New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-03-18
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THE PROCESSION AT TEMPLE BAR-APrEARANCE
OF TIE fLACE BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF
THE PROCESSION - REMARKABLE FEJDAL
CEREMONY-IHE ROYAL FAMILY.
ITROA AN OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRBUNRl
LONDON, Feb. Ell write sitting inside OF
the narrow crypt of Temple Bar, looking through
it loop-hoe windows either side down Fleetst or
up the Strand along the line BY which tOdaJs Royal
Thanksgiving cortege must advance % 81 PauIs. MY
eye lent to YOU from this vantage ground would give
you in an instant picture which a thousand tedious
penstrokes will be helpless to conyey-a conception OF
what London has while containing the grandest
civic spectacle that has moved IL for generation The
hands the clock the church tower OF II. Clement
Danes, 800 yards of mp the strand, pointing pre-
csely at TO- The Royal procession will III hour
through the gates Of Buckingham Palace, two miles
away miles Of journey mp and down the two long
sides Of triangle with its acute point at 81.
Psus and It's short base 0f HYDE Park be
made before the suite again enter the palace pre-
oDcts and two millions OF people are on the streets OF
London waiting the procession pass. The pano-
rama to be viewed from this ancient gateway Of Temple
Bar is multitude OF 10000 human beings standing
seated amid "a o. flags and color. They have held
thor places here since the mornings dawn, and the
spectacle Of their own numbers and OF thousand incl
dents among the mob below the balconies has not
allowed single instant OF the four hours 10 pass ted
ously Temple Bar the famed entranceway to the Lon
don metropolis is the middle point of the days,march
passes without hating 10 demand receive the KEYS
and sword Of The city aud this ancient portal of the cy
IL next IN interest 10 the spectacular religious ceremony
IN St Pauls
The unc-honored feudal ceremony % the sovereign
rsppng the walls here and asking the Lord MAYOR for
admtance 10 his capital viii to-day, which has been
eet aside for new conservation Of royalty, be passed
over so here at Temple Bar where the roar OF London
DEALS on both sides It's gates aud where the mighty
trdtc and travel moderr cit ara dau
chOkcd and stihed under it, arehway have been
concentrated on this festal holiday Of git and glory
Tue most elaborate decorations OF all For xheher
he commonplace trade, f6te a funeral long A. The
OH structure stands London can 10 more avoid passing
under lie yoke than has avoided these years pas
score OF royal ana ducsl funeral professions not
gorgeous have come this way their solemn eere
monla rights in the grand Cathedral. The renown Of
The Crusaders returning from the East aud entering
London by this path, the Of Queen Elizabeth rid
Ing 10 ST. Pauls her velvet pOn 10 offer thanks for
the destruction OF the Armada, Of Cardinal wosey
Followed by the than regal pOmp Of the English
thueh passing this way into metropolis, OF the
htuSrts making parade from Ludgate Hll and Of the
haho'eiah Georges, who passed here on their
al tbankSP'ihg INTO their capital, and hundred memo
ries, brilliant sOrrOwful besdes-a these are init
mately associated with the sight and name of Temple
bar. No stranger enters London City through this anc
ent portal without It's shadow calling back TO his fancy
the skulls OF rebels aud traitors that were wost in the
tunes long ago be set ghasty ana grinung over
iis arohWay Poor DE Foe was pillored here and as
the vast multitude OF spectators wait here IN H. neigh
torbood this morning. looking upon It's newly bazOned
font, there Is not perhaps an intelligent one among
them that does not recall reading some
nedent OF the great modern professions which, from
The time Of the Georges 20 the burial OF Wellington,
have passed under this memorable arch.
Prom Buckingham Palace In the vest 10 St Pauls In
uns isf east part II the city, FROM St Pauis three
sD'es along OIfoIds Ct ~ hyde Psrs London blszes