The Coronation at Delhi, on Monday, went off without accident,
and the Queen was proclaimed " Kaiser-i-Hind," amidst endless salvoes of artillery. No important announcement was made, the Viceroy only describing the ceremonial as a new claim an the people's allegiance, and a new guarantee of impartial pro- tection. A banner had previously been given to each chief, and a gold or silver medal, engraved with the new title, and five of the most powerful Princes--Holkar, Scindiah, the Maharaja of Cashmere, the Maharaja of Travancore, and the Maharana of Oodeypore—are raised to an equality with the Nizam and the 'Rajah of Mysore, by receiving the coveted salute of twenty-one guns. Scindiah and Cashmere are also made Generals in the British Army, and several chiefs have received "titles of honour," Of the kind which the Pope used to bestow upon Christian Princes. The Maharaja of Cashmere, for instance, is henceforth to be styled, "Shield of the Empire." " Cerberus of the Empire" would have been more appropriate. A shower of decorations has also been distributed, one or two of them in a very odd way, and a new Order of the Empire has been created. We judge from the language of the telegrams that the ceremonial, as a scenic display, was rather a failure, the Times' correspondent in particular being afflicted with a reminiscence of the Derby Day.
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