The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-22 00:00:00

t from becoming so wet and muddy as, under other circumstances,
:!. they must have done ; and about nine o'clock, the cortege, which
`.7 had latterly proceeded at a very slow space, entered Windsor, and
turning up Castle-street, proceeded in the direction of its journey's
/ end, the Chapel. In the earlier part of its progress, the proces-
sion had excited some disappointment in the minds of the people,
who expected to have found it more gorgeous, attended by a
stronger military guard ; but, from this point, passing across the
• Castle-yard, and under the antique arches, to the Chapel gate, the
" whole show—taken in combination with the ancient and beautiful
''' edifice to which it was proceeding, and the circumstances under
= which it had assembled, formed a striking and an impressive coup
' d'ccil. As the cavalcade entered the Chapel, the deep tones of the
...
organwere heard reverberating without the building—and the guards
with their torches formed a lane—the bells still tolling, and the guns

rapidly succeeding each other—through which ten yeomen carried
the coffin from the hearse to the bier within the church. The burial
service was therr read by the Dean of Windsor. The pall and or-
naments were taken off, and thelcoffin was lowered into the vault.
The King at Arms proclaimed in a loud voice the style and
titles of the deceased ; and a last peal from the organ, mixing
with the roar of the artillery, announced, to those within
of without the building, that the ceremony was complete. In a
short time, the chapel was cleared, the soldiers were in their ranks
and departing, the carriages were rattling hastily homewards, and
the crowd of Windsor, with the exception of only a few stragglers,
had disappeared. Within another hour, the streets were as silent
as on an ordinary occasion : the lights were all extinguished, and
a fall of snow had obliterated even the footsteps of the numbers who
had crowded the town so lately before. The pageant, and the
confusion attendant upon it, had passed away for ever; it Was but
ac event now in men's recollections—like the existence of the
noble and regretted individual in whose honour it had been or-
dained.
The extraordinary beauty of the eight black horses (tile King's
property) which drew the hearse excited general admiration.—
They were driven hy his Majesty's principal coachman, six-in-
hand, with a postillion to the first pair. But it is a curious cir-
cumstance that the funeral horses (hired) employed on the occa-
sion, were .not at all equal in quality to many which are seen every
day at private funerals, but some of them even of a poor and shabby
description. Unless there existed some reason for this choice, it
injured the effect of the procession ; and there seems to have been
some other slight points in the arrangement which, by manage-
tnent, might have been improved.
. At an early hour yesterday morning most of the strangers whom
the melancholy ceremony bad brought together took their depar-
ture, the bustle of the preceding day had disappeared, and Windsor
resumed its usual stillness and tranquillity.

(From a Sunday Paper.)

" WINDSOR, Saturday Droning.

" The King continue@ in the enjoyment of good health. He
suffers slightly from a pain in the legs, but is free from any serious
'illness whatever. His Majesty continues in the same retirement
that he has observed since the death of the Duke of York. The
only member of his household who may he said, indeed at all, to
have any intercourse with him, is Sir Wm. Knighton. A large
party, principally of the Royal establishment, dined yesterday at
the Royal Lodge, but his Majesty did not appear. The party,
which was invited for the purpose of attending the procession this
evening, consisted of the Marquis of Anglesea, Lord Graves, Lord
Mountcharles, Sir W. Keppel, Sir Edmund Nagle, Cel. Thorn-
ton, Sir W. Houston, Lord Strathaven, and Sir Andrew Bar-
nard ; they arrived at Windsor in the course of the day, to joie,
the Royal cortege, consisting of three state-carriages, which were
appointed to be in readiness this evening, at half-past six o'clock,
to take up the Lords and Grooms of the Bedchamber, who ac-
company the funeral, from the Royal Lodge. All the King's
servants appear this day in mourning. The stables at Cumber-
' land-lodge, the rebuilding of which, on an improved construction,
has been just completed, are quite deserted ; all the horses here, as
well as at the King's Mews in London and Pimlico, having been
called into requisition for the funeral procession.
" An erroneous report obtained circulation that minute-guns
would not be fired in the Great Park, from an apprehension of
bringing painful recollections to the mind of his Majesty—it was
even stated, that the King had given directions that they should
not be fired. On this subject we can state, with a well-warranted
degree of confidence, that his Majesty gave no directions, and
that his orders were principally, and almost solely, confined to
the direction that, as a mark of his affectionate attachment for the
Duke of York, the funeral should be attended with all the respect
and consideration to which he was entitled by his Royal rank and
high military station. The firing of minute guns, therefore, as
a part ' of that consideration and respect,' took place; it com-
menced at eight i❑ the morning, and was conducted by a party of
artillery under the direction of Colonel Thornton.
" The King takes his departure for Brighton on Tuesday.
Some members of the Royal household have received orders to
proceed thither to-morrow and Monday. It was the intention of
his Majesty to go to Brighton in the week that terminated the
fatal illness of his Royal brother; and that event alone postponed
his departure. This immediate departure, at this moment, hat
been advised with a view and 'hope that change of scene may be
attended with a change and improvement of spirits, which the
lite melancholy event has reduced to the lowest state of depression.
" Mr. Canning and the Cabinet Ministers attended the funeral
to Windsor. Mr. Canning proceeded immediately to Lord Ilar-
court's after the funeral.

THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.

" CONDUCT OF THE POLICE.

" The Speaker of the House of Commons arrived to-day, about
three o'clock. At half-past three a barrier was placed at the en-
trance-gate of Windsor Castle, to prevent the admission of personP
unprovided with tickets. Shortly after the barrier had been put
up, the Speaker, who was not made acquainted with this circum
stance by Mr. Mash, the servant of the Household, to whom tht
' conducting of the arrangements was entrusted, appeared at the
harrier, and was refused admission. He told the police in attend-
ance who he was, but they persisted in rudely refusing either ti,
admit him, or to attend, even with common decency and respect_
to his mild remonstrance with them. One of the police-officer,
even threatened to take a gentleman into custody, who offered hi.
assurance that the Speaker was the person whom he represented
himself to be. After some rude observations from the police,
which were in every way at variance with the order which tht
Right Hon. Gentleman observes in another place, a gentleman
offered a ticket, which he happened to possess, to the Speaker.
This circumstance, and an expression of very vehement indigna-
tion on the part of the persons present, induced the police to desist
from their most discourteous and haughty behaviour, and to admit
the Speaker.•,