Show QUEE1T VICTORIAS CAREER II I I Sketch of the Life of Monarch of I i British Empire I I r Victoria Alexandria oily qiijd of tho hate Duke of Kent and of the Princess LoulstvVljtprla qC SjixtPcrt 1 burg relict ofvthd IweclffurV Prince of Leiningen and ulster of Leopold I Prince SaxeCoburK afterward King of the Belgians was born at Kensington Palace May 24 1819 her parents who had been for some time residing abroad having hastened to England in order that their child might be born a Briton The Duke of Kent died January 23 1820 and the general education of the young Princess Prin-cess was directed 1 under her mothers I I care by the Duchess of Northumber land wife of the third Duke Until I I i i I within a few weeks of her elevation to the throne her life was spent In com paratlve retirement varied by tours I throughdifferent parts of the United I I Kingdom 5 Queen Victoria succeeded her uncle William IV June 20 1837 as Victoria 1 and her coronation was celebrated rh Westminster Abbey June 26 1833 Her Majesty was married Fcbruaiy Ito I-to 1840 to his late Royal Highness i Prince Albert of SaxeCoburg Gothu by whom she had Issue 1 H R H Victoria Adelaide Mary Louisa Princess Prin-cess Royal born November 211 1810 I I j j married January 25 1858 to HR H the Crown Prince Frederick William I of Prussia 2 II R H Albert Edward I Ed-ward PrInce of Wnlcs born Noem j her 9 1811 married March 10 1863 the I Princess Alexandra of Denmark a I H 1 R II Princess Alice Maud Mary born April 15 1843 married July 1 J8f2 to 1 Prince Louis of HesseDarmstadt she died December II 187S 4 I H R IJ Prince Alffcd Ernest Albert born August Au-gust G1SHcreutcd Duke of Edinburgh Edin-burgh May 21 1866 married January I 23 1871 the Grand Duchess Marie Alcxandrovna only daughter of the Emperor Russia 5 II R H Prln eesa Helena Augusta Victoria born May 26 3816 man lad July 5 1866 to Prince Christian of SchloswlgHol steln 6 H R II Princess Louise Caroline Alberta born March 18 1818 married lo the Maifjuls of Lornc March 21 J871 7 II R II Prince Arthur William Patrick Albert Duko of Connaughl bOIn May 1 1850 married mar-ried March 17 1S7D the Princess Louise I Margaret Alexandra Victoria Agnes third daughter of Prince Frederick H j I 1 Charles of Prussia S II R H Prince Leopold George Duncan Albert Duke l j i of Albany born April 7 1S53 married April 2 i 1SS2 the Princess Helen Frederica Fred-erica Augusta daughter the Prince of Waldeck and Pyrmont and 9 H R H Princess Beatrice Mary Victoria Feodorc born April 11 1857 A PATTERN OF A WOMAN Her Majesty wan the pattern of a woman In all the relations of life as a Queen as a daughter as a wife and fiSt mother The first domestic grief which she suffered was the loss of her mother the Duchess of Kent after a short Illness March 10 1861 followed by the sudden death of the Prince Consort to the great grief of the entire en-tire Kingdom December 14th Her Majestys intense sorrow for her Irreparable Irre-parable loss although it In a great de grce disqualified her from appearing In public and at court ceremonials and imposed on her the ha rt80S a life of comparative seclusion was however never allowed by her to Interfere In-terfere with the performance of her Important duties as a sovereign Neither did It check the exercise pf that anxious Interest which she had over since her accession to the crown steadfastly manifested for the social welfare of her people nor caused her to relax her efforts to encourage anil reward subjects distinguished for their talents and merits especially those whom her late demented consort loved to honor for the zealous cndeavqr with him In his highendeavors to promote the advancement of undertakings which had for their object the moral social Intellectual and artistic progress pro-gress of the nation It was always a source of great pride t6 her subjects and doubtless tended In no small degree to assuage her abid ing grief that not only In her own vast dominions but throughout tho civilized civi-lized world her name was never mentioned men-tioned save in terms of sympathy admiration ad-miration affection and respect as a Christian woman nnd as a Queen JirPARDY CHANGES pn succeeding to the throne her Maj J esty found the Whte aivl Conserva tive pirlles nearly evenly balanpeii Ir llii House of Commons Lo cl Jilcl bourne and his colleagues continue to hold ofiko until September ISIJ w hen owing to their Increasing unpopularltv arising mainly from a want or fumncial ability or at least of financial success they prfcobllged to give jjlaeo u the Jala Sir Robert Peel Although hn wasp was-p gec l to maintain the cornlaws he fjttnU himself compelled In 1313 lo ac mjcMR III their appeal which was carried car-ried into effect at his instance In UJG Thir offect of this change in bir Jnb ert Peels policy caused disruption in tlic CMISCJ vutivo Darty and led to the accession of power of Sir Joha lius 501 whu was succeeded in January iso iy l the Earl of Derby In the following December tho Conservative Con-servative party beaten on their budget resigned and gave place to Lord Aberdeen Aber-deen and the coalition Cabinet which Jn February 3S5JJ was dismissed for having mismanaged the Russian war It was succeeded by Lord Palmerstons first administration which was defeated de-feated on the conspiracy to murder bill In March 1858 and Lord Derby held power for the second time until June 1859 when Lord Pulmcrston formed his second Cabinet On his death November 1865 the Ministry was remodeled Earl Russel assuming the post of Premier His Ministry having decided upon introducing intro-ducing a reform bill the duty of conducting con-ducting It through the House of Commons Com-mons devolved upon Mr Gladstone Having been defeated on an Important clause In June 1866 Ministers resigned re-signed Lord Derby formed his third I administration and during the session ses-sion of 18G7 carried a reform bill hereby here-by settling a question which had long been a stumbling block Impeding the progress of legislation The Conservatives being placed in a minority at the general election of 1SG8 Mr Disraeli resigned office und was succeeded as Prime Minister by Mr Gladstone The chief events oflh Gladstones administration woro the disestablishment of the Irish church the passage of the Irish land act and the elementary education act the abolition of purchase In the army the negotiation 01 the treaty of Washington Washing-ton respecting the Alabama claims and the passing of tho ballot act At the general election of February 3871 the Conservatives again came into power anil a now administration was formed by Mr Disraeli afterward Lord Beuconsfleld I EMPRESS OF INDIA By virtue of the power conferred by an act of Parliament pnssod In the previous session her Majesty was on January 1 1S77 proclaimed Empress of India by the GovernorGeneral at the camp of Delhi before an Imperial as cmblugc of all the Governors Lieu lonantGovcrnors heads of Govern incuts Princes chiefs and nobles oC India On the defeat of the Conservatives at I the general election of 1SSO Mr Gladstone Glad-stone formed another Liberal administration adminis-tration I In April 1882 an attempt on the QUG ns life was mad at Windsor bono I b-ono Roderick Maclean who after trial was ordered to bo confined during her i Majestys pleasure DIAMOND JUBILEE 1 Tho diamond Jubilee marking the sixtieth year of the reign of Queen Victoria was commemorated on Juno I 22 1S07 The Queen escorted by a gorgeous 1 gor-geous procession went from Bucking j I hem palace to St Pauls cathedral where a service of thanksgiving was I hold and then back to her palace through a circuit of decorated streets Besides 11000 British regulars Asiatic I und colonial contingents took part In tho parade To pvery part lo the Brlt lnh empire the QueenEmpress dls Pfitohed the telegraphic message I 1 From my hcart J thank my b loved pi oplo May God blcflfl them I Tho celebration wart planned above I all io domonstrnte the power of tho British empire and the unity and loy 1 I alLy of all Hjj4 eojiBtUuAiiJlC JnoinberRi Cclebrallonslwerc held simultaneously in all l tho British colonies and dependencies de-pendencies from the Northwest Territories Terri-tories of Canada toCupe Colony and from Malta to New Zealand President Krugcr chose the occasion as an appropriate ap-propriate qno for releasing two Uit lander rebels who had refused to sue for pardon President McKinley sent a message to felicitate the English Queen on the prolongation of a reign which has 1 been Illustrious and marked for advance ad-vance In science arts and popular well I being I Lord Salisbury In moving an address congratulating the Queon on thelong I cst the most prosperous and the most illustrious reign spoke of it as a period pe-riod marked by a continuous advance in tho frontiers oC this empire BO that many races thai were formerly alien to it have been brought under Its Inllu once many who were formerly within Its boundaries have been made to feel in some degree for the first time the full benefits of Its civilization and its educating influence He dwelt also on the great political I change Time impulse of democracy which began In another century and In another land has made Itself felt fully In our time find vast changes In i the center of power and the Incidence of responsibility have been made almost al-most imperceptibly without any disturbance dis-turbance hindrance In the progress of the prosperous development of the nation I Mr Balfbur In the House of Commons Com-mons extolled the virtue of the Queen an example to every citizen In her private pri-vate life and in her public life an example ex-ample to overclgnflIt is he said because she has so well understood the difficult and dejlcate tasks which fall to a constitutional monarch to perform per-form that the constitution of this country coun-try has during her reign been able to adapt itself without friction and without with-out shock to the varying needs of this < great community Tho Irish Nationalist members pro i tested against the address and refused to take part In the jubilee holding ns Mr > Illon said that in every item of the catalogue of the great advances made by the population of Great Britain Brit-ain and the colonies since her Majesty came to the throne Ireland had gone back and not progressed and aa explained ex-plained by J Redmond in almost every one of the sixty years of the reign there has been some coercion act for the suspension of trial by Jury time suppression of freedom of speech or the I freedom of the press or the abrogation i abroga-tion of some part of the Constitution I under which Ireland was supposed to I liveThe The Jubilee celebrations lasted overtime over-time month In the naval review of June 26th at Spltheacl 173 Britsh war vessels were arranged in four lines each about five miles in length 6n July 1st there was a review of troops at Aldcrshpt in1 which 27359 officers and inen G020 horses and fiftyseven l guns 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