Year: 1872

house Holland Park The streets In all that part
Of London and thence east along Kensington Gar
dens, Hyde Park, md through Mayfair,
commonly empty enough at that hour. This morning


they thronged with carriages and people oil hur


rying steadily eastward. At the Marble Arch, where
we first touched the route to be followed by
the Queen Ghere was, event. at quarter past eight,
regular crush. Escaping this by turning down Park


lane and so through the Quicer streets Piccady


/ found no great difficulty in getting on, and
finally by cutting into Pan Mall through
st. James's-square, I got quite this office
without serious delay. But Pail Mall was a sight.
We were 20 minutes driving 20 yards. Early 1t


still before oclock-the great tide set strongly toward
the city, Once up in my balcony, the breadth Of
the street filed II had not been filed either Sunday
or Monday and this time tho carriages and the world Of
fashion and riches that goes four wheels had resumed
its sway Mounted police and dsoupted artillery kept
the street, and kept 1t very admirably. The side
walks already so filed by the crowd who
had simply to stand and see, that walking
In any direction was nearly out Of the question The
broadening spaces of waterloopace stretching either
side Of Pall Mall were still vacant and as you looked
further east into Tafagarsquare, there here and
there q bare patch Of pavement. All else filed
three hours before the Queen could be expected to


As for decorations in this street. il single
very splendid the general vista fine On the alim
portant question Of weather We were nearly all
the morning in suspense. Not TO keep you in the
state let me say, for ALL that 1t on tho
whole. fine dayfor London and especially for London
at the end OF February There Clouds OF course,
and there was smoke, OF course and there was dun
sky most Of tho time, Of course, and there once


sudden fall Of few drops Of ran also almost Of course


but the old faith in what loyal Brtons love to call
Queens weather was not much shaken Once or twice
In the morning the strong east wind, which never
ceased blew clean away the ashen canopy that
overhung the roofs, and parted all the leaden
vapos and let In through broad and gracious openings
the true sunlight. / remember Mr.. Greeley saying in
his book Europe that what they call sun in England


looks like boiled turnp than like the Of other
countries. 1t too often rs sadly as 1t Is droy truo
but misery quite absolute and to-day the tried
hard other people to be loyal and thankful and to
show himself SUCH Everybody knows the charm OF his
quick flashing out in great body OF darkly-clad
people, as English peoplc-at any of the male kind


only TO be- To-day he had something better
to light up Right opposite my windows were the seats


that covered the fronts of three clubs and gay dressed


ladies had filed the seats and there was plenty OF color
So with the decorations No artists eye had grouped


them into great masses Of color or managed contrasts
studied effects but somehow the effects were fine. Pail
Mall is grand street IN its way The buildings almost all
italian Of kind another in STYLE lend themselves
readily TO good ornamentation. don't know why peo
pie were so Indifferent about such matter Two OF the
greatest Clubs In Londonthe Athenaum and the Tray
elers-were literally without decoration of any SORT ex
cept the red cloth that hid the nakedness OF their
eXtemporlzed Coal seats In 1fOnt. Iney nanS
out q single aag The Reform had threel private
house opposite had dozen, but if anything that
in Italy, or, indeed anywhere on the Continent,
would have been called holiday dress, there was no
trace No matter tGcEe w1T3 the people ana there were
flags enough 10 make the length Of the street as
viewed from either end of 1t quite brilliant and impress


sive. - ,. . .,o ,b,o,,,
packed lines of carriages could move, some new arsto


cratic splendor went slowly by. could not spend the
whole morning looking out of the WINDOW ana rear
1 missed most OF them; but every now ana theh
there came murmur from the crowd, and sometlnesa
faint cheer and opposite from the Club seats and bal


comics there was utter Of white handkerchefs and
kissing Of the tips of fair fingers continue to be IN


of the names of most of the great personages
who called forth these demonstrations. Ii they had all
massed and had made part OF the procession the
effect would have been admirable, and ones curiosity
might have been stirred to tho point OF finding
out who they were. II the man wore fur collar,
we set him down an Alderman If gold chain
about his neck like that tremendous funenonary VINO
used to pervade tho readngrOOm Of the Grand Hotel In
Paris he was Mayor of some provincial town. There
were uniforms in plenty; just AS Of gilt ornament on
coaches and hnery the horses there was more
than plenty. Among all the titular functionaries
really important man sometimes rode by. Mr.
Disrael was one, that dark Asian lace as
full Of mystery as ever. Another was the late
Emperor OF France, half stOlid and all deyllish,
cunning marking his face plainly as ever, and the
wax all back In the ends of his mustache quite dhcreht
from what 1t was at Sedan. But saw few men whom
knew or whose names worth cataoguing The dis
tinction of these people social distinction; ther
merit Is TO be Of the peerage to dwell In Begrava
and Mayfair and they held in their hands particolored
tickets of admission to ST. Paus vouchers to eagleeyed
policemen of their right to be on the street ana 10 pass
Temple Bar, q distance far beyond our ken A good
many of them very sure did not reach that gloomy


rbarf fhn nrin a


land Yard gave them right to enter but that is their
affair Before let them ell pass must not omit to say
with certain regret though with no surprise that the
French exEmperor in OF the Queens carriages
clearly going to st. Pau Royal guest and that wheh
recognized as he was by good many ciuo-louhgerT'
he was sauted with respect and his passage hefued
by hafsubdued cheer. All what it is to have sat Oh
a Throne The crimes by which you CHIMP 10 IL are d
small matter. .,,,,o ,,,oooos,on will
have come and gone and passed into the domains OF
nv colleagues before shall have said anything about III
ono reason OF which might be that the uay eeenn
to me to have signncance Ahu "n 'o'
of which the mere official array makes very
small part Whether 1t have or not this Is no piace W
moraze about 1t, nor is there at this moment c'ner
time or space for any such undertaking AL the world
has heard that the Queen is punctua person She was
TO leave Buckingham palace-a palace IN when HOT
Majesty s pleased reside among her faithful LohdOh


eges during perhaps ve days III the year-at quarter
before noon don't think she did From the palace 10 tne
nearest end Of Pail Mall is less than ten minutes walk ana
the head the royal escort did not turn the corner p


Marlborough House till 10 minutes after T. 1af-on
cheer that sounded like the hum Of great swarm Oh
love bees was the first notice had OF her coming
There was a band but not note Of music could oe
heard An orderly came gallOping hard over he
pavement and guessed he bore the udings OF the
Queens approach. minute afterward the head OF the