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PASSING EVENTS. 71
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Great The Heavy Revolt In Gloom India Wh...
p soon liere filled , and with thoug a h dense trees and throng grass of were loyal covered folks , prepared with white to frost wait , the patientl j ) ark y was for several hoursto be rewarded at last by a siht of the royal carriagesor a
, g , poorl the momentary affectionate fed and "glimpse hardl interest of y worked their and unenvy occupan people ing ts regarded . pleasure There the was with gorgeous something which tens festivities to of us thousands touching in which in of
they y had no further participation . Shall we tell ( with a view to the edification of posterity ) how the young bride and her royal mother rejoiced all eyes as they passed "in a state carriage
the with pillars cream- supporting coloured horses it wreath , " and ed ali with ghted holly at a covered and laurustinus way lined in with full scarlet flower , , walked and decorated up a staircase with the all blended blooming colours , in this of Eng January land weather and Prussia , with —how roses they and
camellias—how the Queen wore a robe of lilac velvet , and bore on her brow " a castellated crown of pearls and diamonds , " while the glorious Koh-i-Noor account sparkled the on her more bosom charming —how , the with Prin a cess gorge , paler ous veil than hang usual ing , but in massive only on folds that
a behind glittering , walked galaxy with of downcast plumed eyes and up jewelled the centre gazers of , the between Chapel walls Eoyal hung , throug with h crimson gallantly , to kneels the altar to kiss , where her hand her princel and mani y bridegroom fest his lover is waiting -like devotion for her to , and the
assembl Everything y ? was as it should be : the bridegroom ' s responses in the ceremony wereas we are informedloud and clearthe bride ' s faint and tremulous ; and
then , come the tender embraces , of mother , and daughter , and the general reci-Authorities procation of differ kisses as , and to the a precise few tears quantity , withou shed t which but no fortunatel wedding y all is agree complete that .
, when the bridal pair left the chapel " the Princess had recovered her colour , and In her the eyes afternoon sparkled the with patient light populace . " in front of Buckingham Palace reached
the " high top-gallant of their joy" by the Queen , the bride and bridegroom , and the whole brilliant throng good-naturedly coming out and showing themselves A Other Royal on top the ics Commission balcony of a widel . y has different been appointed character have chiefl , however throug , to h be the touched exertion upon s of .
Mr . Sidney Herbert , to inquire into the sanitary , condition y of the army ; and , discovery towards the that middle the treatment of February of Bri a feeling tish soldiers of painful , when surprise living was peaceabl excited y at b home y the
the in thei manifold r barracks fatigues , was such and as ( dan to gers inflict of war greater . The suffering actual and rate loss of mortality upon them among than besides these Stork fine and Mr young . other Sidney men eminent Herbert was proved , Sir James before to be Clark the hiher Committee , Dr than . Sutherland in of Inquiry other , Colonel class , including Sir of the H . , personsgany
follow population the some streets , occupations with , in even admi their ration ; those that gay engaged not and the unmingled g noble littering in -looking , what uniforms of were late fellows regarded with , the whom feelings eyes as , as of the of they their ki m nd ost pass countrymen regard unwh throug ole go h -
home to dwellings whose wretched accommodations , and deficiencies of light , , of foe air , for and whi of ch water they , are expose no match them to namel the incessan disease t murderou and especial s attacks ly the fell of the disease only
consumption . As if this were ; not enou y , gh , thei , r food too is so bad and taste- , less One that witness it is continuall declared that y thrown a soldier away never , from knew the inability what a health of the y men dwelling to eat was it .
till he committed a crimeand was sent to the comparatively airy cell of a heated military from found each in atmosp dungeon an other Eng here , and ; lish thus that often barrack no created comfort in , subterran ; th that , or are soldiers even ean turned rooms decency are out ; packed and , suddenl of that civilized in y , bed from into s life onl p the iercing , y was foul one to cold foot and be
and rain , without even the sli , ght ey protection against the weather granted to
policemen in the shape of an oilskin cape .
Passing Events. 71
PASSING EVENTS . 71
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1858, page 71, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031858/page/71/
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