Life of Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen — Volume 2

THE QUEEN

SARAH TYTLER

LORD RONALD GOWER, FSA. - IN TWO VOLUMES

VOL. II. - CHAP. - I. ROYAL PROGRESSES TO BURGHLEY, STOWE, AND STRATHFIELDSAYE - II. THE QUEEN'S POWDER BALL - III. THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO GERMANY - IV. RAILWAY SPECULATION—FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP—SIR ROBERT PEEL'S RESOLUTIONS—BIRTH OF PRINCESS HELENA—VISIT OF IBRAHIM PASHA - V. AUTUMN YACHTING EXCURSIONS—THE SPANISH MARRIAGES—WINTER VISITS - VI. INSTALLATION OF PRINCE ALBERT AS CHANCELLOR OF CAMBRIDGE - VII. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE WESTERN ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND AND STAY AT ARDVERIKIE - VIII. THE FRENCH FUGITIVES—THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER - IX. THE QUEEN'S FIRST STAY AT BALMORAL - X. PUBLIC AND DOMESTIC INTERESTS—FRESH ATTACK UPON THE QUEEN - XI. THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO IRELAND - XII. SCOTLAND AGAIN—GLASGOW AND DEE-SIDE - XIII. THE OPENING OF THE NEW COAL EXCHANGE—THE DEATH OF QUEEN ADELAIDE - XIV. PREPARATION FOR THE EXHIBITION—BIRTH OF THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT - XV. THE DEATHS OF SIR ROBERT PEEL, THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, AND LOUIS PHILIPPE - XVI. THE QUEEN'S FIRST STAY AT HOLYROOD—THE DEATH OF THE QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS - XVII. THE PAPAL BULL—THE GREAT EXHIBITION - XVII. THE QUEEN'S ACCOUNT OF THE OPENING OF THE EXHIBITION - XIX. THE QUEEN'S "RESTORATION BALL" AND THE "GUILDHALL BALL." - XX. ROYAL VISITS TO LIVERPOOL AND MANCHESTER—CLOSE OF THE EXHIBITION - XXI. DISASTERS—YACHTING TRIPS—THE DEATH OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON - XXII. THE IRON DUKE'S FUNERAL - XXIII. THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON III. AND THE EMPRESS EUGÉNIE—FIRE AT WINDSOR - XXIV. THE EASTERN QUESTION—APPROACHING WAR—GROSS INJUSTICE TO PRINCE ALBERT - XXV. THE BATTLE OF INKERMANN—FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE—THE DEATH OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS - XXVI. INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL AT CHATHAM—DISTRIBUTION OF WAR MEDALS - XXVII. DEATH OF LORD RAGLAN—VISIT OF THE QUEEN AND PRINCE ALBERT TO THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH—FALL OF SEBASTOPOL - XXVIII. BETROTHAL OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL—QUEEN'S SPEECH TO THE SOLDIERS RETURNED FROM THE CRIMEA—BALMORAL - XXIX. DEATH OF THE PRINCE OF LEININGEN—BIRTH OF PRINCESS BEATRICE— BESTOWAL OF THE VICTORIA CROSS—INDIAN MUTINY - XXX. THE MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCESS ROYAL - XXXI. DEATH OF THE DUCHESSE D'ORLEANS—THE PRINCE CONSORT'S VISIT TO GERMANY—THE QUEEN AND PRINCE CONSORT'S VISIT TO PRINCE AND PRINCESS FREDERICK WILLIAM AT BABELSBERG - XXXII. BIRTH OF PRINCE WILLIAM OF PRUSSIA—DEATH OP PRINCE HOHENLOHE - XXXIII. DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF KENT - XXXIV. LAST VISIT TO IRELAND—MEETING OF THE PRINCE OF WALES AND THE PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF DENMARK—DEATH OF THE KING OF PORTUGAL AND HIS BROTHERS. - XXXV. THE DEATH OF THE PRINCE CONSORT - XXXVI. THE WITHDRAWAL TO OSBORNE—THE PRINCE CONSORT'S FUNERAL - XXXVII. THE FIRST MONTHS OF WIDOWHOOD—MARRIAGE OF THE PRINCE OF WALES, ETC., ETC. - XXXVIII. DEATHS OF LORD PALMERSTON AND THE KING OF THE BELGIANS - XXXIX. STAY AT HOLYROOD—DEATHS OF PRINCESS HOHENLOHE AND OF PRINCE FREDERICK OF DARMSTADT—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH - XL. BIRTH OF THE FIRST GREAT-GRANDCHILD—MARRIAGE OF THE DUKE OF ALBANY—CONCLUSION

LIST OF STEEL PLATES. - H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES OSBORNE HOUSE THE PASTURE, OSBORNE THE AMAZON (PORTRAIT OF H.R.H. THE PRINCESS HELENA) THE ROYAL YACHT OFF MOUNT ST. MICHAEL THE PRINCESS LOUISE THE PRINCESS HELENA PRINCESSES HELENA AND LOUISE THE HUNTER (H.R.H. PRINCE ARTHUR) HYDE PARK IN 1851 THE FISHER (H.R.H. PRINCE LEOPOLD) H.R.H. THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, K.G., ETC. THE CRADLE (H.R.H. PRINCESS BEATRICE) H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES (BUST) H.R.H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES THE ALBERT MEMORIAL MONUMENT TO THE PRINCESS ALICE OF HESSE

QUEEN VICTORIA. - CHAPTER I. - ROYAL PROGRESSES TO BURGHLEY, STOWE, AND STRATHFIELDSAYE.

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CHAPTER II. - THE QUEEN'S POWDER BALL.

CHAPTER III. - THE QUEEN'S FIRST VISIT TO GERMANY.

CHAPTER IV. - RAILWAY SPECULATION—FAILURE OF THE POTATO CROP—SIR ROBERT PEEL'S RESOLUTIONS—BIRTH OF PRINCESS HELENA—VISIT OF IBRAHIM PASHA.