The Express.
London, England, 1850-07-10 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THE LATE SIR
ROBERT PEEL.

TAI, TIIIIIDAT S
The mortal reatehte etEWORTII Peel, the etatewasaTUM, were
this atomises coosigoed to their ant sesibismolate, to the
moil skald' Dsaytos Boma, two miss s.l. bit tress
this Mews. Twenty yews have Esse by—s pedal et tine
=with teens dessestie imager isle the vault
Ms now reesivoi the slalom& eilmillsi dr nu
who Iswebel iss mom sot tortoise et his ihoDy by his is.
amidst split, owls% swi esterpeise—the IMI Bisset
Peel, the Whet el lbw whose loes his estuary is deeply

I;esmplisnee with the deceiver' own isimetisme (re-
oriel espeemed by his executor in the Howse etOessamm),
the fmmertal ceremony wee ahem of all those ezteenel Mel-
inda of pomp which usually someway the keemarat of
peat satiosal political celebrities. NB it woe Impossible
M derive the promediers of the impales West 'phasing
Mu a spontaneous 'belittles of the heft la his district
whisk a long intimacy with his sew pleas eel Individual
especity materially awakened. This we seldhlted sot oaly
by a total cessation of all ordinary badness avocation in
the town. sad the Sabbath stillness that mendes through-
out the district, but by the moaraful alacrity with which the
entire population, for gaffes around, hastened 1 pay the last
tribute of respect to hiantemory. As early as seven o'clock
every line of road and bye-way converging towards Drayton
was alive with peasantry, clothed is their best attire, and
bearing epee their persons such symbol. if mourn*/ as
thtit tumble mesas afforded. As the morale( "deemed,
*superior clan of the inhabitants prepared to take their part
in the coming observance by hasteniag to Tonswerth, from
the Laciest keep ot whom celebrated castle there floated
heavily in the Mad the royal standard, half-mast high—
an emblem of regret visible over a vast sweep of country,
across which might be heard the boons of the snaffled bells
in the tower of the pariah church.
At noel, the mayor sad corporation of Tamworth assem-
bled in the tows hall, and shortly after proceeded to the
outskirts of Drayton Park, where it had been arranged they
should await and fall tato the procession.
The avenue leading to the Manor House was lined on
both sides with the pence* assembled, of either air; and,
at a later hour of thtt day, nearly the whole of the home
park was similarly throe's& Upon the centre-plate la-
ma* the arms was the following inscription :
" The Right Hosourable
Sir Robert Peel, Bart., M.P.,
Bora Feb. 6, 1788,
Died July 2,1860,
Aged 62 men."

Over the external eolith was thrown a black velvet pall,
bearing at the sides and ends eseuteeeons of the deceased
baronet's family, emblazoned oa white satin, and which
heraldic devices ma= repeated on a large hatthment placed
at the head of the coffin, containing the entire shields of the
Peels, Prominent among which were the shuttle and the bee,
and subscribed with the well known and appropriate legend
"ladastria." Od either side of this hatehment stood •
mute with the attributes of his office, and from the centre
of the pall rose a plume of sable feathers, which imparted
to the place • grave and solemn effect. From time to time
throughout the morning, this melancholy sanctuary was
visited by the elder of the domestic* of the Drayton house-
hold, and such old dependents of the estate whose long con-
anion with the family entitled them to the privilege, and
the emotion the majority of them betrayed was the beet
powible tribute to the private worth of the dead.
About 12 o'clock • special train, which had left Lon-
don at 9 o'clock, arrived at the Tamworth station, con.
teasing those relatives and immediate friends who were to
take part in the efface's' incident—Mr. Frederick Peel,
M.P., Captain W. Peel, R.N., Joke Peel, sons of the de-
ceased, Colonel Peel, M.P., and the Dean of Wcrcester, his
brothers; the Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount Harding', Sit
James Graham, General Yates, Sir Benjamin Brodie, Mr.
Goalburn, Mr. Bobhome, Mr. Barham, Mr. Becket De-
nison, M.P., &a. These gentlemen were immediately con
veyed over to Drayton, where they arrived about halipast
12 o'clock.
Shortly before two o'clock, the mourner' having as-
sembled in the hall, the arrangement of the procession was
proneded with. After the first few mourning coaches had
been filled, the hearse drew up to receive its burden, Midi
wee borne thither by about • dozen favourite yeomen of the
estate. The other carriages having bean filled, the mem
lion left the manor hots*.
During the progress of the procession from the hires to
the church the rain fell in tenants; but all seam of
personal discomfort was absorbed in the melancholy or
victim that external nature but too accurately sympathised
with the emotion " that puseth show," and a dense and
orderly concourse of spectators accompanied the cavalcade
throughout the entire distance.
Drayton Basset church is an exceedingly smell 'tinc-
ture, plain to simplicity, even for a rural ecclesiastical
building of the humblest pretensions. The most conspicuous
monument in Drayton church is one erected to the memory
of the Individuals whose claims to notice here are indicated
in the subjoined unpretending inscription: "In a vault
beneath this church are deposited the remains of Sir Robert
Peal, Bert., of Drayton Mater, and of Ellen, Lady Peel, his
wife, daughter of W. Yates, Esq., of Bury, Lancashire. Sir
Robert Peel was bons April 23rd, 1750, died May 3rd, 1830;
Lady Peal was born March sth, 1760, died December 28th,
1803. Their children have raised this monument to the
memory of their beloved parent', as a token of their affection
and gratitude."
The family vault of the Peels occupies one-half et dm
centre aisle, but is, nevertheless, of somewhat endasd
dimensions. It already sewria to Widen to the bodies
of the first baronet and hie ilent Mr, these of two of their
daughters, who died youm,llreCoehtinis, ameba daughter.
wife of the Dean of York, and a portal& (en el
the Dawson family). The public are Weedy WM% Moe
the statement of Mr. Cloulbern in the flames wf
that the precise spot where the lit:a:light lenerstaill=
to be laid in death had been est to Lady Peel an a
very recent occasion, as se is an mgliesidoe to that east
so long ago as 1844. It ie. pednie mesa= to add that Ide
wishes were scrupulously earn to di the rest
particular, and a marble deb ens prod he as eueleolit
vault to receive the corps. The nalinewleg aspect of the
church was bet slightly varied from its ring spy=
by the swan Morinsat of the pulpit, whist% was
wish their Beth; Is Ow
whir urn of whisk wee the
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and suppers' ea a pound. It Ise perha natty
of newt ad on the emir of the der sir asinets ben
mint, white was erg redneleil wish gust engird,. Ile
black' clod' with Mesh the rare ma wen thew erred
was carried off by sendle
_thieves as
he night
the burial, and is lestallo that t rsedissillistin
this Warns end laad wades any have prompted a
won rigid rernity fee pima Inelnese.
About en bon /Naga OP SWIMS eh* meal and
tavern roues dine the Indy weeded pounds 1,1
between the nweelen and the dark when, en the awl.
ot the earls" as variety ot adrift wed sinesehle inci-
dcar roared width will be ever wweenebered with gerbil
Timms by ag Who witnessed them; but an inadequate
repesesion el whisk it would be wholly impossible to ram
thregh 'Alm of • answer, nor weel44tmaz
be altogether hilesdallar
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Dish:ll of Girder le Irak, lagaisola
"aned .VdSlebd,
beta. toward* Its resegendle, right sermad
reading with immure lerinwr as drat, redo=
burial of the dead. The geoshion mend mew the deft`
yard in the following eras

Meader Koons.
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The Very WIC SO DOM Of WOO.
make Vluesot VIM; M.P.
Ma. logirsese Prol. sue.. a.l.
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Mr. Merl L Pisii.
Capita C. Lima Poi. Mr. Peel.
Logd II Mr. Z. P. Daman.
Orme' Ham Pit H. Hems Oospbsn.
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