THE LATE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7181, 16 January 1892, Page 4

THE LATE DUKE OF CLARENCE.

♦ OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF HIS DEATH. [Special to Pbkss Association.] LONDON, Jan. 14. \ Princess Mary of Teck, the betrothed of the deceased Duke of Clarence and Avondale, is quite inconsolable and restless, aud wanders about her room and declines to partake of food. i Only the Prince anl Princess of. Wales, with the members of the Duke of Teck's family, were present with the Duke of Clarence and Avondale throughout the night. The news of his death was broken to the Queen at Osborne, and although Her Majesty was prostrated by the news it has not had a serious effect ' on her health. The Duke's betrothed | is naturally prostrated by the terrible shock. The Court will go into three months' mourning. The funeral service will be conducted in St George's Chapel, Windsor. The Court functions and all political meetings have been cancelled. Sir Saul Samuel has sent a message to the Eoyal Family expressing the sympathy of the peopie and Government of New South Wales. The President of Trance has forwarded a message of condolence. His Eminence Cardinal Manning, when dying, hearing that the Duke of Clarence and Avondale was a little better, thanked God for the improvement in the young Prince's health. His Eminence was eagerly interested in the illness. It i 9 reported that the Dublin Mansion House flag was not lowered on receipt of the news of the death. The banquet at which Sir Charles Tupper and the Agents-General proposed to entertain Sir Robert G-. Herbert, who is retiring from the Colonial Office, has been postponed. The A gents-Goner al are considering the propriety of Bending a united message of condolence to the Prince of Wales. The British Medical Journal states that on Thursday last the Duke of Clarence was subject to shivering, and on Saturday a patch of pneumonia developed at the base of the left lung. Tue temperature then was 103, and the pulse 90. The patient passed a restless night, and on Sunday the temperature fell. On Monday the right middle lobe became implicated, and on Monday night the Prince had but little sleep; he was excited and delirious, which was the dominant feature of the late phase of his illness, and the worst was feared on Wednesday. His mother is overwhelmed at his death, and the Princess Mary is heartbroken. The Queen is reported to have recovered from the shock. The great bells in St Paul's Cathedral and Westminster Abbey were tolled. Public signs of mourning are general throughout the United Kingdom. All the European Eoyalties have sent messages of condolence to the bereaved family. Jan 15. A reassuring message reached the Queen at midnight on Wednesday, when the Duke of Clarence was sleeping peacefully. At 2 a.m. he collapsed, and it threatened to end fatally. The family were at once summoned, and he somewhat rallied and partly regained consciousness. The chaplain read prayers to the dying Prince. The Duke died peacefully and unconscious in the presence of his father and mother, who had never left his bedside, his brother Prince George, and his sisters the Princesses Louise (Duchess of Fife) Victoria and Maud, the Duke of Fife and Princess Mary of Teck, his betrothed. The Queen's medical attendants dissuaded her from proceeding to Sandringham. Her Majesty expressed the deepest grief at the Duke's illness, and devoted attachment to her grandson, who had always evinced the greatest affection towards her. The Prince of Wales desired that the funeral should take place at Sandringham, but the Queen ordered it to be at Windsor at the end of next week. The King o£ the Belgians will attend the funeral. j It is reported that the Duke's betrothed, the Princess Mary, is ill. The members of the Household have been permitted to view the body. The news of the death has created intense sorrow among all classes in England, Canada and Africa. The English Press eulogises the deceased's amiable qualities and promising characteristics. The Press refers to the Duke's desire to marry a Princess of the House of France, if religion had not prevented it. All American and Continental newspapers condole with the family. The Duke of Clarence was delirious for several hours before his death. The Viceroy of Egypt and the Pope have sent messages of condolence, and similar telegramß are being received from all parts of the world. Canada will proclaim a funeral day and go into mourning.

SYDNEY, Jan. 15. The City Corporation has cabled a message of condolence on the death of the Puke of Clarence and Avondale. A Gazette iasued to-night proclaims Sunday next as a general day of mourning for the death of the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and special services will be held in the churches. The military will wear a badge of mourning for three months.

[Pbb Pbesb Association.! AUCKLAND, Jan. 15. Flags were half-mast high to-day on the public buildings, and on the warship Tauranga, in consequence of the death of the Duke of Clarence. NELSON Jan. 15. The news of the death of the Duke of Clarence was received here with marked sorrow. Flags have been flying at half* mast, and at the City Council to-night a resolution of sorrow and condolence was recorded, but it was felt that the Premier's telegram sufficiently conveyed the feelings of the colonists.

AtLyttelton the flags at the Harbour Board Office, Borough Counoil Chambers, Post Office and on the shipping were displayed at half-mast as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Duke of Clarence and Avondale. At Timaru yesterday the flags on the principal places of business, and on the shipping, were flying at half-mast. ■