The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-03 00:00:00

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The exigencies of means of transmission to
town render anything beyoncLamerprapid sketch,
of the day's proceedings impossible. They were a
grand surer, however, from lierainVsso and,
and that simple announoement w per give
more generalastbdaetion than maid be erived
from the most lengthened deter& The weather
was everything that could be wished, and the town
had completely shaken off its apathy of the previousdey at every serly hour in the morning. "Theconntry
people came trooping in from all quarters in their
'gayest attire, and the townspeople were absorbed
111 dressingsp their houses with every svailsble
dseoietion. There were flags of every nation
flaunting across every steer, and green boughs and
bright flowers tastefully worked in the intervals
not occupieduisboyo the flags. A perfect forest of
masts had out of the ground during the
sight, and carpenters were busy attaching to
these masts the galleries, for seats in which the
eager crowd were tendering their moo faster furter thee
it mold be received. A whole host of notabilities
had arrived tines the date of my last letter. The
Duke of Devonshire, chancellor of the usiversity,
had arrived, Ind Lord Pahnentou had put an end
to a perfect agony of suspense by dropping in just
in time to tape part is the day's proceedings. All
the morning the Kisubolton cavalry bivouacked in
the market, a magnificent corps of volunteer
"heavies," and would bans looked like heavy cavalry
of the hue' if their stirrups were a little larger,
and Colonel Hendrick would only lend them his
backboard for a few weeks' practice in the riding-
school.
The railway authorities had issued an ukase to
the effect that no one was to be admitted on the
platform to await the royal arrivals beyond their
own officials; and the consequence is that I have
little or nothing to say on that subject. The
Himboltons cantered down to serve as an escort,
and the University Rifles marched with the same
loyal object, and we met the cavalcade, and a very
gay and brilliant one it was, coming into the tows
I where the people were waiting in thousands to
cheer and welcome the u young and illus-
trious couple. All the shops had been closed
an hour previous to their arrival, sad
the day was observed as a strict and general
holiday. There was tremendous pressure every-
where, but everywhere also the greatest good
humour, politeness, and docility. Superintendent
Walker, accompanied by a posse of inspectors and
an imposing form of the A 'Enron of police, kept
order with hie usual tact and forbearance, and
seemed to be on se friendly terms with the Can-
tabrigians as if he had hied amongst them all his
life. It would be well for certain persona in autho-
rity in the university if they could pay a abort visit
to Sootiand•yard, and receive from Mr. Walker a few
lessons auto how a duty may be performed without
incivility or rudeness. The London police kept the
way clear to Trinity College, and thither in the
first instance the royal cavalcade proceeded.
It is hardly necessary to tell your raiders that
Trinity is the largest °oiler, and has the largest
quadrangle in the university. It would have been
very soon filled if the stern master had so willed it,
but it was his pleasure to keep it select, and so
much the better for times whom he did not thMk it
altogether expedient to exclude. The windows all
round were filled with elegantly dressed ladies, and
the quadrangle was made tolerably populous by the
undergraduates. who, brigaded in order according,
not to their college bet their oboating clubs, and
marshalled each cl ub by its cox swain, waded patiently
or perhaps I should say • little impatiently, to form
a procession in honour of their royal visitors. To
Mr. Aid* coxswain of the Cain' contingent, I am
indebted for this piece of information, without
which I could hardly have understood the proces-
sional arrengewenta. On one side of the Quadrangle,
and close against the wall of the master's house,
a not very ostentatious tribune had been set up,
provided with chairs of state for the royal visitors.
Beyond this there was not the slightest attempt at
decoration, but the sun above was dimly bright, end
the grate below brightly green, the ladies' dresses
cdotribeted plenty of colour, and the black gowns,
sod the blue gowns, and the red gowns, and all the
gold and silver tassels, and their wearers peeps-
tuallydiittieg and hurrying about, made altogether
• very brilliant and attractive picture. Joy bells
were riaging everywhere around, and reread anon
the petard went off at different distances, so that
although we had a good while to wait in thus Quad-
magi* for the visitors, our time could hardly be said
to hang heavy on our hands.
It was 2 o'eloak or thereabouts when the loud
cheering of the people in the Were, and the strains
of the National Anthem from the volunteer baud,
gave token that the cavalcade was approaching.
Suddenly the great porter of Trinity threw open the
I still greater gates, and the bead of the column
passed.under the archway. These were the Uni-
versity Rifles and their band, who marched in sod
took up a position on the award. Then the Kim-
bolton heavies " made the ground quiver "wain
with -their ponderous caracoles, and then the
royal outriders rode quietly in on gigantic horses,
clearing the way for the elegant Loden in which
were seated their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales and his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge. The Princess, as usual, wore
mourning, and looked well and cheerful ; the two
Princes were in plain morning costume, so that the
whole nark was as quiet and unostentatiousas possi-
ble. The uudergrad urea mustered strong on the sides
of the flagged central way, along which the royal
carriage horses were picking their way with ell the
caution that such s slippery road made necessary.
The young gentlemen were regularly marshalled in
clubs, and bad their banners—and very handsome
ones they were—hoisted at regular intervals. They
had faithfully promised to preserve ricer and a
Spartan discipline as the royal corQge passed along,
but the sight of the Princess was too much for
their forbearance. In one moment, and as it
seemed by a universal impulse, they broke into a
tremendous cheer, and in the next the whole pro-
=e was set at nought, the undergraduates
a crowd, following and cheering vociferously
all the way to the tribune.
The Princess of Wales took her seat on one of
the chain of state, but the Prince of Wales and the
Duke of Cambridge ransioed standing and chatting
with the thiancellor of the University (the Duke
of Devonshire), who I should have mentioned had
previously arrived, and was in readiness to receive
the royal party. His grace had himself • most
complimentary reception from the undergraduates,
and looked exceedingly well and dignified in the
rich robes of his distinguished office. There was
very little to be done here, and it was done in a
very few minutes. The Dice-Chancellor ascended
the tribune, and read the following brief address