Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-10-20

mercie ses loyaux subjects, accepte leur benev.
olence, aussi lie veut;" at the pronunciation OF
which many of the noble young ladies smiled;
whether at the bad pronunciation Of the poor
old clerk, or at the broad and farcical absurdity
of retaining French phrases forsuch purpose,
know not. Next was read the titles OF some
ten or fifteen public bills; after the reading CLERK
had finished each one the king nodded, ana tne
aforementioned first clerk made bis grand DOW;
and turning to the Commons, sadie roy ie
veut" This was repeated SO rapidly, and SO
often, that the poor old fellows back must nave ".
been nearly. unhinged; while the sense Oh us
righteousness, in the minds of The audience, De-
came so much stro niger at ever repetition, that
many smiled outright, and others had great jill
fculty in suppressing laughter blackstone, IN
complaining of the use of French, upon sucn
occasions, because il is retaining the badge Oh
conquest consoles himself with the idea OF its
being a solemn memento of the destruction OF
British liberty, by foreign force. Blackstone
lived a long time ago, calculating morally, ra-
Their than astronomically; he never saw the We
~ children laugh at this solemn absurdity, even
in the mighty august presence of majesty itself,
seated on the throne, with the diamond crossed
cap, called crown, into the bargain, on maJes-
TVS head.
After this, came another farce; Brougham
stepped briskly out in front OF the King, made
a most rapid bow and presented to His Males
W, MdJCSy OpSOSh,
iesty's trembling fingers had fumbled little
with 1t, His Majesty read to his loyal Lords and
Commons. His Majesty's face was very red,
and his voice short and husky; yet his Majesty
read the speech very distinctly, with but three
mistakes and one balk.
This I" brilliant ceremony" was altogether the
reddest, and the silliest and the least imposing
piece of fummery have ever seen connected
with any serious affairs of life.
About O'Clock the King returned home.
From the Parliament house, to the entrance OF
ST. James Park-a distance of five or six hun
dred yards, were policemen and horse guards
on each side of the street, which, with very thin
mob, made two compact lines of people
hardly two deep. First went twelve fellows on
foot, in red coats and gold lace; after them,
twelve horse guards; after them, four carriages
and fours, with postilons, coachmen and foot
men, in red and gold after them, some dozen or
two of fellows in red frocSs, with flowers around
the bands of broad brimmed black hats; after
them, eight beautiful fat cream colored horses,
their bodies literally covered with straps Of har-
ness. spangled all over with gilt plate, their
names hid with ribbons in roses, in plates and IN
festoons, their heads held & guarded by eight red
| and gold coated men who walked at their sides
each man to horse; after these horses, and drawn
| by them, came the State Carriage, in which his
| Majesty rode; this vehicle is huge and shape
less mass of gilded wood and metal, with carv-
ed monsters on each side, supporting the driv-
er's seat Then came some few great officers,
in red and gold, on horse back, followed by a
detachment of horse guards.
With all this parade, not one manifestation
was there of" old fashioned noisy loyalty"