HOHENLONDON.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 668, 27 December 1851, Page 4

HOHENLONDON.

The result of an Awful Engagement on the ptri of Her Majesty to honor the City Ball with her presence. [From Pune A.] In London, when folks’ taste was low, They used to like the Lord Mayor’s Show; And now ’tis voted very slow— A dull affair, decidedly. But London show’d another sight, When the Queen came on Wednesday night, Escorted, through a blaze of light, To join the City revelry. At every window, smart array’d, Sat Civic lass and Cockney blade; And all the populace hoorayed To see the Royal pageantry. Then shook St. Paul’s, with shouting riven: Then rush’d the steeds up Cheapside driven, / And still more stunning cheers were given By noisy British loyalty. ( But noisier yet the crowd will grow, Through King-street, as the Queen thw s Tp Guildhall, there—on gouty toe— j To eee her hosts dance heavi yThe concourse thickens! Heroes brave, Who flash the bull’s eye on the knave, Wave, Crushers, all your truncheons wav , , And charge them with the cavalry The Hall is gained; but. 10l what fun! As to a ball, the Sovereign‘s gone I Except her suite, there’s room for n ° ne To dance before her Majesty. Few, few, can polk where many meet, And have no space to kick their feet; | The Hop a failure was, complete; The Supper went off decen y<