The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-10 00:00:00

TIIE FUNERAL OF THE LATE QUEEN

DOWAGER.

This mournful ceremonial is definitively fixed to
take place on Thursday next (instead of on Tuesday, as was
at first announced), at one o'clock, in St. George's Chapel.
In accordance witu the expressed desire of ber late Majesty,
ttere will be an entire absence of all the usual appurtenances
attending the interment of members of the royal family. The
deceased que.n, enjoined her executors by her last will to
take care that the rites of the church e•ver her mortal re-
mains were performed in as plain and Pimple a manner as
possible, and desired that her funeral :pieta take place s,
nearly atter midday as convenient, instead of, as customary
on similar occasions, in the ruling, and by torchlight. He►
late Majesty's wi►hes on this subject having been communi-
cated to the queen, the necessary authority was granted by
her Majesty to carry them out as ter as possible, and, as
pre dustily stated, there will be a total absence of all parade
in the ceremonial. The programme of the procession was
forwarded to Osborne, for the approval of her Majesty and
the Prince Consort. It is beaded:—

PROGRAMME OF THE CEREMONIAL FOR PRE PRIVATE
INTERMENT OP HELL LATE MAJESTY ADELAIDE, QUEEN

DOWACIELL,
Aud is introduced by the remark that, in accordance with
the expresezd wish of the decea,ed Quoin, that her remains
should tie interred as private ly as panicle, the following
limited ceremonial will take place:
At an ear.y hour on Thursday morning, a guard of honour
will mount guard at Bentley Priory, and at St. George's
Chapel. The procession will leave the Priory at eight
o'clock, in the following order :
A (luard of Hcnour, consisting of a Company of the 11th
Hussars.
Mutes on Horseback.
The Undertaker.. . .

A Mourning-coach and Four, conveying the late Queen's
Pages.
A. Mourning-coach and Four, conveying the late Queen's
Lord Chamberlain, the Master of the Horse, and Two
Lids-in- Waiting.
A. Mourning.coach and Four, conveying the Chief Mourner,
attended by Two Ladies-in-Waiting.
The late Qtti en's State Carriage. drawn by six Horses, and
conveying the Crown, licrne by Captain Taylor, one of
her late Majesty's Equerries.
A Detachment of Hussars.
A Plume of Feathers, borne by four Mutes on Horseback.
The Howse, containing the Body of the late Queen, drawn
by eight horses, and emblaz ,ned with ten Escutcheons
of the Royal Arms.
A Detachment of Hussars.
The procession will net pass through the town of Stan-
more, but proceed by way of Ruislip to Uxbridge, and thence
to Slough. At Slough the cortige will be joined by his
Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Duke of Cambridge, and
Prince George, and several Lords and Ladie in Waiting on
the Queen. The latter will be conveyed in three of the
Queen's dress carriages, the Prince Consort and the other
members of the royal family closing the procession in a mourn-
ing coach drawn by four him's.
On reaching St. George's Chapel the coffin will be re-
moved from the hearse, and conveyed into the choir by ten
sailors. The procession will hi re be headed by Garter Kin,-
abArms, the Lord Chamberlain to her late Majesty walking
immediately before the corpse. At the entrance of the chapel
the cortege will be received by the Dean and Canons of
Windsor, by whom the service will be read.
The chief mourner will sit at the head of the corpse,
closely veiled, during the ceremony—Garter occupying the
usual position at the head.
It is expected that the Knights of the Garter will oc-
cupy their respective stalls upon the occasion; but it is
rotitively certain that no spectators whatever will be present
within the chapel.
A Hampshire paper states that the good Queen Dowager's
affection for the gallant profession of her late royal hushand
continued up to her dying hour; and it could not be exhibited
in a stronoer

body should be conveyed to its final resting-place by seamen
of the royal fleet. It is understood that in compliance with
this request a portion of the crew of the royal yacht Victoria
and Albert have been ordered up from this port to perform
the office of bearers of the remains of the wife of our late
sailor King. His Royal Highness Prince Albert will cross
from Osborne Palace to this harbour in the Fairy yacht on
Thursday morning, and proceed by rail to Slough, and then
join the cortege, which will accompany the remains to Wind-
sor. Alter the mournful ceremony, his Royal Highness will
return to this port and rectos* to Osborne.

EASTER Den.—The village of Idle continues in a
state of great excitement about Easter dun. Another die
traint was effected on Wednesday last. The individual dis-
trained upon is a respectable tradesman, a peacealte member
of society, and in fellowship at the indr pendent church. He
howevvr is a man of some humour ; and, exacting the visit,
he bad iogentuusly shaved down two lumps of salt into the
image aid appearance of two cones of sugar, which he placed
near the door, with the hope that his unwelcome visitors
would seize them. As he planned, so it fell out. The con-
stables came, informed their vic•inn of their errand, and re-
clues:tee payment of the amount due. Thu the indignant
soopleeeper refused, whereupon the officials *sized the
pillars of s►lt, which they carried off, to their own amiss
taction and to the infinite ammo meat of the owner, to the
New Inn, there to await the sale. Here, however,tl-e ruse was
discovered. The landlady, true to her sex's characteristic,
0004 not rest till she had tested the qu .lity of the article, and
upon tfiting ir, proclaimed the trick. 'the constables were
furrified ; they, however, left en invoice of their morning's
work, es follows (rerbatim et Uterafins):—Hemoved 2 Suaer
Loh to Mr. Harper's, Nue In, Idle, John Stansfleld, Jelin
Mine. by. On the following morning the bungling cons
stabl s paid a second visit to our facetious friend, and tried
to w net ale him into payment of the amount demanded ; but
it wag of no avail —the honest man Peat firm to his principles.
They then seized a quantity of cheese, value If. 12s. '
They then went to another shop, where they found an
equally sturdy customer, anti here they seized boots and
shoes, value 40s. In the evening, the story of the " pillars
cat salt " having get abroad, an incident occurred which at-
tract, d crowds of people, and occasioned great excit. m. nt.
A person clothed in priestly garments, with white eurplic
and halide, went through the streets wheeling a beer° sr,with
sat, to sell, carrying a board, on a.e aide of which ass in
eeciaed " J oda'," and on the other " Easter Dues."—Brad,
lord Observer.
THE MAY COUNTY GAOL OF GANT'S being cm-
p!wol, on Thursday last the few remaining prisnners in th.
old g. 1.4 were removed to the new one. Among These was one
(a di bto-), William Miller, form. fly of enciptcourch, cshi-
nei -maker. who had been in mita. mesa thirty five years !
he having been committei on the 3rd of Dec mber, 1614.
The old man was v.•ry loth to exchange nis old apartments,
and wos c irried nus of the gas ,1 to the carriage which
was to convey him to the new prison.