New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-23
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TIE SCENE At CONSTITUTION lllLl.-IllE
FRpCESSIONS-TlIE EVENING.


The first ching which must haN" struck thr
sprctatorS or some of them, OF S"sterily pageant
WAS the want OF enthusiasm ! presume th'"
| vo,o noints whc11. the cheers and other dcmoii-
STATIONS were cordial The newspapers say 80.
| One can ONLY testify to what one heard an siw
I sprnt most of the morning in In" balcony "l
bousc in Piccady not far from iIyd" Park corner,
overlooking the great triangular space bounded ID
Ticcadillv and HYDE Park on the north, Gro N"h"r
| place ON thc west. and the Green Park aloIg lis
curying hypothenuse There if anywhcr" one
micht have expected TO hear liz" laundering cheers
of the street The MAS and multitude OF people
were greater there tlan anywhere els on 'h'
line 70 be taken by the procession
There were, perhaps, fifty thousand poP" II
sioh, They filled every inch Of space the polio"
allowed them TO fill. They mai p''h '"r''' va,
OF 81. Jamcs's and Green Parks. and tNfon2'd
ohou, tho entrance by the great arch on Con-titu-
ton Hill: that arch which the genius Of Mr.. shaw
cf.yr, Her Majesty's First Commissioner Of
Works bo, set askrw on what ought 10 be nopl"
site: looking nowhere and leading nowh"r" ln'F
filed the Windows Of the gray stone palaces Wh'"
line Gro,ycnor Place and, at this point flc'""S'
They were pcrchcd on the roofs, ana tine 'i''"''
ON the rocf OF ST. Georges Hospital MA" WV
hope the raftcrs and girders had been s'Inc"' Iva
this occasion. They Were Of all CHASSIS IN"
interest in the wedding ceremony hau "io"6"'
them out early one Of the hottest il'i"i
ever known TO London, and there, Tor one h"o"'
not how many hours, they had STOOD "di'i"E'
4 double line Of police and Of troops Ncdg"d ''"'i
in where YOU had chosen your place thre you
must stand or, if you gave II up, you might Sio''
long for another. Perhaps their chthusaShi IN
pended itself in waiting. When the moment came
70 announce il. the announcement was but d FAINT
inpT sal
near whom | stood. And yet the number and
degree Of royalties from among whom you were
at liberty to choose whom you would cheer, II any
WAS considerable Is il then true that il was not
SO much royalty as the trappinss Of royalty that
they came out TO see?
In truth, the royal procession was the least OF
all the sights of London on this marriage day Of
a royal Prince with Princess whom her marriage
has now made royal. One enthusiastic chronicl"r
afirms with solemnity that the Americans look
ing Oh at the spectacle we've paralyzcd by H.
No doubt there were Americans who told him so,
and no doubt the extreme Gryncss of one form
of American humor is but mpcricctly appreciated
by the average Iriton The Britons themselves
grumblcd at the meagrcncss of In. professions
and of the military display Yet ! imagine the
scene at Constitution Hill brilliant with
scarlet as anywhere else. Grumbles were heard
also upon the closing of the carriages. 1t
said they had to be- closed because tlr ladies
were in evening dress; not a very conclusive
reason
When they were first seen, twenty minutes
late through fhc trees beyond the arch, and the
first strains OF God Save the Queen were
heard from the Guards band on the hither side
Of the arch there was no cheering at all Nor
was there when the first of them came into full
view. Everybody knew that the first three or
four carriages contained ladies and gentlemen in
waiting whose very individuality was swallowed
ND in their functions. The style and title of
"Gcntenan i'll Waiting on Ills Royal IIighncss
the Prince Albert Of Belgium are but i'll caleu-
lated TO stir the loyal ardor of the Englishman
He is more apt, if he belongs TO the alpowcrful
misses. to cypress his wonder to q" what them
furrincrs is dom ere" Even His Royal High
ness the Prince Albert of Belgium himself is
allowed to pass in silence and is General
Count Won Zeppelin, representing His Majesty
,ho King of Wurtcmbcre. The indifference Of
the masses and of the classes in the presence
of these Continentas is profound.
The first Royal llghness who gets a cheer is
the Duke of Cambridge. whose profession, a sol
der and hearty blurtness Of manner make him
q favoritc He has the fifth carriage all to him
self and his equcrry Then come the sons and
daughters md the sons-in-law and daughters-in-
law Of the Queen all respectfully welcomed
the Princess Louise more than respectfully, liked