Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1855-05-31


an ancestor Of her Ma.esty's. Their possessions
were large, and they were allied to most of the
great Scottish families. But property departed,
and the owners were oxpatriated.
These were the royal personages-who set all
England in general, and London in particular,
&C daft " last week--who were entertained by
the Queen with u magnifccnce unsurpassed and
greeted by the people with an enthusiasm never
equalled. But of all this, you have doubtless
had enough. Iprefcr giving you the portraits
of these imperial personages, taken by an eye
witness, and no mean Judge.
TIE PORTRAITS.
She.-As for Eugenia, she has been the theme
of all tongues, each out-clamoring the other in
her praise. Such beauty, to begin with, has
never been seen, at least so it is said, and the
saying doesn't exceed the truth as it is in the
sayers. 1t is a beauty that combines all styles,
and excels in each. 1t unitcs the romantic grav-
ity Of the Moresquc Spaniard with the airy piq-
uancy of the Partisan the reserve of the Brit
sh belle with the abandon of the continental
southron
Her complexion is at once blonde and olive,
and comprises the charms of both. The express
sion of her face. is at once winning and com
mandng, confding and dignifed. Her statute
and figure are all that could be wished in wo-
man Or desired in monarch and each dress
she has appeared in public in, seems exactly the
one Of all others that she should never appear
out Of, if the spectator at the moment had his
way.
Moreover, she is just at the precise age when
the several graces Of the sex seem to blend into
| perfection, and when the diminution or edition
almost of an hour, would imply forfeiture Of
some one attribute essential to the completion
of the real and the ideal the poetical and the
practical before you The lady among us who
bears the nearest resemblance to her is the
Duchess Of Wellington, Or rather such was the
case when the latter was little younger, and
Landseer' S likeness, in the" Visit to Waterloo"
was faithful portrait Of the then Marchioness
OF Douro. There is the 81 ne comminglement
of the half Oriental, half Scandinavian aspect
the large, open antelope eye, with the dropping
fringe, at once heightening and mitigating its
lustre; the samo small rounded limbs and ma
]estic presence and the same pensiveness in the
midst of animation, perhaps arising from tht
same cause, tho childlessness of an otherwise en-.
viable union.
This probably is but passing sorrow with thu
Empress for the report runs that the stag hum
. at Slough, on Tuesday, was not joined by th'
Imperial lady, lest equestrianism, for rcason
known in all well regulated families, should b
detrimental to the probable prolongation of th
line of the new Sesostris, who, born no king
made monarchs draw his carr
H.-Certainly he looks everything that hi
impassioned assaiant in 90 Napoleon 10 Petit,
describes; and not all the circumstances O
splendor surrounding him, not all the romano
of his life, and not all the effect which sue
considerations produce upon the most phlegmati
and philosophic of minds, could deprive hi
countenance of its indefnable but unmistakab
responsiveness. In it is disclosed no one trait
attractiveness. Indeed, the absence of all trai
: is the only decided trait about it. 1t is pc
3 fectly cxpressionless, whether in animation
repose.
'. His face is blank, Or rather a blight. 1t ma
~ have been capable of conveying some expressit
- some time, but that time has gone by, aud no
. it really expresses nothing. The eyes are deat
y the complexion livid; the mouth, even VIII
y smiling, inaniinate the muscles Of the who
70 face at once rigid and relaxed and tho CO
temptation of the visage altogether leaves
o. most uncomfortable Impression, no matter VIII
+" ones predictions in favor of the man himse
IN or however biased by the fascination of the il
G. mortal deeds of his uncle, by virtue of who
il, name the nephew is what he is. 6. Between t
ed two men there is not the slightest facial Or PHI
ed ical resemblance, and certainly as far as ext
of nails IRE concerned, there is mach colorng
er forded to tt e popular scandal which assigns
nd paternity not to the King of Holland, but t.
nd Dutch skipper, with an unponounceable nar
and of whom Hortense was said to have beco
se- enamored.
uis In the con6guration Of the head there is SO
n: similarity between Napoleon First and Thi
VI and the sparseness and quality of the hair fav
,ve the likeness. But in the faces themselves {
nd even in the foreheads, the most acute physi
;f nomist could detect no trace Of identity Of b
between the relatives.
a The Italian element is altogether wanting
di- the present Emperor, who is much more of
len bad French type of face, what voltairc cal
/. between the tiger and monkey, than was
in great Corscian, whose antique beauty, scare
zee, less than his deathless exploits, universazed
his portraits and busts, by rendering their prod
,tel ton labor of professional love to the ar
,m- as the finest subject they could be emplo
ers upon.