The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-06-24

LONDON, June 23.-Great crowds
viewed the illuminatons this evening
crowds much greater than those CT
Tuesday night. The professional route
and the side streets were packed with
every conceivable sort of vehicle from
costers cart to handsomely appointed
coaches, private open carriages and
omnibuses specially chartered for the
| occasion, carrying ladies and gentle
men in evening dress. In many parts
where the police diverted the traffic
into the streets, men and sometimes
women could be seen leaving their car
riages and mingling with the crowd in
order to get a better view. At the
West end the route from the Strand to
st. James street was packed to suffo
cation. The heat was intense. Many
women have tainted, and the ambu-
lances were kept busy. Trafalgar
square was the scene of an immense
throng, and the police had hard work
to keep the people moving.
In the city tonight was made notable
by gala performance at the opera in
COvent garden which was royalty dec
Grated The low rate boxes were torn
down to make room for the royal box,
which was really a magnificent salon
decorated with tapestrins and powered
in roses. A special staircase was erect
ed and an entrance cut for the Prince
of Wales and his party.
For miles around Covent garden
the streets were crowded, and the crush
| of carriages was so dense that many
men, wearing gorgeous uniforms and
wit lad tn
long distances amid the varying COM
ments Of the crowd. Many others, like
the Duke of Marlborough and the Duke
of Devonshire, drove to the opera house
in state carriages, with coachmen and
footmen resplendent in state liveries.
In front of the opera house was a
mounted guard Of honor; inside the
! Earl of Lathom with a lot of gold
sticks, awaited the arrival of the royal
party, while beef eaters lined the stair
way and mounted guard outside the
| royal box. Meantime the house filed
! and the scene was most gorgeous.
! The women blazed with jewelry, near
| ly every man were O. uniform of some
sort, while the Indian princess, dressed
in native costume, occupied prominent
| boxes and were curious spectators of
| the glittering display.
At length the royalties began to ar
rive, the Princess of Wales coming
| first Her costume was white, en-
broidered with silver; upon her head
| she were a beautiful diamond tiara,
pearls around her neck and a long row
of orders across her bodice AS she
entered the royal box the audience rose
and the band played the national
| anthem. The rest of the party then
| filed into the box, each preceded by
| the Earl of Lathom walking back
| IITo rH ono thny1 4Ia ytcif
ing princes and all the members of the
English royal family except the queen,
Empress Frederick Of Germany and
| Princess Beatrice.
AS soon as they were seated the cur
| tain rose, disclosing the entire cast of
the opera, among them Madame Melba
| and M. de Reszke, grouped upon the
stage. Then followed such a rendering
| Of the national anthem as it never had
! before, after which was carried out
Mr.. Grau's carefully arranged pro-
| gramme, including the second act Of
''Tannhauser," the third act of Gou-
mods Romeo and Juliet" and the
fourth act of the "Huguenots'
Today was one of the most fatigung
of the week for the queen, the official
programme demanding the reception
| of several distinguished bodies of Of
| fetal personages, an inspection of the
body guard and yoemen of the guard,
|
addresses at Slough, Eton and Wind
| SOr.
The chief event Of the day and one
| of the most interesting of the entire
| week was the presentation to the queen
| of c0ngratulatory addresses by both
houses of parliament, which occurred
at Buckingham palace this morning
Nearly half century has passed since
| the house of commons visited the SOW
ereign in body The last occasion
was the presentation of an address
acknowledging the reception of the
| queens message announcing the dec
| laration of war against Russia. and
not since the early '40s; when addresses
were made congratulating the queen
on the failure of attempts at assas-
sination has she received the two
houses together.
There were brief formalities at West
minister today, the two houses meet
| ing and the formal announcement be-
ing made by Lord H9lsbury in the
house of lords, and Mr.. Balfour in the
house Of commons that the queen
| houses. They proceeded in stately
procession to the palace. There they
assembled in the chamber adjoining
the throne room and after a brief de-
lay the doors were thrown open and
the announcement made that her NAL
esty was prepared to give them an
audience. Thereupon the lord chan
cellor and the speaker Of the house of
| commons advanced side by side to the
throne, each followed by the members
of his own house. Lord Chancellor
| HalSbury knelt at the feet of the
throne, read the address there on his
knees and handed it to the queen
After the parliamentary ceremony
the queen received in the same man
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