THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2502, 13 May 1893, Page 1

THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.

London", M;>y 9. The Prince of Wales paid a vis-it to the imperial Institute I'hreo hundru - guineas have be3n paid fur the use of house.-; in Quoensgato, Ken.<ingfcon Knad, S.W., overlooking the route the opening procession will take placa. May 10. The Imperial Institute was opened today. The weather w.-is glorious, and enormous crowds lined the entire route from the Palace to the Institute, which w;is guarded by the military. There were 50,000 people assembled within the building and precincts. All the leadiug Australians were present. The spectacle was a magniiicenfc one, and tho members of the colonial artillery teams, who were acting as an escort to Her Majesty, were loudly cheered. The Royal Princes ha ia separate escort for their procession from their lesideuces to the dais. The civic dignitaries of the chief cities and the •Judges also marched in the procession. Excellent arrangements were made. The services of 500 police constables wnre engaged in regulating locomotion in the streets. The procession in connection with the opening of the Imperial Institute numbered 20,000. Immense enthusiasm wai shown, and the Queen, the Prince of Wales, Duke of York, Priuces3 M;iy, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Roberts, 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 M-ijesty being at the head of the last; procession.

All the British Royalties wore preseno at the ceremony. The Canadian and Australian artillery teams, and the Native Indians, acted as their escort. There were four Indian Priucoss present, attired in striking costumes, as were their suites. The majority of tho§e iu close proximity to the daia were dressed in uniform or court cjress, while the large assemblage of ladies wore dressed in the height of fashion. The foreign Ambassadors, Ministers of State, and colonial AgentsGeneral 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 SQat on Prince Kunjeel Singh's golden throne, turned a key and set the bells in the tower linging This was the signal for the firing of guns in the park and there was immeute enthusiasm displayed by the crowd, cheer after cheer rending tho ftit\ Madame Albaui sang the ( < National Anthem," and the Aichbishop of Canterbury pronounced the Benediction. The Royal procession retired after the opening ceremony, to the march of Meyerbeer's "Prophet Queen." A modal to com.memo.rato the opening of the Imperial Institute hag been struck. It is to be made q{ Yiofcorian gold. At the Opening ceremony, the Queen said that the establishment of the Imperial Institute was a symbol of tho unity o| the Empire, and would be tho means of effecting a closer bond with, tho colonies, MiilitouiiMTE, May 11. T4;a TWnier lias cabled to tho Queen, congratulating Her Majesty upon, t'iid opening of tho Imperial Inst Unto.