The sun., 1910-05-08
SCENE IN rHE LORDS.

measure.
! SCENE IN THR LORDS
Instead Of protesting tho Lords ,haiied
the new sovereign and subscribed the oath
Of allegiance. while the Coaamonsrs,
equally loyal. will do that on Monday
and the succeeding days next Wosk.
Lord Chancsilor LOreburn. beWiRRsd and
beGOWned. occupied the woolsaok In the
House Of Lords Most OF the peers,
present ciriously occupied the UniOniat
benches. although many Ol them Wsrs
Liberals. Political boundaries in ths
chamber were ignored mOmentarily and
all sat on the scarlet leather benches on
the UniOniat side Of the chamber
The lord Chancellor solemnly sub
scribed the brief oath Of allegianoe %
King George. kissing the Bible and aim.
ing the roll Of peers All the peers present
then trOoPed to the clerks table. kinssd
the Bible. Signed the roll and shook ths
hand Of Lord Loreburn They then ailently
departed hOmeward after twenty minute
session. having adjourned until Monday
m THE COMMONS.
In the House Of Commons. where.
unlike the House OF Lords. there ia 90
gilt only sombre oak. the proceedinm
were brief. The Speaker and Deputy
Speaker were absent When a sergeant
At arms sOlemnly brought In the big mace
nobody vas empowered 10 take the char
Home Secretary Winston Churchill Was
the senior member Of the Cabinet present
He therefore arse and said:
The House j., assembled IN pursuanos
Of the statute OF Anne. which regulates its
proceedings consequent upon the demias
Of the Crown hut there being no business
before the House and in the unavoidabls
absence Of Mr. Speaker il Ia my duty 70
move that the HOUSE do now adjourn
The question was put and there being
no opposition the HOUSE accordingly
adjourned On Monday and Tuesday
the members will visit the House and taks
the oath Of allegiance. On Wednesday
the House will meet and pass an address
Of condolences, after which IL will resume
Ia spring recess.
CITY DIGNtTARIEs MEET
These proceedings Of the Pnvy Council
and the House Of Lords and the Houss
Of Commons were the only impressive
ones Of the day. The Lord Mayor pro-
sided az the meeting Of the Aldorman.
Sherihs and other authorities Of the city
of London. which agreed TO adopt ths
customary address Of coincidence
The Lord Mayor and the sherigs subse-
quently proceeded In their gilt coaches
TO attend the Privy Council at 81. Jamcs's
Palace. ahording an entertaining spec.
tacle for the crowds gathered in the
streets between the Guildhsll and palaos
The crowds were compelled 20 accept
the spectacle in lieu Of the more splendid
spectacle of the proclamation n the
new King by the royal heralds. vhich
they expected and vainly waited all the
Afternoon 60 witness
iUNIRAL SPECULATION
Al London, the man in the street ~
well as merchants. brokers, bankers and
the ar!stocacy. IS wondering tonight
when the Kings funeral will he held
Newspaper men are unAt ls to obtain any
information regarding the arrangements
from the palace officials Obviously no
definite arrangements have vet been
made
The Kings brother. the Duke Of Con-
naught cannot arrive in London. whittier
he is fastening from Suez. IN route from
British East Africa. until next Friday
Certainly the funeral will not take placs
until he arrives. Il 10 surmised tonight
that II may be next Saturday. the day
af,er the Duke of ConnauEhts arrival
II is also unknown whether the interpent
will be at Frogmore. where the Kings
mother Queen Victoria. and her cons0rt.
Prince Albert. lie side by side in a splendid
mausoleum Or IN ~ Georges Chapel
in Windsor Castle. where the Kings
eldest son. Prince Albert Edward. lies
There Is no authority tor the statement
hut the surmise IL general. that there will
he no lying in state
Il is expected that most Of tho crowned
heads of Europe will attend the funeral
including King Edwards nephew, the
Kaiser. and other royal relatives Of King
Edward and Queen Alexandra
Workmsn have been summoned %
Windsor Castle ~ prepare for the reosp-
ton oi the Kings remains IN Monday.
KTN0 AND COUNCIL
last night Sir Almsric Fitzroy. the
clerk II the Privy Council, issued sum
monses TO all the members 20 assemble
II st. Jamess Palace at Z O'Clock this
afternoon 70 meet the King and witness
the ceremony of his taking the oath
of ofiice. also tO swear allegiance 10 him
and issue the proclamation announcing
tO the people of the empire his ACCESSION.
There vas a full attendance Of the msm-
0eTs when the Privy Council met.
The Lord Mayor. Sir John Knill. ths