The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1886-04-13 00:00:00

rUNIIIRAL Or ICR. VOREITIR.

In accordance with tho arrangements made, the
funeral eortigr, conosting of A plain hear, drawii by
a pair of horses and followed by two mourning car•
riages, procoedet on Friday morning to Weatmineter
Abbey. Fully half oin•linur previous to the time AV
pointed a larp number .if eminent ponwins had 114111•111•
bled in the Jerusalem Chanber. Among them were
Mr. UladoPme—who bs•kird none the worse for hia
exhausting lalemrs of the previous evening—and Mr'.
(ilarlstone, Karl Granville, Earl Spencer, Lord
Cowper, the Marquis of Ripon, Lord Aberdare, Sir
William Harcourt, Lord Wolseley, Lord Carlingforci,
and many others. Therm were in addition several
deputations, including that from the Imperial Federa•
lion League. A procesnion warn then formed, and
immediately after the mowers walked Mr. and Mrs.
Gladatone. At the *inclusion of the service the coffin,
which was ahnost covered with floral tribute*, was
carried to the Icing's Cross terminus of the Great
Northern Railway, whente it was conveyed to Burly.
in•Wharfedale, near Bradford, where the interment
took place on Saturday afternoon. Letters of con-
dolence from the queen, the Prince of Wales, and
the Duke of Cambridge have been received by Mrs.
Forster.

•
The remains of Mr W. K. Forster were interred on
Saturday at Little Wharfedale, • village of Burley,
which the right hon. gentleman for so many year.
made hi* hone. The corpse arrived about eight
o'clock on Priday night, and the colfin vial delimited
in what had been Mr. Porater's favourite room, the
library. The coffin ISM almost hidden from view by
the wreaths contributed since its arrival at Burley.
At the funeral were representatives of • great many
public bodied, &boot seven hundred workpeople of the
dentate:Ea Arm, and the Burley Volunteers, of which
Mr. Fortier was first captain. Very large numbers of
private frMisda and political admirers were also
included in that pan of the procession which
preceded the hearse. The elfin, without pall
or covering other than wreaths, was placed
in a plain hearse, and war followed imme.
diately by mourning:carriages. The chief mourners
were Mrs. Forster, hfr. Arnold bonier, Mr. H. C.
M Arnold Forster. r. R. V. O'Brien 401%4n-taw of
or.tarr, Mrs. O'Brien, Mr. andlrs./. Cropper
the lit.'s being it ettlir 41 lin. !Aire , Mrs. Arnzi
Punter, Mr. Piton, Mr. F. W. Pigott, and r.
Matthew Arnold.ld. Mr. John Bright had intended
being present. but was prevented at the last moment.
Amongst other prominent members of the quaker
fraternity we.. Mr. J. Braithwaite, of lemdrin, who
officiated at the funeral, which was conducted strictly
according to quaker tenets. About fifty private
oarrisges followed the chief mourning coaches. 'lle.
route to the graveyard wait lined with crowds of
people, and indications of respectful sympathy and
sorrow were visible on all litads. The grave is
situated in the centre of a group of aah and beech
trees. A pathway of planks was laid along the rain
-
sodden gr Rind to the grave, over which a rough
canopy of capita, had been erected for the convenience
of mourners and friends. It was ten minutes to four
o'ciock *hen the bearae, 'acceded by oonveyanoes
laden with wreaths, reaohed the graveyard. The
hyinn. "0 0.4 iiiir llelp in ages past," was sung by •
trained choir SA the leer WIN borne slowly up the
hillside and deposited at the edge of the /crave,
round which the mourners grouped. Deep silence
prevailed for several minutes. Mr. Braithwaite
then delivered an address, at the conclusion of which
c.;thu 'tarn ',meted into the grave and wsa4he
delimited on it. Othtir speakers followed 11th
remarks, and the ceremony concluded, prayer,
according to the quaker usage, belbg omitted.

Five cases of famine fever from the
of Oappoquin, county Waterford, have been admitted
to the hospital of hismore, and considerable iineasi•
imps has been excited in the district in consequence.
The medical oMcer has reported tl. utbreak
of famine keir the rviiiit oi extreme 4iettea, and
the !Acid Government lboartl have ...en down an
idspeetor.
An as*istant in ft grocery establishment it Lien;
1113(111.)hairst learned that he is heir to a ',WIWI(' of
MAIO; n advertisement appeared ip the newa•
papers in (pleat of him, iq order that he may receive
the sum named, which has loon left to hint by 4
danseed uogie tit Amor*,

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