St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1862-07-24


on the occasion referred to- hope it is no
disceurtesy. TO the "sex" to pronounce one
Of their royal representatives decidedly and
unequivoeally ugly-it is due to truth,
however, in this instance, for whatever
may have been the attraction which Won
the regard of a certain German Prince.
who for years has been her suitor, it
must have been, the beauty of his eye
alone. to others wlo are neither lovers or
Dutchmcn.
"-forever lost,
Ia spite Of physic, painting, pain aud cost. 4"
Lord Palmerston's daughter. an atten-
lant Of the Queen. completed the party
she is said to be an elegant and accomplish
cd woman. can only speak Of her per-
sonal appearance. which was emiuently
pleasing-her beauty perhaps was render
ed more striking BY the sharp contrast in
which it was presented.
Blackstone, tho lessee of the Haymarket
Threatre, enjoys the favor and patronage of
the Queen. His extraordinary dramatic
abilities. combined with his high personal
qualities. have not only won for his Thea.
ire. the frequent aadience of the Royal
family. but have introduced him to those
private entertainments at Buckingham Pal.
ace, which are always the concomitants Of
the splendid festivities which mark these
royal reunions; on such occasions the
mise en- scene is always entrusted to Buck
stone.
From the Theatre to Westminster Alb
hey il perhaps an odd transition and yet
the narrow boundaries between mirth and
sadness, and the strange commingling of
the two in daily and practical life, makes
the record of one. if not necessary, at all
events, natural sequence of the other
1t so happened that carried with me to the
Abbey a becoming amount Of melancholy,
owing to an unfortunate event, which left
me utterly alone in Europe. Mr.. s.
an American gentlemen, to whose society
| was indebted for most of the pleasant ir-
ciIents of my life in London. received a
dispatch, the morning following our even
ing at the lIaymarket, telling him of his
mothers sudden aud dangerous illness. and
calling him with all possible speed to her
bedside at Malta. He left me within an
hour, and I wendcd my solitary way to-
wards the Abbey. to ponder among its
gravestones and epitaphs. It is strange
principle in human nature that makes
one turn into every dismal place when any
grief is resting upon his heart. with the
same unerring certainty, that herse horse
will carry his driver into all the grave
yards of the waysidc if left to his own SOL
emn discretion. And thus it was I gra-
vitated toward the arched gateway Of the
great n'ausoleum, trnndling behind me a
whole funeral procession Of personal griefs
and disappoiniments.
This old minister West" tradition tells
us was once Benedictine Monastery, and
vas founded BY Sebcrt. King of the East
Ssxons-and when / saw the venerable
walls to which the moss aud ivy cling as
if to support its age. | was willing to be-
lieve all that tradition said of its antiquity
Here the Kings and Queens of England
! have been crowned from Edward the Con
frssor, to Queen Victoria. And here
many Of them repose in this temple Of 81.
lence and reconciliation where the enmi.
ties of twenty generations lie buried"
From hence we may that antique pile
behold
Where royal heads receive the royal gold:
lit gives th.m crowns, and does their
ashes keep,
There made like gods, like mortals there
they sleep.
Making the circle OF their reign complete,
These SONS Of empire. where they rise.
they Set"
1t would be at variance with the design
OF these articles 10 cracr upon q minute
description of the delicate aud graceful en-
bellishmeEts which adorn the transepts.
navcs aud ei,apels of This wonderful pile.
/ will only quote the commentary Of dis
tirgui.hed American. who in bis own beau
tiful language. tells Us The old walls are
wrought into universal ornament, encrus,cd
with tracery and scooTed into inches. crow
ded with statues of saints and maitrys.-
Stone seems by the cunning labour of the
chisel 10 have been robbed Of It's weight
aud dsnsity. suspended aloft As il by mag