was, indeed, the devoted friend and consort of her royal husband. She alone succeeded in chasing the spirit of profound dejection, which settled upon the king in the later years of his life, under the burden of physical and mental sufferings, as well as political cares. Frederick VII. was thus enabled to become what even his personal enemics do not dispute-the best monarch Denmark has had these hundred years.

to lay down his crown at the bidding of the people, and either become President of a Danish Republic, or retire altogether from power. This was not what the leaders of the movement wanted, and they, therefore, became quiet again, and accepted with thanks the new constitution granted by the king. The latter, nevertheless, thought seriously of abdicating, and was restrained only by the strong persuasion of Countess Danner. She now became almost his sole adviser, and her With considerable intellectual power, he influence grew to such an extent that she was possessed what in the peculiar circumstances able to persuade the king to make her his of Denmark was a source of unbounded lawful wife. The mere announcement of the strength-an honest contempt for the throne. intention created a storm of indignation If he could benefit his people, abdication throughout the country, leading to protests would be simply a relief, and he was able, on all parts, and to strong remonstrances from the ministers; nevertheless, Frederick VII. was not to be shaken in his purpose, and on the 7th of August, 1850, he gave his hand, in the church of Fredericksburg, to Louise Rasmussen.

therefore, to work for Denmark without any considerations of self, and to form those resolutions before which kings usually quail. He was always ready to risk his throne for the independence of his country, always ready to concede any form of constitution his people might demand; and at last stood forward to tell Europe, that if beaten by his gigantic neighbor in the unjust war that neighbor was provoking, he would declare Denmark a republic and leave the thrones to cope with the moral strength of that example. There was a strong manliness in the man which his people, amid the unfavorable circumstances of his career, recognized at last, and the crowd who in 1848, howled disgust under his windows, received the news of his death with regret and consternation. His successor, Prince Christian, nominated by the Powers over the heads of his own elder brothers, ascends the throne at a stormy time, and may live to regret the illness which he now probably deems

A short while after the king, with his consort, visited the southern provinces of Denmark, and being rather coldly received at one place, his majesty made a very frank speech at a banquet given in his honor. He told the guests that, though a king, he had by no means given up his privileges as a man to marry the woman he loved best, and that, in the place in which he stood, he looked upon his present wife as the only true friend he possessed in the world. The speech, repeated from mouth to mouth, created a profound sensation, and gradually extinguished the illfeeling against the countess. At a later period she was again censured for giving herself too much the airs of a real queen; but the reproach was deemed venial, in view of so fortunate for himself? what was generally acknowledged—that she

THERE died, a few days ago, at Geneva, the | the sum of 80,000 francs to the Russian church Russian Privy-Councillor Stephen Woronin, at a of that place. very advanced age. This man, one of the first dignitaries of the Russian Empire, was not only well known for his immense charity, but also by the peculiarity that he began life as a serf, and gradually rose to become what he was. His benevolence was proverbial in Russia. He owned fifteen houses in St. Petersburg, which he let to the poor for a nominal rent. In his will he left handsome legacies to Geneva, where he spent the last two months. Among others, he bequeathed

THE new Nile expedition under Miani is about to be accomplished. The Austrian Government has, it appears, now directed its whole attention to the solution of the old mystery of the Caput Nili, which it does not believe completely cleared up by Speke. Not only the ammunition and arms for which Miani has asked, but a considerable amount of money out of the coffers of the State have been promised to the new explorer.

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