THIRTY THOUSAND CHILDREN FETED.

Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 147, 24 June 1887, Page 3

THIRTY THOUSAND CHILDREN FETED.

: X FATAL ACCIDENT.

jIABQUIS OF LORNE -UNHORSED.

pisLOYALTY AT CORK.

(reuter's telegram).

London, June 21.

5Je ceremony in Westminster Abbey pedanhour. The grand choral ser- • c6 was performed. The Archbishop jf Canterbury, the Bishop of London, B n(3 several other clergy received Her jfajesty on arrival at the Abbey, and conducted her to the Coronation chair, placed on a dais facing the altar. The royal visitors were seated within the jacrarium, sixteen being on each side. jj, c Queen was visibly affected when the choir sang the late Prince Albert's chorale. After the Archbishop of Canterbury had offered up a blessing for the Queen, the princes and princesses defiled before Her Majesty and pade obeisance. ■•Theprocession returned to Buckingham Palace in the same order as on the way to the Abbey, but by a different route. The. Crown Prince of Germany was warmly cheered by the crowd. The Marquis of Lome's horse became restive, and his Lordship was thrown, but not hurt. He mounted pother horse. Despite the enormous crowds in the perfect order prevailed everywliere, and the people behaved admir,])]y. The whole affair is pronounced success, no hitch of any tfnd having occurred. The Queen has Iβ no way suffered by to-day's proceed(special.) London, June 21.

Jlhe - street traffic was kept under admirable control during the passage of the procession. Manypeople fainted with the heat, and there were fifty cases of sunstroke. Only one fatal accident occurred, a man being killed by the kick of a Hustar's horse. Thousands of spectators occupied rooms, trees, and every point i?here a commanding view of the proifdings could be obtained.

■The floral decorations in Piccadilly id Regent-street were superb, flowers !_ evergreens being used to such an ctent that the residences of many jblemen were perfect bowers.

Twelve thousand troops were utiied, but not a symptom of disloyalty iis shown by anyone. The Indian princes and the Queen of Bgjraii and her daughter were most Irgeously arrayed in all the magnififccer"of'eastern costumes, and the toVd cheered them warmly.

While proceeding to the Abbey the Jarquis of Lome was thrown from iis horse, which took fright at a boy living his cap. His head . struck the wement, and stunned him so far that i I was unable to rise for a minute, and lie'cavalcade had to stop. The Queen tas deeply pained at her son-in-law's mishap, and upon his recovery the Prince of Wales shook the Marquis firmly, by the hand. Iler Majesty was radiant with pleaare at the splendid reception which greeted her along the whole length of fie route, and looked remarkably well, lie Prince and Princess of Wales tere cheered incessantly, and the Princess Royal, Crown Prince of Germany, and" Archduke Rudolph of Austria were also great favourites with toe crowd.

The Abbey was a perfect blaze of tuiour, a large proportion of those adAd to its precincts being in uniform. The colonists who had secured the light of entry were assigned an exsilent position. There were upwards oftwo hundred of them present, intMing■: many ladies. The Queen's Aair and' dais were placed, as is ©ternary, iOver the coronation stone, OQthe right of which were grouped feEoyal Princes, and on the left the Princesses. The procession in the was of a most imposing characler.but her Majesty did not assume %al robes or Crown, and only "ore .the insignia of the Garter. % Archbishop of Canterbury offed a prayer that the unhappy fasum of, the kingdom might cease. A l the conclusion of the service the jfen delighted the audience by kissing Mhijd"ren~ and grandchildren, espe°ffly singling out the Princess Koyal.

June 22. illuminations arranged by_ the Pis-General were much admired, "4 the general spectacle was remark-k'.-brilliant, The whole of the in connection with the '«? : have been a thrilling success, RHer Majesty was greatly affected exhibition of loyalty. p-ffe Nationalists at Cork hissed the and hooted the general's the military review. They 150 iUtreated numerous Loyalists, and the office of a Loyalist paper. $ the desire of the Pope, the Papal No and Cardinal Manning conftted an impressive thanksgiving ser-J"^e-Roman Catholic Cathedral June 23. /Entertainment was given in Hyde J* yesterday afternoon to 30,000 s"i the. majority being from All sorts of amusement »** provided. ■ The Queen drove Jjgh the Park, and inspected the J eQ on her way to Paddington . ; IOB ! whence she proceeded to Wind-