The National Register. — London, England, 1820-02-20 00:00:00

(O --- ____ Yunerat OF HIS "MAJESTY GEORGE TILE TIIIRD. am-- The last duties were pail on Wednesday to our rever.al King, and we fear we may e xclaim with our iannortal Bud, " We shall not lea, upon his like toain :"—this we say only because we reli ,. • glonsl7. believe that not one in a hundred can be Ifoun.l wheise morality was so entire. In nor account of the obsequies of the lamented I)tike of Kent, only a few hours preceding those of our beloved Monarch, will be found ally thing which it may spree' we have omitted in those of our Sovereign the forms were strongly similar, and the rcgrettedly early recurrence of them, may plead our excuse for leas of prolixity in the description of each. At half-past five o'clock. a strong body of eavalre, composed of drtachnionts from the Ist and i'd Life Guards and the Oxford Blum, formed two hues. ext.:offing from the entrance to the lower court down Castle Street, and for a considerable distance up High Street and l'ark Street.spaee in the centre of the two lines was kept clear fir the omvenience ot those who had tick.As of admission to the lower court. Atd tickets six o'clocfromk ordthe ers w e re given to adroit those who bad procure t;room of the Stole, and a fitness rush immediately took place. In the north aide boodles were erected on a gradual ascent to a considerable height. for the accommodation of those who had received tickets. who fanned part of the procession. Over the descent to the lloyal cemetry, a magnificent canopy of purple velvet was erected. s annountol by a crown and cue) ownice woe premed a a richly gilt Gothic Scroll, Isom which depended festoons, each charged with a royal . escutche Tiii• vim! o f canopied temple, or bitithopan, bad a very imposing cfnet. The ordinary lights of the Chapel being insufficient to render the ecreniony disttnct. the number of candles was increased branches ware tired to every Knight's lit4ll. and around the altar, anal three large brass chandeliers were suspended from the ceiling. each ceentaining an immense number of wax lights.— This had the desired .-m. mid the effulgent!! war sufficient to enlighten every part of the building, _Additional seats were mired on each side of the altar fee thelsonp tainissers. and foe those illustrious individuals who atanded the kneed. Saida this. tie Organ-Mk which es 96 penises. was 1 for the reception Ora* dde. These were r e rs:ill dam aimed for astatine r fitly the maibent admitted ti o wtness the Soma wawa were extremely limited. loon after *bards& the 3d i ngisesets of Guarth,Orm w in whhich its •e a. wore assdnd in thot mass et the i slatl _..uthe Goan gads. Ilan'uliones Ilia 'goer prt _wal r nuts was a issue. witbeut the Slab datrof 14t. Gcorge' diape. Sums Mieulty was onomagosti ift ganballing them. s sad a consider • AM delay was the tomsegesase. They were ultimately formed in ma hoes, ma se ads etas em. Tbey rased mi then I awes. Maa7 dim carried flesibeaus, but the lighsa, wore net dhalbested with of regdmity. 'be abhors Mel g geodeasei symolgesd to faun a part of the lessmisetannedisil a St. figenpil Hell at Ines o'clock, oral were gun inambollel in the pear id by Sir George Wale. At tholgashogi his Highness the Duke of leek, whwarrigall lobe Ise* took hie seat at the hater the sighs se aid willatwer. attarisd by his supporters. where hie Soya Menton Mc le o d dna ante. At nine o'clock die systglawy lathe Dad Meals in liael reverberated as front a diatagashonsea th e Castle albs end shoed? afterwards die bp* sonseve *oath, note apartme nt s towards St. 5116111Pe1. Agsdnoilar • abort interval. the trum pets ge Om a short distance the worse symphony ; the wanaggenaleigod their mournful disond ; and the bends of i s m dlesseem molt op the Dead March. This was repeated !newel dam Mare the psenasion came . the lower yard at Ai a het. it burst upset th e public iew. and m it paused along the Acme line of smenhores erated on every side a wort maws easel humans erre. As the alio arrived mar them. any bedisitlisal was taorresed. ad segasisiel ao. as a last mark drama to the *wady whoa be bog sis went loved and I whilst living. he ,tort frog _the greed reed to ties feuds door of St. Georges clown aorta to them& of sentatem a sweet of funereal grandeur. at once the snot edema and psetisrsque.— The ang train of distinguished perms*. habited its their mournful costumes. relieved easfy by tl.e occasional rani. coloured rnagnigoenee of heralds. was rendered quite viable to the behoidere by the lights of the tombes borne by the soldiery. who lined on each side the teemorary way. The evening was ark. hut the torch lights prmluoed the finest imaginable effect. While they displayed the perasuagea engaged in the solemn sioremorly. they taut a bright light on the countenances of the :observing mulutude. adlegroght to view. with all the maigiud = l . l6 dpeissalmindalasselstat" . die t no v nl e ri t ria ab t l i e on to 7gai and ageli merit and sea& to us the days and the works of our progenitors. '' The Procession moved on in the following order : Knight Marshal's Men, two and two, with black Staver liumpets and kettle drums and drums and Ida , of the Foot (ioarde. I. • . drums. Poor Knight: of Windsor. Pages of his late Majcsty. Apothecaries to His Surgeon! to Ills Nlajvsty. Majesty. Apothecsries to His Surgeons to Ills late Majesty. late Majesty. The Curate and Rector of Wineror. Gentlemen UAter: Quarterly Waiters to Ins Majoty. rages of Itonoisr to Ws tlaaeitj. Grooms of the Privy Chamber to Ili: Majesty. Sergeant Surge's; , to Ibis Majesty. Physicians to Ili. Majesty. Pliy±icians to li•s late Majesty. Household Cliiipla;n to Ilie late m..,,esty. Clerks of the Clinet to !lie Maj:sty. Equerries to tli:!. Wird Family. Clerk %bushel and first Equerry. Gentlemen llsliett in' th.: Privy cl:elier to I iis Majesty. CII):1111S of the iksl.chandier to Ili, Mar ay. Ma.ter of the !tube's to ILs Majesty. So"!,-itor.f:en , .:ral. A torney.Gencral. i,arons of the Ixelrespi2r and ditetio:s of haM clenches. The Lord thief Ilamn. The Lord Clirf.lu:ii..x of Coto non P:cat. T:ie Vice C,::l3c.:llnr. Ti:. ,lii.,ter of th.. hullo. The Loral Chief-Justice of the Kth : ;'s liencit. • Coat/moiler of the King's •,. I'mA:tree. of 'he King's HOit..?.,nlri. I loasehuid. !'.ivy C.sintallors (not Peers.) Pit........ant. Plant son.. el Barons. Eldest Sons of Viscounts. Porsaivant. 1437011'. Parsuivalit Ilisho l .s. II 2rald. Eide , t F,,,ns of Earls. Viscounts. Herald. Deputy Earl Marshal. • Yunetat 1, OF HIS MAJESTY GEORGE TILE TII The last duties were pail on Wednesd -/ our rever,al King, and we fear we may exclait 9 . oar Lontortal nod, " We shall not 100 ui .7 1" like tt , ..ain :"—this we say only because w giousl , .. believe that not one in a hundred founi wit:we morality was so entire. In nor f v. of the obsequies of the lamented Doses of only a few hours preceding those of our Monarch, will be tbund ally thing which spree' we have omitted in those of our So - the forms were strongly similar, and the regi early recurrence of them, may plead our ext (' less of prolixity in the description of ea.+. At half-past five o'clock. a semng body of cavalry, y? . . of ditachnionts from the lit and ixt IMC Guards and el Blum, formed two hues. extending from the cntrat • InWer court down Ca.tle Street, and for a considerabli up lli;Street and Park Street. 'file space i t o the tee ell - two lines was kept clear fir the nut rite a k* tickts of admission to the lower court. re At o'ck • • were given to admit those who had procud tickets Groom of the Stole, and a bilious Mill immediately t In the north aide benches were erected WI a gradual considerable height. for the accommodation of those received ticket% who formed put of the precession. descent to the lloyal ceinetry, maAmiticent canopy velvet wits erected, s lonounte.l by a crown and and cornice wee formed of a richly gilt Gothic Scroll. ft • depended festoons, each charged with a royal - es.: Thi • vim! oi canopied temple, or balthopin, bad a ver, The ordinary lights of the Chapel being insufricicts the ecretnony di s tend. the number of candles was branches were fixed to every Knight's stall. and altar, and three large brans chandeliers were suspend. • ceiling. each containing an immense number uf ws This had the desired tlbet. sod the effulgent!! wag enlighten every post of the building. _Additional raised on cads side of the altar lw the asinine those illustrious individuals who attended the keen this. tie Orgawlek which es is persons. for the reception apemen det. 'These we pham alkwati sponstins onnequesdy the wait* to witness the dowel essmee were extremely -Soon alter eighte'deelt the 3d regisseets of Guan flakes s. were suodold on thst poetess et the plat Minushe Gothic posele. ilma'whenee renew' pr . witheut she Son* door of 'St. Grosse* du hy was wwwwwsowl menballing them, ant this delay WO the emerepown. They were ultimate nee bees, ems ew gods el& of the plenum. They n saes. May diem carried Illossimus, but the hg dienibuted with thy degeee of verdirity. The nehimera geatisonsa St. Gorr s serimsd to Snot pesennieweemishied at at Ines wee dim meniseMei in the miler by 'Moyle. Ad thy Imre bent his Highness Yak. sir lobe deeply tent hi Inundate 'War chief arlatair a u s edsd by whim hie lima Niemen v . immised one abbe. A the eyerginny tads. Deed Mae* in Sad melba; dirionse them. the Castle •iai. med tem* 51bora Melee etonallita date apartmen 4 : 1 1a, • abort nacres'. as a newt distance the some sl minimise* joined their mournial discord ; and theatilissesent leer* up the Deed Mach. This lewd dims betbre the psionsion came into the I all i at but. it burst upes the pain view. ant sling the dense line ef steen.ore, crested on ever larikuladaad iturm :l 4l mom As the Oils anie envy ignited was woorremd. sad seemieted apemen to the Sovereign show be hal se um I whilst living. he ,tots fro% _the grand perch to the must Georges chapel landed to themes& of *cud funereal grandeur. at own the men seism and The insg tram of distinguished personages. he motinifut costames. relieved say by tee oe coloured magnilioence of heralds. woe renderid 1 the beholders by the lights of the towhee borne b who lined on each side the temporary way. TI dealt. hut the torch lights produced the finest in • While they displayed the personages engaged ceremopy. they out a bright Sea on the roan ob-erving tuulutude. and t to view. with •-• appearance of aettellated memory. the vederab battlements. and Monocles of that peat combine , which mark and recall to us the days and th • progenitors. • The Procession moved on in the following on Knight Marshal's Men, two and two, with Trumpets and kettle drums and drums awl I Poor Knight: of Windsor. Pages of his late Majcsty. Apothecaries to His Sul ~luj:sty Stu Apothecsries to Ilia late %Only. • The Curate and Hector of Wine Gentlemen Uwe: tattatterly Waiters to • rage, If mama to Ilia, Grooms of the Privy Clianoter to sergeint Surgeta,• tits Nlttje Plirician• to II i• Majesty. t Phy!icians to has late Meilen) Household Clisoiti'm to liie lee Ni Clerks of the 1:19:et to Ilia Ni THE NATIONAL REGISTER. Eldest Son , Of llarquisses. {tenth'. Earls. Eldest Sons of Dukes. Ilerahl. Matqui-see. Herald. Duke:. e licrala. The Lord Privy Scat. The Lord President of the CounciL The Arehlriliop of York. The Lord Chancellor. The Archbishop of Canterbury. N o rroy King of Armq. Lords of his Bat chamber. Groom of the Stole Master of the Horse to hit Majesty. to his Majesty. THE ROYAL. CROW 4. Supporters ut . H A NOVER Supporter : A Gorton:in boroe.on a put c velvet en- A gentleman Usher. shion, by hl . COUniCT Ushet. King of Amts. 3d.Gentlernun THE I M PERI Al. CROWN. 24.Gentlesnn Usher, Daily of the United Kingdom. borne Usher. Daily Waiu:r to His on a purple velvet cushion. by Waiter to His Majesty. Clarencieux King ot Anus Majes,y. The Secretary of The Lord Steward of The Master of The Lord Stew • H H His Majesty's ousehold Majesty's ard. 'Household. A Gentleman ( The Lord Chamberlain of A Gentleman I His Majesty's llotimAtold. ) Usher. r. ft Se a •a" 7.• 71 71 ,9 3 a, a . • it y 1 3 r; g r g• 2 ,1 Almost immediately before the coffin. a most imen,ing edict was maimed by the array of national banners, carrm i by different noblemen. The Union limner was carried by Lord Grenville. I•tt. George's Banner by Lord Iloward of Effingham. thegrantl Royal Banner by Lord Hill. the Banner of St-inland by Lord Clinton, the banner of Ireland by (we believe) Lord litadfOrt. and the Banners of I lanover and Brunswick by two noblemen wlmite persons we could not distinguish. As soon as the coffin ;Treated round the corner of the tusk, the singers of 'the diffinent choirs. who were followed by the Deem of Windsor, struck up the solemn service of " I know that my Redeemer liveth." This beautiful anthem lasted till the corpse was carried into the chapel and placed on the tressels. Immediately after the cos I followed the Duke of Turk as chief mourner ; his Royal Highness bad the appearance of deep awl unaffieted sorrow. Next him went the Duke of Clarence. the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of 18mm:stet, and Prince Leopold. The tine manly aspect, of the latter. imbued as it is with sentiusneei and sufliving, oriole a gnat illlpM4llli on the spectators. As soon se the pro. cession was compktely arranged in the chard. the Dean of as,isted on this taxasion by the Arealoshop of Canter. bury, couitnenced the service. The Psalms were then chatinted by the fullest choir we ever heard, of the principal voices et' the Chapel Royal. of St. James's and St. George's; Mr. Kay vet presided a: the organ. and displaye d at once t he profound , t scierre and the finest taste; nothing could exceed the tit ecision, the delicacy. the maj•esty tit his execution. And be was worthily assisted, Messrs. Vaughan, W. Knyvett, .1, B. Sale, and Mar • shall, sang with a solemn sweetness that divestol the mind of al/ sublunary thoughts. and tilled it with pious musings. After Kent's anthem of " Bear my payer," the choir perfurivird that sublime piece. " I heard a voice learn Heaven." At the conclusion of the service. and previwis to the lust collect and Messing. the funeral moneni, composed by Ilaadel for Queen Caroline, was sung by the full band. (Inc !onion. in which the voices of boys alone were employed, 111V.aterpkw of delici ous. enchanting harmony. NV hen ens antt!em was finished. the Dean read the prayer which accompanies the lowering of the bony into the grave; and it is impossible to describe the *tilling awe of every bosom as the throwing of the dust rmounded from the royal cogia ; this I t awe was still heightened to t hose in the cha p el. town whose eyes the coffin had slowly and gradually disappeated. without Wads, as if it had been mysteriously wididatua by some super natural power. Sir Isaac Beard then read the titles of his late • Majesty, but in a voice less 6rm them usual. 'This tremulous ness was. however. the effect of grief rather than of age. The service being concluded. Mr. Knyvett played a solemn volumary, and the procession returned nearly in the aame order iV which it Rune. Thousands were afterward. admittesl into the elirpel. to see the coffin and its splendid paraphemalia, as it lay ia the tomb. Thus: ended the must awful and magnificeut cereoneiv which any British subject now living ever witnessed in this eouniry ; a ceremony, not meetly adorned with all those tip/endow= of grandeur whirls belong as a matter of course to all roved funerals, but rendered sublime by the voluntary and hearfelt . homage of countless thousands ofatfectionate subjects. wrier had thronged to the last obsespiles of their King. not from the idle curiosity of - song a grand exhibition, but to shed& LA tear over the grave 'eer and friend. t •?. I COFFIN, containing the ROY AL WWI. r • fit 11MM0........'' ..nn'i.""P 140 First Gendeman Gentleman Usher Daily Waiter Garter Principal King of U•lier of the to His Majesty. Arms. VILA Itotl. THE CHIEF MOURNER., Supporter: . _. . .. _ - A • SBENCtI P.l FERS. Supporter;. Peer. A Peer. in a long Black Cloak. his Train borne _ by two Poses. assisted by the Vice Chamber) :in of His Majesty's Household. -- Sixteen Peers. Assistants to the Chief Mourner. -- PRINCES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL. (OFFICIAL.) in long Week cloaks. the train of each borne by twoGentlesnen order Illouseholth of their respective Royal Highnesses. " PAWS, Fen. 15 — ' l ' l tin .—i-:_._tin day, the Chnneelth.r of lise Gluten of His Royal Ilighnein the Duke of York, as France, President of the Chamber of l'eers, with Coates Naomi of His bite Majesty. the Member' composing the Bureau, and all the Wow stay Bowe. Groom of the Stole Vire-Chamberlain to ladle Ms late Ma- to His late Majesty His bite Majesty on Peers of France present at this derv's sittino• and ~, • on die Wind- on the Windsor the Windage bar the great Deputation of' the Chamber of D...puties, tat • merit. Establishment. Uhlman. acconrpanied by a great number of other Members, Lords of Ills Majesty's Ilettelimnber. Groom of His late y. iteriehauber. were admitted to present Addresses to the King.— iris Lie Majesty% Teatimes. To which the King replied— , Equenies to Hie late Majesty. " I ant deeply alit-co-ft by the share which the C.liatni Gentlemen Pensioners with their Ayes 'everted.. • hers take in my just affliction. I see with . plcastir.tha- I Upon ilse arrival of the procestion at Sc. Geoetre's Chapel . the . !=l, b i me h e p e men , t h e uemp ,t, and & tens . filch e at ' it 15 di:110S. mi to concur in the accomplishment o f nu dse dour, views In this stionsentints t.iscontstance. Let it it .t Ire AS the entrance of the Chapel. the Royal Body was re- doubted. that a man in heart, and a King by duly, I shall Mind ti the Dean and Prehemlarle", attended by the elmirt take the measures necessary to Preserve the ti.ate hum who fell in immediately before Blanc Courtier King of Anna the dangers of which this day's crime but too lolly boobs the Crown of 1181110tf X awl the recession then moved . 1010.00 choir, where the Royal Body was placed ea a piss- apprises Mr:* teem. and the ' Crowns and Coshiom laid thereon. It is inspoesilde In insert all the additional particti- Ito Chid Maumee at all, • the it et the head et the laser furnished by these Papers. The following are meg:anti the supporters on either si de. Prince: of the Blood Royal were seatzd near the chief the smut important mourner. •• It was hall-pas. eleven o'clock, the Opera was swat Tbe loud Chamberlain of hi. Moiesty's Household took its close, the Dike de Berl ltad justrousi hande i his Duch r ti ss e Ids Plane at the feet of the etePte ; end th e auPPor supporter 01. titer° moo the carriage, and was WI g deve nil' le and of th e the°ll are ad t'thveeitth on cads ate of the hisser. At lila& moment the assassin malted forth, Royal Body. ionised M. Dr Vestifreinuoi, Aid-de-Camp to Isis Royal The part of the wax before the interment, and the anthem. b e i ng p er fomed, the Revd Body wan d e posited in the m att ilieliness, and graspittg the Preoce lineihly Wall ISIS telt and. the service concluded. Sir Isaac Heard. Garter. pro arts, passed his right twit his Kriyal Ilighoess's right roamed near the grave. the styles. of lii. bite ;poet sorted Me shoulder, and stabbed him below the right breast, jests , . of bleseed memory. I, tween the seventh and eighth rill, with a pointed two The procession from the entrance to the choir. within the chapel.. was daubed by she Grenadiers of tha Fait , Guar d s, evlgetl instrument, about seven or eight inches in leugm. every fourth man bearing a danthaw. THE CHAPEL. Al half mst 7 a detachment of the First or Grenadier Guards I • lie Wow was given with so much twee, that the whisk of the instrument entered the w d. The ('Bane lotteredomil exclaimed, " 1 am murdered." At that were marched into the middle of the aisle, and took their stand cry the I)ticliess of Berry soil Madame De Beam, on each side of the railed way, through which the general pro • rushed down fruni the carriage. It was mat lady w ilu ce,:ion was to poss. At eight o'clock their anus and standards first perc-ivesl that 'ale (lager remained, mill w ito ilrew were reversed. and every second man was supplied with a l a r g e , wax taper lighted. . A whole hour now elapse 1. it out. 'Poe blood * etliately giished in such alum ntatkal by a ny i neolent a sap, t h e ,ien,,, w,„l;ictihww:„4,,,,T, donee, that built sheeted the Ditches, cues cowered Wi ll, guns. At 9 o'clock a mournful Sourish of trumpets, but tinnily T wa rd in the aisle. announced that teed rocession hail b.gitn kr it. The Prince, who hail fainted, %Val Cargill! 111141 an nu b s g aportment, where list Duchess lavished th e move. In • fee niiituteb the van entered die aide. consisting of mus t a a ec tumate c ares N ino him. l t Was out till tut) t h e p o or Knights, tielowed by the Pages; and then. by slow u...:gree..i. die whole body moved forward in the order described in o'clock in the morning that he recovered the s eue o d f his se-ses. liis first words were—" My daughter n the the ceremonial. It is impossible to conceives more striking. a ... Both were sew b .: i . i more deeply impressive spectacle. titan toad which now presented Bishop of Antyclea. 1 , IF 11111111:411111e.y• it'd,. All that is distilguisbed in rank ore tation, judges. gene- lie rah. bishups, privy costirillors, peers, wer seen in silent march " Dear child thaytist thou lie ha spier than thy fath aeconucmytng Cl) Cie tomb the tswpse of a coi,llllf monarch , . Po Aoout tive o'clock me Kin; an stetl. The fir surds it lately the fountain of honoors, butt now a mere memento ill tae artilresseti to i UUUU hy the Prince %Ser., " Pe fir st t, Sof, hariity of lull earthly grandeur. In addition to the solemnity hear, scenic. ) to feel ilia the last grace 1 ask you' tie 81,y 1111 l rdtsrer's pardiiit.' I induce(' by this general ntloction, every ronally a particular grief as ar the loss of a friend s r fatt.er. l'he •King wept. " 'l'ilis is , not the time," replied his file anneal fitice if these ideas produced tuiether uch deep . .%l tiesty, "to speak or this, let us think of you. reverential sorrow, tl.at we are persuaded that tew persons coula About half-past five o'clock the efforts of uletliv•al have w hiles...l die wrens: of 1...5t n i g ht without bet.llllllllg lillne ':ill became evidently useless. The blood inun reasoning and seri.tus, if not wi.er and better beings: it was a snec, . a che to teach ecru " heedless rambling impulse boy to d w ated the lungs, and s u ff ocation came on ilt think." Among the ilistingid , iitsl persons of Opposition who rapidity. At hull-punt six the Prince expired, and ha I come ...) ;iv their hourvre to the memory of their venerable , Sovereign, were the Duke r7f 13.1.11., rd. Karl ilirey, the Elia ot the I% log, %elm alone of all the number la . the Royal I,4llth.iittk ; and it was gratifying to SO: that those who dithictl Family had been allowed to remain, performed the its all points .if vilifies, agretsl in one thiii,••—tli.sr all tile respect last 'rad office of cousin., his eyes with his own 11:11111. which individuals Lave it to their power to bestow shoold be paid , , el to Lava wilts Leta so tong adorned lord beautified the kingly Mike Ihe ass.assiti's name is l'ierra Joseph 14,111 , 41, by wits • mild wisdmie mid undeviating worth. As he pro profession a saddler, be laid been in the King's own slowly nerved along, we were able to obseive die several llukes who had been appointed to bear the pall ; sad. unless our eyes e . inploy . men! during the last three months, and was deceived us, we saw the Dukes or Wellington, Buccleugh, longed in tne great stables of the Castle. 11C had Newcastle, Dorset. Northumberland. and Athol. The canopy over the nffin was borne by Marquibse, among whom we per- never served as a soldier thoug h it is said he wen to Elba, and was at the liattle of Waterloo. Ele was ce ived the Marquises of Stafford, Buckingham, dialClailmonde• saw