Evening star., 1897-03-27
WCTORIA'S JUBILEE
Arrangements for the Celebration
Well Advanced.
ROUTE OF PARADE SIX MILES LONG
Professions to Cross the Thames
River Twice.
CER EMON IN OPEN AIR

Copyrighted, 1897. by the Associated Press y
LONDON, March 27-The arrangements
for the queens jubilee celebratio in June
are now well advanced. The route of the
procession which her ma ajesty and the roy
al family will follow to St. Paurs is as
follows:
Leave Buckingham Palace, Constitution
Hall. Piccadlly. ST. James street, Pail Mall.
north side of Trafalgar square past the
National Gallery. Duncanson street StralId
Fleet street, Ludgate Hill to St paurs Ca
thedral
1t Is proposed to have the ceremony at
the cathedral take place in the open air
1t is probable that the queen will not
leave her carriage, and the exercises will
not occupy more than fifteen minutes.
After the ceremony the route will be:
South side of st. PauIs church yard to
Cheapside. Mansion House. King William
street London bridge Borough High street
Borough road. St. Georges Circus West
minister Bridge road, Westminster bridge
Bridge street. Parlia ament street. Whitehall.
the Horse Guards the Center Mall. to
Buckingham Palace
The procession thus arranged for will Ia
unprecedented In splendor ard numbers
The military arrangements will be under
the charge of the Duke of Connaught who
that day. He Will be assisted by his two
stan officers. Lord Methuen and Colonel
Mackinnon. The procession will be a mile
long. In it there will be contineents of
the Royal Horse Guards, and the First
and second Life Guards, the Scots Crews.
the colonial representative troops some
.oo IN number, and special escort of In
dlan native officers. representative of ey-
cry crack regiment in India. The princess
es of the royal family and a splendid cav
alcade OF princes on horseback will go be
Iofe the queens carriage. In advance Of
the royal princes cavalcade will be the
faf- Of ,ln.,
LORD Wolseley, the commander -in-chief
The frst stoppage will be at the Law
Courts. where old Temple Bar once stood
ACCORDING to precedent which obtains on
all state occasions, the lord MAYOR will
her" present his homage to the queen
rms Is done by presenting the sword of
state 10 her majesty, who at once re-
turns II.
lor the queens carriage and those of the
royal Drincesses opposite the west front of
ST fauIs. The royal princes will be
grouped round on horseback during the
exercises. The inclosure will be kept bv
soldiers of every nationality and every
arm of her majesty's force Five choirs
Will take part in the services on the steps
of ST. Paurs
prominent place will he sriven to tho
volunteer forces. The yeomanry militia
ana volunteers are to supply the troops for
the whole of the Mall in ST James park
ne admiralty has arranged that contin-
~ 'Iuc Jdthets ana royal marines
route. "0s 'h'
The route has been measured and is six
ihles In length. The rate of progress will
ne Two and one-fourth miles an hour in
ciunlhs the stoppages. 1t is understood to
nave been the queens desire to show her
self TO South Londoners especially in tha
ancient borough, and to give some comnar-
auveiy poor neighbors some share in the
aaVantases that are gained by the letting
OF wlndoTs and frontages on great snec
ocular occasions