New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1906-02-19
KING TO OPEN PARLIAMENT TODAY,
The Customary Royal Procession-Interest
in the Ceremony.


London, Feb. 1s.-The first session of the second
the twenty-seventh of the United Kingdom will be
opened tomorrow afternoon by the King Since
his majesty assembled the throne he has personally
opened each OF the six sessions of Parliament To-
norrows ceremony has added interest, because 1t
VIII be the first now Parliament TO be opened by
the King, and more particularly because OF the
great change that has come over the personnel of
the House OF Commons as the result of the recent
general election. The pageant will be much like
those IN former years. though it will lack the pres
ence of the Queen who is at Copenhagen and of
the Prince and Princess of Wales, who are in In
dia' and who have in the past preceded the King
and Queen TO Westminster
Weather permitting. there Will be no dlmnuton.
however in the size Of the crowds which will turn
out to witness the procession and show their loyalty
TO the sovereign The quadrangle on which Buck
insham Palace and NIL the open spaces in the
vicinity will be crowded with people while The
Mall. which skirts ST. James's Park tho Horse
Guards Parade, Whitehall and Parliament SITS. and
Old Palace Yard will be lined by thousands who
VIII stand for hours. and for that reason possibly
will cheer more heartily than ever as tho gold
crusted state coach, drawn by eight caprisoned
cream colored horses. passes at a walk. The line
OF the procession will be danked by the Foot
Guards and police, while soveregn's escort OF the
Household Cavalry, in addition TO a detachment
or the feomen OF the Guard, will act as a body
guard. The state coach will be preceded by six
hold.
This procession and the return Journey from
Westminster to Buckingham Palace is for the benc-
fit of the public. The great spectacle is for the
favored ones who will find themselves in the
Peers Chamber of the House of Lords. There will
gather imposing assembly Of peers, peeresses
eccesiastics. judges ambassadors and ministers of
foreign countries. with their wives. The peeresscs
will be the first to arrives and will have taken their
places before the peers reach the House. Except
in the case OF the dukes. for whom bench imme-
datcly below that Of the duchasses is reserved the
order OF precedence among the peers IS not OBJ
served the early arrivals taking their choice Of the
seats. Liberals Conservatives. Free Traders and
Tariff Reforners freely mingling. All will wear
their heavy crimson robes.
Tho bishops in scarlet robes with long ernine
capes. the judges in black and gold crimson and
white will add to the tmpressiveness OF the
Among all these the ambassadors and ministers
OF foreign nations, wearing their uniforms and
decorations. will constitute the most brilliant
group in the Assembly. Among them will be
Whitelaw Reid, the American Ambassador. in plain
black court dress In the galleries every seat will
be occupied by persons officially or socially promi
The approach of the King, who will be met at
the entrance to the house Of L0fds by fne great
where no will don his mantles Of purple and er-
mine will be announced by heralds- Preceded by
oficers of state bearing the imperial crown. cap
of maintenance and sword OF state. the latter in
House of Lords. and soon afterward will dispatch
gentleman usher OF the black rod to summon
the members of the House of Commons. many of
whom anticipating the command will have already
crowded into the galleries. Black Rod will deliver
the Kings message as follows
Mr. Speaker: The King commands this honorable
House to attend his majesty In the House Of Lords
to hear the Kings speech read.
Those who wait patiently for the summons, chiefly
the older members, to whom the ceremony is not
new. will accompany the Speaker TO the bar Of
the House of Lords, when the King, reading from
a printed copy, will deliver his message to the
legislators. The formality will soon be over and
the King will pass out of the chamber in the same
manner as he entered II.
Almost Immediately afterward the houses of
Parliament will begin TO clear away the routine.
the first item of which will be the rereading of the
Kings speech, thereby bringing about the first
general debate of the session. that the address
In reply to the speech from the throne.