The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1883-09-01 00:00:00

JAMES CARRY'S FUNIRAL.

The Port Etizabeth, Telegraph of the 41,h Inst. says
"The interment of the remains of James Carey took
place on Wedreaday afternoon, at a little after four
o'clock, in the burial-ground a few hundred yards in
the rear of the North. end Prison. The district surgeon,
Dr. Ensor, was greatly distressed at the bare idea of
the Leiy being committed t? the ground without any
funeral service, and on consideration resolved to say a
few words on the eceasion. The assistant magistrate
(Mr. H. Haise) proceeded to the gaol at three o'clock for
the purpose of superintending the arrangements for
sepulture, and Dr. Ensor accompanied him. As no
notice of the burial had got abroad, very few people
had any idea of what was about to take place, but the
fact of three or four cabs standing at the gaol door
attracted a few idlere. Mr. Jones, the undertaker,
arrived with the coffin at 345, and his assistants con-
veyed it to the mortuary. There lay the body of
James Carey ; the features appeared composed in
death. The corpee was placed in the coffin, and the
latter was conveyed to a vehicle outside, the distance
to the grave being nearly half.a mile. Mrs. Carey
and her children were in the gaoler's quartere,
and although efforts were made to dissuade her
from following the remains of her deceased hus-
band she rrsolved on doing se, and with her
baby and her son occupied the 61.4 cab, Dr.
Ensor following in the second cab, and the assistant
magistrate in a third cab. The cortige then slowly
moved off to the grave, on arriving at which the body
was lowered by the undertaker's men. The most per-
fect silence prevailed, although a good many Coloured
people and children, attracted by the procession, bad
assemb'ed. When the body was lower.id into the
grave, Dr. Ensor, who for some time previous had
laboured under strong emotion, spoke in a clear and
distinct voice as follows :—" Friends, in the absence of
any official mini.ter I think It only right theta few wordi
should be said over the grave of this poor man. Let us
pray.' Every heed was immediately uncovered.and Dr.
Ensor proceeded thus :—" 0 Thou omnipotent, mini.
present, and omniscient Ruler of thelfniverse, we restore,
as is tit, the mortal remains of this our weak and
erring brother to his mother earth. His immortal part
we are certain is also under Thy guidance and control.
We bow to the Omnipotent. Yet we would at the
same time remember that mercy is the attribute of
God Himself. In mercy, then, 1:ok down on these—
the widow and the helpless orphans—as they stand
beside this open grave. Grant that time, the consoler
as well as the avenger, may throw a thick veil over
their past. Grant, Inrd, that in all their future they
way seek and find Thee to be a very present help in
time and trouble and the comforter of the widow and
orphans in their an.Ction. Amen.' Earth was then
thrown on to the coffin, and thus terminated the funeral
obsequies of James Carey."

A Cape Town telegram, dated August 28, says:—
O'Donnell will leave this evening in custody fot Eng-
land. The prisoner'i application to the Supreme
Court to undergo hie trial in the colony has been re-
jected.