The sun., 1897-03-22

cession and its parade through london. 30
give herewith the arrangements which have inst
been finally fixed. First, the route Of the pro
cesslon, in ell six miles long, will be as follows:
Leave buckingham Palace Constitution Hill.
Piccadilly, st. James's street, Pail Mall, north
side OF Trafalgar square, past the National Gal
lery, Duncannon street, Strand, Fleet street,
Ludgate hill, to st. Paul's Cathedral.
After the ceremony the route will be: South
side OF 81. Pauls Churchyard to Cheapside,
Mansion House, King William street, London
Bridge, Borough High street, Borough road st.
Georges circus, Westminster Bridge road, West
minister Bridge Bridge street, Parliament street,
whitehall, tho Horse Guards, the Centre Mall,
to Buckingham Palace.
1t is by the Queens own desire, and 1t is char
acterstic Of her, that she will visit the humblest
quarter OF London south Of the Thames. Half
OF the route lies through the abode Of poverty,
for Lambeth is poorer than Whitechapel. The
crack troops of the British army will be used
instead of police TO keep the line Of march. In
all about $4,000 military will be employed dur
ing the day to line the streets and keep order,
besides forming guards OF honor and firing
salutes. Cavalry in tho arrangement forms a
very important element, and 1t Is officially
stated that there will be ten cavalry regiments
employed. inclusive Of the First and Second Life
Guards. the Royal Horse Guards, the Scots
Grays who ara all near London, ana contin-
gents of Lancers, Light and Heavy Dragons,
Hussars. and Royal Horse Artillery. These,
with the colonial cavalry contingents and tho
Indian special representative cavalry, will all
be quartcred In new special camp at Houns-
low, the English cavalry being drawn from
Aldershot, Colchester, and Norwich for the 90
casion. There will be twenty-five infantry regi-
ments employed the procession day, which
will include the seven battalions Of tho House
hold Guards. and the remainder will be drawn
from Aldcrshot, Dover. Shorncliffe and proba-
bly, places further away, and will represent
English, Irish, Scotch, and Welsh regiments,
with the Kings Royal Rifles and tho Rifle Bri.
gade. These will be contingents, not regiments.
Along with these will be strong representative
companies of the Royal Engineers and the Army
Service Corps All these will be In special
camp on Wimbledon Common for the occasion.
and are to attend there three days before the
great ceremony, to go through their work as
street guards. The Admiralty has not been left
out. and strong contingents of buejackets and
royal marines are to have very prominent
places on the day; in fact, the bluejackets are to
share the honor of the quart OF honor at Buck
ingham Palace and at st. Pauls Cathedral with
the very pick of the Guards battaions detailed
for that duty.
The procession itself will be about mile in
length. 1t will comprise four regiments OF cav
airy, eight squadrons of the Household Guards
and other infantry, seven bands, and three bat
cries OF artillery. These will lead the line, and
be followed by the troops from India and
from tho colonies. Then will como the
Duke OF Connaught and his staff, Lord
Wolselcy, tho COMMANDMENTS Chief Of the
army, and the headquarters staff. Following
this brilliant cortGge will como the Queens car
riage, escorted by the Prince Of Wales and other
British and foreign princes on horseback. The
procession will close with other carriages con-
tanning the prlncesses and ladies OF the court,
members of the colonial governments and moro
military.
1t is expected that the procession will leave
buckingham Palace at IL o'clock, that stop OF
twenty minutes will be made for the outdoor
thanksgiving service at ST. Paul's Cathedral,
another OF five minutes for the presentation OF
an address at the Mansion House, and that tho
Palace will be reached again on the return at 2
o'clock.
Intending visitors in New York may be inter
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reserved seat from which to view this pageant is
FIVE guineas (S25,. Ten thousand dollars has al
ready been paid by speculators for q days rent
OF one building facing st. Paul's Churchyard.
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