The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-08-11
QUEEN McroRIA,s CORONATION.
"A Description or fhe Event ~ Seen ~
Famous Dean STANLEY.

IA Description Or fhs Event ~ Seen ~ the
Fnmoua Dean stanley
The following Concerning Dean Stan.
ley's view of the coronation Of Queen
Victoria is taken from q recently pub
lished life Of that remarkable man:
At 1890 another gun announced that
she was at the abbey door, and in
about a quarter of an hour the process
sion appeared from under the organ,
advancing mp the purple approach 20
the chancel, every one leaning over.
and in they came First the great dukes,
struggling with their enormous trains,
then bishops, etc, and then the queen,
with her vast crimson train outspread
by eight ladies all In white, followed
by the great ladies of her court In enor-
nous crimson trains and the smaller
adde's with delicate sky blue trains trail
ing along the dark floor. When she
came within the full view Of the gor-
geous abbey she paused as IL for breath
and clasped her hands. The orchestra
broke ont into the most tremendous
crash Of music ] ever heard. 81 was
glad when they said unto me, Let Ms
60 into the house Of the Lord. Y"
Every one literally gasped for breath
from the intense interest, and the rails
Of the gallery visibly trembled In ones
hands from the trembling Of the specta-
tors. ] eve saw anything like it
Tears would have been . relief. One
felt that the queen must sink into the
earth under the tremendous awe. But
ut last she moved ON 20 her place by the
altar, and, as ] heard from my cousin
who had o place close by. threw herself
ON her knees, buried her face in her
hands and evidently prayed ~fervently.
For the first part the silence was 30
great that at my extreme point / could
hear quite distinctly the tremulous but
articulate voice of the archbishop Aft
erward it was quite inaudible. The
great drawbacks were the feeble re-
sponses 20 the service and the feebleness
Of the acclamation-hardly any at all
at the recognition and only tolerable
at the coronation. That was the crisis
of the ceremony and the most striking
part. The very moment the crown touch
ed her head the gums went of, the
trumpets began and the shouts. She was
perfectly immoyable, like statue. The
Duchess Of Kent burst into tears, and
her lady had TO put ON her coronet for
her. The amounting was very beautiful
from the cloth Of gold. The homage also
from the magnificent cluster in the very
center. !,
It wa . take OF, though o necessary
one, / suppose, that throughout her face
was turned away from the spectators
toward the altar. All the movements
were beautiful She was always accom-
panied by her eight ladies floating about
her like . silvery cloud. II was over at
3:S0-that il, she went out then with
her crown, her orb and her scepter. /
walked home. The rest had 30 wait till
8 for their carriage which was forced
back by the length Of the line to Ken
nington common. The crowd in the
streets TO zee the return Of the procession
was stupendouR It was all more like q
dream than reality o beautiful
than / could have conceived possible. ]
should wish almost never to zee her
again; that AZ this was the first image
] had ever had Of her, so it should be
the last