Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1901-01-31

SOLEMN OATH THAT MUST BE
TAKEN
RULER NO ANTOCAAT
But is Obliged to Swear to Govern
the People according to the
Statutes of Parliament and to
Preserve InvioIably the Church of
England.

III England the monarch legally
never dies, for Immediately upon the
death of the reigning sovereign the
sovereignty passes to his successor.
No ceremony nor installation is re-
CURED, the successor becoming mon
arch by the act of the law itself.
When the queen dies the prince of
Wales Immediately becomes king.
This is exactly what happens:
The prince of Wales, now at Os-
borne, is notified of his accession to
the throne, no matter what hour in
the day or night the end may come
The prince takes the oath of
king of the united kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and it's territories
within an hour after the queens death.
Many of the highest officers III the
cabinet and in the privy council now
at Osborne or near at hand will attend
to the formalities of making the new
king.
The prince of Wales appears be-
fore the earl of Halsbury, the lord
high chancellor, and Frederick Temple,
the archbishop of Canterbury, in one
of the private apartments of the
castle
Lord Halsbury formally notifies
the prince of the death of the queen
and of his accession. Then the prince
takes the oath. as follows:
Lord Chancellor-Is your majesty
willing to take the oath
The King-I am.
Lord Chancellor-Will you solemnly
promise and swear to govern the peo-
pie of this United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland and the dominions
thereto belonging, according to the
statutes in parliament agreed on and
the respective laws and customs of
the same
The king-I solemnly promise so to
do.
Lord chancellor-Will you to your
power cause law and justice in mercy
to be executed in all your judgments?
The king will.
Lord chancellor-Will YOU to the
utmost of your power maintain the
laws of God, the true profession of
the Gospel and the Protestant Re-
formed religion established by law.
and will you maintain and preserve
lnviolably the settlement of the United
church of England and Ireland and the
doctrine, worship, discipline and gov
eminent thereof as by law established
within England and Ireland and the
territories thereunto belonging, and
will you preserve unto the bishops
and clergy of England and Ireland and
to the churches there committed to
their charge all such rights and priv.
leges as by law do or shall appertain
to them or any of them?
The king-All this promise to do.
The news was sent then to all
parts of the kingdom. Before the tel
egraph, telephone and newspapers
came into use it was the GUS
tom to send out trumpeters and criers
to announce the news. This anti
quated custom will be observed at the
Royal Exchange in London.
Inc u0W hluS DIT once met d
number of his privy councillors. The
privy council numbers about $50 men,
including all of the royal dukes, the
ministry and eminent mobiles. Not all
of the council attended the first
meeting.
The king then made his first pub
lie address as sovereign. This was
prepared by some of the ablest men
in the ministry, and the king read the
address.
Formerly the death of a sovereign
itself dissolved parliament and the
ministry. By the reform bill of 1885
this law was repealed, and now the
existence of parliament and ministry
is unaffected by the demise of the
ruling sovereign. The queens death
will be proclaimed by the new king in
the Gazette, and a separate copy of
his proclamation will be posted at the
Mansion house. Thus the British
empire will be constitutionally mott
fed of the accession of the new
sovereign.