New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-03-28
/, ROYAL PROGRESS.
ROUTE OF QUEEN vIcToRIAs COM
an ,,r,,ORATION PROCESSION


victoria must be in far stronger health
e'ssr,,ely more vigorous than is popuiariy
ara " otherwise her children. her Ministers
supp. I've ali. her medical advisers would never
anu .ssnted to her taking part IN the royal
have through her metropolis which mas
rVs'.nned for June 90. on the occasion OF the
peen anniversary of her accession to the
sM"' ever under ordinary circumstances the
inv, ,,o,n Buckingham Palace. down Constitu-
or'' mn piccadllly, down ST. James's-str
TIC" PAIL Mall Trafalgar Square. the Strand.
in" 10 St Pauls Cathedral and back TO
f'...sham Palace by way OF London Bridge.
soroych and Westminster Bridge is long
,,s,iruing trip. requiring at least two hours
.orr driving What ii will be 10 an old lady
o., nv reason Of her age and warmth Of
80, Is an easy prey to emotions. and who
,.,r, me time when she leaves Buckingham
go until the moment when she re-enters its
..r,o,s VIII be compelled 70 keep up a series Of
.,n,er-upted bows in response 10 the wild and
..,,us;astlc cheers Of her loyal subjects lining
,sa an,re route II is difficult TO say. Indeed.
,hs-a ere many who fear that it may be fol-
,.,..a nv fatal results while there are some
..ronbets Of Nl-omen who do rot hesitate 10 pre-
"a, ,rat the excitement will be too much for
hs~ ard tina. she will succumb during the trip.
constitution Hill. down which the Queen will
ar,,e m leaving the palace in procession over
. nile lorc is the road that runs between the
rucNlrghan Palace grounds and Green Park
?, knight sbridge. and has been the scene OF
r,a,t Of the attempts made upon Her Majesty's
rfa il the earlier part of her reign 1t was there
TIA, oxford med his pistol at her. and it was
,,e,e. too that an officer Of the Prince OF
Vatss crack regiment. the Tenth Hussars,
yrho imagined that he had a grievance against
.As Queen, jumped on the step Of her carriage
md struck her several heavy blows with rat
IAN cane over her shoulders and head before he
was seized hy her escort.
4; The foot O. Constitution Hill the procession
will turn INTO Piccadilly. a noble thoroughfare,
bo-dered on one side by Green Park and on the
other 10y a long line of magnificent mansions.
which nay almost be described as palaces. The
first anu most striking is that known as Apsley
House. belonging to the Duke Of Wellington.
ard presented by the nation 10 his Industrious
grandfather. tho greatest English soldier Of the
century Next comes the town residence Of Lord
Rothschild: then that Of the great brewing
ragnate Hamar Bass after that the homes Of
two more members OF the house Of Rothschild.
and then Of Lord Glenesk. proprietor Of THE
Morning Post whose mansion Is famous aS
having been the residence of the wicked old
Duke Of QueensberTy. and subsequently OF the
poet Lord Byron. Within It's walls Byron parted
Cor the last time from his wife, and there. too,
the wicked "old G." entertained at dinner the
Prince Regent ard Nine. Du Barry Lord
lives at No. 49, and at No. ZIG.
where the Junior Athenaeum Club is now To-
lated the great Anglo-Dutch millionaire Hope.
hose shekels built UP the fortune of the ducal
house Of Newcastle. formerly dispensed a most
lavish hospitality. No. 0, now occupied by the
Naval and Military Club was formerly known
~ Cambridge House, and was the town resi-
sence OF Lord Palmerston. where his accom-
pllshed wife gave her famous political parties.
The ST. Jamess Club close by Is the trystfng
,lace Of the ractag and bobtai OF the diplomatic
service and OF their friends as we'll as Of the
minor lights Of the Foreign once. all the better
rlass OF both manifestng preference for the
Infinitely smarter and more exclusive clubs OF
the Travellers and the Marlborough, in Pail Mall.
Lady Burdett-Coutts and her American hus-
band, who has been permitted TO assume her
name though not her title. live at No. so, occu-
plying a corner house. 1t is memorable as hav
Ing teen the mansion from which her father,
Sir Francis Burdett. taken TO prison In spite
O; his having barricaded IT, for having defed thu