The Express.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

THZ TUNIStAL OF CARDINAL

The whole business of a vast SWUM of London
seemed yesterday to have been arrested, and
along Eldon-street, City-road, Old-street, Ned-
road., Paddington, and up to Kensal-green Ceme-
tery, the way lay through dense manes of the
working classes, the greater portion on foot, but
also intermixed with
.groups mounted on vehicles of
every possible denomination. With the exwin
of Illnsbury Circus, in which not a single blind hed
been pulled down, the usual demonstrations of re-
spect for a much-esteemed fellow-citisen were uni-
versaL Most of the shops were closed, the
windows were crowded with spectators, and
the utmost gravity and decorum were
observed throughout. The procession. which left
Moorfields at S o'clock, did not reach Kemal-
green until past 6, and then a considerable pe-
lion of time was lost on reaching the grave. The
roadway was is a dreadful condition after the late
severe weathers and the enclosure known as the
Raman Catholic Cemetery was almost impassable.
In were informed that Sir Richard Mayne had de-
Amid sereling any police inside the gates, and that
a volunteer force of special constables had been
iespeo!ised by the Rev. Mr. Kelly, out of his
lock in the Commercial-road. These poor men,
to the number of two hundred, and all wear-
ing white rosettes, were most melons and at-
tentive, and pushed their co-religlowiste beak
with considerably more vigour than would perhaps
have been tolerated in the regular police. The
little chapel had been appropriately draped for a
funeral service, but when the proossnon arrived it
was determined to proceed directly to the grave,
which was walled round and surrounded by an
thensure hung with black cloth. The order of the
proceed= as given yesterday was preserved by the
assembled bishops and clergy whilst on foot, and the
prescribed channts far the dead were snag by the
reverend eboristees, who had previously officiated
in the sanctuary of the church. The bishops fol-
lowed the ocdia as chief mourners, and the pall was
held by Sir G. Bowyer and Mr. Waterton, wear-
ing their insignia as Knight, of Si. John of Jeru-
salem. The ceremonial at the burial ground did
not occupy above a quarter of an hour, after which
the several mourning coaches drew up at the
entrance, and the bishops and clergy returned to
town. The ear, which was open, was a great im-
provement on the old close Umeess, so often pro-
ductive of illness to the persons whose unpleasant
duty it is to perform the last offices for the dead.
It bad been previously used for the funerals. of
Mr. Thackersy and Mr. Leech, but on this occasion
was especially decorated with appropriate emblems.
The whole of the arrangements were carried out in
the most satisfactory manner, and except the
slight interruption which we have before noticed,
not a single breach of decorum occurred from the
ber;rnirnicaef to the end of the ceremonials.
Scarcely a month before the deceased Cardinal's
death be bad been occupied in preparing a lecture
on Shakespeare, three pares of which he had com-
pleted and carefully collated with a lecture on the
same subject by Lord Brougham. Feeling a little
exhausted with his work, he took a carriage airing
in the direction of Battersea, when unfortunately he
took cold, in consequence of which his chronic
symptoms becoming acute his strength finally gave
way, and all the skill and exertions of his medical
attendants could only avail to defer a little the final
release from Buffering. Darin his last illness he
had to submit to more than ems painful operation,
but he bore all with perfect patience and resig-
nation.