The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-06-23
DIAMOND JUBILEE DAY.
Remarkable 0utpourings in Honor
Of England's Queen. %.
BUT TIE PARNELLITEs OBJECT.

Opponents of the Government Dis.
tions at Night.
London, June 23.-The last stroke Of
~ had not died away on Mondays s
midnight air when from some metro
politan belfries a tumultuous peal of
bells announced Diamond Jubilee Day,
The vast crowd that filled the miles of
streets and squares answered with
ringing cheers, and here and there the
singing of God Save the queen"
In many places the crowds were very
noisy, blowing horns and cornets,
playing mouth organs and concertinas
and altogether vociferous. At the
music halls every popular ditty was
greeted with shouts and cheers.
Everybody flung about confections
everywhere hawkers vended fruit, and
the street stalls where coffee, hot DO
tatoes and edibles were on sale did q
roaring trade.
Early in the morning the work Of
clearing the streets for the great pro-
cession was begun, and it was a her
cluean task, for the people persisted
IN crowding into the gayly decorated
streets DESPITE the efforts of the po-
lice. BY the time the procession ap-
peared however, a semblance of order
had been secured
The route was kept by troops in re-
view order, standards and colors car
ried, infantry Of the line carrying rolled
capes, volunteers, in addition, haver-
sacks and water bottles. The men took
stone. Turning first to the Senior Ser
vice, in addition to the Naval Guard OF
Honor 900 BluejacketS with 400 men of
the Royal Marine Light Infantry lined
the route in Trafalgar Square; 300 Blue
Jackets and 800 marines were stationed
IN st. Georges circus on the Surrey
side. These, with the naval gun de-
tachment, in the procession, and a de-
tachment of the Royal Naval Reserve,
completed the naval demonstration,
which, II it seemed to be lost in the
magnitude of the part assigned to the
Junior Service, was none the less in
tefestlng to those in the neighborhood
where the navy gave tone to the show.
The army, in the various arms of the
service. presented an imposing array
of almost $4,000 men, which, with those
In the procession, formed the flower
OF the British soldiery-infantry, cav
airy, artillery, engineers, ordnance
men, men of the army service, militia,
yeomanry, volunteers, cadets and men
of the medical staff. A description of
the uniforms would fill o fair sized
book, 80 varied were they.
The procession was practically in
three sections as far us st. Pauls,
though the two last en- route to the
cathedral were consolidated as they
moved into Piccadilly The first to
take up the position was the colonial
procession, formed on the embank-
ment, and moved via the Mall, thence
past. the palace, where her majesty
viewed it from a window, over the
roate to st. Paul's. Then came the
troops of the crown colonies. and final
ty the royal procession proper, escort
Ing her majesty Cheers broke forth
that seemed to shake the ground, re-
moved again and again as her ma
Jesty's carriage passed. and every |
where along the route was shown the |
love Of Englishmen for England's
queen.
The pageant was dramatic and his
tOEic. The lord mayor, in his robes Of |
Office, meeting the sovereign at the city |
gates, recalled the early suggestion of
liberty, in the privileges won from
kings by free cities, and the sheriff. in
medaeval costume, escorting the mon
arch within his bailiwck, gave @
glimpse of the origin and recognition
of civil rights by the throne. The mon
IN cd I,y
by the military forces of the realm,
both regulars and volunteers, national
and colonial, evidenced the strength
and permanency Of the monarchical
system with this people.
White, yellow and black soldiers
trooped by, each aCcelerating and in
creasing the tidal wave of enthusiasm
and presenting u panorama Of power
unequaled in history.
The concentrated and irrepressible
Joy and pride which preceded, accom-
panied and followed the queen like q
resistless torrent surpassed anything
ever witnessed before. Though many
races and many tongues participated,
the dominant, absorbing expression
was English, and the glory was Eng
lands. Peers and COmmOners, mas
fefs and WOrlmen, milIiOnaires and
the multitude were welded by a tre-
mendOuS force. The enthusiasm and |
shouting were far different from those
evoked by the triumphal procession of
q Roman conqueror Men and women
eagerly expressed to each other, and
emphasized to foreigners, as the col
onials marched by, that they were not
n n Of
but willing subjects, free
citizens of the worldwide empire fol-
lowing their sovereign"
The Canadians easily took the lead
among the coIonials. The fact that the
province of Quebec was in rebellion
when Victoria came to the throne, and
that her premier, now here, Is
;rrenchman and a Catholic, appealed
10 English Imagination. That the de-
,endant Of Montcalm and his country
men should vie with the children Of
Wolfe and his soldiers in their loyalty,
md that Canada has made begin
ming by favoring Great Britain us
against other nations in her tariff, have
.ouched both the British heart and
pocket.
No Redmonites and only some half
lozen DillonItes were to be seen in the
,ficial stands at Westminster. Mr.,
md Mrs Gladstone passed the day at
iawardon, where Mr.. Gladstone de-
ivered a patriotic address in connec-
Ion with a children's fete.
With the coming of night the crowds
which had filtered out of the process
ional streets after the great show
7edged back again to view London ,
light. The illuminations were achiev-
d more artistically than the decora-
Ions by day. Those Of the metropolis !
we're, like everything that had pre-
iously transpired, greater and more ,
esplendant than anything In her his
Dry The symbols Of loyalty and af-
action, of imperial grandeur and the !