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l kington chronicle nec rege dec populo sed utroque vol 12 saturday july lo 1830 no 2 from the new york mirror elegiac stanzas oh thou lamented absent one to thee my thoughts would sray in evenings consecrated hour or mid the pomp ofdsy thine imape is before me now oh would it neer depart that gentle mien that angel smile are graven on my heart from fancy in the festal hall thy fairy form recedes thou art not at our trysting place and stricken memory bleeds and when thy favourite song is breathed in wellremembered tone thy voice upon its echo floata bat where art thou my own what was the strong though nameless spell that bound my heart to ihee it was not beauty for around i memy fairer see it was a meek and holy charm an intellectual grace a mind of pu ity and truth more lovely than thy face how oft ftom revelry and mirth my way ward heart would flee to blljttroej whoe musing thoughts would ve thee bark to me bel vd though this ehrrish pain nuw sheds i bight nerallj i would not from its rest above thy gentle spirit call and yet while oi lifes faiihlesscea my sinking heart is tost hovr could 1 cease to eif h for thee for thee the loved and lost thmirl pone and what remains to me lifissilvcr chain is riven oh that i soon away may flee and reach thy home in heaven eloisa which bef k originally y plebeian h hs ofnjy obtain n 1efv i nd n sovereigf astonishing as ii is yuod doubt lyttfeithr h ami huher the pro m the egg toils perfect with interest queen bee hft laid her cells the initvfcrs are in in watrhiog over the purpose they uiw forego has beet coverlet press of state is ass eggs in tl cestaml brooj eitewjfitt from the monthly review insect architecture bees bkks have in nil ages of the world ej cited the attention nf mankind as well or the honey which they produce in such rpar- velhms abundance as for the indefatigable industry hy which they uniformly appear tu he animated in their excursions beyond the place of their habitation the philo sopher ry1icus as we are informed by cicero and pliny appears to have been ooe of the first h ho made ihe habits of that in net nn object of study for which purpose be retired into the desert the ancients had a popular notion thai bees were eu- flowed with moral quuliiies and never would ttdcrate the presence of a thief or an adulterer ii is certain that some persons cannot approach a hive without being stung while oilier may often loiter near them with impunity whether this arise from accident or from the discrimination of the insect excited hy persnul physiognomy or effluvia is a qnestiuti which we cannot un dertake l kettle- aristotle paid great at tention to bees ami so also we kuow did virgil but it my be justly said that no- thing was known of their demeslic econo my u nt jl reaumur and iluher rendered ii the object nfiheir study the la iter could j not he said o have made it the object ofi his contemplation for strange to say he was blind w hen he took to ihin pursuit and only shw through the eye of n affection ate wife who attended on all his labours and participated lu hi vhtliuimtti we do not wish to undertake the account of these intcrresting societies which is con tained iu the volume on m insect architec ture liut as ii is confined chiefly to the mode ofennstrueting their habitations as the litloof the work indeed indicates wc shall prefer the welldigested analysis of reaumurs and ilubers observations con taiued iu the work that stands second in our list every body knows yet perhaps even this may be doubted that a community of bees consists first of workers who are of ijo sex ttho amount generally to many thousands in number aud arc easily recog nised by llielr iudustry aod the smallness nf their size secondly of males of whom there arc only some hundreds attached lo each swarm these are larger than the operatives and live iniudnlciiee the third and most important member of the little republic is her majesty the queen for ihe bees net upou the very reverse of the salic law she is not merely like the mother wasp the mere source of progeny she is a queen to all intents aud purposes and keaumur has ascertained that she is treat ed with ihe homage ubich a subject pays to bis sovereign in nil her movemcuts through the hive hcoud the precincts ol which she very rarely stirs unless when a colony sets out upou a tour of emigration she b followed by her court some of who hi lick her with their iruuks being of course her favourites while others extend toiler thai organ filled with honey fur her to sip being as ilwere her providers without u queen a community of bees will make no provision lot he luture they 6eem to loose all their uua instincts nml numbers of litem tliednily in dipair until the whole become oiiuct- v lai oiu he thought very ftiugiilii i thai when bees are depri ved oftliutr queco they have the means at one season of ihe year lo icpair the los they select from the comtnou cells a worker grub and transfer ii to one of the royal cells the divtiuctioiis betweeu which are very strongly marked they supply the meaner iusect w tth royal food which is more pungent than that destaiucd for tbe other worms j aud thut instead of a worker every otlf i thetw is usual ly butnnf ehc cell but when thdy lho queen happens to excee nfcells abeady pre- paired jfnr egg may be found crowded i nnie nepusitory hut this inconvenience hich the wnrkingf no1 p loeutinue they seef thattwo fuutignues placed if tel1 when y larger frst embarrass and tlien destroys hetiee theytake care that uol contain more than one ee al hcy remove or destroy thle which is left uemainiug is giuccf lo thcboiimn of the celtf tt touches only in a single point- or two after the egg has been thus de the worm is excluded from theghef be appearauce of a inagop w h r hn reposing softly 4 of hitish coloured jelly upon c little animal soou begins to feed flnut ihe little worm appears the vv attend it with the must anxiorfness watching the cell with unreracare they furnish the infant insectconstaui ot the whit ish sulon which it both feeds aud lies tnrses evince for the nflsprin of nnfrenter affection lino many pareff towards their own children- theyiy visit each cell at viry short intert order to see that onthinjjhe wantw they are constat fly engaged in pr the white mixture oo which tie itrds ujbntled ancfptoutriully wftrttf wori en days time acquires jig fo and ceases to take its usual food- th l no occasion for a supply they perform the last officei aud sliut the little ani mal tl eel they close the mouth of ihe a mij a waxeu lid aud the wont effeciually secured against evcryal injtiry is left to iisely m i uosouner shut up than it throvinactivity aud begins to labour olterflonsating and contracting its buclytrives to line the sides of its aparwilh a soft material which it ftpjurfe manner ofotbcrchtierpillars hefoiandergo iheir last transforma- lionjeell having been thus prepared ihe f passes iulo the aurelia state whuh iu a state of perfect in- actirxhihirs nor only the lecg but the f be future bee thus in a- houtf nr nneand iwctiiy lays the bee p perfect form aud becomes in expect fineil for its future labours wild- parts have acquired their pro per t nd consistence the ynuu in sect with its teeth the waxeu dnor nfiljuiu which it is confined quite freed from its cell it is as yet ul encumbered w iih the sj oils of its faitialinu but ihe officious bees snoitfo its relief one party ieenti fiocbd it and lick it clean on all sidejieir trunkswhile another hand mayierved equally assiduous in feed- int ji honey otheis immediately begeaue the cell which the young ineus quilled and fit it for thoac- acetftttouota new tnirmnuxui the youfoon repays their care by in- dusf the moment its external parts heeft it discovers its natural appe- titciyur freed from the coll iod pronvipped for duty it at once issues froirtle aod instructed ouly hy its uatuunct proceeds in quest of llowwts only those which contain a surtmuey rejects such as tiro bar- reu 4iiecu already drained by other adveiland when loaded is uecr at a iossway hack to the common ha- liiiatinler this first sally it unreoiit- lingl jthroujhout the whole eouhw of its fsisteucethe task which its iu- stinct liells it iu begin m whjee lieht upou a fiower it ex tends it into be oeetariuui aud with itie licks from the surrounding elands ret fluid which it coutaius in theils nature secretes honey to the bepave been always knouo a- thoughave been hut recently disco vered sis from the lougue ihe huiiey passes inlo w bal childreknnw hy the name of the honey vhich they aro often too ex pert atciiiig when this bag in filled away fce little insect rejoicing homexmni entering the hive disgorg es ill tor the cells the whole treasure except or two which he reserves for his owiod as the reward of his la bour iines he is met near the dnor of the ba fellow workman to whom he dcli precious burden iu order that ashen iu a particularly indus trious rtud flushed wiih success he may sc off to the fields for a further supply ucsidey there are two other sub stances iiees collect the yellow dust whsely adheres lo the central parts oft called pollen and a rci- nou gufcnug from wnx iccliincally named p how does the hoy utile workmaer the pdlenaud u hat does he want he gathers it in this way nature bered him with a fine down aud wlkeeks fur pollen be rushes boldly ii cup of the flower rolls him self arotd thuii moves out backward completely powdered with the farina lie then rests upon the edge and the last point but one of each of his icg3 being a capital trrrreh he passes them one nfrer another over the various parts of his body and ihfa cullccts the polleu into two little heaps these he stuffs iato two little cavities or baskets with which the thighs of his last pair of legs are furnished and rlius when he has robbed a thousand flowers anil fully laden his panniers he makes the host of his way to the hive there he discharges his load which being mingled ity tbe proper bakers with a little honey forms the essen tial food of the whole commouity and is called beebread for which ihe art of men ms as yet discovered oo substitute to be continued biography from the n y miiror kean lw the dfsien we have ndnpted of giving to our readers a series of sketches of the most eminent ami literary characters of the present sige we cannot refuse a place to the individual who forms the subject of this notice although euloginm and invec tive have alike exhausted their power in blazoning fnrth his follies or iu claiming for him the proud titles of the legilimate successor of gairick and ihfl ouly true representative of shakspearos heroes the career ofthi celebrated actor was for a long time nue of dazzling hrilliau- cy unprecedeoted perhaps io the annals nf dramatic history except in the person of his great predecessor garrick his firi appearance hi drurlane theatre in 1814 has been compared lo the first gleam of genius breaking athwart the gloom of the stage and certainly wheu wc lak into co utti deration the declining slate nf histrio nic talent at that period and ihe still great er desolation which hoveied over drury- laue at the time of his fortunate rppear- fvr w jhat house the full force of the expression will be acknowledged and its justness allowed mrs sldduus had re tired cooke was dead and john kemhlc had 4t falleo iuto the sear and yellow leaf while old drury as if partaking iu the general decline of the dram is ancient glo ry presented nightly a most beggarly account of empty boxes it must he ohvrou i iih t a more favoura ble opportunity could not have prcseiitetl iielf fur the debut of an actor of real ta lent iu the isriiuh metropolis jt imi the good fortune of kem to appear at ibis pe riod and by tflo originality of his acting ui he spleudourof his genius tu seize at once oo the public mind to stamp himself immediately as ihe first actor ol his clay draw crowded audiences io wit ness his performances aod retrieve the fallen fortunes of the houte lo which he was attached it would be a pleasing task to ihe hto- grnpher kean were his subsequent ca reer in private life equally worthy ofnd- miratiou a arc the details of the early pro gress of hi public one but there ate 1 mints on tbe son and although some redeemiua points in his character are suffi cient perhaps to balance many of his de fects yet if lto he regretted thar he should have taruibed bis fame by acts that are censurable by b strict code of morals and which in their effects have somewhat de tracted from the acknowledged genius he possesses edmund kean was horn in london no vemher4 787 his father aaron kean was a mechanic in the humblest wnlktf of 11tb- q iitothcris only known as a slaugh ter of the celebrated george saville carey several of his relations followed the pro fession of the stage fur a support aud the poverty of kcaos parents induced them tu place their son at drurylane theatre in ihe lower departments of pnntomine as soon as he was able to walk here he was placed under a famous posturemas ter till bis limbs became capnhl of wind ing themselves into the strangest contor tions and his body had acquired the great est flexibility in this situation ho remained until he attained hi tenth year his talents as n hoy are highly spoken of and he was ge nerally looked upon by the actors as a youth of superior understanding and great promise a dispute with john kcmble the then manager of drury- lane theatre occasioned the dismissal of our young he ro from thut establishment aod he was im mediately placed at school stated tasks and regulated hour soon became irksome and he shortly succeeded iu stealing away from home aod entering as a cahiuboy on hoard a ship hound to madeira this new profession did imt agree with his utter abhorrence ol all restraint ami upon ihe expiration of his first voyage wo find him again r tui uiug to ihe faseiualiuns of a the atrical life through ihe interebi of his relatives he obtained an engagement will a troupe of itinerant actors who frequent the fairs held annually iu london and it vicinity he continued iu this company about seven years during which lime he experienced the almost maternal protec tion nf miss tidswell an actress attached to drury- lue theatre his mot her ha ving taken to the stage was aheut from london being engaged at some of the pro vincial theatres the talent he exhibit d in recitaiions and ihe peculiar term for mimicking w inch he pnscssed induced miss tidmell to advise him lo luru his at tention to the reguhir drama a suggestion that he eagerly embraced ho applied himself with diliqeuce lo the study of shakapeareand other eminent dramatists and soon acquired an extensive know ledge of their unrivalled excellence his pro tectress also recommended him to the ma nager of a provincial ibealrft where his kuecess was at once decided iu the course fhis peregrinations with this company he ttracted ihe notice or royalty at windsor oy his admirable recitation of sat ft 08 address to the sun and the first soliloquy of richard iii hewn also fortunate e- nough to engage the attention of dr dru ry one of ihe masters of kton school who among whom stood ihe a number of gentlemen bmse foremost nme of byron- rtsiiliug in edinburgh bestowed on him magnificent sword which was aecompa- ucd hy a highly interesting and com pi l mfmiary letter from the venerable sir john snrlair during a short trip he made to kiris heveeeived from the celebrated tal ma the most flattering marks of attention ittd hy the manager of the theatre pratt- ctis he was presented with a superb gold in this short time he is said ti have wnff box these numerous honours are in consequence it is s that institution where lid placed him in ho remained three years become thoroughly acquainted with vir- tjl cicero aod sallusr a statement that if scarcely credible ai the end of this period he returned 10 i is ihratrieal occu pation under hiod onnte ol caiey aud obtained an eugngement ai birmingham where i e played with aurrc lint mil with that warmth nf approbation which attended his earlier eflojis at imiio- hurgh wheie he next appeared he per formed hnrnlct twelve successive nights to crowded houses from this time until his engagement at drurylane iu 1814 he passed through tho usual rmiiine of a strollers lifp alternately raised to the high est pitch of irovitcal excellence or ex- posed io the hardhips ami piivations ue- rrsiifirily atteudauton his itinerant labours lie had imnever acquired a celebrity du- lioc these country eugagenents which had allracted the attention o several intlividu nu cnnneciel with the lunitou houses it was to tne friendship of dr drury that he was at length indebted for his introduc tion to the metropolis that gentleman had been a warm admirer nf the growing genius of kean from a very early perind and was not unobservant of the progress it was making to perfection he had seen him perfurin at kxeter io 1813 and was so impressed with his talents that he wrofo to pascoe srrnfell ihe member of parlia m cut one of ihe committee of manage ment of drurylane thealre upon thesub- jert stating it us his opinum that kean wfti the only man able to b obtain ihe de clining fortunes nf that house mr- oreo fell immediately comtjltetl with mr whit bread and olher members of the commit tee aud the result wns that mr arnold the stage manager was dispatched to dor chester where kean was then pcifoiming to report on dr drurys communication mr arnold saw him iu octavinn aud af terwards in kauko in la perouse and was at nueesaiisficd of the correctness of dr drnrvs judgment he invited the actor o breakfast next morning and although not expressly authnnzed hy the commit- ihcj com lurled an eugageirienl with him for three years at e ght ten and twelve pnineasper week for each successive yeai cited to prove ihe etinhtion in which bis tljents werehehl hy all classes of si ciciy a il mishotvthai he might have attnioed iu ivaie life the same distinction which rarled llm pohhc career but uofnrtthtflte- jf such was not tin case impatient 6t mirol and regardless of many of tl c roil vntjoiil rules of refined society kean ffioosfi rather to move in circles here he rmld rule undisturbed tuciirsiufuw asso ciates it may be supposed that these cir- mmstances added to ihe cxtraorciinary success which attended him procured him numerous enemies and detractors it is not our purpose to trace him through bis subsequent career his first visit to this rouniry his disputes with the boston audi- eoce his return in knglaod his disgraceful conduct there aud his subsequent a pear hlicein america are fat is familiar to al most every one since his last return lo his native country report speaks of his powers having suffered a visible decay me i however one of ihe candidates lur tho lestehips ol drury lane theatre owing utlic secession of the late spirited inarm- w v icc on his arrival in london he waited nn mr arnold and was by him introduced to the committee who it is reported were jugo so induced hy lis appearance to humbly of his probable powers as to lee tore rtr- arnold severely for the aildiiion- aiol useless expense w iih w hich he had rashly hnrthened the theatre still ihe a- greeinent was signed and could not ho vio lated of course therefore he had a claim upon the treasury which was admitted hut on the second saturday to his great hiirpruc it was lejected upon the ground lhat he had been previously engaged at ihe surrey theatre by mr ellistou the facts of the case were that elliston had hceo in treaty for him and spoke of the probability of giving him two pounds per week to lottery thing but wished a little time for deliberation before completing so extensive an engagement mr armid had stepped in during this period of hesitation and the result was kean became a mem ber of the great metropolitan theatre these fact were sufficiently proved and through the active luiereessiou ofdi tr- ry kean was retained hy the committee and advertised for the part of shy lock m which character he made his appearance before a loudon audience on the tweuty- vixih of january 1814- one of the firet critic speaking nf this event says tltf dreary appearance of the house and te unknown charai icr of the performer majb me feel considerable apprehension for tin success but from the first scene iu which mr kean came oo my doubts were at m end i had beeo told to give at favours hie an account ns i could i gave a trie nue i nm uot one of those who whai they sec the sun breaking from behind a cloud stop to ask others whether it is iv moon this opinion was quickly eehoedhy tie plaj going populace of loudon thf writer of this article witnessed an early re presentation of his shylock and nothllff cuuhl exceed the enthusiastic tu tumdt toons applause which increased with eveiy scene until the theatre became one seem of deafening uproar ilis performance f kichard iii the twelfth of fehmary ffft lowing completed his success and il wh admitted that he might safely challenge competition with tho most drstiuguishej ornaments of the british stage it would ho useless to follow him throul the successive characters he afterwahb personated nor would it he interesting i desn ihe the peculiarities of excellence lo exhihiieilin each most readers have pro bah v witnessed their representations aid have decided upon their valued merits ft ts sutlicieul to say that iu each charaeto be exhibited new claims io public admira tion which had mow reached its height- mis acquainiaure was cnurted hy the ritl aud lalenrd presents were lavished rtl him in iihuudance ami the profits arisitt from his professional labours rose in tl same extensive proportion lis brother actors belonging to dnny laue presented him with a gold cross as compliment to his unrivalled talents arri tho subscription list for that purpose wr headed by the most illustrious tnemhei of tbe committee of management of that of thit clahlishmcut mr should be embark in his hazardous under taking he may he roused to a full sense ol its importance aud again become what he certainly miht be theorize aud ornament of the briiish statge we cannot close our brief notice of this talented actor without referring io lie equ uy fortuunte gifted individual fori est who with tho same ntpid sindes as kean eluded bas grasped lh tragic crown in this timintry nhuge iiitisistilike llie sttl jeet uf pride ti his countrymen as it is the admiration of all intrllieut foreigner let hitn pursue his steady and progressive course of improvement avoid iug the rocks and cuicksands which wrecked the pow erful talents of a cooke nntl has nearly eo- gulphed a kean and i c w ill add dignity to the profession of w hich he is uow nue of the most distinguished ornaments 11 increaqg obliquity of aspect an equal breadth or quantity of rays is spread over a larger and v larger suface and at the very edge ihe ligki passes level with lie surface mid altogether without touching- the sunny side of nistuy a steep hill in england receives the svifergysin summer ns perpendicularly as the plabis about the cquaior and such billside is not healed like these plains only because tbe air over ir is colder just as mountain lops even at ihe equator owing to the rarified and therefore cold mir around them remain for ever hooded iu snow io eugiand at the lime of the equinoxes n level plain receives only half as much of the sun tight aud heat as mu cquftl extent of level surface near tbe cqotor ami iu the shot t dajs nf u inter i it receives considerably less than a third of its uminer allowance v lib respect to the sun as a source of leal then- have i ecu two opinions among phihonp csot c class believing that the sun is au intcutcly it at- cd mass which radiates its heat and kitit around like a mass of intensely heated iron aud another class holding that leit is merely an afleetion or btbjte of an ilhe real lluid which occupies nil spate as sound is an affection or motion ol air and that ihe sun may produce the pheuoiicna of light and heat without waste of its tem perature or substance as a hell may with out waste continue to produce sound hold ing further that ihesun below its luminous atmosphere may he hahiiable even by mich as live on ibis eaiih those who rake the rirst view are awakened to the dread eeotemplaiiou of a universe carrying iu irsclf if its laws remain constant the seeds of its crtain decay or at least of grcttl periodical revolutions the others may view tbe universe as destined to last nearly unchanged until a new act of the will ofits creator shall aguiu alter or destroy it tntkrfsting puknomkrov the inhabitants ofcrssinyiougol i- u govcruu lit of raisan iu russia have re- arts sciences the pun and the boditce of hkat to b assured of this il is only neeessaiy to think of the comparative temperatures uf night nd day ol liuiaus aid seasrrs and that the sun is the sole cause of the dif ference we need not wonder tl en thai iii many savage nations seeking lie source oftlcirhfe and happiness the sun has been the object not ouly uf admiration but of worship the heat comes from the sun wiib bis light if a sunbeam enter by a small npeuiug an apartment ulhcrw isc clow nod dark it illuminates intensely the spol or object on which it falls and its lighl being then scattered around all the uhjects io ihe room become feebly visible again a cold thermometer held to receive the di rect ray rises much while in any olher si tua lion il is less afiertcd proving the heat tube like the light widely diffused and so to lose proportionate of intensity light pses from the stio to the earth in nhmii eight minutes of lime lltid ihcc is eve reason to com lude that heat travels at the same rale human art can gather the sunbeams together and hy ihe intense j heat produced iu rile utawe ujrowi wtntfe i ecntly witnessed an ioiercsiing iinu ai iwb tfriwk llteftftvwv peal of thunder was heard nitbout flash of lightning having been seen whilst ihe sky wns perfectly ereo heuomc- i any and at tho same lime and for several iuitutes i shower of stones fell of lbee stones oiio s been sent to the academy of sciences h at pctersl urg improved system of borio wkllfl the king of the netherlands has just grrot- cd loan inhabitant oflfriisscls a paui for a system of boring wells to a great depth such as two or three hundred feet this system is said to be o ore minple moio expeditious and consequently less expen sive than that ou which the artesian tvtrlts arc eon nun ed miscellany ing produces another proof that the sun is the great source of beat a pane of glass iu a w iodow or a small mirror will reflect ihe suns ray so as looftend n eye receiv ing it at a distance of miles as may be ob served soon after ihe rising or before the setting of the sun w hen bis ray is nearly horizontal and the heat accompanies the ray for by many such mirrors directed towards one point a combustible object placed there would be inflamed archi- mides set fire to the roman ships hy sun beams returned from many points to one his godlike genius thus rivalling hy natural moans the supposed feats of fabled jupiter with his thunderbolts again when the light ofa broad sunbeam is made by a convex glass or lens to converge to one point offncus the cnutetilruted heat is al so here for a piece of metal held iu the focus drnps like melting wax and if the glints he purposely moved its focus will pierce through the must obdurate sub stances as rtt hnt wire pieicea through paper or uiod a hunter mi his hill and travelling hordes on the plains often con venieuily light their fires at the sun him self by directing his energies through a burning glass tbe direct ray of the sun simply received iuto a box which is co vered with glass to exclude tbe cold air ami is lined with charcoal or burning cork to absorb beat and to prevent ihe escape nf beat once received will raise n ibcrmome tcr iu the box to the icmperaiuie of two hundred and thirty of kareuhcil a tempe rature considerably above thai of boiling water aud the experiment succeeds in any part of the earth where there is a clear atinop cro and where the suu attains cou- sidenbe apparent altitude lie fleets on suchfaetsas now recorded and on the glo bular form and t e motions of our earth w6 have a measuru uf the differences nf climate aud of season that should he found upon it it is evident that the part of the hlohc turned directly to ihe sun receives his rays as abundantly as if it were a pei- fect plain similarly facing him while ou pans which as viewed fiom the suu would acks of tiik kuropkaf 3ovkkkigcts thk probability of life of the principal so vereigns of europe may he judged of from the following statement tbe oldest is chariest x of france who is 73 cms of aye tall in person and veiy i ah- and strong he hunts and rides constantly mid is much in public tho pope ho viii n 68 and iu tolerable vigour the church is usually considered favourable io lougevi- ly the next is george iv who is 67 and has long been a martyr to the gout and is lately tfhid to have oftf tl e bight of an eye his majesty is naiurallv uf fl frtnuifi constitution the rarity ol his aprcjmhnco in public arises from the dchilji ft by ihe rout which us his majesty j unusually corpulent renders walking a painful exer uiii- teviiattula uuj vjt sawhfi if ffl aod has recently had a severe illness hut is a strougaud healthy mau felix king of sardinia is 65 and frederic vi of den mark 62 both in good health frederic william iii king of prussia is in his gglh year william 1 of the netherlands is 58 he has tho appearance tpf a weather- beaten soldier as he is and though subject to chronic complaints is mhurst fran cis emperor of austria is 52 ami healthy fraucis king of naples is 51 nitd gouty mahmoud ii sultnn of i m k y is 46 and possessed of greal vigour of body and miod the turks however grow old premature ly mahmoud may be therefore reikon- ed as60ears old at least his counte nance and bis eye are particularly sirikiog and impressive and he is uaturally a very superior man having alone been the meaus of causing extraordinary changes io the turkish ytem ferdinand vii of spain u 45 years old and has long been a prey to disease partly constitutional and partly tlio eflect of debauchery lie has the gout constantly aud is incapable nfmnch active exertion he has however lately married hi third qu en his character i said to afford an unfavorable bpccinun of the itourhun race louis king of bovarii is iu his 45th year aud ban suffered from licentious pleasures and is now recovered from nn illness thoughbi gallantry iras hi en excessive his meriis as a sovereign aud as a man of letters are acknowledg ed to he very high and he has perhaps justly beeo styled the most enlightened king in europe he passed many years iu tudy and bis miud is of an enhnred and liberal cast the puhlicatinoof u vo lume of poems bas lately ohtaiocd him much faino as au outbor io addition to that derived from the wisdom of his government and the longer he reigus the better for his country nicholas i emptier of russia is 34 in tail ami handsome in appearance hardy and active and accustomed to labo rious evertioiis he has lately had a dan gerous illness from which he is now quito recovered the youngest and oulyfemalo sovereigu is donna maria da gloria tho be called the sides of the globe with the llegiiioiuie qaeea of portugal don migu