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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 102, 2 May 1877, Page 4

The Times thus describe the Royal State coaoh in which her Majesty proceeded to tbe Houses of Parliament on the last occasion :~f'lt;h§B just had a complete overhauling and been re-gilt. Iti was constructed <ih' 1761 . The builder was Sjr Thomas Chambers tT and the paintings were executed by Cipriani. It) is nchly^opnaniepted, with laurel, and. cajTve'dT work, " "the" whole' "'" being elaborately gilt. The length of tbe body is 24ft. j it is Bft. 3 in. wide, and l_jft,_high. .Four large Tritons support ihebbdyby four'ibFaces, covered with- red morocco (leather,' ; ornamented w jtb gilt buckles. Of these, two support the dri^ei-'s seat in fronfcof the catriag.; < Tjie^ are, - represented in the act, of. drawing by" cables extending round' thteic.n shoulders, » , with <-. crapes, ; find funding shells to announce the approach of the Monarch "'• of the ; Ocean. T^o Tritons at the back carry the Imperial fasces, topped with tridents. The driver's footboard is a large scallop shell or^aitfpnted #it_i buno^aj;o| reeds and offier'mafine planet.. Tttep-leSe-^ presented a bjuiylleof lances, theapjinterJbar being jof a ?icl^fhoUljling 'issuing from beneath^ a volutec. sbell, : tbje ends terminating in the, head of a dolphin. The' wheels are imitations of those of the ancient triumphal ; chariot. The body of the coach is com--poeed of eight palm trees, which, branching out at the top, sustain the roof, and four angular trees are loaded with trophies allusive to the victories obtained by Great Britain. These are supported by four lion's heads. On the centre of the roof stand the figures of; three. boys, representing the genii of England, Scotland and Ireland, supporting the Imperial Crown of Great , Britain, and holding in their- hand' the sceptre, sword of State, and ensigns of knighthood. Tho- bodies are adorned ". with festoons of laurel, which fall thence towards the four cprneri^. n On 1 ih_ panels and doors are painted enable-, matical devices." " i " Atl^s "tells, the following story: — "Now- that ! Silkstone is appallingly dear, and Wallsend shells barikrdjjtcy,perhaps the following anecdote may be useful to 'those of my readers whose tempts abiit^on railways. /AtPemi-" nbn t ! ;*' .menagerist " lives in a : J sdburb where' pass his garden 'forty - trains- an - hour. The weather was cold, but r cpals*we_e > expensive. A "menagerist'*'' hbwever was s a man. of resource : he -conceived a plan of Ultilising^the forty traips^an hour, Fr'ojn his menagerie id t*j\jti} ;Jie bropg;fit a [fsitge] Bprpfery I apevf whioE. unfortunate, animal^ was chainedto thetop '■ of a .pole; afc /the ehdof the gardon, /.The ij-esult was as pleasant as owning a colliery, without*, any wages to pay or fear of floods and expljo^iope.',; Every Btokei^andr oceaT * .stonally a driver—on; every train that' passed had a shot with a lump of coal at the'-Barbary ape. r The'-iB. A.-.%as' nfcverhit ; but the garden was littered wjith! "coal, wfiifcji' : tfie ! t^iump'hian^l/ ;cqnveyeii \ ( to :hjs ce|lars. * May some;, of, my, .readers gb : apd;.db, likewise. ■-..,,. .. : - ; • , ; <■ T 'A San Francisco telegram, dated 3rd* March says: — Ninety-nine men,, worn- . ep, an,d children, left -JjTew. York • for Sydney, on the 3rd -February, in the barque N. Boynton. '-'' They 'expect to find homes in New South Wales. The banjue hauled out into the stream,' aj-d.fjhgy ' gathered, on deck to wave adieus- ; to their relatives and friends who -were upon the dock. When the

barque was [moving from the;dock a young woman present, seeing her busbaind on the pier, who is soon to follow her, changed herimnd; andattempteo. to get off. She would have fallen overboard had it ii'ot b4en fo^a _ail6r. ; The accommodation for the colonists ;on board is scant. With%bekrd wind little air will; reach them, being shut up by,the bulkheads. They are amidships, the men sleeping in berths built in't-efs; andthe women; separated iFroth" ' their apai tment by a tiartitib_4. This is the first of A series, of colonising exf porimeni;'- by the agents ,pf tfie G/overh.nipnt of New South Walesa