Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-08-16
JUsE l6, 1898.

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have been sngularly fortunate in falling In with
the Young queen in my afternoon excursions at the
west end among the Parks and round about the pal
aces. The first sight had of her, was however, al
the Italian Opera. Odd enough without any know
ledge of localities, or any design, was pushed by
the GRO wd Of ladies in roses and gentlemen in white
gloves, into seat almost opposite TO the Royal box.
This box is on the second er--lhe second from tie
stage-or the third, forget which-and on the left
hand. got very comfortably squet zed into the pit
with very pretty young girl directly before me,
whose luxurious neck and iresses could not help al
most touching with my long nose. Behind me there
were three ladies' two young ones and fat mother,
weighing, heaven only knows how many stone One
of the young ladies was perfect maybe in chatter
ing-but qate pretty. She knew every body and
every thing that appeared in the boxes the stage
and she talked so that could hear her distinctly
Sometime before the young queen came in she was
wondering whether she would come not. At
last about 10 o'cleek when the Opera was half
through, the royal party entered.
There, there, there, said the young grl-stheres
the quesn-theres the queen" looking up to the box,
away to the left. looked too, and saw fair light
haired little girl, dressed with great simplicity, in
white muslin, plain hair with a blue ribbon behind,
enter the box and take her seat half hid in the red
drapery, at the corner remote from the stage.
oh how sweet and pretty, and so simple, too,
is she y exclaimed soto poce, the girl behind me-
The queen il certainly very simple in her appear
ance, but am NOT whether this very simplicity
does not set off TO advantage her fair pretty rather
pleasant, little round Dutch face. Her bsst is cx-
tremely well proportioned- ker complexion very
fair Then there is a Sigh, parting of the two rosy
lips between which, if you near enough, you can
discover little hicks Of something like very white
teeth The expression of her fair face amiabe and
good-tempered. I could see nothing of that awful
msiesty-that mysterious something that doth
hedge queen" To me she looks good deal like
pretty Bowery GIRL dressed up on the Sunday, and
about to take an excursioa to Hoboken, before the
Goths and vandals cut up the walks.
Aprop0s, there is public place or promenade,
that equal Hoboken IN picturesqueness, wild |
grandeur, or romantic beauty. The parks here are
more classical-more elegant-morc cut and carved
into beauty but they want the wild and unique cha
racter of Hoboken as it was, or Wehawken as il is.
To return to the queen. During the performance,
the qaeen every now and then drew aside the curtain
and gazed back on the house, with that esrnesness
that any young girl would. Occasionally she put up
opera glass 10 her eye and directed it TO the differ
ent parts of the interior. Al such moments, the
male eyes Of the pit and stalls were generally direct
ed to her.
Thus much for one Of the sights have had of the
queen. On another occasion happened TO see her
twice on Sunday afternoon in Hyde Park had
been taking a walk over the interior OF the Park
lounging around the SerpeH tine-and gazing list
iessy on the crowd of carriages they rolled round
the gravel drive Just as 1 was entering the arched
gateway 10 depart sensation spread around the
Il Fl 49, L.
"The queen-tbe queen'-spread from lip 10 lip. In
an instant two ourders shot through the gate, near
Apsley House. followed by barouche and four car
rying the queen and three others of her suite. She
generally sits on the right hand back seat, leaning
good deal back She was usual, dressed very sim
ply in white, witSa plain straw leghorn and a veil
thrown aside. She also carried a green parasol
The approach Of her carriage caused a singular
sound. There are eoachmsn on the box The
carriage was drawn by four bay horses, each pair
hayiaq a stout rascal of a position on his back
dressed in blue clothes and white topped boots. The
carriage has dark psnnels, without amy ornament,
save a crown in gold, The motion Of the TWO cut
riders who preceded the carriage asd the two posul
lions on the outside of the carriage horses caused
sound which to my ear, rssemblcd the hollow tones
of the wind through wood-or the noise made BY
the rigging of ship in gale. There is an express
SION in Burns which conveys the ldcs thus-",he
seughing wind The rapid rate at which the royal
carnage was driven, increased this sound.
As soon as she appeared the hats OF the people Hew
of at once. The women around looked with great
interest, Near me, little boy walking with his mo-
ther, jumped up, crying "Oh how grand-oh! hsw
grandr Indeed, among the lower orders Of beth
sexes, the appearance Of the young queen seems TO
create great sensation They look sponthe fair thing
M novelty. The beautiful Anroinettc was not be-
fore the revolution IN France greater favorte among
the populscc of Paris that Victoria seems to be among
the populsce of London. Among the aristocrscy-
particularly the tory famiies-I doubt whether she
is deeply revcrsnced
In few seconds the royal carnage soon disappear
ed in the crowd bat the people continued to collect
in crowds near the same spot in order have ano-
Their view as she returned by the river. wAenI found
what the people were At, stopped too. The after
noon was very beautiful. The ssn shone as bright
az he generally does here, but that 10 not saying a
great deal On my left lay the beautiful sheet Of wa
ter called the serpentine river surrounded with trees
men, women, childrea, dogs, and carriages. Thu
would be called pond Of dirty water, IN the LAKE
country Of New YORK, where Narcissus could make
his merning toilette. In front Of rose the coles
sa statue of Achilles, situated in the interior corne
of the Park surrounded also with men, women, boys