The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-12-08
BODYOF KING EDWARD
is NOT YET INFERRED
BY La MARauIsE DE FoNTENoY.,

by IA MAn9I1sE DE ToN III Ssqisa.
X near nine months. His coffin
u still rests on a slab of stone
before the altar. in the centre OF the
royal vaults, beneath st. Georges
Chapel. in Windsor Castle. Neither
King George nor queen Alexandra have
come to any decision as to the ulti-
mate disposal OF the remains. and while
on the one hand 1t is possible that the
coffin mav be left in the royal vault,
it is still more probable that 1T may
be cntombed in a granite or marble
~sarcophagus. in the Albert Memorial
Chapel. where the Duke of Clarence
ana the Duke of Albany already rest.
The royal vault beneath the st.
Georges Chapel is far from being "a
gloomy chamber. The walls are paint
ed white, and the place is briliiantiy
lighted by means OF electricisy, whiie
i very High Church in her idels, q
lamp has been kept burning night and
day before the altar, ever since her
consorts remains We're CONSIGNED 10
There are all sorts of legends and
stories about the royal vaults, IN which
lie the remains OF Henry vii, and OF
his Queen. Lady Jane Seymour; oil
Charles l., OF George III, of queen
| Charlotte, or George ", OF WiIlldla
~, and OF the last King of Halover.
! Queen Victoria entertained sucn a ho!S
horror OF her uncle, George W. that
she did not relish the idea of her
deeply mourned husband. the late
prince c%onsort. resting in his proximity,
and so she erected the beautitui anu
costly mausolenm at trogmore. Eds
ward VII, although he would nave
preferred to be Inferred beside his
little son. Prince Alexander, IN the
village churchyard at sanuIins nIans
would either be in the royal vault pc
meath st. Georges Chapel. or In the
adjacent Albert Memorial Chapei, anu
never manifested any pronounce re-
pugnance to the Idea.
Among the stories current onnec
ed with the royal vaults Is one 70
the effect that on the night OF Jan
uary 80, the anniversary of the eA-
ecution OF Charles l.. his spectre. may
be seen moving through the cloistefs
of the chapel and across the quad.
rangle, one OF the witnesses oil ln!s
apparition being no less u personage
than Mrs. Davidson. Wife of the Arch-
/ bishop of Canterbury, who was Ior 80
many years dean of Windsor. AS Mrs.
Davidson is the wife or one priinale'
and the daughter of another, her tes-
timony ought TO carry some weight.
Then there is a story to the effect that
George ~. on his deatnbed gave per-
emptory directions that his coffin was
to be placed in the centre OF the roSaI
vault, and that the collins OF the other
members of the royal family were 70
be moved to u respectful distance, IN
one word, side-tracked. HIS orders
were executed. But 1t is added that
when some two or three Weeks lulet
the vault was visited. the collins OF
the royal p~ersonages consigned to'the
vault were found in the utmost uls-
order, in quite different places 70
When the body OF George Nv. came
among them. 1t has always been un-
derst5od that the illustrious dead LOOK
this means OF protesting against the
regard and respect. or to accord any
posI-mortem homage to a kinsman for
whom they entertained so great q
loathing and contempt as George ~.
All any rate, this was the construc-
ton placed upon the uncanny perez
nations Of their remains. and George
Tvs coffin was relegated to one OF
the side shelves, since winch tthnias
peace has been malntained N eh ~
chambers, Of England's royal dead, ana
their cofins have kept quietly to their
originally allotted places.
Sir Eldon Gorsts position as sue.
cessor of Lord Cronaer IN the ONCE u
British resident and plenipotentiary IN IN
Egypt is becoming more ana more III
possible, and his recall, OF TRANSFER fer ~ ~
any moment. I lave from time TO
time called attention to his shortcom-
ings, some of which were TO ms
4 result Of his conscientious endeayor to
nut into execution utterly impracti-
4, cable ana ill-adviscd instructions re
ceived from London, The climax, now
l --.- - 49, 40 ,,,n ~ with Tho enHctllpnl
of the new Egyptian Bourse law, Win.
out any interference or opposition on
his part. Ia
4 or Legislation more inimlcal to Eng
lands interests in Egypt. Thus, AMONG
the provisions of the new law. Is one
to the effect that no shares ol iora
for cash, unless they are 100 francs IN
nominal value. Now the English cap
|itaIist does not like twenty-four
shares, and If that danomlnation be
i Sine Qua non, he will turn his at
Moreover, the Anglo-Egyptian Com
pany shares, which may be said TO
have proved the blackstone o. EgSp.s
Industrial and. commercial development,
are ali Of 81 nominal value, as are In
fact the shares Of we'll nigh every Y
other British company ehgaged com N
Esyptian enterprises, sMures IN i TpI ~
in the soudan, will have to he dealt
With In Cairo and AleMandrla. ana
while no Bourse operation may en-
tend beyond one account, options are
pronounced illegal, II arbitraSes. be-
Tween London. Alexandria and Cairo
In fact the new law constitutes
nothing more nor less than a boycott
by the Egyptian government Of all
those British companies, and enter
foreign concerns doing business !
Egypt, and TO which, az Il have stated
above, the land of the Nile Is indeh!ted
Tor its amazing growth OF pFosperiIy'