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* funeral she bssi nn renenony over tee et ell.
.What h..t tb. new Itglaor Hanover hem
able to ttiptinier In oohs s reseed a thing of such
sinimiporent ceremony ? Oat they wadi to unbolt'
the doctrine ad *be mew lights of the French Itero.
lotion. the death ass an eternal sleep ? A foetal
oteirt be nothing to the destt, but it was •estipo-
lotto,' to the survivor*. 'the ushappy Lady at
length slept from her oufteigsm svith
• Her father and brother -101-117-yr;-

Antedy miming an
oppressive tyranny, hut among the hsrahest and
blackest acts of the' tyranny there we. nothing more
genii and cruel than her uppressioris. There was
on place irtdue world, whatever might be the lan-
guage spdken. in which, when her story olimild be
.4,sown, the people would not utter prayers to God
in liter behalf, and when crying to heaven foor mercy,
tsbey might limit their petitions by asking that lire
,fate tn;ght not become theirs, nor her lot their lot.
' Ile Iva+ not erring to dwell on those rev:ling, which
Toad arisen in his own breast ; he could not lose
them while life lasted. But to return to the con.
duct of Government. They most have been aware
' s.f the deep interest taken by the people of Eng-
land in the fete of the Queen ; they knew from the
hour of her death bring known that there was not
u person in the middle rooks of life who did not,
with many of the superior ranks, wish for an oppor-
litany to chew their sympathy for her sufferings.
Que might have thought that they (Minister.) wositd
at least have endeavoured to take a course whirli
%would have offended no feelings. insulted 110 ;pro-
. eiples. awl which might trod so conciliate the irri.
*tenons of the people. The Lord Mayor and Cur.
/merino° of Londoo, whom it was customary in that
°Home to treat with contempt, except wheo they
.
worre arrayed on the side of Ministers in the party
_;ponies
of the day, bad signified their iiitention of
baying their Itt.t respect to her remains. Fur lilt
yari, as • constitutional body, lie felt himself hound
to iespect that Corporation, even where he most felt
3 4pclined to condemn their practice. He begged*
7 ihe attention of the House to the resolution which
they had come to on the occasion.—[Ile then read
the resolution at length.—Now, to 3.y nothing of
sylarleat. the smallest portion of common Cellar re-
*l-einiiirtl to conduct the meanest affairs of life with
44eitesa, would have led to the adoption of
tome plan of conciliation of the public wtII. By
; isihat fatality did Government determiner, to drag
'4 1,104 of her Majesty throngh torphinti• sad
tzt
obscure ways to screen her ashes, from the
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*thilebt. them that she wilted foe secretly in
*.* 'i*toiskriii. •He fouod no mention of each • wish
in her Irdli he could learn nothing of any such
"'ter:prey( .malcle by her to those nearest her in the
34tfour of denial. No other persons could have de.
' coded as Mlssrlyters hail done. VVlrat was the nature
*a.,r the (-smite' taken ? what the results? Why.
*iiiirtlting kali than • provocation to • breach of the
s..
peece seed the actual swilling of civil blood i and to
lrte discretion of others, end not to the prudence of
' Ministers, was it owisig that more blood wainot shed.
- Hail others bees, as little wise in acting as they hod
Weir in directing. God only knows whet horrors
"Vrould have taken place!! He could not in this
"%Age help looking back on the past. He remem-
' )red when the lam Queen of ,Erigland arrived full
lief life, hope, and ti4oynient—beautiful, as lie
',Monett, iu person, and fell of attractions end
;Inveetsren!. In a little more than twelve mouths she
:':••• driven Ginn the mansion' of heir husband, with
• bet dbild in her arms. From that rime to the pe-
riod of her death, was there any calamity incident
ro.twankind which lied not befallen her ?—was there
any 'suffering ;which had net been heaped on her
lobar 'He *eke not of those calamities which
Weew.oni i( the ordinary dispensations of Provt-
'eleitcg. helot •Iliose ealtaMltier which were the fruit
- eifOlitiket rintiaid Mid persecution. Be knew I.e
•*4;sis ditibri.% ley: himself open to the cheers, of
4'4llll44'npposite. hist he could not helping*.
' Mt isfie 6idletu taken up as a party t-01, rtduSed
'''' nod sbantlnned by either side as convenience ;tinted.
*Me hart been 'seduced into the course she had taken,
' until she was finally rescued by the people. They
' kid tarn op her cause with Ouse feelings u tent-
. Yet Seasoning: (long, might they beat in the
'•
tOvve 6 of IP.nglishittent) wiiith would hold the ad-
* ittidlifiel:of rutin( gee, wilred all the despicable
‘• sibleilniinclifitifgae of party tieuld be swallowed by
iklitult of oblivion. They had supported her in
rOe noble bearing to the last boor of her time. He
W what must be the Snit' of his motion, or of
' Norther connected witio•lter unfortunate story.
t 'ii ,fasauty as • kletiskii 6f Parliament, his feel•
ilikat.aa knglish Gentleman, would not let him
'•
fititifsinr. He hoped he had done his duty with
• ki*filei and decorum ; lie bad spoken out with a
Ile* it least to recdrd what had been the senti-
abienttryo humble an individual on a subject
Witiels isse likely to affect the peace and welfare of
• 04 ittiti6A 7f6e'tinse to come. Ile moved • resolu-
notirlintlf Is the opinion of this House that tile
tit ' &ism end solemnity had, by ancient cur
tout; eaa Obleerved et the funerals of Queens of
. F.olfitir. jid IM tat at the funeral of the late Queen
Cittiliikr ill& beim been unnecessarily end in-
. skeintlrefAted: 4* •
' • Mr'. Join CA vilair bad atteoded the funeral,'
sad sew ant: coffin loerired into the boat at Harwich ;
lie believed that the greater •number of attendants
• who had arrived were id the boat at the time. He
would not say any thing•as to the minl arrange-
ments. except that arc fitr as his observation would
revel', all possible ationinsodation and respect
• were shervo to the attendants on shipboard and
doting the plunge. Ile Spoke to the observance
of all proper sad decent economy on the journey
to Harwich. As to the conduct of the Hatiove-
sign Government, it ought to be recollected what
difficulties there were in providing comfortable
occommodation for the company of twelve or six-
teen carriages with sixty horses. The conductors
behaved well. If any of the attendants were op-
piped by them, it must he attributed to the orders
under which they acted, and nit to any voluntary
disrespect. He opposed the motion.
Sir G coact Cocitauaw rose, in consequence of
the reflections thrown on share concerned lir the na-
val arrangentents of the foneral.—('s No! no!" from
• the•Olipontion ride.)—He had understood the Hoo.
' Illikinbet to complain of the want of proper pecan-
' Illiadtilllon after the arrival at Harwich.
• Iffr. G. Bswairt-r, in explanation, said. that so
• Ike was he from rellecting on the naval arrange-
stenos, that he was ready to declare that the naval
~epdrama concerned behaved, u they always bad

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