The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-28 00:00:00

o', SATURDAY

so to speak, Lord Palmerston naemtitivem7
the view of the assembled reprises p
that country which be heal iiernekilt long
—...---- faithfully.
(Fran the Daily Peres.)
yosterday the mortal romaine of Henry. John
,_,_lt
abootiroyliattlande topridvawetell
carriages
the
—those of
,
Temple, Lord Viscount Palmerston in the peerage In"
of Great Britain, Baron Temple in that of Ire- her Majesty, the Priem of Wales, the Duke of
Cambridge, and the Duchess of Cambridge !eliding
land, a Knight of the Garter, Grand Orme ot
the Bath, Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, —which swept by for a considerable time. The
interest of the omission had culminated at the
D.C.L. of Oxford, Lord Rector of Glasgow instant when the met glimpse was caught
University, a Privy Councillor, and at the
of the pall as the coffin was, as it were,
time of his death First Lord of the Treasury,
disrobing into the dim depths of the nave of
were
conveyed
with ell the solemn Peen) el a Public the Abbey Church ; andthe crowds began to dlsai-
funeral from Cambridge-house,Piecadilly, to West-
pate somewhat quickly ; while those who lingered
minter Abbey, and there deposited in the north
had their movements hastened by the fall of a sharp
shower, which was discharged from a cloud that
transept with the ashes of those illustrious states-
men whose names are household worde in thousands
suddenly darkened the hitherto rather bright day ;
of English homes, and whose 'memories live yet
I, and as on all similar occasions that which in its
in the hearts of their countrymen.
;Al.,±,eut beginning was all order and regularity, accompanied
wanting in the more gorgeous - I by that most impressive of all quietude, the still-
s public military funeral, it is believed that the late
Premier himself never contemplated the idea f a nfuseloilleaev,,rit colwandi
thinsitafaclinWrillinati"g
of a
visiown.es se con-
premier
funeral, and his executors, acting upon the
wish implied by his causing a vault to be constructed THE INTERMENT IN THE ABBEY.
et Roussel. gave the nemeerY instructions to the The crucial form of the interior of the Abbey ,
undertaker to convey the remains of the noble lard to necessitated bush a separation of the holders of ,
Broadlands, and there inter them in the family grave. the various classes of tickets as to give the vener.,
All the original arrangeinenta were therefore made able choir and aisles an appearance of emptiness ;
on the basis of a private funeral befitting the rank sufficient to cause a genteelly expressed feeling of ,
and position of the deceased, and it was only when ' disappointment on the pert of those who had come
the wishes of the Queen had been expressed that.
I Prepared tovritnees agrand and imposing ceremonial. 1
his remains should rest with those of Pitt, Fox, and ' The south transept, or, as it is better known, ;
other illustrious statesmen in Westminster Abbey, " Poets' Corner," was filled with an immense ;
that the arrangements were altered so as to admit and graduslly.mosnding siege, which had beam,
of the attendance of the cabinet, the various civic I erected for the accommodation of both houses of ,
functionaries, and those of his cootemporaries in I parliament and for the press. The repreeenta- ,
the senate who had expressed a desire to be pre- fives of the latter were placed at the remote top of ,
sent at his obsequies. this gallery, and in consequence had but a distant ,
There was neither time nor opportunity fcw a view of the funeral procession, or of the pro- ,
great public demonstration ; and although there . ceedings which took place in front of the altar, ,
was a pretty general holiday in the City of London, I and more especially at the grave. This gallery, or i
and business was for the moat part suspended at i stage, was never more than tall filled, and the :
the west end for • considerable portion of the !appearance of its occupanta, broken up into groups, ,
day, there was nothing of an extraordinary chase" ! and conversing on the various topics of the day, 1
ter either in the procession itself or the crowding ni-- I did not much strengthen the impression usually ,
the streets, except at one or two points, to elevate I connected with a solemn funeral ceremony. Mr. 1
the proceedings into a national event. Up to eleven I Pratt, the senior door-keeper of the House of ,
o'clock, the streets, even in the line of the prates- 1 Commons, was in attendance, but he had great ,
sion, could not be even termed crowded, and at no difficulty in the work of recognition, so numerous i
time were they so, with the exception of that por- were the new faces amongst the members: of parlia- i
Lion of Piccadilly which was in the immediate meet since the last general election. A very early
vicinity of Cambridge House, Charing-cross, and arrival was Mr. Roebuck, and about the same time
the Broad Sanctuary, were they rendered im- ; the tall and venerable form of Sir Moses Monte- i
passable. 1 Sore was seen slowly ascending the gallery. In i
About half-paat twelve o'clock a carriage, 1 this part of the church also we noticed the 1
with the coachman and footmen in deep , Marquis of Clanricarde, Mr. Goshen, Mr. Tor- 1
lir. Locke, and I
mourning clothes, and wearing scarves and hat- " ran% Mr. Thomas Hugh es,
bands, drove up ; and it was soon perceived that it several others, chiefly of the liberal party. i
contained the Prince of Wales and three of his suite. They had been dropping in since 11.45, and as the 1
Although many of these personages arrived in car- funeral procession did not arrive until one, it is not ,
sieges, a great number of them came on foot in the surprising that the intervening time should be l
most unostentatious manner ; notably amongst beguiled with gamma coocereatfcm. In one quarter
the very latest were the Marquis of Salisbury and it was noticed that whereas the Speaker of the
Mr. Newdegate, who came together in an tedium,' House of Commons had been generally mentioned
street cab. At a quarter to one the last straggler in the anticipatory notices of the funeral, there was ,
had passed within the gates, the bustle of the pas- actually uo such public functionary in existence, his 1
cage ceased, and at this moment there was are-
selection being the first work that awaits the new ,
markable hush in the vast crowd which overlooked
parliament in January next. One leman ;
the splice which was kept vacant for the advent of averred that the late Speaker was to made •• ;
the procession. Upon the stroke of one o'clock peer, and actually gave his title, whilst another, ,
the head of the funeral cortege appeared who professed to be better informed, averred that
passing slowly by St. Margaret's Church, be would "stand" again, even though he should be
and three mourning coaches crept up to the Abbey opposed by the Lord Advocate. The future of
door, and their occupants in very simple mourning Cambridge House was then rather warmly diecualed,
having been set down, way was made for the ad- and it seemed to be generally accepted in-
voice of the carriages conveying the several provin- tenigenoe that the owner—Mr. Hutton, or
cial corporations who had been invited to attend. Sutton—had presented it to Archbishop Man-
There was some little hurrying, we will not say Ding; to be turned into a Rumen catholic
confusion, in the way in which these civic bodies cathedral. Then the struggles add adventures
made their way into the Abbey ; some of them which visitors had encountered in their exer-
had apparently left their carriages behind and has- tions to obtain admission, and the excitement of a
toned forward on foot, the whole of them passiug noble lord of recent creation who had shouted " I'm
within the door without much semblance of regu- ' a Peer, I'm a Peer," as an appeal to the obdurate
and this
tenth while the bright-coloured and sometimes ' police, were narrated, and speculations as
bizarre robes which many of them wore excited Ito the cause of the apparently thin attendance,
attention, and • murmur ran through the ass I filled up the time until the arrival of the procession.
bled people which was hardly in keeping with the opposite to i i Poeta. Corner eis the north tran-
spirit of the moment. This part dthe Pwwwwdmi ' Dept, in which, as it contained the grave, no visitors
was closed by the Lord Mar's*. Sheriffs, and were admitted. The railed-in space in front of
a deputation of the corporation of London. the altar contained nothing but the trample for the
The small body of the Naval Reserve, and coffin, and thus the whole of the interior of the
the detachmenta of the London Irish and Romney alebey as it could be seen from Poets' Corner ap-
Volunteers, without firelooka, and only carrying pemed to be a wildernma; instead of a vast interior
their side-arms, followed, and took up a position on crowded with human beings, and pervaded with an
the opposite side of the church door, where they re- ' atmosphere of reverence, excitement, and ex-
mained drawn up until the obsequies were concluded. I pc/station. But as a matter of fact, great
It may be hypercriticism, but it seemed as if We I numbers had collected within the eene.
portion of the arrangements was not the most sue-
I table walls. The nave, which was corn-
cessful ; for the appearance of so small a body of pletely out of sight, was crowded, the triforium
troops was not imposing, in a military sense, and
- 11 above was filled with company, and the invited
waaseareelY in geed/`"pinwith the other fe!tures visitors had collected in the Jerusalem Chamber,
of the procession. The hearse immediately followed i regularly marshalled and ready to follow the pro.
and drew up at the great door of the Abbey. cession when it arrived. Curiously enough, the
During the necessary delay in removing the coffin, 1 sacrariumbehind the altar had been allotted to the
asmay be conceived, there wasa stir, a murmur,corporation of London and the other municipal
I
amongst the assembled gazers, which may well have bodies, who when they had collected there were
been taken as an evidence of the emotion which I completely shut in from all view of the rest of the
might have been expected to prevail ; but we re- 1 interior. There was, in foot, an air of apathy,
gret to say the solemnity of the moment was 1 coldness, and loneliness everywhere about, and
marred and broken by noise, ode', and straggles I the eye felt relief as it glanced upwards at the
from a part of the crowd which had been pushed ' groinel roof and slender pillars, and watched the
back into Victoria-street, the Persons composing ' play of colour which the scant sunbeams of October
which were doubtless unable to witness what was
issoon ceased, and then, untilthe ,
created by reflecting the tints of the stained glass
going on. Happily th
windows on the upper walls.
whole of the procession had entered the Abbey, the I
utmost decorum was preserved. In sumeasion the 1 The Jerusalem Chamber was the trysting plan
for all those who had received special tickets of
carriages conveying the mourners proper drew up, I
invitation from the
~...;;;
and from them alighted the Rev. Mr. &divan and 1 '''''''
.......'.-t°r's. They
made a very
the Right Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., who took their 1 numerous assemblage, as will be seen by the follow-
places next to the coffin, follewed immediately by lag List
the Right Hon. Laurence Sulivan and the Earl Prince John ef Glueheburg, Prince Edward ef
of Shaftesbury, who were sue/evaded by the only Saxe Weimar, Count Gleichen, Archbishop of York,
other near relatives of the deceased who were pre- Duke of Cleveland, Marquis of Ailesbury, Marquis
sent, Mr. Henry Ilipphdeyimr. L. Rippiamyomdear. I of Hartington, Earl of Beiaborough, Earl Grey,
W. Hippialey. Those who ranged themselves next Earl Cowley, Earl of Dalhousie, Earl St. Ger-
in order—the coffin the while waiting in the en. mansi Earl of Zetland, Viscount Evereley, Bishop
closed area before the western door—were of the of London, Lord Dufferin, Lord Houghton, Lord
family of lady Palmerston, namely, Earl Cowper, Lys Lord March, Lord ProbY, Lord West-
the Honourables Spencer Cowper and Henry bury, Lord Wensleydale, Lord A. Paget, Lord
Cowper, M.P., and the Hon. Evelyn /today, who Charles 1"18814 Lord Chief Justice, Sir R. Peel,
was private secretary to the late Prime Minister, Si? J. Bodeen, Sir J. Collins, Sir A. Oliflord, Sir
and to them succeeded Lord Ashley, the Honour. John Grey, Sir C. Eastlake, Sir R. Murchison, Sir
.
ghee Lionel and Cecil AshleY and Lord Jocelyn, vim. RaTter, Sir R. Palmer, Vioe-Chansglev of
the Hon. Frederick Jocelyn—quite a boy—Lord Cambridge and Master of St. John's College,
Sudeley, Sir George Sheer and Mr. Charles Bar- Right Hon. H. Bruns, Right Hon. T. Head-
rfngton (also one of Lord Palmerston'„ privete sec. lain, Lord Advocate, Hon. R. Dutton, Hon. G. Den-
rotaries). The Duke of Cambridge, the Archbishop man, Hon. and Rev. C. Harris, Hon. J. Howard,
of Canterbury, Viscount Bury (Comptroller of the Right Hon. Wm. Hutt, Hon. Sir R. White,
Household), and Viscount Sydney (Iford Chamber- How A. Rinnairdt.W. P. Adam, Esq., M.P. ; T.
lain), then took their places, and ware followed by G. Baring, kg-P. ;E. T. Childers, M.P. ; Colonel
the Speaker of the House of Common. The Kingscote, M.P. ; Knatchbull Fiuggeseon, M.P. ;
next in order; who were set down were the A. H. Layard, ILE ; gerieant Sulivan, ILE; ldr.
ten Cabinet Molders who were to perform the duty 1 G. Young, ; Rev. D. Berthon (Rioter of &empty),
of pall-bearers, and the first who appeared was Earl I Colonel Janis, M.P. ;C. Clifford, M.P. ;
Russet; who looked graver than even he is wont to Mr. Helps ;ear. E. Hammond ; Mr. Kincaid,
look ; after hint came the Lord chinnuff‘or and Mr. J. Murray ; bin -- Nickel ;:14e: E. PelliZZi ;
Earl Granville, with regard to whom it was Captain Posen, Mr. Waddington, and the Arch-
obeerved that he showed on his countenance deacon of London.
marks of strong emotion. The remaining mem- The Earl of Derby and Mr. Disraeli had both
here of the cabinet closed the number of received invitations, and their absence was the
those who formed the immediate atten- subject of general and by no means favourable cow-
dints on the bier, which was then moved lime. Amongst the foreign ambassadors present
slowly within the portals'
of the Abbey, and, the American Waiter, Ur, Adams ; the Prussian

V

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THZ
FUNERAL OF LORD PALMERSTON.

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thampton, Sir F.. Knightly,
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Vhcount 11100, ,Lord C. Hamiluni„Klitrquklif
Salisbury, Ihinuis of Normanby, Das of Buckidg-
ham, Earl of Cardigan, Mr. H. Hawkins, Q
_l4ll 0 Cork, H Ls
M.P., Lord Keane: Maegius olClatrioarae, Mr.
Goschen, 141. k., Lord W. Hay, Sir M. Farquhar,
Marrs. Kennard, Tonsils, J. Smith, Rehm
Arlon, Sir M. Montedore, Messrs. Stansfsl4,
W. Martin, D. W. Beaumont, A. W. Peal, Danby
Seymour, Captain Calmat, B. J. Woodd, W.
Locke, T. Hughes, C. Staopoole, E. Daring, H.
Baring, Serjeant Gabbles, Lord B. Bruce, Messrs.
Mowbray, Thomson, Banbury, Hanksy, Bonham
Carter, three B.otheohilds, Captain Gridley, and

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l'urkish later, yore readltAidegg.
La e, outside, the from Ifsibed-
lands,46 'ln number, were martheltail hem the
western entrance up to the entrees, of the choir,
and being all dressed mettening, with scarves.
and hatbanda, tede a most respeotable and decor-
,
ous appearance.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and Ids
Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at
the Abbey at hall-past 12 o'clock, and were received
by the Very Rev. the Dean, who conducted the
Prince of Wales to his stall in the choir. His Royal
Highness was attended by his equerries, Lord
Alfred Hervey, General Knollys, and Major Grey.
The Duke of Cambridge was conducted by the
Sub-Dean to his stall, opposite that of the Prince of
Wales, and their Royal Highnesses retained their
sesta until the removal of the coffin to the grave.
The Archbishops of Canterbury and York occupied
their, stalls immediately next those of the two
Princes.
The procession arrived at the Abbey gates punc-
tually at 1 o'clock, and proceeded slowly up the
nave, the choristers chanting to Croft's music the
opening sentences of the Burial Service, "I am
the resurrection and the life," " I know that my
Redeemer liveth," "We have brought nothing
into the world ;" but when its head, which consisted
of the London and provincial corporations, entered
the choir, the members seemed to forget the sal
lemnity of the occasion, for they hurried across the
open space beneath the Lantern and disappeared
into the Sacrarium with a rapidity which defied all
older and precedency. A pause now ensued, which
was filled up by the rapidly approaching chant of
the choristers and the solemn peal of the organ,
a movement such as is always perceptible in large I
assemblages, when the principal object of interest
approaches, took place, and slowly the coffin
was borne onward, preceded by a plume,
and having the pall supported by the Cabinet
Ministers. From our distant gallery we could
recognise Mr. Gladstone, pale as a statue, Earl
Russell, Earl Granville, Sir George Grey, Earl de
Grey, and the Duke of Somerset, and we could also
see that all wore the stars and ribbons of the orders
of knighthood to which they belonged. The coffin
was placed on its tressels in front of the altar, the
pall bearers were accommodated with seats in its
immediate vicinity, and the remaining space in
front of the altar was filled by the 150 mourners,
headed by the Rev. H. &divan, chief mourner,
and the Earl of Shaftesbury. The service then
commenced with the 90th Psalm ; after which the
Sub-Dean, the Rev. Lord John Thynne, read the
Lesion, 15th chapter Paul's First Epistle to the
Corinthians. A very short space of time was thus
occupied, and then the choristers, who wore black
bands over their surplices, filed off and formed a
semicircle in the immediate vicinity of the open
grave.
The central portions of the church were now
quite full, the religions service and the beautiful
and well-executed church music began to tall upon
the congregation, and the ceremonial assumed a
really solemn and imposing character. The coffin
was raised from its tressels, and while its bearers
occupied a moment or two in adjusting their heavy
burthen, every one crowded about the coffin to touch
the pall or to gaze on the viscount's coronet which
rested on the lid. The organ burst forth with
Beethoven's funeral march, and the Dean, vritb the
two royal princes, one on each band, proceeded
slowly towards the grave. In a moment the
hitherto deserted north transept was filled with
peers, commoners, men noted in literature or arms,
the clergy, the choristers, and the mourners. The
number of bald heads was a subject of general notice,
but all conversation was soon stilled by the sonorous
voice of Dean Stanley reading the sublime words of
the burial service so as to be distinctly heard in the
remotest corners of the avenue. The Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Cambridge stood at the far
end of the transept, In a stall which bad been spe-
cially prepared for their reception, and overlooking
the grave. Even et the distance at which we were
placed we could observe the serious, all
mourn-
ful, expression of their faces, and could detect the
star and ribbon of the Garter which each Prince
wore over his deep mourning costume. There were
the bearer of the coronet, the pall-bearers, and at
the foot of the grave the Rev. Mr. Sulivan, the
chief mourner, and the rest of the transept was
llcompletely filled with the mourners and the more
privileged visitors. With respect to the grave
itself it must be observed that it is rather a
vault sufficient to hold a single body than
a grave, being lined with encaustic tiles
throughout, and therefore not permitting the
throwing in of any earth at the most solemn por-
tion of the funeral service. This novelty attracted
a great deal of notice, and was received with various
degrees of approbation. To some it appeared a
great improvement, as taking away all the earthy
hideousness of burial ; but others thought that the
traditional solemnity of the grave suffered when
the dread words, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,"
are not accompanied by the usual symbolic
sprinkling of earth on the coffin. We were in-
formed that on this omission the chief mounier
responded to the words by casting several valuable
rings into the grave. We state this on good au-
thority, but from the distance at which we were
placed we could not ourselves be witnesses of so
unusual a death offering. The sad ceremonial was
now drawing rapidly to a conclusion, having
gradually intensified in solemnity and in-
terest from the commencement, and was at
last destined to terminate with an incident
the striking solemnity and appropriateness of
which produced a powerful impression upon the
whole of the vast assemblage. The weather had
been variable throughout the morning, but sun-
shine had predominated. Now, however, as the
Dean was in solemn tones reading the concluding
words of the service that reverberated throughout
the cathedral, the scene darkened as if from an
eclipse, the storm burst forth over head, said the
whole of the grand and imposing tableau was
wrapped in gloom. The lovers of coincidences
came to the conclusion that a more appropriate
finale could not be given to the mortal career of
the great statesman than this sudden contribution
of the heavens themselves to the solemnities of
his funeral.
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ANOTHER ACCOUNT.

Lord Palmerston's funeral yesterday seemed to
prove the inadequacy of symbolism. Everything
that the respect of living mortals could show for
mortal remains ; everything that the traditions of
Westminster Abbey could inspire ; everything that
the undertake?' art could devise, were brought
into requisition. Yet in spite of all, the broad feet
that a great man has died and has been buried is
the only one upon which memory lingers, and it is
far from certain that the ceremonial of yesterday
has augmented respect or increased
.reverence foe
the departed statesman.
Those who were favoured with tickets for the
choir had simply to force their way through an
obstructive fringe of old ladies and their escort",
who, assembling in the nave, had difficulty in be-
lieving that their vouchers did not entitle them to
the most favourable standing or sitting point. The
police were active, civil, and energetic, and after
some little parleying, this fringe was broken
through, and an entrance to the reserved part og
the Abbey effected. Here a stray verger, or a
competent emissary of Messrs. Ranting, did the
rest, and the spacious temporary gallery, which
reached from the screen to the first arches over
Poet's Corner, was open to the visitors favoured
with a special ticket. There was ample room. The
long range of broad, black steps covered with black
cloth were only partly filled, and it was easy to
choose a favourable resting-place. This done,
the view of the grave and of the people viewing it
seemed to be the subjects of contemplation for the
nett hour. Those who had friends present con-
versed in decorous whispers upon the affairs of the
day. Those who had not, remarked upon the im-
propriety of talking on mundane matters upon an
occasion such as this ; and so the time went on.
We were all hearty, sincere, and reverent in
our desire to pay our tribute of respect to
the ruling spirit now gone, and we displayed
these feelings by selecting good plums in
the gallery, and conversing in under tones.
Other views, and perfectly sincere ones, were pro-
bably entertained by many other mourners, but to
the writer, the necessary technicalities, the ranging
into places, the very perfection of the arrangements,
jarred somewhat upon the feelings proper to the
grave. Never were the words of Tennyson's noble
ode more appropriate : •

Here, hi streaming Loodou's mistral roar,
Let the mood of those he wrought for,
And the feet of them he fought for,
Eehe round his bones for evermore.

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During all this time the peers and members of 1
parliament who bad been accommodated with
places in Poets' Corner, were kept rigidly penned
in, and with difficulty obtained permission to
take a glimpse at the still open grave wlulst'lhe
orgin was playing the congregation out with the
Dead March in Saul.
The whole of the funeral arrangements were per-
fect, and reflected high credit on Messrs. Banting, to
whom they had been entrusted. The vocal portion
of the music was performed by Messrs. R. Barnby,
T. Baxter, J. Foster, W. Dawson, J. L Brown-
smith, G. Benson, Montem Smith, O. Bradbury,
T. Lawler, W. Machin, H. Whitehouse, T. Fran-
cis, W. J. Fielding, J. Shoubridge, H. Biackiand,
W. Winn, Carter, Whiffin, and Distin. Mr. Tune
presided at the organ.

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his last resting-place

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The Tinsel agoras, estimate the numbers who swanned
1. whew LitelleAteAALl24lllelll fre'el 111011_
imtlTfaa snag __ ._
The Treasury bailie, were far more than a Sas-
hellcat gloom, though their window-bliods were int'
drawn down, and not a yard of black cloth coveeilliMeth
vast naiad exterior. The *diary inmate we two :141
peeped furtively at the sadly grand specials from Oh
emus ot a blind only rendered the simplarly deathlike look
el the spurious structure all the more baciescribahly grim
sad dismal.
"As the last ceniage was drives away and the gads
dosed, it seemed but as yesterday," remarks the Poe,
"that Cambridge Hoar mounded with those bril-
liant political and social gatherings of which Lord
Pamenton was the life and soul. It was hate that
he lived during his long and memorable Premier.
ship ; here that, amidst the anxious and pressing cares
el State, and while her Majesty. in COnSegainee of the
i death of the Prince Consort, sought that retirement from
which she hr scarcely yet emerged, he dispensed a priasely
hospitality, which was limited to no party, elan, or act
here that the doors were readily throws open to depute•
tions from all quarters, and upon every subject; depute,.
tions who were 'Waled to and talked to in the most bush.
ass -like and friendly roamer, sod who, if their wishes
could not always be granted, took their departure in
pleasant frame el mind."
At Cambridge House, while lists were being fitted with
the large streaming beads called " weepers,' and *pule.
were being draped by the practised hands of wadeetakere
men, there was leisure, the Telegraph sem to note all
trivial things which somehow beoome innerly significant
at such a time. Among them not the Wei I
staking wee the large empty inane on the staireme. It
was empty, because the portrait of Lord Palmerston had
been taken from it and carried away, to undergo
same operation at the kends of the picturochassair.
and in the interval between its removal for that purpose
and its restoration, the form of him whom it deplete primed
for ever from mortal sight. In the hall beneath mightehe
I have bees otierved,asilver-ornamented polished oak tumor
mice used by Lord Palmerston when, presidine. as
loften cheerfully consented to do, at the ceremooy .
inaugurating a peat public enterprise, he tumid the
first sod upon land over which, once bare and desolate.
the whistle of the drive railway train is heard. It
was matter of talk, pending the time ic which these and
other things impressed themselves upon the mad, that the
Due de Perim bad telegraphed to lay that his purpose'
journeying to London, to want at the melancholy duties
honouring the memory of Lord Palmerston, had been
frustrated by an accident ; and that Lady Palmerston bad
received from the Empress of France an autograph letter
full of kiadnau and sympathy.
At some few minutes after 12 o'clock (says the Star) '
spies of Marlborough House were thrown open, and
brougham come oat and drove to a private door of the .
treme east wing of St. James's Palace. which, as is wet
known, almost adjoins Marlborough Hogue. Soon after,
the blind of one of the bay windows was relied, and some
ladies were observed to take up their polities there.
the evideet delight of all who were fortunati enough to
lasted at the opposite side of rt Palatal.
centre lady was soon recognised as the Princess et We
Ha royal higlasem was attired in dap mourning,
seemed to be an earnest spectator of the inalandroly
menial of the day. At twenty minutia past 12 o'clock
precisely the head of the f ward procession turned
the corner of St. James's-street and entered 1
mall. Almost at the same moaned the window .
which the Prisms' of Wales was seated was partly rained,
end her royal highness seemed to take the deepest interest
daring the whole time the melancholy cottage was pendia.
As if to escape aotice as much an possible. just as tee*"oessioa turned into Pall-mall, which canoed nearly all .
to be turned in that direction, a closed private carriage
and pair, with two footmen, cams out from Maulberoagh
House and drove round into the Park. Except
thew who were disturbed in the vicinity of the gateway,
few notioed the appearance and departure at the cartiage,
and no one seemed to have an idea that it antabsed
royal personage whom all had displayed somuch lanai
earlier is the day to see. Yet this quicat-leekiag carriage
contained the Primo of Wales. His Royal Highs.* went
by the park to Westminster Abbey, where be;wae received
by the Very Bar. the Dean of Westminster, sad
ducted to the royal seal.

Yet, despite this fitness, we venture to think, that
to some of those present the contrast between the
quiet Romsey ohurchyard and the ceremonial of
the day came home with a teaching of its own.
No objection can be taken to the arrangements of
yesterday. The accommodation was perfect, the
demeanour of the hundreds assembled unesoeption-
able, the properties, Ito to speak, without a flaw ; BMUS WITHIN THE ABBEY.
and yet it is impossible to avoid the conclusion Within the Abbey (says the raw) a sharks of
political
that the whole affair formed another testimony to opinion were represented. thoogh the great hulk belooged
the hollowness of mortuary splendours. When the the party which lies keg coesidired Lord Palmerston
great bell tolled, and the anthem was sung out with degas( and has given him tonic Arm sad enthusiastic, nn
all feeling and solemnity, the "mayors and corporate :rot T
oos araP** rh*
espsstsitoc bhetallare.phaftanardantatteauraiml
bodies"--so they are styled—fled slowly up into the muisa au the iamb transept. This part wen kept
vacant space above the altar. It would be unfair fumy (sew, sad toll is view was the mom, gave
to peer into motives, or to peas criticisms upon this wee to noise the mortal remains of the departed
crowd. That respectable old gentlemen should don men. Whom Lord Prlorommos lieu the ground is -
obsolete garments, and that a series of corpulent mw" with illuetri__,7eeed. —MI,III let*" imrd CkeibeE"
figures in fur and velvet should be seen stumbling °lithe two Tit Timm—
whom Pitt eau
sal's; at hie) testa Champ I
son
th‘
up steps and crowding into an ecclesiastical pert— the viceroy whoa, h„apputed 2,„a
that the hundreds in the galleries and triforium evil meet with sad, &moms, and loyetty. Nam
should hazard speculations as to which was the door lies Grattan, and again, cm the other aide, Wilber&
Lord Mayor of London and which the Lord and a name as detested as hit own
gbhy the enemies of L.
Provost of Edinburgh, must, we suppose, be taken lend—Outlays& Oyer his w the hosolasst
as tributes to the departed. That men with maces 14_2! ChletldlshoplaMteted "w
hets." la lard lalessiai lass' " Tr•
and other weird metal instruments should precede 7.4„, be of good sine the
6°11'1"
era
I harass'
these high functionaries, and that a crowd in tied on the tb„ aide the stem* of amain use.. almost
bright and radiant uniforms—a crowd, be it turn towards the new comer as if to bid biro welcome,
always understood, of reverent and devotional de- Nearer still is the monument of Lord Bensfield, the
meanour--ehould be mustered to look upon the great judge, but equally great of the " s
alivier-tongued
Commcsa
last sad obsequies from reserved seats,
comaoratorth hofhistbe al ashes do °foot real hash; the bIZLiv
very near to satire. Nothing could be finer or sa°,*litabers Peel
commemorates a esamer - mot
more impressive than the choral service, or the lengthened hat hardly um eausedat (elm atettasak
reading of Dean Stanley and Lord John by public serene. Lord Pshoseston's grave Bee Immo&
Thynne • while the blazoned arms on the poll, at the foot of the ambitious trophy which has been rah
the disposal of the cabinet ministers, the situation of to three ei Lerd Boxing's semi dims. ihed OPerag
the dead man's coronet, were all perfect in their way. it is said that the,_,./mlheath____, ates,ll_l,.ea the virgin
foamed
earth, '
The fault, if fault there be, lies in human nature, brought
epsireplb which t7rAwbbs:7 I
we lleltbmhatet. vex
and how much an organized pageant is removed Tsai
hT„.eh pee only emu feet ac,„ the paaluesass
from heartfelt respect and grief let those nearest lined with eseaueale Welt The pall beans al
and dearest to Lord Palmerston present yesterday maned around the coffin while the 90th
declare. Grant, to again quote that tribute to was chanted to Pumas manic. Berl Roma
the late Duke of Welling ton which may be in his shereeteristie Witte* with crowd
recurred to with peculiar force to-day--grant that 'Da be' bmd, which be seta raved; Kg.
stones face wee paler and more monumental them
we mourn the Lord Chaneellee was 'shiftily deeply toads&
For ass, upon whores hand sad heart sad kale conclusion of the cheat, the Subtleaa, Lewd J. Thyme,
Oboe the fate of Europe hong, the sublime Leeson from the 15th of the lit Cola
and as the body us borne to the edge el the go
still there is an uneasy feeling that the honours of Tuck played with wonderful effect the nand ,
Westminster Abbey, and the privilege of lying with Beethoven. The some by the save where the rest
the wisest, the beet, and the greatest of Englishmen, Moo our, Performed use the are* brimming Port et
might be conferred in a manner more consonant mlezen....47' heastif
he _al mullet= Palma
with the feelings of the living man. To pronounce lave
woo.„ „othed 7a me Dam' Maui "Than
I
dogmatically, or to insist upon what might have LA,. „u um by the their, :ad as the let as
been the opinion and wishes of the late Premier in hushed way heed wee bong fo
task intrward to
the mob s kit
opposition to the facts sanctioned by those dearest of the coffin as it early o wag
to him, would be irrational and unwise; yet the Thou Dean Insole' mad lo tones se
pettiness of all earthly tributes, the glaring contrast awes. an
11) ma
modulated. Os .
between Hold° of to-day and the life of eternity, hie th the farthest teepee. the Tallaktle,
Forasmuch as it be pleased Almighty
cannot surely be brought more prominently forward sad as the "Dust to aut, emus S.
than by coronets, emblazoned palls, and under were pronounced. the mid =maw, as a last
taker's gewgaws, and* fringing a crowd tog:slier aeries tithe dead, threw ism the grave several
to gaze upon a deed lion. That royalty should do and goldsp. " I heard a voice from heaves,"
its utmost—that the future King of England should 1 sod the Dees "theMa Celled sal rhs Lord's
testify by his presence the regard and esteem of hie ; 11,:_eadedoi eldest storm broke over
• dace
the Abbey,
race—that the probable suucessor and late colleagues PlT:masa the. (nom thaPsall amend kittts From s
of the deed man should hold his pall—that 1 thick &Amu the strew ci Heagepe
those near in him should derive reflected honour ' body to hosted in pease:. Dew dairies late lew ggeg
from the isliAiimetancee of kis interment—that fulnses. tow dein/ Into jubilant ezolwidoe, floated
EllgliShlllBll of varying shades of, opinion should ; the lofty skies, end when they died awl the '
mourn his loss—that the hireling mourners should \ eluded with the taagne• The 'Prime
Ve seemly in their conventional rites—that the and
ants by the Duke aloof Cambridge WWl**. [rave. and
down and the unknown, the honoured veterans 1 leyt.esthe
66 Dead march in sin] n poled o
and hopeful neophytes of political life should cluster' of the mourners premed round to gene on the s.
to the bier—all these things may be fitting and well le which lies all that is mortal of the peat minister.
Still, remembering the peculiar characteristics and the departure of the pried*
ged pinonege•—•ll the I
shrewd sound sense of the statesman we have lost, tars in tire other Pots of the Abby: rem admi
it is difficult to help asking whether it was not eltd cleared * e theaagmayve'sand *lathes h°2ll aipra:t
just such mortuary compliments and great post- croliao has and solwity
burnous celebrations as these which the Premier The reporter of the Post witeemed • '
wished, out of his abundant experience, to avoid sludge episode." why* he thus &maw

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