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(From the* Greenoch''Advertiser, September 21.)
THE win* vicroniA.
i (Said, by the Dumfries Times, to be communicated
from a well-informed quarter.")
> ''Tho conduct of the Young Queen gives the 'highest promise of her becoming a blessing to the empire, and is such as to afford the "highest gratih -cntion to every true and high principled Reformer She possesses fino nnd generous feelings, blended ivithgood sense, and great discrimination. She has evidently been taught to understand what are the d ii ties of a'Sovereign, and shows every will- ingness to make herself mistress 'of them. Her Majesty has a decided aptitude for business, and » attention to it does not appear irksome to her. She possesses what, in her position is most essen- tial-a true lover of order. She reads every paper that is laid before her. She signs nothing without making herself mistress of the contents. She places the greatest confidence in her ministers, but ' shebas been known to have put past'papers laid
before her fbr signature until she had perused them. She feels the great responsibility that is lnid on her as'sovereign of a great empire, and virtually de. termines not to he in any way neglectful of her im- portant and sacred trust. She wisely keeps her first Minister obout her as much as the discharge of his other phigh functions will admit-to'consult with and ho advisedl ! Ile is the only'person who is ho- nored with a private audience. 5/^ pilaws no one to whisper into her ear. She rigidly maintains her in- dependence, and without any improper assumption , of consequence, acts the part of Queen. Attached,
ns she most certainly is, to her royal, affectionate,
and excellent mother, and which attachment she constantly shows as a daughtet, yet she has in no instance, since her accession to the throne, given cruise for the suspicion that she is the least under maternal .influence, or- rather thut she does not feol herself fully capable of acting and deciding for hérself. i ' t
Most .virtuous and wise is also the conduct of the Duchess of Kent, hei- illustrious mother, who does not seek to govern through her daughter's name-she is content with her own high station has no false ambition - and her great and high de- sire is that her child shall be equal to the discharge of the arduous duties of her exalted state. She is as much her mother's pride as bhe is the nation's hope. ' Queen Victoria commences her reign most auspiciously-most advantageously. She is sur- rounded hy no false friends-she has no insidious advisers-bhe hears truth y and those relatives to v horn, in case of need, she has to turn for counsel, v ill not deceive nor misdirect her ; they w ill be ho- nest to their Sovereign, as they will bo also honest to the people. She has been taught, and is still advised to be cautious ni promises ; but when once she has passed her word never to break it.. She is duly impressed with the impression thnt her will is not to be the law, but that she is to rule consonant to the spirit of the institutions of her country, and ond that the general happiness of the people is to lu the leading object of her life. She has no per- sonal prejudices-no party rancour-but is strongly ,mbupd with liberal sentiments, and entertains enlarged views. Sho pays respect to w boni- fiai er it is due : but is not carried away by miy untoward veneration for any particular mont or qualification to submit herself to tlie guidance ol any individual, however distinguished lie wa)
be.
Tho Duke of Wellington is received at Windsor I as he should be-as the great Captain-but not as
tlie enlightened statesman. The honours which atetas due are paid, and deservedly paid, to him ; hut no false estimate is set upon his legislative qualifications. He must now feel that there is little probibility of his being called to the councils of Ina Sovereign, though he will ever receive the most marked personal attention from his Royal miitress. This, hi-> late visit to Windsor to meet tlie ltoyal visito1-, the King of Belgium, must have taught lum. The young Queen indisputably enter- tains liberal opinions, and knows how to do a just and gracious act to the son of a consistent Refor- mer, as the following anecdote will show :-George > IV. had formed a gallery with busts and portraits
of tlie most distinguished living personages of the empire. Among them he bud tho bust of the pre- sent Duke of Bedford, William the Fourth in one of his capricious moods, had it removed when the I) ike subscribed to tlie fund to defray the ex- penses of defending the petition against Mr. O'Connoll's return for Dublin. The Queen, on I recently taking posssssion of Windsor, caused the
bust to be brought from its obscurity, and to he re phced on the pedestal. On the first visit of the Marquis of Tavistock to tho castle, her Majesty delicately pointed to the bust standing in its proper pluce. Does this not speak volumes for the Liberal
(From the Hampshire Telegraph and Sussex Chronicle,
September 11, 18J7._)
The possibility of a new Navarin, tthich «e pointed out as soon as we heard that our nnval force in the Mediteraneun had been sent to meet tho Turkish fleet, is now a subject of general attention. We have not yet any news of the appenrunce of tho Capitan Pacha's fleet ; but we
believe it is know n that our vessels have arrived on the coast of Tunis, where they cruize along a tract of about forty leagues from east to west.-Paris,
íc/it.5.
It seems that there are 217 Provincial Kenspapers published in England-out of which U!» are Liberals, 84 Tory, nnd 21 Neutral. The consumption of stamps for these papers during the fiwsix months of 183T has been-Liberal Papers, 5,4i)6,5"2; Tory Papers, 2,419,54*2; Neutral l'apers, 4 3,745. Ihus wo see that the readers of Liberal Papers are double those of the Tory Pa- liers, and that there are very few readers who are Neutral.-York HeiuM.
On Saturday, the 19th ult., a gentle-
man from Yorkshire, being struck with the im- menso number of vehicles which he saw pass down hm¿ Willi im-street, London-bridge, determined to Icount their number for one whole day. From eight ¡o'clock m tho morning till eight o'clock in the c» enmg he carefully counted the vehicles pass ng [to and fro, and found that during that one day, or twelve hours, there passed the extraordinary num
er of 11,000 carriages.
The Irish government have thought it fit to remove Captain Vignolles, the police officer, fom Carlow to another part of Ireland, in conse luence of some intemperate conduct on his .part luring the late election contests there. Mr. Glee «n, also of the police, who was similarly ímpli
ited, has been removed to another district. Other
tanges in the Callow constabulary have been de
ennined on.
Tlie report which has obtained cur cnc_\, of Her Majesty'e coronation being likely to *'»e place in May next, is wo are assured, pre
mature* nothing being yet determined on the sub- j ¡êct. The month of March "is more freely spoken j
of in the court circles as tho probable period. '
THE DORCHESTER LABOURERS.-Al mooting of the working classes was held yesterday I evening, at the King's Arms, Pimlico, in order to | adopt measures for the restoration of the five re- maining sufferers to their families ; and with a view to add to the funds already raised for their reliof in the event of their retain. The report set forth a balance of £588 Ms. lOd. as being in the hands of the treasurer to the credit of the fund.
Several resolutions were passed expressive of the I determination of the meeting to continue to rnise |
funds in order to render the condition of tho la-
bourers comfortable upon their return. It was.I mentioned in the room that there was an intention | of meeting them with a public procession.
(From Bell's WeeUy Messenger, September 10.)