Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-11
From the Royal Palace Of Bucking-
ham to Guild-Hall.
CROWDS VIEW THE PROCESSION.
The German Monarch Rocsivsd With Enthusiasm,
While the Prince Of Walss has Sort Of
Mixed RscsphOn-Wilham's Sen
sible Address to the Lord
Mayor Of London.

OF Emperor William from Buckingham
Palace to Guild-hall and back to the
Palace, after partaking of the courtesies
of the Lord Mayor OF London.
From the earliest hours crowds OF pc
destrians were flocking cityward. There
were large bodies of regular troops and
volunteers to be met marching towards
the positions they had been assigned to
occupy along the route, and besides the
soldiers there were fully 5000 police
men in motion with the same object IN
view.
While this early crowding was in pro-
gress the Emperor, as usual, had CON-
menced his days work at an early hour.
At about o'clock the Emperor had left
Buckingham Palace on horseback for
Rotton Row, where he enjoyed an invig-
Grating ride.
Precisely at noon the royal state car
rage left Buckingham Palace, spark
ling with gold ornamentation and drawn
by eight superb poStilionrridden horses,
hanked by mounted Life Guardsmen
and mounted police, and conducted by
ite-bewigged footmen and coachmen-
of immense size.
As the procession left the Palace,
from every quarter within and without
the city boundaries, peals of bells rang
out from the church steeples and an
nounced ioyiully to the expectant
masses that the imperial pageant had
commenced.
Up the Strand the decorations were
superb, not through unity of design
at which there was no attempt, but
through sheer plentitude of display.
Every inch Of the way from the Strand
to the Guild-hall bounded in color. The
fronts of the buildings were every
where draped with flowers; innumcr-
able lines hung in festoons arching the
streets. Flags were, OF course, every
where to be seen AMI the bunting OF
almost every nationality was displayed.
Clubland in the west, and where the
most costly display OF decorations
mig 10 Laro boon expected, was
unusually bare, only the Garlic
ton and the Junior Carleton
clubs rising to anything like the flag
and floral decorations OF former great
state functions. Strange to add, no
great number OF on-lookers appeared at
the club windows, nor was there any
great popular effusiyencss Of feeling APP
parent until the Imperial party ap-
preached Trafalgar Square. There
mighty roar of acclamatiOns filled the
air Us the Emperor's carriage drew near.
From that point to Guild-hall there was
an incessant series OF ovations.
The reception Of the Prince of Wales
was Of mixed character. At points he
was received with unstinted cordiality,
and at others loud hootings quite domi-
mated the cheers, though on the whole,
his reception was favorable.
The Lord Mayor received the guests
at the entrance, and the procession was
formed and moved to the library, where
court OF the common council was held
and the Recorder OF the City Of London
read an address to his Majesty, declar-
ing his visit to to the Queen of happy
augury OF the continuance OF the friend
ly, affectionate relations so long existing
between the two nations.
The address was presented in splen-
did gold casket, richly enamelled and
locked with precious stones.
The Emperor replied to the Lord
Mayors address in the following
terms:
my Lord,-Please receive my heart
felt thanks for the warm welcome eX-
tended to us by the citizens OF this an
cient and noble metropolis. / have al
ways felt at homo in this lovely country,
being the grandson of your Queen,
whose name will ever be remembered
as that OF noble character and Of a
lady great In the wisdom of her coun-
sells and whose reign has conferred
lasting blessings upon England. More
over, tho same blood runs in English as
in German veins and, following the ex-
amples Of my grandfather, and OF my
ever lamentad father, | shall always
see so far as in my power to maintain
the historical friendship existing be-
tween these, our two nations, which as
your Lordship has mentioned, have so
often been seen side by side in defence
OF liberty and OF justice.
II feel encouraged in my task when
see that wise, capable men such as are
gathered here to-day, do tnstice to the
earnestness and honesty Of my inten-
lions. Ny aim, is, above all, the main
tenance OF peace; for, peace alone can
give the confidence necessary TO q
healthy development of science, art and
trade. Only so long as peace reigns,
real liberty to bestow earnest thoughts
upon the great problems, the solution
of which in fairness and In equity
l consider the most prominent duty OF
our time"
"You may therefore rest assured that
/ shall continue TO do my best 10 main
tain and constantly increase the good
relations existing between Germany
and other nations. l shall always be !
found ready to unite with you and |
them in the common labor for !
peaceful progress, friendly intercourse,
and the advancement of civilization"
a dejeuncr in the Guild Hail followed |
the proceedings 10 the Library.
When the city's guests bad been |
refreshed by the good things |
on the table, other speeches o. welcome |
were exchanged over the wine. but they |
were purely Of An informal nature,
At $50 p. N. the Journey back 70 |
and other places began.
westward BY way OF the |
Thames embankmest. On the way TO |
the Thames embanEment az Ludgate
circrs, where the rougher element OF /
the city was backed In all the thorough
fares branching into that much FREQ aent-
ed centre, there were someWb&t exciting |