The Sun.
London, England, 1850-07-15 00:00:00

THE FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF

CAMBRIDGE.

KEW, SATURDAY ENT,ENIG.—In no part of the
United Kingdom could. the late Duke of Cambridge
have been more esteemed than in the village of Kew
—the home of his boy'aooel, and his usual abode for
the last fourteen years. Here he not only annually
clothed some thirty or forty boys attached to the
Queen's free school, and about as many girls, but in-
variably gave them an entertainment on every return
of his natal day. To the victims of misfortune he
was ever ready to lend his help ; and who can wonder,
therefore, that Kew and Richmond now exhibit a
mournful silence. In be th places the gentry, trades-
people, and the poor hese vied with each other in
shoving how much they respected their late bene-
factor. On Wednesday last a meeting of the inhabi-
tants took place at the vestry, when the Rev. R.
Burgh Byam was unanimously called to the chair,
and a resolution was leas sed that an address deeply de-
ploring the death of the Duke of Cambridge, should
be presented to her Roy al Highnesa the Duchess of
Cambridge. A communication having been made to
the late duke's private oThaplain as to the intention
of the inhabitants, a reply was sent, signifying that
her Royal Highness would be pleased to receive the
address, in the form of a letter, after the funeral. Last
evening the mournful preparations for the funeral
were completed, under the superintendence of Sir
William Martin. The vault is not a new structure,
having been erected at t be time the existing church at
Kew was built. It is directly across the entrance to
the sacred edifice, and h as not the slightest decoration
of any kind. It is intended, however, that this shall
only .be a temporary ton kb., and that a handsome mau-
soleum shall be erected on a piece of ground contigu-
ous to the church, which, has been purchased, but not
yet consecrated. An a ppropriate tablet and inscrip-
tion will be fixed upon the wall opposite the vault.
His Royal Highness Prineee Albert, Prince George of
Cambridge, and his Seronis Highness the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburgh will be the chief mourners at the
funeral, which will take place at ten o'clock on Tues-
day morning next. Upon the mournful procession
reaching Kew-bridge, the labourers of Kew, the
tradesmen of that village .and Richmond, and the no-
bility and gentry will met it, and follow the escort
to Cambridge Cottage. Ilere the coffin will be taken
out of the hearse, and carried into the church by
twelve non-commissioned ,officers of the Coldstream
Guards, of which regimen t the late Duke was colonel.
We have been informed., upon good authority, that
his Royal Highness's inn, ?.:•s arose from a severe cold
caught on the 7th ult., when the Bishop of Man-
chester preached a sermo a at Kew Church on behalf
of the school. It appears that after Divine service,
the Duke, who appeared in excellent health, took the
Bishop of Manchester tee the palm-house in Kew
Gardens, to see the magr lificent water lily called the
Victoria:Regina, then in a stoat flourishing state. The
temperature maintained in the building was 92 degrees,
and the weather at the s etrne time being remarkably
warm, his Royal Highness became greatly heated.
After this he lunched at the vicar's house with the
Bishop, and imprudently sat in a draught, although
reminded of the fact by 'his host. In the afternoon
the Duke of Cambridge visited Mortlake Church,
which is considered to be very badly ventilated. He
then returned to Cambridge-house, Piccadilly, and
there for the first time col nplained of chilliness. Not-
withstanding this, the Duke went to the House of
Lords in the afternoon of Monday, where he sat out
the debate until two in f;11 e morning, and it is con-
ceived that these circumst, tnces combined induced the
fatal illness from which hts Royal Highness died.