The herald., 1896-04-05

Opposed Of every room available for
NE coronation ceremonies and fetes.
suites OF three rooms have been rented
ct from $500 to $26O0.
The Duke and Duchess of York and
the Princess of Wales and her daugh-
ter are spending the holidays in peace
and quiet at Sandringham while his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Is
3unketing the time away with his yacht
0n the blue waters of the Mediterran-
o3n- Brittania, by the way. has not
been improved by the alteration OF her
trim. etc.. and she il making q poor
showing this season. Atisa seems able
20 show her heels with beautiful regu.
larity. This. 1t Is to be expected, will
cause the Prince of Wales to order a
new cutter for next season, and il the
new Meteor, being built for Emperor
William of Germany, near Glasgow,
turns out to be anything of flyer, the
Imperial nephew will accomplish one
Of his pet desires namely, outsail his
royal uncle in yacht race on the Isle
Of Wight and recapture the famous
challenge shield offered by the EN-
peror some seasons ago. and now held
by the Britannia. The queen is still
ut Cimiez, near Nice.
1t has been definitely arranged that
the marriage of Princess Maud of Wales
Of the three sons Of the crown prince
and crown princess of Denmark, will
take place in the chapel royal at st.
James palace on July Z. The Archbishop
Of Canterbury, assisted by the Bishops
OF London and Winchester, will off,
ciate. There will be procession in
state from Buckingham palace to st.
James palace and the chapel royal, and
as the distance between the two places
IL very short many thousands OF people
will be disappointed in their hopes of
witnessing the pageant. However,
everything possible will be done to give
Her Majestys subjects as good view
of the turnout of royalty and most
attractive spectacle is anticipated.
The queen will take part in the cere-
mony, the streets and the park and the
mall adjoining the palaces will be held
by the Horse Guards, Life Guards,
Grenadier Guards, Scots Guards. Cold
stream Guards and the crack regi-
ments. and if the weather permits there
will be gathering of Londoners about
the palace seldom seen nowadays.
Princess Harry as Maud is popu-
larly known, will have eight brides
maids, her sister Princess Victoria of
Wales, Princess Indeborg and Thyra
of Denmark sisters of the groom; Prin-
cess Victoria of Schleswig- Holstein,
Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg-
Gotha, Princess Alice of Albany and
Princesses Ena and Victoria of Bat
tenburg
There has been an unusually strong
turning out of the British volunteers
for the Easter manoeuvers this year.
In fact at no time since the formation
of this addition to the defenses of Great
britain against foreign foe has there
been such a martial spirit displayed in
England. There is no doubt that this
large muster of volunteer soldiery is
nf hn Of fhn y
scare. but it is also partly attributed to
the fact that the popular commander
in-chief of the forces, Lord Wolseley,
regards their efforts in a much more
serious light than his predecessor, the
Duke of Cambridge. Lord Wolseley
intends to greatly improve their arms
and equipments, the improved Martini
Henrys now being discarded by the
regulars, will be placed in the hands of
the volunteers. and the latter in course
of time will be armed with the new Lee
Meiford rapid fire magazine rifle. Bet
ter quarters in many cases will also be
assigned to the volunteers. their work
at the targets will be greatly encour-
aged, and in short Lord Wolseley will
do all in his power to encourage the
volunteers in their outings
The usual ancient royal charities"
designated as royal maunday." took
place on maundy Thursday in West
uiiustcT ADDey. he nuulDer Oh rec1D-
tents is governed by the queens age;
thus last year seventy-six men and
seventy-six women received the royal
aims. This year seventy-seven men
and seventy-seven women Joined in the
procession which was formed about
o'clock and passed into the choir. Each
of the old men and women received two
neatly made bags, the first of white
material containing Ell in gold and
representing part of the maundy and
one G10, the allowance, instead of pro-
visions which were formerly given in
kind. The recipients of the royal
maundy were afterwards handed red
purse holding as many pence as the
queen Is years of age and given in sill
yer pennies two-pence, three-pence
and four-pence. Each man also re-
ceives 425. in lieu of an allowance Of
clothing, and each woman was also
presented with 915 instead of an al
lowance of clothing.
There is every respect that the influx
of American visitors to London this
season will be greater than ever. All
the leading hotels are making cores
ponding preparations.
The English arrangements for the
American Congregationalist pilgrimage
to England are now practically COM
pleted. The party. which is expected
to number about fifty sails from New
York June 4, arriving at Plymouth on
the 11th After day or two spent in
the town from which the pilgrim
fathers sailed in the Mayhower, the
party will proceed via Exeter Wells,
Glastonbury, Winchester and Bedford
to London On June 25 the party leaves
London for Cambridge, Ely, Boston
and Lincoln, whence excursions will
be made to other places associated with
the history of the pilgrim fathers. Sub
sequent arrangements include trip to
Holland the Rhine, Heidelberg, Baden
Baden, the Black Forest, falls of the
Rhine. Zurich, etc.