The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-27 00:00:00

THE LATE THOMAS D'ARCY M•GEE.

The obsequies of the late Thomas D'Arcy 111‘Gee
took place on April 14 in Montreal. All accounts
speak of the event as one of the most remarkable
in the history of Canada. At an early hour in the
morning the people living along the line of proces-
sion draped their houses in black crape and cambric.
The emblems of mourning were visible on all the
public buildings. At nine o'clock the procession
formed, and the coffin was taken from its temporary
resting place and deposited in the car. The car
was drawn by six grey horses enveloped in black.
It was 16 feet high and 12 feet long ; the roof,
which was of elegant design, was supported by six
columns. On the roof there was a large silver cross,
draped with black velvet and crape ; there were also
six large plumes. On the *sides of the car were the
words, in white letters upon a ground of black
velvet, " Miserere Domine," " Consummatus in
brevi explevit tempore multa," and on each side of
the picture of an ostrich the worth " Fac et spera."
The soldiers of the British garrison lined the streets
and kept a clear passage; they fell into line at the rear
of the procession. The troops on duty were the 100th
Regiment, the 16th Regiment, the 78th Regiment
(Highlanders), the 60th Rifles, the 13th Hussars, and
a section of artillery. In the procession, which was
made up of about 25,000 persons, were Sir C. Wynd-
ham, K.C.8., and staff, the representatives of the
Governor General, and of the Lieutenant Governor
of Ontario and Quebec, the Mayor and Recorder of
Montreal, the legislative councillors, senators,
members of the House of Commons, members of
the local governments, foreign consuls, the Chief
Justice and the several judges and magistrates,
members of the Privy Council, members of the cor-
poration of Montreal, municipal officers, officers of
the army, the militia commandant, militia officers,
officers of the courts of law, Major-General Russell
and staff, the clergy of Montreal, representatives of
the bar and the medical profession, students of the
university, students of law, medicine, and the arts ;
the professors of the colleges, the various benevo-
lent, temperance, and working men's societies ; all
the national societies (including the New England
and St. Patrick's Societies), the Government and
local police, &c. The procession passed to St.
Patrick's church, where the funeral ceremonies
took place. The coffin was received at the door by
a procession of priests and azolytes, who preceded
it to the altar. The church and altar wore lighted
with tapers and heavily draped with white and
black crape. After the mass the Catholic Vicar
General of Ottawa delivered an appropriate sermon.
The vicar general took occasion to inveigh in strong
terms against Fenianism. " If," said he, " this
dead statesman was guilty of a crime in opposing
Fenianism, that is a crime of which I too am guilty.
I call upon you to stamp out secret societies:,
A tremendous burst of applause followed
these words, and the preacher found it neces-
sary to say, " Remember that this is the house of
God." At the conclusion of the sermon the proces-
sion reformed, and the coffin was taken to the cathe-
dral of Notre DatIFIC, where a libra was sung by the
seminary priests under the direction of Monseigneur
Bourgot, the CaLholic Archbishop of Montreal.
The procession again took up its march throng.' the
principal streets, and finally passed out to the Ca-
tholic Cemetery (some two miles from Montreal),
where the body was interred. It is estimated that
from 60,000 to 100,000 persons assembled in the
streets through which the cortege passed. During
the day Gen. Averil received a telegram from Secre-
tary Seward, expressing the American Government's
detestation of the murder, and sympathy with the
Canadian public.