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'rnn POLITICAL rosrrrox or ’l‘lll-J Pluses. From tiie iii-st, too, the Queen. acting on

by the boat that they saw the light 300 the advice of Lord Melbourne, communi- miles 03‘. and the cloud of black smoke oated all foreign dcspatches to the Prince.

that. proceeded from it. The loss by the are is estimated at “00,000.

M THE QUEEN'S LIFE OF IIER. HUSBAND.

(Continuedfrogn our last) in: Quasa‘s u‘rrsa to run use or rm: WWI.

" Windsor Castle, Oct. 15, 1839. “ Mr D s'r [imam—This letter will, I am sure. 0 you pleasure, for you have always taken so warm an interest in all that Meet“! me. My mindis uiotuinde u , and I told Albert this morn ug at it. The turn: affection he showed me on learning this gave me frost pleasure. lie seems perfection, and think that I have the prospect of very great happiness be- fore me. I love him atoms than low say, and shall do everything in my power .to render this sacrifice lor such in my opin- ion itis) assmnlias can. He seems to have great inct. a var necessai- thing in his position. These ast few ays have passed like is dream to me, and I am so much bewildered by it all that I know hardly how to write; but I do feel very happy. It is absolutely necessary that thiadctcrinination of mine should be known to no one else but yoursclf and uncle Er- nest until after the meeting of Parliament, as it would be considered, otherwise. neg- Ioctful on my part not to have assembled

Parliament at once to inform them of it.

“ Lord Melbourne, whom I have oi course consulted about the whole affair. quite approves my choice, and cxpt‘csscs great. sutisluction at this event, which he thinks in every way highly desirable.

" Lord Melbourne has acted in this busi- ness as he has always done towards mo, with the modest kindness and aifcctiim. We nlsot ink it better, and Albert quite approves oi it, that we slroirld be married very soon after Parliament niccts, about the beginning oi February.

“ I’ray, dearest Uiiclc, iortvard these two letters to Uncle Ernest, to whom I beg you will onjoln strict secrecy, and explain these details, which I have not time to do, 1and to iaitliful Stockiuar. I think you «night tell Louise of it, but none of her family.

" 1 wish to keep the dear young gentle- man here until the end oi next month. Ernest's sincere pleasure gives me great deli ht. He does so adore dearest Albert.

~‘ ‘ver dearest Uncle, your devoted Iicce, “V. It."

On the 16th January, 1310, the Queen opened Parliament in person, and announ- ced her intention to marry Prince Albert. On the 10th oi February this marriage took place.

In! X'on Wit-‘1: axsonvss To run unit nususo harm.

The following are the Queen's own Words, quoted from her diary :— “ Oh, how I did feel for iriy dearest, precious hus- band at this moment! Father, brollicr, Iriouds, country—all has he left, and all for me. God grant that I may be the hap- py person, the most happy person, to make this dearest, blossod' being happy and coir- toutcdl What is in my power to make him happy I will do."

run trim YEAR or MARRIAGE.

It must be admitted that constantly, llll- ostentatiously, and per-severineg as IIL‘ now gave himself up for the discharge oi his new duties, he was exposod, almost during the whole period oi his lilo in this country, to much misconception and rnuolr misrepresentation. Not for that, however. (lid be for one moment rclux in his cil‘orts, or allow his zeal to flag, in sticking to pro- mote all that was for tire good oi the British people. Ills actions might be un- 'undcrstood, his opinions might bo misrep- resented of which there was more than one twin is instance -— [Note by the Queen: Especially at i re commencement of the Russian warjabut, supported by his own conscious rcctitrrde he still pur- sued the cven tenor- oi his way. The principle on which hc .nlways acted was (to use his own noble words) " to sink his own individirai existence in that oi his wife, to aim at no power by himself or for him- self, to shun all ostciitation~to assume no separate responsibility before the public“ ——but " making his position entirely a part of the Qiu cu‘s, continually and anxiously to watch every part ofthc public birsinesss. in order to be. able to advise and assist her at any moment in the multifarious and difficult questions brought bolero her—a sometimes political or social, or personal, as the natural bond of her family; superin- tendent of her household, manager oi her private iifl'nirs, her solo confidential adviser

u politics, and an! assistant in her cour- muiiications with t is oiliccrs of the Gov- ernment." It was not, however, for some time that the poaition as (ii-scribed above was established. For the first year or twu the Prince was not, except on rare occa- sions and by spccial invitation, present iii the interviews oi the Queen with her-Min- isters. [Note by the Queen: But this was not from any objections on their part.] Though taking, tho Quocn says. “great pains to inform hiinscii nboutcvcrything," and thou lr Lord Melbourne cxprosscd much auxrety " that the Queen slronld toll him and show him everything corincctcil with public nll'nirs, he (lid not at this time

"take much part in the transaction at busi- ness."

THE mm ASSERTS AUTHORITY IN HIS HOUsEIIOLI).

Nor were there wanting those who would gladly have kept him perfectly estranged train it, and not only so, but who would have denier! him, even in domestic circles, that authority which in private families generally belongs to the husband, and without which. it may be added, thcrc cannot be true comlori and happincss in domestic life. The Prince himsclf easily saw the necessity oi his asserting that air- thority. "In my home lilo,“ he writes to Prince Lowcnstcin, in May, 1340, " I am very happy and contented; biit the dilii- culty of filling my place with the proper dignity is, that I am only tho husband, not the master in the house." Fortunate- ly, however i'oi‘llrc Country, and still more fortunately for (lie happiness ol the ltoyal couple themselves, things did not long r ‘ main Iii this condition. Thanks to the firmness, but at the same time gontloni'ss. with which the Prince insisted on filling his proper position as head ofthn family—— thanks also to the clear judgement and right feeling of the Queen, as “'1'” as to her singularly honest. and slraightforwani nature—but thanks, more than all, to the mutual love and pnrfoot coniidcnco which

as follows.

expressed on arriving at Osborne and llaiuioral, and on loavin

In August, loll), he writes to his father .

“ Victoria allows me to take rnucb part in

foreign aii'aiis, and I think I have already

done some good. I always commit my views to pa )L'l‘. and then comiiiuuicato them to Lori Melbourne. IIe scldorn ari- swcrs nic, bill. I have oitcn had the satis- faction of seeing him not entirely in no- cordanoo with what I have said." And again, in April, 1841: " All I can say about my political position, is that 1 study the politics of the ( ay wlth great industry. and resolutely bold myself aloof from all parties. 1 take aciive interest in all na-

tional institutions and assour lions. I

speak qtiito openly with the Ministers on

all subjn ts. so as to obtain information, and meet on all sides with much kindness.

l endeavor quietly to be of as much use to

Victoria in her position as loan."

Slowly. but surely actingr on that princi- plc, did iic cstabiish his position; and so uiiti oly was it recognised by the Queen licrscll, so unrt-sor'vcdly and conlidingly did she throw liei'scll upon her husband‘s support, relying in all questions of diili- cully upon liisjiidgmcut. and acting in all things by his advice. that when suddenly boi'cavod oi that support her sense oi the loss which she had sustained as Queen found c. ircssioii in thc patholic words, “ that it would now be ill lilt'l, the begin- ning of a new reign 2"

Tan anrzx Aiuxnoxs POLITICAL PARTI- zsxsrrrl‘ AT THE suoocsrros Ul-"I‘Hh‘ I’iuxcn ax» Lorin IIIEIJSUUIINE.

The Queen. up to the period oi her-mur- riagc, had indulged strong fooling ol political partisanship. Amongst the hap- py consequences oi the marriage may be included the gradual extinction Many such feeling. The Prince had already shown, in the discussions and cor'rcsporidoiico ros- pcctiirg the formations of his household, his oivn determination to stand clear iroin all political par'tics. Lord Melbourne now. most honorably to hiiirscll, supported the Prince in pressing the same course upon the Queen. He told the Prince that he thought the time was some whorl llL‘l' Majesty should have a general “ amnesty tor the 'I‘orics ;" and on being spoken to by tho Quccn, to whom the Prince hail i'cport- od what he had said, repeated that such was his opinion On another occasion, the Queen records that Lord Melbourne, speaking of the Prince, “said, looking at hirii with tears in his cycs, ‘ There is air amazing feeling for hirii—cvcry orro likes biui;"‘ and their adds—“limb speaking of the Tories, against whom the Queen was very ii'alc. Lord Melbourne said ' You should now hold out the olive branch a little."y 'rus. Qunsx FAILS 'ro ovsnconc A “All

HABIT.

It is tantalising to hour that we almost owe to the Queen and her hush-ind thc abolitio. of a barbarous iuid nrigallaut custom. At iirst " the Queen tried to got rid of the bad habit prevailing only in [Ilia country. oi the gentlemen remaining, tho ladies had left, the dinin room. Lord Melbourne advised {a the Prince hims‘clt' thought it bcttcr, per: haps, not to make airy change." ruion ALnaitr‘s IDIZA or 'riis sauna-

lunar.

Easter of ltliO was spcnt at \l'irrdsor, when the Queen and Prince took the Sacra riioirt together [or the first tinio in St. George‘s Uliapcl. “ The Prince," tho Qui-en says. “had a very strong i'celini.r about llio solciiiriity oi this act. and did not liko to appear in company citlicrtho oven» jug before or Oil the day on which lic took it, and he and the Queen almost always diuod alone on those occasions." rmtsoxAL HABITS or Tint i'nrxcl Am)

IIII ENDEVOUII 'ro narsz Inc CHA- BACTER or TIIE court's.

From the mornan of his establishment in the English palace as husband of the Queen, his object was to maintain, and, if possible. cicn raise the character oi the Court. With this view he know that it was not enough that his own conduct should be in truth free from rcproach—no shadow of a shade of suspicion should by possibility attach to it. He knew it. in his position every action ivoirld be llll'll —iiot 'ulivnys possibly in it il‘iclrilly spirit; that his goings out and comings in would be \ shed, and that in every socicty, however little disposed to bo ccrrsoriliiis there would always be found some prone: ii an opening ail'orded, to exaggerate and ovcn to invent stories against him, and to put an iiiicliaritablc construction on the most innocent acts. ' He, therefore, iron) the first, Iiiid down strict. not. to say scvcrc rules, ioi' his own guidance. No imposed a degree oi constraint and sclf—douial upon his own movements, which could not have been otherwise than irksoino, had he not been sustained by a sousc at tho adv which the Throne would dorivo irorri it. Ho dcnicd himself the plcasurc—which, to one so loud as ho was olpcrsonallv watch— ing and inspecting ovcry iuiprovorncnt that was in progress, would havo bt't'll very grout—of walking at will about town. \\’horcvcr' Iic wcut, whether in a car iam- or- on horseback, ho was accompanied liy his cquci‘ry. Ilo paid no visits in general society. “is visits Werc to the studio of tire artist, to museums oi art or science, to institutions for good and iii-.ncrolcirt, pur- poses. \l'hcrovor a visit from hiur, or his presence, could tolrd to advance the real good oi the people, there his horses might bu soon wailing; ricvcrat tho door ofniiero fashion. SOnnduI itself could take no liberty with his name. He lovcd to ride through all the districts oi'Iamdon who c building and improvements were in pro- gress, more especially when they wore such as would C(llillurie lo the health or 1- creation of the working classes; and few, if any. know so well, or took such all interest as he did, iii uoi'tl , or smith oi the great city—from Yictori is Park to liai- -a; from the Regent‘s Park to the Crystal Palace, and far beyond. " He would ircqucnlly return," the Queen says. “ to luncheon at a great pace, and would always come through the Queen‘s dressing room, where she generally was at that limo, with that sumo loving smile with which he always greeted hcr, telling her where he had boon, what now buihllngalio had soon, what studios. (fun, he had i‘isiluil. ltidinrr for more riding sake he disliked, and said: ‘ iris oiiuuy ll'L riiiclr so, (It borcs me so).' “ I‘lUNI'II ALiiL'ii'r's Love or Tl”) COUNTRY In rclorrncc to i‘ 'noo Albert‘s enjoy- ment of fro r, purc air, the Queen writes This the Prince cnustauily

: i lint ust it, and

ulltugc

London : " How

bound the Queen and Prince to each other, swoot it smells," llow (libelous the trivial

it WM impossible to keep up any separation , nt- dlfl‘orence oi interests or duties bcthcri them. To (lose who would urge "pan the,

one lwgius to breathe again i" And how be delighted in the song of the birds, and especially oi nightingalcs, listening for

Qua“ (M. as Saver-cf , «lie mm! be the lisad thorn in the. happy poacolid walks ho nsvd 3

o/‘Me Irvine and family. as ll'l‘fl m of Nicle lake with the Queen State, and that her Armband mu. nflcr nil, illsl‘iorm',

full one of liar mhja‘ls, her Mainly would rn-

ly that sum run son-ms“ ENGAGED A‘l‘ i (in. MAR 10 " onsv.” Mi wan. as 10 gr "Lth urn HONOI‘lfi" AND 'rius HAI‘RICD‘ immunity sun comm vos'srtx'r to umr mm HEFI'NIC AWAY.

mvn pittrlliiztl‘ louguzito, which they iniair- l

and without the ilm-pcsl, width-st i-Inoliuii Nmr’rrnurAt night he wnuld Hand on the hair- ‘0sbornv, listening

iii the Woods

"ti and whistling to I.Ili'ln in

llibii‘i

ibly annvrr. ’I‘hn anmii-aunot varilrisl iolo now without lam-yng silo hours him,

in tho nlgbii: gains.

White: or In}: “ Jolix \VrLLrAns."—— English papersjnst received. contain accounts of the wreck of the missionary ship in the South Sea Islands. Ono account concludes as follows:

Immediately below us was the Julia llil— ls‘mus crashing upon Illt' coral as each N'fl‘ struck her. Her upper masts had broken all and we kept well bill. of tin: way lest her low heavy masts should conic down. The lights afthc saloon were still biirnlny, but not a sound of anyoiie's voice could be heard on board; the natives shouted and we shouted. but no reply came. While we were there the darkness increascd, and thc airi carnc rnptor~ rents. This made us increasingly anxious about tlroso who wore on be: d. Uuriinxrcty was at length relieved by seeing a. rocket rise up from the sea. This was followed by the burning ufa blue light—'I‘hcsc informed us that the boat had left the slnp, and gay-ens some idea of their locality. After rcr iiuing scvcrul hiiurs near the wrock, watching the sad work of destruction upon our beautiful ship, we turned our brick on this niourriinl sot-no and returned to the mission prc whcro oirr dear wivcs wore anxiouslan our arrival. While we had bot-n away canoes had been sent. in search of boats. 'I‘Iit-so caiiio brick with the glad intelligence that all (in: were laud—that iill had left the 'ship. and that the boats were on their vay to Aloil'.

Several tires, most nfthorn scrious oncs, supposed to in: of incendiary origin, have re- oiitly oi-i-uredin the city of Montrt-al .\‘ol long since they had II. hrs at the IlIt'lllUtllsl Church in Driprc Lane, followed by that of Zion's (Zhurrlr tho same night, brcakiirg oiil before the Duprc Lane fire was oxlinguishcd. Follow-mg tlrcscwci'c the fire at St. l'uul's Church, l)orohcstcr street, which lllOal, uri- questionany was of incendiary origin, and that at Astoll‘s tirribor yard, in the roar of Zion‘s Church, and lastly, Middl‘cion's coal oil stores, which uoriilagraiiun destroyed (lull, ooo gallons ofoil and much property of other descriptions. The papers say there is no doubt this destructive fire was the work of air incendiary.

The extent of land under potato cultivation in France is 2!,Ul0,3iivi ai-rcs; in Austria it is l,:50.\‘,lrlS acres; in Il‘t‘lllllil, 1,050,419 acres; in Bavaria, 619,735 uterus; in Great. Britain. 498,843 urn-s; in Belgium , 368,850 iicr ’ Swoodcn. 334,000 acrcs- in Holland, 2 arrcs: in \Vuru-rnburg, 167,948 acres,in Dou- rnark proper, 69,176 acres.

The yellow fever is said to prevail to such :ln extent at Corpus Christie, To us, that the stores are closed and tho strccts doscx‘toil. New Iberia, Lonsiaua, is dcpopulniod by fu- vcr. 'I‘hrce [lllyfi-tlans are sick, and the mayor has just sent to New Orleans for nurses and physicians.

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A Forum”; rlioii Anvrtnrrsrsm—Thc New

York Gazette states that Mr. llcliiibold, of tho drug store under the Ilictropoliton liotcl, and his beautiful wife, who are at tho I'niori llotcl, b‘arntoga, ride in one of tho tint-st turn-unis there. Not runny years ago Iic started in businrss on 950. He has made the art of advertising the study of his life, and owes his success to prinicr's ink 'I‘hc first your lic cilriic to Now \‘ork, ln-sidcs tho grout nrnount be expended on other newspapers, ho puid $53,000inthrco loading New York d lios. Lust your hc i-xpvndcil oi. Ilowspapcrs $214,- 000 and over $100.00!) on posit-rs, parnplili-ts. &c., knowing that he would tin-rcby t-slaldish a trade and l‘t'liulllllull which would cxtcnil through years, but not ilrcanri-zg that lll‘ would make any riioncy the mic year. So quick nud so sure. III)\V('VI‘I‘. arc the returns from judicious iitIVi-rtising that the receipts for that year cxcccdcd his cxpcudituro about 815.000. The more rnnrn-y a business rrnin cxpouds in advertising the mom likely is he to gcl. iiiauy foldiri return—which nobody can deny. Sydncy (Australia) advices to July lsthavc lli‘i'll - red. A most devastating uilaiiiity had vrsrtt-d the Colony. l'rvc day's rain had flooded the country, and u live iliiys' grill! liild dashed hclplcss wrecks on the coast. The Iiiglii-st flood marks were ill) to 70 foot above the ordinary lcvcl. Iiuudrcds of houses were swept away, and thousands oi livc stovk dos- troycil. ’I‘Iic crops wcrc ruiiiod and many livos lost. (Inc family of nine persons wvro drowned. and in another case twolvo persons of tho f: iiilics oi two brothers lost their lives. liundrc s wore rcscncd froru the tops of trees, hay sluisz and roofs of houses. Numbers were almost starving :irid Iionsclcss and naked. Subscriptions for their rclit-f wore flowing iii, and would do much to alleviate the distress. Ir‘our schooncrs wcro wrockod, and several soarncn drowned.

A privnto lottcr from the capital of Mexico, hearing date of the 27th July, contains tho fol- lowing willi rcfcrcncc to the disposition ol'tlic remains of the late Emperor Maximilian :— " Make known to the American pcnplo that tho llriipcrorwiis spat npori in hisprison ; that his corpse was insulted during llio eight days (boy had it hung ciit naked by tho iii-ck for public exhibition from tho banriistcrofa stair- case in tho cv-cburcli of tho Capricious. It is now on view, undcr gla , for mom-y, arid tin-y arc soiliinz the hair ofhis head and board.‘ We do not remember having over road any i thing more indicative of Mexican barbarity or the savage spirit of revenge, than the above extract. We could scarcely believe it pus- siblo, wr-rc It not that we have too many proofs of Mexican atrocilii's. should this turn oirl authentic, surely the day of retribution can- not arrive an hour too soon.

A Hamilton, Ontario paper reports that the new crop of wheat is I‘Ulllllil’lllflllg to court: ill. The quantity which hail arrivrd iit inst ac- connrs was of excellent quality.

The Grand Duke Alexis, third son of the I‘lnlllt‘l‘in‘ of Russia, is shortly expected on a visit to Canada, iiird will be the guest of Lord Munck, who will accompany hirii on a tour to Niagara Falls.

The Cape Ann Arlrcrli'str says that during the week cndcil 24th August, 17 fishing vos~ sols had arrived at Gloucester, Mirna, from tho llay, making 20 in all this season, which is loss than hiilftlrc number- that had arrived last year up to the same time.» Only about 35:00 burrols of mackerel have thus far bot-n lauded, which is vxoocdingly slim doings. The ilcct come along very slowly, and tho prospect now is, that a largo proportion of tlicrir will make but one trip. All the muck- crcl that have arrived have been sold, and the market is completely intro of both liay and shore. The luticr continue in very light rc- coipt.