THE QUEEN'S ILLNESS

New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4261, 22 January 1901, Page 5

THE QUEEN'S ILLNESS

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FURST S VMPTtdjiS Of F.IILIaO. WOKLU WIDE SOEKuIV. A •>XIOL 6 INQUIRIES FROM LUROPE. LtjNi.'diN, .l.mie.ry SU. ft tiau pires that iho Qnci a rcccnify •iblfored from nf-rvoit oxen ability a,nr) an oecahionai at lack oi ia;nt;u;v--. The chief failure of power look plane e>n Thursday. Prinef- -st-.s Chri,.lian am! Beat rice, the Dowaacr Dnehe: of Saxe-Coljiui;. and tin Bishoi', of Winehcster, mo no", at Ui-hnrne. .Most profound ayliipatliy ie being n anifcv-ed throiighout Eur-jpc, America, ami Canada. All the- European Sovereigns have, made repeated and anxious inriiunosThe Koval household has l.oen loss dcr-ponderd' .since the ntiJy wiisdi took place or. Saturday. HER MAJESTY'S CUMfiTHOik ON 7 SUNDAY. QIiEATIif? WEAKNESS EVIDENT. (■Received January Ji, b-22 p.m.) LONDON, January 21. A bullet in issued at- mididglit on j Sunday slides that lino in the ot o llll to tlie Queen’s condition was more serious. Orcatier weakness was evident, while the power of taking nourishment was diminished. An unofficial announcement was mode at 11 p.m. that tho Queen was weaker and unable to take nourishment. SERVICES IN THE CHURCHES.

(Received January 21, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON, January 21. The Duke of Albany has started for Osborne. .... . . , A service was held at Wmppingliam Church on Sunday afternoon in memory of Prince Henry of Pattcnbufg. The Princess of Wales, Princess Henry of Battcnburg, Princess Cnns Uau urn) Princess .Louise- wore able lo nuii the Queen’s side to attend. . Prebendary Whitworth, prcaohmg at St. Paul’s on Sunday mormiig, asked Die congregation to join *n the prayers of Chrisleudom, which wore ascending; Iroin men and women oi every creed ..j i,i nationality for the Queen’s restoration to health. j The Rev B. R. Wilson, preaching at Westminster Abbey, said no such anxiety «s now existed, throughout the j’enijth and breadtn of the- Empire and of The civilised world had over been manifested at any previous pariod in English ’ history. Dr Parker, the Rev T. Spurgeon ami many others paid elufjucut tributes to the Queen. The, churches, chapels, missions and clubs uere unusually thronged, and the despondency and alarm during the evening and night gradually intensified. The news of Her Majesty’s illness caused a. great chock at Capetown. Preaching at /t he. Cathedral, Dean _ Clarke said it was. the worst nows of the past unhappy twelve months. This indeed' was a moment of national crisis. Sir Alfred Milner and stall' wore present at the Cathedral.

ANXIETY VXD SUSPENSE IN ENGLAND. (.!.{ecciveil January 21, 11 p.m.l LONDON, January 111. On Wednesday morning tbc Queen took a drive in her donkey carriage, but in Hie afternoon dismissed her horses without- taking her customary airing. Her Majesty rallied on Friday night, but at noon on Saturday suffered a- re lapse, though her strong constitution apparently reasserted itsclt during tho The Princess Victoria and the Princess of Wales bare- arrived at Osborne. The Dowager Lady Ampthill,, Lady of the Bedchamber, is in attendance on the Queen. An anxious crowd waited throughout Saturday night at the Prince’s gate at Osborne, and many of ail classes assembled at tbc Mansion House and .Buckingham: Palace. An unofficial morning message that hopes wore fainter, created a painful in; pres non. The Prince of Wales's journey to London to meat the Kaiser created a. gleam of hope in London that the condition of the Queen could not be so serious. Tho Kaiser’s journey to England is interpreted in Paris that the worst may be expected, but residents in Berlin tako a. less pessimistic view. On Sunday morning Princess Beatrice telegraphed' that the Queen’s condition was very grave, but not entirely without hope. The feeling in Loudon and throughout the .Kingdom is one of profound anxiety and suspense. Innumerable telegrams of sympathy and inquiry come train all parts of Britain, Ireland, Canada, India, and Bo nth Africa. Prayers are universal in Angio-Saxou-doin and in the -mosques and temples of India.

THE END A PkKO ACHING. (Received January 22, 0.-J0 a.m.) LON INK'S, .January 21. The Queen is sinking fm-t. | This message was despatched from London at 10.2-j a.m. yesterday.] sympathy from the commonwealth. (Received. January 22, 1.12 a.m.l iIYDNBi, January 21. Lord Hopetoun has cabled to the Secretary of .State for the Colonics as fellows: •Ministers desire me to assure you that The people of she Commonwealth participate, with their follow .subjects in the (suited Kingdom in the na lional anxiety ami distress caused by tlje lamented illness of 13->o Queen. FEELING IN THE COLONIES. (Received January 22. 0.b3 a.rn.) SYDNEY, Ja auary 21. The Governor-Genera! lias received no official messages with icivretnce to the Queen. The subject is the engrossing topic in the city. Knots of people are continuously round thrt newspaper offices reeking the latest bulletins. BRISBANE, January 21. Lord■ Lamington has telegraphed to Hr Chamberlain': —Self and Government are deeply concerned at the news of the Queen’s illness, and anxious for further news. Wo earnestly pray for her recovery. . . The Society for the Prevention ol Cruelty to Animals yesterday passed a

rcjt’lution to the effect that ir desired t,o place on record its deep sorrow at tiic tidings of -her Majc-iy’-, illness. Special prayars have neon ordered to he said in all the Catholic and Anglican cli’.p'chcs ot Wellington for the rcs every oi her Majesty. Services of interne'- non will be held daily in St. Petci’s, St. Thonia.-.’.s (Newtown) and St. Augustine'.-, iJ?ctoac>. DENEDTN. .January t’l. lu© Uon J. (J. AVard slate, that he bar. made arrangements for a day of national mourning in the event of news being received of her Majesty's demise.