Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1838-03-29

ed hosts that thronged Ludgate ilill, the hrst
glimpse Of the royal cortege in all its gran
deur of trapping, and glittering array Of at
tendance began to be had by the crowd about
the Cathedral, offer waiting so many hours
as they had, what a sensation indeed 1t was
What long, loud shouts rose from the mass
OF humanity crowded together IN that huge
space; and then the multitudinous music, the
singing Of the 500 boys, the waving OF all
the flags, the women in the houses ready to
fly in Hocks out of the windows, the roofs
covered, the lanes locked up, the streets
solid with life-all wrought up to the high
est piich-0ll heads uncovered, all hands up,
and voices Joining in the shouts of"Welcome
to the Qucenm "Long live Victoria J" "God
save tho Queenm The con,agion Of such
spectacle was irresistible and q, erwlelming.
More than marble must have been the soul
| of the creature who could have seen it un-
moved. II was not merely grand pageant,
the gorgeousness Of which had never en-
| tered before the dreams Of mine. This,
! cared little about. Much Of it might have
thought childish, had there been heart at
such an hour TO criticisc, or time even to
| think. But there was not. There was time
only to feel, and it was spectacle which
appealed to the heart, republican or monar-
Ichical, gentle or simple, it mattered not it
was the snme to oil Of us. The sight was in
deed superbly beautiful; and more than that,
it was affecting, beyond the power Of Ian
gusge to describe. Especially so was the
sight of the Queen, and the thoughts con.
nected with her appearance as Queen in
such a scene as this a young and beautiful
creaturc-for beautiful she certainly is, in
dumpish engraving-wi,h fine frank in
gennous countenance, full Of an expression
Of afectonate and modest confidence in her
suljccts, and at the same time deeply NOV
ed by the warmth Of the reception which the y
gave her. Trapsixed with a strange dreamy
rapture she seemed to be sometimes. Some
times her emotion made her shrink back o
little.
But bravely, on the whole as became a
royal lady, she brayed out the spectacle
| gracefully acknowledging the shouts OF the
, multitude, and the waving OF the arms OF the
, women from the windows, by slight inclina
ton of the head, and by constant expression
Of subdued delight about the mouth. dare
. say the poor girl would like to have had q
good hearty cry over the matter; but tha
: was not the thing, and she resisted the weak
+, ness Of a woman with the breeding and blood
D of a Queen. Her dress was rich pink ant
: silver brocad the substance satin, the sur.
4 face embroidered closely with silver, will
ozenge-shaped ends. On her forehead was
magnificent tiara of diamonds, and Ostrich
|, pumes foated above. Her coach, which j:
} nassy and splendid beyond any thing of the
I sort ever saw, was drawn by eight white
horses, richly caparisoncd Of course. JUS
I before it went some six or seven Of her pr
/, vate carriages, with her attendants drawn by
/. six splendid bay horses each. In like state
I marched on the royal family in their severa
D carriages, with an escort Of troops for each
| and so the Ministers, the Ambassadors, the
, City array, the poor Aldermen on horseback
and all tie procession to which there seemed
, no end. will not weary you with details
5 about it. These can be had from the papers
! in uny quantity. The whole scene was n
, rich one, and would not have missed seeing
it. AS a pageant it was such as no other
city or country can get up. AS a moral
spectacle it was full of interest.
The result of the affair was a dinner in
Gudhall, there the Qlecn sat on throne
at table, with the royal family about her,
Here, again was an array worth seeing. The
decorations were opulGnt beyond conception
The plate alone OIL the tables is rated at two
millions o: dollars. Even the little deser
plates of Staffordshirc Workmanship (no
! platc) dozen of which were on the roya
uoaTu, arc Nulucu Ut nlIcteeH SuiHeaS euCN.
Her Majesty returned about o'clock ant
was every where greeted by the crowd. The
streets at this hour presented show which
=, shall not attempt 10 describe. Every hous,
was covered with Examinations Of every shape
y which loyalty or vanity could conrive to as
tonisll the admring multitude which now hat
|, become so dense as to make a passage
through the streets 10 stranger almost dan.
(, gcrous for miles Temple Bar alone, which
, is the boundary gate OF the old City proper
was lighted by contrnct, at cost of S0Ol.-
At the same time good order was preserved
was struck with the universal good hunol
of the people. The Qreen unquestionably
is favorite. Nobody indeed can say wore
against the "poor child,' as one of the A
, mericans call her; and all look forward to III,
'long and happy reign" which the llluminat
invoked for her in blazing letters along the
walls Of the houses, when the ''bloss0m o
/, promise" as another set it up over his door
may "ripcn into the fruit of perform lnce."
!, hope it may be so. No American can wisi
otherwise, who loves his own country, or the
cause of free principles throughout the globe
God save the Queen!