New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-05-13
Oscar 1. King OF sweden and Norway.

Oscar /. King OF Sweden and Norway
From the London Times
Tho crea. qualities the high Achievements, ano
the renown OF Charlea John have hitherto echP-
scd those OF Oscar Nevertheless, we may con-
denty affirm that the son is worthy oil the Iatie''
and that he will continue to pursue Inc GLORIOUS
p,th winch the former has traced out
Oscar was born in Paris, IN July, '99, ana
consequently he will shortly complete his forty
fifth year.
manding the army OF reserve on the kline, ana
was in the same year appointed Minister oi wax
Iis mother was Desuee Clary. the Sister OF Jo-
.enb Bouspar;es wife. Ia 1896 Napoleon had
-een a sutton for this lady's hand In one OF his
letters. he said, 3" | viii insure to you brilliant
ot Possibly, may pass away like meteor
but venture 10 predict that MY passage VIII ne
long remembered" Alademo!s,lIe de Clary's
al er. rich merchant at Narsei!ies. refused Ma
s,ieon uhen General.in Chef OF the army IL
ltaly.1 observing, that he thought one Bonsparte
enough in his family.
In 1904 Oscar, then five years of age, joined
mis- father who was Governor OF the Kingdom OF
Hanover. He WAS placed at school where N"
sons Of some of the best families II the country
we're his companions. His education took
German rather than a French direction and ne
imhined that taste for the literature and the Ian
guayes Of The North which he has constantly re-
tanned. Oscar came TO Sweden with his laiher
IN 1910. since which time no has scarcely ever
Quilted the country He has SO identified him.
self with Sweden, that inc seldom speaks any
other language than the Swedish; and he writes
it with a degree of purity, OF which several oil
his p:inted works bear evidence. Immediately
ON his arrival in Sweden, the education Of the
Young Prince was consigned exclusively to Swe-
dish masters. The good fruits of that education
are manifested in his solid and extensive lnfor-
nation, and his truly national spirit
Prince Oscar accompanied his father IN the
campaign in Norway IN the year 1914, and
thereby acquired some experience IN Watlhe
operations He has taste Tor the MILITARY art,
though he is not exclusively devoted to It. lie
can rnaneuvre with admirable skill a corps OF IN
fantry or cavalry, or both together. lis Know
ledge of artillery is extensive and perfectly prac-
teal. He has, therefore, been appropriately
created Grand Master of the Artillery of the two
kingdoms Master General OF the Ordnanee.)
The variety or his tastes or different branches
of military science has not prevented HIM from
making very extensive acquisitions IN several
other departments of knowledge. particularly III
philology and geography. Having been the pu-
pil of Berzelius, so great Is his knowledge oi
chemistry, that Sir Humphry Davy declared he
never saw SO much IN an unproesslena! person.
Besides these eminent qualities the Pnnce e1-
presses himself in public speaking with elegance
and facility, and he has manifested extraordinary
talent in translallng rapidly into Swedish or Nor
wegian the speeches which his father uSeo 70 e2-
temporisc IN French.
HIS countenancc is handsome, his features re-
gular, his figure noble and well proportoned, ana
his look Is full of anenity. HIS manner displays
more of the calmness OF q native Of the North
than the vivaclty which might be expected In
one of French extraction.
lie has well discharged all his high state du-
ties as Prince Royal. and has at four different
times, owing to Tie Kings i'll health, had in his
hands the government OF the kingdom of Swc
den, and he was long Viceroy OF Norway. Tie
mas, moreover exercised the functions oil Chan
cclor of the Universities of Upsaa, Lund, and
Chris,iana, of High Admiral, and, as we have
Already said, OF Commander OF the Artillery In
consequence OF his attention 10 the execution OF
these duties, aud his careful study OF every thing
relating 10 the two Kingdoms. hing Oscar escends
the throne better prepared and with the posscssinn
of more instruction than any Crown FHnce who
has preceded him.
He married % years ago Josephine, the daugh-
ter of Eugene Beauharnols, Duke OF Leuchien-
berg, zone Of the great characters OF our age 10y
a Princess Of Bavaria, sister OF the present King
of the latter kingdom. Fouc sons and one daagh-
ter are the Issue OF this marriage.
Tie succession to the throne is the more firm
" secured to his family by the descent OF his sons
from their grandmother, the Princess OF Bavaria,
a descent which brings them nearer to the ancient
house OF Vasa than the Prince is who takes that
name, and who really is only Prince of holsteln
Go,torp.
1.-The journals have ,natej His Majesty Oscar H.
but there a teen No HIN. OF Sweden named Oscar bs.oe me
present.
Barere.