New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1843-10-06
Letters from Mi. Weed. 1900. No. XyIT
Correspondence of the Albany Evening Journal.

to those better acquainted with the abodes OF des
tuition. Observing a crowd gathering upon tn
opposite side of the street, crossed over and saw
an infant that had Just breathed Its last IN TIT
arms Gifts mother, who had been sitting or stand
ing all day in that street, endeavorlng to sci
matches The child died FOR the want Of loot
and nouishment, and the mother, who was stsl
pressing her dead infant TO her bosom, was PIC
ture of restitution and despair. There wa!
scarcely strength enough in her trembling limbs
to bear her into an Apothecary's shop, where the
restoratives tried in vain upon the child were
needed by the fainting mother This poor wo,
man, by her language and department, excled
much sympathy. She was evidently IN greatly
debiiitated state from the want OF 1000. one hao
only received two half pence for matches IN two
DAYS and had no other means OF support. he
oent,street where this Mother and Child sat
starving, dazzles the eye and bcwilders the ina
gination with It's wealth and magnlficence. The
mines of Potos and the treasures of Golconda
seem to have been poured INTO the luxurious lap
Of Regentstreet. But amid all this wealth and
luxury,a Mother toiled in vain for the coarse
food that would enable her to give nourlshment
to a dying infant! And thus is human life in
this great city painfully diversified.
passed from this heart-sickening scene over
to the Brunswick Hotel, in Hanoverstrect
Square, to pay my respects to ABBOT LAWRENCE,
of Boston, whose health, am happy to say, has
improved and is improving This enterprising
and enlightened American Merchant is enjoying
the best society of England. His company is
sought, not only by the noble in rank, but by
those who are ennobled by talent and genius. 1t
IS gratifying to see Americans of Mr.. Lawrences
intelligence and worth abroad. Their presence
here, furnishes the best answer to the malignant
and miserable calumnies and caricatures which
Mrs. Trolloppe, Basil Hall, and Charles Dickens,
have perpetrated upon society and manners IN
America.
The Queen came in state to-day, from Buck
inghan Palace, (having arrived there from Wind
sor Yesterday to prorogue Parliament. This is
one Of the great Pagcants of Monarchy. Hav-
ing witnessed it once, in all its magnificent emp.
Having "no friend at Court" by whose favor |
could get into the gallery of the House of Lords,
l hired chair for seven shillings sterling, by
his money are soon parted,) in balcony mid.
way between the Horse Guards and Westminster
Hall, where sat patiently for three mortal hours,
viewing the reality of one Of the Royal Process
sions which we have SO often mimicked in The
aires and personifed on canvass and paper
The multitude, ever anxious to see these Royal
shows began to assemble in the avenues leading
o Westminster Hall at II o'clock Every de- |
cription of vehicle, from the Coaches with en-
,azoned Arms and liveried Servants, to the pie
eian Cab filled with fashonables, were stationed
q lines extending more than a mile along the
reets through which Her Majesty would pass.
Windows and Balconies were hired by those who
,itaer preferred them or could not procure Car
iages. Strong detachments of Horse Guards
md Policemen were stationed between Westmin-
ter and Buckingham Palace. BY one o'clock
very one seemed to have got their seats or their
stands, and from that time until two, when the
Royal cortege came in sight, there was profound
silence. The Queens Trumpeters, with troop
If Horse, came first Then followed massive
State Coach, with a Guard, containing the
Crown. Then came three magnificent State
Coaches, drawn by six superb bay horses, led by
yrooms, in which Members of the Queens House
hold were seated. Then came another State
Coach, still more magnificent, drawn by SIX beau
tifully jet-black horses, in which the Countess of
Dunmore, the Earls of Exeter and Liverpool and
the Marquis of Londonderry were seated and
finally, preceded by twelve tenderly dressed and
solemn visaged Pages or ushers, on foot, with
long slaves, came the gorgeous ROYAL Coach,
drawn by eight cream colored horses, in harness
richly embossed with gold, and fanked by
Horse Guards, in which the Queen, Prince AL
bert, the Duchess of Bueceugh, and Earl Jersey,
were seated. The Queen was dressed in white
satin, with jewels sparkling in cluster at her
forehead. Prince Albert wore Field Marshals
Uniform.
The English are rather phlegmatic on such oc-
casions, or the Queen was coldly received. There
was no enthusiasm-no acclanations. The few
attempts to get up cheer, as her Majesty was
passing, were utterly abortiye. There were but
lew persons of distinctions other than such az is
derived from position in the Queens Household,
in the Procession; and among the few observed
our Minister, Hon. MIR. EVERETT, with his daugh-
ter, in bright yellow Coach with Coachman
and out-rders in rich livery, and Mr. +. him.
self (instead of the plain Republican garb with
which BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, JOIN ADAMS, and
JOHN JAY used to appear on such occasions,l IN
full Court Dress with gold and embroidery |
don't half like this departure from the simplicity
which distinguishes form; of Government
though It is certain that the American Minister
has acquired great popularity here, and perhaps
angments his influence, by his conformity III mat
tiers of display aud etiquette.
You will see the Queens Speech in the news
paper account of the Pageant As q Show, II
was all it is represented, in gorgeousness and
magni6cence. But for every useful or practical
purpose and end, 1T the vainest and the idles'
thing imaginable. The Parliament had virtually
prorogued itself. There were not thirty, If even
twenty, Members of either House present. The
Speech is an unmeanmg form of words, done into
sentences by Sir RoEERr PEEL, and read by the
Queen, as Hamlet's Players read what was " Sc
Gnv,n'' for them not as trlpplnulV," perhaps
and certainly with less effect upon the auditors,
This Royal demonstration exhibited in bold
and striking relief, the contrast that exists be
tween the Rich and Poor of England The trap
pings upon the horses that drew the Queen'
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