THE LATE QUEEN.

Gisborne Times, Volume V, Issue 30, 5 February 1901, Page 2

THE LATE QUEEN.

LONDON’S LARGEST CROWD,

A TRIUMPH OF ORGANISATION

INTERNATIONAL SYMPATHY,

By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrigh

Received Feb. 5, 2.20 a.m, London, Jan. 31. The crowd on Saturday was the largest ever seen in London.

The procession was a triumph of masterly organisation. Even the controtomps at Windsor, the horses refusing to start, served to show the readiness, utility, and übiquity of the Bluejackets. The London Times says that remarkable as the pageant was as an evidence of the depth of national sorrow, the funeral was perhaps even more remarkable as a demonstration of international sympathy and respect. Nothing quite like such a tribute of personal reference from the chiefs of the Government of almost every state of the world was ever seen.

At six o’clock on Sunday morning Bishop Winchester conducted a short service in the presence of the family, and Madame Albani sang two solos.

MOURNING IN AMERICA. Received Feb. 5, at 12.47 a.m. New York, Feb. 4. Mr McKinley and members of the American Ministry, Judges, Diplomatists, Senators, and many others were present at the funeral service held in the Washington Trinity Church. New York was crowded with Consuls, representatives of American and Canadian societies, including Mr Andrew Carnegie. Twenty-three clergy officiated, including Archbishop Lewis, of Ontario. At San Francisco twelve thousand attended the memorial service. The German warship at New Orleans fired eighty-one guns, and a sendee was held aboard, Admiral Sampson being amongst those present. A salute of 21 guns was fired at the Navy Yards, Boston, yesterday. Received Feb. 5, 12.55 a.m. London. Feb. 4. The Queen anticipated the possibility of death at Osborne, and left a will directin'* a naval pageant, which was strictly fob lowed on Friday. The Duke of York is progressing towards convalescence. ' MEMORIAL DAY IN SOUTH ' • AFRICA. Saturday was observed as a solemn fast holiday throughout Cape Colony and Natal. The Queen's statues at Capetown, Durban, and Maritzburg were wreathed. Five thousand Indians gathered at the fQQt of the status at Durban, and delivered

oulogiiuns of her late Majesty, in six of their dialects.

Received Feb. 5, at 12.38 a.m. Tho Bishop of Oxford preached at St. George’s Chapel before the King and members of the Royal Family yesterday morning, taking his text from 16th Proverbs, 12th verse. Ho said that tlioy had to thank God that at last there hail been brought to our consciousness a great element in the active, and prompt, mid sympathetic realisation of tho Empire; namely an unparalleled growth of extension, quickened, vivified, and energised by tho consciousness of a common life. India, Canada, and Australia had been new born to true vitality, and the idea had become a fact.

They were all pleased that King Edward was called after his greatest ancestor and First Edward. Let them, ho said, pray for a seven-fold blessing on the Seventh Edward.

Memorial services were held on Sunday in all the Cathedrals and Churches. St. Petersburg, Feb. 4. Tho Czar and Czarina attended tho funeral services in tho English and American churches at St. Petersburg. Received Feb. 5, 12.55 a.m.

London, Fob. 4. Queen Olga of Athens, the Khedival Princess of Cairo, representatives of tho head Stato, Ministers, and Ambassadors attended tho English services, and at tho other capitals there was a similar attendance. Local authorities and princely visitors in every Consular district, and all health resorts, of all creeds, joined in the services in Canada, other colonics, and India. A parade of British and foreign troops was hold at Pekin. The Church of England service was conducted, at which there was a representative attendance. Received 1.2 a.m, Feb. 5. The King decided that tho-pnblie should be admitted to the park to sec tho remains transferred to tho gun-carriage for removal to Frogmore at threo o'clock to-day. The Kaiser has conferred on tho Queen Consort the late Queen’s honorary colonelcy of the Prussian Dragoons. Tho Kaiser returns homo to-morrow. There was a total suspension of business in Canada during the funeral. Several American cities closod their Exchanges.