Fifty years ago . GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, THE COLONIES 17 But if we still preserve the qualities which enabledus to stand up, almost alone, against the colossal forceof Napoleon, with Europe at his back, and whichcarried us through the terrible troubles which followedthe war, we surely need not THE DUCHESS OF KENT, WITH THE PRINCESS VICTORIA AT THE AGE OP TWO(From the Picture by Sir W. Beechey .it Windsor Castle) 18 FIFTY YEARS AGO 1 ^4 ( 1 JHAPTEE II. TI IE YEAE 1837. The year 1837, except for the ^^^^^C^^^^^^^^^B death of the old Kmg and the accession of the young Queen, ^^^wir^S w
Fifty years ago . GREAT BRITAIN, IRELAND, THE COLONIES 17 But if we still preserve the qualities which enabledus to stand up, almost alone, against the colossal forceof Napoleon, with Europe at his back, and whichcarried us through the terrible troubles which followedthe war, we surely need not THE DUCHESS OF KENT, WITH THE PRINCESS VICTORIA AT THE AGE OP TWO(From the Picture by Sir W. Beechey .it Windsor Castle) 18 FIFTY YEARS AGO 1 ^4 ( 1 JHAPTEE II. TI IE YEAE 1837. The year 1837, except for the ^^^^^C^^^^^^^^^B death of the old Kmg and the accession of the young Queen, ^^^wir^S was a tolerably insignificant ^^C3?^B year. It was on June 20 that =^=^^^^^^^^Mi ~^^5 the King died. He was buriedon the evening of July 9 at St. =^^^^^g^y ^^ Georges Chapel, Windsor; on iBBhsMi^^^^ ^^ the 10th the Queen dissolved ^^^H^^^^^ ^ Parhament; on the loth she —^^^^^^^^^^H^R * went to Buckingham Palace; and on JSTovember 9 she visited ^^^^^^^Kn sT^^^^^^^^J the City, where they gave her a ^a^^^^y^ f^^^^^^^J magnificent banquet, served inGuildhall at half-past five, the HSBa^^^CP /^ftS^^^^^^^^ Lord Mayor and City magnates ^M^^^g-^ •:. - humbly taking their modest ^ . r-= meal at a lower table. Both WILLIAM IV.(From a Drawing by H B.) the hour appointed for thebanquet and the humili
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