Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-06-17
NUMBER IA.
K CH MOND WHIG.
fion ne london 7....., Nav ao.


f'o'" ne Lo~iop 7Isse.. NAY 30.
very old remark that ia the stree 4 o. London ,v
eF""y seems bent on nrssn, business Considering the
in''nt look ot every passenger IN. Old stories of men Who
Knew 10y heart every shop frum Ch-ringcros t the unl
are hard tn be believed Yesterday for once ,h -,
from very early hour were full of u.onls who H., :,
IDENTIFY no other business than To look ahout then, ~ -
pleased very large infusion Of the provincial rln.nt
'iea 10 hc freshness aud gaiety o the ever flowing
stream, and there something of A tnz,,r H.,
about IT, There wanted only the varieties OF semi h.,h,
oHS azure that Martial describes in the Gequrntcrs OF tbe
'"ih SPSe'ArIes or the quaint costumes stll to b,
" sunday Jste al Paris. still that aII Eu
gland was there well represented There wr. .b,lh.
enjoying days holyday, and schoolgirls walking it ia
'aer'' "ne's ana cousins The pleasures II anticipation
often exceed those Of nymeni and bearing tis ;
everybody was employed ia studyuc the pre ,ti C
the night, and imagining hos they would lok \, t.
% Ae very i"hg to go through the devices which Ger.
uAii ho not speak much Tor the fecundity of British in
vention We bound confess that the sehoI. n, 40,
au ueSSn have not borne much ut, II this all the crop
There we're stars iDnumerabc, crowns many: he,n. If
'auf'l orahchrs some Royal arms; ~. ~ enough to
satisfy the most Of ROYALTY. ~ = -,
lew sicct variety ut motoes tanstarencs of P.,c
England and France, Victory, and such sin,ple no.
Seoastopo, Alma, aud "Bllaklava." Thes- were ali
well studied and not les the desperate efforts o tb O.
men, and oilmen, aud giassmen aud tnuen with wa,
gons iui OF mysterious implements aud iar auI l, -
'nat Womb not each and pipes that would not lit ll,
piy bo'h the sun and the clouds did their dut,-
we former by not shining too ierccly, the latter
L.
0, coure' Sere very early visited, and noon uki
m ns gay a. they usually do a fine SUNDAY at I orncl
ihere was most wonderful variety OF co,.,rurtors
prepared lOr The night like the -sanuLi,u,,s
"hlch conventionaly represent the building of tb.
pe' some IKE gymnasc apparatus OF the instruments az
s'Pe''on ana -etortnre used by the faks others sim
ply like gbbcts ~ndnills, signpost- Iauny sirn,l m
the rigging of Chinese iunks. Most delightful tb.y -
to gaze upon. instinct with fire. and life. anl h,,, a.
the prizes o social lite the institutions OF owes cou,
I!' they stood charged with power and ul o promise
llo" they would soon blaze away; what glory What r,
cations What hue~; how soaring how sublime r. H.
present Indeed they looked mere anatonies but the rv
ZONES would start lite and motion But
'h'ng anout hoNday Is delightful even potuautn,is
and hatboNts direction labe> and four.whcced abs
, but even all hi- preparation would fill up the iay
IL began with AN inspection Parnue which a, cb,
oe supposed, was well attended by the 'rough- TL,p
al l. the guns hred aud carried the sweet sound of holy
iAy =" many Il back parlour and many sick bed Then
uiere came tile Drawing-rUom All over the WesterJ
AMI even IN remote regions Carriages w.r. tauJu -
hristocfalc or Official doors with servants i'm h. ayst of
n'eres; L't'ic crowds gathered TO the result and
ounu uer Aihclpauohs more less realized in IT, liz
was lottery in which the blank was dow arer or a ui
orm tue pfize that combination OF beauty prar d,,
and sweetness, which il found nowhere as in nob. ar %
"" r'"Sahn lhen all these carriages having r,-,yrd
Their gorgeous or their bcauteous freights boui, a,
- t' AI""',o" oi the country folk, aud tell into urG,
ranks where tie Inmates bad stand the more deliberate
S'''S o curious gentlemen well vctscd Ia the p--rlge
or lHdies who IN time could analyz, ii - l
oi complicated dress. However il was A very L,,,ti
procession. This, too, had it, chief feature. bcb ,.
the progress oi Her Majesty the Princess oyal and if re-
port speaks true, Tier iuure husband o ST Jane, A. the
i ~o on TIE vast wondering gazing, nquiring talking
ahd laughing multitude hcther irem prudel,, or i,t.f
hagSed AMI inn"d-restug aud refreshing themselves
NJ ali soris oi odd places aud hOur Then came the mai
event o' the dAy ol all human mimicry ard arcr tLcr
/, nothing more beautiful than fireworks nothing rk,i lie
soy "t the heavens, the fury Ol volcanoes or the pe
iour Oi meteors They always surprise and dull u,lI
must pe 'he memory on which they do leave il i-
preston l GU may thing every day of your life
anu not Know II 50 well tle magic figures nud bu.s
flashed on your eye thirty years ago in the darkness Of die
night, you almgst forgot when where Contrary a,
some anticipatons every body saw well and contortlv
everybody was delighted; and everybody had the feeling
that it was one hill of fare for a-ior the Queen and G
tue humblest OF her subjects
We all saw how tue day passed Nobody can Ie,y
That London and England too did herself credit on the
day The whole population turned out submitted TO
Inspection and showed themselves to advantage
There was diiiercI,ce enough too great jincrcpSe
perhaps-oi classes. But at ali event. H.,
were no dormant volcanoes, no smoulderine bp.s
no great lurking disease no angry interchange 81 fWns
u Se"S' no looAS oi defiance on foreign masters or
unh glance at the agents OF desposm. There j. hardly
mai--it indeed, there Is a man-n this metronos .ha
might not walk about tcketcd with his nnlne and address
ia perfect safety at all events however singular snch
p'oc' edlng might appear Even they express nn-
ions at variance with those Of the majority and oi
ting with their ideas OF or Justice enjoy ct M
G'4'oh l"efe may be very strong opinion indeed of
ue excess OF the deficiency, or the cost or
the uselessness OF this or that institution b,,
the feeling does not extend to the persons CON
cerued. There Is not place, so as il be NOT q, is,
OF thieves IN this metropolis, where Peer or Bi.hon
OF feldh Marshal might show himself and be- received
with the respect due to his position. There is none Of
thAl br envy that pOis0ns aud corrupts some
tlts 10 Europe Here a reunion classes in which
the preservation OF peace and good order was len p ma
iuraI feeling. a. the event proved with success We
naN not be 10 Fraiy AZ organizations a. some nations We
DO not paY much 1t soldiers too INDEPENDENT in
our "aYs being come, people say OF too many rnces
ana sect and schools But agree % disagree. and
We do not obrudc qunrcls where they have mo- lt
To De More than that easily give up our differ.
ences TO md ground Tor mutual cougratulatop How
many Tor example have been preaching lately that the
peace Is not worth rejoicing They who thouebt ~
may or may not have changed but it is evident tnt All
the metropolis was yesterday unanimous An ioip4i in
,ne esvy Tor one reason another II for no other
because they saw that everybody else was well pleased
fetcr Johnson convicted Of the murder of Y,ncv D,
mo'u was executed Ia Greensboro " c. on Friday last
Tie denied the killing OF Diamond the last aud accusrd
some OF the witnesses, Who gave evidence against him am
MS trla OF swearing falsely. johnson being lap. and
Wcigling two hundred or the rise-as be
swung on the rope broke and he fei e. the ptound Tho
rope vas then made three double which proved sufficient
In sustain his weight
From uie Boston saturday Evening Carstt.1
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