Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-07-10
A GREAT DAY IN LONDON FOR
THE ROYALTY.
They Get Out I'm Their Very Rest
Clothes and show Themselves,
and tle People Cape and stare
and Pay the Fiddler.

LONDON, July 10.-The inhabitants of
London and vicinity turned out in force
in order to witness the progress in state
of Emperor William from Buckingham
palace to Guild Hall and back to the
palace after partaking of the hospitality
of the Lord Mayor of London.
From the earliest hours of morning
crowds of people had been literally pour
ing towards Buckingham palace, St.
James Park, Strand, Fleet street, Lud.
gate Hill, and the city generally in order
to take up some position where they
could get as good sight of the imperial
procession as it was possible for them to
get by grim determination and good el-
bow work.
From the earliest hours, also, in addi-
to the crowds of pedestrians hocked city
ward, there were large bodies of regular
troops and volunteers to be met march.
ing toward the positions they had been
assigned to occupy along the route, and
besides the soldiers, there were fully
5000 policemen in motion with the same
object in view. All these crowded the
streets hours before the procession
started.
At $50 this morning all traffic along
the route and through the streets bor-
dering it had been stopped bv the people
who packed every foot of the space
available and who were not to be moved
under much less pressure than that OF a
police charge.
AS the hour for starting the procession,
midday, drew near, the crowds pressed
upon the soldiers and police in so forcible
manner that it required the utmost
efforts of the soldiers to keep them from
breaking through the red and blue lines
formed from the palace to Guild hall.
While this early crcwding was in prog
rcss the emperor as usual, had com
menced his days work at an early hour.
AT about 7 O'Clock he had left Bucking-
ham palace on horseback for Rotten
Row. Hyde park. where he enjoyed
an invigorating ride. At 8 O'Clock the
emperor reviewed the Queens Westmin-
ster volunteers on the lawn of Bucking-
ham palace. For that occasion the en-
perar wore a light blue Rrussian uni.
form. After this review the German
ruler enjoyed light breakfast and then
visited a naval exhibition, where he was
much interested in the models of new
war ships and big guns. Leaving the
naval ex hibition, the emperor returned
to buckingham palace and retired to
his private apartments in order to trans
act the mass Of public business connected
withthe German empire, before prepar-
ing for his progress to historic Guild
hail.
Just before starting on this journey the
Emperor received brief telcgraphic and
courier reports brought by mounted
policemen and eayalryYmep. to. BnrkirS-
reports concurred in the promise that an
orderly and magnificent reception would
be accorded to the emperor by the loyal
subjects of the queen OF England.
Precisely at noon the royal state car
riage left Buckingham palace, sparkling
with gold ornamentation and drawn by
eight superb postilion-ridden horses,
hanked by mounted life guardsmen and
mounted police and conducted by white
bcwigged foot men and coachmen OF i'm
mense size. The royal carriages upon
leaving the palace passed towards
Marlborough gate, through the lines
/ of the Grcnadier guards and the police
backing up the huge swaying, cheering
crowds OF people. As the procession let
the palace from every quarter, within
and without the city boundaries, peals
bells rang out from the church steeple
and announced to the expectant masse
that the imperial pageant had CON
mcnced.
As it begun, in the full dignity of roya
pomp and circumstance, 50 it proceede
and ended. Along the entire line tn
emperor was cheered as though he ha
been an English king instead of Ge
man emperor. No accident married II
ceremony at any point.