Columbus Democrat. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 18??-18??, 1838-02-03
FEMALE ROYALTY.
Corr dependence of the Boston Trans,


THE QUEEN's VISIT TO LoNpoN,-ThC
great pageant has passed by-the visit of the
Queen to the City of London to dine with the
Lord Mayor and the Corporation in Gulldhall
For months, even, this spectacle has been looked
for by the great mass Of this monstrous commu.
nifty, and for few days preceding the show the
noise ofpreparation has resoundod necessarily in
the streets which lay in the line of the procession
| On Wednesday, the Sth, when | reached town
from the North, the metropolis swarmed like a
bee hive ain the oafy month of June" The
whole population seemed to be abroad, as in Pa
| rs Of a Sunday, in summer. The front Of the
buildings for miles were beset with temporary
staglngS, for setting up the illumination arrange
mcnts, and accommodations for seeing the grand
exhibition of the day. Not a corner was left I'M
availed Of where a glimpse could be had. Some
seats were let for several guineas, and first rate
floors brough, fifty pounds at least. Yesterday.
in the house where am established, and which
is a small quiet place, more than hundred peo-
pie were somehow or other furnished with a sight
Stagngs were buIt in three tiers. in the dining
parlor TO command all the windows. The upper
stories we're occupied rs denscy as this. Some
stood even in the cormces running along the out
side of the house, between the two lower stories,
and stood there for hours before the procession
began to move. The roofs, in many cases, were
covered with waters, porters, and "aIl sorts OF
people, peering in thick rows over parapet at
the edge. In like manner the shops were clean
ed out and fitted up to their utmost capacity. And
such was the state of things along the whole Inc
Of the route. The seats were mostly taken I'M
Off hronlfnef | poecr1 ibrOiIUh
some Of the streets at that hour, TO see the deco
rations, and the windows for miles were filed
even then. SO were the porches Of tue churches
and every other space which could be used for
the purpose-a filled in with transient tiers of
seats, sold for their various prices. The Eastern
and Southern sides of Saint Pauls were lined
round at the base, in like manner, with huge
booths, erected for different schools or compa-
MES. Some Of these were most gorgeousy be-
spread with crimson and purple Innings, while
mutudes of national royal and heraIdlc flags
and devices Of every description, mixed IN with
green boughs, covered the upper front of the cree
ton, and hung waving and flaming out over the
middle OF the street. One of these booths alone
accommodated about 500 children Of one ancient
schoo--Chrst's Hospital. This was at the east
end of the cathedral, looking down the long slope
of Ludgate Hill, up which came the Queen, with
all her magnificent array +; and here, according TO
immemorial usage, a short stay was made, for
i" the Oldest Grecan" Of the boys 10 address her
Majesty. This was perhaps the finest point of
the whole spectacle.--IIere the long and splen-
did procession might be seen down the slope OF
the hill to the greatest advantage. the de-
corations were most gorgeous and here the
people having expected most had congregated IN
vast mutudes whose immensely was almost
frieht(u to behold. Seas Of uncovered heads
stood level together in all the spaces around the
mighty minister, far and vide. The windows n
every story, wherever the eye could reach were
alive with huttering faces and feathers, and lar
faces flushed with enthusiasm. Men, women and
cbildren-rich and poor-nobe and gnobe-
beggar and pcer-al were animated tor once by
a single feeng--the loyalty which belongs to
Engllshmen, and the curiosity and the sympathy
which are the attributes OF the race.
When, finally, pressing through the excited
hosts that thronged Ludgaic Hill, the ilrst
glimpse Of the royal corege in all its grandeur
of trappings and gIittering array of attendances
began TO be had by the crowd about the Cathe-
dral, after waiting so many hours as they had,
what sensation indeed it was WHAT long, louo
shouts rose from the mass Of humanity cfoWoed
together in that huge space :, and then the mul'-
tudinous music, the singing of the 500 boys 'he
waving of all the flags, the women IN the houses
ready to fly in ocks out of the windows, the roofs
covered, the lanes blocked up, the streets solid
with lfe--all wrought up TO the highest Phch-afi
heads uncovered, all hands up, all voices joining
in the shouts Of :" Welcome the Queen" "Lohg
live Vctora,n "God save the Queen y The
coutagion of such spectacle, was irresistible and
overwhelming. More than marble must have
been the soul Of the creature who could have
seen it unmoved. 1t was not merely grand
pageant, the gorgeousuess Of which had never
entered before into dreams of mine. This. car.