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r THE MERCHANT A ND GENERAL ADVERTISER. Ctrcula.tes largely in tbe Townships of Darling· ton, Clarke and Cnrtwnght It is a. common platform, open to the free dil!cues1on of all que us ln 'vh1ch the general pubhc a.re- concerned, TERMS WEST DURHAM ,. Stea.m Job PrintingOffi ce KING STREET, BOWMANVILLE Seventy-five cents per annu m , r d vance· The 'Merchant' and 'Obse rYer,' $2 00 RATES 01!, ADV li.RTISING lne colu1un 45 per annllm fhlf do 25 " 11 Qna,rter do .. J5 'l rnns1ent advertuicments,5 cts per hne first lll sertlon. and 2c per line, each subsequent on e AND GENERAL ADVERTISER VOLUME YI BOW MANVILLE, ONTARIO, FRIDAY, MARC.ti 19, 1875 1iUillBER XXV POS1'EBS, PAMPHLETS, CIRCULARS, BILL HEADS CHEQUES, NOTES, HANDBILLS, LABELS, CARDS, TICKETS, &c, &c, &c. EXECUTED IN FIRST CLASS STYLE High License and Local Option It \\oul<l appi;!ar that 111 Oahforn1a, th ere has a11<ien a ne.\\ pa1 ty, whose present n1otto 1s 'High L1cene,e' A correspondent of thc1 Good Templars Organ of thn.t State, gn es some 1oforn1at1on respecting the1n \Ve n1nke a guotalton iron1 tbe letter before us, because 1t presents a \ eIJ clear und satHJ,· facto1y defense ot our law of local option, commonly culled the Dunken Act We ;:i1ncerel v hope nll "ho have e\ er been dis couraged abont the be11efic1a.l workinJ of our law, will take heart, and batnsh th e trat fie wliereve1 tl1e.> can do it Hear\\ Lat our Ullhiorn1a brother qaj s 1 As the N cw ·rcn1 perauce Poht1cal Party take tn e1 r present \\utch\\ord) 'tl1gh L1cense, 1 -1t i1:;1 \veil to lool~ to the effect of the1r u1ea1;1u rcs if gain· cl, and ask, 'i:3" the cause of temper· an.,;e to gain any th1ng bj thc1r success 1' There are \ arious opinions an1oug the te m Some perance \\ orkers on th s question contend that 1t w1\l be of benetit, and '~ill fitCp some dr1nk111g1 at least, wb1le other~ are of the opinion that it will Llo no good whate' er 'The1e 1s a dange1 of co11foundn1g all th e \anons classes ot drinkers und~r one and the san1e bead, and ogo1n 1that as the dru 1k an! has an appetite sufhcieutli strong to take him any rat1onn.l d1slance k1r drink, that therefore all d11nkcrs \\lll go 11ny i 1 tlonal J.1star.ce, and tl1e only effect wl11ch will nr1se from clof>111g one halt ot the saloons by high license, will b< to double the q11a11tily 'Old by the other hall The Jall11cy 1n such reasoutng, hes in presu1ning that all drinkr.rs have an equallv strong de sire for strong drink, while, in tnct, the incln1a.hoa vanea,and other 1nfl 1ences come in to control t]1c d11nkers bnlnts, to u great extent, ~'en where the distances are e<1ual :rtian ts, to a great extent, a crent1ne of habit Bad habits coine from te1'nptat1 ons coming in to draw a\\1:1.y irorn the n6ht cou1se, and the rnore nuu:.1c"ons tbo~ e te1npt tn'1ons, the gn 1t~r tPe danJeI, all \\Ill ad nut But tt is a1bned, and with mu eh fo1ce, that the temptat1o~s left, il hnlf be taken a\\ fly, w1!1 bedoublc:d 111 strength, anrl do as much evil as all now accon1 ph sb The satne cour:":ie of ren11lil.1ng was used in our 1 Local Opt1on' electm'ns It "as n1 guell that if one to\\ 11sl11p clo,,etl up the re tail shop;.;, the next town \\ould keep LlJeus open and the dnnkers \\ould go to \\la: re the saloon::> v.:ere ope11, and drink JUqt as n1Pch as now : M y obser\at10D1:i in Lhe Ne'~ Eng-land r3tate~, refute any such conc!us1011 There are many d1uukards biought bacl\. to sohnetv by ban1sh1ng hquor Jrou1 their 1mn1ed1ate v1mntty I hnve now 1n nnncl a town, where out ol uuH: ! 01 ten drunkards, ~lX or se\ en became sobe1 a~en atJd ierna1ned so, by rernov1ng hqu or ogbt miles a\\a) Almost every druakard ba.s a des1r,e to become sober, but he cannot \\h en daily ten1pted by ilquor at Ins door Make it In · con\.cn1ent, and he 1s less likely to run into exces~es rfhe farther Iemo\ed tl.Je saf~ r' of course 1 but anv ren1oval doea sometbiug towards tak1ag 8\vay the tt:mptnlt on and bettenng the chances of reforn1 Anoth er tenlleDCY must nlso con1e from cl11n1111elnng th!! number of saloon<.!, to better the pre5ent J. iefer to those who are order of thIDflB not yet 1n tbe possession of the appetite t or stroug dunk The i:.,1en.ter the 11un1be1 of places "'here tern ptati on stand::; on the i:; helf, the gr1::ater the nun1b<'r ot sober n1eu, who will be hkel~ to become moderate drmkers and by inult1pl;> 1ng 1nodc:rate drtnkers vou 1nc1euse drunkenne8:. With this clas ... , liquor itself has little influence Other things c'ra\\ them n1, and bold tben1 nbout the saloon or coiner gro~c1y 1 until hqnor gets dom1n1on The} go to su1ne place: near at band Tlus is trur. of the labuung men in the c1t1cs ~1 bey retue early, Rnd cannot go far fron1 hon1e , but let a saloon be upon the square 1n winch the) hve, and tlJey can drop In ror 1n hour ancl chat \~1th compan11Jnfl, play a game for the drinks, and ret:.irll bon1e for eatl\ bed time Thev would not go three or four blocks even The want. of groc~rito8 no?i', often take th e1n w1tb1n tire reach. ot the bottle, and tbere are n1any devices to induce driuking Sf'p erate the prov1s1ons from the liquor store, nnd many would co11t1nue aoher, who uuder the present plani \\ill heco1ne drur kards Tb1s 1a also one ot the ohJects of the new part' '-Cunnda Oaske,t How Bar-Room Liquors are Made '!'here rnay be seen daily, on Chestnut street, saJ s tlie Pl11ttde1phrn. Bulletin, a man drrssed to fau ltl ess nppurel, w1th a grentdiamond npon his breast, vainly endt>a.vor1ng to outghtter the n1n15n1ficent eol I a1re on tns tiugei In 11. German un1\ er s1tv he learned chemistry, and not even Liebig kno\\ti it better l-I1s occupa.hon 1s the llJIXing o.nd rtdulteratJOil of 11quorl:'.i Give lum a dozen cases of deodonzed alcohuJ, nnd tlie next d LY each of thern will represent the na.n1e of a genuJnfl \\Inc oi a popular spmt Ile enters a "ho!e,alo drug store, bearing a la1ge basket -Upou lus aun F1ve pounds of Icelaud n1oss are fi.rtit \Ve:1ghed out to hun To ra\V hqnor, this nnparts a. degree of srfioothnc:;s and oleag1nousness that gives to im1tut10 1 brandJ the gltbness ot !bat "h1ch rn most An astringent called catechu, matl1red that would ahnost cl ose the n1uuLh of a glass inkstand, lS next 111 order A couple of ounces of str) chnine, next called for, are quickly con ve; ed t0 the vest pocket, and a pound of white' itrol 1s " silently placed m the bottom of the ba,ket The oil of cognac, the sulphuric ac:.1d, and other urt1 cles that give fire and body to the hqmd poison are al\vays 1\.ept ln store 1Ihe mix er buys thei:,e th1ugs 111 \anons quarters They are staples of the art ANDERSON & Co. GRAND TRUNK RAILWAY I ,.., ur D h B eg to announce to t h e .r ·.lectora of '~ e st ur nm and aurroWldmg counhj. that thel' their 1nunense v. tll POETRY. THE LITTLE STRAW HAT sell 'Ibat little straw hat,-thtire it ha.ng!i on the w- , 1 M to call And ask for it now, for the tiny culled head It so often had covered hes low with the dead 'IhP. feet that once pa.ttered '\1th ol('e o er the With its green ribbon band,- butthere's no one Trams w1ll lenve Bowmanville Statio n, Do\'i 1n 1.nv1lle tune. al!! follows <OTNG W'EST. GOING EAST Lucnl 7 22 11 tD ! Express , 8 20 a m '· Express* 9 27 a m Mixed 4 Oi:> p m Mixed 2 30 p m I I.ocn.l 7 55 p m Exp1ess 9 00 p m I Ex1)reSs 9 00 pro ·rhu1 tra.1a runs every morning of "'eek, STOCK J oF BC?OTS & SHOES, The fa.the1 oo weary, to meet at the tloor, 1000 prs j)JJSs"' l'ebal and }Ju,J! Ba/morals, «t J,.50 p<> pa", for CASH ONL y Axe resting 11ot far flom th..: 1uritic old home, Wh~te hearts ache, all sorrow crush tl 1 breaking 1vlonda.ys excepted. 1000 Pairs Women'·, Mtss6s and (!hi/d 's Felt Boois, the "hole to be soldfo1 (!ASH ON LY and Jone 1y 'ehe following trains now stop at Saxor Fond mother ' v. eep not n.'3 ) ou Ent thCJre and for assengers , . . . . . --o-gaze 7 30 a m !Jooal going west, due at In the chtuclrjar<l tnd sigh that the sweet su1n 3 40 p m Call early and secuie yom ·wintei Supply, while the llloh is gorng on at I\f1xed going east, due at me1 da.ys 2 55 p m 1\-I1xed going we~, due at H~n e lost all their chci.1m , that the la.udsc~pe m 7 45 p Local going cast, d ne at 1s sad .Montreal time That once seemed with gladness ~nd beauty all & clatl - ~an\:1llo, Dec 10th, 1874 There's another 11eart b1eed1ug, and ha.rd is the !}lHJtttt~~ «ia:td~. st:rife 'l'o yield up that treasure, the prule of hu1 hfe , ~ -==:';:::;;:;:o:===:======== That hungry one, fn1nttng one, w·eary one ;iz:;no;ii~i~'ii~:85~;~';'s "a~:~t·n~0;~;~;;;;, At a Discount of Ten per cent for CASH, for THIRTY DAYS 0 OoQ t, ANDERSON & CO'S., Boot Sh.oe E:m.pori&m.. J. CHAPLIN, DEALER 1N I! 1 1.nt and 01 namental Trees, Seeds, B1db8, 1~{011 ers, & c , &:c ' cheer , Ii"'or few \1i1tb that pastor, ha\ e yfjt shed a tear 'Vheie n.re the noh " ho1n he sought to allure To a far nchcr la.nd 1-.;here all treasures arc sure' 'Vhere the mou1ner hes"' ept "'lth, and point Fev; 'I n-Ir 0 guarantees to fnrnlBh nothing b ut F1rst-clGss trees, and true to na,.mtt .\.ddress, P 0 Bo:t 55 Bowmanv11lu Jan 22nd, 1875 bp ly ml7 o4 Drs. Reid & Boyle. SURGERY---SILVER ST ~.... ed on high To the home of the blast where the loved neve1 <he' Night caJls a.nawered at 1J1 B')yle's old Su r· get;y 01 at Dr Re1d 1a residence l3o·vman\1lle, .Jan 14th, 1875 16 tf Important Great ~lA.nnouncement ! in -Dry · Goods! All heedless One t all heartless I But ah ' thero 1s be done to compensate the loss of a n1other's presence and ca1e, \VOS don~ by the grand iuother of the prince, "ho cout1uued to watch over the111 with a t\\ oJold tenderness Their ·Jucat1on was of the broad general character best e111ted to their pos1hon, and included h1.stor;h geographv, mathematics, ph1l1Jsophy1 religion, Lat111 and the modern European languages, ieheved hy the study of 01uqic and drawing, for buth of wh1i.;h the Pimce early showed a marked mcl1na· t10n HIS father was an ardent sportsman, and Lhe two brothers as they grew up took an eager iuterest 1n the sports of the field and forest, which, in Germany, are the prescnpt11 e pastime of theu class Albert, though an excellent shot, enjoyed them, however, cb1efl} for the Rake of exercise aud for the pleasures of the scener) 1nto \vh1ch the) carried lnrn The houl':le of Coburg was 1nt1mately re lated by marriage with the roJ al fomily of England In 1816, Prrnce Leopold, tbe youngest brother of Prmce Albert's father had married the Princess Cliarlotte, then presumptive heiress to the English throne After her untimely death, the Duke of Kent married the youngest sister of the Duke of Coburg, and on the 24th of A.fay, 1819, she presented bun with a daughter, who was deatmed to become Queen or England But long before it was known that she ,\\ould ascend t.be throne, the idea of her marriage wit h one of her C ob urg eousrns had tak en such a root m the family that Prrnce Al bcrt's nutse was rn the habit of prattling to her infant chu.rge, when he "as only three years old, of his destmed bude 111 England In 1836 there was no longer any doubt as to the eucce0s1on of the Princess V ictor1a to the throne, and already several aspirants for her hand were lD the field Krng Leo pold, her llncle, and loved adviser 1n all matters, greatly deaned her marriage lo Prrnce Albert , but he alao deSired that the union should be one of affection, n.ud not n1erely one ot poht1cal 1:xped1ency H~ therefore urrauged -iilth the Duche:::s of Prof. J. Ruse, R.ADU A IE of Baxter Un1vers1ty of ].1usIC Fnend8lup, :IS ew York Teacher of Piano nnd Organ, cult1va.t1on 0 Voice, S1ng1ng, Thorough Bass, I-Iarmon y Compos1t1on, &c Darlington, July 16th, 1874 41 ly G tempers the wind to the larnb that is shorn," Neath the great "Rock of ages,, ye sa.fely may he, And refit in 1ts shade 'vhlle the Ktorm p3.8Setb by Le tM Thorne \Yho 11 Se~u'ction, B. PEATlll 9 TAILOR Gentlemen's & Boy's Garment s MADE IN ..THE Millinery,Clothing, Crockery & Glassware. ---oo--- LITERATURE. A ROYAL LOVE-STORY On the 26th of August, 1819, a boy was born at the Rosenau, the summer residence of Earnest, Duke o! Saxe-Coburg-Saalleld, who wa!! de:-itlnc.:l. to plav an unportant part 1n the world He 'va.s furnished at a christening with a long l1dt of nameq, nfter the fash10n ofroyalty-FranclS Charles Augus· tus Albert Emanuel- hue ID the household, "as kuo~ n simply as Albr.rt, and 10 lateI years aa Pornce .Albert, t be consort of the Que·n of England The birth of a prmce or princess at one of the u1nu1nerable petty courts thnt once d1v1ded Gern1uny l1et\\ een them, before the nation had become consoh dated into-an en1p1re, was, as a rule, a matter of very bttle importance to the great world outside, and bnttor the influences that made him the husband at Quetin Victoria, Prince Albert would, 1n all probah1hty,ha.ve been reckoned with the vast multitude of lierman royal pereonag~s, \\ho h ved i1nd1s hnguish d, but blau1el!;!SS hves, and whose record 1sfound only rn the pages of the Al monach de Gotha A different and happier fate awaited the anno.ble and large-hearted boy, ;whose stor) is so "ell told m Theo <lore M'art1u's Life of the P1ince Consort, the ltrst \olume of "hich has JUst been pub· bshed by Smith, Elder & Co, London The work "aa undertaken by Mr Martm 1n corupli<.1.nce \.\.1th the express des1re of the widowed Queen, w3o placed much verj u1teresting 1nater1al in his hauOs Il1s por tra1ture of the Prince 1s 1nost attractive, and '"11 enable the grnmblrng Bl1t1Sh pub he to understand better the prolonged ::or 1uw of the Queen, \\ b1ch it bas viewed r..1· most \v1th resentment. Hrn was a rare and excellent rn~ure, royal not only by the ac cident of bntb, !mt by e>ery morn! and rntellectual quality which men deem udmir· able A1ueucans ha\ e eve1y reason to honor his memory It 'vss bis wise counse]J almost the closmg act of his life, that averted war between this country and En~land, when the Trent affair roused national pas· s1on to fever heat, and Yi hen the Qneen's m1n1stry were not un\\:1lhog to prec1p1tate hostiht1e:i Albert\\ as the second son of his parents His only brother, Earnest, now Duke or Saxe Cobur,.'.{·Gotha, "\\as born a httle more than a year before Both the younK princes were distinguished by the1r precoc1t) rrhe beauty, gentlenees, and Vl\ ac1ty of Albert, seen1s, ho\\ ei; ez, to ha.ve 1nade him the fa vor1te, As a chil<l, b1s beauty \\US remarK ahle Tn 1821, tbe Do,,ager Duchess ot Coburg writes of hun to the Dncbeaa of 1 Little Al ""1ctor1a Kent, the mother of V berinch~n, with bis large blue C) es and dimpled cheeks, is bewitching, forward, and quick as a "el.Lt!el He oan alrerid) say e'er\ thing Ernest IS not nearly as pretty, only his intelligent brown eyes are \iery flue, but he is tall, acti' e, and \ ery clever for his age I And ugatn, ll fe\\ weeks lntrr 'rrhe httle fellow " the pendant to the prettJ con~u1 (the Princess V1ctona), very handsou1e, bnt too sh~ht for a boy , ln ely, very funuy, all good nature, aud full ofm1scluef' L1ke l11s mother in person 1 and resembling her also ID quickness, vivacity, and playful· ness, ~<\.lbert \\as her fa\~01 ite child, and she maile no secret of her preference But thrn v.oas not to last 1'he Duchei:-s was not only beauh1ul, but exercised a great charm tltrongh her 1ntelhgence and kindness of hear~ W1 th o. hah1t ot v1e~1ng n1en and thn1gs in a droll and hutuorouS\\ay-chn.r acter1attcs 1n \\lnch the Prince strongly re setnbled her-ahe was a general hL\oute in soi.;1ety, But her "edded life, which Ct>m~ nience<l uuder the faire.et aus-p1ces, proved unhappy [n 1824, a separat10n, followed hy a d11 orce rn 1826, was arranged. bet" een the Duke aud herself, but not before she had establ1Shed a bold upon the aITecl!ons of her children, \vb1ch, although theJ never SR\\ lier again, r~tna1ned with then1 to the !a,t Shed 1cd at St Wendel, rn Swilzetland , m 1831, at the age of thtrty·t110, after a loug and prunfnl illness '1he Prince,' writes the Qllcen, 'IJE!\eI forgot her, and spol~e w 1th nntch tendernc,,s-and sorrow of l11s poo1 1nothe1, and was deeply affected 1n rend1ng, aftc1 lus 1na1riage, the accounts of her sad and pamful illness' All that could 0 ~EWEST S'rYLES Bo\\mnnville, July, 27, 1869 R R LOSCOMBE, BARRISTER-AT LAW, i:>OfJ(JITOR IN ClIANOFJRY, tP: c o~BIOE,-Over McOlung's Store same fl at a.s J ]')-l Br1macomb e Dental RooIIlil Bowrca.nv1lle, Oct 27th, 186& ly MURDO UH BIOS. ( MARRIAGE ISSUHD BY · -'"-·~--- LICENSE s Havmg decided to make <l change m then busmess, a1 e now sellrng for CASH theu large and well ass01 ted Stock of Dry Goods, l\i1llmery, <;Jlothmg, C1ockery and Glassware, ROBERT ARMOUR AT · AND BELOW COST! The Stock havmg been purchased m the BEST MARKETS, buyers can depend on gettrng J110RE AND BETTER GOODS FOR THEIR MONEY MARR IAGE LICENSES. ll1- Dn.rhngton, (ncnr Bethe~da. ChnrchJ duly ttuthonzed to l"sue M arnagc Licenses Da.rhn~ton, No' 19 1874 m8 tf 11.lfR JOHN H EYNON Lot i, 6th Corl lS W. H. "TILSON BOWMANVILLE, Genea.l Agent tcr ' at this Estahlshment th.111 m any othm house ;n the count1 y · PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODIANS ancl SEWING M~AC HINES Call Early, and secure Ba1·gains, as tlie whole Stock must be sold at onoe, jar CA SH ONLY Raymond Sewing Machine T H E A SPECL\.LilY GROCERY DEPARTMENT chines gi.utiauteed Inst111ct1on given, and Instruments 1tnd l\.f a is now complete with the choicest supply of Oh1·isttnas Goocls, Raisens, Currants, gars, Peels, etc., etc., at all Prices. AUCTIONEERS fi'm· the Townsh'<p of Darlington,. Bowmauv1lle 1 June 1$, 1874. H. T. PHILLIPS, HAMPTON · P1ompta.tt6nt1ou given to sales, &c, on reason. able terms Bowmanville,~Dec , MURDOCH BROS. 24th, 187 4 Wm.. Bar.ton, liNNISKILLEN S \les p1 omptly attended to on rea,,onn.ble terms " J;"IERIN !I.RY SURGF.ON, Graduate o V the Ontano Veterinary College By a.p . po1ntment Y.,..eter1nary Surg-eon to tho '\Ves f Itobert Young, Durha1n and Darlington Un1on Agucultura. l Soc1ehes t Agent for the Live Stock Branch of th e Beaver n.nd 'I oronto Mutual Ft.re Ineuranc e Co Oalh1 from the country prompt]y attended to. Office - Ono door east of R .l\'1anlng's Fur. n1ture Wareroom. Residence over 1:5 Burden's store, corner of ~1ng and Scugog Veteun:.\ry Jr!ed1c1ncs constantly on hand Street&, Bowmanv1llle mitt A BIO- RURH LUMBER. HE Subscriber 1espectfuJJy reQuests aJl pat ties u1debted to bun for Lumber, to settle their accounts without fu1 th er dela~ And h~ hcrtJby informs builders, and others in want of lumber, that he ts i;repnred to supply them at -cash ra.teSJ for Cash Henceforth he intends to do a. cash business THOS SMITH, Lot l 9, 6 Con Da.rhngton 1873 mStf T TBELEVENS ~ ALLAN LINE STEAMSHIPS. L'<verpool London, and Glasgow app!y to Fon. 'l1ckets, or infrrma.t1on, W A. :liEADS, .Aqtnt Bo\\ ·nanv1lle, .T unt1 9th, 1871 tf~30 Fancy Goods,Berlin Wools,&c Mrs. Mason, . . al1d Begs to mfo1~ the public, ~hat she has Just re ce1\ ed a. splendid new assortn1ent of Fancy G8,0ds, l3erlin '\Vools, etc, \vh1cb ahe will sell a t as lO\\ price as they ca.n be boug4t for elao ovhere S1A ltPI1'G dgnc on SE10JITEST NOTICli 'Jct 8th 1874, 2 3mos HAMP TO l~, he is deternnned to contrnue to sell at these 1 urnousl:y low pi ices cheaper than the cheape·t Why he can do 1t-Fnst, he buys for cash and kno" s Just how to buy 1 Second, what he can't !my cheap enough, he manufactures Thu cl, he 1s satisfied with small p10f1ts 1 Fom th, he sells for cash , Fifth, he ~ells µ,t botto1n pnces -o- ()ALL AND SEE FOB YOVBSBLVES, .AND Exa1n1Re the fltock, which compr1Q.ea everything 1n the t1ade, of the very latest and most e]e gn.n styles nncl pa.ttern1:1, of Enghsh, Cauad1Blli and Aroencan manufacture -oH 1;' at11l conL1nueg to inanufa.cture to order, from the best of iuatena.1, n.nd none but first cL'l.ss \\01k1nen kept w. BUNNEY, BRING YOUR FRIENDS WITH YOU. BUILDER, ETC. -o hopes, by cout111ued st11ot personal a"'ttent1on to buinness, and working at the IIJOSt reasonable rders Promptly Executed, and Good Fits Guaranteed puces to enqure a con~1nuanct of public pa.ti on age W B is p1epar-ed to build hou,<i.es 1 etc , H e lrn. !l 111 stock an endless "\nricty of Lndies 1 and Gents Saratoga ll 1nks, \Tl.\lrnes, &c, uJl of on the wost luotlern sty le of architecture Job which he 18 Helling cheap for cash b1np; promptl.i; attended to Plans and spcc1fi. -ocations got up on apphcat1on 1 on the n1ost re«. Remember the Stand " BIG BOOT " drawn by Two Horses, Kmg St. son u.Lle terms, and of every desci 1ption Office and Shop, Ontario Street! nea.rly opposite !rir '11 Bowden s .Bowman'i1ll~, Dec 24th, 18i4 13-ly. Bo\\ mo.nv1lle, 11ay 13, 1874 Begs to retu1 n thanks to his friends fot the sup pvrt b.e h~s rece1ved the past two ~ears 1 a.od ' 0 M. TRELEVEN. Kent, that she should invite the Duke of Coburg and hta sons to v1a1t her at Kenfl1ng ton Palace The obJect of the V!sit was kept stuccly S·Cret from the Princess aud Prince, so as to leave them completely o.t the1r ease 1hc Prince's granlmother had, 1t 1s true, often spoken to hirr1 years before, of her earnest desires on the subJect, but he had no reason to th1nk tins was more than a family wish, and the Princess, at least, was left freel) to an 1n1pulqe of her O\Vn fnchnation Her uncle, 1{1ng Lcopol<li sa\v that the lmpress1on "us favorable, an<l made her aware ol his w1shes 1n the n1atter Her ans,ver made it 1n1poss1ble to doubt bo\.\ entirely those al the Puncese were in a~cordance \\ilh lns own Io June, 1836, soon after Prince Alberts departure f1om 1 I bn\e En~l1'n<l, she \\rote to the l{ing only now to beg you, 111y deorest uncle, to take care of the health of one now so dear to 1ne, and to take him undt:r your spec111l protection I hope and trust that all will go on prosperou,ly and ~ell on the su\~ect now of sc mnch importance to me' The Prince, however, was still kept in the <lark , bnt bis educat10n "as directed with n , iew to the poss1 b1hty of lna marriage He and lns w1th the Bnghsh Puncess brother were eent to BLusaela, where, under the care of Baron ¥liechmann, a retired of fleer of the Gern1an !Jeg1on, they ren1a1ned for a pe11od of twelve months, closely occu~ pied with the study of historv, the modern languages, the h1gher ma.themo.hca, etc, J·rom Brussels, they \Vent to +he Bonn, \vhere they Tema1ned for eighteen months Wtule they were still at the untversity, the death of Wilham IV, June 20, 1837, threw upon the Prmcess Victorin, then only eighieen yeari:i old, the gra\ e respons1b1ht1es of Queen ot England Her nccession to the throne revived the ru1nore, which bnd bt!en fo1 some t11re current, of a contempl·ted marriage \\1th h~r cous1n 111nd 1t 'vas thought cxpedicot by their uncle, with the vtew of w1thdraw1ng public attention, for the hme1 from the young prmce, that they should spend the nutumn of 1837, in making a tour throu~h Switzerland and the north of Italy September and October were accord1uglv spent ma thorough ~xploraiion of Switzerland and the Itahan lakes on foot-a mode of traveling: of vrluch Prince Albert wa:, \iery fond But the \Jme had amved when the ques· t1on of the Eughsh marriage had to he set tied Kmg L·OfolJ demed that some de· cunve arrangement shoul(l be toade for the )ear 1839, bnt tothistheQueen<lPmnrred, for reasons which her uncle considered con clus1'e She was herself, she urged, too )Oung, so also \Vas the Prince, and more~ over, lus mastery of the English languege was sttll 1mpertect. The Pu nee, on being made ::l.\Vate o( what was proposed, and of the necessity of delay, very Eeasibly declar ed hunself wilhng to submit, if he had only some certain assurance to go upon ' 'But/ he sa.1d to King Leopold, 'if, ntter \Vatting perhaps three )ears, I shouhl f1nd that the Queen no longer desired the ruarrrnge, it would place me In a ridiculous position, nnd \\ ould, to a certain ex.tent, ruu1 all m; pres pects for the future' This serious question Wa9, how·ever, soon r,ettled tn o. \\i.lY entire ly satisfactory tu the Prmce's mrnd and rn tbe wmtei of 1838 he set out o11 a protracted anil interesting tour th1ough Italy, re turu1ng to Coburg in the following r,.1ay M·anwbile pohtic·l "en ts in England, which 1t is needless to go into, n1ade it <le s1ra.ble that theque:;t1on of the Qneen'a ma.r r1age should again be pre:;i;;ed Those who bad her weHare ino~t at heart \vere nn:uous to secure for her, without longer delay, a busband!s gmdance and support To effect th1s, \Vas, ho\.\ ever, no s11nple matter All that the Queen bal heard of the l)r1nce,was 01ost fa"\:orable Her 1ochnatlon tonards bun, remained unchanged, and, to use her o:,i;n "ordi::,' She nevet had an iJen, if she marr1~d at all, of any one else' Still, she lle,,1r d delay , o.ncl the Pnnce "'cut to Ea,;· land "1~l1 hi:; brother, 1n Ui.;tober, 183i, nniler the ln1press1on tbo.t she WJ<ihd tLe affa.n: Lo Ue cone1<lt'red as broken 1..:ff, and thnt fer four yearn she could thrnk of no mnrrrngc HE:J reaeons tor deluy v.ere, ho\\ c\: er, destined to g1' e "Way before the I euce 'Let the Queen put the Prince whert: irres1st1ble feeling 111~p1red by the Prince she lLkes,' he said '!he g'\'eat Duke h..ad "hen they ngn1n met Thr three ) en.rs not much tolernnon for the traditions of \\ h1ch had passed since the princes '\ere court et.quette, "hen they confln.:ted with last m England had greatly rniproved theu the dwtatcs of common sense The late personil appearance Tall and manly as I.1ord All:eniarle, \\hen !\.faster of the Hor~e, they both were, Prince. Albert was emtn· \\as very sensit1\:e abont his right In that ently handsome. But there was also in hie c.a.pac1ty, to sit in the Sovereigns carriage countenance a gentleness of expression find on State occas1011s ·The Queen,' s~nd the peculiar sweetness 1n his sn11le, with a ]ook Duke, when appealed to for his opnnon, of deep thought and b1gh mtelhgenoc rn 'can make Lord Albemarle Slt on the Lop h!S clear blue eye anU. expansive forehead, of the coach, under the coacb, belnnd the that added a chann to the 1mpress1on be coach, or 'vberever else she pleases' produced 1n all ,,.ho sa\v lum, far be) on<l I he marriage took placfl Ett the chnpc:l of that derived train 1nere beauty or regular St James' Palace 011 the 10th of F ebruaT) 1ty of features The Queen was most Javor- 1840 It was >ery popular with the people: nbl) 11npressed On tht! second day after because 1t was not one of poltt1ca.l conven1 their nrrn:al, she wrote to her uncle 'Al ence, Uut of pure affcct1on 1 and thousands bert's beauty 1s most stuking, and he 1s lined the roads. irom Buckingham Palace to rnost am1ahle and unaffectecl-in short Windsor Castle, to see tbe Queen and her \ery fascinating' 'fhe question \\as soon husband as they pas-':led The morning of settled The Prmee amveU. at W mdsor the day bad been wet, foggy, uud d!Stnal, Castle on the 10th of October , on the 14th but there was not want1ug soon atter the the Queen rn!orm·d Lord Melbourne of her ceremony the happy omen of that suushrne dec1B1on To Baron Stockmar, her uncle's v.:lni;h came afterward to be proverbially hfe long at!d confidennal counsellor, to cal led, 'the Qneen a weather 1 Wbateve1 whom she had recent!) and strongly ex annoyances came to the Queen and he· pressed her resolution not to n1arry for sou1e Cousort, floru that day to the hour of the tlme,she wrote \\:1th a na1ve embarrassment Prince's death, came from the outside Wr,,DSOR C\STIE, Oct 15, 1837 Their home life wa> always happy From 'I do feel so gUI lty, I knO\\ not how to the day of bis hetrothnl to the Queen, Pnnce begrn my letter, but I thrnk the news 1t Albert held uuwaverrngly to the high contains \\Ill be suffic1ent to ensnre your courae of hfe he bad marked ont for hi1nselt torgn; eneas Albert has con1pletely won n1y a course that gained h1n1 the confidence and heart, and all was setlled bet\\ een us this mormng I feel certam he will make me affecuon of the people, and the name ot very hapfy I wioh I conld say I felt as 'Albert the Good '-From Harper's Bazar certa1n o OIY. making bin1 happy, but I shall do my best Uncle Leopold must tell The Emperor of Chma's Death--·A l ou all about the detaila, "bich I have not Strange Ceremony. time to do Alber! is very m .. oh attached to you ' '!'he Emperor of Chrna bet ng dead, all Im The next day, Prrnce Albert "rnte to anbJects, according to their rank, will be reOn the pro give Baron l:;tockmar what he knew would qtureJ to mourn bis decease be ~the n1of:it welcome ne\\ s puss1ble He clamahon of the Governor of the Province, the mandarins under btm not only put on added 'Victoria is so good and krnd to me that n1onrn1ng, but pa1nt out the deco1alions on I am often puzzled to believe tuu.t I should their hou.3e \\alls, and wrap their l:'.iedau be the obJect o[ ~o 1u 1ch affection I know chair,.., iu black cloth Tbe corutnon people theuttert:st you take in 1ny happtnes--, and ha\e to sha\e the1r heads, and al!:io perform therefore pour out 1ny heart to you r.forc, or senousl.r, I cannot wriLe, I am'"at certain ceremonies prescribed for them , but this mo1nent too n111ch be,vildeied to t1o as for the nlandar1ns and local gentry, on '.\ s.:icond proclan1at1on from the Governor o( eo While oll'ermg to tlrn Prmce his hearty the Province, they nieet together on cer congratulations on the happy event, Stock- ta1n appu1nted daya, in a oart1cula1 templt?, mar coupleil. them with earnest counsels as to 1 lift up th~n la1nentat1onfl/ for the de to the cou1se "h1ch inust be pursued in patted monarch\\ horn most o1 the~e n1ourn laying the foundation oi his Juture happ1 ers never once beheld The 1node of then ness, and in fulfilhng·\\OTth1ly the Uut1es of proceeding JS 1n this w1se The mandarins, his b1gh position To tlus the Pru1ce re gentry, nnd others entitled to take pn.rt in plied inn stra1n of lofty aep1ration 1 and the ceremonial, having 1nuate1el 1ns1de the f with n deep sense of the great part he te·uple, slo\.. ly and silently tdke up each nae to play in lus ne\Y" career, "hich ev1nc one the po-..;ttlon prescribed for 11101, accord ed true uolnhty of character, and pronus- ing to lus rank, on a raised platforn1 pre Tlus done, a professor ed well for the future Ne1lher the hap- v1ou:;.Jy prepared p111css of love - a happiness lu bis case of ceremony appears upon the scene Everymade more 1ntensf:: by the singu lar purity thing being ready the professor, amtd pro and unselfishness of his own nnh1rc1 on found silence, calls out, 1n a coniniand1u~ Imn1ed1atel; 100 \\htch the devotion shO\\D hlm aeetus to tone, 'l{neel down" have con1e \\ith a b~~illier1ng strangeness ind1v1duals, mo1e or less, being the b1gheet -nor the bnlhancy of 1.ohe po:;1t1on into in rank nnd power in the Province, e1multwhich this love hatl ra1~ed h1n1,bhndetl hHn aneously foll posh ate Then the next order iur a moment to its sterner feature!:! 'Treu comes, 1 l{uock J our heads once ou the und fest' (true nTid firru ) was the motto of ground,' wh1ch the con1pan) immecl1ately his house, and he \\as prepared to grapple do Agam and agam the foreheads tap the with <l1ffic.ulL1cs and face oppoe1tiou with a .floor, aoJ yet a tb1rd time thev a1e reqtured The professor, while manly heart 'With the exceptwn of mJ to kne.! and knock relations to the Queen,' he wrote to lus thej are still on their hnn<ls and knees, DO\\ atepn1otber, 'my future posLtlon Vi 111 have coruu.Jancls them to 'begin tbe1r lamenta its dark aide, and the sk~ vt1ll not ah.\ays hons,' whereupon those adults, r~t1011al he blue and unclouded But life hns its being~, co1nmence to monn and "eep ln a This thorns lo every position, and the conscious whiruper1ng, subcl uecl tone at \:<Hce having been kept up for a inu1ute or so, all neHs of ha' iog u<ietl ones powe1s aud en<leavers for an obJect so great as that of pro are ordered to 'stop their crying,' ' rise up 1 1 moting the welfare of so many \'ill snrel} and' d1spe1:lC from their placeil,' whti;h, by this tinie 1 they see1n not ua.wilhng to do be sufficJent to support 1ne ' The announcement of the Letrothal caused Thus enJs the ceremony of 'three bo" 1ugs great reJoicmgs ID Englund and among the and. nine kuockinga ' Th~ funniest tb1ng Prtnce's o" n people But" hen the ques- cnnnected \\1th the "hole bus1nel:'.is is that t10n of the annu1tJ to be settled upon him uu t1l the Emperor'· death bas been officially on his n1arriage, came before Purhan1ent, announced horn Pekin, nobody lS suppo ed A steamer commonly bungs there was a squabble, which must ba\:e been to oo sorry very disagreeable to lum and the Queen the news down to a l'rov1nce long before Her cabrnet proposed £50,000 a year, the tho Governor e otticrn.l despatch arnves, and same that had bt:en granted to PrincP. Leo- thus, though the Empero1's decease is perpold, on bis man1age with the Princess lectly well known, ever~body surprlSlng!\ Charlotte, but after an acnmontous de· commands hlB feeltngs, and goes ~bout Ins It is only \vben the bato, this sum WM reduced to £30,000 business as usual The Prince took it in a manly manner, Governor sends forth h1a pubhc al)no11cemerely remarking to Buron Stockmar, that ment that the lancl 1a con\ ulsed with sud his only regret \\as to find that bis ah1llt) den and urnversal sorro" to help art1Sts and men of Science, to which be had been lookrng forward with dehgh t, A Deaf .Editor would be more restricted than he hnd hoped A thou~and times more \:~at1ou!f 'vere "We thought," says a conte1upornry1 "t.:v the questions as to the rank and precedence er) body kuew that"° were deaf, but once he \\as to enJoy, as the husband of the in a while wt: find on~ who ia uut aware of Queen There is no )JTO\lSlon rn the Eng the fact A female "ho bad au old book to hsh constitution !or the title and precedence St.!ll came to o.ir office the other day She of th:e hn~ba.nd of a queen regnant, while was alone 1u this wotld, and had no one to the \\lfe of a king bas the highest rank an<l whom ahc could turn for sympathy or aqsis d1gn1ty, after her husband, assigned her by tance 1 hence "e should buy lier book Sbe law, and "bile It is, uo doubt, always in had received a liberal edncatton, and could the powe1 ot a queen regnant to gne her talk French hkc a nnt1ve, we \\OUld not, 1n husband precedt:nce at hotne, over all her cunsequenc~, pay her l esi:i than five dollars subJects, by placing bini next her pe1'ov, for a book" 11 \.Ve had listened attent1\clJ, her power stops there The status is due and here to her persoual favor alone, and, if acknow- broke m mthledged by other royal versonages, it 1s so " '\.Vhat d1d vou Sil) 1 "\Ve're deaf I n1erely Ly courtesy A bill "\\as Introdnced "She started in a loud '01ce, and. \vent In Parluuncnt, giving the Prince precedence through her r1gni ... 1::ile \-Vl,en she hacl tin for life, next aftet the Qtteen, in }larha1uent ished ,.,e went an<l got a roll of paper, n1ade or elsewhere, as her ~:laJet;t) might think it into a speak1ng trumpet, placP.d one cntl proper , but after much debate, Parhamcnt to our ear, and told her to proceed rehtsed to give btm any d1st1nctive title, and "She nearly broke a blood-vesEZ.el in h~r left the question of precedence to the effort to make her"lelf heard She con1royal prerogatn e It was not till me nced1857 that the title and d1~mty of " I om nlo11e 10 ibis "01 ld-' Prince Consort was conferred ui-ion " 1 [t doesn't make the slightest difference bun by ro;al lettPrs patent Tbis on11ss1on to us We area huobanl and father W> arc gave nse to endless vexat10ns, especially not eltg1ble lo proposals' wheu the Queen and her husband went " 'Oh what a lool the wan is,' ahe s"'1cl, abroad rrhe poQ.1t1en accurded to him at in a. low tone Then at the top of bet \ 01ce, fore1gu courts, the Qiu:en always had to " I don't want to marry you I want to sell acknowledge as n grace and favor bestowed a book" upon herself by the sovereigns whom she "Tl11s last sentence wa1' howled ' V!Stted, Several sovereigns poSitively re"'We don't want a cook,' \Ve remarked, fused to gratify het wtsh£s in lns respect, blandl3' , 'our wile doea the cook1ug, and and the only one who \Vas courteous e11o~gh she won't allo\V as good· looking a won1au to do so without o.n often;;:;1ve ehow of doing as you to stay in the house five m1nut.es' a favor, was the late Emperor of the French "She looked at us rn despair Gathering Even in Ecgland, annoyances constantly her rooee about het\ g1v1ng us a glance of o.rose from the \\ant of Pa1hamentary action contempt, she exclaimed 1 on this question The Prince's right to oc" 1 do behe\e that if a rthree hun<l1 ed cupy the seat next the thront; 1 "hen P111ha .. vnunder \Vere let otf alongside of thnt clenf rnent 'vas opened or pro rogued, \Vas ques· fool's head, he'd thrnk somebody was knock tioned by the Dnke of Snssex and otht:r8 1 111g at the <loor ' but the Queen, supported \Jy the Duke of "You shoul.J ha-re beard her slan1 the Well1ngton, quietly ignored the intcrfer- door when Bhe \vent out. \Ve did." ' The lliost mon1 e11tous coneern of man is the state he shall' nterupou arter th18 'hort aod transi tory ltl < "nued, aod in proportion ns et1..: 1rnii,: l" t ,·.ru1te1 irnpo11 ._. nce tlian time, so ought IlJt n to be so\J 01tous upon what grounds th ell rxp"cta.·10118 ~ itL rega.rtl to th at dur1Lle 5 tat ~ ure built, and ou \Vhnt assurance their ho 1 1cs or their fears stand. t-