Waterbury Democrat., 1902-08-09

forum near the roof Then the ink
 stand was brought and the king signed
 the oath He did not advance to the
 altar, but sat in the chair he had occu- | pied since the service began While
 the choir sang, Come Holy Ghost, our souls inspire, the king remained seat
 ed and the queen stood up.
 | After the archbishop's amounting prayer, a gold canopy was brought over the kings chair and his majesty diyested himself of his outer robe and then walked to the ancient chair while the choir sang Zadok's anthem. The
 anointing ceremony was scarcely seen owing to the canopy The spectators were just able to discern the archbish- 1 op of Canterbury's motions
 After the prayer the king donned the colobium sindonis. then resumed lis seat, and from q scarlet silken roll on Which the prayers were printed in large type, and which was held by the | dean of Westminster, the archbishop | of Canterbury read the prayers and delivered the sword to the king, who did not go to the altar, the sword be- ing taken to him by the dean of Vest
 minister while his majesty remained standing.
 The armilla and the orb were then delivered to the king according to the program. When the king held out his hand for the ring, the archbishop of Canterbury had difficulty in finding | it, but finally, with trembling hands, he placed it on the tip of his majesty's finger, reading the prayer simultane- ously, the king himself completing the process of putting on the ring. Later, the archbishop had similar difficulty, owing to shortsightedness, in placing the crown on the kings head In fact, the choir started God Save the King" while the archbishop of Cam terbury was still striving to place the crown on the rulers head and a great shout went up and the electric lights were turned on.
 As the acclamations died away, the changing of the joy bells, the noise of guns and the shouting of the people outside penetrated into the abbey, where the king still sat motionless, his dazzling crown on his head and his scepter held firmly in his hand. After singing Be strong and play the man." and the Bible having been presented, the king advanced and knelt while he received the benedic- ton. He then walked to the great throne where he stood on the dais for the first time. surrounded by nobles. The archbishop of Canter- bury followed, the king being obliged to stand while awaiting the arrival of the archbishop. Having placed the king into his new throne the archbish- op knelt and paid homage, the aged prelate scarcely being able to rise un- til the king assisted him and himself raised the archbishop's hand from the steps of the throne. The archbishop, who seemed to be in asfaint, had prac- tically been carried to the altar. The incident created considerable excite ment and several prelates rushed for; ward to help the primate.
 The next person to pay homage to his majesty. was the PrinceofWales, who knelt until King Edward held out his hand, which he kissed, after touch ing the crown as a sign of fealty. The Prince of Wales thenlstarted to return to his seat, when the king drew him back and put his arms around him and kissed him. After this the king once more gave the prince his hand, this time to shake, and the hearty vigor Of King Edwards grasp showed that his hand at any rate had not lost it's strength.
 The departure of the king and queen from the abbey was signalled by an other salute, the massed bands play ing God Save the King" The en- tire route of their majesties' return to the palace was marked by scenes of enthusiasm similar to those which greeted their progress to the abbey, the more circuitous route through club land and Constitution hill giving the hundreds of thousands of persons oc- cupying the stands, windows and roofs an opportunity of greeting the new crowned king and his consort before they re-entered Buckingham palace, which they did in the midst of remark able scenes of enthusiasm, the entire crowd from Constitution hlI down wards joining in singing the national anthem.
 Shortly after the return of the king and queen to the palace it was offic- ially announced from there that tl.e king had borne the ceremony we'll and that he had suffered in no way from fatigue, and this was confirmed by the presence of the king himself, when in response to the repeated plaudits of the crowds, his majesty, accompan- jed by the queen appeared on the ball. cony in their robes and crowns. The faces of both were suffused with smiles as they bowed repeatedly their recognition of the warmth of the ap- plause.
 The eve of the coronation of King
 Edward VII. was marked in London
 by large crowds, which wandered all
 the evening somewhat aimlessly
 through the semi-illuminated streets.
 Down Whitehall, where the Canadian
 arch was the center of attraction;
 around Westminster abbey and along
 the Strand the sidewalks were blocked
 with the expectant populace. The peo-
 pie were deterred from any signs of
 rowdyism by the acute recollection of
 the recent postponement of the corona
 ton, and those who had seen the un-
 restrained exhibitions which occurred
 upon the slightest pretext during war
 times could not fail to notice the difA-
 ferent temperament shown last night
 With few exceptions it might we'll
 have been said of the metropolis of
 the empire that it was living up to the
 national reputation of taking it's pleas
 urGS somewhat sadly.