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THE QUEEN IN THE HIGHLANDS. The indefati...
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¦ JENNY LIND AT.NEW YORK. In little more...
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HES SE - CASSEL. PLIGHT OF THE ELECTOR A...
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Reaction Appears On The Face Of Present ...
but the love of beautiful displays like firework ex- hibitions is a tolerable protection to the menaced traffic in the hazardous ware . The shocking slaughter of negligent servants on the . bastern Counties Railway , crushed under the march of a forgotten train , may be no more than $ pi acci- dent : " but the recent predictions pf thg discharged men , that their incompetent successors should occasion fatal disasters , will be confirmed m the public mind The plea of casualty will mee | with little belief . The destructive fir ^ in Mark : } i | ne appears to have been exaggerated in the earner accounts . In this dark side of the public reports , one of the most striking chapters js furnished by the execution of the capital sentence on ProfessorWebster at Boston . The Transatlantic Republicans , inverting the ] spirit of their own institutions , are teaching Jenny ] Lind to assume a royal state and exaltation . While i we read of our own Queen emulating Prince Albert in climbing the Scottish crags , with hands as well as feet , and acquitting herself admirably , we see the ; Swedish songstress made the centre of more than royal ceremony , and welcomed by a host as subjects would welcomctheir Sovereign . Their " Queen of Song" responded to the idea , and assumed a right royal manner ; taking pains to gratify those whom she saw with minute affability—waving compliments to the American flag , asking after the condition of American sailors , pleading for the American public against the whips of her postillions , receiving serenades and deputations , uttering complimentary commonplaces with a consciousness of the golden value attached to them by the ultra loyalty of the listeners , and , finally , seeing them chronicled by adoring reporters with the elaborate minuteness of our own Court circular—only a Court circular on a scale of American magnitude in hyperbole and difiuseness .
602 Ql Tte 9leaiie T* [Saturday,
602 QL tte 9 Leaiie t * [ Saturday ,
The Queen In The Highlands. The Indefati...
THE QUEEN IN THE HIGHLANDS . The indefatigable correspondents of the daily press , ¦ w hose mission it is to watch over and report the movements of the royal family , have not had much more to chronicle during last week than the previous one . The chief incident was the " Braemar Gathering" on Thursday , which the Queen and Court honoured with their presence . The Highland sports at Braemar were much the same in character as those at the Holland Park gathering last summer , with this diff erence , however , that the view from the place where the sports were fceld was of a much more sublime character than that from Nbttihg-hili . The appearance of the clans must also have added a striking character to the show . After looking at a number of the various gamesputting the stone , throwing the hammer , tossing the caber , and afoot-race up the steep face of a mountain , where a deer could scarcely climb , —the royal party adjourned to the hall of the castle , where the sword dance and a variety of Highland reels and strathspeys were danced for their amusement . Ihey returned to Balmoral about six o'clock . The ascent of Ben-na-bourd on the previous week was a much more exciting affair . It is described as a large rugged mountain , on the verge of the Cairngorm range , 3900 feet above the level of the sea . The party consisted of the Queen , Prince Albert , the eldest son of Prince Leiningen , and the Marchioness of Douro , attended by a few gillies . The party left Bulmoral at an early hour on Friday forenoon . Alter proceeding some distance in carnages , they mounted ponies , which carried them within a mile of the summit . The ascent then became so rough that the whole party were obliged to goon foot . In this , the most toilsome part of the ascent , the Queen appears to have proved a first-rate pedestrian , having had the advantage over Prince Albert in various contests for superiority , where the hands perform fully as important a part of locomotion a * the feet . Eventually her Majesty reached the top the firat of the party . The view from the summit was nn ample reward for the trouble the party had undergone . The Perth Courier , in giving an account of the excursion , says : — " Ben-na-bourd is principally celebrated for the very magnificent prospect it commands of the various chains of mountains throughout the Highlands ; and although the view over the low country is not very extensive , yet , by the help of such a telescope as the deer-stalkers use , a person can distinctly see the ships upon the Firth at InvcrncHs , and even count the windows of some of the farm-houses in ltohS-ahire . The summit of the mountain i « almost void of vegetation , having the peculiar weather-beaten appearance common to our Scotch mountainfl of like elevation . The corrics near the top are also famous for their veins of beautiful rock crystals , with which we are moic familiar as ' Cairngorm stones . ' While the royal party wore in search of specimens , Prince Albert hail the pood fortune to pick up what turnrd out to be not merely a specimen , but an excellent piece of Cainifjorm , fully more than suHident to rmike u pretty large brooch , and worth two or three days' toil to a Ciiirngorin digger . The Queen conversed very freely with the . ku ' kIi'n and fillies about her , and appeared to tukc great interest in the socue , enquiring the names
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o * . r q c I s , . j 1 { \ of many hills and places round about ; and , as exemplifying the interest her ' Majtjsty also takes in the legends and traditions of the country , it may be worth while mentioning that , wfiile ascending the Slogan , she requested one of the guides to point out the place where one of the earliest of the Farquharspns of Invercauld ( ' Fiond fa ' dh Mhor ?) was born , stating that she wasaware i % was somewhere jnfce glep . After the party had lunched at the *? Sappers and Miners" cairn at tjie top , her Ma-. jesty took a " drink from a clear spjripg-well at the top of ihp snowy Cp " r ; ' m 8 hortl ? H ^ l ? , T / trang . i S le . ffc tte summit , and Wsix o ' clock had safely descended fiornt ) y far the wildest and sterjuesf ; region of the Highlands her Majesty had yet trod . "
¦ Jenny Lind At.New York. In Little More...
¦ JENNY LIND AT . NEW YORK . In little more than eleven days after she left Liverpool Jenny Lind arrived at New York , where her reception appears to have been still more enthusiastic than that gLven to her by the people of Liverpool . The Atlantic steamer , in which she had taken her passage , reached New York on the 1 st of September ; but long before the vessel hove in sight an immense crowd had assembled to wait her arrival , in the hope of catching a glimpse ot the queen of song , " as the American papers unite in calling her . The reporter of the JS ' ew Yor / c Tribune was not content with waiting till she landed . He made his way out as far as Sandy Hook , got on board with some little trouble , and had an opportunity of seeing Jenny Lind to great advantage . " The passengers were all above , grouped about the bulwarks , or looking after their effects amid a wilderness of baggage . On the top of a light decK-house , erected over the forward companion-way , sat the subject of the day ' s excitement—the veritable Jenny land —as fresh and rosy as if the sea had spared her its usual discomforts , and enjoying the novel interest of everything she saw , with an apparent unconsciousness of the observation she excited . At her side stood Mr . Jules Benedict , the distinguished composer , and Signor Giovanni Belled , the celebrated basso , her artistic companions . Mr . Barnum , who had by this time climbed on board , with a choice bouquet carefully stuck in the bosom ' of his white vest , was taken forward and presented by Captain West . But Mr . Collins had for once stolen a march on him , having got on board in advance , and presented Miss Lind a bouquet about three times the size of Barnum ' s . The songstress received the latter with great cordiality ; her manners are very frank and engaging , and there is an expression of habitual goodhumour in her clear blue eye which would win her the heart of a crowd by a single glance . She was dressed with great taste and simplicity . She wore a visite of rich black cashmere over a dress of silver-gray silk , with a pale-blue silk hat , and black veil . At her feet lay a silky little lap-dog , with ears almost half the length of its body ; it was of that rare breed which are worth their weight in gold , and was a present frorn Queen Victoria . As the Atlantic got under way again , Captain West invited the party to take a station on the starboard wheelhouse , where they could observe the beauties ot our harbour , without being incommoded by the crowd on deck . Mademoiselle Lind and her companions were charmed by the fresh and changing prospect . fc > ne pronounced New York bay the finest she had ever seen , and her time was spent entirely in scanning the shores with a glass . Seeing the American flag flying at the Quarantine , she said , There is the beautiful standard of freedom , the oppressed of all nations worship it . bignor Belleti exclaimed in rapture ' Here is the New World at last—the grand New World , first seen by my fellow-countryman , Columbus ! ' Notwithstanding the wind blew a small gale , Mademoiselle Lind remained on the wheelhouse , observing everything with great curiosity and delight , till the ship was made fast at the pier . As we neared Canal-street pier , the interest was increased by the spectacle of some thirty or forty thousand persons congregated on all the adjacent piers and shipping , as well as all the roofs and windows . Mademoiselle Lind , especially , was very much struck withthe air of respectability which marked the thousands assembled . Turning to Mr . Barnum , she asked , Have you no poor peop le in your country ? Every one here appears to be well dressed . '" The ride from the pier to her hotel was a triumphant ovation . Mr . Bamum ' a carriage , with a pair of beautiful bays , was in readiness , triumphal arches of evergreens and flowers were erected for her to pass under , and even the landing from the s teamer to the gates was overhung with the stars and stripes , as well as the flags of other nations . The rush to sec her , when she cumo on shore , was terrific , and it was with great difficulty that the carriage could pass along . On it went , however , followed by thousands of people ; ladies and gentlemen all the while flinging bouquets into the carriage , till it seemed a complete mass of flowers ; no loss than 200 bouquets were thrown in at the windows . At last sho arrived at the Irving House , where the preparations for hei reception appear to bo in a style of uncommon grnndeur for a Republican hotel , the furniture adorned with yellow satin , " real lace , " pearl , embroidery , and gold . On the evening of her arrival a grand serenade was given to Jenny Lind . An immense crowd assomblot on the occasion in front of the hotel . The sorenaders about 200 in number , made their appearance at mid . niuht and played a number of airs , among whicl " Yankee Doodle" and " Hail Columbia" predominant . Mademoiselle- Lind appcarod nt th < window to show her sense of the huge compliment
¦ Jenny Lind At.New York. In Little More...
which called forth a storm of shouts and cheers . She seemed much delighted with the performance of «* Yankee Doodle , ' * and , haying called for its repetition , listened with much delight , clapping her hands with great glee . The committee appointed by Mr . Barnum to select the best song of greeting to America , to be sung by Jenny Lind , had begun their awful task . More than six hundred songs awaited their perusal .
Hes Se - Cassel. Plight Of The Elector A...
HES SE - CASSEL . PLIGHT OF THE ELECTOR AND HIS MINISTERS . Ordinances violating the constitution , —the state of siege proclaimed as a reply to the legal decisions of the representatives , —the reproach of rebellion against those who exercise constitutional rights , —the censure and numerous arrests of those who are anxious to enlighten the people about the means of ridding the country from a shameful sway , —the violence committed against men who in congregate deliberations ( meetings ) were anxious to enlighten themselves about the state of things , and to deduce there the means of improving that state : —such are the last measures to which , the regime of the reactionary ministry of Hassenpflug have had recourse . The inevitable result has been a reaction on the part of those to whom such measures are ruinous , viz ., the people at large , who compelled the Elector and his ministers to fly , like Charles X . when he issued his famous ordinances of 1830 . The Elector ' s ordinance of the 7 th instant was to the following effect : —1 st , The whole electorate is put under martial law . 2 nd , The administration of the police in all its branches is entrusted to the militury commander-in-chief ( General Bauer ) . 3 rd , All public meetings are prohibited . 4 th , No political paper is allowed to appear without a special authorization of the home-department . 5 th , The commander-in-chief is the competent judge of eventualities requiring the use of violent military measures . 6 th , Full power is given , both to the Commanderin-chief , and all other military commanders , to suspend any local . authority , and to disband national guards , & c . This ordinance met with a general opposition on the part of all the constitutional authorities . The l > urgermasters throughout the whole electorate refused to publish the obnoxious ordinance , and the Permanent Committee of the States proposed and carried the impeachment of the Ministers , Hassenpflug , Von Haynau ( a relation of the marshal ) , and B aumbach , before the btate-Court of Justice ( Staatsgerichtshof ) , and indicted them for high treason , and abuse of power before the Supreme Court of Appeal ( Ober-Appellations-Gericht ) . Moreover , when General Bauer , in virtue of the power with which he was newly invested by the above-mentioned ordinance , ordered violence to be used against the printing-office of the Neio Hessian Gazette , the said committee likewise indicted General Bauer and Major-General Stark , the second in command , for breach of the constitution . Even the staff of the gendarmerie , on learning the decree of the civil authority , recalled their gendarmes from the ignoble service they wore performing under the Ministry . The National Guard , of course , refused to back the Government , considering the ordinances of the Ministry as contrary to the constitution and all other laws of the country . The Supreme Court of Appeal decided the illegality of the ordinance ot the 7 th instant . Thereupon General Bauer repdrtod himself sick , and , the Government being at a loss to find a substitute , everybody wondered what would be its next step in such a truly critical and awkward position . The issue was , that the Elector , with his three Ministers above-mentioned , fled during the ni ^ ht of the 12 th—13 th in stant , as it was believed —to Hanover , from whence he hoped to obtain armed assistance . The flight induced the Permanent Committee of the States to iorm a new Ministry for carrying on the Government , whose first act was to declare the state of siege at an end . We mentioned above that the Elector was m hopes of obtaining armed assistance against his rebellious subjects from Hanover ; and , in fact , his aide-decamp , Baron Eschwege , proceeded him to Hanovci , to negotiate that assistance . In consequence ot his representation five battalions of Hanoverian troops were sent to the frontier of Cassel , and ordered to hold themselves in readiness to enter the electorate at an hour ' s notice . Meanwhile , on the 12 th instant , the Prussian government sent orders to the commanders of several divisions to load them to the Hessian borders ; and on the 14 th telegraphic m-¦ struetions were given to the same officers to mnrcii into Iiesse-Cassel , in case the Hanoverian trooys should enter the electorate . ,, On the 16 th instant the country was profoundly tranquil . On the 13 th instant orders from the elector ( arrived , directing the removal of the government to L I-Iimau , and instructing General Bauer to repair to Uockenheim as soon as possible , and bring with Him . all the officers he could . But the old general coni tinues to keep his bed . No conflict is to be nppre-, hcMided between the civil and military authorities . > The ministerial impeachment prowess hud not itrminatod before the Supreme Court of Appeal . J . m <
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 21, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21091850/page/2/
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