, 1874-09-20
. FAMILIAR TALK.



| vehicle Of any sort, lad Jet been invented for
| the comfort and convan;a,ca ~ t,oro,.,, NV
W. e,o =. NA'e'e.o' Det-
--s ta' e ..u-ua1eo stneo tno -Sot"an .oreluese
ineu si1u "omen' 1foaa The hing to tae Eert, had
been obliged, when making journeys that did
not allow of water-cony eyance to ride on horses
or oo ofoot T, ~, t,a s,1ons;a ,,...,., =,
nrocees;ons ~ w,,ic,, l,;.tnrr ~ ~ ~, ea a
P.ooe'01ou' ~ "n'en .ih'lo'y II so 1uA 1oS ages
hoss and Queens. knights and ladies,-tho
whole gallant throng that composed the brilliant
spectacle. we're mounted on horses whose
sumntnons canar;sona formal IN ;ns;,,;cco7,
n,,t - 49, ,.....;c.s...
sA.t " 'o' n's';''''lceos anu e"s1'S oisP1as.
th anclen1 statute prescribed thds 'Ihe day
before the coronation the King should come from
tho Tower of London 10 1,is na1.ca Mt Westnoin.
sicr tirono t1,o n1.t or t,,o c;t, ,,,o,,,,to5 -,
,ssa '0. $500. -. lno 10y mouuea on
III tho sight of tle people" F-oissart, the
quaint old chrouicer, WHO witnessed the coroua-
tic, of Henry ~. TINS t.ecr;.,es Tho ,-orraaa
=, Do,;.,,1,~o;.
- oAo
~ h lns uas1 m 1eparlea M tro1n sc IoweT
sbout III; ,st ~ ~ i; ~ - re Ma nas H. aao
panied Win ths rrnca his snn. and s9 Dats, a-
Ears, and eighteen Barcna and in all knights and
nqures, ?o3 horse Then the King had ghort
ooat OF cosh Of gold alter the manner Of Al;1ayne,
ana Ss a. was mounted an White soursI md hls garter
d ,A.p it rt , - .1 @ T nn
ya,t in their mast-rs Hy.rv nj r,n horrsses nn,
Lombard merchants in London and aynry crsfs with
their livery ard device. Thus he waa conveyed 10
Westminster. lie WAS in number 6,ooo horse.
This was brave sight inleed,--vell worth
looking at.-yct only aucf1 one as Frequently
entertained the citizens OF London
When Catherine OF Arra.oE .ame to England,
in 1901, to marry Prince Arthur, =hc entered The
Capital Of London bridge, r;dioc ea a large
mule, after tue manner Of Spain, with the Duke
OF York afterwards Henry WHY on her right
and the Losate Of Rome on her left hand. Fol
lowing her came four Of her Spanish ln1Eas, a!so
riding on mules. with MI English lady, dressed
in cloth Of gold and riding On paIfrev. leading
each mule Az the Spanish ladies' did not sit in
riding OH the same ride az the English eaues-
trlaas, the couples seemed to be riding back to
back. ito tho great tribuation OF the herald who
records it." When katherine. after her marriage
jourueyel t. Ludlow, Shropshire, where
she and her husband scent tue brief
period Of her wedletl life, she rode
on pillar behind the Master OF Horse, with
eleven ladies' following on paIfroys. When sho
was tired, she rested iu little lane between two
horses. Queen Mary aud Queen Elizabeth rode
from the Tower to their coronation on saddle
horses. in tho midst Of stately and g1ittcripc
equestrian procession.
Littcrs vero sometimes used On state occa-
sious, until the time OF Charles l. Wien Anne
Bui1en vas crowned, she VAS conyeyed to West.
not covered nor yelled, which was lod by two
pal(roys CLAD in white damaeE down to the
ground, head and Ill, led by her footmen .
So she, with all her company. and the Mayor,
rode forth to Temple Bar, Which was newly
painted and repaired, where stood also divers
singing men and children. till abe came to Vest
Minister Hall. which Was richly hanged with
cloth of arras, and new glazed And in the
1niddcst of the hall she was taken ont Of hcr
litter"
Tho first coach thai apncared in London be-
Ioneed to Queen EIiz,beih. and vas. nccort,inr
to Stow. introduced nv a Dutchn,an named
Guil1iam Booncp. who acted AZ coacLman to the
Oueeu. The crcat ladies' of the Court. stnnv by
uediately procured them coaches whcrewiih to
initiate the Ioyal state: aud soon tie fashion
prevailed among tho ric,, and Iuxurous Of ridin1-
up aud down behind one, two three. and cvon
four pairs OF f,orees Bnt thesa early coaches
we're cumlrous rclliclce. scarcely cleyatcd above
the ground and runbling aud ioiting in their
progress in u most uneasy way. London streets
were so narrow in those days that opposite neigh
nors t might almost snake nanas without stirring
.ycrr ION, and mi NJ nits a'd snn"s "ery ~erv
pcrilous and noyous, a. we'll for tIo kings
subjects on horseback on foot and with car
Iingcs' Neyesthelcss, III 1856, tho coaches in
L9nonn naa ana l1s SUBURBS n1naoeleo aooye ooou;
bron eht homo Viii, him from soan vl,;t,,a1t,
had gono to WOO the daughter Of Philip w.
three scdau-chairs, the first that had been seen
III London. There was q good deal OF cla:nor
aion @ sne pe9pie ~ ~ nosel niGus ~ aea'ltao
:. ficaradinr Enrljshnrn intn slaves and heasts
of burden; u yot aedan-chairs tlourisled despite
the popular Indignation. They were better
aoaptea to INC rough, narrow streets than
eo .ta - ~ cti n,ai a and .ioie I
'1ssdyantaees and tho dainty bean and fas,,inn.
abjo belle eometi,nes cot upset in tho miro or
were even deserted bv the capricious and
absolute chair1nen, and left TO nick their