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Show VICTORIA'S ILLNESS. England is alarmed over tbe illuees ef their Queen, and well they may be, for she baa passed the first half of her sixty-Brat year. At that age ailments ail-ments which might have beeo of no Berious nature in earlier life, are apt to prove dangerous, if not fatal. Ihe people of Qraat Britain will not bo exercised over any danger to theetate that may threaten in the Queen's death. The kingdom could hardly be affected by her demise, except in a domestic sort of way. It is not cow as formerly in that land of kingd and queens. The government is largely ia the hands of the people themselves, the monarch having little, if any more power than that he'd by the Preeident of tbe United States. Noj oue here could conceive how the. death of a president would in the' least endanger the state. At one' of tho aiodt trying periods of tbe republic, re-public, the president who held more power than was ever before or Bioce assumed by a predecessor or successor succes-sor was suddenly removed from his position at the head of the nation, and yet no hitch resulted and no danger was even threatened. The death of Boaconsfield would be a worse blow to the British nation than the demise of the Queen. Victoria's career has been one of the moet remarkablo known to tbe world. The daughter of Edward, Duke of Kent, when she came into tbe world, sixty years ago, there was very little probability that she would overwear tbe crown of Great Britain. But in twenty years all who stood between ber and tbe throne, died, leaving do issue, and iD 1838, forty-one years ago, the young princess prin-cess was crowned. With but few into in-to rruiaaio ns, ber reijn at home has beeo peaceful, but there has been icarcelv a time whan her armies have not been engaged in some foreign Asia and Africa, and frequently wftb the natives of British possessions in those remote regions. Her firat war with Afghanistan occurred soon after Bhe became Queen, and it baa been repeated nt.d probably concluded this year. ' Great Britain has atoadily grown in power and possessions during her roigo. Nothing of consequence has been surrendered or abandoned, and much baa been gained, and tbe Queen herself has j within lute years been invested with j tbe title of Empress of India. Where j she has Bhone brightest has been in j tho home-life. Her subjeota love her moat bt'cacsa of ber domestic quail-; tics, and hor death would cccaaion deeper bo.tow among the English j people than if she nero a moro bri!- Haul mo parch. |