The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-02 00:00:00

STEEPLETON.

FUNERAL 01 The LAYS LORD %I'M& —no
remain. of this young nobleman were consigned to the
family vault at Sieepleton on Saturday. the 23rd. The
deceased lord (whose death took place at Torquay on
the previous Sunday) was moseyed from that town by
rail over the Bristol and Exeter, the Sotith-Weetern.
and the Somerset and Dorset lines to 11landlord, shire
it arrived, in charge of Messrs. Orlinsdiok and Yarston,
the coffin makers, by the 4.30 p.m. down train on
Friday. At the Blandford Station • benne from the
Crowndhotel, was in waiting, and under the direction
of Messrs. Abbott, Brothers, who 000deeted the
funeral arrangements, the coffin was pieced in the
hearse, sod conveyed to the Crown Hotel,
where it was deposited for the nights The
room appointed has a melancholy history in
relation to this noble family, several of the deoeased
brothers of the late lord having been planed
there previous to intennent. On Saturday morning,
about 11 o'clock, the (guard cortege, consisting of the
hearse drawn by four house, and two mourning combes
conveying the relatives of the deceased, left the Crown
Hotel, ex mate for Simpleton. The event was an.
nounoed by the tolling of the bells at Blandford,
ShomPsine. and Simpleton churches. On arriving at
Steepleton.boms, whilst the corpse was being removed
from the hearse, the mourners assembled at the hall,
and the funeral proceasion was formed. The Rev. Jam.
Fenny, rector of Steepleict., was the officiating minister.
The octets., wee borne to the grave by eight of the old
retainers of the family. The principal mourners were
The Lord Rivers (formerly Lieut.-Col. in the Morse
Guards, who succeeds to the title and estates), Lord
Carmarthen, Earl Granville, Capt. Arbuthnon, the five
sisters of the deceased, R. R. Harvey, Fag. (steward).
Mr. Trinity (man, steward), mar, Mr. Waterfall, Rev.
Mr. Ilartyn. Mr. Large, Mr. Ring, the tenantry on the
*dates two and two. ?be soMe, whith was of measne
oak and enamelled, bore the followingOnscription

MINIT Press Pm* Amgen,
Baran Itivere of Sudety Castle,
Rem April 8411, 1849,
L lid Watch 17th, 1867,
Aged 17 years.

The remains were deposited -it; the middle of the vault
between the oodles containing the bodies of the decesaed
lord a father and mother, whose melancholy deaths as*
year ezeibed profound regret.

RIISIIMORE.

TIIII OTERATIOX Or THIF LAW OF ENTAIL. —Tim,
youthful Earl Rivers was buried last week. His
father end mother died last year, end his deter wee
killed just before by lightning in the Alps, while on
bet wedding tour The youthful noblemen wee only

17 years old. Hs was the fifth earl His ancestor
was Sir William Pitt. an Klissbetban diplomatist.
The Chatham, area younger brsooli of lb. Havers
family. The Islet:canter watts Mater of Lord Gnu-
will.. The late earl is succeeded by his uncle. The
father of the late earl, fearing that hi. son was not
I.kely to live, would bare cut off the entail fm the
sake of his daughters; but the son, not having
reached 21 years of age betas his father died,
could not give his consent. If the son had lived
until be warn 91 he would have cut off tl e sated.
1 KV the operation of the law of prirringenitare, the
father, with • magoifloent estate, could not make •
pronoun fur his daughter, nor the sin make •
protisiou for his sister —mar.