Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-08
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Queen by the Lord Mayor will be sug.
gestive of medieval times. 1t is one
of the ancient privileges of the city Of
London to bar, If need be- even the
progress OF a King into its wealthy do.
main. Therefore, when the King and
Queen ride in state along the Strand
and reach the Law courts, a quaint lit.
tie ceremony will be gone through with
stately sClemnity ere the royal CavGi.
Calo proceeds or its way. At the spot
wtCrc the cid Temple Bar used to
stand. hut where now an inartistic
monument nicknamed The Griffin" oc.
UUpi the center of the narrow road.
way the lord mayor, with his mace
bearer. his sword bearer and all the
rerinue Of the Mansion House. will
await the coming of the King It may
be that with proper regard for effect
a replica Of the ancient gates of the
city will shut of Fleet street from the
Strand in much the same way that was
done with such striking effect when
the late Queen made her triumphal en-.
try into Dublin year before her
death. Whether this be so or not,
there will be demand as to who
comes there on behalf OF the repre-.
sentatives Of Cog and Magog, and
when 1t is made known that II is their
majesties, then the Lord Mayor will
ride bearheaded into the royal pres.
enCe, and, as evidence of loyalty, will
hand to His Majesty the keys of the
city. These, in due course. will lie
handed back, and the Lord Mayor will
then lead the way down Fleet street,
past St. Pauls, as far as the Mansion
House, whore doubtless he will take
leave Of the royal party who will. az
previously stated. pursue their way
over London bridge and return on tho
south side Of the river Thames.
The Queen Victoria Memorial.
Another interesting ceremony will
be the cutting of the first sod for the
Queen Victoria memorial to be erected
Immediately in front of Buckingham
Palace. This will be done by King Ed.
ward in the presence of his illustrious
guests gathered from all parts of the
world. happy idea OF beginning
this great national undertaking at the
time of the coronation originated with
His Majesty who rightly considers
that the presence in London of so
many foreign royalties and diplomatic
personages is an opportunity that the
nations OF the world will gladly SEIZE
to pay tribute to the memory of Queen
Victoria.
Precisely what other good things ara
In store it is too early yet to tell. That
there will be many II Is safe to predict.
London, when it gives itself up to re.
ioicing, does so in a whole.hearted
manner And this will certainly be an
occasion when no money will be spar.
ed to establish record.
At the present time in accordance
with the Kings proclamation, n court
Of claims is sitting to determine how
much or how little of the quaint asso.
Citations Of former crownings shall Ia
introduced into this one Many and
curious are the claims preferred, hut
as regards these II will be a case of tina
survival of the flttest-or in other
words, only those claims will be admit.
ted which are considered essential Ia
the due performance OF the ceremony,
Decorations Of the City.
The decoration of the metropolis Is
also matter under consideration.
There is an elaborate proposal to have
one comprehensive scheme in which
triumphal arches illustrative of tho
vast extent of the empire shall be ade.
quately depicted. A wealth of color by
day. and blaze of color by night will
be the happy condition in which Lon.
don will find itself when coronation re.
ioicings take place.
or the noblemen and others who
are, so to speak, stage managing the
coronation, the Duke of Norfolk takes
premier position. As earl marshal Il
falls to his lot to supervise practically
all the preliminary arrangements, and
that fOssilized institution. the Her.
aids College of which he is the head,
has for year been worked at ton
speed. II Is his grace of Norfolk who
will receive the applications of peers
and pceresses who consider them.
selves entitled to be present at the
coronation. 1t was his grace who gave
orders the other day regarding how the
ladies Of title shall be attired ard
what shall be the number of gilt nobs
In the coronets of his brother peers.
At his sombre.looking house In st.
James square models Of court dresses
were on view a short time ago for the
inspection of distracted and bewildered
court dressmakers, but though hs
fought the Beers, he did not face tho
dressmakers, and 1t is on record that
for that day his grace was out of town.