The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-01 00:00:00

STATE OF THE STREET'.

'Thursday being the (Tay on wlich the young " Queen
rt the Isles"- was to ioerehange with her subjects,
act.torling to time-honoured custom, the pledges of
truth and loyalty upon the throne of her illustrious
ancestors, we proceed to give some fur her account
of the

APPEARANCE OF LONDON IN THE MORNING.
ilk.s early as three o'e!oelt in the morning, the busy
leeem of men was head in the hitherto silent streets
of, the metropolis, and groups of anxious sight-seers
wending their way to;:ards the
y
were !o be obeervea
point ,
place ilkich was to lei the grandoint of attractio
the " veneeable Abbey of W estminster." The morn-
jeg was Willerett in by a royal salute of twenty-on•
guns from .the artlery. in St. James's Park, whic.,
the stillness of the day-dawn, was heard in
Joetropteis, and prohahlv had t
&sec,' of waking mart' Tsiumberer from his dreg
to a sflecliection of the important event which t
day wa,ooliring forth. The appearance of the he'
liens in the,earlier, and, indeed, throughout. the great
;was lowering and somewhat u,
part of the morning',
propitious, andeit tiee.merl to communicate a symn:
thetic gloom to theeeountenances of the crowd,
-.were thus earthy preesing forward to participate
-whatever gra. ificatioe the procession could affor,
• ;Out such is tlie tenaeify with which your real lover
to his yurpose, that although soul
ele portentous drops of ram occasionally fell fro,.
selouds, their ardour was not a whit damped, the
lled onwards,
still ro
n- filar as rolling water,"
to the -point efen,ation —still they presse,`
was tc 2illl they. come." As
forward, and the CrY
Len the ieerrters which
approached the hour :
erected in the various sfruletgpearic..hing from the lit
of precession wete to be closet.), the bus+ anti 4nirna,
Lion of:the scene increased. The splendid ,e9utpege:
of the nobility, together with the gorceous liveijes
their attendants, as they passed down the line toward
the abbey, were much admired, and the bustling an
hurrying to and fro of elegantly-dressed ladies to take
possession of their seats, together with the military
.and intermingled as these were, near the abbey, witli)
=several who were dressed in their official cosfumes,.
:formed a scene at once novel end highly interesting.
As early as six o'clock the greater part of the seats in
the line were occupied hy a great number offashiona-
ble and superbiy-attir d ladies, and by the time the
barriers were closed, scarcely a seat watt to be seen
meant. There were, however, a few seats near
Whitehall, which the promietors could not, with all
the arts 'of persuasion they possessed, induce any one
'to occupy; probably the extreme moderation of the
Trice required deterred even the most liberal from
Accepting the invitation given to him.
eft eight o'clock the royal Scots fusileer guards,
preewdett by their fine bend, marched into the line at
weieehalt, and at ahon' a quarter past nine Major-
feee'll'ereel Sir Charles Dalbiac, accompanied by his
efalf, arrived, whet; tiw lire was formed by the mili-
tary and
,police, the ro; al Scots fusileer guards taking
no their statioti on either Bide of the line from Parlia-
ment-street nearly to Hyde Park-corner. At Whi;e-
.hall-place a pique of the 6111 dragoon guards was
.estationed; and at various other points of the line
t'nops of the 15th ;hussars and 12th lanears were
tationed, while the blues and life-guards were sla-
te med in pairs tilong the entire line, and assisted the
TilAntry in keeping the way clear. The P, N, R,
and V, divisions of police were in attendance,
and per -formed their arduous duties with admirable
tem
theer,
st • Irmness, and moderation. The appearance
p
of
eeta tend the nouses was now exceedingly
ated. The English bright galaxy of
g
ay
th rid boa and anieN
,:Y w
twit occupied the various hal.
yout