THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

Timaru Herald, Volume LV, Issue 5673, 12 May 1893, Page 2

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

* THE OPENING CEREMONY. (Per Eleotmcj Teleqbash— Cos's bight.; (Pee Pbsbs Association.) (Reoeived 11,30 a.m., May 11th.) Londoh, May 10. The Imperial Institute was opened today. The weather waa glorious, and enormous crowds lined the entire route from the Palace to the Institute, which was guarded by the military. There were 50,000 people assembled within the building and preoinots. All the leading Australians were present! The speotaole was a magnificent one, and the members of the colonial artillery teams, who were acting as an escort to Her Majesty, were loudly cheered. The Royal Princes had a separate escort for their procession from their residences to the dais. The civic dignitaries of the chief cities and the Judges also marched iu the procession. Excellent arrangements were made. The services of 0000 police conatables were engaged in regulating locomotion in the streets. (Received 11.35 a.m., May 11th.) The prooeeeion in connection with the opening of the Imperial Institute numbered 20,000. Immense enthusiasm was shown, and the Queen, the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Princess May, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Roberta, and Mr A. J. Balfour, all met with great receptions. Over thirty Royalties were present. The spectacle in the great hall of the building was a magnificent one. The Prince of Wales, as president of the Institute, received the various processions, which were headed by Princes, members of the Household, and the House of Commons, Mayors, Judges, and Civil Officials, Her Majesty being at the head of the last procession. {Beoeived 11 50 a.ia., May 11th.) All the British Royalties were present at the ceremony. The Canadian and Australian artillery teanriß, and the Native Indians, acted as their escort. There were four Indian Princeß present, attired in striking costumes, as were their suites. The majority of those in close proximity to the dais were dressed in uniform or court dress, while the large assemblage of ladies were dressed in the height of fashion. The foreign Ambassadors, Ministers of State, and colonial Agents-Gen-eral, were present in numbers. The Lord Chief Justice of England headed the Judges' procession. The Royal carriage with the Heralds preceded the Royal procession, the" National Anthem " being played by the band. The Queen, who took her seat on Prince Runjeet Singh's golden throne, turned a key and set the bella in tho tower ringing. This waa the j eignij for the firing ofgune in the park,

and there waß Immense enthusiasm dis- r played by the orowd, cheer after cheer ' rending the air. Madame Albaoi sang the t "National Anthem," and the Archbishop f of Canterbury pronounced the Benedic- ' tion. The Royal procession retired after t the opening ceremony, to the march of i Meyerbeer's "Prophet Queen." )' A medal to commemorate the opening J of the Imperial Institute has boen struck. < It is to be made of Victorian gold. Melbourne, May 11. The Premier has; cabled to the Queen, congratulating Her Majesty upon the opening of the Imperial Institute. (Beoeived 1.25 a.m., May 12th.; London, May 11. The Times, in commenting on the opening of the Imperial Institute, says that the striking display nfforded by the < ceremonial shows that no politicians can afford to be indifferent to their duty to i maintain the unity of the Empire. (Special to Prxss Association.) (Received 0.30 p.m., May 11th.) London, May 10. At the opening ceremony, the Queen ■aid that the establishment of the Imperial Institute was a symbol of the unity of the Empire, and would bs the means of effecting a closer bond with the colonize.