Funeral of the Queen.

Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 6 February 1901, Page 4

Funeral of the Queen.

[by electric telegraph—COPYßlGHT.]

(per press association.)

The Coach Incident. London, February 4. The Windsor incident was sensational. A horse on the off-side nearest the gun carriage suddenly became restive, Iho experienced driver was unable to control him, and he kicked furiously. Eventually ho caught his hind legs in the pole bar and was thrown on his knees. The traces twice smashed, and the whole team was removed.

Another horse, ridden by the standard bearer, startled by the minute guns in Windsor Park, plunged furiously close to the King and Kaiser. Two officers of the German suite rushed forward and seized the bridle, thus averting danger. Duka of Orleans not Required. The Duke of Orleans arrived at Brussels, intending to attend the funeral, but King Edward and the Kaiser intimated that they did not desire his presence in England. King Leopold objected to the Duke of Orleans’ presence in Brussels, and he left immediately.

Fine weather permitted the mourners to walk from Windsor to Frogmore via the Sovereigns’ Drive, and a long walk.

Black masses of silent and motionless onlookers stood behind the lines of dismounted Guardsmen in scarlet cloaks and white plumes lining the route reverently uncovered. The fact that the mourners walked from the Castle to Frogmore added simplicity and impressiveness to the spectacle. One of its most touching features was little Prince Edward in sailor costume.

The Last Resting Place of the Queen. At half-past three the private drive to Frogmore Mausoleum was entered, and the coffin disappeared from public view. Guardsmen acted as bearers. The last offices of the dead were strictly private. At the words in the burial service,, “We commit her body to the ground, _ Lord Edward, William, Pelham and Clinton, Masters of the Queen’s Household, dropped thrice on the coffin earth taken from above the garden of Gethscmane on the occasion of the Kaiser’s late visit to the Holy Land. The choir sang “ Sleep thy Last Sleep.” There was no procession on returning. The mourners drove to Windsor Castle.

Kings, Queens, and Princes. The King, the Kaiser, and the Grand Duke Michael, members of the Royal Family, and most of the foreign Princes participated, Alexandra and all the Princesses, dressed in the deepest black, and heavily veiled, the Queen leading, Prince Edward followed.

Thousands of spectators were present uutil the cortege entered the Frogmore grounds. The Dean of Winchester and the Dean of Windsor officiated, while the choir of St George’s Chapel rendered the music. The scene was unforgetable in solemnity and pathos.

London, February 5,

Detachments of the Life Guards and Grenadier Guards watched the coffin since Saturday.

The Royalties attended the service held early in the morning.

The bands at three in the afternoon played Chopin’s funeral march ns the coffin on a gun carriage moved away. Meanwhile the Sebastopol bell in the round tour tolled, and tiie Artillery in the Park fired the final salute.