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mmm ^ M subject stSthatSeelio & e would be popular in the country > and she immediately embraeef Ac ° fdea with g » at eageroess . She ordered the young Prineess to be brought down to hm ! and treatefhim Juh great affability On a later occasion vhen he -mdladv Peel were invited to stay a tfew dayaat Windsor , her Majesty , m the course S cb ^ SiSS , S ? 2 » ^ t was the reLon of his great hostility to the system of her late Government . He immediately took advantage of this , to enter into a detail of the revolutionary tendency of all their measures , and the bad spirit which they had so wantonly exeited in the * country , —a- sjurit which waa rapidly threatening ^ he ruin of the nWrehy as well as that of the country . He said that crowned heads should not only think of what was agreeable to their own feelings but also what was conducive to . the welfare of their posterity . It was m itself a contradiction , that sovereigns should be democrats , or encourage those principles in their dominions . That in another month her Majesty might probably give birth to a son to whom it must be the object of her anxiety to leave her crown as a sure and peaceful inheritance ; and how could that be accomplished by following the system of concession and revolution , into which she had been gradually led under the false hope of obtaining a short-lived and uncertain popularity , at the expense of undermining the great props of the constitution in Church and State ? As Peel has great eloquence and fluency , it may be supposed that these arguments could not fail to have a certain ;
We t emperors he was not always respectful . The late Ferdinand of Austria is treated harshly : — . . The emperor is a mete-cretin ; he passes his time in sitting at his window and . counting tie hackney-coaches . There is a bird in Austria , called the gympel , which is notorious for its stupidity , and is very short-lived . The common people say to each other , " It is said that gyinpels are short-lived , but we have a gympel that is nrty , vears old . " _ , . , * Queen Christina , he says , when she ran away from Spam , possessed a hundred millions of francs * and had in her carriage twelve Madeira bottles full of precious stones . Of Louis Philippe he remarks : — It is a singular thing , that a man so clever as he is ( for he certainly is clever , though his cleverness is combined with inordinate cunning and low intrigue ) , should be such an eternal lavavd . His tongue is always occupied , whether in truth or in Here is a cabinet picture of a king . It is by the Duke of Wellington : — ' When he sent for me to form a new administration in 1828 , he was then seriously ill . thoue-h he would never allow it . I found him in bed , dressed in a dirty silk '
jacket and a tnrban nighteap , one as greasy as the other ; for notwithstanding his coquetry about dress in public , he was extremely dirty and slovenly in private . The first words fie said to me were , ' * Arthur , the cabinet is defunct ; " and then he began to describe- the manner in which the late Ministers had taken leave of him , on . giving in their resignations . This was accompanied by the most ludicrous mimicry of the voice and manner of each individual , so strikingly like , that it was quite impossible to refrain from fits of laughter . More of the Duke : — This morning at breakfast the Duke said to me , " Did you hear what happened at the wedding ? " meaning that of the Princess Augusta of Cambridge . Replying in the negative , he continued , " When we proceeded to the signatures , the King of Hanover was very anxious to sign before Prince Albert , and when the Queen approached tlie table , he placed ^ himself by her side , watching his opportunity . She knew very well what ho was about , and just as the archbishop was giving her the pen , she suddenly dodged round the table , p laced herself next to the Prince , then quickly took the pen from the archbishop , signed , and gave it to Prince Albert , who also signed next , before it could be prevented . " The Queen was also very anxious to give the precedence at court to King Leopold before the King of Hanover , and she consulted me about it , and how it should be arranged . I told her Majesty that I supposed it should be settled as we did at the ¦ Congress of Vienna . ' How was that ? ' said she , 'by first arrival ? ' 'No , ma ' am , ' said I , ? alphabetically , and then , you know , B . comes before H . ' This pleased her very much , and it was dono . " With such gossi p tho volumes are filled , and they are certainly among the most entertaining- publications of the season .
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¦ I portrait features ., The Resolute formed part of a little fleet which , ia the > year . . . 1 . 850 * . was employed in sfearcbing lor the missing ships Erebus , and Terror , a > nd which amounted to no less than sixteen vessels . Five , of these * with 35 S men , entered the Arctic Circle , by BehrLng ' Straits > and eleven * with 334 men , approached by Baffin ' s Bay . Of the latter , two were private ,, two American * and the remainder were part of H . M . navy . Bat the voyage , the incidents of which are recorded ia the present volumej took place ia 1852—1854 . The Resolute , at first in company with other vessels under the command of Sir Edward Belcher , at length reached Greenland , and soon afiter began the battle with the ice . We hear as usual of icebergs and ' nips , ' and at last begin our progress through the narrow and . dangerous channels between lands , promontories , and islands , which , though laid down in maps ,, can scarcely yet be said to be explored . The Resolute , in company with the Intrepid steamer , pushed on to Byam Martin Island * and from thence advanced , in her first summer , to Dealylslandj on the extreme north of Melville Sound . Here it was determined to winter . The preparations made resemble preparations we have read of before , and the admirable precautions taken deprive us of the unwelcome interest which attaches to the : narrative of suffering . Yet it is impossible to begin the sixth chapter of this work without something of that eagerness with which we come to the turning-point of a story- expected to be tragical in its termination . ' The first death * at length confirms our fears ; and then comes the ' last view of the sun ; ' and then the gloom of the long night . The journal of the first winter is very interesting . It opens with an uproarious celebration of Guy Fawkes' Day , and a capital account of the theatrical performances of the officers and crew . But , as we have said , the arrangements made were so effectual , that few casualties occurred . A 3 . soon as the sun returned above the horizon , preparations took place for various- sledge excursions in all directions . One of these resulted in the discovery of the Investigator , which had come round by way of BehringV Straits , and the relief of the crew . That vessel was abandoned , being perfeetlv blocked up by ice . As for the Resolute , it was intended to pas 3 another winter in her off Dealy Island , but an unexpected gale rising , she eleven months detention
! was driven out to sea amidst floating ice alter . Aa attempt was made to proceed eastward on the return voyage , but , despite the assistance of the steam tender Intrepid , the vessel was frozen in quite in the centre of Melville Sound . Having ascertained the impossibility of getting her free that season , Captain- Kellet , despite the danger of the position , made up his mind to pass another winter , and caused a snow wall to be built round the ship . The deck was covered , according to custom , with a layer of snow ; and every one looked forward , with what tranquillity they might , to nearly a year more of imprisonment . It i ^ indeed uncertain how long that imprisonment might have lasted had not Sir Edward Belcher , in the fb ] lowing year , ordered the abandonment of both Resolute and Intrepid . This melancholy duty was performed ; and after a journey of great hardship over the plain of ice , a junction was effected with the North Star . This is not , however , the end of the casualties of this voyage . A short time after , the Assistance and the Pioneer were abandoned , making five ships in : . 11 1 1 J I . ilu . 1 , l ^ ^ l l-t . nnr > A «* i * ci 1 ^ a /^ i T » . 4 ?\\ £ 1 1 . 4 "kA O . n r \ * T h "t Q T » ITT /? £ *_ tiuab uci uoju ^* uuw &^ is » " «* w « wm .
an EjesicieD sx iransuwi't , u . uccu ^* v u * - ^ ^^ - stroyed in less than a quarter of an hour . Courts-martial were held on all the captains after their safe arrival in England ; but whilst the captains of the Investigator and Resolute expeditions were acquitted with great honour as havino- acted under orders , Mr . M'Dougall seems to imply that Sir Edward fielcher acted rather precipitate ly He is at least quite of opinion that , the Resolute might have been saved . , That stout snip took the matter into its own hands , and saved itself . During sixteen months , without a crew , ib steadily navigated through Barrow Strait , Lancaster Sound , and down the whole length of Cockburn . Sound , a distance of a thousand miles , as far as Davis ' s Strait .. Here it was found steadily pursuing its coarse by the captain of an American , whaler , who got aboard with eleven men , and managed to take his prize . safely into New London , Connecticut . Mr . Crainpton at first laid claim to the vessel , but that claim was waived ; and shortly afterwards Captain Buddington sold her for forty thousand dollars to the American government . The subsequent history of the vessel is too well known to need repetition here . We can only say that the manner in which it was oflered back to her original owners , tho British nation , was so creditable to everybody concerned , that the mere narrative , as contained in the volume before us , is tho best praise that can be bestowed . It is needless to enter into further detail on this important publication , which is probably already sure of its public . An excellent map and coloured lithographic illustrations accompany the volume .
ADVENTURES OF THE RESOLUTE . The Eventful Voyage qfJJ . M . Discovery Ship Resolute to the Arctic Regions in Search 6 f Sin John Franhlin and the Missing Crews of H . M . Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror-, 1852 , 1858 , 1854 . By George F . M'Dougall , Master . Longman . The main features of the adventures of tho Resolute , from the time of its departure from England down to its return as a present from tho American Republic , « re well known . The agreeable interchange of compliments and good feeling that took place between tho governments of the two countries —accurately representing , no doubt , tho general sontimont on both sidos of tho Atlantic—will not easily bo numbered among things forgotten . Indeed , what foct & wero already familiar to us have served rather to inci'oase than allay interest in , the fortunes of the abandoned ship ; and the present volume , therefore , is a welcome addition to the library of Arctic discovery . Wo say this without any intention of praiuing its execution , which is needlessly fooae and imperfect . Tho great dofect is not bad and unpicturesquo < liction , but want of arrangement and knowlodge of the right time to enter mto explanations . The reader is forced frequently to refer baok in order to understand the narrative , and is never quite sure of the reasons of the notions described . However , despite those drawbacks , Mr . M'Dougnll ' s book—with its nonest , seamanlike tono and cautious attention to fact—must , as we have said , moot with a good reception . Wo shall indicate some of its most ira-
Latter-Day Poetry. Lying Before Us Are S...
LATTER-DAY POETRY . Lying before us are several volumes of poetry by ladies ; and these wo propose to link together in a quick off-hand way , so as to form a sort of Parnassian dance , with our- critical selves for master of the ceremonies . There is a , certain refreshment in turning over a collection of rhymes by ladies , provided , of course , that they possess some intrinsic worth . The . impressionable nature of the fair half of humanity—their trusting faith—their delicate perception of beauty—their tender sensitiveness to the most intangible forms of emotion—render their poetry , if not of the highest order , a something apart , and give to it ( if not absolutely common-place ) a grace that is all its own . That excess of sentiment , ot which we have hadoacosion to speak in connexion with tho poetry of several of the male- writers of the present day , seems appropriate when rising out of the finer nervous organisation of women , and uttarcd by female hpa . Therefore da we take off our critical hat to the modern Sapphos , aiboit those before us are not conspicuous for any vory high genius ; and first ot all wo single out a lady who comes of an honoured fineago , and kaa special claims on our respect- _ , Wav-side Fancies ( Moxon ) is the pretty title of a collection of prose ami verso by Mrs * . Frances Froeling Broderip , a daughter of Jhoinaa JdoocL a literary spirit seems to live in the family . It ia not long ago etnee we had to notice a very eimilar volume of miscellanies by Thomas Hood tho
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 19, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01081857/page/19/
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