The Express.
London, England, 1863-03-07 00:00:00

THE ROYAL CAR.RIAOIIB.

PROGRESS THROUGH LONDON.

Perhaps the densest mass of people that was col-
lected at any spot upon the line of route was that
which assembled in front of the Mansion-
house, where an interesting incident in the
progress bad been announced to take
place. The whole of the space between
the Mansion-house, the Royal Exchange, and the
Bank of England was so packed with human beings
that the heads might literally have been walked
over, and the irresistible pressure when at
intervals the mass swayed to and fro more
than once closed up the narrow carriage way,
and for some moments completely divided
the procession. In this way considerable delay
occurred, which, added to the long trial of patience
to which the anxious spectators had already been
subjected, promised to convert the good-natured
banter which bad previously prevailed into
angry resistance to the Royal Horse Artil-
lery is their attempts to preserve the carriage
way. Happily, however, the distant sounds of
welcome which announced the arrival of the cor-
tege at London-bridge were carried with electric
rapidity, and a new lease of patience was conveyed
with the cheers. There was a break in the cortsige,
the helmets of the Royal Horse Guards shone
in the sun, and it was soon known that
the carriage containing the royal pair had
stopped at the Mansion-house. The Lady
Mayoress .proceeded down the steps to the door
of the carriage, and handed to the Princess
• bouquet of choice flowers, which her royal high-
ness graciously received. The bouquet was ar-
ranged by Mr. Harding, of Regent-street, and the
handsome holder which carried it was the work
of Messrs. Garrard, Crown jewellers, of the Hay-
market. There was a pause in the cheering
during the presentation, but immediately the
procession was again in motion a shout was raised
which completely drowned the merry peals from
the bells of the City churches. The procesaion ar-
rived at the Mansion-house at a quarter to 3
o'clock, after which the progress was uninter-
rupted until the arrival at Temple-bar (at
about a quarter to 4), where a delay
of some minutes was occasioned by the
retirement of the City companies by Chancery-
lane. Here, as elsewhere throughout the passage,
the carriages containing the Princesses Dagmar and
Thyra were supposed to bring the expected Prin-
cess, and was greeted with cheers and waving of
handkerchiefs, but this only served when the mis-
take was discovered to excite the populace
to a still more marked and vociferous
reception of the Princess Alexandra herself, for
which at Temple•bar ample time was afforded
by the delay, and the carriage for the period of the
stoppage was surrounded by the mob in their zeal
to do honour to the future Prince's of Wales.

The Westminster procession, which joined at
Temple-bar, was composed as follows :

The members for the City of Westminster,

General Sir De Leery Beane—Sir J. V. Shelley, Bart.

1863.

Bth carriage—Mr. Clielaugsmo Trollops, M. Chief-
Bargees Miley, the Town Clerk.
9th ornate—The High Bailiff, Deputy High Steward,
the High Cone table with the maw. _ . .

10th cardage—The very Reverend the Dean of West.
minalsr, his Orate the Duke of Bucclench, ILO., the Lord
High VittorrnS.

There was much less interruption and confusion
on the Westminster side of the Temple-bar than
prevailed in the City, the road being efficiently
kept by the police and the Royal Horse Guards.
From Charing-cross to Hyde-pork-corner the
ground was kept by the 2nd Life Guards,
The 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards and band was
drawn up in Pall-mall—one wing between the United
Service Club and Athenaeum, the other opposite.
The 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, with Queen's
Guards, and band of 2nd Life Guards, was drawn
up at the bottom of St. James's-street. The Ist
Battalion Scots Fusilier Guards, with band, was
drawn up near Apaley House in Hyde•park—right
entrance gate nearest Apaley House. The 2nd Bat-
talion Grenadier Guards, with band of 18th Hus-
sars, was drawn up at the Marble Arch—left on
Marble Arch.

Hyde-park was occupied by the volunteers. The
ISth Hussars kept the road near Hyde-park-corner,
and from Marble Arch to Paddington.
Along the Strand the cheers were maintained with
the warmest enthusiasm, and handkerchiefs waved
in thousands from the well dressed occupants of the
house windows along the line, and the standserected
in the Strand and in front of the Club-houses in
Pail-mall. The same scene was presented
through the parks, the Edgware-road, to
the Paddington terminus of the Great
Western Railway, crowds congregating upon
every available spot, and the greatest
enthusiasm exhibited everywhere.
The Paddington station was reached at a
quarter past 5, and the royal train steamed slowly
out of the station five minutes afterwards.