New-York tribune., 1879-12-21
SOME OF THE SIGHTS.

was 80 preeocious 20 be special cOrfespoh-
dent OF q daily newspaper when was I'D sDo''
cothes In fact. the paper with which nave peeh eo'
nected twenty-five years did not exist wheh saw
my drst show But apprehend that had some a"ou"'
Of eoonium in my eye and Providence may have gited
m. win a sufficiently retentiye memory to garner
w him myself the pressons Of the pageants and shows
vieh | nave seen. I hold that there Is nothing
ne show. IT speaks the universal language We All
understand and, though AFFECT at times 10 be per-
meated with other ideas and Interested IN literary or
ssientinc culture give good show and we are more
lighted with IL than with all the islns ana oogles
which science has given us.
In has been nv lot in many countries and during
many years to see some famous shows. the shows
that have seen" must serve as my text to-nlgn'.
1 40 back so long ago as the year lsjS, when
was a small boy arrayed in the preposterous
garb known st that time as a skeleton SUIT
The news came, one hot July day In 1887.
that william the Fourth dead He was not so bad
king ss kings went and conducted himself In fact ~
well as one could expect from king WITH head IKE
a pineapple" lie died. and was sneceeded py 'e'"r'a
Alexandria daughter OF Edward Duke OF Kent Forth
with the Nation went mad with joy. They were Loyalty
sorry for the death Of the monarch nevertheless they
were exuliant that a young Queen had aseended the
throne. They were sick and tired OF a
succession of mad bad kings and they reoced that the
throne was to he filed BY princess instead @ rd 81 oy
clristened her "the b0nnv English rose.'
THE QUEENS CORONATION.
At the Queens coronation was privileged, as a small
boy to occupy several inches OF entire space In booth
in Paraments and to the royal procession pass by
At this lapse honestly confess that two features
only OF that wonderful pageant dwell IN my mind
could see, in the first place, the horses One don't
easily forget a horse First there the private
stud of Her Majesty. Splendid Arabian horses pranc
ing named, aud exciting the peoples surprise
by their wonderful horses. then the grea, train
horses that drew the Mayors coach, the large
black chargers of the Life Guards, the stud
of eight cream or eoffee-colored Hanoverian
horses which drew the great gilded ark in which Her
Majesty sat, pale, trembling, brownhalred girl. tue
shoulders. This was Victoria, the Queen. can see
her now, the barrier line between smiles ana
cneek and struggling for supremacy. Oddly enough
that fair young glr SIN swelis IN opr p MINDS nn
rious idiosyncraey the people Of England,
without any suggestion from any quarter without any
have unanimously agreed retain on the coinage aud
line stamps the cfgy or the Queen as she was IN 1888
was 10 us sweet, and relief after so many
years of tyranny and corruption. .,-
IL wish faithful record OF the coronation,
would advise 10 consult a poem-a buresqne
poem, but Of wonderful historic value at TINS lime II
been written by Barney Brannigan ~ the ingoldsDy
Legenas There you % mMd an enS % Fecs Hi
You will find it mentioned there mat az az ong , ,9e
guests were Alderman Harmer, Editor Of The Weekly
Dispatch who has long gone to dust, and Miss
-slnce Lady-AngeIla BurdettCoutts whose IN
the annals OF Christian philanthropy has been traced
Count Won stroglon, the RUSSIAN AmDSsaaor,
St of'"f Her 0GiSje Mestys table, somehow came by
cold game and chicken pie. which he deyoured
in 1888. In 1856 remember being IN 81 Petersburg
in eurious little house tuilt by Peter the Srea,-
ana there saw on his knees an old, Old gentle
hi a%sed DGy9ds his Srson casa
to his carriage for he very aged aud intrm This
was told was the Count Won strogon. lie was making
81 the time OF the coronation we had monster show
Hyde Park aers Wsrs an Se nh an |nS b
dwarf aud the spotted girl aud the pg-faced lady.
shows know nor which was toe more exciting. And
all theatres were open for nothing and the debts OF
aud we repeated constantly the anecdote that when
M Kingston Palace e news was brought to her by her
that sine was Queen OF Great Britain and Ireland she
calmly drew herself up and said cup OF tea aud
me Times newspaper" [aughterl. uxuries which had
Teen denied TO ner during her homage by her exem-
pary but austere mamma.
IN WRENCH SCHOOL.
This bright and most brilliant show indeed for little
hoy OF ten succeeded by heavy
mists by blackest nightly being sent TO pursue the
ugubrious existence OF French school, where was the
only English boy of school OF 500. Even this
istence illuminated by some shows. There was the
Carnival of Boeuf Gra and during the 27h, the 2sth
and 20 OF July Paris burst into iubation, and from
the Champs Elysees 10 the Arc de Trjumphe
grand scene IN 1889 permanent constitutional mon
archy was established based the assumption OF hav
ing citizen king, Louis Philippe, and at
that time were newcomers, and bunting eyery-
where, gratuitOns theatres, and all sorts OF
demonstrations 10 celebrate the establishment Ot the
constitutional monarchy There was always some eele-
Aud so we went on until Is4O In this connection
tell perhaps the greatest show have ever seen,
my dear mother took me to the house OF the Hon:
II Re slexS 4 there
Musieo the celebrated German traveller, remarkable
for never washing His hands Having been exposfnlated
with by "A young lady tue uncleany state OF those
cxremities he reported to have exclaimed. "Whatl
call them dirtyi You should my feet" llaughIerl
beg TO stare that this Is historical
Among the guests was one oy whose appearance was
sm soT. OF WITH
chestnut myustache, clad 10 the preposterous
oat than % tnst the %
ILangnter the speakers swallowtais osciIlated |
wastcoat of divers colors many besides under
waistcoat, above which appeared green satin stock
with. his butonhoe, large eagle in brilliants OF
the purest water. THIS was Prince Louis Napoleon
Bouapare. the hero of ridiculous escapade at siras
bourg, whence, after speedy collapse and short im
prisonmeDt he had been sent to the United states
Of America.
NApoLEoN's SECOND BURIAL
Perched on the branch of tree I'm the Champs
Elysces for he was then boy at school Parts
Mr. saa said he caught sight of black OF surgng
expectsnt humanity, extending from the Tueries to
the Arc de pEtoite, patiently waiting with
their craned necks until they the huge
funerea pass surmounted by canopy and people
bail of golden bees and blazoned with the laurel
wreath and the letter " n " OF HIM who had revised
them as his insignia will close the coffin that cleaned
with gold the poor worn cloak, sword, and little
cacked hat-the cloak OF Marengo. the sword OF
Anstertz, the hat Of Jena"
In 1913 the permanent constitutional monarchy had
ANONYMOUSLY colaps and Mr. Sala Just about that
time was made n spectator OF the Chartist riots when
certain persons had got into their heads that they
wanted liberty than they possessed. They wanted
variety OF things such annual paraments ayment
of nlebers equal electoral districts, abolition Of
property qualification, the majority OF which have
since been granted them without revolution at all
With the example rebellion before them
Channel, England was then very disturbed and danger
ous. To provide against possible outbreak,
and esnecallv against tile action of gath