Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-26
ROYALS REMARKS.
OBSERVATIONS IN ENGLAND OF A
POPULAR RIchMONDER.
t.osdon Experiences During tho Ksiser's
visit-Reminisccnces OF DIR. Johnson
Nationa, Characteristics.

Sne Ittn 0aV OF juno, n. ~. 1871, ~ n
NJ, I embarked on the good steamship
Umbr,a a. New York--and a good one she
Is. She had no more difficulty in carrying
her COO cabin passengers than have IN
carrying a schooner of Louis Eukers ex-
cellent beer. which / insist is far moro
palatablc than the Lsnghams bitter"
You may not know it, but as soon as you
embark on asteamer for Liverpool you are
practically in Liverpool, barring the dis
tance. Everything IL as entirely Enghsh
as ii can be in England. You have Eng
lish food. English sleeping-apartments.
and English servants and, II you don't
look out, you will be as sick as any loyal
Enelishman ever gets. i crossed six years
back in the City Of Rome and was as sick
- any liege subject can believe 1t his duty
20 be. When ! had endured oil that this
can mean for two DAYS 1t occurred 70 me l
might eat n salt herring. On ringing, the
waiter brought me ono when was aDie
20 eat with some relish.
Next morning ordered another.
I've nv no 'errincs. sir,' he replied.
"What have you. then!"
"We 'av nothing but bloaters, SIR"
"And what is a bioatcr?" ] inquired.
"A bloater is n 'err:ng. SIR" said he.
"Then bring mo bloater."
This will suffice as hint Of how entirely
you are in England as soon US you embark.
THE NATIONAL CHARACTERISTIC.
What strikes one most forcibly on
arriving in England is the solldty and
frmness Of everything. 1t is the national
Characteristic. That an Englishman never
sees or appreciates a joke IS proverbiai.
So solidity rather than show is the rule on
every hand. You see IT IN the thickness OF
the walls of The houses, the heavy oak
doors, the size of the buses and the
horses. know nothing that illustrates II
better than the shoe-blacking. A street
Camin 10 Richmond polishes your boots and
you can see your face IL them they shine
40 brightly. But in four holrs' time the
shine has faded aud the boot is dim. An
English shoeblack polishes your boots.
They don't shine very brightly, but they
look the same two days afterwards as when
Ge left on.
LONDON CROWD.
This week London is all sgog over the visit
of tho young German Emperor. On I'll
day last he was entertained at the Guild
hall by the city Of London. suppose the
readers Of the DISPATCH have seen the
speech he made in reply to the Lord May
or's address of welcome. 1t bfeathed
genuine desire for the preservation OF peace
and was q model of conservatism. l have
never seen anything like the crowd that
London contained that day. We thought
we saw an immense crowd Mt the unveil-
ing of General Lees monument. COMPARED
with this crowd it was like q handful OF
gravel to the sands of the seashore. Good
windows from which TO view the process
sion sold for fifteen and twenty dollars;
(Seats at the opera the night before sofa
for cas-. / thought myself fortunate IN
securing place for two-myself and WIFE,
at q window whore Six were 10 be placed,
and paid guinea for the two places, my
wife IN front, and to look over her mead.
And / must tell you III great confidence
little joke on myself.
AGooD JOKE.
After we had stood up four hours wait
ing for the procession TO pass. 1t passed.
could only see directly in my front. the
vision covering O space OF say nifty feet.
The carriages passed at quick trot. When
the Emperor went by | fixed my gaze on
tho gentleman who most resembled his
pictures, and hattered myself had had q
good view of HIM. Thinking upon the
matter later on j recollected that the man
] looked at sd. on he front seat, and there
fore he ,ras ldckey. The view, however.
did me Just as much good.
ANOTHER MISS AT ROYALTY.
Inls was not my only hcclueut. hdu
seen the Queen the evening before In
HYDE Park driving also rapidly. When
one of the carriages passed looked TAT
woman full in her round face. and thought
she acknowledged and appreciated the
stare. | congratulated myself that II |
had missed the Emperor had had good
look at the Queen. Mentioning this fact
nloud. an English lady at the same window
said: ION. the Queen is not in the pro
L, hot / m
both barrels, and SO far as improving my
acquaintance with royalty was concerned
my Sj.25 were thrown away.
THE sUrKRB ENGLISH SOLDIERS.
But would have paid the money to sec
the superb English soldiers that were
turned out. Surely there are no soldiers
that look like them in the world, as, since
the Confederate army was dIsbanded, there
are no soldiers that fight like them in the
world. The same sturdy, national charac-
ter stands out on every officers bronZed
face and in every private's steady step.
When You look upon the red coats Invol-
unfairly 1orres-V edras, Salamanca. Nimeira
and Waterloo come TO the mind Since
we saw General Lees statue unveiled l
have had no sensations that affected me as
have been moved by the monuments all
over London to the great historic deeds of
British valor by land and by sea for GEN.
turies back.
THE MONUMENTS.
One-armed Nelson, standing on his mag
nihcent column in Trafalgar Square; the
old Victory us che looked when he died on
her while saving our civilization; bronze
Wellingtons in every quarter presenting
the Iron Duke as he appeared at waterloo,
when he refused 10 name successor III
command in case he fell. saying only
tell every Englishman he must die in his
tracks Westminster Abbey, the solemn
sanctuary of the great dead-these and
hundreds of other memorials OF the glori-
Gus record of q great people brlng up
memories that make us oil proud that we
are Of one blood with them.
DIR. JOHNSON AND PRIzE-FIoHTING.
Soon after / came TO the Bar my friend
Ned Minor was made Judge OF henrlco
county. Because there were no statutes
in Virginia against prize-fighting she had
been selected as the battle field for several
encounters between gentlemen OF the
fstic persuasion. The Legislature prompt
" provided for them 10y imposing SEN
fence To the peniten'lary on future com,
batants. An unlUcky Yankee named
White was indicted in the Henrlco County
Court under this statute. and Judge Minor
assigned me to defend him. Dr. Johnson's
definition of "prize-fGht" suited The
theory Of the defence that | proposed to
make. and recalling Peter Pindar's " Boz
w and PROXY" quoted to the Judge
"Dear DIR. johnson was in size an OK,
And from his | ncle Andrew learned 20 box;
man 20 wrcstlcrs and 10 bruisers dear,
Who held the ring az Smithueld "a whole year.
Tho Doctor had an ANGLE, too, ad0red
by jumping gently, called Cornelius Ford:
Who jumped in boots, which jumpers never
choose.
Far as a famous jumper Jumped in shoes"
Iargued from this that Doctor johnson
was u very high authority on prize-fght
ing" and that his definitions ought TO b'
accepted. The Judge, however. took {
different view. and my Yankee was con
victed and sentenced 10 the penitentiarl
for one year. | have ALWAYS thought tina
II the Judge had had as profound venera
ton for dear old DIR. johnson as / had
would have won my case.
EVERY BoY SHOULD RE.DIr.
never hear the youths of this day speal
OF Boswelps Life of Johnson, the mos
beautiful record of noble life that know
Of anywhere. When i was boy every
boy read IL indeed IL WAS not thought [,