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covered wiih black velvet, adorned with black fea-
thers. In the centre was a Visrotint's coronet, and
three bannerolls were affixed to the outside of the
barge. In the steerage were six trumpet•, auiJ, six
Lieutenants of the Rw•+l Na•y. Clarenc;etur, IC;o7,•,
of Arms, sat at the head of the hearing a
Viscounts coronet, upon a black velvet cushion.
`The Standard of the United .!tigdom was at the
head of the barge, borne by C:ipt.•—. The state
barge was rowed by 4G smn.en, belonging to our
dear departed Hero's ship, the riflure. The other
barges were rowed by picked men, from the Green-
wich pensioners.

In the fourth Barge, which was also covered with
black cloth, was
Chief lll•iurner--Admiral Sir Pticr Parker, Ran.
Train Bearer to the Clout Mourner— rh, HonouratikCaotai•ti
racknood. au
1 Stworters to the Chief Mourner—Adtalra's 1.1.ds /food an'.
Itacktock.
Six Asaia.mt Moinners—.Vict—Aibnirala Caldwell, llamiltr.ts,.
i Nugent, Btiiss, Sir Ro'aort CI: ti., and
1 Sir C. of Pole, harts.
Four Supponers of the P4l—Vice Admiral Wiitt•ltead,
Swage, Taylor, and Rear Admiral E. Harvev.
Srx Bearers of the CIII,TV—Rear .Adinorala Aylmer, Lawrie,
T IVr!ls, Drury, Sir ISia' Coffin, and
Sir W. If. I) • g!..., livis
They were all in mourning cluaks over their full
uniform coats. The Banner of Emblems was borne ,
i in tLi 3 barge, by Lord Nelson's own Captain, Capt."
T. M. Hardy.
After the four barges, came His Mrjesty's bar ge.
The barge of the Lords Commissioners of the Ad-
miralPy ; then
Tae Lord Mayor, is the City State Barge, and
the other barges in the or der mentioned in a fir-
mer paper.
As the processing moved from Greenwich, mi-
nute grins were fired. rhe crowds of strangers
assembled there began to disperse for town, and the
gallant old veterans of the I lospital, with sorrow-
ful countenances, hid the remains of their darling
Hero farewell. All the vessels on the river were
drawn up close on shore, leaving a fol. and clear
passage for the procession. The decks, masts, and 1
rigging, were crowded with people 1 •,, shores 1,
were lined with multitudes of sFcetater ; Iry ..s open-
ing to the River was filled with people, every eminence
commanding a view of it, was completely covered.
The steeples of churches, and the roofs of Ironies, in

the vicinity of the river, were numerously inhabited.
More than 200 people viewed the Procession from
Illlt. Bride's Church, on the Southern side of Fleet-
street. 'I he roof of Somerset-house, in the Strand,
had also a large proportion of spettators. In r'
fitvi.r Temple. carts and
and :iiird with pc! ple.
a fine view of the river, was
precirie was very great in i
crowd with which it was i
multitude who had seen the
friars-bridge, as soon as
arches, rushed in that dire lion
exped.ition of catching -
arrival at Whitehall.
In this enthusiasm of curiosity,
peared strangers to all fear.
in the thickest of the crowd.
gerous situations, Ferrell;
sion, and intent only urn
of them as were upon the
rough, seemed complete!!
of barges at the several
at the time of landing,
in the latter part of the
proach within one hund.ed
They had, therefore, to •
while the whole accumulated
tos.irg about, before they ,
The most delicate females were not dismayed by
this perilous passage They stepped from boat to
boat, with as much ease and agility as if they felt
themselves upon a grass-plat in Kensington Car-
de.ts. Many a beautiful leg was displayed in this
extr AO:dinary march, across a bridge or boats, and
manF a youth felt happy in assisting the fair iu this
i perilous journey. The impression made upon the
spedators by the passing scene, was not the least
1 interesting or insttudive part of its Hied. The
starting tear, the involuntary exclamation, prov-
ed the general regret and sorrow for the
loss of the deluged Hero, more strongly than
the most Folished eloquence. .. Bless his gal-
lant soul" —•• Oh that he were still alive and well,"
were ejaculated from a thousand lips. Every
gcountenance was marked with sorrow ; every

gigesture betrayed emotion. As the procession
••-• cam. abreast of the Tower, the Tower guns fired. 1
It advanced more rapidly than was expecled.—'
Mr: At three o'clock it arrived at Blackfriar's-bridge,
au.' as it came along-side the Temple Gardens, the
Temple Volunteers. who were drawn up in the
Gardrirs, s..inted it as it passed. About a varier
4.1,17 past three the procession reached Whitehall, and
that bcc tme the centre of attra.iinn. The greater

part of the croWd; however; upon their activel
there. were much dicappointed.,Shey fouud the
Bares shut. and military stationed at them to pre-

vent intrusion—the Court-yard having been pre-
yinoo- 4"• J with company. The spee'lators here
cor!.isted chi.fly of Nobility and Gentry in their

cArriAgec. None were rienitted without tickets.

At thirty-tive minntes past three, the hotly ma. I
landed, and carsird on a bier to the Admiralty.
Dining this operation, the King's, Adrdraity's,
Lord Mayor's, au,' ('ity's b.trges, lay ul)on their
oars. A party of the Horse guards were cn duty
Ito clear the way, and a double line of foot drawn

room Whitehall t the Admiralty, fotrning a lame
IT the body to pass through. When the Proces-
I sion came opposite the I I,r a Gum-di. the n

i
r tude appeared deeply affeeted by the 401 em., 'y of i
isthe scene, the mournful sound of the music, and
ll.e awful report of the minute guns, which con-
s ued to fire until lour o'clock. The number of
, s eftators of this part of the Proc .ssion was im-
L nse. The tops of all the buildings from Char-
liilg-cross to the Treasury, including the 'lonic
Guards and the Admiralty, were covered with
men and women, many of them elegantly drssed.
•The seats and edifices prepared for this day,

were all filled at half price. Half-a-guinea wait
paid fora seat in a coach, and hall-a.crnwn
tor leave to stand outside, in every situation
where a carriage could he drawn up, so as to
command even a distant view of the scene
The body, having been carried into the Ad-

miralty, was placed in the Captain's Room,
the whole of which WAS covered with black cloth.'
and lighted up by a profusion of wax-lights.—

'I he crowd and number of carriages nas so great
in this quarter, the street remained blocked up
nearly an hour alter the body was deposited in the
Admiralty, and the procession had closed. The
c irriages were locked in each other, and many M
the.ri received much injury in their wheels and
pannels. 1
The weather was unpromising in the morning,l
Iduli, heavy and wet ; at cleared, however, at eleven,'
and gave the full disptay of the majestic Procession
upon the water ; but, at the time of the landing of the
i hely, and the Pli-icsvi.in from Whitehall, the Sky
Iwas suddenly overcast, and a dreadful storm of hail
and rain came on, which lasted several minutes.—

DJr:ng the storm, the people on tae tops of the 1
houses were in great danger. It was with great 1
difficulty many of them cfLC:e..l their escape. A
lady, who was on the top of the Horse Guards, was
in the most imminent peril, and must have been
' nut a gentleman, at the risk of,
her ay.:—

Man• acci-

confident, took place upon the water,
during the procession. A boat,
- persons, sunk, off Lambeth ;
.g the exertions of persons in
of them perished. The one say-
to survive. We have not been
who the parties were. A young
_ name of :Mir, M, the wife of a car-
Shoe-lane, fell into the water, near the
drowned ; as was also a child in
.ae was walking across a plank, be-
lighters. which gave way at one end.
her into the water.—The bodies
A boat, with a party of seven,
storm, opposite Somerset House, but
picked up and landed safe. An elderly'!
knocked down. in the Strand, by
during the fall of hail, and
so dreadfully fractured, that she
to recover. A similar acciient
three years old. opposite Exeter
The course of the procession from Whitehall
Stairs to the Admiralty was covered with gravel.
During the whole of the day men were employed ,
in cleaning the streets from the Admiralty to St.l
Paul's, preparatory to the grand procession this day.
At eleven o'clock, the workmen began to spread the
gravel upon Parliament-street, the Straad, Fleet-
street, and Ludgate Hill, and all carriages were
I prevented, after 10 o'clock, from passing that way.
The crowd round the Admiralty was immense,
and likely to continue the whole night. The Foot
Guards were to be on duty during the night, in the
court yard.
The preparations in the neighbourhood of St.
Clement's Danes were not finished until one o'clock
this morning. Scaffolds. capable of holding se-
veral thousand persons, are erefted opposite the
church, on its western ar.d northern sides.
The final arrangement respeeling the inter
was settled on Tuesdayoerhe body will be loworesi,
into the grave by a square wooden frame, supported
by four pillars, of about four feet in hei7ht. This)
machine has a moveable pedestal affixed in the cen-1
Ire, cn which the conffi will:be 'placed, and :henl
I gradually lowered into the grave by a curious piecef
of machinery, designed and finished t,ader the

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carriages were drawn up, Mown down, bad nut
This square, commanding his life, ran to he
PAS greatly crowded. Ihe dents, we arc confide
in it, as, exclusive of the and in the strezts, du
'as originally occupied, the baring on board four
the procession from Black- nod, notwithstanding
as it passed through the other boats, three of I
ire lion into the Strand, is ed, is not expeaed to
another view of it, on iss able to ascertain who
woman, of the name
curiosity, the women ap. pouter. in Shoe-lane,
Ar. They might be seen Temple, and was dr
owd. and in the most dan- her arms. She was
ly free from all apprehen. tween two lighters.
the passing show. Such and precipitated her
se wazer, which was very were not found. A
Ay at ease. The number upset ►tr the storm,
II quays became so great they were all picked s
;, that those which was, woman was knockc
Procession, could sot ap- a hackney-coach, di
red yards cf the shore.— her skull was so d
step from barge to barge, is not expelled to
dated ma's of vessels were held a child, three
hey could reach the land. 'Change.
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