The National Register. — London, England, 1821-09-02 00:00:00

, 2 1 76 TIER LATE MAJESTY'S REMAINS. FVERACT OF A LETTER FROM %TAPE. DATER AUG. 20. Between Once and four o'clock two or Once Hamluirgh passage vessels, whirl, had been riiiployed for the purpose, arrived at the Stone-staies, with the hearse, the mourning coaelirs, and other carriages, belonging to those who at tended the funeral. They were ali carefully taken out by a crane near the lauding place. !REF-PAW FIVE O'CLOCR.—Thomantlq of people are now collected in all the places within the view of the quay. anxiously wai• ing the arrival of tlie Royal corpse, which is coining no the narrow riser Schwinge i the 9111 batta lion of Winn verian infantry is drawn rip in front of the price ; and a squadron tif Milan., or lancers, is stationed in that position, front which it eau precede the funeral..— The ISurgers in their mourning dresses are Alec. waiting to join the procession. The bulk are tolling mournfully the guns ale tirisw ; and the individuals w Ito compose the Anrrnemling asseintilsge are waiting silently and deco rously to pay the last honour to their Queen. ARRIV IL OF THE FUNERAL. Itetween six, and Rev nil o'clock the boat containing flue Royal coffin, and the other boats with the in turners, the attendants, and British naval officers, came lip to the lanthitg place. In consequence of the late hone at which the hearse and winning coaches arrived, it was impos sible to pitt them iu such a state of readiness as to make use of them in the procession ; and therefore it was re solved that so much of the funeral as regarded the pro ors•ion to the church should be a walking one. The moorners and attendants then walked lip the steps, the coffin Arai taken out by the undertakers' men, who Iliad been brow:lit from Loudon for the purpose of assisting at the funeral. Sir George %ayler walked before the coffin, bearing the crown and cushion in his bands ; he was pre ceded by a body of hulans, while the infantry lined anti prevented the populace from inlet rupting the line of march. It is impossible sufficiently to describe the sensations which at this time were visible in the countenances of all those whocame to witness this mournful ceremony.— The Germans are well known to be as benevolent a race of people as any in the world ; their natural sympathies were now wound up to the highest pitch; they recollected that an illustrious female, a native of their own country, had, a iittle more than six and twenty years before passed through their town, on her way to the possession of bridal felicity and toyal splendour; they now beheld the sad remains of that distinguished lady carried up the very steps which she had mice descended in the glow of health, of youth, and beauty. These recollection*, as well as the loyalty tier which ►hey are all distinguished, operated so powerfully on their feelings, that tears of sorrow were seen trickling down their cheeks. A solemn sound now proceeded at intervals from a muffled ; the corpse was carried slowly forward. Lord Hood, as chief smuttier, walked immediately behind the body; he was followed by Lady Aims Hamilton and Lady Hood. Next came Dr. and 31rs.Lushington ; after them Mr. anti Ms. Wilde; the Rev. Mr. Wood and Mr. William Austin walked next; then followed Count Vassali, Lieutenant Hownam, Se. &c. Mariette Bimini was also in the procession, which moved slowly and mournfully along through the principal streets leading to the church of St. Williadi. 1 should have slated that, as soon as the corpse was landrd, the Lutheran Pastors belonging to this place, namely, Herman Rotlattz, Beilsch, Major, and lititterthier, together with two or three dignified Eccle siastics, one of whom (Dr. Rope' ti) enjoys a rank and authority equivalent to that (Wm Bishop, took their sta tions in front, and led the way into the church. On arriving there, the military filed off on each side. The colfiii was carried in slow and solemn pace along the aisle Un the altar, Is here it was placed on the catafalque erected for the occasion in the centre of this venerable spot, which had been previously hung !cmet with black, and in the front of which festoons of crape were suspended. All round the altar numerous candles were lighted; the branch which hung over it was also covered with lighted candles. After the coffin was laid down, a solemn dirge was performed on the organ ; and, a little after seven o'clock, the company who had crowded into the church quietly and decorously retired. 'fine coffin was guarded all night by a party of soldiers, together with two of the undertakers' men, who were relieved in regular succes sion. tsDAY, Auc. 21.—At eight o'clock this morning the beaise turn mourning coaches were put an a state of readiness to proceed on their journey. About half past nine eight fine lowers were put to the hearse, which was drawn up to the Isamu; square, close to the hotel lierzog von Cumberland, where Si, George Nailer, Mr. Calvert, and others appointed to conduct the Norval, had taken up their residence for th! night. About eleven o'clock, the hearer, accompanied by sixteen mounted Milan-, proceeded to the church, outside which a military guard of honour was stationed ; guards were also placed in the church, and candies wire still burning.— The corpse was then, widen the doect ion of Messrs. Bailey and Chitienden, the undertakers, carried oat by their men, arid placed in the hearse; and a. the hearse went away, the guard on each side presented arms.—The hearse then pre ceded and followed by Bolan:, was drawn again to the barrack square. Sir George Nay her then, in a mourning coach arid six, with the clown ;tad cushion, went on before the hearse, which was followed by three ur four mom ning co tithes, and three or four chaises, all of which was tilled with the pat ties who walked yesterday evening to the church. Six or seven btunl waggons, hired fat the conveyance of the undertaker's men, nod other AtlteildJahs, then brought up the rear. A c patty of infantry marched haute. and another behind the profession. When they came to the first gate at the furtiess, u guard of honour stationed th re presented arms as the royal corpse pn•sed. After the funeral had gone thr u_li all the other gates, the infantry guards halted ; they were drawn up in rank and file out the side of the road, and after present:l.g arms they marched back into the town.— The iiulnuy the n marclie d ills to Buxichnde, where the whole of the vitiee fursitity, the procession are to rest this night. I expect to overt:lkt the fut, vial to-otort ow morn lig, or perlrrps to he at Bustehude before it sets out from that town. LUITEIIUDE, AUG. 2 I .-I..eacitie Stade at an early boor this morning, the procession airived in the ther mion at liiixttutitle. ithout J (ruiner nf a inde without the town, the citizens and tit t st ran:, It Ct the [littered, and attended it haretie,kil to tie church, ts here it wiob deposited fur the intzlit. SULIAU, AUG. 22.—Tite procession w•ts met on its cowing into Sultan by the citizens and authorities of the place in the time manner as at Buvehude ; and twenty 3 oung girls, habited in white, strewed flowers before the THE NATIONAL REGISTER hearse. The Lancers, who had accompanied the fune ral front Stade, were relieved at this place by a detach. ment of Hussars. CeLLE, Auo _4.—fin i te of the most respectable inhabitants of this place rerpiesied, as a favour to the multitude, that the he:tree might be opened for a moment. Their desire was complied with. At Bergen the Hussars who accompanied the funeral were relies ed by a guard of Cuirassiers; and the entrance of the c.ts•alcade into Celle was marked by demonstra tions of the highest regard and attention. The authori ties came out to meet the procession. The bells were tolled; die streets were lined with soldiers; girls again strewed flowers before the hearse; and the coffin being carried into the great church of the city, was placed (by a singular coincidence) upon the tomb ()I' the unfortunate sister of George 111. Matilda Queen of Denmark. OrFAU, Atm. 24.—About 110011 this day t h e proces sion, on its way to Brunswick, was met at O11•.tu by the Count Aldenslaben, Grand Chamberlain of the Court. That officer intimated. to Lord Hood and Dr. Lushing too, that he wished to make arrangements for the inter ment, which was to take place upon the same evening. Lord Hood and Dr. Lnshington resisted a proposal which appeared to then inconsistent with the resp,•et due to the illustrious remains placed under their charge. It was then agreed that land Hood, with Dr. Luslu i t g .. ton, Lady Hood, Lady A. llaimlton, Jlrs. Loshingion, and the remainder of the mourners, should at once go forward to Brunswick ; that the foneral procession should follow so as to art ice at ten at 'data at the gates of the city ; and that, at that time, the personages attending and officiating should go out to meet it. This arrangement was decided upon. The mourners went forward; and the hearse, with the mourning coaches, continuing its slow and solemn coarse, arrived about ten o'clock at the outer barrier. BRUNSWICK, The people of Brunswick hail received no intimation that her :Majesty was to be buried in the tomb of her ancestors till the Thursday evening, when it was announced that on very next night the funeral was to take place. The authorities, and the general population, equally expressed disgust at this precipitate ntennent of their illustrious and beloved Princess ; but it was understood that the order was peremptory, end could not be dis puted. Little doubt remained that Count Alumaer was the per. son who had issued the mandate to conduct the funeral obsequies of the Queen of England in a manner least calculated to afford the people an opportunity of manifesting their attachment and respect. But the scheme, from whatever source, utterly failed of its intended effect. The enthusiastic regard of the Bruns %tickers for their sovereign's family, and their particular affection for their deceased Queen, were too deeply rooted and genuine to require any formal notice of preparation. In an instant a popu lation of 60,000 souls, though without the possibility of concert, seemed actuated by one resolution to show how much sincere respect exceeds the official sorrow demanded by a Government Garettee ; and determined by their swift unbespoken pomp," to put to shame all the elaborate preparations of a College of Heralds. 10 O'CLOCK, FRIDAY NIGHT, August 24. At this hour Lord and Lady Hood, l.aely Ann Hamilton, Dr, and Mrs. Lushington, and Mr. and Mrs. NVilde, and the other mourners who had previously arrived at , Brunswick. were in formed that the hearse with the mortal remains of the Queen had arrived at the outer barrier, about a mile distant front the inner barrier, or- antrance into the town. They immediately ordered their cartiages, and proceeded to the place provided for their re ception, wh•ch was a large room on the ground floor of an inn. In the middle of the road opposite the door of the inn stood the hearse, guarded by an escort of the black regiment of Bruns• wickets, at the head of whom the late Duke, the brother of the Queen, fell gallantly fighting at the battle of Waterloo. It was eleven o'clock, and Sir G. Sayler was prepating to marshal the procession, when the Grand Chamberlain and the Commandant of the town presented themselves, and desired a few minutes conversation with Sir George and Mr. Calvert before the proces sion should begin to move. They stated that they had an urgent request to make on behalf of the people of Brunswick ; it was, that a deputation of respectable citizens might be permitted to draw the funeral car. Sir George Sayler began to express his disapprobation, though without assigning any reason. Captain Hesse here interposed, and with an apology for his intrusion, asked, whether the request of the citizens of Brunswick was to be considered as a mark of respect or otherwise. To this it was instantly answered, that it was certainly as a mark of the pro fonndest respect for the illustrious deceased. Sir George Sayler still maintained the appearance of opposition, but slowly entered his coach. The various mourners now ascended their carriages, and an order was given for the procession to move. The Scene that now presented itself, at once solemn and magnificient, baffles all description : no painting could do justice to its striking effect on the eye, no poetry could express the pathos and sublimity of its moral effect on the heart. The whole way from the outer to the inner harrier, a space of little less than a mile in length, and about the breadth of Blackfriars Road, was lined with a dense mass of people, not merely from Brunswick, but from the neighbouring towns and villages: some families had followed the funeral cortege from Celle, and others even from Hamburgh. The solemn tolling of the bells, the suppressed sobs of the women and the deep silence of the teen, added an awful and almost painful interest. The procession moved slowly towards the town, and as the clock struck twelve reached the inner barrier.— Here the mourners descended from the carriages, and the whole cortege now proceeded on foot, with the ex ception of Sir George Nayler, who kept his state in the first carriage. From the entrance of the town to the cathedral church the distance is about a mile, and the slow pace at which the procession moved, together with the various streets through which it passed, gave the whole population an opportunity of witnessing the grand spectacle without much inconvenience, and with scarcely any danger. To the people, however, was due the praise of the good order that prevailed. The only arrangement made by the authorities—so great and so just was their confidence in the good disposition of the people—was an escort of about SW con tables. The men alone were to the streets, the women wt re at the windows of the houses ; and there was not a house in any street through which the procession passed which had not every window crowded with spectators of the female st x, a!l dressed in black, and all expressing by their anxious attention the deep interest which they took in the solemn ceremony pasiing before them. In this manner the procession moved on to the church, the glare of a thousand torches making every part of it visible to the whole multitude.— At the door of the church the Minister and Municipality stood ready to receive the body; the coffin was lifted front the car, and carried by 16 sergeants of the Bruns wick cavalry, while 16 Majors bore the pall. The ap pearance of the church was solemn and imposing.— Though a building of no striking beauty when seen by day-light, its lofty columns and lung aisles hung with black, had by night an appearance of melancholy gran deur, especially as, to increaae the sombre etlect, the illumination was scanty. Owing to positive orders received from the same mysterious quatter to which we have before alluded, no service, not even a funeral chant MIS 10 be pc:gm:wed in the church; and this, for some absurd pretence that, as the Queen had died abroad, it was to be considered that these rites had been already pertormed, and that the ceremony at Brunswick was merely depositing the body of the deceased in the family vault—a ceremony which was always performed without funeral service, as in the case of the late Duke of Brunswick, the fattier of the deaceased Queen. But this was a mete idle pretence: the late Duke was absolutely interred, and with all funeral ceremonies and services, out of It dominions, during the tyranny of litionaparie, alter whose defeat he was disinterred and removed to Brunswick. The Queen of England had not been so interred : no religious ceremony had been per. formed on her; and decency, as well as religion, required that a Queen should not becurtailed or those rites which belong to the luneral of the meanest subject: hut de cency and religion were slight motives with those who thought only of hurrying away from the sight of an affixtionatelitople the object of their attachment, though that object was now insensible and powerleu. The love of the people here again made ample compensation for the curtailments of power. Even the officers of state expressed their regret that they were forced to comply with orders manifestly unreasonably and disgusting ; and the worthy minister of the cathedral, who loved and ye. iterated the virtues of the late Queen, showed by his manner that he was no party to me Oficial arrangement. As the corpse passed Along the aisle into the place °lselin!. ture, 100 young ladies of the first families in Brunswick, dressed in white, stood on each bide and scattered flowers before it. In a few seconds the coffin and the mourners had all arrived in the vault of the illustrious house of Brunswick. The entire space is very large,and already contains 57 coffins of different branches of that ancient family. A portion, about seven tarns square, was up rated from the rest by hangings o: black cloth, and was illuminated with wax lights. In the middle of this secs lion stood a platform, raised about two feet from the ground : on one side stood the coffin of the gallant father of the Queen, at the foot was the coffin of her gallant brother, both heroes slain in battle when fiAhting against the tyranny of Buonaparte ; and here, in this appropriate spot, was now deposited one a brave as the bravest of her race, and who fell in a great and eon rageous struggle with a persecution more unjust, inure unrelenting, than ever scourged mankind. When the mourners were all arranged in the tomb, the Minister, whose name was J. W. G. Wolff, preacher of the Cathedral Church, a mild and senuble.looking man, about GU years of age, stood at the head of the coffin, and, in a voice tremulous with emotion, tittered a prayer in the German language, of which the follow ing is a ttanslation:--- THE PRAYER. " Transient is ourlife, perishable all fortune and glory of flit: earth ! Thus, All-wise GOD, thou hest ordained it ! But iz death are terminated all the hardships, troubles, and sufferings that attend the life of man in this state of imperfection. Nut in this world, where we are strangers, where we live in constant struggle with adversities and our own infirmities, no, only in that to come, for which thou host created our immortal spirit, do we find the desired felicity, and purer, untroublee. unperishable joys. Penetrated even in the inmost recesses of our hearts, by this solemn and consoling truth, we elevate with pious devotion our hearts to thee, the INFLICT E ONE in this sacred place, and at the coffin of a Deceased, whom thy All-wise will once destined for a terrestrial throne, and now after a rare change of destiny, has called into the 1a :d eternal peace. " With hearts deeply affected do we view the burying place of this descendant of a beloved and princely family. Thou, her be nign Creator, didst adorn ha with high advantages of mind and body, and didst bestow upon her a heart full of clemency and benignity. Thy providence placed her where she could and was resolved to do much good, to the honour of her family, and for the weal of the country whose Princess she was. Unsearchable, 0 Eternal, are thy ways l After a trail. sient and troublesome life, she has now finished her earthly career, and her unanimated body returns to the vanit where her ever-memorable father, her brother, her relations are Besting. " Almighty GOD ! With elevated hearts we glorify thy grace for all the benefits thou hest given to the deceased during her life, and we infinitely revere thy wisdom in the present term•- nation of her severe trials; whereby, after thy most benign intention, she should be puriged of human infirmities, and he prepared for a better life. Thanks to thee for the comfort thou thou host richly granted her in her last hours; thanks for the great strength thou didst inspire her with, both in her life are/ in her last moments, to a patient and courageous endurance l't her sufferings and grievances ; thanks for the hopes strengthened in her soul, wherewith, full of desire and serenity and faith, she passed from a mortal to an immortal lire. Now may her released soul enjoy the peaceful and blissful tranquillity which this imperfect world cannot grant ! and may thy grace. thou all.just and must righteous LORD, recompense her in that state of perfection for what was but deficient here on earth I But to us let her eveemiemorable remembrance be a moving and beneficial lesson, thus to believe, thus to hope, thus to live, that we may once courageously pass over to the life of just requital. And now, most gracious Gorr, preserve livewise to us graciously the remaining most beloved members of our princely family, for our joy and for the welfare of our country, and attend their days with thy richeat blessing Grant our most pious wishes Ants."