Seated on the throne in the great Hall of Trinity, the Queen received the new Chancellor, who was beautifully dressed in robes of black and gold, with a long train borne by two of his officers. He read to her a speech, to which she read a reply, saying that on the whole she approved of the choice of the University. "I cannot say," writes the Queen, "how it agitated and embarrassed me to have, to receive this address, and hear it read by my beloved Albert, who walked in at the head of the University, and who looked dear and beautiful in his robes." Happy woman! When ordinary husbands make long, grave speeches to their wives, they do not often look "dear and beautiful!" This year a new prima-donna took London by storm and gave the Queen and Prince "exquisite enjoyment." Her Majesty wrote: "Her acting alone is worth going to see, and the _piano_ way she has of singing, Lablache says, is unlike anything he ever heard. He is quite enchanted. There is a purity in her singing and acting which is quite indescribable." That singer was Jenny Lind. About this time lovers of impassioned oratory felt the joy which the astronomer knows "_when a new comet swims into his ken_" in the appearance of a brilliant political orator, of masterly talent and more masterly will. This still young man of Hebraic origin, rather dashing and flashing in manner and dress, had not been thought to have any very serious purpose in life, and does not seem to have much impressed the Queen or Prince Albert at first; but the time came when he, as a Minister and friend, occupied a place in Her Majesty's respect and regard scarcely second to the one once occupied by Lord Melbourne. This orator was Benjamin Disraeli. CHAPTER XX. A Troublous Time--Louis Philippe an Exile--The Purchase of Balmoral--A Letter of Prince Albert's--Another attempt on the Queen's Life--The Queen's instructions to the Governess of her Daughters--A visit to Ireland--Death of Dowager Queen Adelaide.