ORDER OF ROYAL CORTEGE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 820, 18 May 1910, Page 5

ORDER OF ROYAL CORTEGE.

Br Tclesraph-Preas Association-Copyriehl (Rec. May 17, 11.5 p.m.) London, May 17. The Headquarters Staff and the Army Council, the Board of Admiralty, FieldMarshals, Admirals of the Fleet, Indian Orderly Officers, and King Edward's Aides-de-Camp will head the funeral procession. The massed bands of the Brigade of Guards (32) and the King's Company of Grenadiers will march immediately before the coffin, which will be flanked by equerries and 24 Yeomen of the Guard. Tho coffin will be covered with a cream white pall, bearing the Crown and Regalia nnd Insignia of the Garter, and will be followed by the Royal Standard by Life Guardsmon. Then King George V, in an Admiral's uniform, will take, his place, alone, followed by his sons, Princes Edward and Albert abreast, in naval cadet's uniform; King Frederick VIII of Denmark, the Duke of Connaught, and King Haakon VII of Norway, abreast; after them the other Royalties and foreign Court officials; King Edward's physicians, afoot; then the suites of the Kings of Norway and Denmark and other Princes. Finally, there will be nine carriages, with the Mother Queen Alexandra in the first carriage, Queen Mary in the second, the other Royal ladies following. Big Ben Will Toll. Big -Ben will be tolled at intervals of fifteen Eoconds, and 68 guns will be fired in St. James's Park during the progress of the procession. The streets will be lined by 10,000 infantry and 2000 cavalry, including the Brigade of Guards, the Household Cavalry, and the Naval Brigade. The troops will stand with bowed heads.and weapons reversed. The massed bands of the Brigado of Guards, when leaving Buckingham Palace, will play Beethoven's March. On reaching Marlborougli Gate, forty pipers of the Scots Guards will play' the lament, "Flowers of tho Forest." At the Duke of York's column, tho bands.will unite in Chopin's "Funeral March." Along Downing Street they will play tho "Dead March" ("Saul"), continuing until tho coffin is carried into Westminster Hall. At Westminster Hall tho Archbishop of Canterbury (Dr. Davidson), the Lord Great Chamberlain (Lord Carrington), tho Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk), and the First Commissioner of Works (the Right Hon./ Louis Harcourt) will receive the coffin. Tho Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms will then conduct tho Navy and Army officers to tho steps at the end of tho Hall. ■ ■ The members of the House of Lords and the members of the House of "Commons, after assembling in their respective Houses, will walk in procession to tho Hall.' The Lord Chancellor, Lord Loroburn, in. his robes, of office, will head tho Peers, who will bo grouped on one side of the Hall. The Speaker (the Right Hon. ,1. W. Lowther), in his robes of office, will be, in the midst of the Commoners on the opposite side of the Hall. The Norroy Kin- of Arms (Wni. H Weldon, Esq., ■ C.V.0., F.S.A.) will lead during the procession. The Garter King of Anns (Sir Alfred S'cott Prott-Gatty C.V.0., F.S.A.), the First Commissioner of Works, the Gentleman Usher of tho Black Rod (Admiral Sir Hy. V. Stephenson), and the Earl Marshal will load the procession at Westminster. Tho Lord Great Chamberlain and the Archbishop of Canterbury will lead tho Grenadiers and Yeomen of the Guard as they bear the coffin to the catafalque. Service at Westminster Hall. At the service in Westminster ■ Hall, King George and the Royal mourners will be grouped at the head of the coffin; the Gentlemen at Arms on either side; and tho Archbishop of Canterbury, the Lord Great Chamberlain, and the Earl Marshal at the foot. The Dean of Westminster (Dr. Armi-tago-Eobinson) and the Archdeacon of Westminster (Dr. A. B. Wilberforce) will assist in tho service, which will include selected prayers and the 23rd Psalm ("The Lord is my Shepherd"). Westminster Abbey choir and tho children of the Chapel Royal, standing at the top of the stops leading to St. Stephen's Porch, under Sir Frederick Bridge (organist of Westminster Abbey), will sing Spohr's "Blest are the Departed," all unaccompanied except in the final hymn, "O God, our Help in Ages Past," in which they will be accompanied by ten instrumentalists of the Brigade of Guards. After the service the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl Marshal, and the' Officers at Arms will conduct King George and the Royal mourners to the entrance of the Hall. There will be no procession on the return journey. KING AND QTJEEN OVATIONED. (Rec. May 17, 10.25 p.m.) London, May 17. Thousands of subdued holiday-makers thronged outside Buckingham Palaco tpday, and gave an ovation to King George aiid Queen Mary as they wero driving in tho Mall. Their Majesties repeatedly acknowledged tho demonstrations. Those servants of Royalties whose duties prevented their doing so on Sunday attended yesterday's service in tho Throne Room, Buckingham Palace. King George, has ordered that wreaths already at AVindsor t-liall bi> placed in a huge canopy in tho Dean's Cloisters, in order to allow holiday-makers (o riew them. BULGARIA'S KING ATTENDS. London, May 16. King Ferdinand of Bulgaria will attend King Edward's funeral. (Rec. May IS, 0.15 a.m.) London, May 17. Memorial services will be held on every warship on Friday, alro in every prison chapel in England and Wales. MR. ROOSEVELT. EXTENDED AUDIENCK WITH THE KING. London, May 16. King George, fit Murlborough House, gave mi audience, extending over an hour, to Mi-. Kuoscvell, who is Spra-.il Ambassador uf the United Ktnti-s nl King IMwnrd's l'liiiei'al. Mi , . ttuoiin'elt viaitai

PANOPLY OF GRIEF. PROCESSION TO WESTMINSTER HALL. THE FOREIGN MONARCHY

the Queen Mother at Buckingham Palace, and weut to the Throne Room, whore; in company with 350 members of the various Royal Households and members of tho Diplomatic Corps, li 6 wiitcistd the lying-in-state. IN FRANCE AND DENMARK. ' London, May 16. Every shop in Nico will be closed on Friday, tho day of tho funeral. M. Fallieres, the President of France, will attend an Anglican service at the British Embassy Church, Paris. Tho Academy of Fine Arts, the Academy of Sciences, the French Academy, and other bodies will be represented at tho service. A thousand Danes (including high officials) have started for England to be present at the funeral. Thousands of Danish women have signed an address of sympathy to Queen Alexandra. Tho inhabitants of Denmark are sending a gold wreath and a shield weighing nine pounds. AUSTRALIAN EVENTS ON 'FRIDAY. Melbourne, May 17. A military service will bo held in front of Parliament House steps on Friday. The troops will afterwards march through the principal streots. Sydney, May 17. A combined naval and military memorial service will be held in the Centennial Park, and a public memorial service in tho Domain on Friday. Services will also bo held in all tho churches at various hours of tho day.