Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1838-07-28

ued for seine minutes. thought the roof Of the VEN
cradle Abbey would have been carried up to heaven
and locked up TO see if could go the Clouds
What DO you think saw1 Why, the little 6ethic
windows in the highest part of the INTERIOR were hlled
on the outside with numberless beings looking down
upon the INTERIOR Just if the clouds of heaven had
dropped down the popslace of London in large clus
tiers. The fact of the matter was this. great ma
ny of the servants, and other persons had, in some
way got the outside of the upper roof of the Abbey
and there they were looking down from that dizzy
height as cooy and calmly as mob Of spirits would
look down from the blue vaults Of heaven in fair
! day. At this moment the sight was sublime. On
the carpetied platform in the centre called the thea
| ire of the Abbey, sat the young Queen, crowned in
ST. Edwards chair On every sde-in every diree-
ten tier above tier the audience and spectators
composed of all the beauty chivalry and grandeur Of
England, up up up, up TO the waited roof, the
outside Of which were the crowds have described.
shall never see such scene again-thanks be to
Heaven and Mr.. Stevenson that have seen this
was uneasy. In the place now found myself,
was squeezed most exquistely by the very lovely
men. In my former locality, had been blessed with
breathing room. ! accordingly made my escape, but
| had very nearly lost myself again, but for the
pollteness of an officer on duty. Perhaps my next
landing wond have been in the midst of the splendid
peeresses themselves. But Providence knowing how
dangerous taat might be to person so gunpowder-
lsh as am, kindly sent policeman to my ald who,
or my asking him to guide me back verypolilely did
So remarking "t lie very easy lose ones way here
for was in the same dilemma myself this morning,
two or three times"
On re entering my former place, found my friend
Webb munching cracker, which every now and then
ne pulled from his white breeches pocket. Said TO
myself, "poor chap, l wish you had the sensibliiy
and smell that have IF you had had such, you
might have got the bones TO pick of The chicken
ry nearly demolished" Around me i found that Sc
veral Of the poor ladies began to shew signs of fatigue
Many of them had occupied, in fall dress, their
since five o'clock in the mo- ming. 1t was now past
two o'clock, nearly so. One of the pretty
girls, during pause between prayer and psalm,
shut up her pretty eyelds and nodded her pretty lit
lie head against the next head 10 the let which met
the nod half way from the same cause. The collision
of the two heads remarkable, and also literally
striking. 1t walked up both the ladies, who looked
surprised teach other shook their rngles into order
again, and then peeped stealihily around if no
one had observed them. looked the other way as
hard and as earnestly as could. Ofcourse did not
see them-nor no enc else. An elderly lady who had
repeatedly recruited her spirits from pink flask from
her reticule, offered them some. They declined, blu,
accepted cake EACH This enabled the beauties TO
endure to tho end and to be saved
While ] stood in position near the entrance a
fine fat, Pory lady, four feet in every direction, ask
ca me what o'clock il was i told her. She looked
fatigued. Al this moment female aftache with one
eye, brought her stiff horn Of Sherry. She topped
1t of in twnkling-but in fact the different scenes
in the different parts of fine Abbey were too numerous
and too amusing TO be told in single letter. If the
Harpers will give me sl250 so / will prepare, from
my notes, a volume of travels in Europe, different
from any have yet seen in print. In that book
will include all the amusing scenes have seen here
both at the coronation and a, other tines Stop.
rather think such volume would be worth $500
however, when re,urn / shall ask them, show much
will We gie7"
Another of these amusing scenes which saw, was
the distribution of the coronation medals. This was
done by the Earl of Sury, and it produced severa
laughable scuff,es among the maids of honor train
bearers, and other persons. When he fang hand
fu among the peeresses of Them in the effort to
catch one lost their coronets. He then flung hand
ful up towards one Of the galleries. gentleman, in
costume, attempted grasp one in its ryration
through the air. He thought he had i, too but upon
opening his hand, 10 and behold it was not there
lovely Countess caught it, on whose coronet il had
fallen.
TWAS now wearing throseh the afternoon Ano.
ther anthem was begun, and the chorusses sounded
most megnihcen,ly in the interior Of the Abbey. In
short time left the Abbey but The pearls encoun-
| tered in the ciowd-the very mob-were far bey ond
any thing had met with in the Abbey. In leaving
the Abbey short time before the ceremonies closed.
my purpose was 10 have a good sight at the process
sion. Accordingly, ! attempted to get TO Charne
| Cross, through Parliament street. but so dense was
the GROVE, that found the thing utterly impossible
II took full hour to get as far as the distance
from st. Pauls to Trinity in Broadway accom-.
plished my object, however, and had fine view Of
the display. The young Queen now wore her crown,
and she did it remarkably well Late in the after.
noon went TO Hyde Park fair where there were a
thousand booths, and about 200 600 people, or more
amusing themselves. At night, the luminations and
fireworks made daylight over London. cannot find
room TO describe these at present b.
CRY Hall BELL.-we learn from the Hartford
Courier of yesterday that the mammoth bell cast for
the City Hall left there that morning in the schoon-
or Cabot Capt Downing. II will probably reach this
city today.
LIGHTNING The sieePle of ST. Bartholomew
church. al the corner of LAFAYETTE Place and Graz,