The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-04-30
SOCIETY IN LONDON
BY LADY MARY MANwARING

describe the crossing 1t Is claimed has had an unfortunate effect on the minds of the witnesses of a coronation. The word noise was changed to acclaim in the Victorian ceremony for the req son notwithstanding the fact this pre- cedent was set at the crowning of | George ".
 A private letter written by a lady who was present at the time was un- | earth ed some time ago and 1t recorded the impression that people laughed and talked and nodded to their ac- quaintances as if they were In a play house." Personages such as Lord Mel | bourne and the Duke of Wellington were openly cheered and Marshal Soult received a boisterous oIHftion.
 | In earlier days in English history l the ceremony was never rehearsed by the royal couple as 1t is at present before the crowning and every detail is carried out as 1t is expected to be | at the coronation.
 ! At the crowning of ,W4iian and Mary there came a moment as they knelt al the altar. when they sh ould have made an offering of 20 guineas | But the envelope reserved for this for mality was discovered to be empty and the situation promised to be vexatious until Lord Danby stepped forward and poured the necessary coins out of his purse into the basin.
 So little did George I regard the 'solemnity" that. although he could not speak English, he did not trouble to study the service beforehand AS none of his courtiers or of the clergy could speak German, the whole procedure had to be translated to him in Latin as it proceeded. When George III was crown ed the great diamond fell out of the croTn s it was being removed from his majestys head for the communion the wedding ring of England" which was placed upon the finger of Queen Victoria was so small that 1t cause Der pain and she was reduced to the necessity of wrapping her finger in a I handkerchief
 The crowning of Mary, the wife of William H., cannot be regarded. as e true parallel of the forthcoming corona ton of the present Queen. because her namesake was not Queen consort. The most interesting precedent of the corona ton of Mary as consort Is that of the wife of James II. As this occurred after the royal regalia of England was destroyed during the commonwealth, many of the objects used had to be re. made. For Mary Beatrice the goldsmith s shops of London were ransacked for jewels to decorate her crown, which was fashioned as closely as possible after the records Of the pattern of that worn by Editha in the old Saxon days. No less a sum than S45Oo0O was spent upon her dress and mantle, some of these will be used over again in Queen Marys crown next June.
 Miss Oliver Mcleod. who went into the heart of Africa to seek and mark the grave of her lover. who died while on a similar mission to the grave of his broth. CT, the explorer, who met a tragic death
 is well on her way back to the west coast from Lake Tchad and in good health. This news is brought here by passengers arriving by steamer from the west coast of Africa. They had receives news that she had successfully com
 pleted her Journey and that her Ions and hazardous trip had been unattended by any trouble with the natives. Miss
 Mcleod, who is a daughter of Sir Regi nald Mcleod. left England last year or pilgrimage to the grave of her mur } dered sweetheart, Lieut. Boyd Alexnn der. in the wild Wadai country. Sh, took with her cross to lay on tn, tomb. Not long ago a report reached ? this country that Miss Mcleod and he
 small party had been killed by natives. 3 Canon Lyttleton, who has suppresse' Q the historical practice of bircrhing a Q Eton and replaced 1t by the more painful : cane, was ever q votRry of the latte
 instrument of education and torture