The British Press; or, Morning Literary Advertiser. — London, England, 1806-01-10 00:00:00

I I ,ve.7 bet. • —,.. 4 ,........... • I.olth IaEL.sON'S FUSEILII... The funernl ttf this lamented hero took place yesterday, and diplayed a Jego e of splendour tin man.pled in the histoty of this country. During the whole of IVednesd iy night, carpenters were em ployed in erefting sceffolds and seats in the several streets throne+ which the procession was to lIANS, and the workmen wire occupied in laying dawn the gravel, and preventing tire intresien of car riages and horsemen. From the Admiralty to St. Paul's, every thing was noise and hustle; the men worked by candle and flambeau light dosing the whole night, and such was the anxiety to see this highly interesting ceremony, many persons had taken their scats long before day-light. • Carts, cars, waggons, etc. were placed at the ki openings of the sever a l streets i nto t h e li ne of the 1.; procession, so Coat none bat pedestrians could pos sibly intrude upon the cavalcade. IA The streets beg, in to fill at six o'clock; and, while 1 it was still dark, hundreds more than even wbat is usual in mid--day, were assembled; and the town was literally illuminated, by the thousands prepar ing for the speClacle, at so early an hour. A little after six o'clock, the drnms and fil s of she several regiments of vo!unteers belonging to London and Westminster, beat to arms, and a very full mnstir took place by eight n'cleck, nn ti:it respeEtive pa rade ground:, from whence they marched to keep the line allotted to each regiment, during the preces sion ; and, be ore nine, the whole lane, from the Ad miralty to So Patel's, was completely formed ; the infantry in close double files, at each side the streets, , and the cavalry guarding the various pares into the leading &tree ts, and clearing. the populace, who were asscreLled in thousands about the Admiralty. The Loyal Westminster, the Royal Westminster, the Queen's, and the Prince of NVales's regiments, took l/aeir station nearest to the Admiralty, whi t e o ,he St. Nlasgret's and St. John's, the Bloomsbury, and the King's Inns Association, the Loyal North Brltons, headed by their Colonel, His Ro al Higgs . . ne.s the Duke of Sussex, and ail the other orps of -Westminster and hlidellesex, lined the apace from theoce to Temple Bar. The line to Temple Bet was thence formed by the Last India Compaay '5 reeimenr, and a party of the East London Nblitia, Met the Bar, and all the other City regiments fill ing .he remaining p Ice from thence to St. Paul's ; 'the whole composing the most regular, b '4UtifUl, and military line ever witnessed in this mtoropelie. All th• enecOol, petty. and other constables, and all the Ptelice Odizers of every deseription, belonging to London, Westminster, and Midolevee, wile en duty, and stationed at the avenues leading to the Strand, Fleet -street, &c. By these mi n t Judicious arrangements, the centre of these streets were kept qnite clear ; the greatest regularity and decorum etevail-1, arra every possible dims* and confu sion. which midst otherwise ensue, eißctualll Pre vented. It wntild be impossible to describe, in adequate terms, the multitude of per sons who crowded from all quar.ers of town and cruntry to witness this in. terasting spectacle. Every place that offered a possi bility, or a chance of axing the least part of it, was essoweled. Fr m the shop windows, to the roofs of the loise., • Ivey .pace was occupied ; the steeples and sp-res el the churches were filled, and even the top of the Opera House, in the Haymarket, was /. eOll 7 rid en iiiiii - stss were given ev e n f or stairdiug in a tire, itoti lending street, for a few moments. St. James's Park exhibited a most beautiful and inte resting scene. By nine o'clock, the several re giments which had signalized themselves in Egypt under Mr - brave and lamented Gen. Sir Ralph Aber crinel, were drawn out upon the parade ground of Coe; toads, in Ilse rear of the Horse Guards, extend ing neer half way round the Park, to right and left. The toot were there formed in Companies, aid the Cavalry in troops ; the flamer consisting of the :Oh, or Old Buff's, the '2J, or Gordon High lantier s, and doe ;fhb, another Highland regiment; the lave r consisted of the 14th, or Queen's Light Dragoon., the 10th, or Prince of Wales's, and the whole regiment of Scotch Greys. A detachment of the East London Militia also formed a part of this force, anti a large Park of flying artillery. The Officers of the several regiments wearing crape sashes and sword knots, with crape round their i hats and arms ; the difFerent colours and standards tied with bunches of black crape, the drums mnfßed with black cloth, and the instru ment; belonging to the respective bands also tied sell ) hunches of crape, giving the whole a .very solemn and grand appearance. This fir* body or 'cc .4” was chiefly commanded by General Sir K .leer Dundas ; but Their Royal Highnesses the 1 Dukes of York and Cumberland, with their respec- i tire snits, rode constantly backwards; and forwards from HI-de Park to the Hesse Guards, giving ge. i rural orders for arranging the Funeral. '1 he mul- i litude havios pa.sed to the streets through which i , • -,~. . •.~.-: it was io p..-s ir, i, the Park was not near so crowded as it otherwise wonid have been, though merle persons had taken the. station, before dee-Fght. in the trees ano on the seats, persuaded that it was to go through the Park, and the PeLice. down Pall-Mall. A short time before eleven o'clock, rive cetriages, which had treen previously m irshalled in Hyde Park, consist ing of I 5) proceed: if to the torn. (re' cards; :on .1 . immediately atter the grand Procession commenceii, the ahoee men:nine i regiments marching in front, in suhdivisiens, in the following order : The Mar s:l4l's men cleating the way ; detachments of the 92d, 79 and Old Buffs toll-reed ; then a part ol the 9ti.11, the 79th„ and Ittiff's, nit a Jerez' 'rein of the Eest Loedisn Militia, all with colours flying ant theie heads playine solerne week. files 011 7 lowed the 14th Ligist !/rAgeoes. the lOth Scotch Creeys ; after those the reel:tinder 'l' ;r2d 191!), followed be the whole Patk of Flvine Ar tillere. The Precesssind• then proceeded in the same order we have given in our paper of Nes day. •flie order of Proce(sion was accurately detailed in TH.; B. :SU bb, •bi Tuesday last. The mile it y wet e, of cote se, r ()Bowed by the carriages of the no bility, gentry, e ti friends of the deceas id, conclud ing with the carriage of His lloyAl lightness the Prince of Wales. As the carriage of His Rnyel Highness came along-side *any grolpe rpn lace, they cried nut, Hats r?)"' Hart i!,6lAnd - eteicodi untoveted until he had passed. 'foe Preession set out from the Admiralty at I t e' r elieki 'fold was exactly two when Elio ReorAl Iligloress reach ed Temple Bar. Here there was a Inort...pan in the procession, for the ;impose of all 'wing fur the carriages :J dc.,w Up it S:. P i lo '4, and company to aeg!tt, befere the •tlival of the he,y r yi Between the passage of the Prince's carriage mai the attic:id of the funeral car, with the .1/ Temple Bar, there was an inks') A. of abet. nukes. As the car advanced, it very wee:r tee duce,' a great hematite'. Pie apiPoce rose ed, and every spenator vetoed it ssii. sleep egt et. It was arrarg-d upon an imooiveo plan, a'dmirably adapte I tar effei. giccreaVir't ty the original plan, • erao w e ir tg pare r, covered with a black vele t pal, with tout b seated upon the four This errangierwere was rejected. The Crown a' id Cushion wet. carried in a coach )rnmetelietely Ihecedimc the funeral cat. The Pall v hid at the side of Coe coffin, and the tour CifEr. . I were tfspoire'd with. That., the beautiful or-An:entail colfitiesess e entirely exposed 'o the eve -f the admiring soul- • ritude. The pride thus ~vowed to be telt In the hi airy of :he ornaments, anti the anticipation tif toe pleasure which the display of it mould pi reduce, were highly complimentary to the taste and talents of the u ofertaker, and crifiis-plate maker, in the Strand, who executed the work. Never was a d.ty more Cayce:l-Able for the display of this spletolLebj.et. The sun sh .e with e.: brightness (r 1 a sumine's moin. The laurel leaves reund the roof of tee canopy glittered in the sun beams, and shook, as if moved by the wind. The gate-. of fern le Seel were closed in the morning, as tisuet upon such ec c.tsions ; and the usual ceremony ) t requesting ad mission, and opening them with the cre'sent of the Lord Mayor of London, was ob•erved. Here the civic mernhers, who bad toren weiting nn the inside, fell into the Procession: The Lnrd Mayor • was mounted upon a heautitu grey chareer, he longing to that Doke of York. He held the civic sword in his right hand. His horse w s led by two grooms, on foot, holding the rein• on eseh side of his bead ; anti two of his Lord. ship's servants walked at each side or the heir se's quarter. tie took his plaee, in the procession, imme mediAtely before the Royal Dukes, prtcoded by the Aldermen, in their red gowns, Ice. At half-past one, exedlly, the first of the Mar ' steal's men entered the west gate of the Church-yard of St. Peel's, and proceeded slowly on to the steps which lead up to the west door of the Cathedral ; and the procession, for some time, had a very strik ing effed ; but as soon as Rouge Dragon, Pursui vitro at Arms, and the banners, had 'tressed on, it became somewhat broken, as the several persons who followed were oblieed to proceed forward, singly, as they Act out of their respeniee carriages ; the weather being too cold to permit them to wait to firm any thistle like a conneeled procession from the gate to the church door. As soon, however, as His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales Lad passed Intg • the church, and the great banner wa. seen from the west gate. A s'etnal was made to those in waiting with the canoe v, which WAS to be placed over the coffin, on its Ewing taken from the car ;• it was carried down from the church to the west gate, attended by two clergymen, who waited there with it till the car drove up to the gate. The instant it made its appearance to those who were in the clinich-yard, see k never witnessed a more 1 , r•r - ~ _ , . .ud.+Yri, •.',• aw• - sil, , a .ei.,utettil ; . ; liaasair‘ than immediately sue, ceded agnotig the people . That let's] bus wain, had for many hours prevailed , among the primal re .., w to stood wedged in, SO that any one might wane upon their heads, became sud denly hulled, and almost a :lead silmcr took place, as if every one !aid said to lurnsell at the same inn nient—" Here's a g;g•!t th.tt steals away our breath." A cons-id.raole p iese, or stop, of need) half an hour, thee took elace, while they we., taking the b'dy . horn the car, Covering 1/ c:tfin with the pall, and ti,tiets the canopy nit th. bier• en which the cralin was placed. in ot der to Ist arre .1 ieto the ch treh l'he campy WAS VP? y : m i_,,eficent —black velve t very r i c a i y , an , }, at tfi,.- sils• rime, elegantly testrioit,d with gold lace a. fringe. As soon as the coffin and eaeops wet fixed on tht rater, the ProceL :ion , segan to mnv slowly forward towards the Church door. l'll. cot airs of the ria*el had been a the Church-yarn near a . hour before the arrivarot the body, a. 44 .v • e de'elined there till it came, and now formed ,the en n nencernest of the Processio . ,it was closed ay a banner, bearing a figure of B;4temeia. weeping for the loss of her departed Hero. 11. el whale moved slowly and solemnly up the atnist a ;.! and 'while any part of it was in nght, the sanne'af- i r -n eig silent:: prey ti1..1 ameng the 4nltitune,i sil the last banner had. eintireil I tbq Cjiiirp. door. Upon entering St. Pat:Pc, the preparation.ap-i ;eared to the • ye of the speator, upen the grandetal scale. Mr. Wyatt, the architee r and Ms workmen: Inierbeen employed in the Cathedral the s'lsole s.f Welfn '.day tile, and had every thing cemplete, at sneak', hotly yesterday 'griming. .: • . " . flie galleiiei, 'which' were raised at Each tide of . . . the great aide, lea ding from. the wratern Rite, C0fl• ..tin..ii several Menthes, rising one *both another. ll !der .he dome, the benches Wereconstrueed in a c' nilhr form, :led were more than double the num ii-e ,f those in the aisle. The four rows nett the op 11;ng of the yank, were divided in to as many comfiarnments.with distinct entrances. Those to t 1 Seurat side of the Cathedral, were ...et aoart ; one .sr "Fs Royal Highness the Price of Wales, ani 'at Real "hikes Ansi their Suites, and the other for t'l'• IforeiT , Ambassadors. 'rhos , : to the . North ..sere p rtu,s‘ ', one by t h e Lord Mayor :tad Alder men, an . the ether by the different Ladies of dis t; ctin-, wen were peseta. It was, apprehended that aecess to the Cathedral would be extremely dif %Mt, id cons4que.:ce of the great crowds of pm palace :IA leilitary in the streets. The company, yii!: tic.sets, began to assem:ile before seven ~ 'crock in the morning. The North and South doors were estrernely easy of access, tll . the 7reces,;er began to com e in view. The company colioued to enter the Cathedral tall te:elve Oslosek, and among them were many who had devnted the early part of the day to a vlov of the seee.tele in the streets. Upwards of 5,000 tickets were issued for the different galleries, b. sides those for the Corpor stints of London and other public.bodies, and persons of eLstintflian. No tick ets wee sold, but those lot the West Gallery. They were three guineas each. The money arisineram the sale, to be distributed among the Minor Canons, and V;car Chorals belonging to the Church, by wider of the Dean and Cheerer ; but they were re striefed from advertising them. They were, t!.ere fore, able to dispose of very few tickets. The other galleries and seats were/IMA by eleven o'clock, ex• cept the Lord Chamberlain's box, which could have accommodated double the number of persons who appeared in it. The Lord Chambetlain, it seems, arrived in town only within these few days ; and, consequently, there was but hale opportuto . y to make applications to ISIS Lords sip for to.k. ts. —Numbers of the company continued to lounge about in the principal West Aisle, under the dome, and in the other parts of the Catheril, until the Vrocessinn was announced to be in sight. Sir. Ste phen C tiered, as Master of the Ceremonies, and Colonel Chester, his Deputy, cranial d the Fureign Ambassadors, from the North door, to their seats in the front row, under the dame on the South side. Among them we noticed the Prussian, Swedish and Pcv tugnese Ambassadors. A number of the Gentlemen of the Court of Crwrimen Council, with wands in their banilb, at tended. after eight o'clock, to keep the seats of the Lord Mayor, and Common Council ; hut rime ladies, who were earlier in their attendance, got it.to the seats, and the gentlemen were too gallant to dis turb their possession. About ten o'clock, a gentleman was suddenly seized with an apoplelic fit, near the Minor Canon's Vestry, and fell backwards. Mr. Hui - loci( ' a me- Jima' gentlermin, of the Common Council, bled him, and he was carried out by four of the military. 11-e , r Canons and Vicars Chiral, belonging to Sr. Paui's, and the Gentlemen of His Majesty's Chapel and Westminster Abbey, had silk.gloves And scaifs -,-..-- Will -•••.. * ores need to them, with white they were all &Med ..nd in readiness, soon after ten o'clock. - When the seats were all filled, the view crofts OHO )rgan Loft to the West door had a eery grand and .olemri erect, tatev person being in black, atldtbi -hele of the temporary preparations covered with dark. The DU 'es of York having announced her in. rition to utt , nti the Cathedral, die Bishop of LiM coin, the D..an, was in waiting ; add, ebnut quarter befor'e twelve, fii-r Royal Highness *rived it the south door, and was condu6eal by the L Reverend the Dean, through the'prineipal weer e the place appointed f6r Her Royel Highness , is lie centre of the eight side of the their. opposite to the ciiffie. A lie le before one o'cl-ck, the Vergers, by r ridgy of the Dean, desired the coat penter to.cesse the epe'r‘ r lure through which the corpse was to be let • Ile Dean then lifted to the ves ry. At. hail past one, the 79th an e2d regiments of Highlanders, .part of the precessien, marched ii.to the church, sin * file, on each side the front of the sets, frnrn she West door to the entrance of the Choir, with carried arms And fixed bayars, They were ''edmmantecl to tin& beyoneee, andeelob their arms (muzzles to the grounif) .andr lean upon their Th. y n conti i t teis position; till etle so was over. Sir David Dttidas ecraruendied them. The eieht Marshalsmen sown after ewers..? the Wes; aisle, and took their stations' at ale camas* nperting under the dome, .-;bout !h:ee o'cleck, the Prince of Wales, the Dukes of ( - len:lice, Kele, and Cart9tidge, Earl NA:Pro, %Ir. Sheridan. Mr. Tierney, and theirst)iee, lef: the Pitdesdon in the Aisle, and were ceerificted ny tine Dean to his Vestry. As they vsle:d the Al derne.n, the Prince and the Royal Dukes spoke to several of them ; the Duke of Clarence shook heeds with Alderman Conlile. They returned id a lew minutes, when the Prince also shook howls with Aldermen Combe, and the Duke at None with the Recordee of London. twenty minutes after three, the colt weed the west door. Ti,. Procession thee began to move cowards the choir. About 156, incise:Eng Mr. Fox, Mr. Windham, and the Aldermen" egidred the choir, and took the pieces ael itted to them:— They were preceded by the eiehty-eight Geode. men' of the _three choirs, to their etirplieK, lar'ge black silk scarf, and gloves. singing. with page's score of !h.-music, to be performed in the -coarse% of the day. The Gentlemen arranged them'sehrie on . tech side the entrance to the Chnin and continued singing the Service till the remainder of the Proces sion had pissed them. The re.Oaincier ef the Procession moved in the following order, beaded by Pei two ca. Hennes, the Leo! Mi n e s t a ,d. Misigrort, fitakeibur , , sod Chatlereagh ; Bishop of Exeter ; Esti. toarntei, S.rthetrOUgh. tdfrlle, WilichePea ; Duke of St \loan's, Da, Norfolk, with hi. Go!J StilirolOlC:T, 4s ?inventory Mondial of &limn? ; Earl Camden ; the Arehbiohop if Ca i.e. Aire ; fs.rl Moira ; the Lord Ntayoe the Dukes." Cla clop, Lent, Cumbtrlao,s , Comh , t•lee. and &msg. The Depileittes 0: tee Cheri, awl bean asietesebelere. The Gloves, ' Wither, Cor,),:t AAA Cr." Heralds, Corse. Sir Isaac flexed, vith 164 Staff of tidiee,, holding the end of the ; by Sir Peter Patke , , &e. L.rd Its d, Sr, C Pole. de &:. The corpse entered the- choir at a quarter before foto, and it was,ight minutes convening to the brass reading desk, wh ere the Litany is in general read, for the purpose of being placed open it while the Evening Service was performed. The weight of the coffin is suppeced to be upwards of a ton, and although there were ten men to carry it, they were obliged to have a do'tble set, fur the purpose of relieving every few minutes. The whole of the service WAS read by the Bi}hop of Lieceln, the Dean, except the l it and 241 Lessons, which were read by Dr. Magenclie. the Bishop of Chester, and Dr. %loss, two of the Prebends. The service being by torch light, with, such an assemblage of great and distinguished characters, rendered the scene it uly grand and awful. At ten minutes before five. the Service closed. Mr. Attsvold began his new dirge on the organ, and the Proc-ssion began to move to the grave. On its arrival there, and being:placed oa the temporary platform, with the cushion and coronet at the head. The gentlemen of the choirs sang Dr. ('.reeve's :eel Henry Purcel's Burial Service. that 41 bore of a 1.000140 which being fi nished, the Right Rev. the Dean read the Burial Service. After the Collet, part of the Anthem corn eintd for the &iced of Queen Caroline, by Han del. was sung. The corpse was then let down by the machine contrived by Mr. Wyatt. It is made upon tee sense pri , ci.)le as the stage trap-door. Sir I. Heard broke his wand, and threw the peer iiro 'tny fii rr roe 1),/ hi. d it nut !Ld irt war to toll end .TT fig pon ex- an hat the! lIM, nn• .21 Kit ~c• had on. : of an