, 1877-08-11

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us that she did \ special cable dispatch
to the Herald assured us, yesterday, that
she did not. Nor only this. The. dis
crepancy is wider, and full of michins
mallecho The Herald distinctly implies
not only that the Queen failed to treat
Mr.. and Mrs. Grant as she would have
treated any casual European ex-King and
ex-Cueen, but that she was very much
veXed at their coming to Windsor In
fact, 1t implies that she must have put
everybody under her orders up to snub-
blng her American visitors, and making
things as disagreeable to them as possible.
The thing began at Paddington Station.
where, as W. a1e informed, although
some mention of the intended visit had
been made, strange to say, the Americans
walked into the central waiting room, on
the southwestern front of the station,
without being recognized" Obviously
there was no brass band in waiting, nor
even so much as one small boy to cry
" hOoray Minister Pierrepont. whose
hand is visible throughout this mastery
communication, tries to smooth over this
part of the business by saying that !" the
Americans were consequently spared the
trouble of acknowl dying demonstration
which would undoubtedly have been
made. This is Spartan, but the secret
anguish pierces through this secret diplo-
matte afectation of indifference. When
they reached Windsor it was worse. "Sir
Thomas Biddulph had been delegated TO
receive General Grant at the Windsor sta
ton, but he was not punctual, and the
arrival was, therefore, unceremonious.
Here again comes in the diplomatic hand
We feel that there was no royal four in
hand waiting, and the dreadful certainty
strikes home upm the mind that the
" Americans " must have gone up from
the station to the Castie-in cab At
the Castle the climax of ignominy was
capped. 1T vas intimated that the
Americans had come down too soon, ike
the man IN the moon who prematurely
descended :" to inquire the way to Nor
wlch, and - the Queen was not there to
receive them. Who did receive them
We are not plainly told Certainly not
Sir Thomas Biddulph, of whom We never
hear again until he craftily creeps in at
dRner-tlme, when he appears to have
been raised TO the peerage as " Lord Bid
dulph, doubtless as a reward for his in
science To the " Americans" The Herald
dispatch intimates that it was the 90 Cham
berlain who welcomed the representa-
tives of the great Republic. But this is
very vague, and we suspect, shudderins
as we write, that it was really" the cham
berInaid. " This Is a sickening suspicion
but who can resist it when it goes on TO
read that this parsonage took the ''Amer-
leans upstairs to look out Of the win
dows, and there explained TO them
the phenomenon of the extensive view
which they would have seen had the
weather been clear, by stating " that the
tower stands ON the summit of hill"
are not uncommonly selee-
ted from among the senior Wranglers OF
the two universes but we doubt if any
ever got quite down to this
level.
Finally, after three hours spent in this
intellectual company, a commotion was
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a few seconds the royal equipage was seen
to enter the court yard and the Queen
alighted Her Majesty looked sun burned
and somewhat ill-humored. a"
From that smiling descent to the foot
Of the staircase to this dreadful picture
what gulf stretches Are we not right
in saying that the Government Of the
United States ought at once TO call upon
Minister Pierepont for full, true and
particular account of this whole affair, to
b. authenticated by his own name and
signature: As things now stand it is in
1 most uncomfortable condition, worse
even than that of poor Mrs Grant at the
PierrepOnt reception, whose dresses has
b sen so pulled and haul d at by contend
ng literary miliiners that she has been
eft, so to speak, without a rag TO cover
her.-N. Y. WOUld