ot usually looked upon as propitious to the hope of a
flourishing offspring.

"Another argument might be urged against the match, from the undoubted
fact that the name of Saxe-Coburg is not popular in this country, a
misfortune for which we do not undertake to account; nor shall we longer
dwell upon either of the above considerations, which we have hinted at,
merely to shew that they have not wholly escaped our notice. . . .

"Prince Albert has now become one of us. He is, actually, now an English
subject. He is tied to us by law and self-interest. Let us bind him to
us by gratitude and affection. The happiness of our youthful Queen is
now in his hands. He has the means of so directing and assisting her
future footsteps, as to retrieve for Her Majesty (we speak with
frankness, but with all respect) all she has forfeited in the hearts of
the most loyal, enlightened and virtuous of her subjects, through her
unhappy bias towards persons and principles which are hourly undermining
the deep foundations of her Throne.

"We have said that it devolves upon Prince Albert to counteract a host of
'evil influences,' and to aid his Royal Consort in repairing 'many very
grievous errors' into which selfish and treacherous counsellors have
betrayed her, and which her constant separation (contrived by them) from
all but one section, or coterie of her subjects, has served to render
extremely difficult of correction.

"Queen Victoria has scarcely been permitted to see the general aspect of
the British aristocracy, or to become acquainted with their sentiments,
their characters, or their manners. The petty, artificial world framed
and got up for her deception, is no more capable of suggesting to her
mind the vast moral and social creation beyond its narrow boundaries,
than one or two leaves of a _hortus siccus_ exemplify the productions of
a noble forest, or a varied and inimitable landscape. . . .

"Are the heads of the nation to be discovered at the Queen of England's
Court? Has the worth, or wisdom, or eminence of the nation any access to
the society of the Sovereign? Have the clergy of England, or any of
them--have their representatives--bishops, priests, or deacons, the
opportunity of communicating personally with the temporal head of the
Church of England? Are they, or any of them, ever seated at the Royal
table, or received into the Royal presence, or favoured with the Royal
smile? No; such associations comport not wit