The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-09 00:00:00

rt•NERAL or THE LATE LIECTENANT.GEN.
!R CHARLES JAMES NAPIER.

PoItIIIIIOCTX, SUPT. 8.

The funeral of the above-named gallant moldier
took Owe to-dry it the Gartiwn Chapel, In this town. The
efftVed at the Lindi ort gates at two o'clock, where it
moos mot by the Commander•in•Chier, the Lieutenant-
the Admiral Superintendent, the Mayor and
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corporation, the Masonic brethren of the locality, and the
te„.cre, n. n•c"mmu•siuoed officers, and privates of the

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troops us (memos. A vast body of people hail 'mumbled
to •itaess the funeral of this eminent soldier: the number
or p. roans present being ntimated at 100,000.
The following wee the order of procestion :
The streets were lined at half past one o'eock by the whole
of the troops in garrison at Portsmouth and Gosport. The
rrmates arrived Win Stakes, at the Landport Gates about
is , o'cl-xle, when the procession was formed by the
31.sot.ie body, the deetaisd being a distinguished member
that ord.?, in the following manner:
The Portsmouth ',Age, No. 717.
The Royal Sussex Lodge, No. 425.
The Phfraia Lodge, No. 319.
THE BODY.

We Sergeant, one Corporal, and sin Privates 'elected
from each corps to act as bearers,
(isaderarn Mourocrs of Distinction.

lte Mayor and Cirpuration of the Borough of Portsmouth,

in their rabic -
(imam leading Sir Charles James Napier's favouritt Charger.
The Private Carriage of Sir Charles James Napier.
Private Carriages.
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The Troops lined the , e the mournful corage
pa•ntl, sad rer formed is the following order:
Royal Artillery.
35th Regiment.
Royal Marines.
R de Brigade.
4212 d Highlanders.
And the 79th Highlanders.

The tow. council of this borough met yesterday and made
fffff gement' to attend the funeral of the late salami sol-
dier, and passed the following resolutions;
Itesolved,—That this council deeply deplores the load
England beess stained by the recent demise of the lateLitht.-
General Sir Charles James Napier, 0.C.8., sad with the
view of recordiog the gratitude of this municipality, and its
respect for and admiration of the eminent services rendered
by him to his country, the mayor, aldermen, councillors,
And officers of the corporation do attend the funeral of the
late renoused chief, eo justly called the hero of Scinde, in
their robes of offi e, on Thursday nest, the Bth instant, and
that the Oeneral Purpeees Committee be requested to make
t►e requisite amassment'.
nesulved,—That the town clerk be requested to address a
letter of condolence to Lady Napier and faintly expressive
of the feelings of this council towards the memory of the
deceased.

A stelae of the M uooic lodges of the borough of Ports-
mouth was held last night for the purpose of making the
meessary arminge m.iita for attending the f I of their
diatieguisheil brother, when the following letter of condo-
keel to Lady Napier was resolved spas:
"Madam,—The brethren of the united lodges of the
borosilf of Portsmouth, assembled to nark their profound
rasped for the memory of their late brother Lieutenant-
Gesemd 81s Curie* James Napier, beg to offer to your
Ladyship their sincere coudolence at the lose you have mu-
Weed by the death of your noble husband.
They have a melancholy satisfaction in impressing to
year ladyship the high opinion they ever entertained of his
gtemsere as a soldier and of his Tatum as a eitiani sad a
heather.
.• Poressoutie, Sept. 7, 1843."

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