The Statesman. — London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

ROUTE OF THE PROCESsIO.Y AT EMI MAJESTY'S FUNER.III. cooerrsron, WEDNESDAY XTODY, 12 O'CLOCK. The roods between Kelvedon and Colchester were Iled with small detached parties of men and women, !rho were ail anxious to secure a view of the melancholy, precession which was carrying the Queen of their tendons home to the ntausoletim of her paternal an- Wore. About Langeton the road is so peenliorly tfil, from its being cut *tbr‘tigli a small declivity, otat the ridoes on each side of it afforded as it were excellent galleries for the accommodatien of the nume eons spectators who hastened to reused them. On monnting the hill on which the town of Colchester is eitnated, we had a good opportuitity for b e holding the vast Multitude which was pouring out of it in all directions. We bad neither time nor inclination to give much notice to the general demeanour of the populace, as our attention was rivetted most' strongly to the grave and steady deportment of a body of kentlemen, who were marching with solemn step and slow" to meet the funeral.— rnceeding onwards to the town which they had left. I there found not only the streets quite filled, but the ii r oueetops and windows quite crammed with specta tors, who, as we were informed, were mostly strangers o Colchester, and were drawn to it by the strong feel er; of regret which prevails in the surrounding cow,- ev for the untimely fate of oppressed Malesty. On the procession entering this town, it presented itself in a . twee interesting point of view than any in which we had previously seen it. The crowds which surrounded it were immesise, but were marshalled in such admi rable order and influenced by such a spirit, that not the slightest confusion appeared aniono them. There was it grovity of demeanour observable in all, hitthly eratifyino to the friends of her Majesty, highly appro i nriate to the solemnity oldie orc.:sion, and Moldy me ; rltorione in thoee who displayed it. We say nothing iat present of the strength of feeling displayed by the femole part of the population in the different houses of these town, as that has bec ome so common a spectacle to ns, that we only think it extraordinary where we do not witnees it. The procession moved on to the bottom of 11nd-street, and to the (Telling of Mead-st., :at a foot pare, headed by a stroll advanced Foetal of qlse dth Dragoons, with. swords sheathed, and with i earbines in their hand e . At a short distance aftoe s*arls followed a squadron, preceded by the bugles of l the two trim:)e employed on this occasion -. then mine the hand of Gentlemen mourners, to whom we have previonely alluded, hentled by the Rev. Mr. frank, o Sudbury, a cleroyman of the Church of Enoland, in hill canonicals, and •feveral other persons of the first eoneequenee in this neihbonrhoed. Their numbers were now increised to more than three hundred and 1 fifty persons, all in black, and linked arm in arm with ' each other, in rows of four :end five earl,. They were followed by about IPP oen:lemen on horseback, who hail attended the procession for sotne n iles. Then cume another sipatleon of the ilraonons, and then the remainder of the pones .ion, in the same order which gee before li id moo .:ion to describe. On turning into the high-street the lotg4ea of the regiment began play ing the Dead Maroli in Sanl, and continued to play it till tile hearse or.; rol at the There Cups in, where it was intended to remain till all was ready for anotloo• advance. A body of dismounted Dra. ;noes stationed by one of the public buildings prevented arms to the coin as it pissed them. — As soon as the body of gentlemen mourners had arrived in the Ili ohooreet, and had taken what is technically called t h eir °Tonto!, they wheeled off into two distinct holies to the ritrht and left, and thus one of them formed one side, a nil the other another side, of the living accrue, through which the Royal cortege was to pass. The procession then moved quietly on dircuoh them until it reached the Three Cups, where refreshments were understood to he provided for the ilirereet members '.l her late Majesty's household, — The bells of the tEfferent parish churches were tolling during all this, :1%1 every shop in the town was most completely closed. The hearse remained in the street. The order teas ,given by Mr. Bailey, the director of the funeral. that the procession, after about three honrs res', wts to art ont for Harwich at eight o'clock, and a relief of the -Ith Licht Dragoons was in readi ness to r-tort it. A r epresentation was made to him. that the :.a., , i,iity with which the procession was ad earehm se as f e lt o s a seriona inconvenience,and that not . only for the ottoervation of due decorum, but for the neecssory refreshment of the friends of her late Ma jesty rho attended tier remaills, the delay of a night was d e sivoble. To Bite the forester force to this applica tion, Dr. Lushington proilneed a letter front the Earl o f love pool. in which his Lordship mentioned to the Leartied Doctor, that if it was called for by the conve nience of :lee parties, the procession might be two nigh's or. the road, a' he hail no wish to hurry it on bevord such convenience. On this Mr. Bailey re plied, that lie hail in his pocket a King's order to reach Harwich the second night. l'his order Dr. Lualsierton reqiiested bins to produce, when the former hooded him a paper containing the arrangements of the pros: ssioit. hut without a eignatine. When this defect was a mmo:iced, lie replied, that the want of a signature was of no consequence in his eyes, as he keew who wrote the r ap ..r. and that on Isis responsi bility the procession should move at eight o'clock. The Queeti's household and executors, •there fore, were prepared for their departure after snatelairg a hasty meal, when Mr. Bailey en tered, and said that if they preferred staring at Colchester for the night, lie had no particular objec tions. To this proposal they of course assented : and after horses were pat to one of the mooning carriages, the order tor an immediate departure to Harwich was countermanded, and a night's repose granted to the fa tigued and harassed party. Tboage the royal remains had stood in the street dnrisgthe time of refreshment, it MU thought too indecent that they should be there kept during the night. Accordingly, preparations were made for removing them to St. Peter's church, the chief 'rhinch, we believe, of the town. 'The hearse was there fore ahout nine o'clock drawn up the iligh-street, es ,corted by a fresh detachment.of the 4th Light Dra goons, and attended by her late Majesty's household. The pulpit bad previously been hieing with black, and Orparations had been made beside the altar for receir is* the coon, which was taken from the hearse and there - *posited whet. it was lea under. the care of the bear Ales, and a guard of dragoon ; h ind this measure led to as singular an altercation *N:perhaps. ev e r was re corded. We meat here -mention a circumstance as ,esanected with it, whichefwe believe, has nut bees liebdi public before. So brtetit were the ertjers for .Is . • I - . . the immediate removal of her Majesty's ream Brand:.nbargli-honse, that they were sent swain la , %e inscription plata, ordered by the Heral.;ll i;cifiet was vii• on the coffin. It appears that sonic time after the e , ffin was deposited in the church , as nbsie si. c scril.eit, Mr. Themaii,ef the Lord Chamberlaiii i i oto repaired thither, attended by some of the undertakars' `men, to put on the official plate; when, to tlivir amy l o astonishment, they fiend that a plate , inscr ibed " Toi, the Alm ors of Caroline of Preenswick, the injuied l i Queen or F.tiglanii," (agreeably to the in4tretetions inl her late Majesty's will). was firmly screwed upon the lid of the coffin. Mr. Thomas was very angry at this, circumstance, and ordered the people to take -off this, obnoxious inscription ; hat Dr. I.nshington, Mr. Wilde,! and some others of her Majesty's friends, were at hand, and resisted the execntion ef t his order. Mel plate, he said, was engraved with the words prescribed by her Majesty; it hail, in obedience to her last will and testainent, been affixed to her coffin by authority of her executors, and whoever removed it would re move it at their peril. Mr. T. now waren!-.- ap;.ealed to the Clergyman ; observing, that the loyal coffin had been placed under his care, and he ought not to have suffered any person to meddle with it ; he, there fore was responsible, and onght to have the plate re moved instansl3:. Tice Clergyman replied that it was a dispute with which he had nothing to do—he had merely grantee' she use of die church as a fit depository for the Royal corpse, end ho was surprised that the sanctity of the place should be violated by settle a strange contentior. Mr. Thomas was still peremptory —the body, he said, was in custody of the tionerument,, and lie, as the antleurized agent of Uuvernwent, in- 1 'isled that the plate, " surreptiously placed" on the coffin, should he token away, and the "proper one" snlestituteel in its room. Dr. Lessleingtou, in reply. observed that Mr. Thomas had frequently s*police tie Iris loping attlli9rix4 to act in this lossiness, anti he i now called up in hilt to produce his patent of untlio. l rite. if lie had anyl - tneh document. Mr. Thomas hap pened not to have any written instruction about him, and replied with considerable warmth : the le•areedi Doctor retorted with equal warmth ; several other persons, on each sitle, joined in the disport. The aisles of the sacred edifice were crowded with people, ) who clamorously took part in the dispute. The ClerH gyrnan remonstrated agaietst the conduct of bath par-I ties, but he remonstated in vain—and, eventually, the Mayor of the town called in the assistance of the mi litary, and the church was cleared. We understand that - his Worship the Mayor afterwards took noon him self the responsibility of removing the plate to-Jere:el by the will of her Majesty, and eulistitetting in lieu 01 it the one prepared by the Herald,' College, a copy of which appeared in this paper some days ago. Ile' this as it may, the latter only, appearea upon the colli i !when it was replaced iii the hearse yesterday morning, din order to its proceeding on its way. HARWICH. 'MCPIin:IT. ARRIVAL OF TTIE FUNERII. PRoCgsgloN. EN1111111:vfloN of that LATE 31.1.1EsTY's REMAIN s. At half-past eleven the procession arrived in this • lace. I t was met on the otstaisistoWsetswo *- toe!' me n t of the Stith, of about 150 men, with a stand of colours, and banal. The calm als of well-dressed peo ple in mom sting who were o aiting - on the slapes of the fort, and on the edges of the tool, certainly expected a procession of a very tiiderent hind from that which wound down the hill into the town, after the assur• once given by Lord Liverpool to Lady Hood, that the funeral should be conducted with decency, order, anal in a becoming manner. The procession as it entered Har wich was literally flit'll as is now mentioned. A small ad vanced guard of cavalry preceded t Mr. Chine:salmi, the undertalser, headed: ten until-rte.:crs on horseback, in pairs, followed their lead..r. Three mourning coaches and six, one of which contained the directors of this c remony, Mr. Bailey and Mr. Thomas; the two othe containing the servants of the Queen's household, came next. About 'l,:a cavalry, lila Dragoonr, followed. Then came her 3lajesty 's own carriage. drawn by a bay horses, containing Sir t;eorge Sayler, with the cushion and crown. Then follow ed the hearse. drawn by eight black hors•ts. No phones on the horses—a few paltry I feathers on the hearse. No plateau s of p luuir ‘ carried, las is the case at al It all respecialde funerals. The royal arms were still left upon the hearse, but all the escutcheons, if there ever l.ad hewn any, were removed from the horses. No attendance of heralds or marshal's len. Two undertaker's men on foot graced this part of the procession, and the same number of cavalry as hall pre ceded the Queett'searriage followed the body. Nine nmonrn ing containin. , Lord and Lady flood, Lady A. Hamilton, and those of her ,alajesty's family enuissera in former accounts, were next seen : one appeared contain undertaker's men, and another nothinthut Is gage. The wretched appearance of the carriages,of the 'horses, of the drivers, and of the trappings. surprised every spectator. Then followed the private carriage of Mr. Brougham, containing Mr. Brougham and Sir Robert Wilson. Near this carriage were remarked Mr. flume and 3:r. Hol:oust% who load attended the funeral from London. A mourning coach awl six succeeded, apparently empty. Then came Loral Hood's private carriage and lulu. Lady Percoval's (the wife of Lord Perceval) carriage and pair came next. The carriage of Mr. Saville, of Colchester, with that gentleman and another in it. Dr. Loshington's empty carriage. The Rev. Mr. Fonnereans's family, of Christ church Park, Ipswich. in an open baroutis and four. An empty gig. These equipages, brought op by another detachment of dragoons, closed the " tictsoattxu" funeral of the Queen of England, the wife, as the new inscription says, of the most potent Monur..h George the Fourth !! Rut if the reader be astonished at the foregoing details, bow will be be surprised at what, according to some accounts, es. seed? The executors, suite, and friends of her late Ma jesty, were kept in entire ignorance of the intention of Government as to the embarkation, either as to time or place. The ladies who bad get into the carriage lotions six o'clock, knew not whether they were to proceed on board immediately, or stay behind for reireshatest. The procession, as before described, marched into the tetra. The dragoon:Lin-es-Wing played the Deed AfereA in Said on their _trumpets. The initodry,with arms reversed took up the tune, going Ware the cavalry. The if fantry bad one stand ofteoluis I the cavalry. in shit two standards. The kori ttl4h. preceeeloa arrived the jetty kefocol4,l Beet the efeecetere, waive New what wins to take plate. flit too 90 and formed a side. Mr n 1 it the is to be in n anthori- andlifirign men diansonn time, appeared that the b the onl Dir. • As to D e c neviche)jetty. This genth•man, the ,errs; tiai on fi ' 6 Of. leer gel remission of a deputy to follow the Royal holy as' remission ee/411 was carried, down the jetty ; and permission ill's graciously granted after some delay ; and the favour was extended to Mr. Hobliouse and to Mr. flume, who! I alma by him. The Soldiers and constables kept back the! elbow& All the latter part of the procession, except the fbseau's coach, and the hearse, were necessarily far behind the Queen's coach now drew up, and Sir G. Neyler Mid. his companion got out. The crown err' ensimion were previously banded out to an undertaker's man Alto stood alone without a single attendant in front. he hearse drew up next, and his ten undertakers, dragged the royal coffin from the earriaoe. They raised it on their shoulders, and moved off, preceded only by Mr. Cltittenden, withont waiting a single in stant, down the jetty, without a single attendant of any description—either military officer—or civil func tionary ! and without either pall or plumes. The hotly and the undertakers hail advanced (nil MI yards, and were on the edge of the outer jetty before Lord Hood could get front his carriage, and hurry after the !coffin. The next carriage, containing Lady Hood and Lady A. Hamilton, was opened in haste, when Mr. Mine and Mr. llobheuse came hack from their position on the edge of the jetty, where they stood with \lr. Wilde. Mr. liume gave his arm to Lade Hood, Mr. llohlmouse, to Lally Anne Hamilton, and followed Lord Hood. The body still WAS carried forward. liv this precipitation neither Dr. Lushington nor 34. 1 Brougham, nor any of those more immediately con nected with her Majesty, could join the body until this v;tpalled coffin was slipped off the mind( rtalters' shoulders upon the slings and smiler the cram., that in a minute or two swung it from the shore. Be it re collected, that this part of the ceremony, as far as re garded England. Ives in fact the funeral of her Ma j. sty. Not even Mr. Wiiiiam Austin, the residuary legatee, could come np to be a mourner in the roces sion of fire ! Mr. Broneham, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Alderman Wood, Sir It. Wilson (who had travelled ) post from Paris on purpose to attend,) not one of these gentlemen, nor any of the suite, could come up ex cept just in time to see the slings wound round thel coffin. It was at this moment, that in the faces of all the ladies and gentlemen above uteutitokell, the deepest grief was depicted. Not a person refrained from shed ding tears. Some naval officers, who hail taken their eation previously on the jetty, seemed much af fected. The band which had preceded the coffin, played the dead march. This w.ts the only trilatte of lormage which distinguished the ceremony.-- Ihe barge of the Glasgow frigate, bearing the half hoisted standard of Eng!and, with its Commander, Captain Doyle, bad been drawn under the point of the jetty, and six other men of war's boos attended on' the outside ready to tow it off. A few minutes heftier twelve, the body wits raised by the crane. At that qtrittalkevirignatsl fort (red *sliest minute gun. The coffin was lowered into the Glasgow's barge. A loud sllrielc announced that a female bad fainted in one of the many boats that surrounded the point of the jetty crowded with spectators; and the most painful an xiety and death-like appearance prevailed amongst those who, from all the surrounding points, as well as the vessels, were able to witness the last melan choly scene. A period of deeper interest, mingled with disgust, never occurred in any civilized ceremony in any age or country. The cogin was in the barge , and Sir George Nayler, Mr. Chittentlen, Mr. Bailey, and Sir. Thomas, now carried ti.e crown and cushioo into the barge, and placed them on the head of the coffin and these gentlemen were time only persons who were al lowed to accompany the Queen's remains from the shore. The barge was gimiekly towed off entrounded by the men of war's boats to the Pivarer schooner, a vessel employed in time preventive service, which instantly hoisted the royal standard. and made sail out of the har bour to join time Glasgow frigate, which lay two miles east of Landgmtard foil. As soon as Lord 'Hood rouhi recover from the agitation of the melancholy scene, hie attention was directed to his own situation and to that of Its wife, anti of Lady Anne Hamilton, and the other* of her late 'Majesty's isoeselt; hi. Up to this period no one had communicated to Lord :foal when or how hr was to attend the revel corpse. Mr. John Calvert, umemeber et Parliament for linutingdoe, wita had made his appear ant:e for the first time this 'writing, and who was un derstood to have full powers from Government to attend and direct the remainder of the proceedings, was ob served upon the jetty. land Hood turned to this gen tleman, and asked if he knew in what manner he and her late Majesty's household were to proceed from Stroh to Brunswick, and afterwards return to England. Mr. Calvert said he knew nothing of the matter ; but after a while Capt. White communicated an order fr'.n the) Admiralty, which satisfied his Lordship that a ship 'till lie really to bring him back. It might have been exeectetl that boats would have been prepared to take him at the time. A short time kftervta it s his LOrdship and Ms Lady; Lady Ann Hamilton, Dr. aral Mrs. Lsshiegton, Coattt Vassali, and young Austin, embarked on beard the boats of one of the schooner's in time offing. and twine .liately proceeded to the vessel which had been pre- I pared for their reception, and whieb, a few minutes after they had reached it, hoisted its sails and left the harbour to join the rest of the squadron. The situation in which we were when the coffin was lowered into the boat prepared for it, enabled us to observe that the friction occasioned by the indecent ra pidity with which it was hurried along . the road, bad not only torn asunder, but had absolutely torn tiff the bottom of it the crimson velvet which was placed there for the purpose of ornament. On the crown being! ! °were.' Into the boat, It immediately proceeded to the Pieneer schooner, and was followed at a short distance I I by numbers of the boats which had previously beenl stationed armsful the Jetty, and of which several had arrived from the Willtiosuaring ports, especially fps.' wick, fi lled with ripepentoble lestivkluals. The cella, the beat's resibitirtimt• schemer, was -hoisted on A, and reeeiveviley. a - patty of marines with anus creed, Tic Avows. and -cushion Immediately [owed, and Art* wow Male . show of decency.' yacht brim At ludy w. a safe on deck, the sailors' te beellyneeployeti in tiefoyilse •the sans, awl At s than .40,:shbatillin the hoot wa nyder sett to ib5AV1111000.441011.01.19.6 surf go ;enrd _ __ . _ stantl Corpse over to I iermany. a lt was ft. loatA 1 1 , if a t the whole of,the way out tp sea by a body ofmnsic a. we were info:red, froq( Ipswich, ii Pull, funeral marches, *the mellldy of elicit, s!dtraml • t, wan by being heard over the water, inspired a grao melancholy, not inappropriate to the solemnity of th scene. All the vessels in the roads had their • • • hoisted half mast high. We understand that Mr. Brougham And All 4 ' Wood proceed, the first I I Deter, the lattift by ' ' etsluys, to attend the funeral in Brunswick. • HA:lwpm, HALF PAST POUR o ' CLOpit, P. 111,. The schosner is approaching the 01$ the Queen's honschold have just reached the , kilted to receive them ; the other ships • ' funeral squadron have weighed anchor, and are eecding t e juin the Glasgow ; the mourning are removing from the shore; the dragoons and try have proceeded to their quarters; the friends her Majesty are coming to the beach to snatch a • view of the ship that conveys her away f• oua-the of her sufferings: the wind is favourable fur liedomut and the lessening sail wi,l soon disappear. The s carriage of her Majesty has been taken to the Three Cups, and crowds of people both flout the town country hare pressed to see it. In c!osing the account of her Majesty's funeral, we cannot help agaiu recurring to the deep and genera) feeling which the sight of the procession erelted the whole way through which it passed. l k • between London and Harwich during the day, a • a pert of the ni;lit (for such was the Government e • • pedition in this usually slow and solemn pro. ending tits they hurried it forward tile whole of one night,) wee lined pith iyectators; the hedge-rows were frequently peoplrtl ; they had even climbed trees ; the nrindows and even tops of the houses in, the towas and villas were eror.••:eil, and this immense mass seemed have only one common feeling, which nearly , in ittifested by a voluntary mourning -dress, and by tears which they could not restrall. ire only that those who have been 6,nying the general hhearre l Mj i t r y u , v „ had a n l t i . l s i , ll ed dlll a ira s t c il e n t l ie e h r i t el i t in w ed ou fu lt r l calamities. Alitity families of respectability had e f ro m a distance iu tit& own carria.res, and drawn up on the road in decent mourning, mere to a melat.cholv ditty to the remains of theltltees, than to witness the sorry spectacle of a miaistatial funeral. ° The bands of 'fawners from the towns wen markable f the order with ‘ehicli they condo their proersPious, the numbers they contained, the strong feelings of veneration and regret which evinced. num ITATI'D AT LONDON-BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning $ min. idler 3.—Evening /9 In. after 3. PRICE OF STOCKS TIIIS DAY AT ONE tCCLOCI... ;lank Stock India Stock 2331 4 S per Cent. Red 77 GI Ditto Bonds —6. lkki 4.ps Iprr Ceut.c. , n 761:11 South-Sea Steel' 31 per Cent. S7l South Bei Old Amt. I. per Coma. lkSi 8 Eig SiWild. at. Gr. 4e. pa. 3 p..r et. Navy tie Si °animator Money pis 3 per Cont. Boot for Aoooost Long Ann [sera* ditto Imp. S per Cont. 78 31 Con. for Acrt 7611 I rikk i per Cilia. Lott. Tickets -..W.. 113111101MINNISIONOM"."111/ININIMInaildgiall Tbe gtattiOnan. Tut BRITISIS STATESMAN " IS INCORPORATED Will STATESMAN." bONDON: rattoir EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1821. —+— The remains of our beloved and injured Queen mew remove , ' from the shores of that country to whielt, Itt the bright and sprightly days of youth slsehadcem, lexpecting to be the partner of the T hrone ; the y a ir c usoved, under circums•ances as afflicting as emit ef her life, to seek repose among the ashes of her fathers. In our other columns will be fountla detail of the affecting incidents that befel the fun eral throu g h. lout the remainder of its route; in the following letter 'front an intelligent and faithful correspolttlent, a state. went of the circumstances which atten d e d it on its ar• rival at the place ()fits taltimee destination in England: (eel van.: cone es eon DEN cc.) IIARIVItiI, THURSD.IY NIORNING. I hare this morning seen a paper, for the first time. since I left London; it was the STATIteaIAN of Tuesday and Wednesday. .1 find that you gave a pretty correct account, as far as I teitnessed the transactions, of memorable day, (Tuesday). I left Colchester on Wed •lay evening, at six o'clock. The funeral was then j entering Colchester. The roads from this place were thronged a ith pedestrians and light carriages ; pe flocking in from the adjacent parts. Just before I lea Colchester, a hearse, drawn by four horses (post), s and changed horses at the Cups; this hearse costaieeti the requisite apparatus for hanging the diarrhea — black, &r. wherever th e cor p se mi g ht stop : We by chance the two boys, that drove, bad scarlet jackals ea blue facing/. Dimly supposed that this carriage cote tained the corpse , and great numbers surrounded Ott hearse, but as it soon drove off the people facena ; ‘sere wrong. From Colchester to blitchi.y, ten mile, wa g .topped at least IN times, and eaquirod of by nen one, " are they coming r I infernal tba groups, as I passed, that the cavalcade mufti oat .. Colchester till right o'c l o ck in the evening, mai moll not possibly arrive at Harwich before three eels& 16 the morning. At the different cross roads I heel gull i ' tlemeu's carriage', c h aises, horsemen, and people drawn up in great numbers; many bad provisions with theca. and from their appeerasee. have come many saes. Every person bad put on . thing befitting the occasion, but the majority area li deep moaning. This was the general appearssee t 1 I 11 4 'wbole road to Harwich. When I came to Dover CAA two miles from Harwich, I rollout the undertaken hs ing the church with black, for the purpose of rereiejoi the body of her Majesty, as It was inten.leil it shoal halt there dttritig the night; for, at Norwich, the AI church bas been palled down mad a Imodatose orr is building. Mine service is now performed ia k' melte!, at the barracks. Wien I marks& Haruki". 1 all annety as to sit bat time the asor. " -'`