The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-09 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF WIVELL, THE FIREMAN.

'Sunday afternoon being appointed for the funeral of
Richard Wivell, ene of the firemen who was killed at
the fire of the Tower on Sunday week, and, in conse-
quence of it being stated in the papers that the interment
was appointed fur two o'clock, the church and church-
yard of St. Saviour's, Southwark, was crowded to excess,
and by the time the funeral arrived, which was just be-
fore four o'clock, there could not be less than from 3,000
to 4,000 people present; every spot which could afford a
view of the place of interment was densely crowded.
At half-past three o'clock the funeral procession left
the residence of Wivell's mother, in Pitt's-place, New
Park-street, Borough, in the following order :—Mr.
Braidwood (the superintendent of the London Fire Bri-
gade), the four foremen,of the A, B, C, and D districts,
after which came the coffin, the pall being supported
by the six eldest engineers and deputy foremen ; upon
the lid of the coffin were placed the coat and helmet of
the deceased ; after which came the mourners, about 30
in number, the chief mourner being. the mother of the
deceased ; and after them came 40 of the brigade. When
entering the western gate of the churchyard it was with
great difficulty that the police could clear a sufficient pas-
sage for the procession ; the coffin was taken in at the
eastern door of the old church, when a most tremendous
rush took place, which, to say the least, was highly dis-
graceful, while the gallery staircase of the new church was
filled with a dense mass of persons ; and during the time
the funeral service was being performed by the Rev. Mr.
Barrow, persons of respectable appearance remained co-
vered. The interior of the church was also crowded,
from it being expected that the Rev. Mr. Curling would
preach a funeral sermon.
While the funeral service was being performed, an acci-
dent of a most serious nature happened in the church-
yard: a boy, about 14 years of age, had climbed up to
the top of one of the trees ; by some means his footing
Fave way, and he fell with considerable violence on the
iron spikes, some of which entered his thighs and body,
and where he remained for some seconds impaled.

MUNICIPAL ELEI
(R., Reformer
R. T.

:3TION RETURNS
Tory.)

Aberdeen
Albans (St.)
Andover
Andrews (St.) 9 -2

Kirkaldy
Lancaster
Leeds (Leeds paper) 12
ter Leices
• 12

Ayr
Barnstaple .. 20 4
Bath
Bedford
Beverly ..
Bewdly
Bideford
Birmingham
Brecon
Bridgewater
Bristol
Bury St. Edmunds ... 6
Cambridge
Canterbury
Carlisle lO
Chester

Leith • 4
Liverpool
Lyme Regis
Lymington .
Lynn Regis 1
Manchester l5
Mussel burgh .
Newcastle-upon-
Tyne
Northampton 2
Nottingham
.
Oxford 4
Paisley
Penryn
Pontefract
Port Glasgow 3

Chesterfield
10
Chippenham
Coleih-ster 2 4 Ripon
Cork _ ._ _

7 I:Rochester
Cupar-Fife
Derby
Devizes
Dover
Dublin
47 13 Stirling 6
Durnferline ...... ... 3 ... Stockport
Dunbar 7
Durham
Edinburgh ......... 144 42
Evesham ............ 1 n
Exeter .... ..... -
..... 16 42
Falkirk
4 Falmouth
G ateshead 6 •••
Gravesend & Milton -"I
Guilford -6;
4
Haddingtaa
Harwich
Hastings
Helston
Hull
Kendal
Kingston
The above returns are from the provincial papers and
The meagre re-
may ho relied on for their accuracy.
turns, afforded by the local prints infurnish
stv.:ll unsatisfactory' data as net to enable cases,
them in the same shape as those above.
I.l,lhseto present
summary will, however, give a fair idea of suchf°ll"ing
Reformers in majority, but no numbers :-nt :
Arundel, Dartmouth, Devonport, Hertford, Hereford,
Norwich, Tiverton, Greenock, Portobello, Ludlow.
All Reformers wo were returned, but no numbers
sent:—Lincoln, Macclesfield, Morpeth.
No contest :—Newport (Isle of Wight), Richmond.
All Tories :—Newark. In Scotland the Tories have
done next to nothing.
Perth : great preponderance on the Liberal side. In-
verness : the whole of the new Councillors Liberals.
Glasgow : a gain of one Liberal. Inverbury, Banff,
Peterhead, no numbers or statement of politics given.

Tam wor di
'Truro
Wallingford
Walsall. . 3 5
IWar wick
IWelch pool
.
Wigan 3 10
.Windsor
Worcester
Wycombe
.IYarmouth
.IYork

Total ...531 375
Reform Majority, 156.

THE QUEEN DO WA
It is with extreme regret that wehaGveEreceived in-
telligence confirming the worst fears
Queenre Dowager'sspenting the
alarming and critical state of the
health. From communications we have received
her Majesty
from
Sudbury Hall, we regret to state h
has unhappily been deprived of speecha for_ the last
three or four days ; and that it is only by signs
that her Majesty's wants and wishes "ex-
pressed. The care and attention of her Majesty's me-
dicals attendants have been incessant ; and
the services
of the Royal household have been unremitting. It is the
express command of the Queen Dowager that the bul-
letins be shown t 3 her Majesty, previous to their trans-
mission to Marlborough House. Immediately on the ar-
rival of the bulletin in town, copies are despatched to the
Queen, Duchess of Kent, and Duchess of Gloucester,
Dr. Chambers returned to town yesterday evening, and
stiles that her Majesty is a little better, and gives some
faint hopes ; but there is no doubt that her Majesty
has been in great danger for some time past.
A NOTHEIt ACCOUNT .—The afflicting state of debi-
lity, and the symptoms which indicate imminent dan-
ger of a fatal termination to the insidious disease that
has taken so firm a hold of her Majesty's constitution,
we were the first to announce, from a source in the
means of knowledge to communicate the real state of the
case, we could well rely. We are sorry to state that no
alleviation of the alarming symptoms has been experi-
enced by the illustrious sufferer ; and that, although,
from the nature of the disease, a sudden termination of
life uN.I not result, there is but slight hopes that medi-
cal skill will be. successful in arresting its progress, or
even of materially checking its inroads upon the essen-
tial organs of life, for any considerable period.