The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-07-01

jections of buildings, on curbstones OF
| leaned in doorways and the angles made
by stands. With dawn the hope of queens
weather merged into certainty and the
world there prepared itself in fullest con-
fidence for a day of pleasure.
The procession moved from Bucking-
ham Palace nearly on time. The roar of
cheers that marked its course up Consti-
tuition Hill told the beginning of the story
of the queen among her people, while the
artillery in Hyde Park, by a royal salute
of sixty guns, thundered the fact to wait
ing thousands elsewhere. The queen had
actually started.
The procession was practically in three
sections as far as st. Paul's, though the
two last, en- route to the cathedral, were
consolidated as they moved into Picadilly.
The first to take up position was the CO.
lonial procession, which formed on the
embankment and moved via the Mall,
thence past the palace, where her majes-
ty viewed it from a window, over the
route to st. Paul's. The march began at
S:45 and the great cortege proved well
come relief to the waiting multitude The
procession was headed by an advance par
ty of the Royal Horse Guards. Then fol-
lowed the band of the same corps playing
the inspiriting washington Post March. !"
Close upon the band came a portion of the
picturesque Northwest mounted police as
escort TO the first colonial premier, Hon.
Wilfred Laurier.
The scores of troops and companies
were literally too numerous to mention ex-
cept as a brilliant whole. 1t seemed like
nothing SO much as some stream of bur-
nished gold flowing between dark banks
of human beings gathered to witness its
passage to a land of light.
Then the first part of the sovereign's
escort rode into view, the Second Life
Guards. AS their well-known brilliant
uniforms appeared the whisper ran cleo
trically: She's coming" The guards
were soon succeeded by the escort of
British and foreign princes. Many faces
were known, recognized and cheered.
This brilliant escort was composed of the
flower of Europe's thrones. Following
the princes came the Guard of Honor. A
cheer broke forth that seemed to shake
the ground, renewed again and again, as
her majesty's carriage approached. The
carriage in which her majesty rode now
came abreast 1t was built about a quar-
ter of a century ago. The body was dark
claret, lined with vermillion. the mold
ings outlined with beads of brass. Be
side her majesty rode the Princess of
Wales, opposite her majesty, her royal
highness Princess Christian. On the left
of her majesty rode his royal highness,
the Duke of Cambridge, on the right, his
royal hishness. the Prince of Wales. who
was followed by the Duke of Connausht,
the general officer commanding.
Services at st. Paul's
The great bells of st. Pauls broke out
in happy chorus as the queens carriage
started from Temple bar and only ceased
as her majesty's carriage stopped in front
of the steps of the cathedral. With the
of the queens carriage the pic
ture was complete and the swelling bymn
that had risen on the summer air from
five choristers of her majesty's chapel roy
al, Westminster : ey and st. Paul's
ceased its grand harmonies in one long
drawn soft amen The service was
about to begin. The bishop of London. in
full canonicals, read short Collect. af
ter which. as her majesty sat with bowed
head, the archbishop of Canterbury an
nounced the benediction. Then, amidst |
the further ringing of bells, the national
anthem was sung, and the queen drove on
into other scenes.
AS her majesty entered the gates of |
the palace at . o'clock distant gun in |
Hyde Park announced to so much of the |
world as was not before the gates that |
fhe great procession was over. The event |
so long prepared had passed into history.