, 1880-03-01
The Opening Of Parliament by the
Queen In Person.
Street. .Sccncs-An Immense Crowd
paucity Of Ilousc.Dccora.
ttOns.
The Royal Equpage- unas1sto.
crasir Appearance oa Her
Majesty.
Ia tho 1orse Of krds-Tha Rnsl Of thu Commons,
and Tho Speech from tho 7hrune.

LONDON, Feb. 7.-IInr MN}psty Queen Vic
torta Ia a pcrsUnnge whom Lon.lnners seldom
l,ayo tho opportunity OF seeing. Why the
Sovereign holds herself aE0nt frolM tho public
gaze of her Capital. cannot say. 1snsn"r
assigns many rens0ts for tic abstinence;
and, rs III fnncst writer, l am 6nund to cnn-
fess that they are nil must tltsparnRlng to tho |
gracious Indy WIN rules over thesa renlnis, |
who " sN}A 10 be extremely fo.Nl nf that |
material taken rnted at the 1}nurses of tho |
world rs tho English pound sterling. True,
her MajcstyIs getting old; and II It were not |
That she carried the aifectat}On to such o |
degree MS to mako su,sle Of her subjects rather
question its geluEnrnrss, there would be
somo reason for allowing that she Keeps IN
sccusion because she does not like 0steita-
tion. AS It Is, 1t Is well knnwl Tint she Is n
great stickler for all the ceretMon1ulsof Of state
1T Is sntd that in no other country II, Eur"pe
is cttnuet so still ns Mt tho british Cnl,rt),
and that, whom she is away from tic Metro
potls whether In Scotland, or, MS was tho
case last year. in Italy. sso docs not object
To mlnge with the peoplo ansOrg whom she
happens to be. The npc'siug Of Parliament
on tho 5il, by her Majesty In person was,
therefore,
AN EVENT OF UNUSUAL, 1MPoIsTASCE
to the 4,o0o, 600 inhabitants Of the Metropolis
of these "foRgy isles of winter" It Is Just II
month sllott Of six years since the present
Parliament first met. During tli!s titlo the
Queen l,ns been present at tho opening Of
but one session; and Noyal PROFESSIONS, with
all thoir pomp md pageantry, aro events of
too much Importance to the popular minl to
be lightly passed. by.
London is not n city of many ceremonial
t]isp.ays. It's brumous climate Is too 'ince,'-
tain, md British blood Il too sluggish, to a-
witt ~ 4bn,,, n, tta Et,r43Ntsnt there NyA
frivolity and gayuty enough. If you object
to the nnnseAse of n Parisnn holiday ind
the artificial splendnr of It's street-spcctacscs,
you may perhaps enjoy salne 0lio Of tho
Italian Carriynls, or the r01llcklng good mt
uro Of Viettnaso maslthraie. II no
recognized ftte bc marked III the calendar,
you aro certain to be more or less entertained
by the ordinary phases nf Continental ilfe,
which are shows In themselves. WIN EYER
left Paris without sigh, said goad-by 10 gay
Vienna without regret, or rumblcd out OF
sombrc, palatlal St, Petersburg fnIset,
full Of lis nrtocrAtlU festivities /?
The tlpceunlous I4ondoner cnn coslut
npon enjoying but one gratuitous
exhibition III tic year. Occasions like Tint l
am recording, when the Sovereign rifles to
Westminster, may happen or they ,lay not;
tho Lord Alayor's show is II fixture. Shows
1nny como alltl shows ll,ny 20, hut 1t gncs M
forever. 1t Is tho Cockney's pride. Tho pro-
cession may not bo c'cvatlng, but 1t Is Ger
tainly amusing, and It cnn bc counted on
with rs much regularity rs ClElstnlas-tlde.
In tho days Of old the Kings OF England gavo
wondrous pageants. Their tournaments nrc
not repeAted now. We l,nyc tic Lord May
pr's show,-gorgcous il meaningless ,-a1t
that Is all.
With as much nlacrEty, then, MS II Ind
been born within the sounds Of Bow l}eils,
hlcd lnc tlny before yesterday, to Wilt.
hall. !, too, would SEQ
THE QUEEN ON 1tE1s WAY TO PARLIAMENT
found plccatlilly and l'nll Mini puurn
their arlstocratEc footpnssengcrs ntt in on
direction F1oM across ths rha"tss Ea. .; a. an
II @ @,notioS swept onward, to the salau Eoal
Long before tito Royal procession passed, tn
:nttro length # The route, from nnc'tinghna1lI I'm
'iaes a'seS wt yous q ishtssers @ Exuitn * @
ssS, asss %si' S' fsssns fs erevssx fe sHe's ss S
nd E;alileries;, there waS e5;aning ;.
pf tho roadway. One, thing .tn partlcu!a
struck ne HI looked about. the atscNco q
my marked decorations IN tho shape Of l,un
md platforms wero covered with crl.iso,
md in some oen!itles light festno',s: wer
used Will, good effect, lttSt summer, on 4,
International Agricultural Exhibition! at ri
p,lri,, tlie decorations wero very elaborate
md believe tlcru were 'anmy besides Myse
tienons,ratlyc In this direction the 6tl!er .u
MS We did then, nrd WHO were surprised /
Tho apparent apathy OF tho households
AlonK tho line nj march.
srEANlHa or THE VAST NUatl,EH OF rEor1
who turned out 10 SEQ tho show, aud Of II
strife there, wa4 amongst pr'rstrla11s to i
curu d good posltlnn to sce the sight, | nOtlct
tiat SONS ,ysi,t'lresour i!%iyid,lnls iln'I act
i ai sf' f,SM its tl,at % posItlun wero soi.sn'et|
awaiting tic np,ulnttt liul,r., Others III,
taken UP po!nts 81 yatlsnss IN tho tower 1
FL e. Mn'Sstss yua cnHtf 'S Ss tf III
dozen Ninet"rntl.-Ccht,Iry '.lortals nssrlt
tho yrry tnp Of Tho most historic crGirsta
tIf" p1e edya i, chr|se!% ,,, tot i" fa'f LII kI' p
thousands Of dollars to put ln ilmtlo
say thousands .!dytsesily, ,f0r tho simple fe
q ,,1yinE ll!e C,,lrt--'.,ia In Tho Ganrt
p always carteA nh:rut with her wherever i!
= KOes-'frnm Windsor 10 London Iucurs Il
% outlay Of about 81, ,Wo.
4; Two hours nMIl Il half hcfore tito processtt
was to leaye tIArkinEhMm l'alacr, the w'tlr
= trtun tra!lic nlalnt tl.c Parliament Ilnusp Il
: cailo colIKcs,c.l. III the footuf WrstInlnst
DrltlgG, md across sirtat GsUrEu. street,
well us Ut tia entrance to p.1laco- Yard, hi,
harrlgatles hal beer! trnwn M; atM vi
this MD, mi! ~, emphatic assegt!.i, nf t,ticI
/. authority. tho lnreu portlnn nf tho $500 9
. ira pnlicenteI Wiu WtEo on duty III tlt1S Il
p0rfunt ciui of tho rnuts s,tacrt4lcti III cles
Ing tho pavement whcrc tlle nratnnry publ
" rqt d MsG Wtea t. ass sG sye yehfo G e cS at'
Peers, cArriMges or c0nytyancra lMyl
:; and tho general result WIS
sElHOUs MGx1Sd-Ur
O. hsssesei i 5itx9ts sxsSsr sSssHKEe Kss
tempers t0!n,ah!y well, L except the lrl
drivers, who, finding themselves llol@e;;