The Sun.
London, England, 1841-05-07 00:00:00

MOORE'S POETICAL WORKS. Voz. Y'

Longman, London, 1841.
The present volume contains the conclusion 0
" Lalla Rookh ;" " Political and Satirica', Poems ;" the well-known " Fudge Family 10
Paris ;" " Rhymes on the Road ;" and ,c Tables
for the Holy Alliance." It is embellished With
two engravings, both of which are from subjectg
furnished by " Lalla Rookh." The prefatol
matter is more scanty than usual. We clot:
I°l
from it one or two of the author's reminiscences
referring to the period—on which he lingers wiEb,
evident fondness—when he was residing
the late Earl of Moira at Donington Park :--
The Count D'Artois, or Monsieur, I had met in the ores
1802-3, at Doningtcn Park, the seat of the Earl of"lll°oresin
under whose princely roof I used often and long,„ 0f
in those days, to find a moat hospitable home. A small par'J;fil
distinguished French emigrants were already staying on a v"„"le
in the haute when Monsieur and his suite arrived; and aain",'
those were the present King of France and his two brother."'
the Due ne Montpensier, and the Comte de Beaujolais. #by
NkSome doubt aiid uneasiness had, I remember, been feiliiery
the two latter brothers, as to the reception they were ' g a
to encounter from the new guest ; and as, in those • tittle'
cropped and unpowdered head was regarded generillY as
y
symbol of Jacobitiism, the Comte Beaujoais. whO, I.ke !Hann
other young men, wore his hair in this fashion, thought it,
the present occasion, most prudent, in order to avoid all ri„,
of offence, not only to put powder in his hair, but also to
vide himself with an artificial queue. This measure of
caution, however, led to a slight incident after Milner, laic,
though not very royal or dignified, was at least creditable In
the social good humour of th future Charles X. Or' the 121 e,
parture of the ladies from the dining-room, we had harcul
seated ourselves in the old-fashioned style, round the
when Monsieur, who had happened to place himsea
next to Beaujolais, caught a glimpse of the
aseitition g
—which, having been rather carelessly put on, hada g°
deal straggled out of its place. With a sort of scream ofjti
lar pleasure, as ifdelighted at the discovery, Monsieur ois
#,„
the stray appendage, and, bringing it round into full view,
to""
the great amusement of the whole company, popped it in
poor grinning Beaujolais' mouth.
On one of the evenings of this short visit of Monsieur, I fe-
member Curran arriving unexpectedly, on his way to Loncle;!
and, having come too late for dinner, he joined our parttio
the evening. As the foreign portion of the company was!
quite quite new to him, I was able t.t be useful, by informing hin),,j
the names, rank, and other particulars of the party he foul,
assembled, from Monsieur himself down to the old Due %
Large and the Baron de Rolle. When I had gone throl
the whole list, " Ah, poor fellows!" he exclaimed, with a 10-
ture of fun and pathos in his look, truly Irish, Poor fame*
all dismounted cavalry !"
On the last evening of Monsieur's stay, I was made to sing
for him, among other songs, " Farewell, Bessy !" one of inafj
earliest attempts at musical composition. As soon as I
finished, he paid me the compliment of reading aloud
words as written under the music ; arid most royal havoc di
be make, as to this day I remember, of whatever little senfe r
metre they could boast.