New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-06-15


Among these with whom was able to shak
hands in passing by may mention Thaekery, III
llusfTlnns author of Vanity Fair.h For wha
purpose did the great satirist come to this seenc
OF confusion To observe In that case there was
no lack Of matter, for every variety Of onl
species was to be found there, in close quarters
and brought under the same glance as if melting
into one another-frOm the Young lord admired fol-
his turnout, TO the uggler admired for his feats OF
strength-from the great lady displaying her laee,
the the gipsey displaying her ragsfrom the bet
ting man, trembling least he shouid not lay ms
head on the pillow of a millionaire to the begger,
happy at having made fortune of few pence
from the woman of pleasure with painted cheeks,
20 the Ethiopian with sham complexion.
Neither, indeed was there any lack of matter for
painful reflections, had it been the proper time for
philosophsina--in such bold relief stood forth the
Woful contrasts presented by modern civilization
9 Hark the bell is ringing. The jockeys have
been weighed The grand race is about to begin.
me competitors proceed nom me lnclosure, IN
which they have been passed in review by the
amateurs, towards the starting.post They are
eighteen in number, and among them Royallien, a
French horse belonging to the Count de Lagrange.
But alas hoyallen is neither first nor second
fa7orite It is to Dundee, to Diophantus, but es-
peeially TO Dundee, that the opinions of connois.
seurs and the sympathies of the crowd have, be-
Eorehand, assigned the victory. Dundee and Dio-
phantAus are the two chief actors in view in the
betting drama. An immense mnFmur arises, The
policemen move off, driving before them, to keep
an open space, the mob ofloiterers scattered over
q =.
Every eye is turned to one sole point. The signal
is given. They are OFF They are oft
. am not going to describe the various acct.
dents of this memorable race, but there is one
which my national vanity forbids mesto pass over
IN silence. During one part of the race our com
patriot Royallien figured among the foremost and
Valiently sustained the honor of France when sud
denly. o cruel fate at one af the tnrnings Ather-
stone, another of the horses, knocked up against
him. causing him to lose his stride and threw him
back upon Dundee, who was next behind. Was it
IN consequence Of this misadventure that RoyaIlen
did not come IN tirst2 dare not go so far as to
say that, but there is no patriotic eXaggeraton in
supposing that, without this accident RoyaIen
Wonld not have been the sixth. The conuueror
however, was-Dundee? No. Di9phantus? No
more than the other. The two favorites only
came matter horse, certainly very powerful and
very handsome, ntwhich had been quoted very
low IN the betting list Such is the fortune of war
q sketch Of Lord Normandy is witty and pun
an ENGLISH NoBLEMAN.
There is man here whose name no one ever
pronounees without smile rising to his lips. This
man is the most noble Constantine Phinps Mar
quis of Normandy, Earl of Mulgrave etc
l remember to have somewhere seen Lord Nor.
MANDY described as the type of Milford Il not
such as was personifed in the last century by the
Chandoses, the Montaeues the Ancasters Or Inc
Whartons, hut such as Is represented in ON,
theaters and in our romances--a great devourer
OF roast beef and great consumer Of grog much
QeaiFeu py lnnkeepefs, much dreaded by posti-
lions, and always ready to cover with guineas
counterfeit Raphaels and bastard Titians There
is some truth In this portrait and it may be said
that in some respects, Lord Normandy belongs to
to the same variety as the late Charles Yane. Mar
quisof Londonderry. But the hero who is sitting |
to me at this moment Is distinguished by quail. |
ties peculiar to himself and which constitute him /
truly unique individual.
He has Notably this in particular, that he takes
pleasure in being idicnled. He not only braves
u. but solicfts it Mr. Punch himself-the redoubt-
able Mr. Pnnch--feels himself disarmed in the
presence of the impregnable serenity of Lord
Normandy; and never did any man take it more
easily IN the midst of public derision
BY what satirical decree OF fortune, then, does
Lord Normandy happen 10 have found a place
among statesmen? He was born for the court
ae makes an excellent figure in a drawing room.
His manner is amahle bis Conversation ia not |
much worse than any one else's He has even |
though one would scarcely imagine It at first
come pretentlons to literature and in his best DAYS
It fell to his lot 10 write some novels exoellentV
adapted to form the hearts of Iadies' maids Nor
manly was TO be secretary of state, lord.lieu-
tenant of Ireland an ambassadOr--in short, sort
Of great man. Since then he has been ia search
Of role, and the one he has at last taken up is
thisto rail at people ~ a state of revolution