Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1838-07-31
Richmond, Tuesday, Jniy 81.
SCENES ~ LONDON.


ton n! 'he Queen Of EGglnd The was sp!"ndid
IN the exhibition; but IL the eye Of Republican, is really
ridiculous Strip HgrsfyuI's Exernas aud sn jtst
was lang since III" lying Of DR. Bestle capita, anec
d"'e IS told OF an American Lady who the O'he day
asked IN London by ce brat"d Marquis whe her many
OF her "onntrymen 10 be expected over wilness
tn CoFona'ion-Bu he supposed no. such ceremony
cannot be very attractive To American The Lady
replied with much g"od humnr; That the novelty Of the
spectacle vas The nj rs aractionas the Ameri
cans Hsoer Cpccicd 10 such spectacle hcIr
country.
The gorgeous Sptct0cic has given new impulse 10
the Arts, which calculated cmhlaZpn il. We
have seen two of the London papers. which dedi
Gated tn the occasion. One Supplement, the Lon.
don Sun, winch is printed in Letters Of Gold, and pre-.
scn,s large profile OF the Young Queen 1t is the
most costly piece of Typography have eyer he.
held The other is u Copy of the LONDON Times,
which presents engraving of the AHhry, at the
very momen, when the archbishop is about 10 put Inc
her head The various classes of spectators
are arranged IN the proper gonpes-and II Is rnrIch'd
with MS notes, pointing out the American DramatiS
PcrS0nG. The assernbiage was remarkable for It's
mulii!nde. as Tor lis rnagncrnce. Bennett says. The
Abbey contained OOOh persons, and probably out q" this
number, 1000 were irales-gene!ay beautiful, and
a.. generously dressed
The papers full Of descriptions of this ccremony.
Two Of the New York Editors were present in West.
minister Ahb"y-0ne Of whom. Bennett the Editor of
the Herald. gives the following account OF the manner
OF his adnissnn:
liability Of getting admission into the ABBEY. IL
successful and have been there and the whole atFa
la order that my readers may know the position had.
refer them 10 The gallery close To the perressrs the
right hand Of the sovereign. is called the Nightingale
Gallery. TO this gallery, contiguous 10 that WHICH
tanned the foreign ministers had blue ticket OF atGis
sion Through he poIeness OF Mr. Stevenson, very
popular minister received this admission. The Duke
If Norfolk who odicIatrd as the Earl Marshal OF Eng
land sent Mr Stevenson Two tickets for thu use of the
the press Of any other country bu, the popularity
of The American republic with the British government
is slnguIary strong AID marked. Perhaps minister
has crraieG this feeling 10 higher aud deeper rx'rnt
than tie personal conduct and fine manly, open bod Old
VTcinan manner Of Nr Stew nson. They recognize. in
him chip of the old bI"ck-sprung from The o.d Eng.
lish which settled Virginia.
But to the Coronation. Un tine Wednesday morning
! ched on Mr. Stevenson and received the following,
printed species Of light blue hot PRESSED paper:
. iiuIE t5n6IAfi5I. .
OF her Mos; hc:c a cio:u Sacred Majesty,
o Admit NJ. Bennett a.
Into Westminster Abbey.
. North Door. o
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"Ou receiving this ticket from ~ 5. he said, That
hr had another !or like purpose, he would give it ~
any other American editor, II | knew Of one beng III
London. replied that understood Mr.. Webb 10
London; fer, Notwithstanding the many foolish h!ngs
that my old associate has dom, would never allow per
spna feelings 10 interfere with such OCCASIONS as The pre-
sent.
i, is i refreshing sight to the simplicity Of the
American institutions, compared WIKI The gorgeous
sp!rLcur Il III" European munarches II Is said, that
"llln!s,er and other Inembrrs oi the American
bls.y, IN the procession IN two canldges, PLAIN,
but chase ana elegant, and considered 10 be good
keeping with The republican simplicity Of the County
whCh represents d. the English court. lis huu.e
VIXEN Illuminated al night displayed eagle, w!ti the
motto. PiU.buS Lhnm beneath The letters y X but
without any oi the coVrr lamps winch gave So gorgeous
appearance 10 The mansion oi hts Es!ghB0r hfsha!
Soul, Aud yet, ui ali The Re representatives. oil foreign
uaons appeared in that bnI!Iun PROCESSION. there
VIII" represented a country more noble, enter
prlsng, prosperous, destined 10 sXe:t such an H!u
ruce ,h- wIue human race, and ui which her
have most 10 be proud, than the States
OF America.
Among those who were present, was Mr.. Cas-, our
Munster al farIs-lhe second Of tie President OF
iI. L. 5 JOAN Van Dntcu, also t!ir.e-HavIrg
been drawn u LOmtJn, on professional business,
come cied with the cil"Is Of MIR. Clark U! Ne" foik
Bruueu On y. his !eiters says, in :!.s mpudrIt
style. that his "i'Iend, young john Van Buren, Is be-
having very well here. he puts up Lung a>hIuna.
be u;,l, i'll Bond street aud qazzes tIe English dan
dies must unine!culy. ] Understand also, mat thu
Queen Is much better pleased with Prince than with
Inc white haired spng Of royalty tom Ftance-l mean
the Due de N-in9uTs. J. Van Buren, la, great deal
of natural drolery and vii about hm-a little bizarre
i, is lfne-but the poor Frenchman has Illlis
Of The Democrat Is decceciy much straightrr than
,ha, OF the r color GA each side of the Qrren, when
She is al the dinner table is Chair generally vacant
When she wants to talk 10 any "t her que - she sends
her p,ge to the person with requesttu drink with
her Maj-sy The person thus hoorrd Immediately gets
up and walks up Of the vacant chars drinks with
her Majesty, and enters into conversation. When (Mr.
Van Buren, had the invitation, he entered am tod,
into quite an interesting TETE TErE with The pretty
l,,i!- Queen He laikrd ut The United Staes-"i our
Big rve.s-big mnunUaln,- big T"trss The Queen
va hahIy deg GIFTED lIh young (F )-lndcaIt"n' Of
which crossed Ter lair cteks III the form ct sweet snrs
After little while, her Ssesiy sent her page to another
OF her quests 1n's The signal Tor john Van Buren,
10 retire 10 his former seat table winch he did with
gr.a, grace, her little Majesty cycling hun from beneath
her lril eye all the time.
vc are rratfci hcnr that Mr. Van Buren, pleased 18th
his rec ,piiuo CITY He might hive assured himself adj
vance would not be Insuci by or treated with Utner
than courtesy by those who approached nun"
'" Yesterdays K. Mig,
The President was fortunate, III not merely
avoiding insulis-but he has with marked courtesy
and respect only in this City, but on the seaboard
THE PRESIDENT has made most favorable impress
sion in Portsmouth, Norfolk and in this city His man