[Picture: M. Jullien. Ill. Lon. News, 25 Nov. 1843, p. 348]

In his later years he became much stouter than he is here represented,
and, as a conductor, posed a great deal too much. Those of my readers
who recollect him will acknowledge the truth of the following description
of him, when conducting his British Army Quadrilles, taken from his
biography in _Grove's History of Music and Musicians_: "With coat thrown
widely open, white waistcoat, elaborately embroidered shirt front,
wristbands of extravagant length, turned back over his cuffs, a wealth of
black hair, and a black moustache--itself a striking novelty--he wielded
his baton, encouraged his forces, repressed the turbulence of his
audience with indescribable gravity and magnificence, went through all
the pantomime of the British Army or Navy Quadrilles, seized a violin or
a piccolo at the moment of climax, and, at last, sunk exhausted into his
gorgeous velvet chair. All pieces of Beethoven's were conducted with a
jewelled baton, and in a pair of clean kid gloves, handed him, at the
moment, on a silver salver."

[Picture: Prince Albert, the British Farmer]

Prince Albert took a great interest in Agriculture, and his Flemish Farm
at Windsor was a model; but it was hard to make the average Englishman
believe that a foreigner could ever do any good as a Farmer, and John
Leech drew a fancy portrait of the prince in _Punch_, 25 Nov., where it
illustrates a portion of a speech of Sir Robert Peel at Tamworth: "Prince
Albert has turned his attention to the promotion of agriculture; and, if
you have seen, as most probably you have, an account of the sale of
Prince Albert's stock, and the price they fetched, I have not the
slightest doubt you will give one cheer more to Prince Albert, as a
British Farmer."

In the beginning of December the bronze equestrian statue of George IV.
was set up on a pedestal at the north-east corner of Trafalgar Square.
It is the work of Chantrey, and was intended to be mounted on the Marble
Arch, which was, originally, the gateway to Buckingham Palace, until its
removal to Cumberland Gate, Hyde Park, in 1851.

In the very early part of December, some of Her Majesty's subjects,
Canadian Indians, from the north-eastern shores of Lake Huron, came to
visit England. They were of the Ojibbeway tribe, and were nine in
number, two old chiefs, four warriors, two women, and a little girl, 10
years old. On the 20 Dec. they were pres