The Express.
London, England, 1849-12-13 00:00:00

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FUNERAL OF HER MAJESTY THE
QUEEN DOWAGER.

This morning at an early hour the mortal remains
of the late Queen Adelaide were removed trait Beale)
Priory, !Unman, for interment in the viva mausoleum in
St. George's Chapel, Windsor. In accordance with her last
desire, the funeral proceedings were cnidueted in a com-
paratively private manner, fur, with the exception of the
presence of a strong dethchment of the Life Guards there was
nothing beyond the ordinary display observable at the (au-
ral of a private individual.
Yesterday evening a squadron of the 2nd Life Guards
w.-e quartered at Stanmote and i.e vicinity, in ceder to be
in attendance es a guard of honour at the Priory at an early
hour, 8 o'clock being the hour appointed for the departure of
the mournful cortege for Windsor.
Shortly before 8 o'clock the entire squadron of the 2nd
Life Guards was drawn up on one side of the lawn, head‘ d
by Major Martya. The hearse sod mourning maelles had
previously arrived.
The outer or state coffin was brought down to the Priory
from town yesterday, and the remains of her late Illejeety,
previously enclosed in two coffins, placed therein. The
coffin wee covered with rich crimson silk velvet, richly
studded by gilt furniture. A double row of burnished gold
bails tamed the outline, and the compartments were funned
by a triple UMW of sm►ll nails. The sides were relieved by
massive gold handles, and the corners were of
the same, ornamented by an engraved crown. The lid in its
upper compartment had a large raised regal mown, and in
its lower division was an inverted torch and extinct serpent-
The plate bore the following inscription :
Depo-ituni
&Miro Pnocipesso
At)) LAIM

ClalgarsineDsomirb
Moe Medi NDORYALL
Mule ass LVIL
A few minutes after eight o'clock there woe a general
eve amongst those engaged In the Imams( arrangement'
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which denoted that the mournful procession was about to be
formed in its appointed order.
The attendants is her late Majesty, and the Earl of Dela
blab, the Earl Howe, and the other principal officers of the
Queen Dowager's household won afterwards entered the
mourning coaches, when the hearse was drawn beneath the
porch to receive its venerated burden.
On the coffin being borne from the library to the entrance.
besasdiately it was placed in the hearse the guard of honour
of the tad Life Guards saluted the corpse, the trumpetrra
sounding thsir horns, as customary on such solemn omis-
sions.
The funeral procession then began to move from the front
of the mansion, the rear of the hearse being guarded by a
strong body of the military. It moved through the park at
a slow pace, in the order stated in the official announcement
given in yesterday's Express.
The Countess of Browniow, the Rev. Mr. Hudson, and
other personages connected with her late Majesty's coure.l
left the Priory shortly after 9 o'clock for Windsor, to attend
the solemn ceremony of the interment.
The inhabitants at Btanmore and its neighbourhood testi
tied their respect for the memory of her late Majesty by
closing their houses, and the bell of the parish church wee
tolled some time after the funeral had left.
The mournful cortege left on its way to Ruislip, by the
Hare Lodge-gates, where some 200 or 300 villagers had eeL
lected, and proceeded at a solemn pace for about smile distant
from the park gates, where it moved at an increased speed. At
the lane leading to Pinner great, and, in feet, along the
whole distance to Ruislip, groups of persona had assembled
to witness the funeral cavalcade. At Ruislip the whole of
the inhabitants closed their habitations, and a mournful
silence pervaded the concourse of people there mustered.
At Uzbedge the sagas demonstrations of regret were to be
observed, the tradespeople and others doting their houses
The bells of the neighbouring churches were tolled
—•ile as the forma presemion pursued its route.

THE MERCHANT SERVICE.
The Gazette of last night contains a list of the mutes and
s in the merchant snake, who have voluntarily passed
an examination ant °blend entificatee of qualification, fur
the dam egoist each 'signed, under the regulations issued
by the Beard of Trade since the 3lnan"st October last :
Hu.
Zobert William Horgan, second class certificate, Oriental,
if Stockton.
Henry Georg* Williams, second, Thomas Blyth, of London.
John 'Young, second, St. Vincent, of London.
Thomas Dawson, first, Prometheus, of London.
James Stewart, second, Glen Huntley, of Greenock.
Andrew Cob'', first, John Bunyan of Aherdeen.
Frederick Bristow, second, A 8 London.
of London.
Alexander Connor, third, Helen Gillenan, of London.
John liodpon Watling, third, William and Albert, of
London.
Robert Durham Robertson, first, Deanna', of Greenock.
Jouph Fleming, second, Charles, of London.
John lii'Lean, second, Hoogbly, of London.
John Witherden Hurst, second, Samuel Boddington, of
London.
Frederick Dansterville King, second, Seton, of Calcutta.
Alfred Beech, second, Emma Eugenia, of London.
Edward Knott, third, Rein Deer, of London.
William Suodstrom, third, Dorothea, of London.
William Thompson, is cond, Britannia, of North Shields.
Joseph Carey, first, Cornelius, of Liverpool.
William Morgan, third, Angelina, of London.
William il'Leas,seeend, Envoy, of Greenock.
William Donaldson, second, Richard Cobden, of Dundee.
Richard Ley Stroud, third, Pike, ot Shoreham.
John Johnson, second, Ann of North Shields.
Thomas IrDo'nnell, second, Deborah,
of Miramichi.
John Wroyford, second, Stamboul, of Great Yarmouth.
Isaac Chapman Gales, first. Jane, of London.
Henry Thornton, second, Etieldred, of London.
Edward Ebenezer Osborn, first, Reliance, of Liverpool.
Janus Gresham, second, Janet, of Glesgow.
George Howes, first, Brazilian of Liverpool.
John Frederick Ives, second, Earl Stanhope, of London.
Thomas Junes Thomas, second, 'Winder, of Newcastle.
John Parsons, second, Lady Nugent, of London.
Thomas Gillen Simpson, second, Prima Donna, of Ips-
wich.
Edward Stewart, second, George, of Kirealdy.
James Lamed's, second, Isabella and Ann, of Aberdeen.
John Ursa, third, Susan Kiog, of Newport.
John Walker Witherwick. second, Fanny, of Sunderland.
William Darks, first, Ins, of London.
Alezander Scott, first, Polly, of South Shields,
William H Biahop, first, Asia, of London.
Christopher d Ferguson, second, Pi:Sties, of
London.
Willioni Cockrill Ise, wooed. Prompt, of North Shields.
Joseph William Hos, third, Commodore, of London.
Allan M'Kenale, seeoad, Mary, of Liverpool.
James Lyon, 'woad, Elf, of Arbroath.
Henry Sergeant Machin, second, Adelaide, of London.
George Taylor, third, Glestanner, of London.
Thomas Edward Marsh, second, Alb* of Glasgow.
William fills, third, John, of North Illaiskls.
James Fyffe, seemid, Maranealittararthundee.
Janis Laurens, ant, Sir W.
Charles Cunningham, firs, Bengal, of Glasgow.
Robert Thomsen. eseend, Alszesdrins, of London.
Henry Charles rester, seend. Teeple, of London.
Augustin Veneta, seseng, elasa, of Undu.s.
George Alezerader Thtelogilds, second, Lady Nugent,
London.
Charles Robertson, second, Tragic of London.
William Hart. third, Londe+, of London.
David Rem, third, Elizabeth, of Liverpool.
Lawrence Smith, first, Wm. Gladstone, of Dundee.
James Pounder, first, liindoo, of Sunderland.
MATES.
Junes Edward Coates, third class certificate, William
Woolley, of London.
John Tossell, third, Charlotte, of London.
Alexander Ill'Allum 111Ser lie, second, St. Vincent, of
Liverpool.
James Burgh Long, seised, John William Dare, of Cal-
'etas
James Aspa, second, Trefolger, of London.
William Henry Watts, first, Eliza Pint., of Belfast.
William Augudus Wallace, second, Waterloo, of London.
Edwin Smith Oakden, second, Mimi', of Sunderland.
Augustus Clark, *tweed, Tropic, of London.
London.
Philip Matthews Wooleott, second, Clyde, of
Jams' Robert Booed, third, Constance, of London.
James Robertson, woad, Brahmin, of Glasgow.
MEISOILAWDIIIL—The second class master's certificate
issued by the Marine Booed, South Shields, on 13th of April,
1848, and published in the Gazette ot 6th May, 1648, ought
to stand Joseph Brews instead of Joespli Storey.