New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-06-06


now, nor Cecil either; and Leicester WOuiu
find ii harder work than ever to MAKE iovs 70
such lot of tag rag and tIumpeIy. garley SIS %
the place for yOu.n What otbeEabsurd remarks
/ might have addressed to the Virgin Queen, SO
called, do not know but just tnen my iI m f
with the pole directed our attention 10 10y VI
rusty iron which he was pleased 10 can NM
struments of Torture "a we c0lleG Car1 oT 20
which severed the fair young head OF ESSEX
from his shapely shoulders. l felt more ana
mole like moving on and getting mOutnIuI vi
air without smell Of blood IN ~ pG Son m neS
friend the B. E. tapped with ms oIncial std an
the block used at the execution OF tnaU OIu
Scotch scOundrel, Lord Lovat, for his paruclpa-
ton i'm the rebellion of FOrty-hVe. Does the
reader remember his portrait etched by HOgarth
in l746, with that great, coarse, leer1ng race
and body of most unherOic obesity EVERYBODY
who has read the history OF the lntrgues agaisse
the HanOverian dynasty from lIlo 10 lt ~
lied, shufled, cheated, and cOntT1Ved 10 9e upon
both sides at once. recOllected Dr: J0hnson,s
lines: "Pit ed by gentle minds kllmaInE1cR5
died the brave, Bamerlno, were on tuy sue.
The greatest disgrace which befel these honor
able Gentlemen was to die for the same cause
with this unsreakabe rascal, And YET see
what fine mouths mean men can make AZ I uney
figure upOn the scaffold Lovat quoseu ni h pa-
aces DuIee ct decOrum est pro pdtTTa NOR De-
fore he laid his wicked old head upon tne OlOcH,
and died exactly as If he had been martyr nt
for canOnlzatl0n. - =, ,.oLI
It was pleasant after all these disagreea6le
sights and suggestions to get rid OF the Dully
beef-eater, with the roses and thlStles anu
shanrocks n most royal nOsegay, upon MS eX1
massive BOSOM while he put himself at the head
of another string of explorers, painting 10 De-
hold the old aTmOr and other iron. mOhgery.
maid down (cheerfuly) second sixpence for 9
sight of such jewelry as seldom sparKles anu
CLEANS before plpbian eyes-such golden dlSnes
as pebian mouths are rarely fed from. me
grave remark of the learned genuenah MHo
comniled nv gulde-bOOk (prlce, slApence) Is
worth quoting: "Jewels," says this sagaclous
person, "requre the cOncOmitants OF royaity,
of beauty, and of grandeur, with which they
are ever associated ~ our thonThts, 10 oe s ds
couraging, and might have deferred me ana my
c0mpanions from going into the Wakeheiu
Tower; for we couldn't expect her biaJesty ~
be present at the pI1ce which we palu lot au
mission (sixpence) that we might see uIose
bIilliants flashing upon her sacred person. b1C
the guide book man was g0Od enough ~ nIu
"Stlll, the splendOr Of this magnlilctht display
of gems will strike the visitor" 30 we went
i'm to be struck And there instead OF a miser-
able masculine beef-eater was lovely young
woman not smiling to be sure, Tor she was en-
gagged in a serious business, but Sill Wltn
bland and amabe cOunteDance. Shr hau
wand in her hand, like tairy gouInoIntt;I ~ &c
fairy play, and she pointed out the Deautlts oI
the collection, and told us which was WhIch
with the utmost amlabiiitS and rapldty'
@Crown of her Majesty Queen Victoria observe
the sapphire (tap) st. Eiwards crown WIN WIN
diamonds rubies emeralds pearls and sap
phires (tap): ancient queens crown lmPl
queens diadem with diamonds and pearls
| Gap) staff of st. Edward 1t Is OF beaten gola
| (tapl it is carried before the king (or QUEEN at
| the coronation the royal sceptre (tapl sctpne
! with the dove ornamental with diamonds uap)
| golden sceptre Of Mary Queen or William the
Third (tap) baptismal font used ~ the CHRIS
| tening of the rOval children ltapI." III was
| / sola
! there was as much money in 1t as II IT had been
a budget presented to thr House OF Commons
| 1t really awakened poor mans sense OF MS
| poverty, but / went out thinking now many
| headaches those crowns had given tier
wearers. had intended TO ask the beef-eater
| nriyately to show me the closet where they
| kept the heads Of the victims, bnt II was yer
| hars well that / refrained. he might nave le-
| carded the interrO SatOry as an lmpertlheh e;
| and what with that, and too much beef ana
beer, have been seized apOplectlcaily.,
| 1t struck me as picked my way through the
mud winch surrounds the Tower, that u WOMB
! he rather a nice thing to supplement- my VislC
bv going to Madame Tussauds, Baker-St
| Portman Square, in the evening. having
| missed what the writer OF the rover Euuerr
| book calls the "cOncOmltants OF fOyaity, Oh
beauty, and of grandeur" might behold there
the presentment by way OF contrast OIL the
murderers and the rascals OF the eartn, WIN
the cOncomitants of the ropes which nm shed
their careers. All the world has heard OF inc
|
| believe, deceased; but all the world does NOT
| know how splendid it is II Is all color ana
| cut glass and costume, and the tout e1aSem3e Is
| impressive rs you enter tne great nal,' AZ 10
| only afterward that you discover how cheap the
| whole thing really is, and must be from It's very
| character. The clothes are well enough, and the
| images are tOleraby well set up; there Is n0pu-
| lOusness without movement. ana that WOuid DC
! sufficient to lend hOrtuary appearance TO the
whole. 1t is as if all the inhabitants OF GENE
| tery were masqueIading in garments hired Tor
| the occasion. All the faces stare. The attempt
to pose the limbs in free and easy way results
| in q rambling kind of T1gdlty. They are all
! PLAYING at being alive. II they were as KNOW
ing as they pretended TO be, why did they not say
sOmethingf l could pardon the tacitlrnity OIL
George Washington, who was III unlmpeacn-
my Lord BeacOnsfield, who looked exactIy IKE
q guy in the window OF a smart ana cheap
tailor-why didn't he make speech or NJ
ThiersP or, Daniel OCOnneu or above s,1 all.
Lord BrOugham, who was, in his time, q talker
of talkers7. Tie great people Tor whom
| looked were little disappOintiDR--all save the
blessed kings and the beautiful queens, the ad-
mirals and field marshals ana they, as Ihe
Young ladies of the nineteenth century say,
| were "altOgether too lovely" But somehow
| the literary fellows and comparatively private
| people were dreadfully commonplace ana ex-
asperatngy alike; Dickens I'm fTo SH cS Ss
| was an objectionable insult; and, II beg Tor
giveness of his ghost, perhaps may be allowed
to confess that pinned to kick him. it was so
with good many other statues; 1 blush TO
say with those of Father Mathew, Dr.
Keneaiy, President Giant, and particularly,
President Johnson-but that was an ancient
grudge-nor was l exactly sure in my mind
about Bismarck, John Bright, and Mr. Golden.
| They were all (Including BeacOnsfelO In unim-
peacbable Albert frOck coats studiOusly but
toned. What a Joy would 1t have been if only
one of them had suddenly unbuttOned that
outer vestmentl If only those who were
| standing would have stepped down from their
pedestais! Ii only those who were sitting
could' to use a confessedly low expression,
have got up and got" 1t was all well enough