The arrangements on Sunday, when the King and Queen went to St. Paul's to return thanks for his Majesty's restoration to health, were, from the point of view of the populace, not nearly so successful as those of the previous day. It had been arranged that the nave of the Cathedral should be thrown open to the public without tickets, and—thousands waited in a drizzling rain for hours in order to obtain admission. Some succeeded, but many failed; yet when the doors were closed for the service there were hundreds of vacant places. The "Times," by the pen of an "occasional correspondent," has censured the Cathedral authorities in unmeasured terms; but old Dean Gregory has defended them in a way which seems to throw the blame on the City police. There were barriers all round the Cathedral yard; and it seems that as soon as enough people had been admitted to fill the Cathedral the barriers were closed. Hundreds of those admitted had, however, no intention of entering the Cathedral; they preferred to watch the Royal arrivals and departures from outside; hence the vacant places within. However, for those who did gain admission there was a very impressive service and a very eloquent sermon from the Bishop of London, who recalled the thanksgiving service held in the same lace after the Prince had once before een snatched from the jaws of death.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.