The Sun. — London, England, 1806-01-09 00:00:00

k ~~ Deceased Blackwood: Radstock. PL*NERAL OF LORD PI,SCOUA7 7 VELSO2 , .The aquatic part of the Funeral Procession of Lord Viscount NELSON took place yesterday. At seven o'clock in the morning, the River Fencibles were in motion. At eight, the Gun-boats were collealed at the Tower Wharf. All was hurry and confusion for about an .hour, when every thing being prepared, the difierent Boats took in their 'respective Crews, and, with flags lowered half-staff, stood out a short distance from the shore. They there lay-to, wait .ing until the Barges of ,the several. Companies, -which lay at the wharf, should be ready to sail. It was a considerable time before the Gentlemen be longing to the different Corporations, who were to embark on board the Barges, .arrived. The River glittered with the rich assemblage of colours which ,were displayed ; there was, howeVer, a degree of 'melancholy in beholding them. The colours were all hoisted only half-staff high ; -a bunch of black crape was affixed to the top of many of the flag staffs. The Lord Nelson Barge, belonging to a Fire Insurance Company, displayed,' at her stern,- a black craps tlaw,Vhile at her bow, theportrait of the de ceased Hero drew the attention of every person pre sent. Many of the Barge-Masters had on black silk scarves, and all the Officers ()Lille- River Fencibles Wore crape round their amis.' :The Bands - belong ing to the different Companies ; at length arrived.— !Some of them were dressed in.long mourning cloaks,. 'and all had their drums muffled. They played God Save- the King, in a slow and. solemti style; as' they came to water-side.. At 10 o'clock, the" Company .not having arrived to fill the different Barges, the River Fencibles were ,obliged to prOceed towards Greenwich, leaving them to make the best of . their way by , themselves. The Barges then, without attending to . any particular order, rowed do , Wn the River, Singly, as soon as' they had taken in their At ten O'clock, the LORD MAYOR, in a coach and six, 'four servants behind, and attended :by the City Otiicers, anu many of- the Aldermen, in their . zespective carriages, proceeded from -the Alansion House, over London Bridge, to. Green wich., , - About seven o'clock, the Heralds and Naval Ofi .cers who 'were to assist at the Procession, assembled at the. Adniiralty, and from thence proceeded in carriages' to Greenwich. About twelve o'clock, all 'the persons. who were - to.assist in the Ceremony, were assembled at the Go vernor's house. The body .was then carried from the SaloOn through the Great Hall, out at the Eastern Portal, round the Royal Charlotte 'Ward, to the North Gate, and - placed on board the State ,urge—the Conn was. covered with a velvet pall, adorned with escutcheons. Tile Procession from the Painted Hall to the water, commenced in the fol lowing -order Drums muffled, and Trumpets, with their Banners. The standard and Guidon, borne by Captains of the Navy, attendM by Lieutenants. - all in 'unirorm mourning, as al ready described in a former l'Jper. Pursuivants of Arms, in Mourning,. and four Servants of the Four Trumpets,. Officer of Arms bearing the surcoat, Target Stkord; fiehu, and Crest, dig. of the Deceased.. The Banner, as Knight - of the Bath, and the great Banner, borne by Captains, and supported by Lieutenants of the Navy, in Unifor,n, as before. Ttt""l) o . s l".itik L;47 , iiers. lollowed by Six Lieutenants of the Navy. The way from the Painted • Hall to the water% edge was kept by . the Royal. Greenwich Volunteers,. and a party of the River Pencil)les, armed with boarding pikes. During - this - Procession, the Band, muffled Drums, and Trumpets, played' The - Dead March in Saul ;' minute guns were fired-from of the Barges belonging to the River Fencibles, ancl.in various - parts or the town, and, the. Churph Bells tolled a solemn knell. All the Ships, in the Ri ver displayed their. Tugs ..half-mast high.—Exad ly at one o'clock the Proeession began to move up the River in the same order as set forth , in our Paper of Tuesday last; the minute guns continuing to fire, the-bells to toll, and the several bands, trumpets, &c. on board the barges; to play solemn When.the whole 6f the Y'rocession had em- barked, the Greenwich Volunteers and River Pen- cibles were drawn up in front of the River, along 'the Quays, in the principal Court-yard of the Col lege, 'where they remained' at shouldered arms,' till the whole were out of sight. The Procession sailed in the following order': In the first Barge was the Standard at the head; the Guidon yas borne by Capt. supported by two Lieutenants : in full:uniform coats, with black - waistcoats, breeches, and stockings, and crape sound their hats and arms. - - In the second Bartre were the Officers of Arms bearing the Target, Sword, Helm, and Crest of the deceased. The Banner of .the deceased, as Knight of the Bath, was borne by Captain ROTHEaxAm,,at the head of the Barge. The great Banner was borne at the door-place, by Capt. i'Monsem, who • as as,supported- by two Lieutenants.. • In the third Barge was the Body, The Barge was covered with black velvet,' adOined with black fca-' thers, In the -centre was 'a V4cOunt's coronet, and three bannerolls were affixed to the outside of the barge. In the steerage were siX. trumpets, and sik Leutenants of the Royal Navy. Clarencieux, King of - Arms, sat at the 'head Of the coin, bearing a Viseptuit's coronet 'upon a black velvet cushion. ' The Standard of the'United Kingdom .Was at 'the Lead of the barge, borne by - Captain The state barge was rowed By 46 Seamen, belonging to our dear departed Hero's ship, the Viaory. The other barges were rowed by picked men, from the Greenwich Pensioners. In the fourth Barge, which was also . Oovered with black cloth, was • Chief Mourner—Admiral Sir Peter Parker, Bart: Train Bearer to the Chief MournerLThe Honourable Capt. Supporters to the Chief Mourner 7 Admirals Lords Hood and Six Assistant Mourners—Vice Adiiiirals Caldwell, Hamil ton, Nugent, Bligh, Sir Robert Curtis, and Sir C. ,M ,Pole, Barts, Four Supporters of the Pall—Vice Admirals Whitshead, Savage, Taylor, and Rear Admiral E. Harvey. Six Bearers of the Canopy--Rear Admirals 'Aylmer, Donna, T. %Vclls, Drury, Sir Isaac Coffin, and Sir W. H. Douglas, Barts. TI were all in mourning cloaks over thair full uni:c su-coa's. The Banner of Emblems was berr.e in tbis,barge, by. Lord NELsoussio*n Captain, Capt. I'. M. HAuDy. After the 'four barges came His Majesty's bartTe. The barge tit the Lords Coinmissioners of the A:d iniralty ; -- The Lord Mayor, in the City State Barge, and the other barges in the order mentioned in a former Paper.' As the Procession moved from Greenwich, mi nute guns were fired. The crowds of strangers assembled there begaii to disperse for town, and the gallant old Veterans of the Hospital, with countenances, bid the remains of their darling Hero farewell. XI the vessels on the River were drawn up close on shore, leaving a full and clear passage for the. procession. The decks; masts, and rigging, were crowded with people. • The shores. were lined with multitudes of speCtators ; every opening to the River was filled with people, - every eminence commanding a view of it was - Completely covered:. The - steeples of churches, and the roofs of houses, in the vicinity of the river, were numerously inhabited. More than, oi:31 people viewed the Pro-• cession from St. Bride's Church, on the Southern side of Fleet-street. The roof of Somerset-house, in the Strand ; had also a large proportion of speeta tors. In the Inner Temple, carts and carriages were drawn up, and filled with people. This square, commanding a fine view of the ,river, was greatly crowded. The, pressure was very great in it, as; exclusive of the crowd with which it was originally occupied, -'the multitude who had seen the proces sion from Blackfriars-bridge, as soon as it passed through the arches,. rushed in that direCtion . into.the Strand, in - expeetation of catching another_view: of it, on its arrival at Whitehall. In this enthuSiasm of curiosity the women -ap peared strangers to all fear. They might be seen in the thickest of . the crowd, and . iti the most dan gerous situations, - perfe&ly free from . all apprehen sion, and intent only upon the . passing show. Such of them as were upon. the water, which. was very rough, seemed completely at ease. The number of barges' at the several quays becarrie so 'great at the time of landing,. that those which were in the latter part of the Procession could not ap proach within one hundred yards of the shore.— They had, therefore, to step from barge to barge, while . the whole accumulated mass of vessels were 'tossing about, before they could reach the land. The most delicate females were not dismayed by this perilous -passage. They stepped from boat to boat, with as much ease and agility as if they felt themselves upoh a grass-plat Kensington Gar dens. The impression made upon the spetlators by the passing scene, was not the least interesting or instrudive part of its effed. The starting tear, the involuntary exclamation, proved, the general regret and sorrow for the loss of the departe Hero, more strongly than the most polished eloquence. Every countenance was marked with sorrow ; every gesture betrayed emotion.. As the Procession came 'abreast . of the Tower, the Tower guns fired. Xt advanced more rapidly than was expected.---- At three o'clock it arrived at Blackfriar's-bridge, and as it came along-side the Temple-Gardens; the TeMple Volunteers, who were drawn up in the • Gardens, saluted it as it. passed. About a quarter past three the Procession- reached Whitehall, and that became the centre of attraction.. The greater part of the crowd, however, upon their arrival there, were much disappointed. They found the gates shut, and military stationed at them to pre .vent ~.intrusion---the Court-yard 'having been pre viOusly tilled with company. The spedtators here consisted chiefly of Nobility and Gentry in their carriages. None were admitted ,without tickets. At thirty-five minutes past three the body was ' e landed, and carried on a bier to the Admiralty. During this operation, the King's, Admiralty's, Lord Mayor's, and City's Barges, lay upon their .oars. A party of the Horse-guards were on duty to clear the way, and a double line of Foot drawn froth' Whitehall to the Admiralty, formed a lane for the body to pass through,. When the Proeession came opposite the Horse Chards, the multitude - appeared deeply affeded by the solemnity of the scene, the mournful sound of the music, and the awful report of the minute guns, which continued to fire until four o'clock. The number of spe&ators of this part of the Procession 'was immense. The tops of all the buildings from Charing-cross to the Treasury, including the Horse Guards and, the Admiralty, were covered with men, and women, many of them elegantly dressed. The seats and edifices prepared for this day were all filled at half price. r Half--a-guinea was paid for a seat in a coach; and half-a-crown ;br leave to stand outside, in every, ‘ situation'where a carriage could be drawn up so as to command eveti a distant view of the scene. . . • The body,having been carried into the Admiralty, was. placed in the Captain's Room, the whole of .which was covered with black cloth, and lighted up . by a profusion of wax-lights. The crowd and num ber of carriages was so great in this quarter, the street remained blocked up nearly an hour after the body was deposited in the Admiralty, and the pro cession had closed. - The, carriages were lucked in each other, and many of them received much in jury' in their wheels and pannela. Just as the ProcOsSion closed on the water, and the remains of the revered Chieftain were landed at Whitehall, . the day, which had.been peculiarly th vourable to the sight, suddenly became dark, and - a tremendous storm of hail followed. On this occa sion we were forcibly reminded of the following passage, which seemed remarkably appropriate to the occasion As the dead Hero's sacred reliques past, " The pomp was darken'd and the day o'ercast,, t " tears gush'd from ev'ry eye ;" though we cannot add, that " The World's great Vidor passed unheeded by ;" as the fury of .the storm did not lessen the general curiosity and regret. During the storm, the people on the tops of the houses were in great dan g er. It was with great difficulty many of them effeEted their escape. A lady, who was on the top of the Horse Guards, was in the most imminent peril, and must have been blown down, had not a gentleman, at the risk of his life, ran to her assistance Many accidents, we are. told, took place upon the water, and in the streets, atiting the procession. ,A. young woman of the name of Mn,ifs Ile wife of carpenter in Shoe-lane, fell into the water, near the. Temple, and was drowned; as was also a. child in her anus. She was .‘valking across a plank, be- tween two lighters, which gave way at one end, and precipitated her into the water. The bodies wera not found. A boat, with a party of seven; upset in the storm; opposite S,Otnerset4ionse, but they we're all picked up andlanded sate. An elderly woman was kucelaiA down, in the Strand, by a hickney-coach, during the fall of hail, .and her skull was so dreadfully frad'Ared, that she is not expected to recover. A similar accident betel a child' three years old, oppose Exeter 'Change. The course of the Procession from Whitelfall Stairs to the Admiralty was covered with gravel.--. During the whole of the day men were employed in cleaning the Streets from the Adriiiralty to St. Paul's, preparatory to the grand .Proce,:.;ion this . dv. At eleven o'clock the worknlen bega n t o 'spread the gravel upon ,Parliament-street, the !Strand,, Fleet street, and Ludgate Hill; and all carriages were pre vented, nfter twelve o'clock;frorn passing that way. The preparations in the neighbourhood of -St. 'Clement's DaueS Were not finished until one 'o'clock this morning. Scaffolds, capable ofholding several thousand persons, are erected :opposite the church, on its western and northern sides. We are sorry to state, that accounts of several accidents which occurred yesterday have reached us. A Boat,' having four persons on board, sunk above Westaiinter,bridge i and notwithstanding the exer tions of different persons in other boats, three of the party were drowned. :THE CAn.---Yesterday the Shop of Messrs. EL moi•- and .FRAIICIS, Undertakers in Bond-street, was surrounded' l by an immense concourse' of peo ple, who assembled to see Lord NELSON'S Funeral Car, 3.vhich being finished, remained .for public in spe6tion.—This vehicle; so - appropriate to the so lemn Ceremony, has been already accurately de .scribed - it is. therefore enough to add, that the Flags of the iTiaory, the Inscriptions in letters of. gold, and the other adornments, made it an objea highly gratifying to the spectators, who rushed with, such anxiety,to the Shop, that in order to prevent acci dents from the pressure of the' Multitude, a party of the Guards was procured, and order prevailed.— At an early hour this morning- the Car was removed o the Admiralty to join the Procession. should be mentioned to the bonopr of Mr. TR ESHAM i - the Artist, who had for many years the happiness of being favoured with an intimacy with the. illustrious subje& of national regret, - that he drew a likeness of Lord NELSON ; which - was en, graved at • his own expence, for the purpbSe of having it distributed with the folidwilig Lines.— Many himdred copies of the Print and the Inscrip tion were given in -the Cathedral, as 'a tribute to the memory of thegreat Naval I--kro. The Public can not but esteem Mr.-TaEstiAm tbrthis liberal homage to departed worth, which is: highly honourable to hina.as an Artist, a Poet,sand a Friend, as well as for the public spirit which the a& displays Let meaner M Itals seek from breathing stone To make their valour and their virtues known Or vain of wealth, Egyptian- dk.play UOlossal piles exempt from Time's decay ; EI.ON, enshrin'd in ev'ry ferling heatt, Smiles - at the splende . ur of recording art; Nor Parian quarries, nor Corinthian ore, Ransack'd to grace Britannia's trophy'd shore, Canished new lustre qn the .H cr,'s name, Who greatly fell, to raise his (l'ountrY's farm% In death how glorious!—To the Villor's eyes The captur'd Fleets in grand succession' rise : Iberia, bending from her iron coast, Shrieks to behold her floating bulwarks lost ; • And vanqui?lt'd Gaul, stern Ocean's late delight, lnvOkes the ternpest to.proteil her. flight. Grief drowns the theme !—too frail the Minstrel's lyre, The Sculptor's magic, and the Painter's fire, To trace the triumphsto a . NEtso N giv'n When on - the verge he paus'd 'tiVixt Earth and Heav'n. And Faith and Fame this lofty scroll unfurrd, " His proud Memorial—AN AS TON % , 'OR ILO !" 11.11-IZESI4AM. DONAGITADEE; JAN. 3..--. This day arrived here from Scotland, where they, bad been employed .on the recruiting service, a large .detachment of that truly valuable and meritorious Corps, the Royal Ma rines, for the purpose of recruiting= in the North of Ireland Under the command ,of that gallant and ex perienced Officer Lieut: Col. DYER, with the fol lowing Officers : Capts. STIRLING; MONTGOMERIE, and WOOLRIGE, Lieutenants .ENNISj. Ross, • BRIT TAIN, SANDS, TROTTER, EDE, and PRIDLIAM. Notwithstanding the attempts which have been made to make tii•• world. believe thak France rejoices , in the success of its Usurper, we have reason .to be lieve that it has excited regret among the people, shie it has only tended to rivet their chains.. The people.of Paris, in particular, certainly wished that he might fail in: the campaign, for they considered the war as the effe& of his own. insolence, 'ambition, and injustice ;. and as a proof of the popular senti ment in the capital, onlyfiftmfive houses were illu minated on the arrival of the tidings respeding the viaory at Ulm. When we consider the; - at tifice which is employed to blazpn the charaaerof the Usurper; the terror of his power, the, vigilance of the Police, 'the suspicion that attades to every body who may appeal: in tile slightest degree adverse to theCnew order of things, as well as the interest which many must'take in the maintenance of the present Government, such a slight and limited mark of satis faetion may be fairly deemed a proof that the public Mind in France is not favourable to the Usurper, and that it anxiously lone-s to be delivered from the most severe military bondage that any, people ever endured. . . The celebrated Irish Advocate, having once ob served a certain craztV,inginsea on. the forehead of a brother 4arrister, took it off gently, :it the same time informing the Gentleman, in a whisper, of the 'cir cumstance: • The Barrister suspcaina the Wit of a design to quiz him, replied, Come leave of your jokes. By' Heaven, Sir, I am .serions, added the Wit, and, if you have any more sucli jokes, I beg you ingy. cray.k them-yourself. VICTORIES OF THE FRENCH. . , . . " The modes of fighting praised by.different pc-) ple;jand -at different times, was never an objeCt i: more important inquiry' than at the present morne! , -. if we will allow a fa& that history supports—That 'to the method of making war vi&ory has oftener.)_, . owing than to the' strength of the vi&or. , The Romans, •apeonle existing by war, to whon - 2 as jOSE mug says, " A\rar was a subjeta of medita tion, and Peace an exercise,". owed a great part their .uninten - upted, success to the great attenti(,-1 they paid to the modes of fighting - praCtised by their enemies. . IVIONTESQU I EU, in his rellOCloins on the causes Of this greatness, observes—" The cirief care of . t e Romans was to exaniine in what particular enemies had the advantage of them, and when tai, was found, they,immediately rectified it. The'cnt. tinsr7swords of the Gauls; and the elephants Pyrrhus, intimidated them but once.-I . fany uatkli boasted, either from nature or its institutions, pliblic advantage, the Itomails immediately triude use of it ; they employed their utmost endeav,:i: - .; to procure horses from Numidia; bowmen fr...,.rn Crete, slingers from the Baleares, and ships fri.ta the Rhodians.." In. history there is no record of so sudden a change in the mode of carrying on war as that prod 1.10-ci by the French Revolution ; for though tae inv:-1:- tion of gun-powder made the :greatest" alteration that ever took pace, still it was more than tv . o centuries before - that change was effe&ed. armour. for proteEting the body was entirely h:R.i aside", and . the use •of .artillery and new modes f..t . fortification known,- there cannot be said to ha been n complete (Imp in the art of war. It is no-.v 47U years since gun-powder was first-invente3, it is but 270 since cannon were first introduced, and it is scarcely 70 "since they were properly applied, so that it required ,four centuries to. accomplish the change" - • A short ,history of the .principal changes of the! modes of carrying on war from the earliest a;rt.„ followed by an examination into the recent changes that have taken place, cannot. fail to be of import ance, particularly as the French have owed all ther success to the new modes they have praftised, and as the liberties of' mankind have been greatly en, dangered (and the danger is not yet over)- from an adherence of other nations-to their ancient tacti . ;:s; and their negle6ting" to do as the Romans did Oen: they copied their Enemies in whatever they found to excel. • of Nations, according to their means and different - degrees of civilization, have carri:_'d on War entbr at the same period ; but it is.not into that wo are to inquiie, but into, the Modes practised by ti!e most enlightened r . .lations at the time of which we treat. In early periods personal strength gave to th'),:e who 'possessed it an advantage over every adverz„tr±. Skill and dexterity availed but little; when opp3sed to uncommon 'vigOur of body, and this natural int.- qualit)? of mankind wi& rather increaSed •than di minished by the•first, inventibns, that took place in the art of %var. The long and pendarctu3 .aran - wielded by a rnan of great .personal strength was an advantage rally resulting from his vigour but the thickness. of 7 his armour increased the adyani. , still more. This we find that at the Siege of Trc, - , except when two,Chiefs of great vigour met in'op position to each other, tie ordinary warriors scar,:e'v opposed any resistance. The Chiefs in: Battle (who were always men of great 'strength), did not rely entirely even upon aavantoges,- but-each was surrounded by a group of fighting, men, above the ordinary *strength and size, called. lilyrmydons, who carried death and de . - strutaion wherever they went, till one of those mov ing coliuntis or groups met with another, similar to itself, and then began the tug of war. However defenceless the ordinary Soldier mivht be in such a field,. yet, that there . wa s no very de cid,ed superiority obtained by such means; is evident from Many 'insiances but the Siege of Troy, one of the earlieSt' warlike exploits on record, affords ample proof. 'that however great the .valour - might be. on either side,. however ingenious -the contrivances an:l manoeuvres, yet-tivt the ette& resulting was trifling and contemptible. The Macedonian Phalanx, where a numerous and deep body 'became irresistible to a lengthened linft, was one of the greatest military inventions of anti quity. Personal strength .could avail little again,;." such immense numbers, and until othe'r methoci; _were pi-a6tised to counteraa.that i the Macedoniau, were invincible. THE THEATP,E.—A very numerous Audience at. tended the representation of the Tragedy of Domf.!/a? last night at Covent-Garden Theatre. The youthful herd was represented by Master BETTY; and as it his very best performance, it naturally excited applause.---The critical situation of his voice, how ever, req - uires atemporaryretirement from the labours of the Stage, otherwise his tones.will most prob:,:biy remain harsh and husky for the remainder of hiS i But as such a fetirement will interferewith hi s inKnr diate interests, it is hardly 'to be supposed that .be suffered torelinquish present profit for future fil;ue and more thimble success. MuttnAy resunitql part of Old Norvcd, and gave it in:.my pathetic touches.. CHAPMAN was the, Lord Randijipi L __. COOKS gave a masterly portrait, of Glenalvcn, al:d Mrs. LITcHFIELD acquitted herself very successful in the mournful Heroine of the Piece. INDIA HOLlSE.—Yesterclay a Court , of Directors was held,- when the following Oenirnanders took leave previous to departing for their respedive dent:_ nations, vii. Capt. Wm. DLINSFORD, Ceres, .4013.1b . ...iy 4nd China; Wm. FAIR.F,AX, Inglis', Madras Bengal ; Capt. D O DDS was sworn into the of the Wollner Castle, consigned tu . Bonibay and China. The Court adjourned at six till Tuesc..-k . ly next. Yesterday a ballot was taken at the East House for the, ele&ion of a Director, in the of PAUL La IVlEsuataa, Esq. deceased, when G, MILLET was chosen without opp os i t i on . — On Tuesday last a boy about 13 years old was beat down by the-horses ,in . a waggon taking f r i g h ts : in Marlborough, and` the waggou going. over 11$ chest, killed him on the spot,