The Sun.
London, England, 1806-01-06 00:00:00

LORD NELS 0 Ar` rr,7l`c7.P.E.i

Satrtiay morning a Chapter-was held in tie VeS-
try,room of st. Paul's-Cathedral, Which- was attended'-
by the Bishop of LINCOLN :the Dean), the Bishop
of LONDON,- and Earl NELSON. The machine \vhich
had been placed by the Inspeaor of the Works
under-the dome, for letting the body of -Lord t;
sox down to the vault, and which has been strongly
obje&ed to by the Gentlemen of the Church, and. the
`College of Heralds, was ordered to be removed.
. It was proposed, and, .we understand', decided,
that our departed- Hero's body-should not be buried,
as originally intended, but remain in the vault upon
a stone tablet. .E:arl Ni:tSON'. reported, that some
music was in his'late brother's possession, which.WElS
performed before the
.Royal. Family atNaples,. at ..
which' his Brother was present, and was so much,.
pleased with it, that he Oblained a copy of it, and
had been heard to say, it should be performed at 'his
funeral. Mrs. BILLINGTON' had-:seen- the• Music,
and had very, lihidly offered to put appropriate
English, words to - it; and, if necessary, to give
her vocal aid. Mr. PRIDDEN-and Mr. PAGE, Meill-
bers of the Church, `were-delegated to examine the
and, we understand, that it .was:deetned of
too light a nature' to be performed upon so solemn •
an occasion. The Eagle upon the brass reading-
desk, in the chair where the Litany is in gcueral
'read, was ordered to -.be removed, At*170,14 wider,
'Sfand that the— Qorpse to be placed upol-i.the re- .
The Artillery Voliiilteets are
not to ttend at St. Paul's in the Procession, as oil-
, gitlallylintanded;'lits—M..ozs'rry
Royal ;Commands, through General- cALVEAVisk the
Adjutant-General, that the Life Guards and Foot
Guardsare to attend in their stead. -•

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A Cowl of Comnion Council was held on -Satni
day, for the purpose of -considering- ti!e measures
which should be taken for ascertaining the undoubted
rank -tobe held by the Lotto M-Ayor, in the Pro-
cession'. of Lord .N•kijtot's :Funeral. The LORD
ALlyoa, in an able -Speedr, rceapitulated-hi
as His MAJESTY'S Representative and Vicegerent in
-the City of London, to .a pre-eminent simation.------
The Court seemed unanimously to :concur with his.
Lordship;` but as the 'Members of then' respective
Wards had not been sworn into office in the cus-
tomary inanner, as observed on Plough Monday,
and as a doubt with respeal to the legality of their
proceedings on that ground was started. by the RE-
CORDZR; the Meeting adopted no specific Rcsolution..„
The Court of Aldermen, however, passed a Vote
that it'would be, derogatory to the honour and dig- •
nity . of the City were, any
sother situation given to
the Chief Magistrate than that to whiCh he ,was so
clearly entitled by hiS high olfiee. The LORD
MAYOR; we understand,. transmitted • the Vote in a
'"setter to Lord lEWKESBURY in the course of the
afternoon, desiring an interview with his Lordship.

Yesrerday.the-mortal remains of the illustrious
NEtsoN were laid in state in the Painted Chamber at
GreenwiCh Hospital. In consequence of the official
notification, that at the hour ot nine in the morn-,
ing the gates vkinld be opened, the populace began
colleet in.great...,numbers about that time.: ',Pre-.
-cloudy however to that period, a written -order was
posted up, stating, that until eleven o'clock (the
hour when the Morning service ended in the.
-Chapel) no adinisaiou Would-be granted to- any. de.
scription of persons. The multitude,, which conti-
nued momentarily to increase, waited, with great pa-.
tience until the time appointed. When, the clock
Struck eleven, the doos-4 ;ere thrown open. The
-express order given, to admit only a limited nurnber
at a tithe, • was rendered unavailing,- from the .
wheiming crowd impetuously rushing forward and
bearing dov/n every thing: in its way.. The scene
now became very alarming. The' most frightful
female shrieks assailed the ear on every side. -Se-
veral ptrsons were trodden under font, and .greatly
hurt. One man had his right eye literally. torn out,
by :coming in contact with one of the gate. posts.--
Val numbers of Ladies and Gentlemen' lost their
shoes, hats, shawls, and the Ladies fainted in .every
dirthion., When these alarming perils were sur-
Mounted, the crowd had another difficulty to over.'
come before .they could gratify their eager curiosity,
nainely, to ascend the great flight of -steps which
lead into the Painted Hall, where
.the, solemn scene
is exhibited. Happily no accident happened hem
during the whole of the'day, which May be account-
ed. for bythe good conduitof the. Officers and Pri- •
Yates belonging to the Greenwich' Volunteers.—
Every obstacle. being overcome" the crowd passed
up into the Painted Chaniber on theright hand side,
. .
and returned on the left:

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The Hall was hung With blaCk cloth, and lighted
up,With,2B silver sconces. with two wax candles in
Ascending seven steps (at the upper end of
• the Hall) the coffin.. appeared covered with black
:velvet; and ornamented-in the manner we have al-
ready described. It was placed on a tiier covered
likewise with black velvet, and very fully adorned
_ with-gilt nailS. "The foOt. of the coffin only. was
uncovered. At- the head appeared the senatorial
_rpbes;orrgs. ilelonging to the deceased. On 'eaCh side'
,stood < re ty,ne.n Mournei-s, in apiiropriate:.
, /*Wriwpa.6es distant were placed cenftags, _
with.the word TrqpigtieitiriAkeetifre."
•of each. At the foot .of the coffin . was. of ittialler
flag, and.on a diret line, at the edge
.of the Plat
--
form, appeared one of the same description, butif
much .larger proportion. Independently of the
Gentlemen:Mourners already mentioned, were 12
'others, stationed in different situations, to give full
- ?fleet to this awfully grand. and interesting specaa-
• de. The Rep. Mr. SCOTT, Chaplain of the Vic-
.'tory, in whose arms the gallant Lord Nat,sorr died,
was atnorg thelatter. The spe6tators were obliged,
as. is usual on all such oecaSions, to pass. on without
stopping_. and to enforCe the observance of this ne,
cessary custom, tnose wive Peace OtEcrs., Towns-
end, Sayer, and IVlacrnarius, Attended. To.da jus7
rice to. the :crowd, they were not wanting in re-
aped, fiery. countenance expressed, more or less,
the most becoming feelings on the occasion.
The town of Greenwich and its vicinity were-all
in Confusion during the day. , In addition to the vast
number Of short sines which rugularly rim to and•
tiom town, there wets; several hundreds of hackney-
:coaches caetited from all parts. The public roads_
from. London were thronged with pedestrians pass-
.ing to and fro day,- until late .the even-
ing. .I'he-1:11131 accidents happened by the over-
turnin of
.gigs, Sze. through the ut,cate•erex-.
13enetza Irl,Lae. drivers. ' '