The Guardian from London, Greater London, England • 5

THE MANCHESTER GUAEDIAN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1901. tho Queen's mother, the Duchess of KtJ ito half-mast, in token that Her Majesty hai down. The Manacsr, Mr. Courtneidge. cams the House of Commons, and an official itatementlof the meeting" there, the polyglot and misoel-Jespecially by that issued at four o'clock, for the wick, -and snpDorted bv Mr.

Councillor Maxwell: Should the precedent of King William IV. beS oeioro tna curtain and announced tn an abso breathed hor last. will be issued late to-iifiht. ilaneous array of pedestrians being perhaps quiteunwersa4 sorrow waa unmixed with any exorteH "ua wittt ui liwonus oi Ob. ureoioi lutely sdent audience that he had received in- in ftllnirinrr nffiiifil flnlllimtlflrmArtT.

Yiflg iccliMllaS tvmrci! hnf nnf infill mhli tar TirtiepntBiuulr followed, tho Queen's remains win lie in state DEATH At one o'clock came tho bulletin recordin; wim vao memuera oi tno -Koyai amiiy at tee formation of the death of the Queen. He deeply regretted to say that tbo Sovereign had shortly before Bpurposos as elsewhere. But even RegenVstreet of the state apartments before being oon-f the fact that the illustrious patient had uwm oi vur muca-ooiovea wueen, ana lurtner lu eonseijucnce of tho death of Ker Majcstygseemcd to me and I don't think I am carrying recognised tlioso of tbo Royal Fanu'l; reyea to tee Mausoleum, The Castle had been1 IN THE WEST END. experts taeir aeep sense ot tne inepanbls the nation baa sustained." passea away at nail-past six 0 clock, in au; parts of the theatre there were murmurs of sympiithv. Mr.

Courtneidee added that the per ho Queen tho Houses of Parliament willlmy own emotions into tho case less gay and prepared for tho ratawn r. i Haboufc her, and had again fedlen asleep. The OF THE The fallowine resolutian wna Tawed list cieht j- vuo vuufb, awl WCn .1 a sense, was tiicl formance, as a matter of course, would not be! stats anartniimfn uuuuku in assemble to-day (Wedaesdiy) at 4 p.m., for thef giddy than it generally is. Tho same so won after tho' sad news the west i i. i.

i IJind was unable to nut on "tramlines of woe, purpose only of enabling veers and members to3 brought to one from other parts of London.it, MTetthol(, ht t'le by the Executive. Conunittco of the South UaoJj LU HUB flUUm continued. It would, indeed, have been aban-l Obester Liberal ABSOanlinn. nn Iba motion nf since the Queen departure for Osborne, willftory to know that tho revered monarch bad bee tiiko tile oath of allcgianc, nearly everybody isooms to have been out andjsorrow which overshadowed it. The theatres, aonea mucu earner in consequence ot tne grave: weumrmsit, air.

Joseph and aasontodl be closed at once. Jjpormitted to gaze onco again with recognition! I about to-night, as though tho uews were too biggmusic halls, and other places of amusement bo kept at home, and wherever people weref'''CEe1 immediately the tidings arrived, and bulletins issued at Osborno House during thejto by the members solemnly rising in their day if it had not been recognised that anf places: ''That this meeting doplores the death abandonment of tho performance in tho un-of our gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria, who! certain circumstances micht have caused greatjbv hor womanly eoodnoM. QUEEN. RECEPTION OF THE NEWS IN tho loved features of her family instead of iound they were serious. Their speech all ll LONDON.

TVrTnPMTTCl An nrrm nwav witnout consciousness oi meir mUJLUJilMt) UJ) TEE MY ATp'escnce, 08 is 60 'h case with sufferers Has sad. The QUMn.3 mourns mowing to th9 national mouraine, theso resorts! inconvemence to the public. Money would bojfiithful adherence to tho bestcood of thn nation .1 11.. .1 J. 11 1 It t1 r1- viu utiusu lasnion.

roruaps bum 01 uuranuum ue cioseu uncii iurtner notice, ir me LONTilW, TCESDW NlCHT. nCDnUATP Wrom brain paralysis. But there was another! HraA( i tl. 1 5TVlTlfflljiMlt o.V-r. 11.

1 1" 1 f-: uoiJUJWWfc riew be taken of the matter. It was re- "Death of tho Queen!" was suddenly criedS, "u'ciiavouoC ocenaiwgeiucr seemy.g--- ti-iMiucu uir mv uwirs io tlltAU Willi su iiwuKiiiB vuuvoreu licraill 10 all flcr people, aOU Will and the others would receive tickets for a fulurolbo held in tho affections to regard and memory of performance. The largo audience left the build-Sal! who have been privileged to live under her ing very ouicllv. and in a few minutes tholwiso and constitutional mlr- if. fumm i (ucnitv of Lonoon's sorrow to-mant lsaire tt.

(FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) 35 certain that the members of the famif iti raucous The LordJfayor of London last! huii in i uus.i;uuii uuu v.iijjbt guuet ot meir patrons was marked by a ltti ng onlv a moment or two ffhlch 15 llkcIy to be 0TCr orable. Inhibition of sympathy. Many of the home houses was empty. For some time after, how-Jsucocssor may have a prosperous and nappy warn, Cross, having (FROM THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) were nearly filled when the news was flashed heard the dread news. At that virr moment nf MP uot th8 been deemed imminent.

ever, carnages were drawn up in oontinuousiana tuat, inspired by tho memory and example! succession, but befora their occupants couldfof tho noble lifonow ended, he will aid bis oetmbji Ifii up mil wuuu unnu ht received tho following Osbobse, Tuesday, 6 45 p.m. London, Ttesdat Night. iruiu usoorne, out tne manaccrs. witnout a UHH iiwuvia, mbuuuv the bell of St. tolled! tor tho wo i 7 Tr "Elw was borne out later, when it became known! lor tho worso sot in at half-past four this The shadow of death 1 has Eettled over exception in this part of they were informed by tho polico andlto adranco towards further happiness and coo.

more Shel''romPt5' tM their audiences what hd8 attendants that tho wrformauM IS 110 more. Shun in iniuvniioiiv nf Ihfl dpath of! forth its knell. Hearing it, a working girl idp nnd thn lue ueness or lorK, rrinco ami Lortn iThrone. Queen Victoria, l.hn 1'rinmcene nf Mnrnannhf nn) Air Ifolfmir beside mo, with grief in her voice, exclaimed. TnB rmsCB ut -i rvi.

iw fT auu aur cuaugo uieir 11 neiej-r-- Black-bordered nlacards containing summoned bis colleagues to tbo Queen's bed-H, side. Sir Thnt.aTLiw. 'IN been summoned to Osborne. The Marquis r-. uuj ui another evoninc or to Teturn thoir moiiny.Ilno yuecn Then it's true! Dear eld lady! Is sho really ALAYOK.

SALFORI), is o'clock to-niebt. amid tho nravers and tearsSThousands. tnn. dmvn im announcement to the same effect were also, gonr lhis was tho to tho feeling OW. ni Bf Salisbury had travelled from Hatfield to Lor Osborne was only temporary.

Ho did not, infl nf Imr i. find thnin Tn nn nr. cicxhibited on the front of the house. 9 Tho news rcai-W Silfnrrl Mv beloved mother the Queen has in London to-night, as I discovered it in a walk fact, leave tho island. rtrn lo go uou represent the feelings of the people ol berg- mm on maniieste.i out cm tne.

twenty5DCIS ot.PeoP10 Huir at the. theatre u.i- Bbut it had been considerately determined to through somu of tho principal streets. I am Upsaed away, surrounded by her. capital. The blow has fallen so suddenly roftt JL TJ.

after the performance of "Little otl of entertainment, and in aB ucm wuiuuiiuiiuii, ana ue cravo view thev u' i i him. and to al ow Mr. Balfour to take hi: not to put it too hijjh, for exaggeration! took ot the patients case was seen in the everyone seems uaxed with theSthe Droceediim ift. tn ti. Hood" had begun.

Walking to the frontl cases the projector! performance was abandoned, Ittil-Jren and grandchildren. place and act as the representative of the shock. To to Friday ovenini nobody susoectedlhome. It is not vet known how low thBiof tho its, ha su1.lt to Regent Theatre in Cress Lane, tho Prince bulletin issued at eight o'clock, announcing that Ministry. The First Lord of the Treasury had .1 1 (Signed) Albert Idwaed.

in such a casa is foolish out everywhere tucre jis the same quiot, subdued, almost nnexpressedj jsentiment. The Strand, a the flashedj jiilong it with incrodiblo speed, became filled! intimated that ho would nat require a special the Queen to be ailing. Indeed the closed. That will 1 TZ oLn The nerform-'l0' WalCB 1B WcSt T'-street, aud tho Vie-mind has never dreamt of associate 1 2nnZ Broughton, dismissed their audi- mu yucuj. aiiunra signs oi uumnisnmg strength and that lr condition again assumes a more serious aspect." About the timo this bulletin train to bo kept iu waiting for him, and the -1 mmuauiv tuac mnu ni Tnnm.

ir nnt vi mm witu tho Queen. Her old age has been "as a Duchess of York, Princo Arthur of Connaught, Xhc following bulletin was issued! with a crowd a largo proportion oi which had was issued the members of tho Hoyal Family lusty winter, frostv but kindly." A cood con- no further performances until after the funerel.I"rrauSement!,n df Jor If in7 Mn 7 This suspension of all forms of mon Tlnch bcc? TA qMm doath' applied more or less to all parts of London. Iffices' wt At the Town Hall tho Mayor (Mr. Aldernun the Princesses of Connaught had arranged been hastening to the and found itsolfstit-. nO-borne last night: leave by ordinary train at 1 45.

An urgent lodged outside repaired to Osborne. The Princo and Princess of Wales, tho German 4U Vf 41, miso another decado of reinn. but all such ex-9. lm. of tt the-itres theA Kudman) gave mstmclions for flacs to bo placed command from tho Princo of Wales to Mr.

to-night. Not a theatre is likely to open until Emperor, and tho Duke and Duchess of York. pectations or hopes have been riithh-iygnectav "3'T iL, 3 Immediately the news reached the CamedySM'HMM on an tho public buildings under the OiBOBXE, J.OiUWBT 22, 1901. 0 45px Balfour changed these plans, and a special train i.ifter the funeral, and seekers alter pleasure tboSCOntrol Of tho Coraontinn. A tlntiitnrr tniiokJ shattered.

The British people now mourn the liias ordered for 1 40. Tho First Lord of the who are staying in the Eoyal residence, were 'already at tho Queen's bedside. Although the to afing of tho Council has been called for to-dar had turned back, looking sad and almost aniious lU.iliTtT.J A au vi vjiiu wuu wmt nuiu lUHir mvaiibv wmu tna news was nrnupnL Dii reasury whs driven to Victoria Station, accom- Her Majesty tho Queen breathed There was a very easily recognised seriousness rnliVf nf iiJui.i. c- Ft -iiouse" no snm it was oniy proper mm neoncsoByj, nut he ore dcterm nine" whethsri onguo here is uttenug her praise, ot British garrisons in South Africa liUMhn SIIch sad OKasion esti uld boit shal! orVhnJl not hfl Bishop of Winchester was in tho house, the bvery punicd by Lady Frances Balfour, and he assisted! Then (hero was delirious excitement; now doinz it, moreover, in all sincerity. It was the Vicar of Wliippingham was sent for, tho Bisho her last at 30 p.m., surrounded by hushed, subdued J0.

the reception of tho members of the Uoyaij Lord Mayor who received the first intimation of. being there in his official capacity as Clerk of Family who travelled bv lus train. i sacrc. n. was nis uuiy 10 uo wnac mat m.icinuu.ouiu iuuu vim mooting win tw opened, ana that silence dominated the people.

The nt ho ui been in8itter tho Ma-or wh lhn' fll, upon the multitudes that, passed westward down the Strand. They had ftr tl.e moment only onoj topic of couversjitibn, iind if oun had passed' through London without knowing tho news one' must hare demanded why thn joy had seemed to! tho Queen's death. Ten minutes later "Great nnrjnr.nncc hn vi.Hr- utj The train left in timo to reach Osborne at i was, to abandon tho perform-Hidings the meeting will bo adjourned. nw given place to a sombre aspect, which har-Lnc. The members of the audience should At the Royal Technical Institute.

Peel tho Closet, while tho Vicar is tho Qnecn's chaplain and intimate friend. How long the family rtayed with tho Queen is not publicly known. or children and grandchildren. iSifficd) James Reid. R.

Douglas Powell. Thos. Barlow. Paul" pealed forth from tho tower of tho Cathedral, every stroke of his ponderous tongue tend- 11 1 1 about -1 30, and the public rightly felt that the iarrival would ha vcrv little in advance of the moniseu witn the feelings ot those who hid eveni j.aTa their money returned at tbo doors or should! great many students nmLlnd for their muni jleavo its people. This uni.Tsal expression of yet scarcely realised tho loss of a great given tickets for some other evening.

Thnlcvening classes, but at the request of tho Prin- g0D(j monarch. Ono of the first to leave tho houso was the' Hind occurrence which was expected. A lateri tno o. lIie nuicns, eyo and mouth was all tho more impressive as it .1 i 11 11 yyUKlll orchestra then played tho JJead Jiarch in saw, gcipoi (Jir. iison) they all or as many the kuv qEijL-iiiy fprciicL uvfr jjonfion ami mKysmjn.

was so obviously iuvoluntary and without con bulletin informed Her Majesty subjects that would hold gathered in tho Chcraiilrv uuu tao u-ithe people standing, alter wnicn tne nousoiroom wc Bishop of Winchester, who, on being asked whether tho worst had happened, said, "No, nor is it likely just yet." This was between the furthest suburbs. The only parallel to thojoining avenues. Members had, "of course, biwnfmucijiT emptied, Lecture-room. Principal Wilson, addrcssinc: the was sinking, and at seven o'clock the tidin; scious demonstration, 'f liroitLt the whole lengthi of the Strand and Flcct-itrcei oi.sorrer listcn- reached London that Queen Victoria had pis-edj 'London Gazette Extraor siuoenu, sua: I'criiips you may Iw aware of ray reason for calling vou together this evoninc. eleven and twelve o'clock.

At noon came thi puuuc emotion was that oi the memorable aygPPM "or -ne worst by tho successive bulle-J Th n6ws (locs mt EMm to hB mched th' in December, 1S61, when the public! 'ns jmen ntl been posted in them t1iroughoutSti jBmcs-B Theatre obtIv ds it did soiito ofi learned of the death of tho 1 announcement tho other paMS of for tho perform-! 'egjjway. Tho messace wua scut over the telephone ng for it did not hear ono L.igh. All the glee The second bulletin of tho day, announcingnochangcS, issued last night, has the At seven clock offn ial information reached me that Her Most Grarioui Majesty the Qun had direct from Osborne to the Foreiun Office, and lot a crowded thoroushfare had suddenly ceased. Consort. Foltowims ouickly cn the Prince's? jr.J"":" tlK aft" oigbt o'clocK.

At t- for too worse, and containing the statemcnti Another smaller matter which stiuck tho im 5dil at half-naf six. It is usual under sucli cir-l ithat Department promptly informed Marlboroul i 871. "'fcloso of the first act of "for the Wlours," wr. that the Queen had recognised tho several icumsUnces as these to show our svmnatlrv with uo umu numjisiiu uuus era a 01 DI3CK, tnrOURh WniCIl) numbr nf tin pnmoanv. an- agination was the liking of tho crowd to read the House, Buckingham Palace, and other centre fi'iloH'ing'.

Whitehall. Jasu.uiy'22, 1901. thu First Lonl of tho Treasury to tho Lordgnot a my of light penetrated. Tho blinds of thoj're(i 'nt 0f tle and intimated thoso in bkh placos who have so alien shown oros over asrain. Thoso who travelled eastwards Shortly after this copies of tho fateful menage members of tho Royal Family that aro here." Iho news did not, however, remova tho ex their sympathy with tho nation at lanro when Mayor, also announcing that tho Queen died atSbua Y.e5t mansions were drawn, and mthat performance not bo proceeded irere posted on tho various notice boards.

Both ccmed to go to each newspaper office window A willetin, of which the folloiving 'great calamity nas overtaken it. It is unneoes- CM Mr Mln.V".i.""'xua" cn. one loosea mere wcra siffur- further. The orchestra played the Head tremely grave lmpre-sion produced bv then at tho Palace and at Marlborough nouso a largi to peruse again precisely the bulletins h.iry for me to say anything about our revered1 vJ i.v..i.- i sorrow and depresion. SMarch in "Saul," and the audience slowly dii- ui imiuuK, uiu ijuiii niuiuiu uiB (jjrectiv after the news hpramn known the? -J Inch had been already and thevi Queen.

Our loss is nob merely tho nation's loss I umber of persous read the news, but within an! previoos bulletin, and the fact that the Queen "is now asleep" was interpreted as a promise that the rohmity wa? only postponed. All Majesty's Household: "The Queen ciedt managers of the West End theatres received im Pa of Varieties the news wai rn it is tho world ft loss; anil I am sure all of oj incredibly short time the tiding had become is i copy, has been received by Mr. SiiTCWry Ritchie: teoBE. 7 p.m., January 22, 1901 passed on. each timo in a curiously eloquent ilcnce.

peacefully at 6 30, Arthur printed communiation from tho More tlits pprformam-" besun. A largfsjsympalhiso most deeply with tho Royal Family, common property through tho medium of the day, and all night too, a patient me tho bulletin. otnee: "i am airentca oy mes proportion of the audience, however, had taneni mo sumenis men quietly tell the minding. came tho phy. ill tic late iprcss.

On nil hands bells were tolled, and tiiprr, But the most remarkab'a sight was that to Lord C'lianibcrlain to desire th ia ThoTnannnpr.it once went on tho .1 In tho great lecture hall of the Inxtitnba The Lord Mayor ent to Osborne the following seen at St. Paul's Cathedral. rprv rp- -iTero abundant evidences oi the general and pru Fi Tier JlajCSty tllC WueenoonsLited chiefly of journalists, probably not reply sequence of the death of the Queon, the and announced that there would be nojanothcr assembly wns meanwhile quietly form-licensed by his Lordship should bo closed B'nS- Arrangements had been mado by the day. A further communication will be addressed! The -ame course was taken at Hencler's Circus. SParks find Libraries Committee for a lecture character of the public grief.

that tlib spot tho heart- the Citv, i rallied her last at 6 30 p.m.. sur-less ilm a hnndral of including artists, Bare in Cowes at the nrpsent. timo Thnv lTp to 9 30 it had not become known whether Your Royal Jlighuess's tclcgrum the nation's great loss I have received with it nas oecu cauea seems to be attracting its crowds on "rent occasions as it wont to do ate you as to any future occasion when it maySq-, 1QUS0 Bas nearlv full, and the perfonnanro'Jto bo delivered by Mr. W. U.

Golding on i. Tin -T. .1 li mi. tho King would return to London to-night or railed by her children and grand-present not only English, but Amnrican, Ocr profound distress and pricf, and have communi jiu)er ui era u. iiinist senning tins xn begin, when tne manager, ion engineering tnumpns oi our age.

as iCOinmUnitatinil. the Iirrl I'lliinilinrlllin il1U Tl.nll -nnt Intn n'nir nnrl nnnntinrrl M.lin tirnn vtlM flin nrnrnnilmrt. cnnnlt hin defer his departure from Osborno till tho morn cated this most sad intimation to mv ir. the old medieval and Hii-abethan days. Possibly a more imaginative Churchr.nsb'ip woold have put sonic purple the crowd which! fellow-Sthat such an order on his tiarfc is wbich madn a.

twrformance imnos- ibeain Mr. Alderman Mandlev (chairmaii of thl ing. It was expected that the latter course I man, reach, and other foreign newspapers and their presence is significant of the world- 'citizens, Her Majesty's name and memory willgand that tho loyalty and good feeling of thefgbie. iCommittee) came to tho platform and an- Swide interest tjken in tho fate of our Queen would be followed, and that His Majesty will! hold a Privy Council at St. James's Palace carlv! managers would have leu to the same result.

li Queen's Theatre ami, fit far as woXnounred that the lecture would bo postponed. bioou about the sreat doors of tho I.jndon r.ith..gnye lor ever in the hearts of her people. Mavl There has been a regular stream of callers iral, but as it happened Great Paul boomed respectfully convey to your Royal Highness and 'James Reid. R. Douglas Powkll.

Thos. Baslott. am, 8. Po.s-iO.vnT Fa.ne." Jlr. Charles jknow, ot all tho other places of amusement in? He said: "Never sinco I have had tho honour Wyndham called a meeting of all the principalf the city the entertainment was at onco aban-jand pleasure of presiding over tho Lecture Sub- o-morrpw (Wednesday).

(at tho lodge, and in tho course of the dav a his knell from out a mass of architectural dark- all the members of the Royal Family the enmc-t proprietors of theatres in tho West End at hisjdoned as soon as the news was known. committeo of lhe Snlford Corporation ban snob Pit nalnfnl Hlllv fallen l.nnn mn no tlinf It. Scurious thing hanpened. Three Indian gen sympathy and condolence of the City of linden There was a large congregation last evening! theatre to-night, when a telegram of condolence was sent to the King, and the meeting was post upon ine now. Rome of vou.

if not all. havei jaess, unrelieved savi by a very fceblo light a gas lamp at the small north-wcU portal. Itiemon ia the bright garb of their country your great sorrow? iat the Central Hall, when the ltev. G. Campbell Morgan was announced to deliver a lecture doubtless heard that at half-past six to-ninht! poned till to-morrow, when tho length of time THEl Frank Green, Lord Mavor nf Loudon." 5 drove up to tho lodge and signalled to theg driver to eo on.

Tho uolice stormed them.H uu me raps whs an airnost sdent waiting! ti f. rt- A a .1 wmcn the theatres will bo closed will be de-i OCR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) Cowes, TtESDiT Night. PROCLAMATION OF NEW SOVEREIGN. crowd. On the baM of the pillsrs bovs sat in The pent-up emotion of the crowd nt tor Band after a parley turned them back.

After ag on I). L. MoMlv, tho evangelist, nic W. H. Heap, wlio offered prayer, mado special reference to tho Boyal Family and the profound loss which tho nation has sustained.

iicr bjosi uracious siajesw the yueen pmmo away from us. By tho death of the Qoeen we nave suffered one of the greatest losses that could possibly happen to us. This is not only junboyish patience, und tho peopi. spread House found expression in many a heart- Owing to the uncertainty which had pre Swhilo the party returned, and made, this time. vailed as to the issue of the Queens illness.

to Queen Anne statue, or crossei: Iho road sob when the Lord Mayor stepped to gathered on the pavemeut nf whs1, is called thoStho window and announced with faltering voice and the hope that her life might he ic-ar o'deck bulletin prepared the public mi ior the later announcement, which was re-j im irith every evidence of profound. Stewards Osborne Cottage, where tho Duke and Mr. Robinson, in opening tho meeting, opinion, it is tho opinion of every true! THE rRtSS r.nvTlrtV Trncii Vic rr-r that on tho way to the hall ho had heard of the usual arrangements had, as a matter ot ruon anu oi every wise statesman throughout Duchess of Connaught reside. Gentlv but. Churchyard.

Ther-v must havn been omeB'hat tho beloved Sovereign ha1 passed awav.i tho calamity which had befallen the K-ourie, been made for the sittings of tho Koyal nunip aim America, timier thoso circam-B thousands there when I first and when Ifi16 people stood spellbound, afld after a few cleriianuedW Tho proclamation of tho new Sovereign will! no doubt many meetings would be He thought, however, that thoy were Courts of Justice te-morrow (Wednesday). It is not likely, however, that any business will be transacted, and it is understood that the returned an hour later they appeared not to liavomonlents many moved silently away to give vent' "fi.ui), ma Indians, wno spose nlrn spoke good ako place nt St. James's iStances my Commilteo have come to Iho con-clusion (hat it would he only a right and proper in do as I am sure will be dono in Palace by the College tnti. It is authoritatively stated that there was aa. the eni being perfectly peaceful.

Be-s: tie umbers of tho Royal Family, including jEnglish, explained that they were on a in the right place, and that thev might re- tirred. The face oj such as on tho 016 Snsf hich they could no hide. Heralds. Thither the Kiug will come instate, judges will ail assemble, probably in the Lord, Mlniost every place of public entertainment in; tour round the world, and that they had can-i aud after the ceremony the proclamation will Chief Justices Court, and make reference to Iceive a to continue in remcmnermg that tiiey were serving One. the striving toj serve whom had mado tho reign of our Queen: were all turned westward down Ludgate Lor'1 Jfa.Tor then retired and penned the and at each stroke of the mighty bell thevl'ofegoing reply-to the Prince of Wales.

The! -j Dll J. p. ir Pnacess Elizabeth of Hesse, who has not their engagements to come to Osborne and inn country to mane no attempt tn miry on the meeting. I know it will be a dirapnoint- the. loss of the Sovereign, and state what course! probably bo repeated at the Royal Exchange, pay a tribute to our Empress." But," thev win od pursued in regard to tho future sittings.

BCharing Cross, Chancerv Lane, and Wood-street to many ot you not to hear the lecttire.BJ Shut I think vnll will nrrrnn iritl, tnn flint it 1.9 riro been nentioned as being at Osborne, st it vis oae other person who was present id vase to run intelligence. Hut ln ainnsion uouse were at once they had come there, why iiiey stood there foretirawr an example followed by all the places of dded, "your conventionalities seem to stand so illustrious. rrom all parts of the anil not only from Christians, but from Jews. Mahometans, nnd others, there had been privies Bso illustrious, rrom all parts of the nn.l nnlv trnm Cnirintifine hnf. frnm fwherc a cross formerly stood) bv different oniv nwng we should show our wnt nf th soars wiicn there va to sec, nothing togeusiness, and the Lord Mayor wrote an official: in the way." They expressed a wish to oe allowed at least to i llin riiiflnti'a heralds and pursuivants.

Orders will be mra forfj the Bishop oi Winchester. offered during the last few davs on behalf oft'efrihlo low wo have sustained bv simply riilim ki Un in k. ir, tb" mcBotonous vjd infrefiuent the Uean ot St. 1'auls informing him THE NEWS IN THE COUNTRY, our Queen. Why? The secret gf it was your phrci anil testifying your -mpathr with! -IritLiu Rilieur'nrrivivl an.

Iintir Kifr)rA thnVaiwrafnn. gnmncauon was also denied: LpitaU aud chief cities of the United taw becD of tho (Jucen' tat he did not see the Queen. ThcBthem, and they departed for Cowes to await ts-y "jiunii. cwmy ui ineiu mu seem 10 imagines 'and in the colonies and territories belongins; to that during her long and blessed and meraoiablo'; immediate relatives of our late nnd mostbo-'rcign she had ever been found striving to foliowlnved Queen." Tho audienco rose, nnd Mr.j far as ever she could the example of 'tiin'Mandley suggested that a message cxprennive of! blessed Saviour. It was because sho had'he meeting's sympathy should bo sent to the istrivon to do so that sho had been so Family at Osborne.

Jfr. Alderman tho result of written communications. that Dean Gregory would throw wide the doorsa MESSAGES OF CONUOLESCE. In tho course of the afternoon the Earl cfH nnd chant some -penitential psulms. But thereB A1 the Crown.

Orders will bo addressed to the Eitl Marsha lbcss Alainy and tho young Duke of, fa:" tat on their way from the Lite, they will 'stay in was silence save from the bclfrv, and the! A huge crowd assembled in' front of St. Paul's 'and it was well that they should hear wordi rseconding tho proposal, rrcalM the memorable. Clarendon (Lord Chamberlain) arrived at 0: borne. to issue uotice ot a general mourning for fil lingerers looked welly into vacancy, the youugj'hedral, where the tolling of the State bell that night whicn would stir tltem up to renewed? scene in I'eel Fart nearly rn years ago, vrfftt service. The Campbell Morgan, bc-5 about Sunday school children were u.

PLACES OF AMUSEMENT CLOSER 1: I'riuo aal Princess Louis of Battenberg trincess Christian has written -a letter to the nen amon; smoking with serious per-5'25 listened to with melancholy interest. Itl iate Queen. At the audience iu St. James's Palico tin fore delivering his address, said he could notifcmblcd, ami Iho Queen (who was acrmr.iin.) matron of tho Cowes Convalescent Iln.n,. tbanfc.

istency, and the voung women, who formed more was indeed by the tolling of this bell, which is1 only used on occasions of the death of a member go further without making reference to the', by the Prince Consort and the Duke Welline- rehbishop and bishops will be prestnte-l, a.n ing her for tho attention shown to the Roval jthan half of this strange conaregation, standing gieat sorrow wnicn overwhelmed all theirfton) drove through their midst and listened tn -'bf! Ker at -the moment tho Queen i I'ichiss of York arrived from Portsmouth 5r o'cinck, in company with the judges will be introduced and kiss knack. (almost motionless And there was another crowd1 party yesterday, and expressing their pleasure MANCHESTER. TELEGRAM BY THE LORD hearts, n.i was sure they all felt bereaved, their singing. Mr. Snape said ho would ncverl The Privy Council will meet forthwith in order jnot so large, of course, and mnre mobile about at the visit.

ana vec it wan us s-ry p-mus oi vjiiristianuy; lorget laat loyoits day. ilo remembered verr fnr I. nJ.ll TI -ti! tL that tho usual oaths may be administered to Besides tho gathering of the family in the iMi.nhLi.5n, tuinMii men vrry young ino gracious of all darkness and sorrow. They thanked Godfrraile which waB upon the Queen's face, and how Dike oi Arjyll had joined the the nortn door tne Cathedral, at which it; jseemcd to be ime.gined tint some news would be! The news of the death of tho Queen was received at tho Manchester Town Hall shortly the King by which he binds himself to govern! oi the Royal Family, tho Archbishop of Cantor-! bury, the Lord Mayor of London, the Bishop oi London, and the Dean of St. Paul's, that the sad tidings were first conveyed to the greater portion1 of Loudon's millions.

On the instruction of the Dean of St. Paul's the tolling was continued at intervals of a minute for the spate of two hours. jearly morning and at tho last scene of all there for the long reign oi our neiovr-d Queen, whoJ delighted she appeared with the scene. He hadl 'fs uiiise tiro hours before. the kingdom according to its laws nnd before seven o'clock Lost evening.

The Lord nao now passeu into tne nigncr me. was an alarm at half-past three o'clock this posted, though -none came. Or. the south side only the ordinary passengers went their way, read that the Queen said that nothing that she liiv during her visit to Silford on that occasion The cuth of alledancc will then be taken as sted yesterday, that the afternoon, when again the family were sum Mayor (Mr. Thomas Briggs), who had been in tbo building all day, had left for his private resi PUBLIC MOTION.

tho other members of the Royal Family and bylbut during the whole evening the crowd set-mtd i pleased her so ranch as the welcome- ha got If .1 I. I rr Kt :er.oreil to Windsor at the eatlicst tnoncd. At ten minutes nino in rtn dence at Bowdon a few minutes earlier. The Tho news that tho Queen was dead was Jf.r,,m th.e lhmM.a "i SIy school chil- he councillors present, and the terms of the! happened that just at the commencement oi come up Ludgate Hill, to gather nmlcssly ing tho Queen woke from dumber or from' Hrr.n nrliA rlnAi in lfe.r.1 l.mU U.t .1 f- riaps to-morrow To-J Lord Mayor had, however, given instructions as! proclamation of tho King will bo settled and; where no object was to he attsined. In Chca; this painful undertaking a small congregation unconsciousness and called for one oil in eeven ocraciKSiiape also spoke of irreproachable to what should be done in the event of a fatal Ktciai mi official statement will bo orders given for its promulgation.

A declara side the bell of Pw rang cut, as in Fieet-street were leaving the west door of the Cathedral, jast nignv. mere wj no outward demonstra-i Queen and of the govl example which she had! termination of the Queen's illness during the: night, and thpje were at once nut into Deration -r Arthnr Bicge on these and other lion in correspondence with the great evenLtset betore the nation in so many ways. Th tion is usually made bv tho new Sovereign uuni sue named, out beiore the servant could attend the Queen had fallen tho bell of St. Dunstan's. Hero 'ho sane having attended a week-night service.

The TWa bd lone- been a rnnfmmil fBr ivJlecturer added a few rcmirks signifying his by the Town Clerk (Mr. W. H. Talbot) and the! which embodies his ses.s of the hiih office In crowd, misunderstanding the position, con the. same self-repression, the same asleep again.

Queen might die, and everybody wa, sadly vJTTJ" cluded that the doors were beini absence of laughter, the same- subdued tone of resident otaoais. a telegram was despatched to tho Lord Mavor which he found awaiting him lassnmcs, and his arm reliance upon thi Later, mo neopie ot seem stunned bv the 'conversation wer observable. wisdom of Parliament and the loyalty and affec tnrown open tor a special service on his arrival at home, and the Deputy Mayor, pared ior oeacn. ror dap past the tram hasg mourning tin trai- was to postpone the Wa Ws, accomranied by which affects them peculiarly. It if Prince Co: There wa another centre cf interest at tbeBsuJitbl? t0 'J OMaSy! began to press fori tion of his people." A request of the Lord (Mr.

W. H. aadrey) was also apprised of the sad news, lie following notification, within not merely that the trade of the town is sure to! innm inn thic wnna kvi and the Ij1eb nf Ym neen suown, nuu uuo urea oopea taat the storyBiecturo. in? auoienco men dispersed, of tbe passing away would not be too far pro-B VrrTvx IJlanrion Mouse. I reached this neirhhotirnrvxl fim the Council being made that this be pui tion a notice inti- suffer.

They had a real affection for tho Queen. deep black border, was posted upon the notice- displaying a prominent positii the very momeut when, I judgn, thejmatmg tfiat the Cathedral was ci mat cue i-aiuuurai was c.wti (lnr Ia ninming. it jg uosea to visitors. board outside the town Hail The nti ipread with npidKy linrosh fssit, and lished, ne win order accordingly, and the de- claration will appear ia tho "Gazette." The They knew how much she desired their prosperitj restaurants and cates were sfading forth theirThi5 gave rise to general disappointment, soms' -Jl new hms; iS going in order the nd event wi publldy made Icnottn frum tbs To tna Citiitoi of Vaacheiter. longed; tho end of tho great Victorian reigo being inevitable.

When the evening papers sent forth their reports, stating that the Queen was dead, tfiero was great emotion among the oeoulo in the streets, The theatres and ti bevies oi to their homes. Thev had viciawung mat- laey tuuugui mcy mignt at least. King has also to take the oath relating to the ibiloony of lie I.jwem Theatre, where tbe jurfonnaoos! I have rewired tbe ud intelligence of tbe death of; 1 ravins the Privy Council and how tairly she distributed her patronage. Two or three times a week before her last visit she would drive throuzh tho streets of the town o.ive neara tne ueaa -uaren (Saul. tin- all heard the news, but it dii not suffice them.

our revered and beloved Queen Victoria, which oc security of the Church of Scotland according ti for the evening was doted. The bells in tbe piriii able to gain admission to tho Cathedral, a good curred this evening at hut-put eix o'clock. eburdi tower wen tolld, 'sad Isrjpi! nenber of tbt iThey all rushed to buy the nepers which wereld, the forms used by the law of Scotland. Twd leal ot interest centred in the tablet at the foot The country generally did not know of thest of his iccession. rRs Osborne, Ttkdat Nicrrr.

tradetmea eloeed tieir premjies. Tbe eveaiag cai ibemg thrust before them by the hawkers of of the steps which denotes the spot where Oueen instruments have to be subscribed, one of which music-balls sent away their crowds. There were Ino entertainments in the city last night. No thoius Banjos, Urd Major. Town Hill, Handuster, Sod January, 1901.

drives. None the less thev were taken as a mar! "ipeosli" were esgeriy booirht on, tad crowds ofi Victoria returned thanks for the sixtieth anni Telegrams were sent by the Lord Mayor in the is transmitted to the Court of Session to beBpoal bard-street They canin on towards the, recorded in the Books of Sederunt and after-Mansion Hous, reading, but hardly talking' of tho Queen's confidence in the townsfolk. Shi Ipeapfa gathered in tbe IharcmiHares. The Queeaj three tines ntnd tbrouxh Eeclei-in 1B1 txiri versary of her accession in 1637, and it was but natural that that time of rejoicing should be! WBtoui inaouncement ot the Queen's body wanted entertainment, of any sort what-lever. The overture had begun, the start had' been made with the play, with the pantomime.l tv.

following terms: always wont about unattended. Tt is fon all. It was strange to note their wards lodged in the Public Register of Scot-Eat 1857, on her fottrneyi to tod from Wonley Hitl to To His Ifijestr'a Private Secretary, Osborne Icontrasted with the present hour of death, seven nVWIr that the Prince of Wales will not care to keo Manchester, aid on her visit to the Silford Docks. BhaH comparative silence. Aud when they I desire, on behalf of the civiwni of Manchester, 'olfC 3 Tf on th, W7 During tho time or tne present Dean and land; while the other remains among the up the establishment here Chapter there has of course been no such; paned by jail tiumfb Kecl on Ur jwmey la Seed came to tne Lord Mayor's residence express the deep sympathy and sorrow with whieS I nTL.

(, rt 1 records of the Privy Council. Prince of Wales's Gate vcnuUsa by Police Superin-j land. of cnmnimx are beinf Mat from tW sF' w-mgnt aoout We title oil they were not content with their news. Thev, have rewind tbe iKteltie of the death ot our revered nd beloved Sovereign, Qaetn Vitteri. We peace, mci.

lire uBaa Marcn was played, and tbe people streamed into the streets. jThere was no thought, no wish, on their part' momentous event as tho death of the but in other cases of less importance it has been' tho custom on receipt ot the news of death to liberal dabs to the Royal Family. the new King. Albert Edward suggested 'rii'r' '1 nanicd down from the! must see it as posted in ftsnt of his home. The, also desire to be permitted to convey to tbe member' WORSLEY.

IMMEDIATE MEETING OF crowd at this point was again great, but the tuat tne euteiuuiuuoni. anouia so continued, Tho long and great Victorian era had nHVl' drape the Cathedral in black, and for memorial somebody. un no, was the reply he will Edward VH; we don't want King Alberts of tbe Eoval Family tbe loyal and respectful eiprestirai Flan are hairted half-mait at Lord Elltuaere resi police had a very easy task in kec-ping it from That was the beginning and tbe end of tb of our feelings of irmpaUry in thii bereavement. services to be held, ia connection, with the: death of the Queen it is probable that after! dence, Wonley Hall; and the Bridjewikr Tnuttrfj statement that met with general approval. great congestion.

Bora of the adness of tbe 'he Queen' 'Tj? six The ofRrinl! Thi Lois Matok or JLtscEEvrta. morninz and evening prayer short memorial In accordance with an Act passed in tbe reign An exactly similar telegram was also sent to! occasion, there was an obligingness on tbe 100 years tbe headquarter! of the Bridgevaler Tnutcea, services will be held on the days preceding the was deep grief among men and women at tbi if Queen Anne, Parliament will forthwith meet -l--UtiS. tS.i Her Royal Highness Princess Henry of Batten rt of everybody a silent submission. Here, uraM was not re- mneral, order to give the people gnef an death of our aged sovereign. md sit, when the members of both Houses bas bees unralarly favoured with Boyal visits, On October 9 and 10, 1851, the Queen, acomipaBied bv berg, who since the death of rnnce Henry has trtl It not 1 the exclamations which one heard were all 'opportunity of expression.

In regard to thei held, the omce of constable ot tbe Isle of, the oath and then receiT0 the Kin ROYAL AND itlNISTERUL MOVEMENTS, JPrint Albert and th Dskeof WtUiatton; wu a ttM services at St. rani however, the Uean gave! oi the same kind, nothing violent or exag- An omaai Kiegram wnicn conveyed the newt' of the death of tbe Queen was received at tbe Town Hall from the Lord Mayor of London at! iWisht. a.nveu, ana at 'ot the ftrtt Lord Elletmera at Wonley Hall, upon which lliossage. lae ucmife oi tne crown, lact, nnt st I'uo viuB oemute lie Town Hall bens rang muffled peals im- oad then been made, occuwd a medal wu strode to conaeaorale tbe rait. only contingency upon which Parliament late for the closing mediateiv on the receipt of the information of: loud I em sorry or ice been a goods As the evening advanced the crowd out- eignt ociocic ia nignt.

it was dated from1 LombardnrtTeet, and ran "To Chief -rr. Hany eoaLmiiKri vert swore in at ipecial entttabtet required to meet without inmmons in the usu: the Queen's death, ana the large bell was totted iFROH THE PRESS ASSOCIATION.) Loxton, Ttesdat Night. stde the Cathedral assumed larger dimensions. IQueen: or, "Air. she telt the war too ner jnaiesty cum tnts evening.

tod ttatioud at mternlt on the unki of tb Bridfw- waier Casa), alone which the Queen and suite tailed' On all hands tbe people voiced their grief: 1 Mayor." The news bad. of jr, "Didn't she do splendidly for ber withinieiW i-'orm. The popular belief that Parliament nasi dissolved as a coa-enueiice of the death of th. at intervals, the ringers baring been kept wis present at the' 1 i This morning in the West End of Londoi generally known in the city for a fo a call decorated bart- Tbt Qneee actio viajted; it the loss the nation had sustained. Ere longj the front of St.

Paul's presented a sea of lor fto taxe one saying nfoch I overheard! the building, in case necessity tor their should arise. Until a lite hour crowds semcesatoen oeeo dpeoplel. the members of the1 people seemed strangely subdued, their silent (neen is erroneous. Before the Revolution oa Wsraky a few yean later. Some twenty yean are What a pity she can't knoir how sarrv we are I 'and this in spito of the fact that most of the bttsvl and on the instruction of the Lord! deathliong tane, gathered to read tbe notice of the Qneen' 16SS a Parliament was dissolved bv the demise and preoccupation telling their own tale of thi the Prise of Wales wu a peat at Wonley Hall, tad she'd been glad to know we were cn Manchester'TMt.

Thomas BnggsV oi Citv men Bad weaoeo tneir way homewards! posted at the Town Hall, and there were in lcf37, when be opened tbe Boyal Show Manchester, nd Princess FAiabeth oi foreboding which had developed into something IJI cur viu-u. iu tne uuam in. aim-, rm tmn before the sorrowful news came to hand. This! muffled peals had been rung' oa the bells in the! Itnwer nf tJi Town Rail. Manv tvAnlft asuiffij u- s- titraous expressions of sympathy and of appreda- mica of York vu a root of Lord Bleamsre't tti very near certainty.

There was far less anxiet Act was passed whereby a Parliament ceased was officially communicated to the Dean of St As for the" rest or London, it seemed to ition ol the overwhelming loss sustained by tne Lt-J ti i IWnnUv. Raul's bv the Lord Mayor, who is trustee of the Pll3c. Mr- Balfour ieitil caaabcr, but the than on the two previous days to get near thi exist six months after tbe death of tJjeBcome oat of door, to-night any particular nation and the iunpire. 1 1 1 1 uw oniy tuaapptauM alter lav mums, nau moeQ SHEFFIELD. jvereicn, and this law continued nntil bv im A special meeting of the City Council had been stations at which bulletins had been posted, and returned to their homes.

At the Cathedral vertipi It is interesting to note that the btli brought into use to-night is never beard ex-icept in striking the hours and tolling when! instantl' pusiness yet as ihough on great though undefined quest. The niht was serene and fixed to be held to-day for the transaction of. P.efora Act cf 1567 it was provided that the! Tb early balletms bad prepared tbe people when the grave medical report wa3 displayi and alto at the Royal Exchange there vat tbe tame solemn tolling. When, at veriom churches for tbe went, butrtwWBtMlaeleifctdcvbei arrangemento were at important business left over from the last ordi-'narv meeting. We are informed, however, that arlianect in being at anv future demise of tha it had been discounted in a large measure byj mild, though the sky was oVk, and under thejdeath occurs in the case of the distinguished! am amt that tfc Qieen bad puud away.

It vat the news was received in' tbe course ot the persons already mentioned. It is a magnificent iK and prece- me puonc-5 gioomy lean, in tne neignrjournooa-reu susjvuu cos oe aetermmed By sncn demiseatmpuue or the' saddenm news the LonJ these arcumstacces or national sorrow uei toeso circumstances oi 197 that the vaitet the esllery 6ij to opes tee sew and in the direction of the wind it jnijht their bells were also rung. As regard, thai -nil assemble and, laving been informedl. tji xJZr. fai.II stcc occaaou.

of BufVingham Palace and St. James's Paliceynt shoald ccnunneas long as itwcnotherwiseldoner and his wife have been unable Town Ball, tad it ia veD faowa that tb Utbly tppr-l 1- be heard many miles oi. The bell, which! is known bv various names, among them Old1 py toe una Mayor or toe oi vueea iwij fI 1, to csv lotted tb wtkoat jivea to ber. Lut UfkttJb and Marlborough House small groups of ConrtihsTe continued unless dissolved by tbe Crown.Hto keep within doors. Thre were big crushes' officials were to be seen conversaie almost inlAn immediate meeting ot the Cabinet will takelin some of the streets.

Tottenham Coort I oi tut runera! toria, win at once adjourn, that may be possible they should te-day reduce lot SbefitM wu mraeaOy envded, avedrtde of I Ed ward of 'Westminster," formerly hung in the gateway of the old Westminster Courts, and was ran be taken for granted AT THE THEATRES. whispers and gravely shaking their heads infpkc! Parliament itself must also meet toifor example, when I passi throngh seemed baviat come in fren tbe tabarbs in order is hear ItsB "i or cancel their bnstaeas cperationi. This voD, no doubt, be done. At the Reform Gob in Qieen wifl be conveyed All the olaces of amnsement in Manchester, presented by William HI to the Cathedral. latest iatelliceaee.

At sees at the newtboyt tot atteM reply to all inquiries for later news. JooDjP01- inoecu, on the receipt by the Irtrrern-fcto be exhibiting all the pCyuktjon which King-street and at the Conservative Gab in! taortwUtret wita eattr dire minrt tetr far interment i Cross-street Minds were drawn last night. Prao-I after noon people in the Buckingham Paacejmt 01 news that the Qneen died at 6 oO abides behind it, and thfe the same re- Road caosht sight of a workman on the roof oapeeting was held at 10, Downinr-street in wn-ftjressioa, due to a common emotion, wbw, lie news was posieu use newspaper windows of Fleet-street a few minutes after seven o'clock, and in as incredibJy short space of time jerrotmded by aaxicoa caatraera. Flat are so (yietl were closed for the evening immediately upon the arrival of the news. The pantomime per-( romances at the theatres hid actually begta.j before the intelligence became known, trot in ntv ticalhr all nablie aeetinea ia Manchester, and, tt batf-sttt co tee Ten Haa aad other pabik r-u bv the u-i BSCril! 10 tha the Pal ice pacing to and fro near the crtatn'ios with the preliminaries to to-morroVJtootable in other nirectioB.

OdoTtVtwt wW social and otter engagements, have been can-j1 of news boys were trarryinz to all lisp, tad ptkue eeaMtawaU of tO belt kaw beet! celled. instance dsea there appear to have teen a fiaestafi. They at once attached a sinister nieuj-lmeering of Parliament. Mr. Akers Dooglis, Sirll came back to it, did not seem to me nrachlP1113 City and the West End with papers Wtbar ibttdeaed or pottpooed.

At tin tteerret, eaall 'ScJv Tere from! At a meetbu of the members of the St. msmiwt'i bntelitn as to the wooer course to! mg to the incident, and from that timo onward iccael Hxb-Beach, and Mr. Balfour's secre-Knller than usual and Begtnt-strtet, though it George'i Ward Reform Cbb held laat niglrt thefrery to etpeetalioa, the etrteenaaw ntcoudJ adopt. At the Proe! Theatre tbe sewsdJ wis dead, aiuxiqzs uese louno a ready sale, 11.44 ViA mat Wt BnMad btv foooving reaottrtion vu adopted, on to Bottauiieewy mm atae rem, aowt.tr, tbt also lie the remiss jgroops ot people lingered ia tae sireei wawMurj were present. The lasrumetj left alter thelhad its crowd, is Tery turd to gauge.

You canlit was evident that the people generally had the expected hoisting of the Royal Standardiiaeetiac to see the Speaker as to the meeting 0rarely estimate what may be called "tho fedaglseen prepared by tie. day's bulletins, and fore a ctovded boose vies the ctrrtaia vu rungaof Jlr. Alderman Gibson, seconded by Dr. Wort-lobaeftd their ends. TbiQosWtdsaUi vat.