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PART ONE—I
Letters of Victoria Reveal Unknown Side of Great Queen
MOTHER-HEART ILLUMINES
DOCUMENTS OE STATE
The Sunday Light presents herewith an absorbing instal-
ment of selections from “The Letters of Queen Victoria 1862-
1878." These historic human documents include letters by and to
Queen Victoria as well as extracts from her personal diary and
constitute an enthralling revelation of this remarkable monarch
who ruled the British Empire for more than sixty years and was
the world’s outstanding feminine figure during the Nineteenth
Century.
Published by permission of His Majesty King George V through arrangement
With Lontn-.arm Green A Co. of New York. Copyright in Canada.
PEMBROKE LODGE Ist June 1862.—Lord Russell
presents his humble duty to your Majesty; he thinks
it may be agreeable to your Majesty; to receive
every week an account of the occurrences in foreign affairs
of immediate interest. -f
There are at present many
transactions taking place on
the Continent which though
exceedingly important are
not of pressing concern to
Great Britain.
Of this nature is the contest be-
tween Austria and Prussia for supre-
macy in Germany. Unfortunately
there ean be no room for doubt that
these two Powers are animated by the
Btrongest spirit of distrust and rivalry |
against each other. But the only 1
fear which England can entertain is '
that one of the two may be induced I
to yield German interests to France.
tor the sake of French support.
The recent appointment of M. Bis-
marck (afterward the famous Iron
Chancellor of Germany) to Paris
leads to some apprehension that Prus-
sia looks to a French alliance and
is disposed to make sacrifices to ob-
tain it. M. Bismarck is well known
to be a partisan of Russia and of
France and to look to these two
Powers for support But it would ;
lardly be poasiblo to indues the King
of Prossia. who is a German a sol- f
dier and an honest man. to make any
unworthy concessions to France.
Queen Victoria to Major General Bruce
(Governor to the Prince of Wales).
sth June. 1862—... The great ob-
ject we must all have in view. and
it was the only one our beloved prince
and master our gnide and councillor
(the prince consort). had in view is
the teal good of the royal princes.
The real good means their steady de-
velopment in everything that is great
virtuous and useful and that will ren-
der them good sons husbands broth-
ers and citisens and benefactors to
mankind in general. To obtain this
no effort must be left untried and no
one has been left untried though per-
haps sot always with success. . . .
The queen must now be guided by
what is for her children’s permanent
good before everything else and she
feels that a higher power and a purer
spirit than her own guides and I
strengthens her whet most she needs i
it. . . .
AVERTING DANGER IN GREECE
Queen Victoria to Earl Russell.
WINDSOR CASTLE. 6th June. I
1862. —The queen wishes to a- k Lord i
Russell whether our minister at Ath- .
ens -is not instructed to exercise a
more direct interference in the inter-
nal affairs of Greece than is consist-
ent with the principles on which the I
foreign policy of this country is usu-
ally conducted.
Earl Russell to Queen Victoria.
CHESHAM PLACE. 7th June. 1862
I —Lord Russell presents his humble ;
duty to your majesty; he feels the full
force of your majesty’s comments on I
this draft but the case is one almost
of necessity. The king (of Greece) is
exceedingly unpopular ; the consul of
Greece in Corfu openly proposed that'
your majesty’s son. Prince Alfred j
should be called to the throne of !
Greece.
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dynasty (King Otho of Greece was a
Bavarian prince) take no pains to se-
cure the succession. Unless your maj-
esty’s government can succeed by ad-
vice in averting the danger the prob-
ability is that there will be an in-
surrection in Greece to set aside the
Bavarian dynasty and put up the
Duke of Leuchtenbcrg. France would
probably accept this change and the
violated treaty will then have to be
abandoned or defended by force of
armr at the risk of a European war.
WARNS OF REVOLT.
Lord Russell sees no objection in
| principle to giving advice to avert war.
' We have often advised the king of
। Italy to discourage Garibaldi and un-
less we have made up our minds to
abandon Turkey we ought to employ
all the influence of your majesty’s gov-
ernment in preevnting a revolution in
Greece. (The revolution broke out and
King Otho was deposed.)
Queen Victoria to Earl Rnssell.
WINDSOR CASTLE 11th June
1862. —The queen meant to speak to
Lord Russell (but felt too nervous to
do so) and therefore writes about a
letter which the beloved prince (con-
sort wrote to him in the year '5O about
Lord Palmerston (prime minister)
which letter Lord Russell only showed
to Lord Lansdowne saying that he
(Lord L.) observed that "hat wa«
therein stated was quite true.
The beloved prince once asked Lord
Russell about that letter and he re-
plied that be bad never shown it to
anyone else and then sealed up an!
locked it in a drawer. Now the queen
thinks that it would be best if Lord
Russell would return this letter to
the queen (a copy of it exists
amongst the prince’s most confidential
papers) who could place it with the
copy. She has taken care to secure
the future safety of all these most
precious papers which contain views
(collected by her beloved husband)
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Flying Birds
PARIS April 10.—French
lighthouses are rapidly killing
off game birds who attracted
by the powerful beams of light
dash themselves to death against
the windows of the towers.
In one night cooo birds were
killed by the Cape Gris-Nez light.
This landmark was frequently
mentioned in the newspapers last
summer as the starting point for
Gertrude Ederle’s trans-channel
attempt.
A campaign has been started
in the Paris press to have light-
houses painted white and to
pUce reflectors outside the tow-
ers which will throw lights on
them making them visible to the
birds.
of all points—public and private—-
which are of inestimable value.
MOURNS CONSORT.
The queen has been and is still oc-
cupied in writing and leaving direc-
tions of every kind and sort in case
of her death; for now she has no
longer him. to whom she would have
confided all and who would have
known what ought to have been done
with everything she felt anxious that
everything should be wisely and safely
arranged. This she hopes she has ef
fectually done.
The queen having said this much
about herself wishes to say that she
trusts that Lord Russell has taken
care that in case of anything hap-
pening to him all his papers are safe
and hers and the prince’s letter! to
him should be returned to her.
Feeling ill and weakly and longing
as the poor wretched queen does to
join her dearly beloved and adored
husband her mind ia naturally much
occupied with leaving this world an I
therefore with the importance of hav
ing everything in order.
EXTRACT FROM THE QUEEN’S
JOURNAL.
WINDSOR CASTLE June 14
1862.—Heard of Bertie’s landing (the
Prince of Wales afterward King Ed-
ward VII on his return from his
visit to the Near East) after a boist-
erous crossing. Bertie arrived at hall
past five looking extremely well. 1
was much upset at seeing him and
feeling his beloved father was not
there to welcome him back. He would
have been so pleased to see him so
improved and looking so bright ana
healthy. Dear Bertie was moat af-
fectionate and the tears came into
his eyes when he saw me.
(In the midst of her bereavement.
Queen Victoria found time to write
THE SAN ANTONIO LIGHT
the following letter of consolation over
the sudden death of Lord Canning
who had recently returned to England
at the close of his term as viceroy of
India):
QUEEN VICTORIA TO THE
MARCHIONESS OF
CLANRICARDE.
WINDSOR CASTLE June 17 1862.
Dear Lady Clanricarde —To you as
the sister of dear Lord Canning I
write to express my deep sorrow at
his untimely end and to say how my
beloved and precious husband and I
valued and esteemed him and how we
looked to him to be of the greatest
use to his sovereign and country!
Your dear brother had gone through
the greatest difficulties and dangers
supported by his dear and excellent
wife and triumphed over all an.l
shown such wisdom moderation anl
courage! He was expected home to
receive the honors and distinctions
which his sovereign so willingly be-
stowed on him and the welcome of s<
many friends! On the eve of his re
turn he loses her who wns so devote.*
to him. and his sovereign is bowed
down with the loss of her own great
and good husband who was all in ail
to her and her country!
Oder these circumstances Lord
Canning returned to his native land.
God has taken him and he is again
with her after only seven mouths'
separation ! Oh! for him how blessed!
How enviable to follow so soon the
partner of your life! How I pray it
may be God's will to let me follow
mine soon! But for you all and for
the country and me your dear broth-
er is a grievous loss!
"GOD KNOWS BEST."
Memorandum by Queen Victoria.
OSBORNE 30th June 1862.—The
loss of our dear valued and high-
minded General Bruce (He had accom-
panied the Prince of Wales as his
governor on H. R. H.’s tour in the
Near East. There he contracted fever
and died shortly after the return
home on 27th June) is irreparable
to the Queen the poor Prince of
Wales and all of us and has shaken
her greatly. He possessed our (that
Is the beloved Prince's and the
Queen's) entire confidence was a sec-
ond father to our dear child and a
worthy servant and friend of her be-
loved Prince whom he had gone to
join so soon.
But it is too mysterious too dread-
ful to lose all the best and most val-
uable servants and friends and to see
the greatest and best taken.
God knows best.
The Prince of Wales is deeply
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grieved; he is greatly improved and
most affectionate dutiful and amiable
and only anxious to do whatever his
mother and father wish.
For the present Sir Charles Phipps
General Grey Colonel Biddulph are
so good as to act in turn for the
lamented general and later the Queen
will take good care to make such a
selection as would meet her beloved
husband's wishes.
(While still mourning the death
of her beloved Prince Consort Queen
Victoria found herself called on to
give her eighteen-year-old daughter.
Princess Alice in marriage to Prince
Louis of Hesse. The Queen describes
the struggle of her emotions in her
own diary).
(Extract from the Queen's Journal)
OSBORNE Ist July 1862.—
Scarcely got any sleep. Towards
morning heard all the preparations
for today’s ceremony going on. It
tried me terribly. Alice got up and
came and kissed me and I gave her
my blessing and a prayer book like
one dear mama gave me on our
happy wedding morning. Went with
Colonel Biddulph to look at the
dining room which was very prettily
decorated the altar being placed un-
der our large family picture. All the
furniture had been removed and
plants and flowers placed everywhere
“A TERRIBLE MOMENT."
The time had come and I in my
“sad cap” as baby calls it most
sad on such a day went down with
our four boys Bertie and Affie
(Prince Alfred) leading me. It was
a terrible moment for me. No one
was in the room but the Archbishop
of York (the Arohbiship of Canter-
bury not being well enough to come)
the Dean of Windsor and Mr.
Prothero (afterward Canon of West-
minster) who were in their place*
near the altar. Then nil the gueits
came in and the different hou»e-
holds. I sat all the time in an arm-
chair Bertie and Affie close to me.
The Hessian family stood opposite.
After a short pause Louis came in
conducted by Lord Syndey (Lord
Chamberlain) followed by his broth-
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WINNIPEG Man. April
10.—Ironic death that spared
him when he confessed while on
his “death bed" to the murder of
another man had “the last laugh”
when John Keeling was hanged
from a scaffold at Portage La
Prairie. After relieving his mind
by confessing to the murder of a
farmhand while on what he be-
lieved to be his death bed three
months ago Keeting began a
rapid recovery. When fully re-
covered he was hanged for the
murder.
era William and Henry. After an-
other pause came the dear dear bride
on her uncle's arm followed by the
bridesmaids a touching sight. The
service then commenced the Arch-
bishop performing it beautifully. Alice
answered so distinctly and was full
of dignity and self-possession. Ixiuis
also answered very distinctly. I re-
strained my tears and had a great
struggle all through but remained
calm.
“MY DEAR BERTIE.”
Queen Victoria to the Prince of Wales.
Osborne Oth July 18G2.
My Dear Bertil—Though 1 quite
share your feelings that from affec-
tion and respect to the memory of your
beloved and valued General Bruce it
would be more fitting not actually to
appoint publicly a successor to him
for some little time still I fee) (and
I know- it becauso Lord Palmston
wrote very anxiously to me upon the
subject) that it will not do. to leave
you without a gentleman In that posi-
tion to whom you could apply for
everything and who could exclusively
belong to you.
For though Sir Charles Phipps.
General Grey and Colonel Biddulph
are most kind nnd ready to be of use
to you in every possible way still
their duties are very onerous and
they cannot devote their time exclu-
sively to you or you iudeed feel it
equally agreeable to talk on all pri-
vate matters with those who though
most kindly devoted to you are not to
remain permanent about you.
I have ascertained that General
Knollys will be quite ready to under-
take the office and to become your
comptroller nnd treasurer for you are
now too near 21 to have a governor
freshly appointed. But he will natu-
rally be a species of mentor for no
young prince can be without a person
of experience nnd ot a certain age
who would keep him from doing what
was hurtful to him or unfit for his
position and who would be respon-
sible to me to a great extent for
what took place. He would be the
person to whom you would go for ad-
vice and assistance on all occasions.
“OUR TERRIBLE LOSS.”
I know of no other person so well
fitted as General Knollys for he pos-
sessed beloved papa's great esteem and
confidence; he is very amiable par-
ticularly pleasant and agrceble has
great experience of the world and
singular tact and temper of which he
gave sitcli abundant proof during hla
command at Aldershot. He is be-
sides very fond of young people. He
is I own the only person I directly
though of when our terrible loss of
dear General Bruce took place. I shall
see him on Saturday or Sunday and
you can do so also and then I would
propose that he should come and stay
with you at Birk Hall for some time
so that you might become quite ac-
quainted with him that ho afterwards
should attend you abroad when you
go to Brussels and Join me.
I feel sure that you will find it
very easy to get on with General
Knollys when you come to know him.
I shall therefore now. in a day or
G. F. P. BRINGS RELIEF
TO R. E. LEE AVE. WOMAN
WHEN OTHER MEANS FAIL
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'least nine out of ten cases those pain-
ful nnd distressing troubles such au
headaches pains in the aides and
limbs loss of appetite Inek of sleep
irregularity cramping. dixsfaeM and
that tired run-down feeling no com-
mon among worn n nowadays nre nil
due to one dreaded malady: Catarrh
of the Female Organs.
This terrible enemy to the health
ind happiness of women and girls at
racks the mucus lining < f their most
inportant organs when they are In a
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One of many San Antonin women
l&menTlaiijSepsniLoii
SUNDAY APRIL 11 192*.
two write confidcntally to Lord
I’almereton to inform him of the
choice I have made and which I know
would meet with beloved pupa's sanc-
tion and approval.
I will tomorrow or next dny send
you a little sketch of what 1 think
would be the best and most agreeable
arrangement for you for the time
between October and your marriage
which I think you would like should
be early next spring. Ever your sf-
fcctionute and unhnnpy mnma V. R.
Earl Russell to Queen Victoria.
PEMBROKE LODGE 24th Aug.
1862 ... In America there is more
animosity than ever. There is no
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to exhaustion and finally to peace.
(To Be Continued)
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