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^ stances under W h ^ ^^^ on * £ a ^ Sul SS ^ Sn ^ X FigsgS&sSwSESss ho at the first felt na ^ ™ *_ . and Le has s 0 much talent and tact that he soon me more at his eas « T ^* Jg- ^ * j £ &ained muc h ground with her by the adroit ids a clue * * "Xfd t o Prtace Albert the presidency of a new Society of Arts . "Sk ^ cS ^ JiJT ^ T ^ SuSa manner ^ consult her Majesty ' s wishes On the bjec ° tttS ' hat the choice would be popular ^ the ^ n ^; a ^ e -me ^ She ordered the Princess to be brought ^^^^^^^^^^^
rbaced the ideawith great eagerness . young ™ to himand treated him with great affability ^ On a later occasion when he d Lady Peel were invited to stay a tew days at Windsor , her Majesty , mtho course convefsadon , asked him what was the reason of his great hostility to the system her late Government . He immediately took advantage of this to enter into a taU of the revolutionary tendency of all their measures and the bad spirit which ey had so wantonly excited in . the country , —a spirit which was rapidly threaten-K the ruin of the monarchy as well as that of the country . He said that crowned ads should not only think of what was agreeable to their own feelings but also lat was conducive to the welfare of their . posterity . It was in itself a contradiction , at sovereigns should be democrats , or encourage those principles in their domi-> ns . That in another month her Majesty might probably give birth to a son to , om it must be the object of her anxiety to leave her crown asa sure and peaceful beritance ; and how could that be accomplished by following the systenv of conces-> n and revolution , into which she had been gradually led under the false hope of tainim ? a short-lived and uncertain popularity , at the expense of undermining the eat props of the constitution in Church and State ? As Peel has great eloquence d fluency , it may be supposed that these arguments could not fail to have a certain
fo ^ emperors he was not always respectful . The late Ferdinand of Austria T h e emper a S ^ s " cretin ; he pa 9 ses his time in sitting at his window and mtingtbe hackney-coaches . There is a bird in Austria called the gympel which notorious for its stupidity , and is very short-lived . The common peop le say to each ler , "It is said that gympels are short-lived , but we have a gympel that is fifty Qutfn . Christina , he says , when she ran away from Spain possessed a indred millions of francs , and had in her carriage twelve Madeira bottles 1 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 > ugh his cleverness is combined with inordinate cunning and low intrigue ) , should such an eternal bavard . Hia tongue is always occupied , whether in truth or m
Here is a cabinet picture of a king . It is by the Duke of Wellington : — When he sent for tne to form a new administration in 1828 he was then seriously though he would never allow it . I found him in bed , dressed in a dirty silk * et and a tnrban nighttap , one as greasy , as the other ; for notwithstandmg _ hi 8 luetrv about dress in public , he was extremely dirty and slovenly m private . The st woVda he said to m « were , " Arthur , the wbinet is defunct ; " and then he began describe the manner in which the late Ministers bad taken leave of him , on giving their resignations . This was accompanied by the most ludicrous mimicry of the ce and manner of each individual , so strikingly like , that it was quite impossible refrain from fits of laughter .
More of the Duke : — rhis morning at breakfast the Duke said to me , " Did you hear what happened at s wedding ? " meaning that of the Princess Augusta-of Cambridge . Replying in s negative , he continued , " When we proceeded to the signatures , the King of mover was very anxious to sign before Prince Albert , and when the Queen ap-> ached the fable , he placed himself by her side , watching his opportunity . She ew very well what he was about , and just as the archbishop was giving her the i , she suddenly dodged round the table , placed herself next to the Prince , then ickly took the pen from the archbishop , signed , and gave it to Prince Albert , who 0 signed next , before it could be prevented , The Qiieen was also very anxious to give the precedence at court to King Leopold ore the King of Hanover , and she consulted me about it , and how it should bo anged . I told her Majesty that I supposed it should be settled as wo old , at tho tigress of Vienna . ' How was that ?' said she , 'by first arrival ? ' 'No , ma ' , 1 I , « alphabetically , and then , you know , B . comes before H . ' This pleased her
• y much , and it was done . With such gossi p the volumes arc filled , and they are certainly among i most entertaining publications of the season .
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ADVENTURES OF THE RESOLUTE . 3 Eventful Voyage ofJJ . Sf . Discovery Ship JResolute to the Arctic JRegions in Search of Sir John Franklin ajidt / ie Missing Crews of II . M . Discover ;/ Ships Erebus and Terror , 1852 , 1858 , 1864 . By George I \ M'Dougall , Master . Longman . : b main features of tho adventures of tho Resolute , from the time of its ? nrture from England down to its return as a present from tho Ainericnn public , are well known . The agreeable interchange of compliments and od feeling that took place between the governments of the two countries accurately representing , no doubt , tho general sentiment on both sides of
j Atlantic : —will not easily bo numbered among things forgotten . Indeed , at facts were already fkuniliar to us have served rather to increase than vy interest in tho fortunes of the abandoned ship ; and the present lum , therefore , is a welcome addition to the library of Arctic discovery . o Bay this without any intention of praising its execution , which is ncodsly loose and iraperfeot . Tho great defect is not bad and unpicturesquo tiqn , but want of arrangement and knowledge of tho right time to enter o explanations . Tho reader is forced frequently to refer baok in order to der etand the narrative , and is never quite sure of the reasons of the tiona described , However , despite these drawbacks , Mr . M'DougnH ' s book—with its Mist , Bcnnaanliko tone and cautious attention to fact—must , as wo have i , meet with a good reception . Wo shall indicate some of its most
important features . part of a little fleet which , in the year 1850 , -was employed in searching for the missing ships Erebus and Terror , and which amounted tb no less than sixteen vessels * Five of these , with 355 men , entered the Arctic Circle by Beuring ' s Straits ; and eleven , with 334 men , approached by Baffin ' s Bay . Of the hitter , two were private , two American , and the remainder were part of H . M , navy . But the voyage , the incidents of which are recorded in the present volume , took place in . 1852—1854 . The Resolute , at first in company with other vessels under the command of Sir Edward Belcher , at length reached Greenland , and soon after 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 , px-omontories , 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 Byani Martin Island , and from thence advanced , in her first summer , to Dealy Island , 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 co ' nfirms our fears ; and then comes the Mast view of the sun ; ' then the gloom of the long night . The journal of the first winter is very interesting . It . opens with ah uproarious celebration of Guy Fawkes' Day , and a capital account of the theatrical performances of the officers and crew . But , as we haves said , the arrangements made were so effectual , that few casualties occurred . As soon as the sun returned above the horizon , preparations took place for various sled « e excursions in all directions . One of these resulted in the
discovery of the Investigator , which bad come round by way of Behrmg ' s Straits , and the relief of the crew . That vessel was abandoned , being perfectly blocked up by ice . As for the Resolute , it was intended to pass another winter in her off Dealy Island , but an unexpected gale rising , she was driven out to sea amidst floating ice after eleven months' detention . An 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 mio-lit to nearly a year more of imprisonment . It id indeed uncertain how bir Jidward Uelcuer
long that imprisonment might have lasted had not , m the following 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 JVorth Star . Thfe is not , however , the end of the casualties of this voyage . A short time af ter , the Assistance and the Pioneer were abandoned , making five ships in all , besides a transport , that had been crushed in the ice and utterly destroyed 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 having acted under orders , Mr . M'Dougall seems to imply that Sir Edward Belcher acted rather precipitately . He is at least , quite of opinion that the Resolute might have been saved .
That stout ship took the matter into its own hands , and saved itself . During sixteen months , without a crew , it 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 ' d Strait . Here it was found steadily pursuing its course 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 . Crampton at first laid claim to the vessel , but that claim was waived ; and shortly afterwards Captain Buddin"ton sold her for forty thousand dollars to the American government . ^ Tue subsequent history of tho vessel is too well known to need repetition hero . We can only say that the manner in which it was oflored back to her original owners , tho British nation , was so creditable to everybody concerned , that tho mere narrative , us contained in the volume before us , is the best praise that can be bestowed . It is needless to enter into further detail on this important publication , which id probably already sure of its public . An excellent map and coloured lithographic illustrations accompany tho volume .
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LATTER-DAY POETRY . Lying before us are several volumes of poetry by ludiea ; and those wo propose to link together in a quick off-hand way , so as to form a sort of Parnassian dance , with our critical selves fur master of the ceremonies . There is a certain refreshment in turning over a collection o ( rhymes by ladies , provided , of course , that they possess somo intrinsic worth . Tho impressionable nature of tho fair lml f of humanity—their trusting faith—their delicate perception of beauty—their tender sensitiveness to ° the most intangiblo forms of emotion— -render their poetry , if not of the highest order , a something apart , nnd give to it ( if not absolutely uiut mi ihh njt' * « -
COmmon-piaccj a grace * a » wra unu . « .. t » -v ; . v »» ,,,.. „ ......, —j . which wo have had occasion to speak in connexion wiLli tho poetry of soveral of the male writers of tho present day , seems appropriate whoa rising out of the finer nervous organisation of women , and uttyrcd by femulo Up ? - Therefore do wo take oil' our critical hat to the modern Sapplio . s , ulUoifc those before us are not conspicuous for any very high gcniu »; and first ot all wo single out a lady who comes of an honoured lineago , a » Iuis sp «« Mclaims on our respect . . . Wayside Fancies ( Moxon ) is tho pretty title of a collection of prose ana verso V Mr « . Francos lYoelingBroderip , a daughter of U » o » m » Hood , A . literary spirit seoma to live in the family . It in not long ago since we had to notico a \ ory similar volume of miscellanies by 'Ihoimut Hood tho
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The Resolute formed No- 384 , ATOTJWl ,- 1857 . 1 ¦ THE LEAP ER . _ 739 ¦ ' ' "' ' " ' MBM ^^ M ^ f * ^*^*^*^^^^^*^**^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ . ¦ _ . * v *« ¦ a _
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 1, 1857, page 739, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2203/page/19/
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