The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1831-11-16
From the Portland .4dperfiser,

hs SoRosATIoS OF King WILLIAM AMI
TIE auEES ADELAIDE. We have Just beer
ig hVe or six closely printed column.
epn'dinihg accounts of the coronation of Their
nIjsstIes. Such mock pageantry only pro.
vohss laughter from unsophistocatcd Republi.
cans on TINS side Of the ocean. That SINGLE
"i"n or woman, because born of certain ma.
h er,s VINO nave worn the kingly title, should
right 10 govern millions of human be.
."ss' or tnat these millions should all submit
~ pasA,veiy 10 Inc domination of one frail NOR
4 tai, is beyond untaught Comprehension RI,
grant the right, the duty and the subm;ss;on
tnere is something pre-eRinentIt ludicrons il
me PomP and Pageantry of this occasion, when
t nv A'hg makes his compact with his people-
ne very names of officers in attendance arc
iuuicronS-such as " the master Of His Mai.s
lys Buck Hounds g the Lords If The Red
Chamber" '' the Groom Of the Robes, {. ,he
Mistress of tho Robes and the I,ad;es oe The.
pee Ghanbcr, with the Honorable Misses
niaios OF Honor. Every step we take in the
parade, we rejoice that we have no such ma.
sean' irumpery IN our country--no Dukes.
Du'hesses and Prlncesses of the Blood ROYAL,
y VII INC English multitude gather about
Westminster Abbey, to gapc at But no into
tho abbey, and what fash with crowns. co,o.
nets, dIadems, scsrfs, iringes and scarlet -
Ihere stand the Peeresses with their crimson
robes, with long sweeping trayns trimmed with
ermine, ostrich olumcs in the hair, and pro.
fusion of diamonds, in all the varied forms If
head dress. There, the Duchess of st Albums
was conspicuous for the immense profusion of
diamonds by which she was adorned, as we'll as
by the splendor and size Of gold ruff which
spread its effulgence around her ample Shout
ders. There, the Duchess of Richmond ut.
tracted more than ordinary attention, from the
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ty of her person. But the most interesting OBJ
iect in the fai, host of fashion and beauty. was
the young Marchionsss of Hastings She was
dressed in SIGH robe of crimson velvet, with
a long train which was supported by a page.
Now comes the tarce as well as the puppct
show OF the masquerade ;-eblation basins and
silver standishes-crimson caps, and golden
balls, weighing a pound The crimson robes
of the king are taken off-the ehoirs let loose
tho Dean of Westminster stands by holding
the ampnlla, containing the consccrated oil,
pours some into tho amounting spoon. Then
the Archbishop of Canterbury anoints his Ma
jesty on the head and hands in the form of a.
cross, pronouncing the words, " Be thou a.
n"lnted," etc. (What kind of oil--la,np, sperm,
hnseed, or bubber s-curiosty burns to know
what his majesty was CREASED with) Then.
come the interchange Of swords, imperial robes.
rings-the sceptre and the cross-the kneeling,
the kissing Of cheeks, and other frippery of
state, which is the relic of barbarous age,
when the tilt and tournament were in fashion.
How much reason have we to congratulate
ourselves that we escaped all this mummery
and expense, when our fathers laid hold OF the
pillars of monarchy and tumbled the fabric to
the dust Their exerlIons not only freed US
from such state quackeries, but from The ex-
pense, the vexation and the etiquettes attend
ing them-irom forms which seem only to re.
mind people who claim TO be freq, that the
law legitimatizes different classes of society.
eievating the noble born, and depressing the
poor. We turn from such fantastic exhibitions
to our own happy country, ana admire the
more its hills and vallies, barren as they may
be of associations mingled with a feudal age
or the array of nobility with their castles and
towers and hunting parks-or the poverty and
wretchedness of peasaniry trampled under
foot by the very institutions ofthe State. Per
NET "a al lie nur finiou