, 1877-02-10
From the Spectator. J

From the SPECTATOR
The Coronation at Delhi, went off with
out accident, and the Queen was proclaim.
ed Kaiser-i-Hind." amidst endless SAL
woes of artillery. No important announce.
ment was made, the Viceroy only describ-
ing the ceremonial as a new claim on the
peoples allegiance, and a new guarantee
Of impartial protection. A la"ner had
previously been given to each Chief,
and o gold or silver medal, engraved with
the new title, and five of The most power
full Princes-Hoikar Sciudiuh, the Maha-
rhia OF Cashmere, the NIabaraiA Of Travan-
core, and the Maharana of Oodeypore-
are raised to an equality with the Nizom
and the Rajah Of Mysore, by receiving the
coveted salute Of twenly-one guns. Scindiah
and Cashmere are also made Generals in
the British Army, and several chiefs have
received " titles OF L%onour, - OF the Kind
which the Pope used to bcstow upon
Christian Princes. The Maharaja Of
Cashmere, tor instance, is hercclorth to
be- styled, "Shield Of the Empire. " Ger
berus Of the Empire would have been
more appropriate. A shower of decora-
tons has also been distributed, one CT two
in q very odd way, and a new Order Of
the Empire has been created. We Judge
from the language Of the kilograms that
the ceremonial, as q scenic display, was
rather a failure, the Times co.respo dent
in particular being afflicted with q re.
minisccncc Of tbe Derby Day.
Commodore Vanderbilt, altcr wearing
out the reporters with his obstinate vitaIl-
~, is dead at last. He is believed 10 have
been the we0lthiost man in America, and
was certainly one OF its most successful
money-n0kers, dying, we believe, owner
of at least three great railroads. He VASE
born administrator, Who applied bis great
faculty TO business, first as an owner of
steam ~boats-whence his nickname of
"Commodore"-and then Of raj ways. ma
naging great multitudes of men with an
failing success. Though a great specu-
lator and a bitterly hard man, he
had one good quality in business,
he a always tried to make lis enter
prises succeed and return large diyi-
dends, which, in America, is moi considered
the quickest way to a great fortune. The
speculative idea there is to make your
own shares rise and fall, and then deal in
them,-to play, in fact, with loaded dice.
1t is probable that Mr. Vanderbilt died
worth $4,000 900 sterling, much Of
it, however, in very Auctuating pro.
perty. =
The great German geographer, Her, Pc
termlnn,-probahly the most accomplished
Of living geographers,-has been paying
q second visit to London, after a lapse of
many years, and in writing his view Of
London to the K6tnischc Zcitung, has much
plcasanter things to say OF us and of our
progress-excepting, indeed, of our elm
ate, whose "appalIiog physical gloom"
40 some one called it. he Cvi3enfly aprrcci~
ates to the %full,-than we often hear from
foreign critics. He has been also visiting
the great cities Of the United States, and
while he thinks their progress great, he
thinks we have fully maintained our advan.
tage in time, and are as far ahead Of them
in metropolitan elements Of civilization as
ever. He is very JUSTLY delighted with
the great granite embellishments Of the
Thames; he holds that "public life" for
example, in the streets, is more c%onveni.
emit, mere free from danger, more pleasant,
.,.,rn refned. more dpcOrOuS. than former