New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-11-13
MIR. THAcKERIYS LECTURE.

couj. be easier than 10 orAv picture OF such orus
A. Go, rye " and nothing full Of keener delight thai
No brn, Gown and fix on such animal; when he sp
,cb.d nearer be found he had nothing to deal vito
nothing bn 8 coat froeged and for-cola'ed star,
vi, and . .couptersnce ever simme ing with SILLY
simmer. speh game was unworthy Of noble hound
such G4.rt y. the literary pack, s. NJ. Thsckersy
md no m, sas.. be shrunk from it. We car per
f.ctlv in sgpe this. The exquisite aud delicate laoce
Of such high bred a. stomist as Mr. Thsckeray wss
FEVER intended 70 be =. led in the dissection OF hog
Such work belongs - sca le coarse butcher.
Bat though tbs lectrS. was TO Us toe ess interest
ing b. 90 much a. there was he lees OF rhsckeray and
more of WrsIsl and old magazines and such
tstters il sfor6ed, "a far 81 w could lesra uodr
min shed delight TO mos. crow ded and cultivated
audience. Indeed, there u II the gay yIVacisy sod
p easant iDierspelsion Of VIZ with Which Mr. Thsck'
cay uopscksii. bsske: Of bright, sparkling gossip
an ine1pfess ibe charm snG there IL In hs voice
an upceosipg delight to US which we cru hardly de-
scribe bat which brings ever to ON mind those
lines applied TO Ell Other British worthy;
Yet Who not list.us with dshIb,sd srutis,
" To q pure music Of the silver style
" In the cesi style heat a. clear !, seer
" True TO the brave, revolving & sn the r=-an
With slae and piece CT cha K Mr.. rhsckersy
tboueh, he could form respectable likenes Of George
" 30 far as the external form Of h, Cat friend went;
but when be came TO look into bis history he found
nothing but a coat with star on il, rrueht brown
wig etking with oil, and mask srHlng under II,
uIc er.waistcoats and more under waistcosts under
them, all false, nothing but s co5pulert simulscrum
Ali was grips, paddiDgs parasites aud putre'schon.
lie signed bis name sometines with etesdy some
times an unsteady hand George 7. or George K. to
State papers. This wss bis highest mental effort
Otbers woe them. Within five days after his illus
tiious birth, be was dubbed Prince OF Wales, Marquis
OF this in England Lord OF the other in Scotland and
LORD KIN whsin many other places. The crsde otIhe
roy al infant was encountered with loyal gifts Among
othe1s there were wise in America to hA the
appe arance Of this star in the East, and curious
Indisn bow and arrow were sent to the prince from
bis fathers faithful subjects in New York. Before be
could speak, statesmen not men, were busy ki'sing
his little feet. AS he grew up, this young luus OF
England had more pictures taken of him than hall
England even than Prince Albert, who has consid-
cradle We ness in that line and Mr. Thsckeray said
that be remen bered when young there was hardly
dining parlOr in any respectable house in England
from whose wsnscot the countensnce of this sweet
prince old not look down.
Still the little fairy pleasure viii steal in through the
key hole of the most carefully gu,rded door, where
she finds fit subjects in hot passions and strong
frame and in spite of the good care of old George and
all the vgilant watching of bis mother young Gcorge
became The most enormous prodigal the world had
ever seen.
But be was such an accomplished youth When
vet Young, when his tutor, Lord Bruce, made mis-
take in false quantity, the Prince corrected him.
Bruce could, course when caught in this flaw, no
longer retain bis tutorsbip but to soohe his wounded
feelings. he was made an earl We presume Lord
Derby must have had him in his eye when he an
noupced some weeks since at Liverpool that merit
was the only passport to the peerage Lord Bruce
was made an earl; Nelson never rose beyond
a yiscount. Exhibiting these and similar graf
flying proofs of early proficiency, this model
prince grew up TO the great Joy OF his Kingdom lie
was lovely TO look on and his coats cost ten thousand
pounds with every thing else to correspond To CAL
custe the millions that we've given by the English
people 10 feed this brute usts and uxures would be
appalling Had he been manufacturing town or a
rural dist ct or detachment OF an army, he could
Lot have cost more. Yet this man shared with the
Count 'Artos lfnot as depraved in his appetes as
ridiculous in bis extravaganza and tastes, the honor
of being the first gentleman of Europe. And Sir Wal
ter Scott absolutely carried away the glass out OF
which he drunk and vowed il sh oud be an heirloom
in his family. Having placed it in his pocket, we are
happy to record be sat down on it and gave himself
a cut, which we only regret was not severer.
OF course this young Prince and all his brothers,
bot for pleasure, ran away from d George Ill, porng
over bis books, and Queen Charlotte with her snuff
and sewing. When he got free he took full fling and
his great person inundated itself TO stupendous
amount of bot meats and rebelIous liquors and the
passions to which they give birth. The only intel
ecusl feat Mr.. ThsckeIay could discover that he
accom- pshed was the invention Of Maraschino punch
and shoe buckles an inch long and five inches broad.
The latter we're sweet invention well worthy of the
Prince whom il adorned. Occasionally he might have
kept more brilliant company and talked dice with
Fox or drank WITH Sheridan, but there was nothing
more in common, ana as rule the 'mpsnons he
most loved bnd which were most natural to him were
couefs No could trust his friendship for an hour
His friends specify paled him, and he as speedily
threw them off. Tho Wings must have expected his
base desertion. In middle agehis friends were table
companions. As he grew old he preferred young
guardsmen ard boys whose spnght mess tickled bis
sepile sensuslty As he was to men, 20 was he to
women. But from this dark portion Of the picture
Mr. Thackepy did not draw the curtain. OF what
purpose would it be to tell how the beautiful Perdita
Mrs ROBINSON was pursued and deserted. Of what
obiec. to say that he married MIS- Fiizberbert accord
ing to the rites Of the Roman Catholic church, that
the Witnesses could be Damed and the settlements pro-
duced And that the first gentleman In Europe and
King Of England pledged his honor az kings and en-
perors can do in our day with unblushing font, TO
black lie. AL the pleas ,nt devils came coaHingIy
round, and be cold himself to them all.
Still, Notwithstanding DARK traits sufficient to have
doomed any man but king to inismy, men Of some
honorable place in the and were found az guests at his
table The table Of Princes is doubtless tempting and