The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-14 00:00:00

The Royal Procession through the City.

Sir G. Grey has laid before the House of Com-
mons the report of the Court of Aldermen on the
police arrangements for the city of London on the
7th of March. The report mentions that the Cor-
poration were informed that her Majesty had most
graciously intimated that any attention which the
City could show to the Princess Alexandra would
be most grateful to her Majesty's feelings, and it
proceeds to detail the arrangements made for a
"ceremonial which should be worthy of the great
city to which the illustrious stranger was to be pub-
licly welcomed." The aldermen attribute the delay
in the passage of the Royal procession and the ob-
struction opposite the Mansion-house to six several
causes. One is the enthusiasm and eagerness of
the people ; but, as this must have been anticipated,
it is no excuse for inadequa•e preparations. Another
point, upon which great stress is laid, is the pressure
to see the procession within the City, because there
alone would it include the civic authorities ; but
this also was expected, and the report states that
the corporation had represented that " the effect of
this arrangement would be to throw a very undue
proportion of the multitude upon the narrow
streets of the city." A. third point is the death
of Mr. Commissioner Harvey ; and this was doubt-
less a serious disadvantage, and such a loss would
be more difficult to supply in proportion to the small-
ness of the force and its staff. The substitution of
mounted artillery for the household troops can
hardly be deemed a very substantial idea. Neither
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_ Brigade and the police. The •
Volunteer . brigade
Guildhall-yard
assembled in after 12 o'clock, and
the thougb commanding officer was warned by the
yet when they moved off
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quickly at their post in f that unless they were
rent of the barrier at the
Mansion-house their tol°'t do.k
ground would inevitably be
occupied by th© crowd,
anidansCiheahp
from Guildhall for
side,and conse-
quently ouse they took the
eccentric route of New at t
g e-s reet, Farringdon-
street, Ludgate-hill,
13tc• the front of the Mansion-house
arrived at th •
err post too late. Capt. Hodg-
son, the acting Comm' •
issioner of City Police, reports
I found that this N • l o unteer corps was not at its sta-
tion, and that the ten
troopers who were to have
aided the police in keeping an open line for the pro-
cession to pass were not in the position assigned to
them in front of the Mansion-house. I applied to
one of the officers of the Horse Artillery to collect
' some of his m-n for the purpose of clearing the
way, but the crowd had become so dense, from the
near approach of the Royal carriages, that that
• object could then be but partially tffretcd; and
thus arose the confusion and inconvenience which
have been the subject of so much complaint. If the
arrangements had been implicitly carried out, I have
ou
no hesitation in stating that the processionen
wldee or
have passed without the slightest inennveanni
elven-
disturbance of its order." It appears tromdety
in con-
, dix that the whole number of police.ot
of London,
aection with the procession in tbecivr_as
but 497,
from London-bridge to Temple bar,Pifer-ont of the Mansion-
and only 44 were posted i
-nlitary was declined by
hou,e. The aid of the
3rodi
accepted by the Lord
Capt. Hodgson on thee
late as the morning I
Mayor on the 4th, ,but so 0 the
proceeding the number had not been
arranged. before the
arranged.
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