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white was varied by the uniform of the
Ambassadors, who, sitting on the Bish-
ops benches, with their sashes of blue
crimson and greens of all shades. made
a welcome change.
The United States Ambassador, Mr.
Choate, as usual was prominent on &C
count of his plain evening dress. He
was accompanied by Mr.. Carter, the
second secretary of the Embassy; and
Mr.. Cutting, private secretary of the
Ambassador, similarly attired. Mrs
Choate was with the Ambassadors
wives.
All present rose as the royal process
sion entered and all eyes centered or
the Queens dress, which, it could be
seen, in spite of the erInine cape, was
of deep black and glittered with jew
els, while across her breast was the
ribbon of the Order of the Garter, her
husbands latest tribute.
When their Majesties reached the
throne the Lord Chancellor stood on
the Kings right, on the Queens left
was Lord Londonderry. Lord Sails
bury stood at the foot of the throne.
! In state chairs were the Duchess OF
Cornwall and York, Princess Charles of
( Denmark, Princess Christian OF
i Sehleswig Holstein and the Duchesses
iof Connaught, Fife and Argyll. The
/ Dukes of Connaught and Cambridge
stood near Lord Salisbury.
| With motion of his hand, the King
| signalled that the distinguished gath
ering should sit and the Queen, whom
! His Majesty had CALAMITY led to the
throne by the hand, was the first to
do so. Her example was followed on
all sides.
Then the gentleman usher of the
Black Rod, after a deep obeisance,
hurried to the House of Commons and
in a few minutes the speaker, wearing
his state robes and attended by the
sergeant-at-arms and chaplain, ap-
peared at the bar. Behind them surged
| members of the House of Commons.
Seldom had Great Britain's legislators
presented such turbulent spectacle.
Several hundred of them struggled
fiercely to get in space which could
scarcely hold fifty persons.
| In solemn tones the Lord Chancellor
administered the oath, with the King
sitting. The Lord Chancellor then,
kneeling, handed the King roll, which
he signed, after which all present once
more stood up and the King put on his
field marshaPs plumed hat, rose, and
in clear, ringing tones, read his speech,
as already cabled, turned to the Queen,
helped her to rise, and led her out of
the chamber, preceded by the process
sion through the royal gallery again
and into the robing room, whence,
within a few minutes, they emerged,
entered the state carriages and drove
away, amid a tumult of cheers, to
Buckingham Palace.
After this there ensued in the House
of Lords rush and scramble without
precedent in the history of Westrnin-
ster. The crowd in the state gallery
poured into the chamber. Peers and
peeresses struggled to get out and
other members of the nobility, less
lucky, waited to see the place in which
the great ceremony had been held. Al
most half an hour elapsed before the
confusion was over and the distin-
guished people were able to find their
carriages and return home.
They speedily traversed the short
route to an accompaniment of roars
and shouts and reached the royal en-
trance to the Palace of Westminster
beneath the Victoria tower at the APP
pointed time. There the great officers
of state and the others who were to
take part in the ceremony had assem-
bled in order to receive their majesties.
Upon the King and Queen alighting
from the state carriage, the procession
was quickly formed and proceeded to
the robing room in the following or
der:
Pursuivants, heralds, the King 5
equerries and gentlemen.
Ushers, grooms- in waiting and Off
GERS of the household fianked by the
sergeantS-a alarms.
The Lord Privy Seal
The Lord High Chancellor.
Black Rod.
Garter King -of-Arms.
The Lord Chamberlain.
The Sword of State, carried by the
Marquis of Londonderry.
The King and Queen and Princess
Victoria. respectively attended by the
Master of Horse. the Lord Steward and
the lords-in-waiting.
The Pages of Honor.
The Captain of the Yeoman of the
Guard.
Gold stick
The Captain of the Yeomen of the
Arms.
Silver stick in waiting.
The Field Officer-in- Waiting.
officers and Gentlemen-at-
The YeoYnen of the Guard.
The Duchess of Cornwall and York,
the Duke and Duchess of Connaught,
the Duchess of Fife. the Duchess of
Argyll, Prince and Princess Christian
of Schleswig- Hoistein, Princess Henry
Of BattenburS Prince and Princess
Charles of Denmark and the Duke of
Cambridge and their attendants had
previously assembled in the House OF
Peers to await their Majesties.
The diminutive chamber was filled to
its capacity by the highest and nebIest
of the Kingdom, the greater part of
the floor space being occupied by the
peeresses and other ladies introduced
by peers. The United States Ambas-
sador, Joseph II. Choate. and the other
Ambassadors occupied a special en-
closure behind the bench of the Bish-
ops.
The 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
the robes of the peers and the state Of
ficials,