, 1860-10-15

who Was true hearty old English gentleman.
You may have sean 0ilray's famous print Of
HMM tho old Mig, in ths stout old hideous
Windsor s1s h,ng q n1obasa;x
up in his hand, whilst in the other he has
an opera elass; through which he surveys
the pigmy1 Our fathers chose TO set up
George ~ the TYPO OF great king; and The
lttlo Gulliver WAS the great Napoleon. We
plided ourselves on our prejadices ~ blus-
dealt to our anemT a moustrous injustico Of
contempt and scorn; We fought him with all
wespons, mean - we'll rs heroic. There WAS
no lie Nc would not believe; no charge of crime
which cur furious pFtjudise would not credit.
! thought at one time Of making a collection Of
us, aud W had published against them curing
the WAT, itwould be 4 strange memorial oi pop
ulAr falsehood.
In the capital Burney Diary and Letters, the
home and court life Of coed old King George
and good old Queen Charlotte are presented 1t
ing at si1 aud had two hours to himself he
thought it effeminate 10 haEe carpet in his
bed room. Shorty before eight, the queen and
the royal family were alxays ready for him,
and they proceeded to the kings 'hapel in tho
caslle. There were no fires IN the passages;
the chapel was scarceiy alieht; princssses.
governesses, equerries grumbled and caugh:
cold; but, cold or hot, ii was their duty to 70;
snd, vet or drJ, light or dalk, the stout old
George Was always in his pla-e to asJ amen 10
| the chaplain.
The Queens character is represented in Bur.
ney At iull length. She was a sensible, most
| decorous woman; ! very grand lady on state
occasions, simple enough in ordinary life: well
read as times went, and giving shsewd opinions
about books; s.ingy, but not ut just;
generally unkind to her dependents, but in
| yiucible in her notions OF etiquette, and quite
angry If her people suffered i'll health IN her
service. She gave Hiss BurneJ shabby pit
which ell.nigb killed her. She ntver thought
but that she was doing Burney the greatest IL
| vor in taking her from freedom, fame, and
competence, aud killing her eff with Iauguor in
that drea1y court. 1t was net dreary to her.
Had she been : servant iustead Of mistress,
her spirit would never have broken down !;
she never would have Put pin out OF place,
or been moment from her duty. Sis was
not weak, and the could rot pardon those
who were. She WAS perfectly correct in life,
aud she hated poor sinners with raucor such
az virtue sometimes has. She mnbt hare had
awful private trials Of her own; net merely
with her children, but with her husband, in
know anything now when he was not quite
insane; when his incessant tongue WAS bib
bling folly, rage, PERI ecul on !; and she had to
smile and bs respectful and attentive under this
into1erable enrui. The queen bore Ill her du-
ties stoutly, as she expected others to bear
held the infant was tired and loo.e uuweIl,
sud the Princess Of " a!es asked permission for
| her 10 eit down. "Let her s:2Id," said tbs
queen, H'cking the snuff of her sleeve. She
would have stood, the resosute old womsn. II
The had had to hold The child till his besrd was
queen said, facing mob OF rutiisns who stop
ped her sedan ~ have been dfsy yeArs Q 1een
Of England, and never WAS insutted before.' y
Fearless, rigid, unforgiving little qoeenl /
don't wonder thst ber sons rerolted from her
From November, 1910, George Ill. ceased to
reign: All the werld knows the storT Of biz
than hit Of the old man, blind and deprived
Of reason, wandering through the rooms Of hi,
pslsce, addressing imaginary parliameats, re-
viewing faneed troops. holding gbostty
conrts. have seen his picture as it Was take1
at this time, hanging in tho apartment Of bit
daughter, The Landgraviue Of H=sss Hon
bonrg-amidst books and Wi.dsor furniture
and i hundred forei1n "reminiscences Of he1
E,glsh home. The poor old father is repre-
eented in purple gown, his zrory beard isl
ing over his breast-the star Of his famous Or
der still idly shining on It. Hs WAS not only
sight!ess; be became utterly dea': All l'Rh'
| ali reason, all sound Of human voices, all tht
pleasures Of the world Of God, were takau from
hin. Some slight lucid moments he had ID
ono of which, the queen, desiring to see him
entered the room, and found bin singing !
hymn, and accompanying hlmeeH on the harp
sico1d; when be hsd fEished, be kcels dowr
aud PRAYED aloud for her, aud then for his fam
ily, concluding with 4 prayer for himself, thai
itmight please God to aTart his heavy Calamity
frem him, but If not, to give him resignation Il
submit H. then burt into tears, and his rea
( son again fsd.
What preacher need mora!izs oa this story
what words. save the simplest, are requisite to
tell It'll Il is too terrible for tears. The
thought Of such misery smttes ne down IL
submission bslora the R1ler oi Kings and
men, the Monarch Supreme over empires aud
republics, the inscrutable Dispenser Of lite
death, happiness. victory. 40 brothers, saio
to those who heard me first in Auet1ca-"C
brothers! speaking the came dear motbel
tongue-O comrades enemies no more, let u.
sske mournful hand together es we staud by
this royal corpse, and call q truce to battle
| Low he lies to whom the proude.t used 10 knee
orce, and who was cast lower than the poore t
dead, whom millions pray ed for in vain. Driven
of his throne; buffeted By rude hands, xith biz
children in revolt; the darling Of cis old age
killed before him untimely; cur Lear hangs
over her breattless lips, and cries, 'Cordela
cordel0, stay listla!"
TIM wpula uson ibe rl,k Of this Tough word
| treteh him out longer"
Hush! Strith and Quarrel, over the s,lemu
:.raveE Sound, Tsumpets, mourninl march
Fall, Dark Curtain, upon his pageant, his pride
his grief, his awful tragedy!