Evening journal., 1901-01-23
and that herreign has proved a blessing 10

and that herreign has proved blessing TO
her people.
Victoria was from the first idolzed by
the English people. Her youth appealed
to their sgmpathios, and her good sense tc
tht,rrespcc. She became "A sort OF national
pet. yet withal she was admired fDf her
wisdom her rcctituae and her frnness
Ereville speaks with somuwhut Of regret Of
the last mentioned chnractcrsric, evidently
holding that the ordinary impulsiycness
and perhaps even the mistakes OF youth
wouid have been more charming The
glories and splendors that attended her
coronation-are they not all set down 10
the chronicles Of the dayi The ceremonies
occurred on Jnne 2s. ls38. Never bad Eng
land's metropolis been so crowded. Places
along the line Of the royal procession
brought a high premium. BY dark on the
preceding day the people began TO gather
At daybreak Of the 2Sth the popular en-.
thusiasm had reached a high pitch. The
procession outdid anything of the kind that
had before been witnessed in London. Be
sidcs the troops, which were ordered out in
full force, there were twelve royal car
riages, each containing two ladies and two
gentlemen. and each drawn by six pranc-
ing horses Then came the queens state
coach, drawn by eight cream colored horses
and attended by a yeoman at each wheel
and n footman al each door The corona
tion itself was held In the vast building al
ways used for the imposing ceremonies of
English royalty Westminster abbey Vic
torias train Of royal crimson velvet and
ernine was borne by eight young ladies Of
/ noble birth. CannOns doomed, trumpets
| sounded, and men and women cheered out
side the building and from every part Of
! the sacred ediiice were ha1rd enthusiastic
| cries Of God save the q0een" Hats and
| handkerchieis were waved aloft, peers and
| peeresses put on their ooronets, and bishops
donned their caps. The guests included
other sovereigns, and they yielded TO uo
one in the enthusiasm Of the moment.
The "enthronement" was singular por
tion of the ceremony The young sovereign
WIS lifted bodily into the royal seat being
| surrounded by archbishops, bishops and
peers. His grace Of Canterbury knelt and
did homage for himself and other spiritual
lords, and all kissed the queens hand. Hei
uncles the Dukes Of Sussex and Cambridge
| removed their coronets and did homage
with set and elaborate speech. They touched
the crown upon her head, kissed her left
cheek and then retired The peers ais,
touched her crown, but kissed her hands
| A Marriage For Love.
Queens enjoy privilege which is with
held, save in leap year, from women occu
pying a less august position in the sociG
scale--namely, that OF themselves making
the offer Of marriage, instead Of waiting e
receive the proposal from their suitor'
And it was therefore Quesn Victoria wh'
year after her coronation at Westminste
abbey. on June D, ISIS, invited her cousin
Prince Albert OF Saxe-Coburg Gotha, q
share his life with her II is only Stain
the truth to say Of this marriage, howeyer
that it was one that had been agreed upoi
for many years, providing Victoria hersel
approved Of the young man. For a tim
she is recorded as having been not wel
pleased with him, but there is no douh
that she fell in love with him before tt
union was proposed by her. The nuptia'
took place on the 10th of February, 1910, O.
the Chapel Royal, ST. James palace. H.
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