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London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

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Wednesday Morning, Four o'Cloek.
The body of the royal victim has just arrived in
this towu, and has been received in it, as in every
Miter town through which it has passed, with the
strongest testimonies of the meet sincere respect.
The unusual hour at which it has been moving from
Ramfod to Cis place bassi° doubt prevented murky
from paying to her late Majesty that tribute of re-
gard which her many sufferings and her many virtues
demanded at their hands ; but, even notwithstand-
ing that occurrence, the inhabitants of this district
of Essex have taut been backwards in shewing their
sympathy with the sentiments so loudly expressed
yesterday by the inhabitants of the metropolis. The
procession did not leave Rumford till half-pest 11
o'clock yesterday night : its moving at that late hour
excited very general indignation and amazement in
the inhabitants of that and the neighboariog tower.
As soon, however, se it was ascertained that the or.
dens for its advance were actually 'issued, the friends
of the Queen put themselves upon the alert. Con-
trary to the etiquette observed upon the removal of
the Duke of Kent's body from Devonshire to
Windsor, the hearse and body of her Majesty were
allowed to remain in the open street, instead of
being conveyed to the nearest church, during the
time assigned fur refreshment to those who form a
part of this melancholy pageant. When it was
again brought into line from the corner in which
it had been so unceremoniously placed, and sur-
rounded both in front and rear by a detachment of
'he drugoous, • number of respectable gentlemen,
habited in the deepest mourning, lighted torches,
and lined the road towards Chelmsford to a consi-
derable distance. The red funereal glue which was
thus cast upon all the surrounding objects. suited
well with the melancholy solemnity of the occasion,
and added a deeper interest to that already excited
by the mournful destiny of her to whose memory
all this spontaneous homage sea paid.

Two blasts of the trumpet formed a vigod for the
processi 4444 to advance; and that moment the bells
of Rumford church, which had been ringing a
mu(lkd peel, began to toll once a minute, and did
not cease till the body had got to a considerable dis-
tance from that place. The mildness of the even.
lug, end the brightness of the sky, so which an
wun-
clouded moon was shining with all its lustre, at.
tracted many smell detached purties both of men and
women to follow the funeral fir beyond the imme-
diate limits of their own neighbourhood. At a
village about a mik and a half from Rumford, the
turOlhearers bade a last farewell to u the injured
Quern of England," and at the same time some of
them called down curses not only deep, but loud,
upon her persecutors. On leaving this place the mi-
litary put their horses to a sharper pace, and for woe
time the rate at which they went was more like that
of a races than that of a funeral. Indeed, they
fully made good a promise which one of them hail
previously wads in tlii *vale in We Doom of ersep

versatiou, that if they once started they would not
'he long on their road to Cheltbstuid. So rapid
was their course, for which, by the by, their au-
periors are to be bloated and not they-11041 at one
tune they were nearly half a mike:Avid of all the
mourning conches. They halted, *owever, more
than once %afore they got to Chelisi.ford, to allow
them to regain their proper phitg 6 the cortege.
At Brooksbridge and at sfentwOo fur as could
be judged horn appearances, the kettle had given
up all expectations of seeing the foneowl tlrt
and on its arrival were running about iu all hinds
of undresses to obtain a sight of it. A great desire
existed both in these and in other villages to
touch the hearse which conveyed her blsjeele.
lu all of them the bell of the perish chirch
tolled minute strokes from the entrance to the
departure of the prooes-eion. At Ingstestone
these were still mere evident signs that the ar.
rival •of the procession was sauexpeeted. The
bell did not begin to toll till thetpilitigr tied
almost threogh ige town; and. indeed, IT they hid
proceededsit their usual pace, end not stopped for
a quarter or half an hour to refresh their horselr
they must have left it before one melancholy note
could have winded from the bells of that hamlet.
On arriving at Chelmsford. the inhabitants proved
Hies:melees better acquainted than their neighbours
with the intentlonsof the," powers that be;" for
their wiewlowe and streets.were quite as crowded as
they ever are in the daytime, and the whole of the
population seemed perfectly aware of the mournful
duties which it was incumbent ppou them to, per-
form in the present great national catastrophe.
The procession drove up the town, and did not
stop until it reached the avenue leading to the
church-yard, which was lined by a diernourited de-
tscbmesit of the 4th dragoons. The coffin was
there takes' out of the hearse, was curried by the
undertaker's men into the church, and was fol-
lowed thither by all the members of her late Ma-
jesty's household. During this period the br!ls
were Lulling, sad the royal standard was floating on
the tower half-mast high.

The church was lighted up, and apparently
crowded with mourner., when the remains of her
Majesty arrived.. The clergymen appeared in their
gowns. The coffin was deposited behind the pul-
pit, end immediately before the altar. All de-
cent preparations had been made for the solemn and
ruelasseboly occasion. The pulpit was hung with
Wad, and had the royal arms emblazoned in front,
as ulna the hearse. The square space in which
the calla was deposited was likewise hung witl►
black, and had on each side six lamps with
reneetors behind them. Three large wax lights
in tem watered candlesticks were placed at
each side, and rose as high as the top of the coffin.
The body sad galleries of the church filled with
persons, most of them in deep mourning, taking •
melancholy interest in the fate and sulßrings of de
parted Royalty; the embleMs of mortality
where multiplied around, and consecrated by so-
lemn services of religion, which commenced as soon
as the royal remains were Introduced formed a
striking and impressive scene. A' funeral anthem
was played, while the mourners, who formed the
procession, stood round the body.. As soon us it
was finished, so order was given to clear the church,
and a guard of Blues took their station beside the
coffin, where they remained for the night. So deep
was the interest of the mourning population in the
object before them, that the order for clearing the
church was executed with difficulty, and only after
repeated exhortations from the clergyman not to
make his church a scene of riot, or render it neces
sary to cull in the constables.
Wednesday Morning, Nine o'Cloeh.
The shops of this town are all shut this morning,
and every respectable person seen in the streets is
in mourning. It was resolved, when the procession
reached Chelmsford at four, that it should again
start at nine, but whether from a feeling of mercy
to the horses, which are to convey it all the way to
Harwich, and which must have been nearly warn out
by the length of their drive and the quickness of
their motion fur a part of the road yesterday, or
from a regard to the comfort of the mournful at.
tendants on her late Mliesty's remains, we see as
yet 100 appearance of its immediate departure.

There is at this momenta large crowd of persons
is the churchyard, waiting for admission into the
church to obtunt-a view of the hearse and coffin.—
Many of them appear to be substantial fsrmers,
who have brought their wives ■nd daughters front
some distance to pay this last tribute of regard to
departed Majesty. Most, if not all, of them are
in mourning, and seem deeply impressed with she
solemnity which they we about to witness. They
are admitted into the church by torus, it baviog
been found expedient not to allow more than a
certain number to enter at ■ny one time. The
bells of the parish church hare been ringing a
dumb peal all the morning.
Quarter past Ake o'clock.
The dragoons are now assembling, and the pro-
cession is expected to start in about a quarter of an
hour.

Eleven o'Cloek, a.m.
Two troops of light dragoons, of the regiment
called the Queen's Own, are now drawn up before
the church. The hearse is brought down, and the
mourning coaches forming the procession are ar-
ranged as yesterday. The undertakers are employed
in bringing out her Majesty's remains from the
church: the bell is tolling, and the funeral is imme-
diately to proceed. All the attendant mourners have
been ready from nine o'clock, the hour originally
fixed for their departure. The respite of two hours,
which they have enjoyed, has been entirely owing to
the good-will and pleasure of the Government
directors of the ceremony. Those who feel the
deepest interest that every thing should be done
with all due order, and have the must solemn part
of the duty to perform. have no power to alter by
one minute, or in the most tufting detail. any of
the arrangements. They cannot check the inde-
cent rapidity of the funeral race (as it may be

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.1), ow can they even secure a single personal
comfort, to themselves. The delay that has ultra
plate. here mast be compensated by additional
speed in the 'remainder of the journey, for we are
**ld that Harwich must be reached tonight. The
manner in which the whole of the facers! arrange-
ments have been condstcted has been so indecorous
end contrary to every feeling of becoming-respect,
that one of her Majesty', executors (Mr. Wilde)
Ives declined to act, end the other (Dr. Uniting.
ton), while he acts, protesto,against the orders to
which he isombjected. Two expresses were dept
off by these ,Gentlemen to Lord Liverpool in the
course of yesterday and this morning, strongly ob.
jecting to the measures which Government is
pursuing. Hoffpost Skeins.
The procession has lost set oat. Alniost the
whole inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood
have bees assembled to see it, and the feelings of
regret and sorrow have been loudly and feelingly ems
pressed.
ICELVEDOW. •
?Ares o'Clock, p. us.
The procession .has just arrived at Kelvedon.
Menh it left Chelnisford, the greater part of the
population went along with it, the gentry all dress-
ed in decent mourning, and the labouring classed
either in black or in their_ best holiday clothes.
011 their return, deepsorrow was visibly imprinted on
the face of them all. The same symptoms of grief
were also discernible in the inhabitants of Spring-
field, the first rinse (5n the road to Kelvedon
in that neighbourhood the hedges appeared, to he
teeming with human beings; and it was evident
from the spectacle then exhibited, tit was pot
Merely the villegers nu the reset In rid that had
come to mourn atitlajerty's inely fate, but
also those from a leiable distance. The pro.
cession, contrary to the practice of yesterday, was
closed by a small squadron of the Ath Light Dra.
goons. It is not known whether there has been
any penicilliar remain for selecting this distin-
guished regiMent tor the duty on which it is now
placed, or whether it is 1011 y one of those many
strange coincidences which have marked the mor-
tal career of her late Majesty from its com-
mencement to the close, but this regiment is
called the " Quern's Own," and is said to be
very proud of its appellation. The closing of be
procession of mourning coaches in this manner
certainly adds to its pieturesque appearance, nod
as it also opened by in advanced guard of the
same regiment, Mikes it. however we may dislike
military show on such an occasion, more unique
and uniform. At the pleasant little villages of
Boreholme and Hatfield there was the same memo
lent, of good, kind, genuine English feeling es has
been winterised all along the road. The populous
township of Witham. however, in,lo exhibition
of mournful attachment to her M+sty; rivalled,
if it did not surpass. say township there has yet
been occasion to mention. From the highest to the
lowest persons in the town all were in inthirning. and
it could not have been more general Wilted' family
in the place lost a near and dear relation. The only
exception was in the house of • Quaker, whose re-
ligious tenets prevent him from exhibiting soy out-
ward appearance of his inward grief. The house-
tops were crowded with numbers of well-dressed
females: the male inhabitants appeared to be all
engaged in preceding the procession on horseback
to Colchester. Indeed, the cavalcade of horsemen
at this place is immense, and as it is mostly formed
of substantial fanners, assumes a very imposing ape
pearsnce. The horses are halting to proceed on lin.
mediately to Colchester, where it is expected to ar-
rive about five o'clock. The pace at the begi eeee iug
of the day was as rapid as yesterday, but seems lets
terly to have somewhat abated in its speed.

DONCAS rER
AGRICULTURAL MEETING.

At our late agricultural meeting much good stock was
shows, and is essarequence many valuable animals could
not receive premien... Amongst the sged bulls we sotierd
one belonging t• Mr. Sayle, of Westbridge, with great ap-
titude to fatten. The prise bull was a fine animal, and did
great credit to that celebrated bull, the late Blyth Come;
The best cow, i■ milk or in calf, that gained the
premium, was • proof that the noilklag and (callow
qualities may be united ; and amongst the others
there were several fine Dees, particularly Mr. Whitaker.;
Mr. Champion.; and Sir H. Ibbeisoe's; also a very neat
Devoe, with her produce, which had great merit, though sot
likely to compete with short born*. The best heifer, be.
lunging to Major Bower, was remarkably good, ae well as
all the animals sheen by that isullessaa. For the young
bulls it was well contested, sod there were several which we
expect will make fine bulls at a future time. The heifers
and heifer raises were very promising, and *hewed how
much may be done at as early age. The two steers, belting.
ing to Mr. Scott and Major Bower, fully supported the charac-
ter of the short horns, being Sae animals, snitiug, with great
points, much good lean beef. The Downs were particularly
good, especially those belonging to the Earl of Surrey; the
Leicester. were not so aaaserues as we have sees them. The
pigs were very fat, but some of them thought too large to
be either profitable ur useful.

Amongst the extra stock were ten List-0111.61re short
horns, belonging to Mr. Pilley, of Sedbrook, which bid
great merit, sod were much admired. We were informed
the above are descended in a direct line from the same stock
as the Messrs. Collings', and have been in only two families
since they came out of the county of Derhain.—Amongst
the implements exhibited were malty stravr-estiers, of dif-
ferent constructions ' • a curious machioe for breaking stows
for the road, made by Leith sod White, Worksop; and •
new patent drill, by Mr. Permayee, which is likely to do a
great deal of work; also ono by Tottingtoa, an ingenious
vrhitesmith of this place; and • bead-hoe, well deserving
public attention, for lioeiag sad earthing drilled corn, by
Mr. Spurr, of the Ewes, sear Worksop.
A dinner was provided at the Mansion House for upwards
of 160 flobseribers, Sir H. C. Ibbetson, Bart. is the Chair.
After the cloth was drawn, the following toasts were gives :
t. The King."—`• The Disks of York and the rest of the
Royal Easily."
Thetifollowed a most interealieg Deese, the distribution of
premiums fee length of servitude, &e.
The Clt•tnstatr, in presentiog the premium to Mr. Fe l.
ketoses shepherd, expressed his approbation at the great
care be had takes in rearing se greet a bomber of lambs,
which most be alike gratifyisi to himself end big meter,
and be hoped the reward he was the. rtheiving wield prove
a Minimise to ethers to similar
Toast—" The Wooden Walls of Old gesieled:"
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