CHARTS WITH THE CHILDREN.

Otago Witness, Issue 1958, 30 May 1889, Page 34

CHARTS WITH THE CHILDREN.

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! Last week all'schbol children— around Dqri- 1 ! edjny at any rate—had a holiday to keep' 'up the 1 Queen's, Bjrttiday.-ft The ;« Little Mayflower" i of her Germaji cousins is now a buxom lady of. 70, Haying Veen:,born in 1819. r^o you; know | why" he^^ajysty, IS; called "Empress "and not I « Queen "pJLtodia? ' . "-, ,r .n-. .„ j ' ,Th'erersian/ and. Hindustani for if queen "is. ! equiVdehttb'jfinnftatebf the royal h^rem," and j is , hoi a,'- title upon ! which nativfe p'nricetf look' i witlr'any greafcl so : in i8?8'. the late j Lerd/Beaconsfield-got the "'"BJngliph Parliament : to- pass a law'giving her Majesty the'title'of- : Empressj-which is 'more in keeping with Oriental : language/and customs, ..On the. 2Bth ot njext mbn'^irthe'iQueren wil^hava ireign6d^s2Tyears{ and aahexiMajesty's Cpronation Day folio W£T60 T j closely on the. Birthday » l fought , , j r An- Account of Her Coronation s would be interesting to you. : ' " :■• On, June 28fchi'1837,. William IYj the "Bailor King,'/, r died, and' the^o^ereigniy. desdended to his, nigce, Viotoria Alexandrinai ; , Though then. l of a^e -to. becpme.Q^een, b.eing ov^r,-l§, her. itajesfiywaa'nob crowneel; fell the 2§^of.)June> ia''the. fojap ( wing^ i yeafc, /.Ti^.'prooessxon x wm& ha^e'^eett^'mtignfflceQt'bn^.' %t is' s.aid half.'a, f million flocked inioi London to see it, and' as much arf £50Wa^Tpaid fpr the privilege' of stariding at H' window that' gave a good view' of the' | glorious /pageant. ;' , A quaker" of £ million was paid away in this way for 'seats'. ' You; cannot think what an excitement a Royal procession i causes.- .Many*: of r you will be most anxious to ! see the, grapd -pj-pflession^n^to openiog : day of \ tbe^Eztyibition, but, that will "bq, nothing to what it would be jif/ the Prince. of- Wajes, the Duke of, ! Edinburgh, oofr f some member. l of ,the Boyal Family wer6 to be ther^'.", I "remember well when the Duke of Eclinburgh visited .Australia, a;nd n'6w : , everybody and' hw Wife thrbngeu the, streets to 'see ttiff large; triumphal arches built across the Wads,' and td ge^ a/, glimpse, at the Duke 'and his' companions. What a craning. 'of riecks.and straining of- eyes, tiptoeing, poshing, i jostling, waving, and hurrahing, was there 1- The : boys were aji trained to. sing the alto and the i girls the. treble of " Qod tS»Tethe, Queen," and I with right good will 3000 odd children used their lungs and voices in, the great hall specially- built. i for the Welcome.,' I wonder the rQof ..dida't, lift. I It was a pretty sight, ihough'* to see so .'many young' people' all, wearing blue rosettes with gold |iit; anohort and chains on them. There is one thing l the boy's 1 #111 -naver-i-noi, never—forget. As they were leaving the hall they got two bags eacUfbue fall of friritf the other of buns, cakes,"and tarts, all of which 1 >they soon made away with.' i ...•'• But I must' get to business, and describe ' the Qiieen'fl procession and cor^oation, The Queen appeared in a royal ;tobe of crimson velvet, furred with ermine ,and^ e^ged with gold, with the cqjlara of St. George, 6i the Bath, and of the Thistle, ano! on.ner bea4. a circlet of gold. , . - ' , '- . THE ,THKBH SWOEDS.' , . ' ■ In front of her wire borne tH tjiree swords : the sword of justice, the sword of defence; and the blunted curtana— the sword of meroy, rem«fading all that' the Sovereign alone can pardon a convicted criminal. " H3er train was borne by the eight fairest girls to be found among the daughters o£ the dukes aud marquesses^ all in cloth of Silver, with roses in their, hair." , '. -• • fatB'CATHEDEAIi. •' • Only the nobility,! the members of Parliament, abd press representatives, and- persons ' of infibence, could get admission • to witness the ,'c^remony. .The ,favo,ured n ones. began to gather, before 6 in the morning, and the cathedral was filled by 7 wi^n England's nobility, and lawgivers. .o?here they had to stop,. wedged in tightly, until ' tne coronation service was finished, which must have been 's ! or 6 o y 6lock in the afternoon, for the Jast of the? procession 'did no>. arrive at r the Abbey un^fl n half-past l:\.Whenfthe Queen entered 'she' was Bs' gay as a 'larked Ibbked Uke a girl <m her birthday, but the cS^mony ,6^dn> caused hex to assume a serious appearance. After she had knelt and said the prayer usudlly repeated, by all-*n entering, a- church, the ; im-' ppsuig ceremony began.-, , - .: . • > • .- , ], , ; , - «■; TKB RECOGNITION. ,' i ' The Archbishop ,pf Canterbury with some of the chief, nobles: towards, the Queen, who wjtji the archbishop turned tp > the-<east, the latter, presenting hpr. Jttajesty '.ta.,the people and saying, "Sir's, j 1 present, y<ju Queen "Viictoria.'the' undquqt^d Queen, ( of this realm; wherefore ail you who are come this day to do your homage, areyou willing to do the same ? " The ; anilwer 'came solemnly} ' ** God save the Qaeea." r The archbishop then'turnedin turns to the south, west; and north,: repeating the samei formula andjreoeiving the same' response. After .the aermon' w>s. given,' tha Litany read, and tb.e< Communion rendered,' the Queen was conducted, to Kjqg Edward's chair, four Knights of the Garter holding a rich clothof gold canopy over he^ head. Some oil, was then poured from the wnpuUa— a jyessel foe; holding oil used in church service — into an anointing spoon; with this oil the archbishop anointed' the head and hands, of th6 ; Queen, marking them' with the igigh of the Crtiss, at the same time Baying, " Be thou anointed Vith. holy oil as _kingß», priests,, and prophet^ were, anointed; and as .Solomon was • anointed king by Zadok-' the • '•priest, :and Nathan •>• the propKe.t, ; : so be*- thou •anointed'. il blessed,'»nd consecrated queen, over 1 tfvi people,, whom the. Lord God hath giv^n thee ;io rule, and "govern. • In the name of the Father, Son, and Holy, -Ghost,' amen." ■ The ring that! betrothed ker to her subjects was then put' on, and thebrb o( empire ■^-a small- globe— and; ;tlje sceptre of. rule put in "her .hands. Finely. ;tae, crown;, was placed on ■har head. "At the same moment the peers and peeresses put their coronets on too, the bishops their mitres, the heralds their caps, tbe i trumpets sounded^ drumtf- b^at/ cainon^roared, the; To^er^gun^ . aivjwej^.a^d obeers' within and wij&put. f ent^tjiie sir," The arblibisnops and bishops (lords > spiritual), and theJhereditary nobles (the lords >t6mpotal) then topk the o&^ of- allfigtance^n 1 " regular 'order according to, rapfc 'Ea'ctfremove^Ws'n^i.tre or coronet, touched t 'tn'e. 'ciri?'wn oh ..the ,Queen!s. beiad, and said X " I. do .become your liegeman df j i life acid limb, arid of earthly worship*; "and faith land love 1 will bear urito'you, to, live 'and die j-againstj -against all' manners of "folks! ,Sb help me God!",,"' '.. o •..."•'... "-.i"*- "-- r '' '■'■ ; po you not. think the ceremony .must 'have bejen an interesting one? The singing f*nd shbuting,' the' Oommuntou, the oaths— all must have inspired the sp,eciators "with awe^'and at the same time filled all with enthusiasm. That lady crowned over 50 years ago still lives, the purest and one of the wisest sovereigns England has ever had. . ■ \~ Jacob's stone and xhb cobonat!k)n chaib. The chair is an ancient seat of;: solid hard wbo'di with the ba?kaud sides Variously painted. In it the kings of Scotland used to be crowned at Scone, not far from Perth. Edward I brought it to England, when, as he thought, he had United the two kingdoms,' hence its present name, " St.'Edward's chair!" Beneath $he seat is the. famo.us Jacob's, or .fatal, marble atone, about 22in long, 13in broad, and. llia deep, of a steel colour,^ mixed With "some veijcls of red. Traditidn- "states-it / is n tne t /tdli J 'e"bn ! wtiich'Jsic6b' laid his head on the plain of Lue, By some

means it -was taken to Spain, and then k Ireland— to /Ireland by Simori Breach, who%2 king of. the .- Scote-nthe .Scots then lived in If!, land— abont 700 years before Christ, p^ thence it was taken to Ireland about 350 rh Over a j)housand<yearsv,ago f ,it was lodged Scope by King- Kenneth, who caused.a v^tst o! prophecjr ,ft> be engraved— os Jfc.l think, bttfci am nbtcertain— of . *hicli the following umvU take'iiasthetranßlatiprij /' ;' ,' ■ -^■• f Shobld fate not fall where'er this stone is. found' <~ ' The Scots Bhall monarohs of that rtiaJmjte oro^Kj' THis propoecyi'was supposed to na,VQ jbeetif^ ! filled .When James VI of .Scotland 'ascended tS}j v English throne as Ja'me^ , I of England, united the fwo^kiflgdom^.dnder.oiie sovereign ijhougtii s the :i Parliaments: were '^of'tlmted tnHmorel than a hundred yeairs'tkfter' 'ih&fc ' It Jg ** little curious that ScoMiftid'S kings should re%c have becomes the kings of England, aud tluj Queen. Victoria can trace desoedt from them. '■.•> ■ If any o£ you wish tofgefc a' fuller account^ the.«ccessiori of Queen Victoria, geb< either th "Victoria Palf GAntury.'.'fby.ehSrlotteYoiC, or c . -The . Q ueen : ; Her- .Early Life and Reign,'! From these.and thec Morning P ; o«t\of;. June >&, I^3B, 1 have got moat of the infonnatioa coa. tamed in this column! , '•','• n •••!•>,•.