New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-27


,s,, the DIXIE married the present Duchess, the
a.nsbt.r Of Duke Alexander Of Wdrtemberg Pro
ZION. 10 separation there msy have been come dis
arrangements. for at FIVE years old Albert vent TO
,be castle of henbrrg where be chiefly brough;
ND and educated.
The theory OF education Of the Coburg family ia
and has ever been a matter Of profound policy and
wisdom.
The princes Of Cobnrg shared that one peculiarly
Of ali men Of gsnus-they were poor, wrstchs5y
door, Some time before purse had besa made rp
at Dresden and Berlin to discharge the bills oonssqssst
on the coming Of Alber,s brother, Ertest, who ha.
since rewarded an eIpensi,N ard elaborate education
BY tne clever composition OF diPloIn sits and musical
notes.
In the pressnt emergency, when the fssds for pro-
yiospe for Alberts education had to be secured,
Aaron Nathan ore OF the Jew pets Of the castle wu
consulted MAKE Won little loan, DurchIascht," sd-
vised Aaron; 81 will dishcsunt it,
Here we may mention that the relations OF the petty
Germ princes are sou ewhat peep Jar Now and thea
one Of thethe Prince Of Lippe Detmod for instance,
whose subjects do not outnumber the oopu alton Of
Peek,kI-lives like shepherd among bic hoek in the
old pastoral at lei and absolutely saw him once in
The thestsr Of Detmod move between the acts eonie
NS"N-@~N ~A--N~-
whole number Of bis subjects, pa'ting affectonatey
Holm uschsl Won Hsb, and giving friendly pull 10
the ears Of Geheime Ra,h Witzer. I, was
pesssrt sight and might have softened the heart of
the ,terpsst republican toward poor little German
desDots II is only when " 30 month % is required
that the pnchng process begins but them thanks to
NE troubles il days Of yore among the children OF
Judah, there is in Detmol1 in Hanover in Cobsrg in
Brunswick in Casse, in Darmstsdt, ever some good
Jew some wire Nathan, some smooth BermaD, or, a.
n the casa of our Albers fetber shire I'd Aaron,
sliDgpg with classic e.y 20 the golden calf of his
nsmessse Of Red Sea memory, al Tays ready to dish
count Won loan and arrange the little matter
In this atmosphere Albert grew up and, after the
"monisl had been raised the rsrest and moot ex.
Qsi,te professors were imported at an extavagant ex
pense. Many sciences arts and notions were repre-
scented. From France a dancing master, a coiffeur,
and a professor Of military engineering we're i'm
portsd-fom England Pussyts curste to cultivate
the princes morals. There was teacher of Spanish
frsm Bsee'ona; and of German professors, as
proudly alleged by the princes admirers in the discus
sions on his marriage there were ten, viz: Of ethics,
nsthemstcs numsmatics, geography, history, divni-
ty, philolOgy philosophy geology and minsralogy ono
apiece At ten years he had the Man0chm of Plautus
by heart at eleven he translatedto the utter bewl
derment Of the Peninsula ant into Spsssh In the
windows Of the great piano maker OF the capital of
Coburg, q beautiful landscape he had drawn of the
scenery Of Ehrerburg was exposed to the admiring
gaze of the tOwDspsope; and Aaron who had
rich vein Of Shylockian humor about him, used often
10 exclsim, "Our monsh has not been shpent in
swain" The royal woods Of Germany abounded
IN bsres and Albert became q keen shot He
was in truth q youth of most excellent accomplish
nent, possessing a mind packed with all pos
sble knowledge, and manner refined by that ultra
Faubourg St. German tone which prevailed at the
Rhrerburg castle, and which wore sufficient Of imita-
ton to lose its native flavor, though blended as it was
with touch also Of the tone of buckingham palace,
il assumed a kind of rococo II fnemsntespecialy
as the palatine- quetis swsgger of the old Goha
suzeranss cashsd asonslly with both French and
English and imps ted to the mixture sort of court
ssuer. kraut fragrance. He was not only an accom-
pshed scholar able draug good musician,
and as stated in the House of Lords writer of verses,
but was also a oouTtly cavalier, with enough of Ger
man oompsctness of philosophy 70 shine among the
English by his mental superiority and to bs relieved
nom ridculo among the French by the manly sim
pI ,ity Of bis bearing. Healthy in mud and in body
the investment Of Aaron fell fertile soil, and the
fantastic absurdity of the piuchbeck mimcry OF
Frer CHI and English cour-fe which lowered around
the Coburg castle had left his strong, native sense of
propriety unimpsired.
Such was Albert as at the age Of eighteen he
proceeded to the university of Bonn. smaB
house was rented for him near the csthedral-Asren
sgsin, we presume, advancing "a little mon
"ish and he proceeded with the most vigorous
diligence TO attend the lectures of DIR. Walter, the
celebrated teacher Of civil and Gefmanic law, DR..
Ioebe the great professor of history, and Drs. Book
ing and Perther, who also isctured on law. AT first
he attended the public lectures but subsequently, as
was considered more becoming to his rank, the lea
tsres attended on him. With the exception of ps-
tonic intrigue with Bonn belle, which subsequently,
led to some unpleasant explanations with Victoria, he
modesty of his studentife was sacred from all The
grosser Joys; and il was often, previous TO his mar
rage told at the English court by Baroness Lehtzen
that one of the fashionable aurers OF Bonn had openly
declared that abe had found in him what Bonn had
never seen before-a Joseph. lie worked diligently
fom morning till night or, as The German students
phrase it, ored necessarily saw little company save
select few from the ciquey upper ten of Bonn. and
held no fellowship with bis brother gownsmen. He
was in fact in STUDENT parance, veritsble Phis-
tire, meek ~ a saint but learned as the devil, court
eous, gentlemsnly, maintaining the dignity of his
rank, but with urbaDity which made it toerable,
and without particle of that arrogance which would
have made il offensive. OF such mold was Albert;
too passive and deoorsus to provoke dislike too little
demon strative and sympathetic to achieve popularity
We would that Prince Albert had given us occasion
10 picture some of the features of the German student
life. There is no one about whom such wrong i'm
preston Is formed as the German student by foreign
ers who do not see behind the outward masquerade of