The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-03-20


How the Great Felix's T,ooIxe,ss AZ ~.
Thanksgiving OF the Roynl rnuity
Tor the Recovery or the Prince. q,
Wales. - : :
From sraifey's Letter to the New York Tribune
Among all the tftular ft1nctionaries q really
important man sometimes rode by. Mr.. D;s.
raeli WINS one, that dark Asian faca as f,Il ~
mystery as ever. Another was the late En.
pefor Of France, half stolid and all deyiIisb
| cunning marking his face as plainly az ever
ana the wax all back in the ends of his mo,,s.
Gche, quite different from what it was at Se-
aah' But saw few men whom knew or
whose names are worth cataloguing. The
aistincdon OF these people was social dis
| JUNCTION; their merit is to be of the peer
age, or to dwell in Belgravia and
Mayfair, and they held in their
| hands parti-colored tickets of admis.
sion to st. PauPs, vouchers to earIe-evod
policemen Of their right to be on the street
ana to pass Temple Bar, distance fhr ho.
yond our ken. A good many of them. nm
| very sure, did not reach that gloomy mortal
tlll past the hour when the printed law Of
scotland Yard gave them the right to enter
but that Is their affair. Before I LET thcm'
tali pass must not omit to say with certain
regret, though with no surprise. that tbe
French ex-Emperor was in one of the Queens
carriages, clearly going to st. Paul's as a rovnl
guest, and that when recognized, MS he was.
by good many club-loungers, he was sa,
luted with respect, and his passage hcralded
by half-subdued cheer. All, what it is 70
nave sat on throne! The crimes by which
YOU climb TO it arc small matter. = =
ana then the one carriage which contained
tue persons whom all the great city had come
OUT 10 sce-the carriage which bore the
t I'M and Princess Of Wales and the Queen.
AaAal, hearty, swelling, long-continued cheer
| preceded and accompanied and followed
them. The Prince looked uncommonlv well
after his long iness--pale, certainly, but ful
enough in the face, and with SLIGHT trace ri
suffering. The Princess was Charming. rs
she is always, in blue velvet. The Queen
rode IN black and crminc. Ali three bowed
continually, the Prince keeping his face
| turned TO the clubs on the other side of the
street, among whose guests he recognized
10 doubt, scores of personal friends and
acquaintance. Amid the cheers there was
almost hush. There came, as it were
in moment, an idea into the mind o
the vast throng that there was yo,1no
man who had quite lately and very nearly
escaped death, and they looked on him witt
Il sort of wonder. and, perhaps. even with ;
religious feeling, and some genuine senti
mcnt mixed with all the conventional anf
merely fashionable loyalty which had beer
upperlnost all day. They passed in mo
mcnt. There was nothing to follow: no
thing but great wave Of humanity, whicl
came Sllrging irrcslstbly up the street ant
filled it, and threatened to roll over the pro
cession itself. but which did not. bein!
checked and all the time kept well dikcd OH
by a breakwater, half police and half soldiers
From Kate Fields Letter of the Inside Of ST. Paus
Peers and pecreSses tlutter about, and com
moneis begin to arrive. Lord Ripon, il
court dress, looks the picture of good nature
lS though the Alabama rested lightly on hi
shoulders. Mr.. Lowe smiles us handly Il
though he had not met his match in the poo
pie who Kissed him in his progress TO the ca
thedral. All here come Mr.. and Mrs. Glad
stone; she in black velvet and white lace
and lie in court uniform. Mrs. GladSton
knccls for one moment, and people lookin,
OH nudge one another withsurprise. swell,
whispers one grdnde Dame, "you know She
the Minister'S wife. and thinks somethin!
is expected of her." Gladstone puts OF
his white kid gloves, and bows to his friends
but his is the most Worn aud tired face
sec. Hungry? how hungry we all are. s.
We null out our luncheonS. and munich, ant
| mun;h. and MUNICH The grdpde dame il
front lays aside her opcra-ylaSs in order t.
sip sherry and we conclude. when we Sc
both Mr.. and Mrs. Gladstone, peers, peer
csSeS. and commoncrs using their opera
glasses and dcnortinS themselves as if the
were ut the theatre, that this is truly rcli
miollS gathering, and that we are all dccpl
interested by the gravity of the occasion.
4 sensation! everybody rises. Opera
glasses to the front! see the top Of gol'
mace, and know that the Speaker Of tn
House has arrived General suspense cnsucs
Il man in the organ loft, who really has tn
best position, waves handkerchief; "Got
save the Queen" is played choir of tw'
hundred men in white robes rise the diStin
@lliShcd but tall women in front of me stan'
on their chairs. and see nothing. This
too much, so stand on my chair. all othc
women following the example. Had the roya
pew been raised four feet instead OF two ever.
one could have seen with perfect ease; bll
no Yankee was consulted. by dlnt Q
much gymnaStic exercise / see the roya
family. and AN not impressed by the specta
Gle. j think OF the "cost of royalty" AM
gaze upon the pensioners all in TOW. Ih
Queen is exceedingly plain; her sons arc no
in the least good-looking; the Prince o
Wales appears to better advantage than h
has for some time, for the reason that he j
thinner and his face has lost IFS rcdncSS. Ii
is by no means pale, however, seeming t
have been tanned by outdoor life, and mp
pears less affected hy the scene than an
other member Of his family, his eldest bor1
excepted, who, beinga child, is as restless
q child ought to be.
The Queen and the Princess Alexandra
who is really pretty and ladyllkc. bow thei
heads from the beginning to The end of Til
service. which, fortunately, is but three
quarters of al hour long. Opcl1l-slasseS al
brought to focus on the Prince of Wales
4 Tie Dc,un is sung which should be spellc'
fcd,un,, for, composed by Mr.. Go>s, orS:snls
of ST. Pa,ll's. it is IL poor 4 composition Il
one might expect, but is sung better than
deserves.
TIE FREDERICK COUNTY POISONING CASE
FURTHER PART1cuLARs.-Frcdcri ND.
March 1S.--Thc very distressing case o
poisoning communicated TO the So, on yes
tcrlay. which occurred at B,rlittsyillc, abou