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that, owing to the enormous number Of
applications anil pressure of time it has
been found impossible to reply to many
communications"
Yesterday the railway company began
the erection at Victoria station, London.
the enclosure in which King Edward will
receive the various royal persons in the
interval before the arrival of the coffin
and gun carriage
The crown prince of Roumania and the
crown prince of Denmark arrived in
London late in the evening.
A MIGHTY FLEET.
COWES, Jan. 81, p. ma glittering
crescent of light stretches this evening
from Cowes to Portsmouth. 1t consists
Of ten miles of warships, the pick of the
British, French and German navies.
These lie at anchor ready to take their
part in tomorrow's ceremonies, when the
navy will pay last magnificent tribute
to the sovereign whose reign was marked
by the greatest naval progress in the
history of the nation. Apart from this
peaceful rows and rows of twinkling port
lights, separated from each other by only
few cable lengths, one might fancy
that the quiet towns OF Cowes and Ryde
might be undergoing a blockade The
guns sweep the wooded shores at short
range. At the head of the line are the
old paddle-wheel royal yachtA their som-f
Der hullS standing out in vivid contrast,
against the huge white sides of the
Hohenzollern. Then, in single column,
come the British battleships. Half way
to Portsmouth the single line merges into
a stately double row, the vessels of the
foreign nations and the biggest of the
British craft lying here and waiting to
salute the body of England's Iamented
queen. 1t probably will be nearly four
o'clock tomorrow afternoon when the AL
berta, with the royal coffin, leaves Cowes.
She will steam inside the single line, and
then enter the passage formed by the
leviathans This evening she lies at
Trinity pier. Her quarter deck is covered
with awnings, under which the men have
been working throughout the day in
making the final preparations. The avn
ing was necessary because rain fell until
a late hour; cold and dreary weather pres
vailed
The omens for fine weather tomorrow
are not propitious, but the first of thouA
sands of spectators are arriving this
evening, together with soldiers in bril-
liant uniforms. The mile and a half OF
road outside the town of East Cowcs,
and separating Osborne from Trinity
Point, is a literal country thoroughfare.
The people traversing 1t will have diff
cult work. The coffin bearing and other
features will inspire intense interest and
emotion, but what creates greater feel
ing IS the announcement that Queen
Alexandra and princesses of the royal
blood will walk down the muddy road and
narrow streets to the waters edge. This
part Of the programme thus far holds
good, but should rain be falling when the
procession starts from Osborne house the
royal ladies will scarcely persist in their
determination. 4
LAST NIGHT AT OSBORNE.
At Osborne house this evening all IS
quiet. Many of the royal personages
walked about the grounds and passed the |
hours in much the same way as they had !
done for week or more Two solitary
policemen guarded the lodge. Down the
road the sound of carpenters is disturb- ,
ing the quiet hedge rows by the hastY /
erection of a stand, and In Cowes and
East Cowes there is the same noise. But
windows and seats on stands that would
sell in London for 80 guineas are going
here at half guinea.
People throughout the countryside arg
lamenting tomorrows sorrow, for with 1T
will go the remains of one whom they
have grow TO look upon as peculiarly
their own as well as the prestige her
constant visits bestowed upon the locali>
ty. Meanwhile, the invader, the excur-
sionist, the journalist and the visitor
from the continent or the mainland dis
cusses without ceasing the best coign OF
vantage to view tomorrow'S spectacles
for spectacle rather than funeral 1t will
be- because Of the elaborate prepara-
lions which will make 1t rival In studied
magnificence the naval and military dis
play which marked Queen Victorias jus /
biIce.