New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-06-25

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.,,,a, ~ IN. Prologue to Ca:o told he country
"Our scene pr, cacu'ly tuts!sts ;co bong
ON rr.nch iran 'aiion AID Italian song
Dare 10 have tense JouTstlveG'
And truly as far ss the thsaers are concerned, tue
recommendation is s;ill needed. Bot although the
Epe6sh are such enthusiastic admirers oi rreo
Trade and Free Piracy, their anusemeots are NOT
an imported from abroad, and the last for'nigh' e.
pecally has witnessed some that are native 70 the
sea The weeb during which me Queens BIRTH
Ssy and The Epson races are celebrated, ~ az
,enuuely British az tire Carnival Is at homo at Ven
;re or the LOncchamps Promenade IN raris Ia
these blessed DAYS LOYALTY and tux, excitement reach
the hiohes; pinnacle: tie sweet bloom and perfume
of Nav of which the air Is redoent, seems &c In
toxcste the most sobrr-mnded Britca, and the STIR
ring breeze which comes from the Downs gives
new freshness to his heart and raises him to the
pitch Of enjoyment. An EngshInen alone can mix
toeether in the same sentence, the cdor Of hlac-
flowers the sweet-smellng hedgc-rOws, the sunny
morning and green hills, and the Derby and OAKS
encounters. " The Queens weather has reacncC
he importance Of a popular superstition, and we
snay expect 10 one OF these days summary Iyhch
law prae;iced against any mscreant abandoned
enough to believe that the sky does not take peculiar
care TO clear tsef whenever the British Idol chooses
to appear before her enraptured subjects SEINE
already begin 10 indulge III the Thought that IL ls not
by ar idle coincidence that Providence assigned the
charming month of flowers for the birth Of the
Sovereign Lady.
Tie French have a wise prOyerb: From the
ssubme to the ridiculous there is but one step.
Never, indeed has this rule met with better APP
phcatiOn than in London, on this lllustrOus birth
day In the morning the Duke of Cambridge
reviewed the household troops, while TIE united
efforts Of three military bands endeavOred to give
new effect 10 the old strains Of " God save the
Queen" In the afternoon, lords, members OF Par
lament, bishops generals adnirals, clerks, judges,
barrsters, invited at the respective tables OF the
Cabinet Ministers tried to Outvie each other in loyal
tOasts In the evening, the whole OF Regent street
was one blaze; every shOpkeeper, who buys from
ne Lord Chamberlain the right to put the royal
arms over his door, and to style himself purveyor
to ler Most Gracious Majesty eyinclng his loyalty
by flaming crown, a luminous star or the glowing
letters " r. But while the mighty tailor Nich0l
whom the electors Of Prone have recently raised
to the dignity Of an NJ p, displayed his parliament
tary and cutting patriotism by the flashing device
"God preserve our Gracious Queen" shining with
all the briliancy of gas, our old friend Iihn, the
renowned bug-destrOyer to the Royal Family, would
not remain behind. Modest and dirty MarylebOne
street was adorned with dirty, but magnificent
transparency in pink, on which we read with a deep
emotion the following pOetical ucubratlon, the IN
tenton Of which is certainly better than its Orthog-
,apby; -
May she IN peace long live and reign!
To live and Kill be u our tame.
The TIFFIys and Our GraciOu. Queen
May all like Her, our skill admire,
And saGy trust Her Bug DestTyer!
In sun by By 6 Sy PI SS.s & Ser never
"TIfEINk SONS, Bug Destroyer, &c"
Since, according to the English patriots the plOus
wish expressed in the seventh hne-namely, the
Victoria weather-is already providential matter
of course, let us hope that the worshiped monarch
may always find her faithful Tifiin near at hand
when needed, though humane cOmmiseration for
The small miseres of mortal life compels us to pray
that the devoted Tiffin Il Sons may never be
wanted. But we are unwilling to wound the feel
ngs of any one be he an inspired bug-destrOyer
Saaeta simpiicitaS said the great John Huss TO the
old woman who piousy carried piece of wood to
TIE pile which he was 10 be burned alive.
The enthusiasm was cheap, indeed the whole
population being already ''turf-struck by the ap
proaeh of the Derby Day. The Derby is a national
Institution in honor of which the Premier proposes
a holiday for the House of Commons. The Derby
eclipses elections and openings of Pariiaments. No
true Englishman ever gets tired OF speaking OF the
Derby, going to the Derby looking back upon the
Derby. The day is always greeted with hearty
welcome and the seventy anniversary had still
a charm of eyeT-recurrng novelty about 1t, though
the performance is much the same, year after year.
An ecstatic cotempOrary breaks out In this exutng
strain:
very festival with which it allied in perpetual state sf u-
aud making everything about it maintain con-
si,ion Of impeIishablc youth"
Alas well NAV the Germans say of babbler that
.'he lies as if it were printed" In order to fulfill
conscientiously my gossiping duty, have been to
drink from that tontaine dc jourcnce but am bound
10 confess however Illuminating the avOwal may be,
that my personal appearance has in consequence BY
mo means again assumed the aspect of youth. My
brow is not the less furrowed with the plOwshare
Of time; and the rusting cares that press upon my
head do not the less take away my thlnly- planted
hair, bestOwing look Of wisdom at the expense
of beauty But then, l am neither a true nor an
enthusiastic Englshman, and in consequence unable
TO value genuine sport.
If il be sign of richness in language that
single word ia used to express many quite different
things, the good old English may be regarded as the
Rothscbid Of languages. For instance, how many
Specifications lie in that single monosyllabte Dor IL
means stall in stable solitary table 10 tav-
ern, d private place in theater, snuff magazine
In the pocket slap in the face certain tree IN
garden, the nave i'll wheel, the compass IN ship,
the throne Of the cOachman, chest goblet,
dose of pills, without reckoning the manifold
Acceptations which children, ladies, printers and
mechspics of every kind have given 20 the word.
Sport is another of these multitarOus expressions.
II is indferently applied TO q hOrserace. steeple-
chase, a ercket-match regatta, yacht trip,
rowing club, boat-race. pedestrian performance,
abcxng match, gymnastics, cock and rat fighting,
deg batting mat Of rass. the pleasure OF teasing,
etc. Whatever gives e1ercise 10 the body without
calling in the mind is expressed by this aysrte
and truly British word; and nothing could afford
better insight into English manners and PrOpensi-
hes than the multiple meanings of this assembage
of FIVE letters. We can tkas, at one glance, see
that The three great requisites Of English lie are
The chase. the the EbTty - roen."