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The following is copied from the Appendices in the
Repertory of the Court of Aldermen, on the subject
of the funeral of Lord Nelson, in the mayoralty of
James Shaw, Eq., afterwards Sir James Shaw,
Bart.

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" College of Arms, Jan. 6,1806.
" My Lord,—Mr. Townshend, Windsor Herald,
attended at the Mansion-house to-day in order to
communicate to your Lordship a letter which has been
addressed to me by his Grace the Earl Marshal, and
of which I have the Duke's permission to transmit to
your Lordship a copy.
" I sincerely hope that the decision upon the ques-
tion of precedency will be satisfactory to your Lord-
ship,meheaarvnehave,
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" Worksop, Jan. 4, 1806.
desiring
my opinion on the claim made by the Lord Mayor
for rank in the procession in the funeral of the late
es sword
ofhe thatst therd
Lord Viscount Nelson, dated the Ist instant.
" From the hasty manner in which I have con-
sidered the precedents pointed oat in the report now
sent in, I am of opinion that if his Majestyy attends in
person,i Lord
sh
dthietreisilhvleidltlhbboe borneerhvvi,sitAhlo b,lujetefe hintsotrtyh' Majesty's pleasure
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the placing his Lordship next the person of the King
City sword
(w
seems to arise out of the circumstance and is sanc-
tioned by the precedents of his Majesty's predesors
Charles I. and Charles IL, and William 111. end Queen
Anne. In the procession on the accession of James 1.,
when the King attended in person, end the City sword
was not borne, a different station was allotted to him
at the funeral of Sir Philip Sydney, where the King
did not attend, it seems the Lord Mayor and members
of thee Corporation closed the procession as conservators
where they had the juacisdictien, giving dignity and
solemnity to a ceremonial which so much interested
the feelings of the English nation and its allies.
"I lament I hive not had more time to examine
more minutely a case that relates to persons of
such high consideration, and much wish for more
time to reconsider it. I will immediately re-
pair to London, where I hope to arrive on
Monday night, and request your attendance with
the other KAngs of Arms and Heralds at my apart-
ments at the College of Arms, on Tuesday, the 7th,
at two o'clock, and request you will have the goodness
to inform the Lord Mayor (immediately), that in case
he wishes to make any communication to me on the
subject, he may have the opportunity to do it before
I return any answer to the reference from the office
of the Secretary of State.

"I am-, Sir,
"Your obedient humblo servant,
" NORFnLK,

" Sir J. Heard, Garter King of Arms," &.c.
" Sir,—l have to acknowledge the receipt of your
favour of this day, enclosing a copy of a letter from
his Grace the Earl Marshal on the subject of my rank
in the intended ceremonial ofLord Nelson's funeral.

" As I have this day seen Mr. King, the Under
Secretary of State, on the subject of the rank allotted
to me, which, on a reference to his Majesty's direc-
tions—as far as I can understand at present, seems
to accord with his Grace's feelings as Earl Marsha),
and my own, it seems hardly necessary further to
trouble the Earl Marshal with a meeting on the
subject ; and, indeed, I have little doubt ere the re-
ceipt of this you will have received such instructions
as will preclude the necessity of any further discussion
on my part.

" I have the honour, &c.,
" JAMES SHAW, Mayor."
" College of Arms, Tuesday, 7th January, 1806.
"My Lord,—l have the honour to inform your
Lordship, that I have this moment received a ware
rant, under his Majesty's Royal signet and sign
manual of yesterday's date, directing me, as Garter
Principal King of Arms, to marshal and place the
Lord Mayor of London in the procession to the in-
terment of the late Lord Viscount Nelson in the some
station wherever he would have been placed if the
King himself had been present, bearing the City
sword, provided, nevertheless that this declaration of
his Majesty's pleasure be for this special occasion
only, and not construed into a precedent for the fu-
ture, to the prejudice of the rights of precedency of
any person or persons whatsoever.
" I shall, my Lord, render a cheerful obedience to
the commands of the Sovereign, and shall, ac-
cordingly, marshal and place your Lordship in the
procession to the interment of Lord Nelson, on the
arrival of the same within Temple-bar, between his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales and the herald
who precedes the great banner.
"It is understood that your Lordship will, on this
occasion, bear the City sword, unattended by your
officers, and that the place of the aldermen, sheriffs,
and City officers, will be the same as in the sketch of
the ceremonial which was transmitted to your Lord-
ship by the Under Secretary of State, on or about the
17th of last month.

" This arrangement I propose to announce by a
supplementary sheet to the ceremonial already printed.
" I have the honour to be, with great respeot,
"My Lord, your Lordship's most obedient
humble servant,
" Isaac HEARD, Garter."

28th Jan.—" Resolved unanimously, that the
thanks of this Court be given to the Right Honour-
able the Lord Mayor, for his judicious arrangement
of this City's part of the public procession on the Bth
and 9th inst., in honour of the late Lord Viscount
Nelson, for that manly, temperate, and persevering
conduct which procured him a warrant under the
King's sign manual to hold in the procession of the
9th inst., within the City, the place due to the chief
magistrate—viz., that of the first subject of the realm;
for the perfect concord in which he acted with the
committee of the other branch of the corporation ;
for his excellent disposal and brilliant display of the
military force of the City; for his polite attention to
all the members of this court, and to every other per-
son with whom Le had intercourse on that solemn
occasion ; and for his liberal entertainments, particu-
larly that at the Mansion House on the 9th
when his hospitable table was attended by the muni-
cipal authorities of the City, and honoured by an us-
semblageof eminent pgerresoante,serrveinedeesretdhedyeahravteopehri-s
in the honourable professions
ffoerllmowe,ictiotiztehnesir b,
countrythe
of the navy and army.
The following has ben abbreviated from the
journals of the Court of Common Council upon the
subject of the funeral
Common Council, 13th Nov., 1805.—The Lord
Mayor acquainted the Court that he bad convened
them together for the purpose of considering the late.
glorious victory, obtained over the combined fleets of
France and Spain, off Cape Trafalgar, on the 21st
ult., when—
" The Court unanimously resolved to present an
address to his Majesty upon the subject.
" 21st November, 1805.—The address presented._
"Nov. 26.—Resolved unanimously—That this
enuarteeNcmteeodlsr
Nelson,
Andthe
Court do cause a monument to be
of the
letu.ivl dila:L.1111of d
int t toirel t
ipo eLr po
re
at ularties a'ct
a committee appointed, consisting of all the aldermen
and a commoner out of each ward, to procure models
said
ordesigns
monument, and to lay before a
fourtuderesigconusrftorsu ?he
models
as they shall deem
worthy, with the expense, of erecting the same. They
further resolved—that the said committee be di-
rected to obtain an inscription for the said monument
worthy to record the many g
gallant actions, splendid
victories, and eminent services 'rendered to his
country by the great naval hero, and to prove to-j
future ages the very high sense the city of Londoi
entertained of merit, as well as to stimulate others t,e
emulate his bright example.
" 20th Dec., 1805.—The Lcrd Mayor reported be
had convened them together in consequence of a letter
he had received from Lord Hawkesbury, one of his
Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, in relation
to the funeral of the late Lord Nelson. Letter read.
The Lord Mayor also laid before the Court a subse-
quent letter from John King, Esq., Under Secretary
of State in relation thereto, together with a sketch of
the procession by water and land, at the funeral.
The Lord Mayor stated that by such arrangement
the Lord Mayor of London was placed in a situation
different to what had heretofore been observed, and
that he should feel it his duty, that the dignity and
rank of the chief magistrate of the City should not be
departed from, inasmuch as he conceived that within
the city of London no subject could claim precedency
of him. The Court then resolved unanimously,
That it is the duty of this Court to attend in St.
Paul's Cathedral on all great national ceremonies,
agreeably to precedents established on the late occa-
sion of his Majesty attending Divine service in that
cathedral ;" and referred it to a committee, consist-
ing of the Lord Mayor, all the aldermen, and a com-
moner out of each ward, to arrange the attendance
of the corporation on the occasion of the funeral of
the late Lord Nelson. They also returned thanks to
the Lord Mayor for the handsome manner in which
he communicated Lord Hawkesbury's letter.
" 30th Jan., 1806.—The Lord Mayor stated to the
Court that in consequence of his representation in
respect of the right of precedency of the Lord Mayor
within Lhe city of London, he had the high satisfac-
tion to state that his Majesty had been pleased to
issue his Royal warrant for that purpose, which was