DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

Evening Star, Issue 8723, 15 January 1892, Page 2

DEATH OF THE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

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LONDON, January 13, 6.20 p.m.

The Duke of Clarence caught cold at Count Gleichen’a funeral, and subsequently went out shooting at Sandringham. He was too ill to be present at the dinner given to celebrate his birthday on January 8, and since has gradually become worse. There is intense excitement throughout the country at his serious condition. Large crowds daily visit Marlborough House and the Mansion House to inquire after his health, while the City clubs are thronged with members awaiting the issue of the medical bulletins. The medical opinion is that the Duke has passed a bad morning. The bulletin issued by the physicians is tentative, but the most favorable reading is given to it. The patient holds his own, but the attack, which is severe, continues unabated, Much sympathy is expressed for the family of the Duke of Teck, who are preparing for the marriage. The illness of the Duke of Clarence has checked the arrival of wedding presents. January 14, 2.10 am, At one o’clock this morning the Duke of Clarence was, if anything, bettor. January 14, 10.16 A m. (Received January 15, 1862, at 12.20 a.m.) The Duke of Clarence and Avondale has succumbed. (Received January 15, 1892, at 10.20 a.m.) The official account of the death of the Duke of Clarence states that after the marked improvement in the early part of tho night the Prince’s strength suddenly failed at about 2 a.m. After that be gradually sank, and died at 9.15 a.m. He was nursed throughout bis illness by his mother and the Princess Mary, to whom he was betrothed, assisted by two nursing sisters, There was general consternation when the news of bis death became known, Hundreds of people are signing the callers’ book at Marlborough House. The bells in London are muffled and all flags at half-mast. Profound grief is universally expressed in the oity at the untimely death of the young Prince.

The Lord Mayor, upon hearing the news, immediately directed that the bells of St. Paul's be tolled, and summoned a meeting of the Corporation. All social gatherings have been cancelled, and the theatres closed.

The Lord Mayor, replying to the Prince of Wales’s official telegram announcing the sad event, expressed the sympathy of the citizens of London with the Royal Family. The foreign embassies have also been officially informed. Cablegrams are already arriving from all parts of the world. The Queen is prostrated, and the Prince of Wales appears to be terribly crushed by the blow.

The judges in the law courts took occasion to express their sympathy. To-day the shutters are closed and the blinds down in all public buildings, The whole country is deeply moved by the sudden death of the young Duke under such painful circumstances. SYDNEY, January 15. (Received January 16, 1892, at 11.46 a.m.) News of the death of the Duke of Clarence was received with marked regret throughout Australia. The New South Wales Parliament has adjourned on account of the sad event. Muffled peals were rung in Adelaide. {Pkr United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, January 15, All the shipping and flag-posts in town have bunting at half-mast in consrquenae of the Duke of Clarence’s death, That topic would be the only one talked of but that it is overshadowed by the election, which engrosses all interest. The Government have sent the following cablegram to the Agent-GeneralAsk Lord Knutsford to convey to the Prince and Princess of Wales the deep sympathy of tho colony in their bereavement.” A copy of this message was also sent to tho Governor. NAPIER, Janoary 15, The flags are flying at half-mast in mourning for the Duke of Clarence.

Duke of Clarence and Avondale and Earl of Athlone, Hlb Royal Highness Prince Albert Victor Christian Edward, K.G., E.P., LL.D., the eldest son of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, was bom on the Bth January, 18G4. Op till 1871 he was educated at home. In 1877 be entered the navy as a cadet, and on board H.M.S. Britannia at Dartmouth, under the care of Captain Henry Fairfax, 8.N., 08, passed the usual two years. In July, 1879, he went to sea in H.M.S, Bacchante, and visited the West Indies. The following year the Bacchante formed part of the Flying Squadron, then organised under the command of Bear-admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam, and proceeded to Vigo, Madeira, St. Vincent, Bahia, Montevideo, and the Falkland Islands; thence to the Cape of Good Hope and Australia, on which two > tat ions Prince Albert Victor spent a considerable time. From Australia he went to F ji, Japan, China, Singapore, Colombo, and Suez, and returned to England in the summer of 1882 by way of Egypt, the Holy Land, and Athens. In October, 1883, he became an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, continuing his studies during the long vacations at the University of Heidelberg. After this he was transferred to Aldershot to study military science. His diary, together with that of his brother, Prince George, during their cruise In the Bacchante, was published in the spring of 1885, the editor being the Rev. J. N. Dalton, the princes’ tutor. In 1887 the prinoe visited Ireland, and in 1889 he visited India. He was created honorary LL.D. of Cambridge In 1888. — 1 Men and Women of the Time.’