The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-06-25

Houses OF Parliament Before HerMsjesty
for First Time In Many Years stops
Made on the Route to the Castle to Re.
ceive.Addresses.
London. June e3-This day was ms
| Of the most fatlguing of the week for
| the queen. the official programme de-
mandinS the reception Of several dis
| tinguished bodies Of official parsonage
and the reception OF addresses al
| Slough. Eton and Windsor. The chief
| event Ct the day and one Of the most
| interesting OF the entire week was the
| presentation TO the queen Of c~ongratu-
| latory addresses by both houses Of par
lament. which occurred at Bucking-
ham palace this morning.
Nearly half a century has passed
| since the house OF commons visited the
| sovereign in a body, the last occasion
being 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 ~forties, when addresses
were made consratulating the queen
on the failure Of attempts at assassi-
nation, has she had the two houses to-
gether.
There We're brief formalities at West
minister today. the two houses meet
ing and the formal announcements be-
ing made by Lord Salisbury in the
house of lords and Mr.. Balfour in the
house of commons, that the queen
would be pleased to receive the two
houses. they proceeded in stately pro-
cession TO the palace. There they as
| sembled in the ball room Of the pal
] ace.
The queen was wheeled into the ball
room by an indian attendant. She wore
a black brocaded dress, a black skirt
and a widows cap and carried a white
fan and a l~orgenette. She also wore
the ribbon of the Order of the Garter.
The scene was magnificent. The IL mi
forms, dresses. orders and blazing jew
| els showed up finely in the light which
found its way through the windows.
The Lord Chamberlain. the earl Of
Latho1n. first escorted in the lord chan
cellor, Lord Halisbury, who war geor-
gously rGbed. the members of the
house of lords following him. The lord
chancellor then knelt before the queen
and read the address from the house
of lords. at the end Of which the queen
bowed. then their lordships and the
peers retired in a body.
The lord chamberlain afterward left
the room and returning, ushered into
her majesty's presence the members
of the house of The latter
| advanced between two lines of gen
tlemen-at-arms, brilliantly uniformed.
The commoners We're headed by Speak
er Gully. who stood While he read to
her majesty the address from the house
of At the conclusion of the
reading the queen bowed and the com
mcners retired in a body.
over 400 mayors and prevosts. chair
men of county councils and sheriffs.
filed past the queen who bowed and
smiled as each of the loyal officials
passed. The sheriffs We're all in gor-
geous scarlet and the mayors all wore
the full insignia Of their office. includ-
ing the strange robes and golden
chains, etc. The mayors were headed
by the lord mayor of London, Sir
George Faudel-Phillips, who also wore
the full robes and complete insignia of
his office.
After the parliamentary ceremony
the queen received in the same manner
the mayOs and prevosts of provinces,
and chairmen Of county councils, who
afterWard We're entertained at a lun-
cheon in the palace. They We're attir-
ed in levee dress. consisting of black
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ana stockings. DI1cs
velvet coats with steel buttons, black
plumed hats and swords.
The queen left the palace soon after
4:3O O'Clock p. m. returning to the Pad
dlngton railroad station by the same
route as was followed on her arrival.
Her majesty was greeted with the
same enthusiasm. There was a pretty
sight at Constitution Hill. near the
palace, where, in the grandstands used
to yiau- tho prpoaccinn vactar1av IN 0a0
children from the board schools, church
of England schools. Wesleyan schools,
Catholic schools and Jewish schools,
were inspected by her majesty. Each
child wore a special medal n a red
badge and the teachers wore blue
badges and white dresses. All the
children We're dressed in their Sun
day best" On the arrival OF the queen
the children Joined in singing the ma
tional anthem, led by a band. with
heartiness and freshness never sur
passed up to the present.
The Marquis Of Londonderry, as
chairman, presented her majesty an
address in behalf Of the school board
and the bishop Of London and others
did the same in behalf OF the other
chool bodies.
The queen arrived at Slough at $50
O'clock p. m, and was received there
by Baron Nathaniel Meyer de Roths-
child, the lord lieutenant of Bucking-
hamShire, and the other county officers.
Addresses were presented to her ma
jesty by the county magistrates, the
county council and the Urban district
council. Her majesty replied briefly
to each address and left Slough through
a casteliated arch Of the medieval
period. The whole place was decorated
handsomely. The royal Horse Guards
furnished the escort Of the court.
At Elton college a gateway Of the pc
riod when the college was founded,
that of Henry VI. had been erected
and there We're also statues represent
ing Henry and Margaret OF Anjou, as
we'll as of the patron saints Of the coll
lege, St. Mary and st. Nicholas. AS
the summit of the arch stood four
Elton boys dressed as heralds and they
assumed to sound their trumpets