The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1875-09-05

coiuuibcu architecture OF w 09tm Or0E1uQ street,
appeared marching bodies. with stirring music
at their head and banners waving above them
rs they moved. They were but the links OF
continuous chains, the periodic of long suc-
these had passed still more. One and all were
in gallant costume of the Tese, every heart
crossed with broad ribbon of the green. and
sparkling with badges. The inscriptions on
their banners told the localities whence they
hailed, and one could review, as he stood, the
manhood of the "ive Kingdoms of Erin.n But
these picturesque ranks had not the theatre to
themselves. In effect they were o small,
though most imposing, part OF the spectacle.
Ayriads who would have sw allowed their CON-
paratively tiny strength filled the trottoirs
air was vibrant with the mellow thunders Of
brass and drum, which swelled on every h and.
or came softly from far away, the faint limit of
long perspective of sound.
THE FORMATION OF THE PROCESSION.
The order Of formation is briefly told. So far
tions laid down In the memoranda of the proceed
inge, position was taken by the trades on the
three sides of Stephens Green and the depend
emit streets. The trades were distinguished bf
small white Cross banners, borne at the head Of
each division, and having q number which was
repeated on o email fag at the end. The united
trade bodies carried black Numbers, their pro
vincial brethren had the numbers green, the
Populations from England and Scotland red. A
number corresponding to thst on each banner
was displayed at the corner of Lower Leeson
street, in Stephens Green. As the band of
each trade passed, the number was altered to
the next in succession, as q signal to the trade
having corresponding place on the roll to fol-
low in their order. The trades formed on three
sides of Stephens Green aud the streets OPEN
ing thereupon into procession when the sign
was made. Mercantile associations formed to
follow the trades. Schools aud colleges drew
up in Hsrcourt street, political bodies taking
ground on the Circular road, in the direction Of
st. Kevin's Church. The provincial. Corpora
tioHs mustered in the congeries of streets at
the river side oftthe Green, into which they
moved as ie wss vacated by those occupying
procession. Equipages arriving by Suffolk
street and Grafton street, followed the muniei-
palities. the members of the O'Connell family
succeeding the Clergy, and coming Immediately
before the Corporation of Dublin members and
functionaries These were appropriately
brought up, and the procession concluded. by
the Lord Mayor in the Civic State Coach, and
In full paraphernalis of his Office.
To marshal the procession was a work of
time and trouble; but, thanks to a natural in
stincs for military arrangement, made acute
by the responsibility Of the moment, the labor
was less, considering the unusual character of
the task, than it might have been. 1t was and
will be mystery how these scores of thou
sands found room to order themselves on the
ground, many and ample though the spaces
were which it comprised. Especially was it
matter for amaze that the impromptu discipline
of day prevailed against the tremendous
pressure and intermixture of the loose in
BE0Ol0ub5. w uen VuS various COnnu6nGS YaGl-
cred here, the throng, which looked so large as
they streamed Through the city, dwinded into
mere handfus, and were swallowed up in the
without appearing to swell it.
The martial ensemble of the whole pageant
WAS, of course, heightened by the countless
banners which fa1pted over all, like standards
enrolled in the atmosphere of battle. But
these were, after ALL mere pueriities of q 81 ght
which was inexpressibly grand in the whole
scope of it's survey. Far as the eye could reach
in every point of vision the lines were being
filled up by perpetual new arrivals, and SO kept
continually shifting and changing according
az they dressed their ranks, after having
absorbed the fresh contingents. Tho gaZe
transferring itsef With safety from the dash
the multicolored panoply of provincial Or
to the subdued toErRure of some
corporate body, or o s)mbre space of dark
robed clergy, travelled on by stages of pleasant
turesquerie Of q Foresters' lodge, or some
beaming array of happy children. And then,
the last effect needed co complete variety was
added by the troops of horsemen and toe i'm
mense number of vehicles which broke at in
tervals tue uniformity of the multitude on foot,
and gave symmetry and finish to the procession
by forming csvalcade in full proportion TO
it dimensions.
Ooe arrangement of the programme may
give an idea of the iInmensity which was to be
regulated. Signal to start was m ade by rocket,
discharged AZ II o'clock from the corner OF
Lesson street. Immediately this was given
the body of mounted men which headed the
Quay porters wheeled abont. the band behind
crashed joyously, and "OConpelrs Body
guard F." stepping forward, set the huge and
complex machine in motion. But not for full
bour and half afterwards were the three
rockets which should notify the provincial
Corporations exploded while the solitary
rocket which was the sign to the Lord Mayor
left the earth as late as l o'clock All this time
the monster gathering was uncoiling its end
less folds, and stretching it's long length over
miles of highway.
TIE GRAND CENTENARY BANQUET.
In the evening of this great day the Grand
Concert Hall of the exhibition Pslase pre-
sented . brilliant appearance. The floor vas
occupied by the guests who had
come together to celebrate the Centenary by q
grand banquet. The hierarchy of the Church
was amply represented, and the general body
of the clergy were present in large numbers.
Members Of pariiaulsnt were mustered together
in strong force, and the learned professions-
egal, medical and artistic--were eonspicuously
Observable. 1t was an assembly thoroughly
ofthe metropolis and the prov
nces. Shortly before eight o'clock the chair
was taken by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor.
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