KING CARLOS' COOLNESS.

Mataura Ensign, 16 August 1906, Page 3

KING CARLOS' COOLNESS.

WILD &TAMPEDK AT A I. IS HON PROCESSION. As the Corpus Christi procession went round til"' .square oi!ts:< I<■ the church at Lisbon on June 1 . chantini; lIk: psalm, one of tin- j>ivat lanterns, which arc placed on poles ami liini.il by the men surroundinir the sacred canopy, fell c["a^hiii'_ f anions* the priests. The wildest confusion follow id. The priests, thinking a bomb had I>ceii thrown at the was one of •the bearers of tin' canopy, dropped -their mitres and insignia in panic, ami, tried to force their way hack through the crowd and the ranks of soldiers accompanying the procession. i Kinff Carlos, however, serenely pro- j reeded, with the Duke of Oporto and liiirli disrnitaries, without the lar<re lwdy of priests, who. ashamed of their \ unseemly behavior, dam! not return to their places. The Queen and Princess Louise of Orleans, who were in the royal tribune, attempted in vain to restrain their wild llight, assurm;; them by ■words and gestures that only a lantern had fallen. The procession, which is one of «rcat pomp and solenmity, was, of course, utterly disorganised, and the |h*ople who had assembled in hundreds to witness it heartily hooted and lussi-d the priests after tin; return of the procession to the church.