Show KING REPLIES TO ADDRESS Edward Thanks the People of the City of Portsmouth Cowes Aug i5Ilmig Edwards reply re-ply to an address from the City of Portsmouth yesterday was handed to the Mayor of Portsmouth today On behalf of himself and Queen Alexandra his Majesty thanks the city for ls congratulations con-gratulations on his coronation the recovery re-covery oC his health and the conclusion of peace ami adds We are mfelgnedly thankful for Urn mercies which it i has pleaded Almighty God lo vouchsafe to us and to our people peo-ple and wo trust t now that wo aro happily hap-pily ut peace with all the world that the I recent rejoicings wherein the whole empire shared may send UK forward each in i his own station to work with renewed earncitnesi for the I malntc lance and Improvement I of our noblu inheritnsc and the accomplishment of the onds that I become a great people For myself I shall ever bo stimulated In my exertions for llu welfare of tIme empire by tIme Incffaeablc recollectIon of a tribute t of loyalty I and 1 affection which has touched me deeply The King and the Princq of Wales landed at East Cowcs today and visited vis-ited i l Osborne house During the mornIng morn-Ing the King marked the spot occupied hy the collln containing Queen Vic torias body on the deck of the royal I yacht Victoria and Albert A brass crops was set Into the deck bearing the words wonlHCIe Here rested the beloved remains of Queen Victoria from February 1st t to February L IflOh Horn May 1M I 1819 Died January 22 1001 |