Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-01-10
THE DEATH OF PRINCE ALBERT
Its Effect upon tie ESoyaI Family and fee
People.

Hts Effect HpOH TIE Royal Family and fh'
People.
We receive by the Etua full details regarding
the death of the prince conSort, which has caused
such a sensation in England as even TO eclipse
the violent war excitement
The earliest public intimation of the illness O.
the prince was made through the Court Journal
and was announced as "a cold caught during d
| visit to Cambridge" At the review Of the Elton
volunteers he took a further cold. A gastric
fever ensued, during the continuance of which
public bulletins of the health of the prince were
issued. On Saturday morning, the l5th-atteI
three days decided illness-he rallied and was
pronounced out of danger. On Saturday after
noon, at four o'clock, a sudden reaction took
place, and the following telegram was forwarded
to the London papers:
WINDSOR, halfpast four.-The prince is in
3 most critical state, and the physicians who are
In attendance upon his royal highness state that
another hour viii decide whether be lives or dies,
A special service has Just been held in st. Johns
church for the purpose of offering up prayers for
the restoration of his royal highness' health. The
greatest excitement prevails in the own"
In the meanwhile the Prince of Wales had
seen telegraphed for and arrived from Cambridge,
and was with the royal family at the sufferers
bedside. The worst symptoms Of typhoid fever
appeared, and the sufferings of the prince were
~agOnizing. Whenever an attempt was made to
lift or move him, his groans were distressing to
hear. On Friday night tine Queen, the Prince of
Wales and the Princess Alice stayed up all night
with the prince, who was uneasy whenever they
left his side. All Saturday evening the prince
continued to sink, as it were from sheer exhauS-
lion, and at eleven o'clock he quietly ceased to
breathe.
The prince himself was aware of bis periious
position. He said on Wednesday that he thought
he would not recover, and alluded frequently to
the sudden death of his relative, the king of
Portugal He retained his senses 10 the latest,
recognizing the Queen and his children, who
were all with him, excepting the crown princess
Of Prussia, Prince Alfred and the Prince Leo
pold.
Me Times says the Queen has borne her loss
with exemplary resignation and c0mposure,
which, under so sudden and so terrible a be-
Teavement, could not have been anticipated.
When the first passionate burst OF grief was
over, her majesty called her children around her,
and, with a calmness which gives proof of great
natural energy, addressed them in solemn and
affectiOnate terms. Her majesty declared to her
family that, though she felt crushed by the loss
Of one who had been her companion through life,
she knew how much was expected of her, and
she accordingly called on her children to give her
their assistance, in order that she might do her
duty to them and the country.
A friend at Winsor Castle cOndOled On Sunday
morning with the Queen, who replied, Il sup
pose Unjust not fret too much, for many poor wo-
men have to 60 through the same trial"
The scene at Winsor Castle, directly after the
death of the prince, is Subscribed as having been
intensely painful and affecting. The Princess
Alice was carried from the chamber 10 a state Of
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communicated to her she was seized with a rigid
iy Of the nerves and temporary insensibility
which alarmed the attendant. The grief of her
majesty and the royal children was scarcely less
intense, but, as has been stated, the Queen did
not allow her grief to overcome her sense of
duty.
The funeral of the prince would take place on
the 23d, between eleven and twelve o'clock A.. NJ.
The custom which remained in force up TO the
burial of William ", Of mterring members Of
he royal family by tOrchhght, has for many
years been discontinued, and would not be re-
Bumed on this melancholy occasion.
The king of the Belgians was expected in
England on a visit to the Queen. The crown
princess of Prussia [the princess royal of
England) was unable 10 visit her mother from
ilEhealth but the crown prince was expected.
A feeling of gloom prevailed throughout Eng
land, and a very general mourning was expect
ed The various municipal and ether bodies
were taking steps to give expression to their
feelings of coincidence.
In Paris the princes death caused a great sen
sation, and all the papers unite in expressions of
sympathy.
1 MORlieHT, after announcing the sad event,
adds that " the Emperor, the imperial family and
the whole Of France, will mingle their regret and
grief with the royal family ami the English ma
ton" The imperial court had gone into mourn
ing, all festivities at the Tuileries having been
cOunteTmanded, and the Emperor is stated to
have dispatched an sid-de-camp with an auto
graph letter Of coincidence. At Berlin the news
was received with strong manifestations of pop
ular sympathy and sorrow, while the king has
tened to offer such consolation as he might to
the princess royal; subsequently visited tho
English envoy and ordered the court to go into
mourning Immediately.
During the princes illness kilograms of inquiry
were telegraphed from almost all the courts Of
Europe.
The news Of the desth of the prince was an
nounced to the people Of London by the toling
of the great bell of st. PauI's, at midnight Of
Saturday.
The Queen and theroyal children were to leave
Windsor Castle for Osborne on the 18th.
The English papers appeared in mourning on
the 10th.
The London Times thus singularly refers to
the Prince of Wales in connection with this sad
events
"The Prince Of Wales, of whom we have
seen SO much, yet seem to know so little, has
position and power to win. He may be a true
king or a shadow of royalty. The decision is to
be made this very hour. The prince viii have
to make a solemn choice between a life of riv-
olty-perhaps Of trouble and misery-and a
reign of usefulness. Judging by the measure of
age, he should now be as competent to assist his
mother as the prince consOrt when he assumed
that duty"