The Sun.
London, England, 1804-04-06 00:00:00

MILITARY FUVERALS.

Pr.has been said that'etieTrocess.ion of Saturday
last was not allowed 40 vass thrOti_ghS4.. James's ;1'
Park, because there is no precedents of lt futtial'be-
log perrnittee. to take that 'course. This, however,
is erroneous.. The funeral procession of the 'great
Duke of • Marlborough passed' from Marlborough
Rause, through Sr. James's, Park, 'to Hyde-park_
corner, along Piccadilly and by Charing-cross to
Westminster 'Abbey.
The magnificence of' this funeral. was thought
worthy of being cOnitnernorated in the LOnifon
Zette of the day. There was then a camp in Hyde
Palk, and the following regiments were drawn from
it to marchin the procession:—The first regiMeut
of Foot Guards -entire, commanded by General Tat-.
top ; detachments of •ther second and third regi-,_
Men 6, coffin:landed by tlie Earls of Scarbrough and
Dunmore ; the -Horse. Grenadiers ; the -first and
third troops of Horse Guards ;-twfit Ompaniei of
Cannoneers, and a train of fifteen pieces of artillery
and two thortArs, with the great kettle-drums of Or'
artillery, on carriage drawn by two horses.
Eight Ci.i.reral Offiers followed the troops ; then
cline the EArl of Cadogan, Commander in Chief,
attended by the Quartermaster General, the Adjn-
tant-General, and by the six Aides de Camps of the
late alike.

,The other parts of the procession were 120 persons
in mourning cloaks, on horseback ; six banners borne
by Lieutenant-Colonels on horseback ; all the He_
raids and -Kings at Arms ; twelve trumpets,
the banners ; six mourning horses, the spurs and
gauntlets, the helmet and crest, the targe and sword
carried :by two Heralds, eight Dukes in: their
coaches ; six Earls, the carriages of His Majesty,
the Prince.'ofWales, and of nearly all the Nybility.
The Body lay on'a Bed `of.State, in an open Cha.
riot.; two of the Duke'4- Servants, is) close mourn-
iog, -sitting barc:headtd at the head and feet.. On
the Coffin was laid a complete suit of Armour gilt,
with a General's Truncheon in tbe right hand, the
great Collar of the Order of the G fuer aboutthie
neck, the George-appendant, the Gaiter on the
left leg, a rich Sword buckled to the side ; on one
side of the head; the Can of a Prince of the Empire,
on the other -a Ducal otonet ; unsier the head, a
Crimson Velvet Cushion, with Gold I4ringes ;. the
feet resting on a Lion couchant, holding a Baonet-
A horse of State, caparisoned with cloth of'gnld,
was led immediately after the body, in a silken
rein,. by a Captain of Horse, a.sisted..by two,
grooms.
poring the procession, and till the
_body seas
deposited in Henry the Seventh's Chapel, -Minute
guns were fired at the Tower. • •
The interment being made knoWri by a signal,
the troops and artillery, who were cirawn• up in St.
James's Park, fired three vollies.
The Chariot, carrying 64 body, was drawn by
eight horses, caparisoned with different parts of his
Grace's arms, as Prince Of" the Ernpire, as Duke,
and as Knight of the Garter.; each-of the horses
was led by a grport4 and. on each side of the chariot
walked five. Captains, beAring baraterets, -Sze. -of his
Gras=s's arms,

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A cow, 'belonging to Mr. .Rtio, Blairston,
Ayrshire, aborit 7the middle of March 8:)3, calved
two calves; and un'the first of this month she calved
other two. The four, which"are all bulls, are liv.
ing•