The age-herald., 1901-02-15
New Monarch Delivers Forcib|e Address from the Throne
 of Great Britain
WAS 4 BRILLIANT SPECTACLE
First Ceremony of the Kind Since the Queen Accompanied by the Prince Consort Opened
 Parliament In 1861

London, February l4.-The first Parl1a- ment of the reign of King Edward VII. was opened this afternoon by the King in-person. His Majesty was accompanied by Queen Alexandra, the Duke of York and Cornwall and the Duke of Con naught and many others of the royal family
 The last state ceremony of the kind oc- cured in 1S6l when Queen Victoria open ed Parliament, accompanied by the Prince Consort, and since the death of the latter nothing equal to today's pomp has been witnessed in London in connec- ton with the opening of the legislature.
 Not since the wedding of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra has the gorgeous state coach used today been seen in the streets of the capital In this coach today the King and Queen rode from Buckingham palace to the palace of Westminster.
 The route of the royal party, which lay through the Mall the Horse Guards par ade Whitehall and Parliament street, was guarded by 300 soldiers. Thousands of Londoners packed St. James Park, bordered the routs of the procession and filled the windows, stands and roofs.
 Royal Party Arrives.
 There were great officers of state and the others who were to take part in the ceremony assembled in order to receive their Majesties. Upon the King and Queen alightinE from the state carriage the procession was quickly formed and proceeded to the robing room in the fol- lowing oraer z.. .,r,u...s.
 Pursaivants, heralds, lie Kings eduef.' ry or gentlemen.
 Ushers, grooms in waiting and officers of the household, hanked by the ser- geants at arms.
 The Lord Privy Seal
 The Lord High Chancellor
 Black rod
 Garter King of Arms.
 The Earl Marshal.
 The Lord Cham berlain.
 The sword of state, carried by the Mar quis of Londonderry.
 The King and Queen and Princess Vic toria, respectively, attended by the Mas ter of the Horse, the Lord Steward, and the lords in waiting.
 The pages of honor.
 Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard. Gold stick.
 Captain of the Gentlemen at Arms
 Silverstick in waiting
 1ne field officer i'll waiting.
 officers and gentlemen at arms
 The Yeomen Guard,
 The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and Yorn, the Duke and Duchess of Con naught, the Duchess of Fife, the Duchess of Argyll, Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig- -Holstein, Princess Henry of Battenberg, Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark, and the Duke of Cambridge and their attendants, had assembled in the House of Peers to await their majes- ties
 The dsminutive chamber was filled to its capacity by the highest and noblest of the kingdom, the greater part of the floor space being occupied by peeresscs and other ladies introduced by the peers The United States ambassador, Joseph H. Chate, and the other ambassadors o. cupied a special enclosure behind the bencn of the bishops.
 Brilliant Scene.
 I-e whole scene was brilliant in the extreme. Diamonds flashed out of the folds of the black dresses of the ladies, whIle color was added to the scene by .4e robes of the peers and state officials. By 1 o'clock the scene in the old palace yard was one of great animation owing to the constant arrival of carriages con taining royal personages and other dis tinguished people. Many of the nobility, used their state coaches. The members of the House of Commons in the mean time streamed into their house.
 oh +l corps, the robes of the officers of state and the military and naval uniforms formed a brilliant medley which gradu- ally disappeared through the entrances of the respective houses
 The King and the robbed procession ad- vanced to the House of Lords in order already detailed. As soon as His Majes- ty was enthroned the Lord Great Chan- berlain received the royal command to summon the members of the House of Commons to hear the speech from the throne.
 Black Rod General Sir Michael Bid dulph) reached the House of Commons at 2:20 D. m., and the members, headed hv the speaker (Nr. William Court Gull ley), proceeded to the House of Lords.
 The House of Commons was crowded when the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod appeared and informed the speaker that the King commanded the House to attend His Majesty immediately in the House of Lords. The speaker forthwith left the chair. and escorted by the Black Rod and preceded by the mace, proceed ed to the House of Lords, the members crowding after them in the hope of get ling in the upper chamber.
 The only members of the House of Commons not wearing mourning were three Nationalists
 When the speaker returned to the House of Commons he read the Kings speech, which is as follows
 The Kings Speech.
 The Kings speech was as follows:
 My Lords and Gentlemen: I address you for the first time at a moment of national sorrow, for the whole country is mourning the irreparable loss we have so recently sustained which has fallen with peculiar severity on myself. My beloved mother during her long and glorious reign has set an example before the world
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