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diff --git a/13899-0.txt b/13899-0.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..20e8d43 --- /dev/null +++ b/13899-0.txt @@ -0,0 +1,1180 @@ +*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13899 *** + +[Illustration: HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS + +THE LORD HIGH ADMIRAL. + +K.G.G.C.B. &C. &C.] + +J. Limbird, Publisher. 148. Strand. + + * * * * * + +THE + +MIRROR + +OF + +LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, + +AND + +INSTRUCTION: + +CONTAINING + +ORIGINAL ESSAYS; + +HISTORICAL NARRATIVES; BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS; SKETCHES OF SOCIETY; +TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS; NOVELS AND TALES; ANECDOTES; + +SELECT EXTRACTS + +FROM + +NEW AND EXPENSIVE WORKS; + +_POETRY, ORIGINAL AND SELECTED_; + +THE SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS; + +DISCOVERIES IN THE ARTS AND SCIENCES; + +USEFUL DOMESTIC HINTS; + +&C. &C. &C. + + * * * * * + +VOL. X. + + * * * * * + +LONDON: + +PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY J. LIMBIRD, 143, STRAND, +(_NEAR SOMERSET HOUSE._) + +1828. + + * * * * * + + + +PREFACE. + + +Each volume of a successful periodical miscellany resembles Seneca's +"one good turn--a shoeing-horn to another;" and the Editor of THE +MIRROR, in prefacing his _tenth volume_ with this comparison, hopes +that he does not over-rate what the present patronage of the public +encourages him to expect. Indeed, he would fear the suspicion +of ingratitude on his part, were he not thus to acknowledge the +long-extended success which has attended his labours, from their +commencement to the present moment. At the same time, lest vanity +should be thought to have mastered his better judgment, he assures +his patrons that he does not claim the undivided merit of his good +fortune; since, beyond his own taste of adaptation and selection, +he "misses nothing he can fairly lay his hands on;" so that, the +multiplicity of his resources being considered, his success is, +perhaps, more complimentary to the discernment of the public, than it +is laudatory of his individual exertions. + +As many readers would yawn over a long preface like so much Latin, +the Editor will not, in the present instance, subject them to so +extraordinary a stretch of _ennui_, by any lengthy comment on the +character of his last volume. He hopes that its contents will be +found equal to either of its predecessors; and, if any superiority be +observed, he begs that it may be attributed to the "march of mind," in +whose rank and file he may be allowed his proper order. + +Like the well-graced actor, who, at the conclusion of a play, bows +to the performers before he addresses the audience, the Editor first +returns his acknowledgments to his several Correspondents, who _have +contributed_ to the public entertainment in his last volume: perhaps +this class may be very small, although in the usual proportion of +good and evil which is scattered up and down all paths of life. To the +other and more numerous class, _viz._ those whose Communications (from +various motives, generally explained) have not been inserted, the +Editor is equally indebted,--for intention, if not accomplishment; and +he hopes that the performance of his critical duty has been such as +to conciliate their respect and good-will. As a pleasantry, he would +remind a fair proportion of his readers, that, + + As the young and forward bud + Is eaten by the canker ere it blow, + Even so by love the young and tender wit + Is turned to folly; blasting in the bud, + Losing his verdure even in the prime, + And all the fair effects of future hopes-- + +for he would not affect the fickle guide on so extended a scale. +For graver matters, or such as are beyond the surface of the heart, +the Editor thanks his Correspondents on subjects of _Art_, in its +antiquarian and modern departments, of whose researches he has +frequently availed himself. With a view to keep pace with the Spirit +of Philosophical Discovery which characterizes the present day, the +Editor has been his own Prometheus in introducing his readers to the +"_Arcana of Science_," the object of which has already been fully +explained, and he hopes, to a certain extent, realized. + +The Editor is not disposed to indulge too freely in anticipation, lest +he should lose sight of his object: accordingly, he must be brief in +his professions for the future. Improvement is contemplated in the +general execution of the Embellishments, as far as the Proprietor +and Editor have control; but, anon, they will be at the bar of public +taste. To use a parliamentary phrase, other new "features" will be +introduced from time to time, so as to continue to reflect in THE +MIRROR the characteristics and curiosity of the present day, aided by +some of the bright lights of past ages. + + LONDON, + _December_ 24, 1827. + + * * * * * + + + + +LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. + + + _PORTRAIT of His Royal Highness the DUKE of CLARENCE._ + 1. Pony Phaeton of his Majesty. + 2. Emblematical Design for July. + 3. New Church, Regent's Park. + 4. Archers. + 5. Royal Archer of Scotland. + 6. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle. + 7. Garrick's Mulberry Cup. + 8. Croydon Palace. + 9. Hadley Church. + 10. Emblematical Design for August. + 11. St. Thomas's Hospital, Canterbury. + 12. Duke of Devonshire's Villa. + 13. Ancient Powder-Flask. + 14. Town-Hall, Liverpool. + 15. New Prison, Norwich. + 16. Emblem of September. + 17. Dublin Post-Office. + 18. Hammersmith Bridge. + 19. Monge's Mausoleum. + 20. Ancient Grecian Sepulchre. + 21. New Palace, St. James's Park. + 22. Plan of Improvements in the Park. + 23. Triumphal Arch, Hyde Park. + 24. Temple Church. + 25. Kew Palace. + 26. Kanemboo Market Woman. + 27. Shouaa Woman. + 28. Bristol Cathedral. + 29. Emblem for October. + 30. Central Market, Leeds. + 31. Palace at Stockholm. + 32. Brambletye House. + 33. Moated House, Brambletye. + 34. Elsineur from Hamlet's Garden. + 35. The Camelopard. + 36. Body Guard of the Sheikh of Bornou. + 37. Lancer of the Sultan of Begharmi. + 38. St. Martin's, near Canterbury. + 39. Hanover Terrace, Regent's Park. + 40. Emblem of November. + 41. Haddon Hall. + 42. Autographs of the Conspirators in the Gunpowder Plot. + 43. Navarino and the Island of Sphagia. + 44. Plan of the Attack at Navarino. + 45. Castle of the Seven Towers, Constantinople. + 46. Fisherman of Bornou. + 47. Musician of Mandara. + 48. Caxton's House. + 49. Bushy Park, the Seat of the Lord High Admiral. + 50. Design for December. + 51. Greek Armament. + 52. City of Old Sarum. + 53. The Clarence Cup. + 54. New Steam Carriage. + + * * * * * + + +MEMOIR + +OF + +HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CLARENCE, + +_LORD HIGH ADMIRAL OF ENGLAND._ + + * * * * * + + Ye sacred arks of Liberty! that float + Where Tamar's waters spread their bosom wide, + That seem, with towering stern and rampart stride, + Like antique castles girt with shining moat: + Should War the signal give with brazen throat, + No more recumbent here in idle pride, + Your rapid prows would cleave the foaming tide, + And to the nations speak in thundering note. + Thus in the firmament serene and deep, + When summer clouds the earth are hanging o'er, + And all their mighty masses seem asleep, + To execute Heaven's wrath, and judgment sore, + From their dark wombs the sudden lightnings leap, + And vengeful thunders peal along the shore. + + _Forget Me Not_--for 1828. + +The recent appointment of the above illustrious individual to the +head of our naval administration is a gratulatory topic for every +Englishman; and we doubt not the measure will contribute as largely +to individual honour, as it will to the national welfare. In the +abstract, nations resemble large families, of which kings are fathers +or guardians; and the subdivision of this guardianship or paternal +government, among the sons or younger brothers of the sovereign is +calculated to promote unanimity among the governors, and to engraft +with affectionate loyalty the hearts of the governed. Indeed, the +tutelar presence of princes seldom fails to inspire courage, and to +support the patriotic sons of arms even in the extremes of danger; +and, although the princes of our times have seldom been distinguished +in the camp of war,--we should recollect that + + Nihil sunt foris arma nisi est consilium domi. + +The DUKE of CLARENCE, who is next brother to his present Majesty, was +born at St. James's Palace, August 21, 1765, at a quarter before four +in the morning, and in the following month was baptized by the name of +WILLIAM HENRY. It is said that in his childhood and youth, it was the +frankness of his countenance and behaviour induced the king to devote +him to the naval service: added to this, he surpassed his brothers +in corporeal strength and constitutional hardihood; although he was +exceeded by them in the more refined acquirements of study, to which +he manifested comparative indifference. With a mind naturally framed +for peril and enterprise, and aware of the subordinate rank and +laborious stations through which he must pass to distinction, he +appears to have been enthusiastic and impatient for the service +long before he entered the lists, notwithstanding he commenced his +career at the age of fourteen, by joining the Prince George, a +ninety-eight-gun ship, recently built, and named after his present +majesty. In this ship, under the command of Admiral Digby, his royal +highness bore a part in the great naval engagement between the English +and Spanish fleets, commanded by Admiral Rodney and Don Juan de +Langara. Previous to his leaving the Prince George, he was also +present at the capture of a French man-of-war and three smaller +vessels, forming part of a considerable convoy; but in neither of +these instances was an opportunity offered for any distinguishing +effort of bravery. On this occasion, the Spanish admiral, Don Juan +de Langara, on visiting Admiral Digby, was introduced to his royal +highness. During the conference between the two admirals the prince +retired, and when it was intimated that Don Juan wished to return, +his royal highness appeared in the uniform of a midshipman, and +respectfully informed the admiral that the boat was ready. The +Spaniard was surprised to see the son of his Britannic majesty acting +in the capacity of an inferior officer, and emphatically observed to +Admiral Digby, "Well does Great Britain merit the empire of the seas, +when humble stations in her navy are filled by princes of the blood." + +We have next the pleasing duty of adverting to two signal exertions of +his royal highness in the cause of humanity--conduct which + + is twice bless'd: + It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes: + 'Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes + The throned monarch better than his crown. + +The first is thus narrated by a midshipman of the Torbay, in a letter +to his friends:-- + + "_Port Royal Harbour, April_, 1783. + + "The last time Lord Hood's fleet was here, a court-martial + was held on Mr. Benjamin Lee, midshipman, for disrespect to + a superior officer, at which Lord Hood sat as president. The + determination of the court was fatal to the prisoner, and he + was condemned to death. Deeply affected as the whole body of + the midshipmen were at the dreadful sentence, they knew not + how to obtain a mitigation of it, since Mr. Lee was ordered + for execution; while they had not time to make their appeal + to the Admiralty, and despaired of success in a petition to + Admiral Rowley. However, His Royal Highness generously stepped + forth, drew up a petition, to which he was the first to set + his name, and solicited the rest of the midshipmen in port to + follow his example. He then himself carried the petition to + Admiral Rowley, and in the most pressing and urgent manner, + begged the life of our unhappy brother; in which he succeeded, + and Mr. Lee is reprieved. We all acknowledge our warmest and + grateful thanks to our humane, our brave, and worthy prince, + who has so nobly exerted himself in preserving the life of his + brother sailor." + +In the same year, 1783, the prince, then a fine midshipman, visited +Cape Francois, and the Havannah, where the second instance of his +generous humanity occurred. It should be premised, that some of +his countrymen having broken their oath of fidelity to the Spanish +government, were in danger of suffering under sentence of death. The +governor of Louisiana, Don Galvez, offered, at the intercession of the +prince, to pardon them; and the enthusiasm which he manifested in this +"labour of love" cannot be better illustrated than by the following +letter addressed by his royal highness to the governor:-- + + "Sir,--I want words to express to your Excellency my just + sense of your polite letter, of the delicate manner in which + you caused it to be delivered, and your generous conduct + towards the unfortunate in your power. Their pardon, which + you have been pleased to grant on my account, is the most + agreeable present you could have offered me, and is strongly + characteristic of the bravery and gallantry of the Spanish + nation. This instance increases, if possible, my opinion of + your Excellency's humanity, which has appeared on so many + occasions, in the course of the late war. + + "Admiral Rowley is to dispatch a vessel to Louisiana for + the prisoners. I am convinced they will ever think of your + Excellency's clemency with gratitude; and I have sent a + copy of your letter to the king my father, who will be fully + sensible of your Excellency's attention to me. + + "I request my compliments to Madame Galvez, and that you will + be assured that actions so noble as those of your Excellency + will ever be remembered by + +"Yours, sincerely, WILLIAM P." + +On June 17, 1785, after a service afloat of six years and three +months, his royal highness was promoted lieutenant of the Hebe. In ten +months after this we find him serving as captain of the Pegasus; next +in the Andromeda and the Valiant; and on December 3, 1790, his royal +highness received a commission as rear-admiral of the blue, having +then been about eighteen months a peer of England, Scotland, and +Ireland, by the titles of duke of Clarence and St. Andrews, and earl +of Munster. From this period till the year 1814 his royal highness +remained on shore. On April 19, in that year, he hoisted his flag on +board the Jason, as admiral of the fleet; and on the 23rd of the same +month he sailed from Dover, with several other ships, to escort Louis +XVIII. to the coast of France; and having seen him to Calais, returned +to the Downs on the night of the 24th, and struck his flag a few days +after.[1] + +During the period between the 25th of May and June 28th, 1814, (when +his royal highness finally took leave of the sea,) his flag was +hoisted, successively, in the Impregnable and Jason, and again in the +Impregnable, and from her transferred to the Magicienne; in which last +ship he sailed on the 26th of June, and having escorted the allied +sovereigns to the continent, struck his flag, and came on shore.[2] + +His royal highness' service at sea may, therefore, be stated as +follows:--6 years as midshipman; 11 months as lieutenant; 3 years and +10 months as post captain; and 7 weeks as admiral of the fleet: making +a total service at sea of about 10 years and 9 months.[3] + +The intimacy of the prince with the gallant Nelson is well known as +one of the most interesting incidents of the duke's life. They first +met at Quebec in 1782, when Nelson was in the Albemarle off that +station, and whence he was ordered to convoy a fleet of transports +to New York. From this time they became much attached, and their +separation was the cause of mutual regret. At the close of the war +they met again, both being appointed to the Leeward island station. +Nelson soon had an opportunity of witnessing the prince's resolute +obedience to orders, amidst great personal danger, and strong +temptations to avarice, the circumstances of which are briefly +as follow:--The law excluded all foreign vessels from trade and +intercourse with our West India islands; and America, being now +independent, and as much a foreign nation as any other, Nelson, +the senior captain on the station, ordered all American vessels to +quit the islands within forty-eight hours, on pain of seizure, and +prosecution of their owners. Four vessels at Nevis remained, which +he ordered to be searched, and on being found American, they were +adjudged legal prizes. This proceeding placed Nelson in considerable +difficulty, but he ultimately triumphed; and though the thanks of +government for protecting its commerce were given to the admiral of +the station, who had in fact opposed the measure, Nelson was conscious +of having done his duty, and enjoyed the approbation of such as were +disinterested witnesses of it. Among these was Prince William, who +thus notices Nelson's conduct on this occasion in a letter to a +friend: "It was at this era," says the prince, "that I particularly +observed the greatness of Nelson's superior mind. The manner in which +he enforced the spirit of the Navigation Act first drew my attention +to the commercial interests of my country. We visited different +islands together; and as much as the manoeuvres of fleets can be +described off the headlands of islands, we fought over again the +principal naval actions in the American war. Excepting the naval +tuition which I had received on board the Prince George, when the +present Rear Admiral Keats was lieutenant of her, and for whom we both +entertained a sincere regard, my mind took its first decided naval +turn from this familiar intercourse with Nelson." + +It is also worthy of remark, that while the prince spoke thus highly +of Nelson, the latter estimated his royal highness in correspondent +terms. In a letter to Captain Locker, about the same period, Nelson +says, "You must have heard, long before this reaches you, that Prince +William is under my command. I shall endeavour to take care that he +is not a loser by that circumstance. He has his foibles as well as +private men, but they are far overbalanced by his virtues. In his +professional line he is superior to near two-thirds I am sure of +the list; and in attention to orders, and respect to his superior +officers, I hardly know his equal. His royal highness keeps up strict +discipline in his ship, and without paying him any compliment, she +is one of the finest ordered vessels I have seen." These opinions, +it should be recollected, are quoted from private correspondence--a +circumstance which adds materially to their value. + +On July 11, 1818, his royal highness was married at Kew to her serene +highness Adelaide Amelia Louisa Theresa Caroline, princess of Saxe +Meinengen, eldest daughter of his serene highness the late reigning +duke of Saxe Meinengen. The ceremony, as is usual on these occasions, +was performed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, in the presence of +all the royal family. By this marriage his royal highness had one +daughter, who was born March 27, 1819, and died after a few hours. In +1823, his royal highness was made a general of marines; and within the +past year the duke has been appointed lord high admiral of England. + +It is not our intention here to enter into the supposed causes of +the duke's long seclusion from public service, viz. from 1790 to the +present time, except a short interval in 1814. At the commencement of +the war with France, the late Duke of York took an early and active +part by land; hence the question arises as to the non-appointment of +the Duke of Clarence to a similar position by sea. The consequence has +been, that the most vigorous portion of the duke's life has been lost +to his country, whilst his royal highness has remained in comparative +obscurity, amidst one of the most brilliant periods of our naval +history. It is, however, gratifying to know that the duke's inactivity +cannot be attributed to apathy on his part. On the contrary, he was +anxious to be employed, and even sought appointment, as appears by the +following letter, written by his royal highness to Commodore Owen in +1812:-- + +"_Bath House, Saturday night._ + + "DEAR SIR--This evening I received your letter from Deal, + and in answer to it, I beg to observe, that I have made both + a public and private application to the king, that I may be + permitted to hoist my flag, and relieve Lord Collingwood in + the command of his majesty's fleet in the Mediterranean. There + cannot be any secrecy in this thing; because, before more + than fifty brother officers, I declared my resolution at + Portsmouth. Until I have the order to hoist my flag, I cannot + be certain; but I am very much inclined to think eventually + that I shall have the honour and the happiness of commanding + those fine fellows whom I saw in the spring in the Downs, and + lately at Portsmouth. My short stay at Admiral Campbell's had + impressed me with very favourable ideas of the improved state + of the navy; but my residence at Portsmouth has afforded me + ample opportunity of examining, and consequently of having + a perfect judgment of the high and correct discipline now + established in the king's service. * * * I could not resist + what I felt; and reasons, both public and private, urged me to + make the offer I have already mentioned, and I hope I shall be + gratified.--I remain, dear sir, yours, &c. + +"WILLIAM." + +These zealous sentiments are, however, further corroborated by a +recent declaration of the duke to the Goldsmiths' Company, on their +presenting him with the freedom of their society. + +Having sketched the principal circumstances which appertain to what +may be termed the _public career_ of his royal highness, it is our +less pleasant, though equally important, duty, to notice his _domestic +life_; for obvious reasons our details will be less perfect. It is +a portion of the duke's life which cannot be entirely passed over in +silence, since it must be conceded, that much of his unpopularity may +be traced to this source. Neither the court nor the people of England +are so ascetic as not to extenuate the indiscretions of royalty; but +this charitable estimate of misgivings does not extend to approbation +of any culpable dereliction of social and moral duties. The fact of +his royal highness having a large family, by a lady now no more, is +too well known to be concealed; but the odium attached to his royal +highness for his participation in a certain scene of license and +poverty, has doubtless been over-rated; but his proportion must be +left for the biographer of a future age to settle; and we sincerely +hope that, to quote a contemporary, "when the time arrives that the +historian shall feel himself at liberty to enter into details, and +sift matters to the bottom, his royal highness will come out of the +investigation, (not without some blame, for which of us is faultless, +but) with a character unsullied _even in this respect_, and in +all other respects irreproachable." Mankind are, more or less, the +children of error; but their propensity to exaggerate human frailty +deserves to be reprobated for its cruelty and wickedness. + +The happy marriage of his royal highness, to which event we have +already alluded, has, we trust, been the means of clearing away the +prejudices which the duke's former conduct may have engendered. + + There is a tide in the affairs of man, + Which taken at the flood leads on to fortune. + +This period of his royal highness' life has probably arrived, and +his appointment to the important office of Lord High Admiral will +doubtless accelerate the beneficial effect. The public are perhaps +sanguine in their expectations; but from early and subsequent proofs +of the duke's devotion and attachment to the service over which he now +presides, we have reason to think they will not be disappointed. It +has been shown that his royal highness neither wanted zeal nor ability +at any stage of his life, and the ardent assurances which have been +quoted from one of his most recent declarations, bespeak that he still +possesses the vigour of manhood, tempered with experience; and it must +be truly gratifying to his royal highness to know that the honour and +authority of the office of Lord High Admiral, have been revived, after +the sleep of a century, as if to compensate him for past neglect, with +their investiture.[4] In truth, the alacrity with which the duke has +already entered into the duties of his office, and the lively sense of +justice he has manifested in dispensing its honorary rewards, must be +gladly hailed by the service, and the country at large. + +His royal highness's present emoluments may be stated as follow:-- + + Income on the Consolidated Fund, previous £. s. d. + to the death of the Duke of York: 26,500 0 0 + By the death of the Duke of York 3,000 0 0 + Additional grant, February, 1827 3,000 0 0 + And to the Duchess 6,000 0 0 + As Ranger of Bushy Park 187 9 8 + Halfpay as Admiral of the Fleet 1,095 0 0 + Pay as General of the Marines 1,728 15 0 + Salary as Lord High Admiral 5,000 0 0 + -------------- + [5]Total Annual Income 46,511 4 8 + +The Duke of York is acknowledged by Mr. Peel, in his speech, Feb. 17, +1827, to have had £50,000. a-year. + +We subjoin the following characteristic anecdote from the New Sailor's +Magazine for December, 1827, sketched with fidelity and in that +rich vein of humour by which stories of the service are usually +distinguished. It exhibits the character of his royal highness in all +the glowing generosity of buoyant youth, and proves him to possess a +warm-hearted sympathy for the sufferings of his fellow-creatures-- + +THE ROYAL REEFER AND BOB CLEWLINES. + +It was on one of those December days, when the wind, blowing from +the northward, acts almost like a razor on the surface of the skin, +and when, accompanied by small sharp rain, a mixture of damp and +cold produce a chilling effect upon the frame and spirits, that a +_ci-devant_ midshipman, his hands in his pockets, and + + "Whistling as he went for want of thought," + +crossed London-bridge, which at that time was an asylum to the +footsore, the pauper, and the weary of heart. The day had fallen, and +every thing looked dull and dreary; the foot-path was encumbered by +mud, and porters carrying weights, as well as other busy passengers, +were jostling each other to obtain a footing on the dirty pavement: +a fellow heavy laden came in contact with the _royal reefer_[6] so +powerfully, that he took a lee-lurch, and got foul of one of the seats +in the arches. "Avast there; luff up, you lubberly rigged son of a +gun," cried middy; "couldn't you hail ship before you were aboard of +us?" The fellow, however, waddled on; but the middy had to turn about +in order to regain his course, when suddenly he beheld a middle-aged +figure, perishing with cold, a red night-cap on, an old jacket and +trousers, a pair of shoes in rags attached to his legs with a rope's +end, no shirt, no stockings, nor any other attire; the face was +climate-struck, it had braved the equator and the pole, the battle +and the breeze, the scorching heat and the petrifying cold,--it was, +as might be expected, thin, and moreover almost lost in a profusion +of hair on each cheek, so that it would be difficult for the oldest +acquaintance to recognise the features after long absence; nature had +made the lips to smile, the eyes to beam in kindness, the fine high +forehead to command respect; but time and hardships, disease and +disappointment, had quenched the fire of the organ of sight and +intelligence, the mirror of the soul,--had prematurely furrowed that +front of honest English high spirit and candour, and had taught the +lips to fall in dejection and the treasured silence of woe: upon the +whole, the figure had something fierce in it, but it was truly manly; +the warrior's arms were folded together, and his face, bent towards +the ground, was still half up-turned, and seemed to say to rich +merchants and venders passing by on foot and in carriages, "There ye +are, ye liers upon beds of down, ye feeders upon the poor man's toil; +often have you slept secure, and safely enjoyed your wealth, whilst +poor Jack rode out the gale, hung on the rigging betwixt life and +death, and endured the storm which held him every moment betwixt +the chance of clinging to a fragment of the wreck and sinking into +eternity: but, now the war is over, smart-money paid for a sharp +wound, and neglect and oblivion, are the seaman's portion." The +expression of his face and eyes seemed to speak thus; indeed, it spoke +volumes; but its mute appeal was lost on the worldlings, who brushed +by him, and who, bent on love of gain, scarcely were aware that their +fellow-man was starving by their side, too feeble and too much an +outcast to work, yet too proud to beg; the middy's heart, however, was +of that texture that it leant towards a brother-sailor, meet him where +it might, and he naturally looked round at poor Jack on his beam-ends: +he had but one penny in his pocket, and that the plaintive voice of +a blind woman had drawn, as if by magic, from its deep recess. What +was to be done?--for he should have liked to have taken this wreck of +_a man of war into tow_. The reflection caused him to examine more +closely the shivering seaman, when a small scar, occasioned by a +splinter, on the _bridge of the nose_, brought to his remembrance Bob +_Clewlines_, who had served in the same ship: the tar recognised him +also; but, so far from making himself known to him, he hid his face +in his hand: the reefer, however, was resolved to bring him to. "What, +Bob Clewlines!" cried he, "do I not hail an old shipmate in you, a +quarter-master on board the ----, the bravest heart of oak, the best +reefer, and the merriest steersman of the whole ship's crew; and," +said he audibly, that every one passing might hear and value fallen +courage and fidelity, "and _as prime a seaman as ever trimmed a sail, +or served a gun_; why, what has broke up your old hulk this way?" The +man could not find utterance; remembrance of _unrequited services_ +and other associations checked him. The middy stretched out his hand, +which the _broken-hearted sailor_ ventured not to take. "Come, Bob," +cried the other, "no subordination now: we are all equals on life's +_quarter-deck_, and when my _fellow-man_ suffers, he _rises_ a peg in +my estimation. Why?--because _unfeeling lubbers_ slight him. Come tip +us your _fin_. Your hand may be dirty, but your soul is as kind as a +new sail in a sunny day. I'll show it against any lord's in the land. +Come, heave a head; follow me, old tarry breeches; I'll soon set your +_timbers_ and _rigging_ to rights; you shall have an entire refit. +Come, bear a hand; _set_ all your _canvass_; it's all in _ribbons_, I +see, and _shivers_ in the wind; but I'll keep out wind and weather for +you." + +Thus saying, he walked proudly with the poor tar, astern of him, until +he came to a slop-shop, near Wellclose square: it was a Jew's. "Here, +Moses," quoth the middy, who detected the Israelite bending looks +of disdain and mistrust on the poor man, as if he considered the +contents of his shop in danger: "come, Moses, a regular built _outrig_ +for this _gentleman_," laying great stress on the word gentleman. +This was _pitching_ it strong, but his heart was carrying _royals, +sky-scrapers, moon-rakers_, and his _pulse_ was _sailing_ at the rate +of _ten knots_ an hour at least; so elate was he to serve a brave man +in distress, and above all, a son of the ocean: "come, let us have +every thing good, and spic and span new."--"Pray, _Shair_, who's to +pay?"--"_Myshelf._"--"O, your honour, that's right." The poor man +retired to a back-room, and stepped forward clad from head to foot, +and with two changes of linen and a pair of shoes (by the midshipman's +order) tied up in a pocket-handkerchief under his arm. BOB CLEWLINES +looked with a blush on his old clothes, and at this moment an almost +naked boy passed by: the midshipman duly appreciated and truly +interpreted one look of the tar. "Bob, I say, heave that overboard, +and let the poor boy pick it up: one good turn deserves another." +The payment was the next. "Three pounds fifteen.--Is that the +lowest?"--"O, yesh: I don't gain five shillings by the whole +deal."--"Well, then, do you take the case of my gold watch, and weigh +it, and give me the produce of it."--"Let ush see: it's vary pretty, +but not vary heavy; it's all fashion you see: indeed, it's a great +pity to part, the vatch and the caish; watches are a drug now, or else +I'd buy it; but just to oblige you, I'll see what I can give."--"Don't +trouble yourself, Mosey; just do as you are bid: you take the outside +case, and I'll keep the watch."--"I shall lend you four pounds upon +it," resumed the Israelite; "and you may depend upon my honour to +return it to you, when you bringsh me de monish."--"No, you +won't, Mosey; you'll do just what I bid you."--"It will spoil the +watch"--"Not a bit; she must work without her _jacket_, as my friend +has often done in all weathers. I shall sell the outside case to serve +a shipmate in distress; but the watch was left me by a dear friend, +so I shall keep her: a metal case will do as well for a little +time, and when fortune's breeze springs up again, _the case will +be altered_."--"Vel, shair, you shall be obeyed: five pounds, five +shillings is just the price of the weight; there's the money."--"Good +morning, Master Moses; but do you, _Clewlines_, set sail again; I +want to get you into port: it is only what I owe you. Were you not the +kindest creature to me in the world _when I was confined to my berth +with the yellow fever, and not expected to live a day?_ Come, come, +you must take your cargo in; you must be _victualled_ as well as +_refitted_. I have got a chalk at a house near this,--another shipmate +who is set up in business in a public line: call for what you want, +and here's the loose change to keep your pocket until something turns +up." Poor Bob got a _good dinner_, a _good bed_, and a _snug hammock_, +that night; and shortly afterwards he obtained a birth in an Indiaman, +and is now doing well. The royal reefer's heart bounded with joy at +performing this noble action to recover which he put himself for a +month on short allowance. But this is only one of many such traits +in the character of this heart of oak whose name the writer could +scarcely venture to state, but who will here remember this scene. + +HARRY HATCHWAY. + +_H.M.S. Perseus, off the Tower, Nov._ 1827. + +[Footnote 1: "Naval and Military Magazine," No. 3.] + +[Footnote 2: Ibid.] + +[Footnote 3: Ibid.] + +[Footnote 4: Beatson, in his _Political Index_, designates the Lord +High Admiral as the _ninth_ great officer of the state; but in ancient +times this office was usually given to some of the king's sons, and +which, in twelve different instances, has been filled by the king in +person.--The present patent to his royal highness the Duke of Clarence +was stated by the Lord Chancellor, in parliament, June 15, 1827, to +be "similar to that of Prince George of Denmark, with this difference, +that the _Droits_ of the Admiralty were reserved from Prince George +by an express covenant, while in the present circumstances they are +excepted in the commission."] + +[Footnote 5: Naval and Military Magazine.] + +[Footnote 6: Prince William Henry, the present Duke of Clarence, when +a midshipman.] + + * * * * * + +By way of a _tail-piece_ to this already extended memoir, we present +our readers with an accurate engraving of + +THE ROYAL CLARENCE CUP, + +[Illustration] + +given by the gentlemen of the Thames Yacht Club, in honour of his +royal highness the Lord High Admiral having condescended to become the +patron of the club, on Thursday September 27, 1827. A steam packet was +engaged, to accompany the match, by the Club for the accommodation of +their friends, among whom we had the good fortune to be numbered. It +was altogether a most grateful relaxation from our land labours. The +distance sailed was from off Blackwall to Gravesend and back, and +the muster of the fleet almost unprecedentedly fine. The whole of the +vessels were admirably managed throughout, the match, which towards +the close, became intensely interesting. At length it was decided +by the _Lady Louisa_, (Mr. Thomas Smith, owner) arriving first at +Blackwall, distancing eight others, but gaining the victory with only +a few minutes to spare. If we recollect "right well," the day was +fine for the advanced period of the season, and on board the several +vessels packets, and on the banks of the river, there were the usual +humours of an aquatic spectacle without any of its vulgarisms. The +cup, weighing 85 oz. and standing nearly two feet high, is of silver, +elegantly chased, and as our engraving imports, of classical design; +and its exhibition, with the customary ceremony of presentation, +toasting, &c. appeared to afford much satisfaction to the assembled +company, and the victorious claimant of the prize, and equal credit to +the taste of the artist, Mr. Hyams. + + * * * * * + + + +INDEX. + + * * * * * + +VOL. X. + + * * * * * + + ABERNETHY's lectures, 207. + Accomplishments, value of, 199. + Actors, reminiscences of, 106, 166, 296. + African Eloquence, 124. + Ali Pacha, palace of, 92. + American Travelling, 108. + Amulet, the, for 1828, 420. + Annuals, Spirit of the, 409. + ANECDOTES AND RECOLLECTIONS, 68, 87, 139, 168, 183, 397. + Appetites, royal, 458. + ARCANA OF SCIENCE, 253, 262, 272, 289, 318, 349, 384, 398, 432, 449. + Archery, 41. + ARCHITECTURAL ILLUSTRATIONS, 193, 313. + Ark of Noah, 48. + ARTS AND SCIENCES, 40, 78, 111, 127. + Ashby-de-la-Zouch Castle, 49. + Assassination, singular, 290. + ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES for the Months, 11, 84, 154, 233, 310, 362. + Auberge, the, 337. + Aurora Borealis, 282. + Australian Importunity, 189. + Australian Patriotism, 175. + Author and his Coat, 12. + Authors and Editors, 360. + + Bachelor's Portrait of a Maid, 397. + Ballad Singer, 374. + Bathing, Hints on, 35, 126. + Battle Hymn, by Korner, 267 + Bernard Barton, 146. + Bijou, the, for 1828, 423. + Bilderdyk, the poet, 87. + BIOGRAPHY, SELECT, 70, 199, 388, 432. + Birds, age and incubation of, 64. + Black Beard, story of, 101. + Blue-bottle, the, 115. + Books, ancient, materials of, 61, 123. + Books and Bookworms, 380. + Books, new, 90. + Brain, the, 98. + Brambletye House, the editor's visit to, 265. + Breakfast in Newgate, 131, 150. + Bridget Trot and Tim. Green, 194. + Bristol Cathedral, 225. + Bristol Institution, 111. + Buckingham, duke of, 381. + Bull-fights in Spain, 170. + Burmese Boats, 205. + Burmese Execution, 181. + Burmese Thieves, 216. + Burns, Gilbert, biography of, 70. + Bushy Park, 425. + Butcher, the, 82. + Byron and other Poets compared, 2. + + Calais, account of, 339. + Calais, living at, 357. + Cambrian Conviviality, 155. + Cameleon Sketches, 226, 243. + Camelopard, the, 289. + Canning, Mr., Death of, 100. + Canning, lines to the memory of, 131. + Canterbury, St. Thomas's Hospital, at, 97. + Canterbury, St. Martin's, at, 304. + Carlisle, Sir Anthony, 88. + Carriage, grace of, 110. + Carrier Pigeons, 119. + Cartoons of Raphael, 184. + Cavalry School in France, 110. + Caucasian Tribes, 190. + Caxton's House in Westminster, 377. + Celebrated Persons, 83. + Charles I. Execution of, 189. + Charles I. Trial of, 247. + Chinese Almanack, 77. + Chiswick, 113. + Christmas Customs, 427, 443. + Chronicles of the Canongate, 282, 324, 341, 364. + Churchyard Scene, 67. + Circassian Women, 188. + Cleveland, Marquess of, 245. + Climates, contrast of, 203. + Cloughna Cuddy, 135. + Club-houses, London, 370. + Coalheavers, 293. + Colton, Mr., Anecdotes of, 50. + COMMON-PLACE BOOK, 118, 138, 180, 198. + Confidence and Credit, 82. + Constantinople described, 278, 361. + Cooke, the actor, 105. + Coral Islands, 102, 279, 389. + Craniology, 160. + Cromwell, 95. + Cross Fell, Westmoreland, 242. + Cross Roads, the, 180. + Croydon Palace, 65, 100. + Curral, the, in Madeira, 93. + Cuvier, Mademoiselle, 323. + + Damp Beds, 216. + Dead Trumpeter, 51. + Debtor and Creditor, 226, 243. + Devil, buying and selling the, 268. + Devonshire, duke of, his villa, 113. + Diet, 99. + Dirty People, 246. + DOMESTIC HINTS, 126, 159, 223, 254. + Drama, the, 292. + Drinker, Edward, 95. + Dublin Post-office, 161. + Dumb, hospital for, 159. + Dust Cart, the, 405. + Dutch Painters, present state of, 134. + + Early Rising, 331. + Edinburgh, ride through, 387. + Elise, by L.E.L., 228. + Elizabeth, queen, letter of, 211. + England, on leaving, 102. + England, past, present, and to come, 267, 395. + English Character, 69. + English Dress, 309. + Englishman's Prayer, 227. + Epicurean, the, by T. Moore, 5. + Etna, Mount, 56. + Expeditions of Parry and Franklin, 263, 272. + + Faculty, anecdotes of the, 204. + Fancy, 195. + Festival of the Moon at Memphis, 60. + FINE ARTS, 15, 66, 111, 134, 167, 184, 195, 210, 233, 372, 439. + Fire of London, 146. + Fireside Engagements, 140. + Forget-Me-Not, extracts from, 414. + Fortune-telling, 191. + Foy, General, 434. + France, painting in, 195. + French Millennium, 315. + French and English compared, 77, 371. + Friendship's Offering for 1828, 418. + Fruits, English, 231, 295, 300. + Fruit-eaters, caution to, 36. + Fugitive, a Scotch tale, 426. + Funerals, African, 218. + Funerals, Roman, 358. + + Gallantry, 250. + Gaming-houses in France, 305. + Garrick's Mulberry Cup, 57. + Gas-lighting, history of, 449. + GATHERER, the, in each number. + Gems of Genius, 181. + Geneva, living at, 298. + George the Fourth's Phaeton, 1. + George the Fourth, letter of, 2. + Ghibellines, the, 43. + Giddiness, causes of, 126. + Glasgow, great bell of, 195. + Gloaming, 90. + Grecian Sepulchre, 185. + Greek City, 409. + Greek Song of Victory, 410. + Greeks, the, 57. + Guillotine, the, 7. + Gunpowder Plot, 333. + + Haddon Hall, 329. + Hadley Church described, 81. + Helen, Memoir of, 348. + Hamlet's Garden, 281. + Hamlet, story of, 299. + Hammersmith Suspension Bridge, 169. + Hampton Court, 373. + Hanger, Colonel George, 228. + Hans Holbein, 233. + Harvest-home, the, 99. + Heir-Presumptive, the, 8. + High Cross, Leicestershire, 162. + Hop-harvest, 130. + Horse Chestnuts, use of, 291, 348. + Horse-launching in America, 121. + Houses, to warm and ventilate, 173. + Household Servants in 1566, 103. + Howard, John, 95. + Human Credulity, 79. + Hydrophobia, the, 98. + + IDLER'S ALBUM, 179. + India, landing in, 64. + Indian Maiden's Song, 427. + Insects, 35. + Irish Grandees, 355, 374. + Irishmen, United, 437. + Italian Women, 198. + Italy, 228. + + Jeu d'esprit in verse, 152. + Jew's Harp, the, 123. + Jewish Customs, 197. + John, King, death of, 379. + Journey, preparations for, 186. + Judges' Salaries, 3. + + Kanemboo Woman, 217. + Kangaroo Waggery, 109. + Karpians, character of, 197. + Kean, Mr., his first appearance, 239. + Kew Palace, account of, 209. + King's Feet-bearer, 139. + Korner, the German poet, 199. + + Lady-bird, lines to, 142. + Languages, Latin and Greek, 139. + Law and Lawyers, 115, 456. + Leaves and Flowers, 78. + + LECTURER, The, 98, 126, 175, 207. + Lee, Capt., Letter of, 366. + Letter from Newgate, 366. + Leeds Central Market, 236. + Leland, the Antiquary, 388. + Leopard-hunting, 90. + Letter-writer, the, 53. + Liberty, picture of, 304. + Lilliard Edge, 380. + Lilly Bells are wet with dew, 84. + Liston, French and English, 435. + Literary Pocket-Book for 1828, 424. + Literary Souvenir, extracts from, 410. + Liverpool Town-hall, 129. + Living Authors, No. 1., 146. + London Improvements, 236. + Love-letter, poetical, 330. + Love, origin of, 448, 456. + Love's Victim, 15. + + Malaria and Fevers, 252, 392. + Malt Liquors, 254. + Man-eating Society, 277. + MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS, 57, 70, 181, 197, 217, 297, 357, 368, 430. + Maria-Louisa, 31. + Marikina, or Silken Monkey, 143. + Markets, London, 236. + Marvellous, Anecdotes of the, 302, 372, 435. + Matches in Teens, 221. + Melancholy, 144. + Melrose Abbey, 445. + Mental Derangement, 175, 240. + Midnight Adventure, 190. + Mississippi, sailing up, 374. + Monge's Mausoleum at Paris, 177. + Monsoon in India, 109. + Montpellier, 139. + MONTHS, THE, 9, 34, 89, 99, 130, 153, 169, 232, 320, 400. + Moon, address to, 138. + Mosaic, art of, 439. + Mountain Story, 269. + Mutiny, the, a tale, 212. + + Nancy Lewis, 268 + Napoleon, Scott's Life of, 4, 17, 47. + Napoleon, attempt at suicide, 47. + Napoleon's birth, 19. + Napoleon's death, 32. + Napoleon's divorce, 29, 407. + Napoleon's early life, 19. + Napoleon's first exploit, 22. + Napoleon's first marriage, 23, 30. + Napoleon's funeral, 32. + Napoleon, personal character of, 59. + Napoleon's proposed invasion of England, 24, 25. + Napoleon's voyage to St. Helena, 31. + Foy's account of, 237. + Navarino, Port of, 345. + Nautical Phrases, 364. + Negro Wit, 224, 255, 328, 343, 344, 456. + New South Wales, 156. + Newspapers, London, 322. + Niagara, Falls of, 6, 391. + Night-attack, 37. + Nightingale, the, 37. + Noche Serena, 14. + Norwich New Prison, 145. + NOVELIST, THE, 12, 43, 72, 85, 103, 135, 163, 201, 212, 269. + Novel writers and novel readers, 118, 202, 277, 437. + Nuptial Charm, 210. + + Oaths, on, 381. + Old Manor House, novel of, 142. + ORIGINS AND INVENTIONS, 14, 51, 163. + + Painting in England, 66. + Palace, the New, in St. James' Park, 257. + Parting for the Pole, 367. + Peacock, the, 36. + Peasant's Lament, 367. + Peter's Pence, origin of, 317. + Phantom Hand, the, 382. + Philosophical Kitchen, 303. + Phillips, Sir Richard, his boyhood, 114. + Pitt, character of, 125. + Plantaganet, Richard, 438. + Plants, habits of, 79. + Police Reports, 92. + Political Economy, advantages of, 251. + Porson and Sheridan, 454. + Portuguese Ball, 94. + Powder-flask, antient, 120. + + Quackery, 247. + Questions and Answers, 94. + + Radiant Boy, the, 179. + Rafts and Rhine Scenery, 415. + Ramsden, the Optician, 80. + Raphael, 210. + Reaping in Devonshire, 169. + Regent's Park, New Church in, 33. + Regent's Hanover Terrace, 313. + Review, the, 201. + Retrospect, 308. + RETROSPECTIVE GLEANINGS, 103, 148, 182, 211, 247, 310, 333. + Robinson Crusoes, 238. + Running a Muck, 122. + Robespierre and Marat, 17. + Robin, stanzas to, 267. + Roman's, economy of, 310. + Rome, Protestant burial-ground at, 371. + Romeo Coates, 338. + Rosalie Berton, 72, 85. + + "Saddled and Bridled," 276. + Sailor's Song, 41n. + Salmon Kippering, 243. + Sarum, Old, 441. + Scots, Mary, Queen of, 184, 206. + Scott, Sir W., his Life of Napoleon, 4. + Scott, Sir W. Chronicles of Canongate, 282. + Sea-sickness, 111. + Sea-sickness tale of, 183. + Season, "good night to," 121. + Seasonable Relics, 348. + Sepoys, character of, 120. + Sergeants Wife, drama of, 182. + Seven Towers, Castle of the, 362. + Sheep, names of, 119. + Sheppey, Isle of, 314. + Sheridan, 68. + Signs of the Times, 327. + Skeffington, Sir Lumley, 245. + SKETCH-BOOK, THE, 51, 115, 131, 150, 166, 221, 274, 337, 383, 402. + Snewberg, 158. + Song for Music, 143, 162, 221. + Sour Cakes in Lanarkshire, 316. + Spatolino, the robber, 321. + Spectre's Voyage, the, 352. + Sphynx, 51. + SPIRIT OF THE PUBLIC JOURNALS, 15, 37, 53, 74, 90, 105, 120, 140, 154, 170, + 186, 202, 218, 228, 245, 293, 321, 405, 434, 452. + Stanzas, 69, 413. + Stanzas to poverty, 166. + St. James's Park, improvement of, 261. + Stockholm, Palace at, 241. + Stay-at-home, the, 454. + Steam Carriage, Gurney's New, 393. + Stephens, Miss, her first appearance, 239. + Storm in the Indian Seas, 213. + Stratford-upon-Avon, 455. + Suett, the actor, 107. + Superstition, 95, 274. + Syrian Looking-glasses, 175. + + Taverns and Club-houses, 87. + Tea, 291, 378. + Temple Church, 193. + Theatre, English, described by a Persian, 63. + Tiger-taming, 122. + Time, to Kill, 323. + Tobacco-pipe controversy, 276. + TOPOGRAPHER, THE, 162. + Tottenham Cross, 448. + Translations, original, 349. + Transport, arrival of, 143. + Travelling, 96, 216, 294. + Turcamese Schoolmaster, 172. + Turks, the, 430. + + Ugo Foscolo, anecdotes of, 229. + Unknown Region, the, 402. + + Van Halen, adventures of, 190. + Veil, ceremony of taking the, 138. + Voice of Nature, 339. + Volcanoes, phenomena of, 67. + + Waits at Christmas, 447. + Waterfall, African, 109. + Waterhouse, Rev. Mr., 256. + Waverley Novels, portraits from, 341. + Weather, signs of, 96. + Wee Man, the, 356. + Welsh, the modern, 197, 208. + Westmoreland, tar-barrels in, 316. + Whitsun Eve, 51. + Widowed Mother to her Child, 3. + Willy M'Gee's Monkey, 218. + Wines, receipts for, 223, 454. + Winter is Coming, 363. + Wit, theological, 79. + Wolfe, Gen. death of, 174. + Women, conversation of, 87. + Wood King, the, 103. + Women of Kanem and Shouaa, 217. + Woodman, the, 154. + + + + + + + + +End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, +and Instruction, by Various + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 13899 *** |