The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-29
THE ROYAL PROCESSION FROM
BUCKINGHAM PALACE.

OOAAAA'NAA04A IAAdCE.
Well, no Queen yet. Yes, here came
a carriage and state carriage. What
Il thcught-no drums nor trumpets ::
no brass band; no pomp and circum-
stance. Yet so it was. True, there were
the troops, the Hussars, the life guards.
and the succession Of gorgeous;y decora.
ted state carriages, drawn by sqlendidlv
caparisoned and magnificent horses, but
otherwise it was all cold and tame, com.
pared to similar doings that had seen
in former years.
THE CARRIAGES
there were six Of them before the Queens
must be see': to be properly apprecia-
ted: Such paint and gliding and varnish;
such costly :rappings for the horses such
postillions and such footmen. in scarlet
uniforms, cooked hats and white curly
wigs They were no doubt almost UNIQUE.
and certainly in their way first class
and worth the trouble Of coming to see
tor those who have never seen ANYTHING
OF the kind before, and there were manV
thousands, perhaps tens of thousands.
among the vast crowds assembled who
had neither seen either the state car.
riages or the Queen. AS before stated.
six carriages, each drawn by six handsome
bay horses, passed by before the Queens
came. l say all bays, but, on considera-
ton. remember the last six were coal
black steeds. These were splendid an
imals. l think I never saw liner horses.
Then came six powdered and bedecked
footmen in jockey caps, who in their turn
were followed by about dozen Yeomen
OF the guard, or Beef.eaters as they arc
called in the Tower. But here thew were
IN full uniform, scarlet, with gold lace and
that peculiar frill, hat and ribbon. They
were proper veterans, however and looked
we'll with their upright halberts and
hard-earned medals. After these Yeo.
men came the Marshal.men, with their
truncheons and old-fashioncd uniform.
And now, here at last, came the Queens
carralage and the Queen. The royal We.
hlcle which was now,of course the subject
of our concentrated attention, and those
who had never seen the like before must
have been amply repaid. The horses,
those eight creanl-colored or drab Hanoi
verian animals, always reserved for
such occasions as this, looked the very
picture of what Queen S horses should
be-plump, clean, high-bred, gentle and
strong--they excited more admiration, I
think. than even the royal footmen, al
though they were fine looking men, and
dressed up in surperlative gorgeousness,
regardless of expense. There was a lit
tie mild cheering along the line as her
Majesty passed. The weather perhaps
was too chilly for any warmer or more
prolonged plaudits. Most of the specta-
tors, should think, must have seen the
Queen sitting in the carriage as it passed.
l thought she was not looking quite SO
we'll as when l saw her last, but then
that was in the open air and on fair
spring day, year or two ago, and the
| weather is one of those circumstances
which sometimes materially alters cases.
With the Queen were the Princess of
Wales and the Princess Beatrice. I
could not distinguish their dress very
we'll myself, but see it stated that the
Queen wore black velvet dress and a
white dress, surmounted when she is
in the house, by small dia-
mond crown. and that the Princess Bea-
trice was attired in cream-colored satin
dress trimmed with green. Following
close behind the carriage were some
picked members of the A Division of
police on foot. Let your fancy then fiji
in the picture with those finc fellows
the Life Guards and Hussars, and I think
it will do. A royal salute Of twentv.one
guns were fired, Of course. The thunder
of the cannon, reveberating over the
heads and into the ears of the attendant
mYriads, must indeed have clinched
their conviction that this was indeed thu
Queen Of England, upon whose domin-
ions the sun never sets, rs tho thunder If
heaven convinced Horace that Jove surely
reigned.