The New York herald., 1876-09-05

poor wasted body recognized by the well known
lett on his left arm by lions grip. The head Is
is iull Of daring action. Livingstone wore
mussache and side whlskers. but shaved Snri
OF his character comes out definitely than II
would were the mouth concealed as 1t must have been
Ia the desert The statue exhibits strength, tells the
beros story 10 way that appeals TO popular sympathy
aud Is well modelled Altogether II is most credable
to Mrs. HILL AS the sculptor has been IN correspond
ence with New YORK gentlemen, win view 10 re-
peating this statue for Central Park IL Il pleasant TO
these gentlemen that their interest Is not mis-
placed one very radical change, however. should be
made In replica The present statue is one foot and
half shorter than ought to be to produce the best
possible effect This Mrs Hill frankly acknowledges,
stating this defect have been caused by The size of
the room in which she modelled Mrs Hill would
willingly work anew sympathetic n subject, and
IN doing 1t would produce yet excellent work Of
si5, 600 $40 ''A''' ''''N
STATUES RAMPANT.
or making many statues there Is no end While the
bronze Livingstone was being unveiled all Edinburgh,
from Holyrood Castle to Charlotte square, distance OF
two miles, was putting on gala dress OF flags and
bunting. AT half-past eight on the morning OF the
10th the great gun told tnat the Queen had arrived
after absence Of several years Why had she Gomez
To unvcl national equestrian statue Of the Prince
CorsorL This quiet university town did not know
itself The municipal governments laid cut 81 600 or
fs, 900 in loyal preparation. "Ihatsa mere trine,
exclaimed one exuberant Scolchman. "lts only
penny's tax in pound"
srREEr DECORATIONS
Venetian masts went up all along the route OF the
royal cortege Flags OF all and coors danced in
the air an shopkeepors did their best to demonstrate
the loyalty OF trade One tradesman burst into Latin
In letters OF gold read:-
''Scmper Verus,"
aud below
"Amor Omnia vinctn
In the distance 'verusN looked amazingly like
Venus, word that nttcd well into amor" and It's
legend; but what V. L. had to do with tho Goddess OF
Love failed TO see soon discovered my mistake.
one modest house invited Her Majesty to "como
olten" several notices bade her "welcome, and tho
National Bible Society OF Scotland informed the same
parsonage that the secret of England's great
ness' lay IN very badly painted testament. One
memory of her Queens beloved consort;' two Others
stated that rhc me nory OF The just Is blessed" and
great house IN st Andrews square actually dropped
into poetry IL was the only bit Of poetry VISIBLE
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime.
And departing. par. ,.n ,oaye s.,,. behind IN , us
The Is somewhat familiar and may be found In
Longfcllow This is no place to question the veracity
an American poet whose lame Is worldwide; but do
the careers OF great men necessarily remind us that
make our lives submoY Have not some Of
the greatest men been very much lower than tho
angels in morality, and are the sands Of time bit
more respectful 10 footprints than any other sandsy
carping disposition BELTS the bright and gay
plumagc OF the town, SO merely lay the matter DO
lore you TO ponder on in suicidal moments
BARRcADEs
Not content with making the beautiful town look us
though II had broken out into carnival OF color tho
authorities put up barrcades that suggested French
revolutions. 1t is we'll to tho side OF
prudence; but really. the amount OF money un-
necessarily expended IN keeping the people
The carriage route fenced of on both
sides through every street but George street, and
rae Scotchman heard to say 1t al comes of
having old fogies in Office. Every ought to be
turned out when he reaches forty. He's nae good after
that 1t appears that at the last pageant in Edn-
burgh old woman fell down an Out OF re-
gard for this Old woman barricades went and people
had an opportunity OF grumblng. They embraced IT,
PICTURESQUE EDINBURGH.
Indeed old EdinDurgn was beautifully picturesque.
From Arthur's Sent oated the Scottish Standard IRON
the Castle waved Engands colors; look where we
might rainbow tints danccd before our eyes, and more
than one American flag hung loItily and nodded ap
proYinely Most OF our flags belonged TO hotels but
colors served to drgpe SIDE OF SCOTS monu-
ment, and oddly enough. that side adjoined Living
stones statue. The French nas and ours were the
only ioreig nacs that mingled with the native
CEREMONY.
There three ways OF seeing the Queen-1rst, to
stand tie and be Jammed; second, SIT a
window third. go the enclosure where the statue
was o be unveiled chose the and had my cloak
torn OF c IN attempting to get to what was the holy of
holes IN the of the unnvited. Charlotte square
occupies less space than Union square in New York.
Behind looms up ST. Georges church with its great
dome In the middle OF the square stood Prince
Albert, done up in yellow cotton and looking like
bundle OF nothing IN particular. The square itself was
fenced off III pens people gong TO whichever enclosure
was Indicated the card OF invitation. thought Of
prlzc animals cattle fair Tho band of the seventy
ninth regiment, the Queens own. uckled our
while waited for royalty, and the band master, who
was gorgeous creature in kit and bare knees, de-
clared that he was as proud OF his baton. which had
Just been gwen him by number Of Scotch gentlemen,
the Lord Provost was OF the baronetcy Her Majesty
intended to offer hIm.
AWAITING ROYALTY.
There was no procession. First came n squad OF jack
fS,s. who acted guard by standing at the head OF
Gorge street aud Keeping the people back Then carno
of the Seventh hussars, the Duke OF Coz
naughts regiment The uniform Is dark bluc, tight
nttlng Jacket laced with yellow Iur cap with red ton
which tails over one side Ike tassel The hussars
busted themselves by forcing their humane horses
push the people into less than they could breathe
IN. Several women screamed with fright one woman
tainted. aud more than the hussars were Kissed
ior doing more than thor duty The crowd was thor
oughly well behaved III the 5arrcadcs had been
erected this particular spot they would have had
raisoa defre.
gowns and black cooked hats; then followed wise mon
black gowns Ike Royal Company OF Archcrs. dressed
in dark green with red bading, attracted much at
tention The archers are most ancient company, COM
posed entirely Of nobemen and gentlemen, who pay
loo guncas as entrance iee compete annually for
the Queens prlze in archery, eat several dinners,
never drlll and never hard Earl Rose
berry is AN archer and the Duke OF Buccleush com.
nands the company. Tho archcrs form body guard
to the Queen al scotch festivals
HER MAJEsrY's APPROACH
Four O'Clock came round and The roar OF many
throats announced tho coming OF Her Majesty. Hand
kerchics waved in every direction. More hussars
dashed up; the Queens ontridcrs, IN wnite
then the royal household
open carra.es Sir William Jenper, the physician and
Mr. Cross, Home Secretary, beng OF them. Lastly
drove up the Queen in black sik with white feathers
her hat: the Princess Beatrice in lavender silk and
Prince Leopold, IN Highland costume The Duke OF
Connaught rode beside his mother in the UNIFORM of
his reglmouL John Brown jumped quickly from the
rumble and helped the Queen out OF tho carriage, Her
Majesty bowling IN stately manner as she walked up
the short the covered dais prepared her
She was received by the Duke OF Bucclcugh. A man
beside muttered :-"Well she Is not handsome, but
she has dignity"
HAPPENED.
Needless 10 dwell upon the prayer and the speeches
made The Duke OF Bucclcugn SAID something the
Queen said something there was singing by maio
choir under the leadership or Mr Oakcoy Musical
Doctor. WnoN the music tho
Queen sent the Duke OF Bucclcugh in
search of Mr. Oakelcy whom she
phmentei BY royal command the yellow cotton
clbgng the statue suddenly disappeared and Prince
Albert stood before his wife, nty icet above the
ground. AT thus moment the sculptor, John Steel,
presented and met with gracious reception.
Finally. the Queen walked around the STATUE accom-
panied by the Duke OF Buccleugh tho Lord Provost,
Mr.. steel and Mr. Oakeey, aud seemed to bc in the
best Of humcrs. When she got INTO her carriage she
actually laughed to the great delight OF every and
when Johu Brown, who mas a most amusing swagger,
took his TIE rumble aud the oval party drove
OF, very genuine rose IRON people who
gwen to demonstration. All that have skctchcd took