yman a Chartist text to preach from, but he
selected as his text, "My house is the house of prayer, but ye have made
it a den of thieves"; on announcing which, the Chartists rose, and
quitted the church. The same tactics were followed in the principal
towns all over the country, but, either from the success of them not
being very apparent, or from the distastefulness of the method employed,
the practice was not followed up for long--nor with any great regularity.

On the 14th Sep. the Chartist National Convention was dissolved; and, on
the 20th Feargus O'Connor was arrested for sedition, on a Judge's
Warrant, at Manchester, and things were fairly quiet during the remainder
of the year, with the exception of a serious Chartist riot, on 4 Nov., at
Newport, in Monmouthshire, where many rioters were killed.

We have seen how, in the beginning of the year, the _Sun_ had prophesied
the marriage of the Queen and Prince Albert, for which it was duly
pooh-poohed by the _Times_--but on 22 Aug., the _Morning Post_ had the
dreadful temerity to announce the same--and the _Court Circular_ of 11
Oct. tells us, that "The Hereditary Prince (Ernest) and Prince Albert of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, landed at the Tower, at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
from the Continent. Their Serene Highnesses were conveyed in two of the
Royal landaus to the Royal Mews at Pimlico, and, shortly afterwards, left
town with their suite in two carriages and four, for Windsor Castle, on a
visit to the Queen."

On the 14th Oct., the Queen informed Lord Melbourne of her intention to
marry Prince Albert, which met with the Premier's warm approbation. Next
day she told the Prince that she wished to marry him. He had been out
early, with his brother, hunting, but returned at twelve, and
half-an-hour afterwards, the Queen sent for him, and he found her alone
in her room. That it was a love match on both sides is well known, and,
until the untimely death of the Prince Consort, they were models of
conjugal love and felicity.

On 14 Nov. the Prince and his brother left Windsor--and departed for the
Continent, via Dover; and, at a Privy Council held at Buckingham Palace
on 23rd of that month, the Queen communicated her intention of marriage.
The declaration was as follows:

"I have caused you to be summoned at the present time, in order that
I may acquaint you with my resolution in a matter which deeply
concerns the welfare of my people, and the happiness o