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The Lying In State.
allowed to pass at any time before half-past seven o ' clock in the morning , but not after that hour . ' ¦ ' No carriages entering on any part of these roads will be allowed to return to town until after the ceremony is over ; and all carriages will be required to move off the line immediately after setting down their company . " Persons not entitled to go to the cemetery are requested to avoid passing
by the roads leading to it ; they will , by so doing , prevent any risk of inconvenience to themselves by unavoidable delay , and facilitate the carrying on the necessary arrangements for preserving general order and decorum on the occasion . " Persons on foot will be admitted by the gate from Kensington leading to the palace , and allowed to stand within the enclosures pointed out by the police , to see the procession move off . Due notice will be given by the police at the gate when the whole space is occupied .
" RICHARD MAYNE , " Commissioner of Police . " " Whitehall-place , May 2 , 1843 . " The following is a copy of the answer returned by the Lord
Chamberlain to the memorial , signed by 130 of the inhabitants of Kensington , praying that the lying-in-state might be continued for two days , in order to prevent the great disappointment , and most probably accident , which must necessarily occur from its being " open only six
hours;" Lord Chamhcrlain ' s Office , May 1 . " G ENTLEMEN , —With every disposition to attend to the wishes of the public , upon the occasion of the lying-in-state of the remains of his late Royal Highness the lamented Duke of Sussex , I have to inform you that precedents are against the extension of time which you desire ; and further , that the arrangements having received the sanction of the Queen , do not admit of alteration .
" I have the honor to be , gentlemen , your obedient servant , " DELAWARE . " W . Hawkes , Esq ., and other inhabitants of Kensington , signing the memorial . The coffin of his Royal Highness was composed of the finest Spanish
mahogany , and covered with rich silk Genoa crimson velvet . In length it was seven feet five inches , in depth one foot nine inches , and in breadth across the shoulders it measured two feet nine inches . The inside was lined with plain white satin , ancl the interior edge was decorated with a fluted plaiting of the same material . The outline of the
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The Lying In State.
allowed to pass at any time before half-past seven o ' clock in the morning , but not after that hour . ' ¦ ' No carriages entering on any part of these roads will be allowed to return to town until after the ceremony is over ; and all carriages will be required to move off the line immediately after setting down their company . " Persons not entitled to go to the cemetery are requested to avoid passing
by the roads leading to it ; they will , by so doing , prevent any risk of inconvenience to themselves by unavoidable delay , and facilitate the carrying on the necessary arrangements for preserving general order and decorum on the occasion . " Persons on foot will be admitted by the gate from Kensington leading to the palace , and allowed to stand within the enclosures pointed out by the police , to see the procession move off . Due notice will be given by the police at the gate when the whole space is occupied .
" RICHARD MAYNE , " Commissioner of Police . " " Whitehall-place , May 2 , 1843 . " The following is a copy of the answer returned by the Lord
Chamberlain to the memorial , signed by 130 of the inhabitants of Kensington , praying that the lying-in-state might be continued for two days , in order to prevent the great disappointment , and most probably accident , which must necessarily occur from its being " open only six
hours;" Lord Chamhcrlain ' s Office , May 1 . " G ENTLEMEN , —With every disposition to attend to the wishes of the public , upon the occasion of the lying-in-state of the remains of his late Royal Highness the lamented Duke of Sussex , I have to inform you that precedents are against the extension of time which you desire ; and further , that the arrangements having received the sanction of the Queen , do not admit of alteration .
" I have the honor to be , gentlemen , your obedient servant , " DELAWARE . " W . Hawkes , Esq ., and other inhabitants of Kensington , signing the memorial . The coffin of his Royal Highness was composed of the finest Spanish
mahogany , and covered with rich silk Genoa crimson velvet . In length it was seven feet five inches , in depth one foot nine inches , and in breadth across the shoulders it measured two feet nine inches . The inside was lined with plain white satin , ancl the interior edge was decorated with a fluted plaiting of the same material . The outline of the