The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1882-12-12 00:00:00

THE PRIMATE'S FUNERAL.

Archbishop Tait', tuner& •ae, a ha wished it to b..
" a bright on-?' The lending ..haracteristm of the serene
at the funeral was its vtriking sgsiophacsii,,,, of toe
meanin z of th words—• Not to be aorry as men without
hope for them th it slmep in Him." Among thorn who
mid.' their way to the home were two sons of the Queen—
the D ike of Cnnuau,ht end the D.ike of Albany. Karl
Silo--.' arm the as the reprewnt Ate* of the Outten.
The Karen', of Ilamtltou came as representing the Prince
W.1.-s. t it r eta- o' Sandringham. origin-
ment omit as th-- P•ince's suli.t • ute, being thug left
is. c me in hie own c.poi ya. friend 1.1 %b.. Isl.
Arfltbiehop ; Colfmol Colville into., for the Doke f Min-
h .rgh, Colonel Gordo fo- the Prince and Prince..
Clvis•Pan. and Sr IL Elohingtone •n-I Sir H. P-Insonby
were • hire arc .mpanying the It us Doge., hut on this
necisdfin nej ining 'lves in their tr.l.u'e of re.pect to the
1,1. Ae.hhigh ip f ether than as at-ending the Princes. The
Duke of Cainbridge we not there, but be had sent •
kin-fly Ldtm explarning Out he had not arranged to be
. represented hem's, of the oonstru -tion he had put upon the
Inkmation of the privacy of the tin val. Ttis Boise:Mate
was largely rape sent .-1, and the few ahsent es, including
the buoy Binh-i.- of Mtncturster an-I the B•hop ef &dor
and &I .n. bad sent le ten of -po'ogy Mr Gladatone, the
I, rd Chance:hr, 13.r1 Cairn.. Voieofint
i Brala.tiroe, and many oth•rs, mitt their letters of
..,•rnpathy,, with . xpreadons of r glst 024 credd not
c TheL ird Me. erof London tai.d the SIP-nest)! London
and Iliddirnex attended. D • •,.0, CatiOlte, sretuls-r
mast-fr of c Mews and public sch,,de were there to
pay the 144 tok m of reap c tne deceased. It was
notew wthy that Irons oth r C tutete. eons the B.shop
of E .inittvgb, Principal Shsirm Dr. St ughtoe, oni •
reor...nt Ai v. of tn. C 411.11. Ti.. outline°.
Kia.,ties in which the Arent. *hop interested him -elf
were repreacut .itor of the ho or it. the church-
yard glace-, c, an I there infiude I Wit n.fly r,ltil ho
snektiee, 101 l ich chart' ie. as the 80 41.11 Corporation,
of which lb.- Primat • was Vic cpr "dent.
When the mut-it-Ide of fr.ends were s-Remhled, and
the p-ec nsion arranged lir tit. orderly d.•p .-ii ion .1 i••
component 1.•r10 it, vsriolis roma nt the front if the
bon.-, the Chap I door wag thrown "psu and the Arch-
bleb p'. s-troant, emerged with the ber. Tie c file lay
on a clorh .1 -heerfol colour. Its only . all w •10 pot
of insgfinflemt 11 .w-re. triliuta of lose and respect from
high and low ainong thorn who how the damaged. The
Qdreatt, the Duk• end Dichee of C altitude. th. Duke
a• d Dacha. of Antony, Princess L fuise, Prtne.es
B atria... and Princeas Christian were among thorn who
had sent thew, floral enittleint Wreathe and croe•es aL.o
came from the Print. ant Ii 'hop., of the Sc .ttish
Bide opal Church, from L .r.l awl L tip Wnlael.y, from
th.• Dowager C mamas of Devon. from Lily S 'thorns,
from 'Arty lit ...IL and fr Lady A 2.44
Folio • ing the bier. thus covered with fl deers, came the
six chaplaine of the At-oleo-61k and th-n the chief
m dirner•,• SL•o.s Tao And Kr. and Hr.. Davidson. The
Doke of C ino.ught end his brother 101 l 'wed, •n I tbs.
two by two the ilis'opr, the Arehifirhoria relatives. Uti
an a. d r, tom. canons and ru•al d axis of the
di,, Vet of Cantertmry.t .e Dean of fit. Paul's and the Dean
or Westminater, th.. 01-1111, rs nf the llnneer of Puha.
ment, t teprefai.t -firer 01 Church • a etie., end all
~there coming ho-ter the general d-signation if friend.
Th.- gently untu mains ground. in the neighlombood
tho borne were clot lin her wintry robe if on lw The
aolerun procession of mourn.- npc.uing it. winding path
in the toll t .1 the -n .w•white I andsc tpu orias deeply ilia-
P'••••1•0. an owelloil g. h rieg..llllo I 0111 sp.acts re
The proc—eion t -hi garden path by ,he r ght wed of
the hoe., oni pass .1 -'tithe rialt ho magnificent. dare
rnd r which Qu.. nEt War h toe.pi to have • t. an then
winding to tot hit again Woe*. dad rw",fr the tin ' v"n"e
of elms which t . the Aftlifigvni 1f.,,..' of torto r d./ys.
Ti,.. hwy.! ku -.1 at ;he poi.hetureh, and the r. sp dase
of fit I r on I richer n t o fr..m the bell of •onv dafeet
perish, were tho mily mann I. th at broke upo th- e r except-
ing the tread of the m-na en ra upon the neat, p.tb-
At tha encroach of the proc -.loon the Archbishop ot
York, the Vicar and Curet., °I Addington, and the pari•h
church chair, all •ent t the gate to meet them
nod retorn.-d et th-ir heel while the •oleuan opening
sentence of the Botial Sere wore In ISO reed. Tlte
alit I ,-',,ten-it was read ere tie oh jr hel tell entered the
church; and while the Asti...midi., I ',angers were sl .4r
t.kung tlvir piece. in the little c'iurch, the hyiun "Ten
thuovatt.i time, ten thoos.n I, in op ark ling 'amen' "right.-
was heartty nueg. Ti.- service Ma 4 refs Iby Mr. Kordlys,
thy vicar, without that uudolv mournful intoletiou wnich
on these occ cons it apt 10 be ro tf yirm to the n. rffra
111011,0114. P. 41.11 gc. was Cf anted by the cli.or in s-ond
tone slot Hr. Daviowin himself read the lessou with fl-in.
nese Too trying po ti of the Cirnrch -rem .ny eras
, the singing of N.wm in's hymn, "Led kindly Latit amid
tue encircling gloom.' Tnis h-autiful hymn was song
, with lunch emnt.on, f.fr everyone iles-nt knew how -ad
and tender were the fnefunries which it must awake in
the haute of those most de 'ply int...04,d in the cerem ny.
These memories were a epci.lly ern anima.' with the C 104110(
litase—

" And with the morn thooe angel faces mile.
Welch I here lowed long eine., and o.t awhile:"
For the, a er.• the words which to late Mn.. Tail's
own tequeat WO inscribed on th- of the Dye
da?ettet* who were f•om her at C
_ _ . _ . .

"Tb.. 1.1 owl March In Saul was plaivel while the pro.
cersion t. the graveyard was ,eform-.1. F use he ground
thr snow had been thoughtfully etusdesl, and ths
po,ti revered for Vt.., who were admitted to the
church was bright and green. Toe grave itself seas in
lie.ping with th. cheerful rhsracteris ica of the whole
cerem .ny. It was lined with evergreen., among which
were itrersperee whit blosontis, and at he head was a
lovely dorsi Cr,,.. The ,iringhtera standing at the grave
sbte with thr Prince* a tittle to their I.ft wet, tte
objects of much aympsthetic regard as they bravely joined
in the hymn, "Jean, lover of my soul," and few eyes
were not dimmed at the sight of these ladies pale with
grief and autalued emoion, yet heartily joining in the try.
ins s•rvic., end bit:tame themselves ti ding with clear
and ringing veices words evem one of which must have
recalled a reminiscence of the drat. Tule trial Mrs.
rosch. the nurse of the Archbishop in his lest inn's,
and of the lire children lust in Carlitte b, ocarlet fever,
wila lead shin to °whir-, and with her grief th re was
abundant .ympathy. At tit r cl•ves of the touching service
the benediction was yrottounced by the Archte•hop of
York.