New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-06-09
"the quarry is not there Turn thine eye out of door,
man. bost yon booth with the taper slure swing
ing over ia pine bush 7"
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les my lordl' m
"It were fit, / ween, that some devout man, ike
Richard varney Gentleman did stand in the way over
against IT, to warn the simple and unwary 10 beware
butt and poe-pot;" and he looked WIN n'och gray
ity at his esquire. ,o.ls.,.o,s,
The INV fools feter. my hands gyve, my tongues
palsy. my fortunes bane, my ambnons nightmare
saving only in your lordsips service, wherein, me
thinks be nor cripple nor laggarS s .,rro oor,-.d;c
Now out upon thee, for one OF nature contraaie-
.;onsI a mute babbler! a bashful braggart Thou
yyouldst be godsend to Snowman ut groat SIGHT
But lol nor thine eoquence nor nine is needfni yon
der For this present, Varney we be foresailed Inc
two in gown and cap in the yews shade are more va
liant exhorters than we, an be not at fault. To my
thinking they must bave the odor of sancy for they
wear the true aspect of Gospellers. Now, Sir Dill
dence thou canst surely devise cunning shift to
End them out who-whence-and 10 forth.
tell thee my heart yearneth toward them; most to-
ward the ancient one, in whose face methlnks see
something not unfamiliar. An he be Gospeller, II
concerneth me know it, for he hath no less the look
of a man of stamp and mold than of years and godll-
ness Mark his iorm-wan and slender, albeit straight
as a woodmans shaft And what brow! Three
score years and ten there; but there be manhood yet
BY my haidom would salute such an one IN Hom'ne
Domani! Hasten, good Varney!
The esquire performed his errand with aacriyi but,
for modesty's sake, by proxy. His report however,
was cut short almost at the first word, for the gallant
lord was appealed 10 at the instant IN hot dispute be-
tween court beau and court belle, whether the
crossing of two lines the palm of her beautiful hand
did betoken her of the Romish religion no. Before
this grave question could be settled, the burning upon
the green was over; the people were resuming their
pasmes and the company in the galleries were IN all
the hustle OF departure.
Their cavalcade, brilliant with beauty and rich ar
raw was soon in notion and took eave-the ladies'
mounted upon side-saddles-amid the huzzas of the
rustic multitude. But rank must pay its penaties and
they were constrained, as they came home through
Cheapsde to afford their presence at two other great
fires in TIE streetone against Ironmonger Lane, and
the other against MERGERS Chapel" wherein were
thrown a great number of roods with the images OF
John and Mary, and the resembances OF divers other
saints.
But ST. bartholomew VS. festival did not end with the
day. Nor did the light; for no sooner had the sun
gone down. than the city was bright with a thousand
fires. Lighted irregular intervals along the streets,
throwing Pickering glare here casting deep shadows
there shooting up wayy pillars Of smoke, which slowly
rose, expanded, and commingled till they became
canopy they created exciting picture of wild and
animated contrasts. Yet the chief interest OF the scene
was beneath; in the vastness the surgng, the per.
petual voice. of that stream OF human life which edded
along the streets. am not sure that there was not
something there which the Eye TO whom darkness and
light both alike smiled upon and blessed There
was good cheer there, of meats and drinks, upon the
scores of tables which encircled every fire. but / do
not mean that There was cordial greeting there be-
tween neighbor and neighbor at ordinary times next
door strangers; but do not mean that. There was
larse-hearted generosity there, which met every
passer-by known or unknown, gentle or simple, in gay
cotl ing or in rags full furnishing and led him with
heart and courtesy 10 fellowship at It's own board OF
repas telling him TO sit there and be merry, to eat
there and praise God; but do not mean tnat There
was larger, nobler mission going on; for here and
there YOU might have two men at bitter ieud
sought out and brought together by medators VINO IN,
qulfed and reasoned and explained and pleaded, aud
would not cease Importantly, or restrain tears until
the two had embraced sat down 10 eat and drink to-
gether exchanged forgiveness, and parted covenant
friends-redeemed from bitter curse. IL was this
mission of reconciLation-a mission carried that
u. h. of
sion in the likeness and spirit of that which made an
gels sing at Bethehem-which think God did smile
| upon there and after reward in heaven.
Such were the CATIONS long, long ago IN good Oid
| England, on the close Of festival days.
Incidentally, we are treated TO bit of anti
quarian or pathological research, which usually
speaks well for the critical vigilance OF the author.
| Thus:
| ON COACHES.
| There ia a paragraph in Hume which may properly
he noticed in this connection He says: About 1880
the of coaches introduced by the Earl of Arun-
del. Before that time the Queen on public occasions,
rode behind her Chamberlain. Vol. ILL., ITO, Appen-
dix ILL., This in Its connection seems TO ignore the use
Of side saddles. Stow tells that riding upon side
saddles introduced by Richard H. upon occasion Of
his marriage in 1892 Survey Of London 1921 ID Ewes
SAWS p. 5g) that the Queen went to the Parliament
House in 1923, on horseback, httle behind the
| Lord Chamberlain; expression without the anbi-
guilty Of that of Hume Nine years 6cfore l550, the
/
have another object in here citing Hume. That
the use of coaches was introduced by the Earl of
Arundel about 1850" 10 not only error, but think
it appears how Anderson singuarly enough, fell into
il. Hume refers Anderson for his authority; and
Anderson indeed siys so.) The Earl OF Arundel died
in $780, at the advanced age Of slxtynne years. Cam
den records his death, under that date, III hs text,
page 256; where, in the margin are the words The
death Of the Earl of Arundel who first brought the
| use of coaches into England Anderson has probably
mistaken marginal note which points blackboard AS
stating fact Of 1880; and Hume has folio we'd him too
| trustully. Lingard misreads Camdens note in the
strange way; and what Is more singular, recog
| nizes il as . note Vol. VII. 305, note).
| Stow, who lived in Elizabeths day, and to whom
Hume often refers, SAYS: In the year lJoi Guiam
| Boonen a Dutchman, became the Queens coachman,
and the first that brought the of coaches iato
England" ANNALS, S67, So5 Probably Arundel intro
| duc cd both the Duchman and the coach.
The chariot, whirlicote a different vehicle;
used both by Elizabeth lSrypes Annals |. 40S 400.
folio edit. 273 and by her sister Mary (Strypes Memo
rails, " ass, $685. folio edit 304l. 1t was ancient
carriage. Slows Survey, l3l, l32.
Elizabeth probably went to her irst Parliament in
her barge, though find record Of IT. 10 the second,
in l5623 on horseback as above stated. The Para-
of lJ6b the that of 1867 s. OF COURSE,
it resumed business without the Attendance OF the
Queen in person. The first time, therefore, that she
opened Parliament after 1864, she went TO the House
in the ancient accustomed and most honorable pas
sage and an her coach. (DEwes, 1861 Ii Is singu-
lar that Hume should have overlooked or rather by
impcaton coItradicted fact which ID Ewes has con-
spicuously noticed.
Some time AFTER the coach came into nae, for some
reason there arose prejudice against II; aud the ques
ton was raised, "Nhether the devil brought tobacco
into Enc land in a coach or brought a coach ia a fog
mist OF to- acco." knights London, l. 25) In 1901,
Nov. :, bill brought into the House Of Lords to
restrain the excessive of coaches read the
Ond time, and elected. (DEwes co.,
And again.