Daily union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1865-1866, 1866-03-06

during hall the day. One O4d peer, tne
Marquis of Westmeath, who after getting q
divorce from one woman, lately married
another. Young enough to be his great-grand-
daughter, tottered about with cap on his
head-Pantaloon to the life. He would
have thrown an intelligent savage into
eestacies-
The judges sitting on what il called the
woolsack, four benches forming a square,
have been so often hkened to batch Of old
women that dare not use the comparison.
On Tuesday they rather suggested someaged
birds Of eapacious kind-birds Of prey,
such as vultures--thOugh kindlier critic At
my side thought a bevy of learned rocks
nearer the truth. The way in Which they
gathered up thei- gowns, and turned round
before they sat down, was Irreslstlbiy eomleal.
Among the foreign ambassadors, every
one asked to be shown the American Min
lister. The daily papers state that he was
present but lailed to recognize MIR. Adams
in the group. The English-lo0king face Of
Count Apponyi, the Austrian Embassador,
was particularly prominent. Taking him
for the representative Of his country, yOa
would have said he was rather cold 20
Prussia. very friendly TO Turkey, lwhobe
to look feeble, and whose fur cap trembles
oftener than it used to do reserved toward
Italy, and frankly cordial TO Belgium. The
! dark-blue color was the one mostly seen
among the diplomatic eorps-varied here
and there by white uniform, and 'one or
two dresses gaudy with gold lace. The at
| taches at the back stood the whole time,
there being apparently no seats for thenl,.
Men Of all religions were there, and a
| good many, dare say, Of none; but neither
| Koran Catholic, Mahomedan, Greek nor
i II al,soofsA 10 haa,s the
| PRAYERS which were read BY the Bishop Of
! Elv. The words were taken from the En-
glish prayer-book, and were the pure Ian
guage of devotion without shade Of dog
| matte inference. The scene during the time
| they were read was the most impressive OF
the day. The sudden rustling of dresses, as
| all stood ilp at one part Of the service, the
| air of solemnity and the stiffness which pre-
| vailed, the sudden change Of attitude, peers
! kneeling on the floor, ladies either dropping
| to their knees or bowling their heads, 50 that
scarcely one was erect the voice OF the
Bishop, cold and hard though il was; the
eloquence of the language, and the musical
murmur of the respOnses,-aH we're so
strangely IL harmony, that one felt he was
assisting in a genuine religious act.
But where was the Queen? We hadbeen
waiting for two hours, and the hands Of the
| clock were getting near to the time of her
| arrival. The Princess Of Wales proceeded
| her bv half an hour, walking to her seat on
| the woolsack with an air of dignity not in
| the least degree overstrained, and rendered
agreeable by her kind and happy smile. The
Prince of Wales looked no better than his
fellow-peers in his robes. So Tar as his iea-
lures tell the story, he is getting stout, and
in ten years time will be big, If not absolute
ly corpulent The Princess wore black
lace skirt over white satin, and across her
shoulders crimson ribbon. She had ON also
tiara of diamonds, and long veil pendent
from the back Of her mead. The seat chosen
for her literally placed her back-to-baek with
the Lord Chancellor, her back to the com
many. and her face to the high-backed oaken
chair which is called the throne. The Prin-
cess has an exquisite figure, but her features
are sharpened. and she is generally thinner
than when she first set foot ON our shores.
1t was very good Of the Duke OF Cambridge
to 20 and talk to her. for the mere sitting
still, seeing nothing but achair covered with,
apparently, a white cloak, was tediousness
itself When the Bishop Of London passed
her, his lordship bowed and the Princess ev-
identity tried to stop him, for he isa fayorite
at court, but the Bishop did not appear to
notice the movement. The Earl of Derby
I who, by the way, is almost the only peer
: that the cloak does not deform-stopped and
! talked with her, showing her I'M amount OF
Difference suggesting a degree of tcadyism
as averse to politeness rs to common sense.
When the Queen came in, n quick throb
of emotion was telt by many of the brilliant
: throng, who rose as she appeared. There
7 have been such silly stories aHoat about her,
the predictions as to how she would act had
been so extravasant, that apart from the
novelty of seeing her in the House and the
genuine sympathy with ber which those who
: themselves have felt trouble possessed, there
was enough 20 account for the agitation
which her entrance produced. The Qneens
/ saw at a glance, had resolved 20 steel her
nerves to any trial, and II was easy TO lm-
{ ! agine that did she once give way TO the
D curiosity natural in such a position, and
: meet the thousand eyes at her front, her
! feelings would break the bounds. When
a she reached the throne, we all looked Ia see
{ what she would she would do with the cloak
h there. which il called the state robe, the
o statement having been confidently made
y that she had resolved upon wearing nothing
: that could remind her Of the last visit to tbs
Is House. The question was soon decided By
y the Queen sitting down upon il. The Prin
e cess Helena, slim, genteel girl, whos'
% dress was extremely becoming, attempted &c
1t draw the robe over her mothers dress, bu
l. the Queen saw the act and put it taci
ouickly with her hand This il an age o
5, compromises, and this vital question, whicl
e has agititated the brains Of the aristocraey
l. for the last three weeks, was settled by ths
ss robe being put round the chair without
e touching the royal perssn.
n The official Court Circular to-day tells a,
L exactly what the Queens dress consisted OF
n IL was rich black silk dress, with tran
y trimmed with miniver and Grape, Mar
'e Queen Of Scots cap, with a long veil, th'
0, cap orurmented with diam0n6s aA,d sap
r phires worn at the back Of the head. Tn
&c Queen also wore a diamond necklace AM
Of cross (the latter containing the miniature Q
es the Prince Consort, and the celebrates
~ Koh-i-noor as brooch, a. well astba riban'
n, and the star Of the Order Of the Garter an,
to the Victoria and Albert Order. The blac
IS bracelets ON her arms and her blacs glove
aided the dress in producing the effect Of III
in deep mourning, and the peculiar head dres
te resembled widows cap, though IL real,
n, had not itself that character The diamond
IL round her throat on her wrists and abov
n her forehead, especially the koh-i-nooi
I'D caught the light as she moved; but in trut
'e- she scarcely lifted her head, and kept he
II eyes for the most part on the hoor-lsokin
sg now aud then at a particular part Of th
ne house as though seeking familiar face. Tn
in Young Princesses were afiectionately cage
ht In their attentions. The most trying M
re ments Of all were those which elapsed 5'
be tween the message TO the other House {
Ie- Parliament and the arrival Of the member
al The Chamber during those six or eight M
ID, nntes-they seemed quarter Of an hour
lri was so still that the slightest cough OF eve
on sigh was heard; there was no incident
ds divide the attention: every one was iookih
70. at the elderly lady who sat, with a sombe
he melancholy face, on the throne, and man
were imagining they could read her though
lie. and understand their bitterness.
ers When at last the members 9f the Low
w | House had tumbled in, the Lord Ghancegl
fs- whom the French journalists on my rig
TO persists in confounding with the Chancell
lu- Of the Excheque--Went through the form
he offering the speech, written on sheet
Iek foolscap, TO the Queer, knowing, Of eour'
led that il would be returned TO him-for 4 %
IT'S. Of the compromise was that the Queen shou
cry hear the speech read, not read it herseI {
err getting Il into his hands, the learned Q
the e.,,,i ios,.as. car,menccd reading In 4 II.