The Portland daily press., 1892-01-15


the Queen and Her Family Rich and
Poor Together in the Great Crowds
Waiting for News-Message from Sec
retary BIaine-The Peaceful and Pain
less Death of Cardinal Manning.
LONDON, January 14.-The Duke of
Clarence died at 8. Is this morning. At
II o'clock the mayor Of London received
a despatch from the Prince and Princess
of Wales. It only said: "At 8 this
morning our beloved son passed away.
The great bell Of st. Paul's tolled for the
news to the waiting city, and the an
nouncement was Immediately posted at
the Mansion House.
There is so much to be done in the
way of preparation for the funeral that
it can hardly occur until the end of next
week. Public sentiment inclines to the
plan for the lying in state of the Princes
body, but the Prince and Princess of
Wales are said to oppose it. The funeral
will be of military character.
The Queen remained up quite late last
night waiting for news from Sandring-
ham. The last dispatch she received be-
fore retiring was somewhat encouraging
and Her Majesty thereupon retired. She
was very anxious, however, and early
this morning she arose and asked for the
messages that had been received while
she slept. The messages that had been
sent to the Osborne House early in the
morning were unfavorable, and they in
a measure prepared Her Majesty for the
blow in store for her. Though she knew
she was hoping against hope, the an
nouncement of the Dukes death, which
came in a message signed "Bertie," was
a great shock to her. Her Majesty an
nounced that the funeral of the Duke
would be state function and that it
would be held in St. Georges chapel,
Windsor palace. She has also ordered
that the court go into full mourning for
three months, and cancelled all the
drawing rooms" and state leyees.
The Scene in London.
The scene around Marlborough House,
the town residence Of the Prince of
Wales, this morning was truly remarka-
BILE in many ways Crowds of people of
all classes, the millionaire and the hod
carrier iIle costermonser ard the dandy,
the apple woman and the fine lady, the
richest and the poorest of the people of
this great city, young and old, healthy
and weak, stood sorrowfully about the
old palace, gazing at its solemn looking
walls as if expecting to read there some
further particulars of the death of Prince
Albert Victor of Wales. The weather
was cold and damp, but it would have to
have been colder and damper to have
driven away one-half the people there as
sembled. Interest in the fate of the dead
Prince during the last hours of his i'll
ness, and now that the news OF his death
has gone abroad, is second only in its in
tensity to the public interest in the con-
dition of the Prince of Wales when he
was at deaths door. Others among those
who can remember so far back say that
as much interest is shown in the death
of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale as
was shown at the time of the death OF
the Prince Consort.
The nation, it is clear, is honestly in
sympathy with the Queen, Princess OF
Wales and with Princess May, three roy
al personages whose good qualities, mod
ell lives and devotion to their families
have endeared them in the hearts OF
Englishmen everywhere. The Prince of
Wales. of course, comes in for some SYM
pathy. He was has, until recently, held a
Strong hold onthe affection of the masses
but recent events have somewhat cooled
the degree of esteem in which he was
held, though he cannot be said to have
lost his popularity.
When the first outburst of sorrow over
the Princes death has passed away,
when people begin to weigh the whole
situation without excitement, it would
not be strange to find that the grief
stricken bethrothed of the dead Prince
will receive the largest amount of sympa-
thy. People will not forget, however,
that the Princess of Wales, the future
Queen of England, is mourning her first
born. but the picture of the weeping
girl, the poor Princess May, only a few
days ago the happy, proud, much envied
betrothed of the heir apparent, whose
hopes and future are thus crushed be-
meath the strike Of death, is the saddest
of all.
Comments of the, Press.
The Times, for instance, referring to
the death of the Duke of Clarence, says
that the heart of the nation goes forth to
the grief-bowed parents and to his weep
luS3 ulIuc' lu0 OlttSCuy, oiiN A1lAeo eoe.e'''
is deepened in intensity by the light and
shadow which announced it's approach.
The Evening News remarks that the
Queens advanced years render her sus-
ceptible to the sorrow, and that the
death of her possible successor has been
the most severe blow she has felt since
the death Of the Prince Consort.
The ST. James Gazette says that the
sense that tears are mortal things was
never more deeply felt. The same paper
adds that it would be sycophantic to say
that the hapless Prince was regarded
with enthusiastic devotion, or with in
tense personal regard, by the majority of
the. people. The Duke, it continues, was
of retiring disposition and lived in the
shadow of the throne, and the public
knew but little of him. There is reason
to believe, however, that the nation has
lost promising prince. The Gazette, in
conclusion joins with other newspapers
in expressing the opinion that the Prince S
death has not any political significance,
and expresses its coincidence with the
widowed bride.
The Star, after warm expression of
sympathy with the parents of the dead
Prince and with Princess May, says:
'sThe Prince and Cardinal-death seeking
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