The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-02-01

" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF Tue Silent uHNnN %
erins OF heads, which was more i'm
pressive than the most enthusiastic
cheers The king looked tired and
very sad. but very we'll Following
him came the Duke OF York, the Duke
u Connaught and others. Both the
King and the Duke OF York looked pa
thetically up at buckingham Palace as
they passed and acknowledged the sa-
lutte of the guard Of honor drawn up
inside the palace grounds. The troops
there and elsewhere showed no signs
of mourning. but all the officers had
crepe m their sleeves.
KING At ST. JAMES.
The King drove to st. James Palace
from Marlborough House to preside at
the first Privy Council by way OF MARI
borough House yard. the Mall and the
garden entrance of the palace. He was
attended by Lord Dufiield and was es-
eorted by IA captains escort of the
Horse Guards. The procedure was eN-
actly as on levee days.
BY the time the King arrived n great
gathering of Privy Councillors in levee
dress, with crepe on their left arms, had
taken up positions I'm the throne room
Cabinet Ministers. peers. commoners,
Bishops, Judges, the Lord Mayor, etc,
including the Duke of York, the Duke
of Connaught and lesser members of
the royal family.
Lord Salisbury, Lord Rosebery, A. j.
Balfour the Duke of Devonshire, Lord
Strathcona and Mount Royal and a
host of the most prominent per-
sOnages in the land were there to re-
ceive the Kings formal oath binding
him to- govern the Kingdom according
- L.
assume the title of King Edward VII
f Great Britain and Ireland and En-
peror of India. The ceremony was in
teresting and according to precedent.
The King was in separate apartment
from the Privy Councillors. To the lat
ter the Duke of Devonshire lord presi
dent of the council. formally communi-
Gated the death of Queen Victoria and
the succession to the throne of her son,
the Prince of Wales. The royal dukes,
with certain lords of the council, We're
then directed to repair to the Kings
presence to acquaint him with the
terms of the lord presidents state
ment.
MAKES A BRIEF SPEECH.
Shortly afterward His Majesty en-
tered the room in which the councillors |
were assembled and addressed them in |
a brief speech. The King Wore a Field |
Harshals uniform and the ribbon of |
the Order of the Garter. AS he began |
his speech his voice was painfully brok
en- with emotion. but he recovered as he
went on. Following is the full text of
his speech:
Your royal highnesses, my lords and /
gentlemen: This is the most painful
occasion on which l shall ever be called
upon to address You. My first and mel
ancholy duty is to announce to you the
death of my beloved mother the Queen,
and I know how deeply you and the
whole nation, and think 1 may say the
whole world. sympathize with me in the
irreparable loss we have all sustained
II need hardly say that my constant
endeavor will be always to walk in her
footsteps In undertaking the heavy
load which now devolves upon me, am
fully determined to be a constitutional
sovereign in the strictest sense of the
word, and. so long as there is breath in
my body, to work for the good and
amelioration of my people
Il have resolved to be known by the
name of Edward. which has been borne
by six of my ancestors. In doing so ] IL
do not undervalue the name of Albert, [
which inherit from my ever-to- be
famented great and wise father, who by
universal consent is, think deserved Il
Iy known by the name of Albert the
Good. and desire that his name should
stand alone. II
"In conclusion, / trust to- Parliament !
and to the nation to support me in the '
arduous duties which now devolve upon II
me by inheritance. and to which I am
determined to devote my whole t
life'' |,
The Lord Chancellor G4ord Halsbury) i
then administered the oath to the King. 7
Afterwards the various members of the 6
Council commencing with Lords in S
Council. took the oath OF allegiance and l
then passed in turn before His Males t
ty, as at a levee excepting that each +
paused and kissed the Kings hand be-
fore passing out OF the chamber. This t
brought the ceremony to close. g
IS ONG LIVE THE KING" h
At the last moment the King decided :
not to attend the House of Lords to- a
day, and by $3.50 p. M, when His Maj :
esty returned to Buckingham Palace, !.
the crowd in the neighborhood was OF !
immense proportions. The Kings prior
journey was accomplished in almost {
silence, but on this occasion
he was Justify cheered all along the
line. of the route. Immediately opposite
gates a tall gentleman in
front of the crowd waved his hat and
shouted, Long live the King!" where p
upon the crowd cheered with redoubled D
vieor.
At 1880 p M the artillery began firing $
salutes in St James Park to signalize v
King Edwards accession to the throne 1
After dining at buckingham Palace "
the King went to Marlborough House o
for the might. 1t is understood that he r.
v n, return to Osborne in the morning u
10 direct the funeral arrangements. u
Palace Is being made u
ready for the royal persons who are ar o.
living in London. Representatives OF n
all the royal families In Europe will