The religious ceremony was short. It commenced with the intonation of the Te Deum by the assembled choristers, and ended with the Benediction, pronounced by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Old Hundredth was then sung, followed by the National Anthem, the strains being taken up by the general public all round the Cathedral, and then the Archbishop, acting on a sudden and most happy impulse, called for three cheers for the Queen. It is not too much to say that Her Majesty has never been greeted with a more enthusiastic salvo from the throats of her people than she received on this occasion. On the conclusion of this most impressive ceremony the Colonial contingent, who had hitherto led the Procession, and who had been stationed at the north side of the Cathedral meanwhile, fell into position behind the gallant Royal Irish Constabulary men and the squadron of Royal Horse Guards, who had until now formed the rear escort of the Royal Procession. [Illustration: _From a Photograph_} {_by the London Stereoscopic Co._ THE ROYAL PROCESSION: EQUERRIES, GENTLEMEN-IN-WAITING, AND MILITARY ATTACHÉS PASSING THE EASTERN END OF CHEAPSIDE. The boys of Christ's Hospital ("Blue-Coat School") occupy the open space between the Mansion House and the opposite corner of Queen Victoria Street.] [Sidenote: At the Mansion House.] At a quarter to one the Queen's carriage halted outside the Mansion House. The Lady Mayoress presented Her Majesty with an exquisite bouquet of orchids in a beautiful silver basket. "The Queen," says a writer in the _Times_, "was graciously pleased to accept the gift, and twice said to her Ladyship, 'I am too grateful,' at the same time extending her hand to the Lady Mayoress, who kissed it." It is needless to trace the progress of the Empress-Queen through the districts inhabited by her poorer, but no less affectionate, people--from the City to London Bridge, in Southwark, in Lambeth, and on over Westminster Bridge. Everywhere her reception was the same--a magnificent outburst of love and devotion. [Illustration: _G. F. Watts, R. A._} {_Photo by F. Hollyer._ THE MARQUIS OF SALISBURY, K.G. Lord Robert Cecil, eldest surviving son of the second Marquis, was born at Hatfield in 1830, and educated at Eton and Christchurch, Oxford. M.P. for Stamford, 1853-1868, when he succeeded to the Marquisate. Secretary of State for India, 1866-67, and 1874-78. Minister Plenipotentiary at the Constantinople Conference, 1876; Foreign Secretary, 1878-80. With Lord Beaconsfield he represented England at the Berlin Conference in 1878. Leader of the Conservative Party in the House of Peers since 1881; Premier 1885-86, 1886-1892, and since 1895.]