The Sun.
London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

HARWICH.

This town, during the day, was a scene Of un-
usual bustle. At an early hour In the•morning,
it was announced by several arrivals from Col-
chester, that the procession had set out frOm.that
town at five o'clock in the morning, and would
certainly be there at 12. This intelligence. re-
ceived confirmation from the fact, as to the ar-
rival of the procession at the hour. mentioned, as
it' would be then high water, and if the_ time
were allowed to pass, it would be impossible for
the schooner to sail down the harbour with the
Royal coffin, in order to its final embarkation on
board the frigate. The announcement, therefore,
was pretty generally believed,and all persons in the
town who had resolved to see the procession took
their several stations in the places which they
had chosen to occupy, in order to command the
best view of it. The various eminences were
covered with spectatorS at an early hour, and the
forts and light-houses were also thickly peopled
with well-dresSed persons, some in full mourn-
ing, others displaying . some single emblem of
sorrow. The appearance of the town, as it was
seen from
.a vessel in the harbour, a short time
before the entrance of the procession, with the
groups of people on the surrounding heights,
beneath an unclouded sun, was the most imposing
cml picturesque that can be conceived. •-•

Since Saturday last the Glasgow frigate had
been stationed off Fort Languard, at the Mouth
of the harbour, on the North side. She was
plainly visible from Harwich, and-naturally was
one of the great objects that was pointed out to
strangers in the course of the morning, and next
the frigate, within the harbour, were stationed at
proper distances, the Tyne man of war, the Gan-
net sloop of war, the Rosario sloop of war, and
the schooner Pioneer, which latter was destined
to convey the Royal coffin from her station out
in the harbour to the Glasgow frigate. On the
south side of the harbour, and immediately op-
posite Fort Languard, is.a circular redoubt, and
here, as well as at Fort Languard, the flag was
raised only half-staff high. There has been no
guns mounted at this redoubt. Since Tuesday
last, several companies of the 86th Irish
regithent of foot had been atllarwich, detached
from Chatham and Canterbury, under the com-
mand of Major Martin. They wereintenc4d to
act -as guards of honour on the melancholy neca-
sion ;• and it was thought that one company
would embark to
.escort the Royal Remains,
.after it had reached the destined port in Ger-
many or Holland. Messrs. Hume, Hobhouse,
Wood, Sir R. Wilson, and Mr.-Brougham, ar-
.iived a short time before the procession. :They
put up at the White Hart, the landlOrd of -which
was among the few persons who paid honour to
the remains of her Majesty. The remaining part
of the procession put up at the.. Three .Cops.
When the procession was announced .to.:,be icy

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s'ght, the flag was raised as a signal, and the
co:oart in the different vessels in the harbon
`were instantly lowered. The part of the bar
boar immediately near the jetty, and in the d
rection,of the schooner which was to receive

Royal coffin, was covered with boats and wher-
ries, which were crowded with passengers.
The cavalcade was again formed yesterday
3a-tuning in the streets of Colchester, and about
3.‘ o'clock it set forward in the usual order. _lt

Arrived on the brow of the hill, above the cir-
mullar redoubt, at 12 o'clock, and there it halted
whilst one of the escort rode forwards into the
town, to make some communication with the
Commander of the troops assembled there.—
Shortly after a strong detachment of the 86th
-Irish regiment of Foot marched out of the town,
and, after halting a few minutes, formed four a-
breast, and'advanced towards the procession in
slow march; •.vith their. arms reversed. As they ap-
proached it,the advancedguard of the escortattend-
ng.th.e procession opened to the right and left, and
the detachment of,Foirt raced in front. The ca-
.:valcade then immediately,
,moved forward down
the hill into•the.town; in slow and solemn-pace,
the fine band of the 86th playing. the!'"De.ad
March in Saul." On entering the -town it did
not proceed _through the principal
,streets, but
took the nearest way to the jetty, where-arrange-
ments had been made for the embarkation of the
Royal coffin. Arrived at the avenue leading
down to the jetty, the cavalry drew off, and the
infantry lined the sides c)f' the avenue. The
mourners and members of her Majesty's house-
hold then alighted from the carriages, and the
coffin having been taken from_ the hearse, the
whole moved down the platform of the jetty in
the following order :
George Nayler, .one of the Kings at Arms, bearing the
Royal Coronet on a crimson velvet cushion.
The BOD y, borne, Without a pall, on the shoulders of eight
of the undertakers' men—some of them wearing their hats,
R. -ad the whole had a miserable and travel-worn appearance.
Viscount and Viscountess Hood.
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Lady Anne Hamilton and John Cam Hobhouse, Esq. M.P.
Mr. Alderman Wood and Count Vassali.
Doctor and (we believe) Mrs. Lushington.
Mr. Wilde, and Mr. Joseph Hume, M.P.
Sir Robert Wilson and Mr. Austin.
Mr. Hieronymus, Mariette Brunette, Laguiera, and several
others of her Majesty's Household, brought up the rear.
The Captains of the different vessels of the
squadron appointed to convey the body to the
continent were in waiting at the extremity of the
platform to receive it. It was immediately placed
under the crane, to- which new ropes had been
attached, and was immediately lowered into the
barge of the Glasgow frigate ; the other boatsof
the squadron all surrounding, the crews manning
their oars, the band of the 86th still playing the
Dead March, and Languard Fort firing minute
guns as it descended. The Royal standard was
then hoisted in the prow of the Glasgow's barge,
and she was towed with the melancholy burden
along side the Pioneer schooner through a mul- '
titude of vessels and boats, all crowded with
company, who all took off their hats as it passed.
The pioneer instantly got under way, and 'pro-
ceeded down the harbour round the point at
Languard Fort, where the Royal coffin was
taken on board the Glasgow, and the squadron
was expected to sail in the course of a few hours.

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In our Paper of Wednesday we detailed the progress of her
2'lajecty's remains towards the place of embarkation until the
Procession had left Qhelinsford. It was the intention of those
charged with the conduct of the Procession to halt at Colehes.
t?r, a distance of 22 miles, to refresh themselves and horses,
and proceed that night for Harwich ; but the cattle were so fa-
tigued owing to the lateness of the hour at which their labours
of the preceding night or rather of that same morning had
ceased, that it was found almost impossible to proceed, and no
horses of that peculiar description were to be procured in or
near Colchester. It was, therefore, determined to halt
there for the night, on condition that the journey should
he re-commenced at an hour so early as to enable them to
reach Harwich to commence the embarkation by twelve o'clock.
The Royal Body was removed to St. Peter's Church in Col-
chester, between eight and nine o'clock, and the carriages secured
in the Three Cups-yard and 'the Market-place.- A guard was
placed on the Church and the Body, and the greater part of the
pers.:us who accompanied the procession retired to repair the
fatigues of the journey. Whilst the body was so d,positoel,
we learned that at midnight, Dr. Lushington, Mr. Wylde,
Lord. Hood, Signor Vassali, Sir Robert Wilson, and Alderman
Vrood, followed it into the Chancel, where the Executors or-
d;:tred. a person to mount the coffin, and screw upon it a plate,
brought for the purpose, with the inscription mentioned in one
of the Queen's codicils.

Si-1.-George Nayler, who officially attended to direct all mat-
ters of ceremony, immediately declared such a proceeding to be
hip;hly indecent and improper ; and he sdvised Mr. Thomas to
rexacve it. The executors here insisted that it should remain.
A warm discussion arose, the Gentlemen who accompanied the
crecutors taking the same side with them. The Church, finally,
wan cleared; the offensive plate was removed, and the execu-
tars tliesaupon deliveral the following protest :
Ve, her Majesty's Executors, solemnly protest against this
vitiation of Ivr Majesty's commands previously communicated
to the Earl of Liverpool, and not dissented to by him, about
to he committed, by taking off the plate placed upon her coffin
by the Executors, against their will.

(Signed)

" STEPHEN LUSHINGTON,
" THOMAS WYLDE,
" Executors to her late Majesty."

The procession began its march again soon after day. Up to
near seven o'clock at night of Wednesday, though two days on
• the road, they had not accomplished more than 51 miles ; a-
tilt:ugh engaged actually 27 hours in travelling, which is not
equil to two miles per hour. This will be sufficient to refute
the ideas which some entertained that the procession was impro-
perly hurried, or that originally sufficient time had not been
allotted for performing the journey with due solemnity and re-
spect to the melancholy occasion.

The whole of the way from Colchester to Harwich the strongest
conviction seemed to be entertained, on the night of Wednes-
day; that the Procession would proceed to Harwich. In fact a
Guard of Honour had been placed on the heights of Dover
Court, near the Church, where the Queen's remains were to
have lain in state for that night (considerable preparations
haring been made to that effect), owing to the unfit condition of
the church at Harwich, which is now undergoing extensive re-
Pairs ; and it was not until past eleven at night that the soldiers,
who had filed their arms for several hours, were marched
hacked again to Harwich, in consequence of expresses sent for-
ward to the Commander, Major Marston, of the 86th regiment,
witich.had been brought from Canterbury expressly for the
oocasion, and to the Clergyman of the Chinch, stating that the