the system le the telly
sews Wire fir ktdaey dbseder. Ow* Am -
whet Limy Gene Is a aslylitt. IS leo bus
NOM la alas.* b1me seas. ma Mere r
yet be be remade/ srdew N • Mum I
Amer elm JI bee bet e►,14f OY! . lit
ell Mit. leas they ere w•So.trd
rllb Seidl W J. R. Dene.
Il you have not given
WO dl trial for GROCER-
IES, please do sopn arae -
test the quality of our
TEAS, COFFEES and
all our goods.
Allhot`!gh in Business boat'
a few Months we have ad-
. ded largely to our trade by
fair dealing and keeping
only A 1 Goods. •
A targe and choice assort-
ment of CHINAWARE,
GLASSWARE, etc., in
stock.
y „_ 7,••••••••
O. C. -- "WHJTELY,
emseesn'1 alas;
The
pUKIOLIIL.
Medicines
111 ONLY ettof erten ttpf .umz.b massae.
nate 0n TAN 15Altt1111.
11vasert, Bore and r0ea/tbhil
PHBBEILI91�
Rheumatic
Specific
PHBBBOLIBl
1111E
lM14la Oeit tieb wily by 11'.3. Duna*
Ooarenteed to oar*
Rbeumatmm
Seistio•, Lumbers,
Gent and
Nettefgla.
A sere own
a od•ohe, Dise res.
patina, fedi-
w I1itMtrt
lel an'b , 'lbrtsi
Me.
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