The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-30

The rifle stocks came down with
click upon the asphalt pavement and
two gO.4-l1Ceu uumueteIs appeared ut
the Griffin side. The Lord Mayor and
SheriIs macebearers, chaplain. romem-
hrHular and the Vhite-viggpd Judges
of the city courts left their carriages
and grouped themselves together be-
I tween the lines of drawn up troops
Then tine city marshal who was ON
hOtsenHok, wearing a uniform of scar
let gold-laced with scarlet plumes.
rode up to- the barrier and the king-of-
arms whose green and gold tabards
outshoue those of his colleagues app
pCarad mo The imaginary bar His trum-
peter blew a shuu blast which the
Lord Mayors trumpeters answered and
then the city marshal rode up to- the
barrier and demanded "Who goes
there.' The lying-of-arms answered
that ir was the Kings herald come TO-
read proclamation
Enter hearId said the marshal and
| the herald was conducted to the Lord
Mayor and Aldermen, who were sun
grouped iu the street
The herald then read the Droclama-
tion, to- which the Mayor and Alder
men replied:
"We. with one voice. consent. tongue
and heart pledge allegiance To King
Edward VII"
The uumpeters blew a blast while
tine wondering crowd stood bareheaded
and silenced, not knowing what To- do
/ until military band i'm the procession
struck up God Save the King" This
familiar air has still but one meaning
/ i'm England. and the crowd took up the
| words feebly with "God Save the King.
| ON the tongue but with God Save the
queen In mind.
A few streets further ON the procla-
nation was read again and the process
sion advanced by way of Ludgate Hill
| To the Royal Exchange. The final pro-
clamaton was made In front of the
Royal Exchange. The square before the
Exchange. with the prisonilxe walls of
| the Bank of England on one side and
the massive official residence Of the
! Lord Mayor on the other, was a stage
| setting whose age and solidty befitted
| the portentous ceremony. There were
no decorations except flags all half
masted, save the city's red cross on a
white field over the Mansion House.
| The royal standard hung above the
! Exchange and over the surrounding
| business buildings flew the union Jack
| Black was the universal color worn nv
! the people, Hardly a bright bonnet or
gown relieved the somberness of the
crowd. Soldiers and policemen formed
an almost solid lane down CheapSide
where the pageant was to pass. The
! people behind them, crowding for
sight over their shoulders, was of all
classes, from the prosperous brokers' to
East End costers. The mass was sub
| dued and remarkably orderly, an i'm
| pressive contrast to the usual London
holiday crowd The roofs of the Ex-
change, bank and Mansion House and
the windows and balconies overlooking
! the scene were filled with solid rows OF
| people Big policemen kept clear
space in front of the Exchange. At
about 10 o'clock the procession, which
! NO az NfarF.V. .s.,Ns
| geouS, swept down from Temple Bar at
a rapid pace and was received silently
! The officials entered the Exchange by
| Cornhill and appeared on the top
| steps, the Lord Mayor, with the sword
bearer, leading; Sherifis Aldermen, Re-
corder and City Marshal following
A flourish of trumpets impressed si-
lence upon the crowds and the Lord
Mayor, uncovering, stepped forward,
| All hats came off and the men remain
| ed bareheaded throughout the cefe-
mony, under the misty rain, for nearly
| half an hour. The Lord Mayors voice
was strong and his oratorial words
| were dintnguishable a block away
| while he read the warrant of the PriVy
Council to the herald. Thereupon the
spectacularlly attired herald, barehead-
ed also, for the third time delivered the
proclamation. Probably no one fitty
feet away heard his words untfl,at the
end, he realised his voice and shouted:
God save the King" putting partic-
ular stress on the words
When the Lord Mayor finished read
ing the warrant with the words, "His
Majesty, King Edward VII" the crowd
for the first time cheered feebly, but
without unision, seeming to feel that no
great a display of enthusiasm for the
| King might appear to partake of dis
| loyalty to the memory of the departed
! Queen.
1t was only when the herald shouted
| God save the King"