Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-10-09

guests all rose and drank it in silence the King ais
rising and bowling to the company. few minutes after
the King gave the Duke of Wellington, introducing hi
toast with few remarks. The purport Of them was
that had it been for the exerons Of his friend upo
his left--it that he spoke of the Duke-he, tn
king might have had the happiness of meeting thos
whom he now around him at that table il was
therefore with particular pleasure that he proposed hi
health The King spoke his words with emphasis, ant
great apparent pleasure The Duke made no reply blu
took, in respectful silence what was said. The Kns
continued sitting whilst he spoke as did the company
| in profound stiffness under his words.
~ thought of Johnson, when George Ill compliment
ed him. The innate dignity Of great minds is the
In Johnson it that of the rough viruous recuse
whose greatness that of the author In Wellington
it externally moulded in the which armies and
courts and long associations with the elite of mankind
may be supposed to give. johnson did not handy
civlites with his sovereign, whom he had never seen
before did Wellington, who saw him every day.
The dinner over, coffee served in the drawing
rooms AT about eleven o'clock, the King the Duke,
and all the company went to ball at Amacks, given
in honor Of the coronation by the special Ambassador
from France, the Duke de Graminont and whatever
French TASTE directed by Grammont could do to render
the night agreeable Witnessed His suite Of young
gentlemen from Paris stood ready receive the British
fair their first approach the rooms and from baskets
of flowers presented them with rich bouquets. Each
lady thus entered the ball with in her hand
and thousand bouquets displayed their hues and
hailed their sweets, as the dancing commenced.
1881, july 26.Dined at the King George ~ The
dinner given to the special Ambassadors sent to
England by their respective Soveregns to do homer the
coronation. The whole diplomatic corps present
but included none below the rank of Minister Plenipo-
tent fhp nnlra tho
Duke of York. the Duke of Clarence and Duke Of Cam
bridge The additional guests the Duke Of Yelling
ton the Duke Of Montrose the Marquis of Londonderry
and Lord FranoissC onyngham.
g We were invited at o'clock. All arrived
with great punctuality The King entered the room
minute afterwards and sauted the guests gener
ally then the rounds speaking each separately
Time had to than quarter past seven,
still of the guests had not yet arrived that
the Duke of Wellington. Several minutes passed,
and Duke Of Wengton-critical minutes, when each
seemed to count two At length in Of the
Of the suite he beautiful suite of Carlton House the
Duke in the distance. He was dressed in the
uniform of Austrian Field Marshal rank which had
been conferred upon him. 1t plain roundabout
jacket of white CLOTH with white underdress suit the
whole plain to be relieved by scarcely any thing but
his sword and, he kept advancing with easy step to-
wards the King, quite alone general stiffness prevail
ing, and all eyes turning towards him, his Majesty,
his getting near stepped forward to meet him. With
both his hands he took the Duke by BOTH shook them
with great cordiaty, saying something the company
could distinctly hear but which took to be good
humored rally upon his late arrival The Duke received
it with placid composure, made reply, but bowed.
When liberated from the friendly grasp of the King, he
approached circle where l was standing One of the
Ministers Penipotentiary composing it said, We hope
you viii forgive petty treason against you, my Lord
Duke but have just been saying that as some one of
the company to be too Late best to have fallen to
your graces lot, who well bear it, With half
whisper and arch smile the Duke replied The King o@s
poud hare been here sooner but for attending 10 Of
his Mgesty's business This the Duke being Cabinet
Minster had doubtless been sufficient account for his
of punctuaty and for him the very cordial
reception all had Witnessed.
Hardly had he uttered this little sentence when din
ner announced. The King led the way, the royal
Dukes followed then the special Ambassadors each TAX
ing precedence according the date of his arrival then
the resident corps Of Ambassadors and Ministers each
having the pas under rules well known The King took
the middle of the table, the Marquis Of Londonderry
end, and Count Munster who, Hanoverian Minister,
had sort of priority the English Court the other end
In all about thirty guests sat down. The King gave his
chief atteron to those him, who the special
Ambassadors | was next to Lord Londonderry. Our
conversation touched in general way the affairs of
Russia and Turkey; he expressed the hope that things
in that quarter would end quietly, rcmarkng that the
Emperor Alexander) moderate. Some conversation
also had with the Dukes of Clarence and Montrose
American steamboats, and the genius Of Fulton The
Duke of Clarence under impression he had been
born in England but entered protest saying that the
United States could not surrender the honor giving him
birth
The entire dinner service until the served in
the smaller pieces very beautifulthe altcellars.
Each represented small rock roughly wrought in dead
gold which reclned little sea-nymph holding in her
hand shell which contained the salt One of these was
shared by every guests So it as to number with
the golden coolers down the Sides in which stood the de-
canters Of wine The table, sideboard, and whole
had air of chase and solid grandeur. The dinner
lasted until past ten the various moving slow
ly. When over, the company returned observing the
same order in coming in to the banquet to the draw
ing-rooms where coffee handed All afterwards
paired to magnificent ball given by Prince Esterhazy
the Austrian Ambassador in honor of the coronation
the Kings carriage going first"
THE OVERLAND EMIGRATION TO CALIFORNIA.
The Sacramento Times and Transcript Of Septem
Der lst says:
The latest Of the overland immigration come
through letter from Gen. Denver On the oath of Au
gust the General at the Upper Relief Station beyond
the Sink Of the Humboldt He intended leaving for thu
Iruckee on the 10Th, and from thence would