The Sun.
London, England, 1840-08-13 00:00:00

BURIAL OF THE DEAD.

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TO 7'HE EDITOR OF THE S[o°,"it it;
Snt,—As a member of the Church of Englane
not without feelings of deep regret that I have t° r
quest you will insert the following brief and eir°Ple
statement of facts : aged
Died, on the 31st ult., Mr. Thomas Clapham,
upwards of 82, having been, for more than forty 1,,e°0",1
in the employment of the Leads and Liverpool till to
Company as engineer and carpenter. It is-needless.
add. that, in this service, he gave the utmost satisfaetl° f
to that respectable Company, and in all the reletioo%oo
life he was highly and deservedly respected. 13°„ad
4th of the present month the remains of the (10°— of
were conveyed to Burnley Church with the view
being interred. laid
Upon reaching the church-yard the bier was veer
down upon the flags leading to the principal cntrertio;
waiting the arrival of the officiating clergyals° „ges
assistant curare), to read the usual prefatory fee {ter
—" lam the resurrection and the life, &or tiered
staying for a few minutes the sexton came, and or.th,
us to go forward with the corpse into the church
out the clergyman, although he was in the yard' /toe
Accordingly this was done, and afterwards the sc-010
cameagainwatos
inonea
voefrytliiiel..pteanirtpieesr,
and
dd state a that that
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clergyman
he would not read the service in the church, but " arta
sired one or two of the friiinds of the deceased to g° ;fro
see him, and try to prevail upon him. This was dt°
done, and he was reSpectfutly and earnestly rerlees"Day
perform the service in the church ; that is, sec" ca
tion as is commonly read within the walls of the s'iea•
edifice ; and he was told that if any fine was r‘quegold
it would be immediately and gladly paid. But aanitt(looo,
not do ; he remained inexorable ; and after w
considerable time, the corpse of the deceased was did
veyed to the grave, where the Rev. GentlemOreir
condescend to read a part of the service. Ine,. (le"
Lions and friends (after paying the dues which 17'00
minded to the lull) left the grave, with what :era!
may be more easily imagined than described. several
instarvms have occurred, but we leave °
parties to make their own statements. of
We ourselves are warmly attached to the ChLurt, vie
England, and wish not to exaggerate an) thing ; l'u ivies
would ask, are not such clergymen the worst el aro
she has ; and may she not excla m, " See hovl
wounded in the house of my friends T."
I am, yoars very rt.,pectfully, •
THOMAS WHITAKER. od,
Grandson of the aecea.thout
[The Curate would not have acted thus ,vilre fore
giving some reason for his conduct, and We. t`he,,j
regret that our Correspondent has not furatb.-
with all the particulars
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heiress" to the eldest son of a Scotch duke as his „go-
is sail to be, like the many former ones, destitute u:ssrip,
babitity or foundation beyond the idle tongue dig' jog
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POLYTECIINIC ester
distinguished persomigea visited this establishmellet.)..,
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di)? and previously :—Marchioness of LondonddarZbter,
her son, Lord Seaham, Earl of Leitrim and k , 841.
Ladies E. and C. Clements, and Lord Ashbro_o :ape
Ott Monday next two mast curious models
of
upon an " entirely new" construction and Pr"' Jed °
to be exhibited. '('he lino of rail is -to be omPa,, toP9
nothitig but wheels, close to each other, ee 0011
of which the carriages aro to be placed, and relle see to
being communicated to the wheels. the ac
elide along theis geriphefies - -