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Show of the sixty-eight uiinule guns, which were fired at St. James' park, followed fol-lowed bv the tolling of "Big Ben." the great clot k bell In the tower of the house of commons, which heretofore hereto-fore has been heard only as It struck the hours, and by the roll of muffled drums. Then a guardsman, with sword reversed, re-versed, came down the hall at measured meas-ured tread, two other guardsmen following fol-lowing close behind. Then came tho officers of the hoad-fpiarters' hoad-fpiarters' staff, the army council and the board -of admiralty. As these appeared ap-peared the troops came to a half salute, with reversed guns, and remained re-mained thus until Field Marshals 1 J-ord Roberts ami Lord Kitchener of I Khartoum, the admirals of the licet, the Indian orderly officers in black uniforms and the aide-de-camp of the late king passed. As the gun carriage on which tho casket was borne approached, the order, or-der, "Rest on your onus," wn.s given. With heads bowed, the soldiers kept their eyes on (bo ground while tho body of tlieir late king passed, com-I com-I lng to attention again for the royal j standard, which was carried immediately immedi-ately behind the casket aod In front if King George, who. like the officers and other members of royally, worn on foot. The duke of Cornwall and Prince Albert, two little figures In tho natty uniforms of naval cadets, followed their father King Frederick of Den-marie Den-marie and King Haakon, with tho I Duko of Connaught between them, i tame next, and then cairn? other ! members of the British and foreign I royal families In gorgeous uniforms. the only touch of mourning being th ' black bands on tho sleeves of theli coats. Thousands See It Taken on First Stage of Journey to Grave London, May 17. The body o King Edward VII. tbe peacemaker, was taken with stately pomp this morning from Buckingham palace on the first stage of the Journey to the grave, and now lies In state In Westminster West-minster hall, where hundreds of thousands thou-sands will pay last tribute to the dead monarch before the final passage pass-age through the streets of the capital on Thursday. The procession from Buckingham palace to Westminster hall passed through doubled lines of red -coaled soldiers, flanked with rows of policemen police-men and a mass nf silent, black-garbed black-garbed humanity. Tbe buildings along the route wvre heavily draped In mourning. The ' German and other embassies iu Carlton Carl-ton House terrace were covered with" funeral palls of black and purple, re lleved occasionally by- green wreaths and bouquets of white lilies. The first intimation that the crowd, which had been waiting for hours, had of tho approach of .the funeral cortege, was the booming of the first |