Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1872-02-28
GREAT BRITAIN.
ThanksgiVing-NIill Of Spectators
80, 900 children i'm ChOrus-A Page
ant to RtVet Royals.


/ LONDON, Feb. 27.-The THANKSGIVING
celebration in honor of the recovery OF. the
/ Prince of Wales was Of the grandest char.
acter.A The streets were thronged, tbs
houses and public places gorgeOusly decor.
ated, and the spectators numbered by mil
lions. Fabulous prices were paid for avail
able seats to witness the procession. Twelve
| thousand soldiers and almost the entire
| police force guard the lines. The interior
| decorations of st. Pauls are superb. 1t is
estimated that fourteen thousand are within
the Cathedral.
The procession moved at noon, when
ringing of bells opened, and chorus OF
thirty thousand children in which the great
bodies Of the kingdom are represented.
Crack regiments of the army furnished de-
tachments. The prince looked stronger
thanI was expected. Immense cheering
greeted the Queen who arrived at the Ca
thedral between 1 and 2 O'Clock. The en-
tire assemblage rose as Her Majesty en-
tered and remained standing until she took
her seat on the throne. TIE Deum was sung
by monster chorus of picked voices, after
which the Archbishop of Canterbury SER
moned.
At the conclusion of services in st. Paul's
the procession returned to Buckingham
palace, the Prince riding in the same carri-
age with the Queen. The weather is fine,
aud the celebration complete success.
incidents OF the nay.
The Royal procession commenced TO move
from Buckingham's Palace at 11:30 A. NJ.
As the Queen Left the court yard of the
Palace chorus Of thirty thousand children
sang the National anthem, "God Save the
Queen" Fifty seats in st. Paul's Cathedral
were set apart for the
WOrIingmen
free Of expense. The whole route to and
from the Cathedral was seven miles in
length, and the procession was four hours
in motion. The best estimates place the
number of spectators who witnessed its pas
sage at four millions. Along the entire
route
Strong Fences
were erected, and behind these were double
files of infantry and police, to keep the ca
ger crowd from Overthrowing the barriers
and obstructing the passage of the process
sion. Every house and shop along the
route brought fabulous rental Ordinary
four-story buildings wese let for f100 for
The Ex.EmperOr Napoleon
and party had house in the Oxford road,
though he had been invited to share the ia
cilities of the Army and Navy club, of which
the eX-Emperor is member. 1t is reported
too that Napoleon declined formal invita-
ton from the Queen to be present at Buck
ingham Palace, and witness the departure
of the royal concourse.
The Decorations
are said TO have surpassed anything ever
before known. Miles of distance were
given out by contract to be ornamented at
the expense of the metropolis At the
crossing Of harrington street was a splendid
triumphal arch, the erection of which cost
$4,000. Another, hardly less splendid,
spanned the Oxford road. Flags, festO6ns,
tapestry and wreaths of every conceivable
character were displayed from the house
tops and windows and across the streets,
and perfect wilderness of scarlet, gold
and blue cloth, gold fringe and other gorge
Gus decorations waved from the balonies
and pOTtiCoes.
The Americans
in the city were active in contributing to
the success of the day. Next to the British,
American flags were most numerous. Both
were entwined, with notices such as "a
friendly union the best settlement of the
11i'~';--1's' ISse-ti---5'l ri1o ofssoa-nf
London representatives Of the American
newspapers and the West end Office of the
Associated Press were finely decorated
Batteries Of artillery Numbered salutes
from several points along the line as the
procession moved, and the bells of the
churches in the metropolis added Peals to
the
Joyful Din.
In spite Of the great excitement which ex-
listed all along the enormous masses of
spectators, there was little or no disorder.
The police at times found themselves pow
eTless to resist the
Tremendous Pressure
Of the crowd,I and were obliged to call on
the soldiers for assistance.
At NIght-St. PauIs In n Blaze.
Great preparations have been made for
the illumination of the western front aud
the entire dome of st. Pauls tonight with
ship lanterns and lime lights. The Bank
of England, club houses, ali public buildings
and appointment stores will be Illuminated,
and thousands of private dwellings and
stores are making similar preparations.
The streets through which the procession
passed will be festOOned with parti COlored
lanterns along the entire route. The IL
Illumination tonight will be repeated to-mor-
row night.
The day was observed as a legal holiday
throughout the kingdom. Thanksgiving
services are reported in the principal cities
in Ireland. A special prayer was offered
by order of the Bishops of the Irish church.
In Dublin the TIE Delm was sung in St.
Patrck's Cathedral.
At Berlin and elsewhere on Continent,
English assembled in their churches and
held thanksgiving services.
In the Indies.
A special dispatch from Bombay states
the Governor and officials attended the
in State. Parsees assembled in
their fire temples; the Jews in their syna-
gogues; the HindOOes in their temples and
the Mohomns ans and other religious seCts
in the several places of worship, and offered
thanks according to their various rites for
the recovery Of the English Prince.
Serious CaSuaItIe s-One Man Crushed
to Death and Over 800 Manned and
Bruised.
LONDON, Feb. Midnight.-Several
serious accidents happened to-day owing to
the great pressure of the masses of specta-
tors in the line of the procession. One man
was crushed to death in Trafalgar Square
and numbers of people were more or less
injured. Two stands, containing $50 per-
sons, fell and many were badly bruised.
Collision with a Cunarder-A Spaniartl
Sunk
The CuDard line steamship Parthis, which
sailed from Liverpool this morning for Bos-
ton, came in collision with two Spanish
steamers and sunk one of them. Parthia
was so badly damaged as to necessitate her
return to Liverpool for repairs. No loss of
life is rpnO1ted