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London, England, 1839-09-30 00:00:00

THE SITN,J,ONDON. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1839.

FUNERAL OF ADMIRAL SIR T.M.

HARDY.

On Saturday morning, at half-past eleven o'clock, the
remains of this distinguished and gallant officer were
consigned to their last resting place. Numerous appli-
cations during the past week have been addressed to
Lieutenant Rivers by naval officers, requesting to be
allowed to join in the funeral procession ; but in accord-
ance with the strict solicitations of the deceased gallant
officer, the obsequies were conducted in the most pri-
vate manner possible. In the early part of the morn-
ing, the roads skirting the Royal Hospital were crowded
with anxious spectators, consisting chiefly of respectable
inhabitants of the town of Greenwich, as it had been
anticipated for several days past that the solemn cere-
mony would be carried into effect upon a scale of gran-
deur not much short of that which was displayed on the
interment of Admiral Hardy's devoted Commander, the
immortal Nelson. Public feeling, however, was re-
strained, and the utmost care was taken to prevent any
thing like an ostentatious display, agreeably to the dying
request of the departed Admiral. The coffin which
contained the remains of the deceased was made of oak,
and covered with black cloth, ornamented with gilt
nails, and a plate, bearing the following inscription :
" Sir Thomas Masterman Hardy, Bart., G.C.8.,
Governor of Greenwich Hospital, died 20th of
September, 1839, aged 70 years." No ornamental coat
of arms adorned the coffin of this heroic man, who has
carried with him to the grave the respect and esteem of
the residents in the neighbourhood, and the gratitude
and veneration of the inmates of the excellent national
institution of which he was Governor. Immediately
after eleven o'clock the procession formed in the Grand
Council Chamber of the Hospital, and within half an
hour the bell of the old church (St. Alphage) an-
nounced that the mournful cortege was moving► towards
the place of hurial which had been pointed out by
Admiral Hardy himself but a week previous to his
death, and when he was in the enjoyment of good health.
The final depository in question was a vault in the
mausoleum erected in the grounds of the Naval Schools
belonging to the Hospital, at which place the procession
arrived in the following order :

Six Boatswains, two and two.
Crew of the Governor's Barge.
2d Regulating Boatswain, Ist Regulating Boatswain,
with Colours trimmed with Mace trimmed
with black crape. with black crape.
Muffled Drum and Fife.
Warders.
Wardens two and two.
Fifty Pensioners of the Hospital, two abreast.
Six of the Governor's Guard, with halberts covered with

black crape.
Medical officers, in full uniform, with sword knots, &c,

covered with crape.
Military officers, ditto ditto.
Sir Jailed Brenton, the Lieut.-Governor, in full uniform
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wearing crape.
Mr. Lloyd, Mr. Gold, and Mr. Fisher, the three Chaplains
of the Royal Hospital, in their surplices.
PALL-BEARERS. THE BODY OF PALL-BEARERS.
Lieut. Fitto. Admiral Lieut. Tucker.
Lieut. Rivers. SIR T. M. HARDY, Lieut. Bedford.
Capt. Huskisson. Bart. G. C. B. Capt. Larkan.

Mourners, consisting of
Mr. Mansfield, Mr. Rolston (the deceased's nephew).
Lord Euston, Mr. Fitzhardinge Berkeley.
The Hon. Captain Berkeley, Sir John Paul.
Mr. Lethbridge, Mr. Jessop.
Sir Richard Dobson, Dr. Domville.
Commissioners of the Hospital.
Civil Officers of the Hospital.
Civil Officers of the Schools.
The late Governor's Household.

Pensioners who served with the late Governor in the
Victory and other ships.
Two Inspecting Boatswains.
The boys belonging to the Naval Schools were drawn
out, and the pensioners preceding the officers and
corpse separated, and formed a passage to the
entrance to the Mausoleum, through which the
officers, mourners, and a few private friends of the de-
ceased alone were allowed to pass. Among the spec-
tators most deeply affected by the solemn proceedings
were Commander Edward Williams, and Lieutenant
John Carslake, the former Lieutenant of the Victory,
and the latter Master's-mate of the same ship, when
Nelson passed into eternity in the arms of Admiral,
then Captain, Hardy. The former gallant commander
was present at the funeral of Lord Nelson. There
were also present among the group of spectators Sir
William Parker, Sir William Symonds, and Captain
Barclay.
The burial service was read by Mr. Lloyd, the senior
chaplain, and the coffin having been lowered into the
vault, the procession returned to the Hospital in the
same order as it left.
The officers of the Hospital bore evidence of the
service they had gone through, three of them having
but one leg each, and a fourth having lost both his
legs. The Lieutenant-Governor also walked very lame,
and Lieutenant Rivers, who had the direction of the
funeral, was aid-de-camp to Sir Thomas Hardy on
board the Victory at the battle of Trafalgar, and had
his leg shot away while standing by Hardy's side at the
time Nelson fell.

The death of Admiral Hardy is deeply deplored,
and several tradesmen of Greenwich closed their, shops
during the morning, as a mark of respect.
No intimation had reached the Hospital at one o'clock
yesterday as to who is to be Admiral Hardy's suc-
cessor.

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

On Saturday, after the election of
a Lord Mayorfor the year ensuing, a Court of Aldermen was held toi
the transaction of public business.
THE POWER OF THE ALDERMEN AS MAGISI'RAtES IN
THE BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK.

The LORD Mayon said that it appeared to him to
be most necessary that the Court should come to some
understanding on the subject of the future perfofthante
of the Magisterial duties at the Town Hall in the Bo-
rough. One of the members of the Court had stated
that he would no longer attend to those duties, while
others seemed disposed to proceed in the usual course.
The Court must see that they ought to come to a
distinct and intelligible arrangement on a subject of so
important a nature, and that there should exist no
animosity amongst them as to the exercise of whatever
privileges remained untouched by the New Police Bill.
A lengthened conversation then took place on the
snbject, in which Sir P. Laurie, Aldermen Brown,
Harmer, White, and others took part, when
Alderman BROWN suggested the propriety of sub-
mitting to a Committee the expediency of continuing or
discontinuing the duties at the Town Hall, and pro-
posed that until the report on the several points was
made, the Aldermen should attend to their rota, and do
such business in the Borough as they were legally au-
thorised to perform.—( Hear.)
Alderman HARMER said that he would be glad to
know what privileges the Aldermen possessed by virtue
of retaining the jurisdiction in the Borough? He
would also like to know whether the advantages, what-
ever they might be, were likely to counterbalance the
large expense to which the establishment subjected the
Corporation ?
Sir C. S. HUNTER said that the jurisdiction was a
revival, and had been in abeyance for sixty years.
Sir PETER LAURIE again expressed his contempt of
the mean authority of the Aldermen in the Borough, li-
mited as it was to coast int communication with those
to whom he had previously alluded.
Alderman BROWN then submitted a motion founded
upon his suggestions. He regretted, he said, that some
words had not been introduced, or attempted to be in-
troduced, either in the Metropolitan Police Bill or the
City Police Bill, giving to the Aldermen the power of
acting in the Borough as they were authorized to act in
the City of London. Why such a thing was neglected
he could not tell, but he was very sorry for the omission.
Alderman WHITE observed that the Court ought to
be grateful to Sir Peter Laurie for sustaining the dignity
of the City Magistracy, and not allowing their authority
to fall into the second rank without animadverting upon
the fact. He felt himself in some degree humiliated
when, on sitting at Guildhall, he heard it stated that a
Police Magistrate could render a more important mea-
sure of justice than an Alderman.
Alderman VENAELES—AII the County Magistrates
who are not Police Magistrates, are in the same predi-
cament precisely.
The motion of Alderman BROWN was then carried.
THE RECORDER OF LONDON AND HIS CONDUCT AS A