The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-28 00:00:00

QU'EEN'S ItIMAINS.

[LETTER FROM STADE, DATED AUG. 21.]
You are doubtless already informed of all that
occurred at Harwich, and on the road. I shall
therefore commence my account on board the
Glase-,ow. On the starboard side of the main or
half-deck, and immediately adjoining to, the
cabin, in which the Captain usually resides, a
large space was partitioned off, and there the
Royal Remains were placed. From the care
and exertions of Messrs. Bailey and Chittenden,
who had the regulation of the funeral, and to
whom every credit is due for their attention to
their arduous duties, that part of the ship in
which the coffin was placed was covered with
black cloth, and hung with escutcheons and
sconces for lights. On each side of the coffin
Wel' placed three large wax candles, and at the
head of it was placed a large escutcheon, on
which the arms of her late Majesty were fully
emblazoned. The body was there laid in state,
under a Lieutenant's guard of marines, who were
relieved at regular intervals, and who suffered
no intrusion of any description. The marines,
of whom thirty supernumeraries had been taken
on board for the occasion, were under the com-
mand of Captain Aslet and Lieutenant White,
who performed their duty with propriety and
punctuality. The hearse and mourning-coaches
were embarked on board different vessels from
the jetty on Thursday evening, and at nine o'clock
on Friday morning, the Glasgow's sails were
set, and gave notice that she was about to weigh
anchor. At eleven o'clock the anchor was
weighed, and the ships sailed with a light breeze.
—The Wye, the Tyne, the Gannet, and the
Rosario, formed the squadron which accompa-
nied the Glasgow during the voyage. The wind
freshened considerably towards the evening, and
having continued favourable during the night
and the following day, the Glasgow hove-to on
Saturday evening off Heligoland, in order to
allow the other ships to come close to it, and on
Sunday morning they all sailed up the Elbe, and
anchored opposite Cuxhaven.—On board the
Glasgow were Lord and Lady Hood, Lady Anne
Hamilton, Dr. and Mrs. Lushington, Mr. and
Mrs. Wylde, and Mr. \V. Austin, as mourners ;
Sir George Naylor, Clarenceux King at Arms
and -- Calvert, Esq. from the Lord Chamber-
lain's Office, to whom the important duties of
herald and of Chamberlain were entrusted ; Mr.
Bailey, the undertaker,- and Mr. Chittenden,
the as,istant undertaker; Mr. Hieronymus and
llla►iete Brunette, as well as the servants of all
the already enumerated mourners, were also on
board. The accommodations prepared for them
by Captain Doyle were of the best description
which could be prepared for the occasion. The
care and attention of Captain Doyle, and of the
Officers of the Glasgow, Lieutenants and Mid-
shipmen, to the numerous passengers, and their
respectful conduct on all occasions towards the
Roy al remains, were such as did them honour,
both as Officers in his Majesty's service and as
rGentlemen.—While sailing up to Cuxhaven,
!three liauoverian Officers came on board
the Glasgow , in order to learn the regulations
which were intended to be adopted ; they were
Mr. Schultz, the Hanoverian agent at Cuxhaven;
Major Brinckman, of the Hoya 2d battalion ; and
Capt. Deteen, of the Pierier, the guard-ship at
the entrance of the river leading to Stade. Mr.
Calvert gave them a letter to the Hanoverian au-
thorities, stating that it was the intention of the
conductors of the funeral to disembark her late
Majesty's remains at Stade as early on Monday
as the tide would permit. The Hanoverian agent
at Cuxhaven instantly -went ashore, in order to
give the necessary information to the officers who
had to make the preparations for the proper re-
ception of the Royal remains.—As the Elbe be-
tween Cuxhaven and Stade is too shallow in
some places to admit a ship, such as the Glasgow,
which drew 19 feet of water, to sail without
considerable difficulty, it was regulated that the
remains of her Majesty should be removed on
board the Wye. The removal was effected amid
the firing of minute guns from the Glasgow, and
on its completion, twenty-one minute guns
were fired in succession, according to seniority, by
each ship of the squadron. The Wye, accom-
panied by the Gannet, then commenced sailing
towards Stade, but the wind having ilacken-
H!d, and the tide having been on the ebb,
they were obliged to anchor at eight o'clock
on Sunday evening. Lord and Lady Hood,
Lady Anne Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Wilde, and
Mr. W. Austin, having gone on shore at Cux-
haven with au intention of going by land from
Cuxhaven to-Stade, the means of accommodating
the remaining passengers on board the Wye be-
came greater, and they_were accordingly carried
into effect. The Royal coffin was placed in an
apartment similar to that on board of the Glas-
gow, where Messrs. Bailey and Chittenden con-
tinued to pay the same attention as they had
paid throughout the voyage. They had each of
them sli'pt near to the Royal coffin, and they had
taken men accustomed to the proceedings adopted
in funerals with them, without whom the difficulties
which occurred in the frequent removalsofthecoffin,
would not have been surmounted with ease, nor
could the funeral have been conducted with such
propriety and regularity.—At three o'clock on
Monday morning, the tide having flowed, and
the wind freshened, the anchor was raised, and
each of the ships sailed rapidly up the river, and
at eight o'clock they cast anchor again near the
mouth of the Schwingey, a small river which
runs by Stade into the Elbe; but the tide having
been on the ebb, and the Schwingey not being
navigable at low water, an immediate removal
was rendered impossible.—Sir G. Nayler, Mr.
Calvert,, and Mr. Bailey, then proceeded to
Stade, in order to form regulations for the re-
ception of her Majesty's remains. They returned
about four o'clock to the Wye, and soon after
five o'clock the coffin was lowered into a boat
belonging to the Wye, amid universal silence.
The boat was taken in tow by three other boats,
and they moved silently across the Elbe into the
Schwingey, while the Wye fired minute-guns.
The body of her late Majesty was, however, still
under the protection of Englishmen, for a Guard
of Ilonour,-consisting of Marines, under the com-
mand of a Marine Lieutenant of the Wye; stood

around the Coffin. to the same boat were
George Nayler and Mr. Calvert, the Captain?;
Fisher and Simpson, Dr. Lushington, and•the two
undertakers, Messrs. Bailey and Chittenfieni—
The British flag, on the coffin..being placed in
the boat, was immediately lowered as usual\ on
sfich occasions from half-met, high,..and having
been•taken into the boarnvas suspended overthe'
coffin. The boats W.ere rowed by half-minute
strokes of the oars up the Schwingey, and they
were guided up that river by the boat of. the
Hanoverian Guardship, with the Captain, dress-
ed in mourning, on board. Thousands of "per-
sons covered the banks of the narrow river. Ac-
cording to the etiquette observed on such occa-
sions, the Wye continued to fire minute guns,
until the approach of the boats to Stade ht carne
visible from the Fort, when a cannon announced
to the British sailors that, the body of their late
Queen was no longer under their protec-
tion. The Wye then ceased to fire, and
the Gannett commenced firing minute guns.
for half an hour. The Hanoverian guard-
ship immediately after fired the same num-
ber, while the guns of the fortress -announced to
the inhabitants of Stade the approach of the re-
mains of their late Queen. The banks on all
sides were crowded with spectators, whose ex-
tremely decorous behaviour was highly pleasing.
At the moment when the boats of the British
ships approached to the draw-bridge, the bells
of the three churches of the town were tolle4
in rather quick time,, according to. the practice
of the country, as it - was stated to the Ew"
glish inquirers, who could not but feel the
contrast between it and the slow seriousness o`,
the funeral tolling in their native country.
The windows, crowded with females in their
best attire all silent. and attentive, the quays CO"'
vered also with people of all ranks, equally 04'1'4
gave a striking interest and a solemnity to the.
scene. The British boats approached to the
stone stairs, the chief landing place of the town;
where the undertaker's men removed the ear".
from the boat, and having reached the top of the
stairs, placed it on chairs ranged for that purpose.
As it had been impossible from the low tide t"
convey the hearse from the Wye to the shore at
an early hour in the day, it had not been Fr!'
pared for the removal of the Royal corpse 00 its
landing ; the procession to the Church of b
t.
Wilhadi, the most ancient Church of the tow"'
was therefore on foot. It may be necessarit tQ
state that Stade is a fortified town, and th3w,
regular garrison is kept up there. The C,°Lief
mandant, Colonel Von Issendorf, and the Li'o,
Military Commander of the District, Atilt_
General Berger, had issued orders for the
the
tendance of the troops of the garrison 011
solemn occasion of the reception of the corpse 010
their late Queen two days previous to the arrleo
of the Royal body at Stade, and which 01-ed.
were followed as far as circumstances olio's
The procession was therefore as follows

The Band ; the drum every minute striking a solemn be3r""
Military.
Mr. Bailey, Chief Undertaker.
The Lutheran Pastors of the town:

Rev. Mr. Moser and ft ai- Mr 111,;ertliiier. 1 e
The Rev. the Senior Pastor, It'od'atz, - d -tit-v. 31r,- n 1 e.
The General Soperintendant, itu-pertinfi.'-li. ann.
Mr. Schilling, Councillor of the Aulic L'o'nsiswrY.
Captain Simpon.Captain,
(Sir George ‘Navler,l Captain rishe-
of the Gannett.
bearing the .• of the AVYe'
111 and Crown. Cushion' -
4 - Calvert, Esq.
Mr. Chittenden, Assistant Undertaker.
P THE BODY, , r'.
ai
...,
borne by ten of the men belonging to the Undertake
-
CI Lord Hood, Chief Mourner.
.
E. Lady Anne Hal-Jai/ton, Lady Hood.
'el Doctor and Mrs. Lushington. i
E..:-
a Mr. and Mrs. Wilde. e. pe
).-1 Mr. W. Austin, and Rev. air. Wood- a..°
. Count Vassalt, and Lieutenant Hownarn.
o •• ,l'-'
..,?,.0 The various Servants of her late Majesty, two and tYl•fe ,
.I.i Forty of the principal Burghers, or Inhabitants of
tut
1
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Town, in -Mourning Dresses, two' and two-
Military. R girner'4
The soldiers who were in attendance were the pel, _ c
,rti ,r,•
a detachment of the Bth Regiment, ar.d a battalion-of .1---- ll'
ai
Ira
The pro Cession moved with slowness and solemnity thrf ef
the principal streets of the town to the Church, a dist3ll,ce.or
about three quarters of a mile. On their approach
of St. Wilhadi, the military filed off to the right and left
fre;
the Royal 'Coffin and the procession entered amidst a salute d'
to the 70,
the soldiers. • On entering into a Lutheran Church, proPirc,o,,
that of St. Wilhadi was on that occasion,! the efrect Was ii9ll
ot 4
ing in the highest degree. The altar, the figures rcPres tsaa
the Saviour of mankind snifcrinv Dit'a cross between eta'
511,
thieves, the numerous lighted candles which snrrounde and
platform before the altar, the whole altar, and Pclahttft°terht:or:::
steps covered with black cloth, the part of the
the alter covered also with black cloth, the front of tee F
hung with crape in festoons, bore a highly' imPressivefsole
of the sensibility and of the affection of the inhabitants ° ho i'
to the Royal Family of Great Britain ;
_particularly
Ivo'
was known that the Church had been decorated In tir tor/
nor at the expence of the principal inhabitants of the t 0
~e, et
As soon as the Royal Coffin was placed on the eataf3"olicifii
platform before the altar, the organ rn ,r. .., - ha
,-d n 1"
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dirge, which continued until the mourners had left tbaeofalque'
—Around the Royal Coffin, on the verge of tD;a; °I the
, 6-- „I te('
were numerous lighted candles, and on 'cs-1 1 ro'C rskh '
coffin were placed three large wax can Oles, irl-,i-11:•Iiile ',4,t,
candlesticks, and all of them were kept liJli''''' 03isaleti -
body remained in the church. The church ''';'ls,i_Cr" ty. °T;
excess, and after the mourners had retired, the • '.:l:iiili--6,1*--
people to approach the altar was so great, that the Ptilt-i;
guard became necessary to repress them. Under ti- e ,ste°„, j
tion of two of the undertakers' men, and nlld''
..,,th-efl°:a"
military guard, both of whom were rearularlyreliece'',cpclt '',
Remains continued in the church from s,"•°" lioraiPc r„,
Monday evening until eleven o'clock on rine.43)' inist ,1' ;ilg
At half past ten o'clock on Tuesday morning, Aul'riesll3c-a-4
hearse, the mourning coaches, and the other nec'ess:ll- tiro' ;a
been prepared, the Coffin was removed from. tilevroian
_s to
the hearse, and Sir George Nayler received t.ll
oicral 'r2.
to
cushion into the coach prepared for him. Ti's f ftal. nesdaY '
11 ic,
proceed on Tuesday as far as Buxteliude, of:. iyunoto,
Soltan, on Thursday to Zell, and on Fritla3r .tn, to l'i?o,ti it
The hearse was drawn by eight horses bni"i'ghis )1311c0
jesty, and so were the mourning-
coaches •bY „lions left
3t !hall l'3v,e:lta
horses: A relay of sixty hordes is stationed.•on the road, and the horses, after the processlon h.,as
ate
of
a s It "t. she
fal",oe
Buxtehude, are to be changed once a day,
that the procession should go on from that tcaa'n fi, oar: no of
seven German, or twenty-eight English miles, er,',,. Bergs The
drivers of the hearse were in Royal livery, a' e'aryan' Toil
his Majesty, and they wore black cloaks and basove rorelto434
procession left the town on Tuesilay, amidst tl'ealia Th Oaf
honours as it had been received on Monday eve°. 'arlicre i • til
soldiers accompanied it outside the fortificstiors2
IretutJ'ect ini
to the side of the road, they saluted the lirarse art ea_ escort'!
the town. A sanadron of lancers, called liera liatlV''
the proass'aen to Buxtthude.

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