The Sun.
London, England, 1819-06-12 00:00:00

DUKE AND *DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER'S PARTY.

Thursday evening their Royal Ilighnesses the Duke and
Duchess of Gloucester had their third grand party this season,
upon which occasion Gloncester [louse was most brill:may
illuminated. The whole of the drawl ng-rocims were thrown
open, and perfumed with the most choice flowers. The large
dining parlour,,, with organ in music room, and the anti-'
room, on the ground floor, were also open for the numerous
visitors to pass, to pa} their respects to their Royal High-
nesses, who entered the drawing rooms soon after nine o'clock,
to be in readiness to receive their guests. The dresses were.
particularly splendid. The company left Gloucester House
about two o'clock. ,There were between 5 and 600 persons of
distinction present.

IRON COFFINS.

DISGRACEFUL RIOT AND DISTURBANCE AT ST.

ANDREWS BURIAL-GROUNA.

GUILDHALL.--Our Readers will recollect the
circumstance %illicit occurred .a short time since,
of the Rector of St. Audrew's, 11,!lhorn, refuSing
to inter'a corpse eticlosed.i'd an iron coffin t:pro-
ecedings have since been institnted against On'
for such refusal in thC-Ectlesiatical Court, and
the cause was in progress for heating ; bnt by
the sodden death Of the Reveretrd '_Mr. Clare,
the Reefar, the siiit is 'consequently abated. The
corpSe, which .was that of a Mrs. Gilbert, the
wife of a re;pectable inhabitant of that parish,
has remained above_ ground ever since; - a pe-
riod-of nearly three months, and the, husband‘
being about to leoi-e toil n "was I ; co...rse nes.rous
of seeint the body of his wife diteutly iuterrei
previous.to his departure. With this view, appre-
hending no further opposition, the Rector being
dead, be gave -kfle neeessery,diiections to Mr.
Ltr;,l.-mion„ ire ~i!,,en'ee rnfilz,. vr.e.
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pale fOr the Innetni. Mr. Bridgman accordingly
waited on the Bishop of London On Tuesday last;
and stated to his Lordship the discontinuance of
the suit dg,linst the late Rector, requesting, that
as thiere were now no legal procreding,s before
the Court; his Lordship would direct the Minister
to hury the body.
His Lordship, however, declined to interfere,
upon the grouod that the case Might ultimately
become a question before the Ecclesiastical Court.
On the lifeduestiity, Mr., Bridgthan tent notice
to the Churchwarden, the Minister, and the Sc-
ton, of his' intention to bu'ly the body the next
day; reply was made, that every thing would be
in readiness, butt, if the body were brought in an
iron coffin, it would riot be permitted to be in-
terred.

Notwithstanding this determination, theftmeral
proceeded with a proper solemnity, attended by
the husband 'of the deeeased and others, to St.
Andrews burying-ground, ib Gray'-inn-lane,
,on
Thursday. On their arrival, the.gates were shut
against them, and all admission denied, by the
sexton and his assiStantse after waiting there a
considerable titneout rounded by an irinneese mob,
Mr. Gilbert directed that t he body should be taken to
St. Andrew's church, Holborn, hoping to find tits
Minister there at evening service, and to induce bins
to perform the ceremony; the body was accordingly
taken thither, and the gates being open, the proces-
sionenteredivithotit other molestation than front the
immense crowd Which accompanied it ; the mi-
nister, however, was not there to bury it, and the
sexton, who had by this tithe arrived, insisted
ninth the body's being taken away ; this was re-
fused, and the bearers -deposited 'the coffin upon
one of the tomb 'stones near the front door of the
church, so as to be in the view-of the persons in
the street. The sevon;it being then pearly-9 o'clock
at night, sent for Mr. Blizzard, the chtfri.hkv3r:'en,
who shortly after arrived, act oinpanied by Mr Gri'.
fiths, the vestry-clerk, and otheri, ho, rater
tempt orily, insisting upon Mr. 13ridgmAn's re-
moving the body, gave .charge of tiro to the 01)i-
Ceri of the night, by 'whom he -Was taken to the'
Compter, all hail britig.eeinsed, althoneh security
to the amount of 100,W. Was offered for his opear-
;lnce. The licitly reniained iri the church-yard all
night, and had not been rentOved-tithen the case‘
came on for hearing before Sir W:Deiniville ye“
terday.
Sir W. Domitrit.Le said, he had tin authority to
direct a nuisance to removed, but he strongly
recommended that the corpse Should -he taken
away for the sake of peace and goodnider ; its
remaining there might certainly. have a'tendency
to produce riot. With regard to Mr. Bridgman,
an assault bad heen.proved against him, and be
should therefore hold him to.bail for that Offence.
ewin was then sworn to the truth of his evi-
dence, and Mr. Bridgman immediately gage bail
for his appearance at the Sessions.

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We have since learnt that the corpSe has been
removed by the parish-officers-to the hone-i)onse
of the !with of st. drew 's, Liolboro.—('.firaH.)

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