Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1872-02-29
thanksgiving for Recovery OF
Prince OF Wales.
LoNDoy. Feb. 81

Ihe royal procession commenced to
leave buckingham Palace at half-pasf
eleven o'clock a. m. in the following
order: First, miltart: second. car
riages containing the Speaker Of the
House of Commons and the Lord Chan
cellor; third, the Duke of Cambridge
Commander-in-Chief; fourth, military:
fifth, nine open carriages belonging to
royal household, and containing. sixth
the Lord Steward and Lord Chamber
lin; seventh, lords and ladies in wait
ing; eighth. royal equeries and grooms
ninth, Duke of Edinburgh: tenth.
Prince Arthur; eleventh. Prince Bea-
trice; twelfth, Prince and Princess Of
Wales; thirteenth, Queen Victoria;
fourteenth, military.
The troops in procession consisted Of
detachments of the life guards. rCyI
horse guards, royal artillery, lancers,
hussars, grenadiers, SCOTS fusilierr,
| Coldstream guards and royal marines.
As the Queen left the court yard of
! the palace, a chorus Of 10000 sang the
national anthem God save the Queen.
At Temple Bar, the Lord Mayor, sher-
| ifs, six alderman and eight councilmen,
all on horse back, met the royal coach
and performed the ceremony Of deliver
ing TO Her Majesty the keys of tie
city.
The services at ST. Paul's consisted IN
! singing by the grand chorus a TIE Deum
written for the occasion from Psalms
civ: the reading of prayers and a
sermon by the Arch Bishop Of Canter-
bury.
The appearance of the interior Of the
Cathedral was greatly changed by the
temporary arrangements, for thousand
workmen had been employed for weeks
in erecting seats and galleries.
Fourteen thousand persons can be
/ seated within the body of the church.
Hardly less labor viii be required to
restore the cathedral to its usual order,
so extensive and durable have been the
preparations for to-day Subscriptions
have already been taken for the ''restor-
alton fund, the Queen heading the LIST
with e1,000. the Prince Of Wales giving
$4,000.
The Queen and Royal family occu-
pied a raised state pew at the center of
the mouth of the nave. having the peers
and peeresses ON the right hand and
members Of the House of Commons with
their wives on the left The Lord Chan
cellor and Speaker Of the House, occu-
plying chairs in front of their respec-
tive bodies. In the first tier of the
south gallery were seated the representa-
tives from India and Colonies. In front
of them were the learned bodies, cleri-
cal and secular, non-confOrmist diyines
and the legal fraternity. Distinguished
foreigners occupied the grand floor Of
the octagon galleries with the Qneen's
household above. The front tier of the
north gallery was assigned to the cor
poration Of London. The smaller gal
leries, fianking it, to Lord Lieutenants
and Sheriffs. The diplomatic corps and
metropolitan board of works and the
tiers overhead, to the school board. The
remainder Of the space was thrown open
to the general public. In the Cathedral
fifty seats we're set apart for workingmen
free of expense at the special request of
the Queen. The choir was composed of
picked singers from the various rcyal
chapels.
At the conclusion of the religious ser
vices the procession formed again and
moved westward, through Newgate
street, by the Old Bailey toward Hol-
born Viaduct, near the western end of
which, at the boundary of the city"
The Lord Mayors party babe adieu to
the royal household, and returned 10
Guildhall.
On Snow Hill platform was erected,
which accommodated over 10, 900 people.
In front of the platform was a choir of
$50 children, who sang the national
anthem as the royal family approached,
but their singing was drowned by the
outburst Of cheering as the royal coach,
now containing the Queen, Prince Of
Wales and the Princess Alexandria.
came in front of the stand. The recep-
ton here given them was especially en-
thusiastic. The loyalty of the people
seeming to partake Of a personal and
even affectionate character. The Queen
was moved to tears and the Prince
seemed to have borne the excitement
and fatiguas Of the day well
The thanksgiving procession resumed
its way to the west part of High Hol-
born and through Oxford road to the
more fashionable West End.
The whole route to and from the
cathe raj was seven miles in lensth, and
the pro -essi7n was fou~bours in motion.
The best estimates place the number Of
spectator who witnessed Is passage at
four million. There we're i ,09o troops
best les the London police force engaged
in keeping the street clear that there
might be no interruptions or accidents.
The troops were commanded TN the
Earl Of London. If the First Life Guards.
Major-C neral Sir Thomas NacNahon.
Major-G neral the Prince Edward II
SaXe-Weimar, and Major General Prin-
rose, of the Household Brigade Along
the entire route strong fences Of lumber
were erected. and behind there were
double files Of infantry and police 10
keep the eager crowd from overthrow
ing the barriers ard obstructing The pas
age Of the procession. At numerous
points on the way were stationed bands
IF music which played God Save the
Queen" as the royal parry came opposite
hem.
Sight-seers innumerable focked into
London. All tho city and ont If town