The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-29

the head OF the graves OF StesaI Hans az
entirely obscured by the heavy growth OF
vines and weeds. do not know whose
duty it IL to attend to this work. noeveI
II be, they should certainly see that az arg
attended to, and not allow any polI'o 'uoS ~
suffer. and sursly not give one section uoiS
attention than another. a. "a
The London Season.
NOW TO GET INTO THE PRESENCE OF ROYALTY
THE QUEENS INCOME.
From Mr.. &C. Fulton's last letter to the
baltimore American we take the following:
This is what is called the dull season IN
: london, when Everybody VINO IS any
fody.'' as we have been frequently teid, IS
out OF town. II this is the case there m nI,
be great many nobodles : at nomsi n
moaning Of this is that the Royal family ana
thearistocracy are all at their summer palaces
md residences 1t is, therefore, the season
when even those people Of distinction VINO
remoin in London shun the public parks
and nj, nIaces OF fashionable resort, as "it
is not the thing, you know" TO appear III
!. Dublic after the season Is over.
There are certain days set apart during
the London season. at intervals OF three or
four weeks, ON which the Queen formally
receives the wives and daughters OF foreign
ambassadors end OF the prominent olncers
of State, with such Indies OF rank as may
desire 10 be formally presented 10 her. oh
these occasions the foreign MINISTER'S are
permitted to present foreign iaoies OF u
less pretentious circle OF society VINO
NAV not desire to go to the expense OF
a very elaborate and costly court dress
for the purpose OF spending few mo-
ments in the glittering presence OF royal
fy. All that IL required is to proceed FORTH
with 70 a court milliner and dress
maker and engage their services. Ladies
must wear plEmes, lappets, and trains; ana
flebutar,tes are always expected TO wear
white dresses-iewelry, OF course, ut us
cretion. 1t is proper. also, TO De aDie 10
drive to Buckingham Palace In an imposing
carriage, with imposing coachmen anu ioot-
men, each Of whom should pc PROVIDED
with huge bouquet, stuck imposlngiy In
his waistcoat. The sight opposite Buckans-
ham Palace on these occasions is really
worth seeing, and furnishes the Stranger
with fair idea Of the grandeur and gandi-
ness of state rageantry as it exists in Eng
land. A lady writing in the Queen, the
lady's newspaper OF England, thus de-
scribes the scene:
"New liyeries are the general rule on
these occasions, and the bouquets carried
by coachmen and footmen grow longer and
more imposing each season. These, and
very cursory peep Of q nodding plume, q
Dretty face, and few yards OF tulle, seemed
to give intense satisfaction to the thousands
OF people who lined all the routes to the
palace. 49,
:. Reaching the palace-gateS, and passing
through the courtyard, you arrive at the
second quadrangle, where from beneath u
fine portico, the steps covered with crimson
in hp n
france-halI, paved with variegated marble,
and surrounded ty columns with imposing
Corfnahian capitals. Here the spectacle
was, as it always is, decidedly pretty. The
uniforms, the co,lrt.dresses, the scarlet coats
of the servants, and the brilliant dresses
sweeping lip the grand staircase, showed to
the best possible advantage; the Beef-Eat-
ers, in their quaint old dress that has de-
scended to them frem Bluff Halls reagn,
adding not 4 little to the vista. Flom
the top OF this staircase you cross
ed the picture-ganeT, and then, by
slow degrees, made your way through a
magnificent s1litof rooms until you reached
the presence chamber; but in the mean
while, unless you arrived very late, you
were pretty sure to baxe an hours Waltlag
before you. There Was pienty to see, hori-
ever. The suit Of rooms is very fine Zone
(.
Rooml, for they are all lined with rich silk
damask in lieu Of paper, send have heavy
ornamental ceilings, one mass OF gliding,
gold paneilinSs. gold .candelabra, and
heavy costly decorations everywhere In
this Bh.e-Reom hang fu!l+length likenesses
of the Prince ConsoTt and the Queen, by
Winterhalter; and in every room are pic
lures worth seeiug, especially Notable among
them some specimens OF Dutch art in the
last room which you enter as. you leave the
Thrane-R00m.
.sThc rule is that as you arrive you take
upyour position in the disappointment open ;
for as the rooms till. the gentleBen-at-arms
livery imposing, by the s|ay, in their red
uniforms and high helmets, with long,
waving piumes) cross their halserds and
prevent further progress Fortae benefit
OF those about to be presented, en- whose
account / give SO many minute details,
I may as well say that in good truth
there is nothing Mt aR formidable in
the ceremony-eyerythlng is Rtade so
easy. The attendants remove your train
and arrange 1t properly Oh the ground i;
YOU have only to follow the lady uRmedi-
ately before you, on the edge Of whose train
YOU will very probably tread, and veIy pro-
badly, too. you will have an opportunity Of
seeing her presented airst. When you find
yourself Immediately In front Of the Queen
the Lord Chamberlain. who stands ,pext
her, will take your card from your hand
fyou must be sure to have removed your
Tight-hand eioyeA and read your name ard
that OF the lady who presents you to her
Majesty. You courtesy dow, place ungloyed
hand under the soyereSgA'S extended before
you, bend over it and kiss it, rise, and
make your references to the royal person
ages beside Der. 4
I" 1t doesn't take bali as long to do as al
have taken to describe it, and before you |
hardly know where yoa are your train hes
been replaced on your arm by the royal
pages. Others will be in front OF the Queen.
and the officials will first perSaasiyely, then
peremptorily. request yol to Saoye on. Peo-
pie are apt 10 be frightened BY the fact
that they must walk backwards away from
the sovereign, and by nc naeanS turn their
back upon her; but. there is 40 real diff |
Guilty about 1t, for by the time you have
made few steps the crowd has lHterposed
between you and the royal GaEcle, and,
saolens rotenss you betake yourself to the
next room, where an occasional glimpse Of
feather Is about all you can see OF what Is
going on In the apartment you have Just
left ..s %, ,.,s.,
In the debate In the Commons last week
Sir Charles Dixie said that the income OF the
Queen was Esa6, 600, or about 81 ,925, 600 |
per annEm; but that she did not spend one
half Of It, Notwithstanding the act OF Pariia-3
ment specially stated that E326.000 OF this
SUM was to be spept In maintaining the |
state which no n he uositiOn of Soye-