The Sun.
London, England, 1820-02-17 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL JOURNALS.

while the Minister was preaching the Funeral Ser-
mon on his late much-beloved Makst-y, in Simi
vent' statements of two r.spectable "
JoUrflals.----ft'"el' 'some villains got into the area, and rais, d
Our ditty to, the public would not suffer us to 'tti false /damn: of tire, which threw the congrega-
dissemble Out knowledge chat such rionouts—wele ti"" into such contusion that several of the ,"1:1
`'lows were ()rotten, and many persons severely in-
atloat ; hut we shall certainly not follow the ex-.
in
speaking, lured in endeavouring to get out. Many pt.!.
Ample of either of our cotemporalies,
ilons lost their handkerchiefs, shawls, watches, Si..
with posi'ive decisin„ ,On "o"-, of whichi it rs
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(From The Hibernian Journal, Feb-. 14.) •
":11.1E DEVIL AMONG THE ORANGEMEN!"

Under this most appropriate heading, the Even-
ing Post of Saturday night, indulges in one pf
,Chose tirades of vituperation with which it has so
.often honoured, not only the Orange Association,
hut every man who has had the spirit to cling to
he. Protestant Constitutiom purchased by the
dearest blood of our Forefathers. It copies from
a Provincial Paper, a clumsy effort of stime curio.
try • would-he Wir—who has, doubtless, felt de-
lighted at this offspring'ot his Muse, anti fancied it
a combination or she terseme%s of a JuNtus, and the

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l-tutnour of a SHERIDAN say of his -Muse, lot
;thyme excepted, and fiction considered, it has
;more claims to be classed as poetry than as prose.
Now, matk hoW a plait) rale shall put down both
it and its Worthy associate the Evening Post:--
!Some time ago, it was ascertained that a plan wa,,
[ingeniously laid by the Ribbonmen, to acquire
;such a knowledge of the secret words by which
the Members of the Orange Association‘ recognise
each other; as would enable them to pounce upon
them singly and unawares, and so rob or remove
these terrible stumbling blocks in the way of dis-
,
!loyalty. A knowing hand was selected fur the
bn'iness, who, after playing the hypocrite, and
,the Protestant, in the Couoty of Cavan, where
Ithe fixed himself in the capacity /of a Ma-
I'son, for above a year ; and bring besides a
Freemason, did actually succeed in gaining
;admission into an Orange Lodge, when on
caking the usual Oaths, the words were commu-
nicated to him.—litim-foll of the Mighty disco-
very, this "• mischief-making Papist,"• thank
;the Jew for teaching me the swords) returned'
to his employer, and having, we presume, got
!absolution from his Oath, or not thinking
taith was to be kept wi h ,heretics, imme-
diately set about communicating to his fellow-
labourers in the vineyard of treason the mode
!of springing upon their unprepared neighbours,
;and robhing them of their arms and their
baffle this device, a. change in the
words became indispensably necessary, and it
has been judiciously and quietly effected, and
miscreants have been disappointed of their
prey... Such is the simple truth—hence these
vtlithings—hinc itice I,;chtynice. And now, what
,does this Cavan Epistle of the Romans amount
t-r) ?—plainly this, that a '' mischief-making Pa-
pist" has no hesitation in bree.ling an oath taken
with ht.:etio; end further, that in every attach made
upon the Constitution, it is thought alisolutely
necessary to commence the work, by assisting that
Association which has proved itself its shield in
the hour of danger. This fact—this glorious tact,
is fully corroborated by the abuse showered upon
the institution by every "Rebell, by whatever name
he assumes, and by every Paper which is weak or
avicked enough to become the advocate of hinvand
his treason. 'We ‘sill not follow the precious wise-
,acre in The Post through his disgusting detail of,ri-
'haldry and falsehood. lie calls us "Alen of Straw,"
let him rail on, our adversat ies have proved them-
;selves 1110 of Hay, aye, aqd of Mayes' too with
vengeance. Let the Cavan Roman Catholics
;keep the cash their scribbler asserts they would
be ready to dilsbuise in erecting a cenotaph to a
;respected character : let them, we say, hand it
into their own Exchequer, to pay the above-named
'worthies their demands against it. The Orange-
men of Ireland court the abuse hf the Post .and
its coadjutors—it is their passpOrt to fame and
,character ; the louder the Billingsgate storm rages,
more certain every loyal man becomes of the
utility and efficiency of the Orange Institution.

Last nitio, between eight and nine o'clock,

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ON ER AL
OF

KING GEORGE 11-IE THIRD.

WINDSOR, WCONLSDAY

The d.sy yet apart for rendering the last
nolre to depared MAJESTY was !narked by sl
7gl . •
isallx 01 compaoy into ‘Vindsor, before tall,
tomost so an overflow. All were anxions to he-
hold the solemn and sitpel) .pectock, which we

ri, de'scril,,,..:l vesterd4y, and which co'litinnerl open to
-,s, the publieg.ze till t'4ee o'clock in the 'afternoon.
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, the .tnuiti.urie +vas 50 immense, and. the pressor..
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I- I •the . 1 1
No vi ent, t,Fa.• niiirtary were .requent.y oth
`'liltedi..,, fr) rvpics4 the auxi:ous throng', and to eeel(
rlriie g'ateA'ay hy mutt ~ force, in order to prevent
4elrlie iivotio? frozn )eiripi-!, conipktely tilo ked up. 1
fi.tl
to The morning was uslicr •in by the tolling 011
1t.k.',1,-
c,t...woet,i s, and the tiling Of ;ors in the • LungWalk4l
Li,:,i
k7,` at inlet vials of mhoto five In nott,,, which coin-

-;,..itteoced at siffirite, And a3a coutitsurd htoug!) slit

....;rlay. The shops in `Fitt ware ;iii clostd,b‘n•i
fi
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c,i, .ies4 was snspendcA, and solemn derorton was thr
7order of the ,lay. The carriages stmt arrived in
::::,, the curse of the moritin w,,e nwurro,:s ; and'
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- ;,4 it i,IP ' pers,ros ca(ne.on , foot front plates so dis-
i:;',.' 1,..it. that in all r:r•linary rases the lati,Ate of
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14ts•,elt r ntlrch wolf be considered intolcr ible. I
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..t.j:', :Elie L,rd‘ in writing, the &al of Deiaw ,t- and
~`.!: Lard Graves, con,inned to =it by the remains ofi
a, their departed Sovereign all night, each relieving)
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4- the other in the suourufnl duly at the end of every!
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:two hours. At a quarter hafore ten o'clock in'

the moriii,tg, the large candles by the side of the

Hed Ow those who were to foil into the proses-
Vision were to p3SS to and from the outer gate, and
Eget ton's G.oe. Five were placed on each side.!
Shor ly lifter the public bad been-admitted to
!the riiorits, the-Coldstream•Guards were allowed
tc-, see their .late Nionarchlying in state. Thevl
,were ,
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matched though Egerton's Gate by tne

kvly that was open to the public, and thence pro-
.the least possible derangement ot

heir ranks, through the suite of apartments ap-

ospriated to the soleron exhibition.

The Standard was hoisted on the Round
...rower half-staff high.

IThe utmost c.ivity prevailed though the fore-
noon in and about every part of the Castle. A
'mintier of Aditionil lights were order:d by the
Duke of York to be pot up in the Choir of St.
Gcorge's Chapel. To fix these, and to complete
,!,he other reparations by the appointed time,
i;.t was necessary tor the workmen to continue

heir labours without intermission through the

lksitles the soldiers of the Coldstream Regi-
ment, most of the military in the neighbourhood,
(wearing their side armi,) were permitted to view
Hie lying in state. The gre,it bell in the Belftey of
the Castle, and the bells of Windsor Chord) and
lEton Chapel continued tolling, at intervals,,
„through the day. In the course of the morning
the Chapel was privately inspected by the Earl
Wincheisea and_otirer persons of distinction. Till
Tuesday it was not known that the Eton Scholars

were to be admitted itito the body of the Chapel

c,-leofliu, which had been burning ail night, wereVorc tickets were given away than would other-
s,'9 removed, and fresh ones supplied. The stuallerlwise nave been issued, and in consequence, the
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kt:, ,candles, which illuminated the apartment, were hearers of them found it impossible to obtain the
LA. replaced. The State Attendants of the Corpse,
~Opected accommodation. The anxiety to obtain
'.••ltlit'n resumed their places, and Captain Cipiriani, tickets in the course of the day became extreme,
t?;
v.. tbe Oxon in close attendance, oidered and ,uper- 'nd fifty guineas were stated to have been offered
,„W.',:, intended all the necessary arrangements for the
.in more instances than one, for admission to the
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ci,-. acrommodation of the Public. It was expected:Chapel. The Organ Loft, which is capable 01
4.;• that the Duke of, York, who, accompanied bygcontaining 94 individuals, was appropriated t,
16.!:,Colonel Stevenson, bad visited the Drawing- persons of the first distinction. The small erec-
••room, would pass through the State apartments
lbefore the doors were opened, and those admitted
, by special favour before the rooms *erelopened,
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tions which ‘ve yesterday noticed on each side of
the altar were prepared for the repption of ti►e
Foreign Ministers who might attend. The Stalk

0 were in consequence formed in two lines in (helot) the right and left of the Choir were reserved
tiKing's Guard Chamber, so as to leave a passage for the Peers and Great Officers of State, to whom
c i for his Royal highness to pass. Alter tvaiting, they are considered to belong.
4.
3for some minutes, it was announced by Mr. Mash,, A selrm was preached in the morning at
I.that the Royal Duke would not then visit the Au-kVintlior Choral by the Rev. Mr. Graham. The
dience Chamber, and Captain Cipiriani having an-''llSlayor, and other Members of the Corporation,
:7' flounced that all was ready within, and the Gen-. a-trentled in their scarlet gowns, and the tribut*
R. -!lernen Pensioners baying taken theirseveral sta-L'Avntlered to the virtues of our departed Monarch
)thins as on the preceding day, the doors were was listened to with the deepest attention, mingled
;Aordered to he opened. The workmen employed irlwith the most affectionate regrets, for the irre-
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~, the C;stle were among the first to gain admittance, 1 para ) e loss which Windsor, in common with the
after the visitors privately introduced had passed . whole empire, has sustained from his death. The
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turough the apartments. Some of these were in ajority of the congregation were in deep mourn
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mourning, but the greater number were in their : ng, and the pulpit and organ were rs usual on.
working dresses, and the meanest attire : the dis-
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play of aprons, &c. did not operate to exclude any !uch melancholy occasions hung with black. A
'Royal escutcheon appeared in front of the pulpit.
of them from taking a last sad view of the funeral' As the
,day advanced, the crowd that pressed
ihonours of their good old. King. for admission at Egerton's Gate continued to in-1

The moment the gate opposite the Queen.'s.
Lodge and Queen Elizabeth's Gate were thrown
open, an immense crowd rushed in, and immedi-•
dtely directed their steps across the. lawn in the
upper Court-yard, towards Egerton's Gate. Here
he pressure became very great, and the military
were more. than once obliged to clear the gateH
way with the stocks of their muskets, to keep'
the avenue open at all, and to prevent accidents.
The solemn scene in the King's Guard, Pre-
sence and Audience Chambers, differed in no re
sneer from the imposing spectacle which we yes-i
.terday described. The. same Lords were in wait-
ing (the Earl of Delawar and Lord Graves) at-
'ended by the same supporters as on the preced-1
ing day. They were relieved every two hours)
Colonel Dance was Silrerstick in Waiting.

!crease. Malty, appalled at the sight of the for-
,midable mass which opposed their progress, gave
up all idea of getting in, and at once retired. of
`those tvho persevered some were seriously injured
the he pressure of the crowd, and several were
'carried out in a state of insensibility.
IThe gate of the Castle was closed at three

O'clock. 1
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[ After the public were excluded from the State
Apartments, considerable time elapsed before thel
Castle-yards were cleared.
At four o'clock the Duke of Wellingtan-arrived!
at the Castle Inn. Mr. 117. Pole and Mr. Arbuth-
not accompanied his Grace, and they were rapidly
'followed by the other Noble and distinguished,
!persons who were to assist at the solemnity.
The Eton Boys, at dusk, were formed under the

Originally, it had been intended to construct al
platform across the Lawn, from the outer gate,l
opposite the Queen's Lodge, to that entrance
called Egerton's Gate. This was intended to bell
covered in, and it was projlosed that those who,
were to follow( in the procession should set down'
at the outer gate, and proceed on foot to that byl
which the public have been admitted to see the
lying in state. Afterwards, 'a notice was ;4 ivepi
by the Mayor of Windsor, directitfg the carriages!
to proceed through the. first gaze, set down at.
Egerton's Gate, and return across the Green, andl

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'directions of Dr. Keats and the Masters of theil
cSehool, and walked through the town to the hunfi
Idred steps, the door leading to which was opened
for them by cofnmand of his Mditsty ; and as„
cending them, they proceeded through the cloisters,
to the North aide.
At six o'clock the gate of the Lower Court-'
yard was opened ; to this none could be admitted
Ibiit by ticket. A' small party of Horse Guards
;were drawn np in front of the gateway, and be,.
!tween their ranks the public were admitted, not
more than 'six or eight being Antlered to pass at
'once. The platform, covered with black, was
lined with double rows of Foot Guards, and
'closed by Horse Guards. From sun-set minute'
Iziots were fired. The flashes of .these continued'
through the evening to be seen over the tops ofl
the houses for several seconds before their teports

pgain pass through the first gate, set down at
Et!erton's Gate, and return across the Green, and
,again pass throi)gh the former. Ti►is arrange,
nient was deemed objectionable. It wag feared
that the outer gate would not afford sufficient

room for cnrriagrK goinu sod coming to pass each

other without great risk of serious accident, and were beard, and Contributed' to the mourtifta
it was proposed again to revett •to the first ar- grandeur of the.spectacle.
ranger/tent, dispensing with the pltAform and co.- . At seven o'clock the Duke of York. took Ills
tiered way. "seat at the head of the coffin, and tow innt'd in .;
Early in 0:c i,renoon workmen were employed 'close attendance by the remains of hi% drpotrted4
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.ixing strong pttsta across the oprr Court-yard, Father and Sovereign„ till the hohr alliveff al
.rit side of the wly, by which.it 11719 propos- :m:ltieh the procession was ,to move. At about

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'ihalf-past eight, those who were to follow, having
!previously passed from the Outer Gate to the
~Egerton Gate, were formed in the Presence,
[King's Guard Chamber, and St. George's Hall.
It wanted about a quarter to nine, when Mr.
•I Banting and his Assistants conveyed the coffin
from the Audience Chamber through the King'sl
iDrawing-room, down the Grand Staircase to theyll
Platform. At the same time the trumpeters of
Ithe Royal Household played the " Dead March
irin Saul." The sound of the muffled drums was
;hen heard, and these were responded to by drumsl
arid trumpets stationed at a remote part of the
f)latform. The first then resumed the solemn train,;
and the procession slowly Advanced through the
ranks of Foot Guards, which lined the way from
the Palace Gate to the entrance of the Chaptk,
resting on their arms reversed. Every fourth
man bore a torch, which, however, served but to
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make the congenial gloom of the night more per-
ceptible. The effect of the whole scene was int-
'posing in the highest degree, and immense as were
the multitudes assembled to witness it, • the vast!
assembly did not for a moment deviate from 111E1
decornm proper to be observed on such an occa-
sion, but surveyed the advance of the funeral trail
in profound silence. On reaching the platform,
;he coffin was placed on the car or bier, first use,:
at the funeral of the Queen. It passed at a slow
pace, trequenily interrupted by pauses of consi-1
derable length, in the order previously arraeged4
A! a quarter past nine o'clock, the bier illived atl
the porch of St. Ge,.,rge's Chapel. 'l'l,e -body wtv,:
ireceik•ed by the Dean and rrebendariei, attended
!by the united Choirs of the Chapel Royal Sr.
James's, and St. George's Ch Td., preceding'
':Blanc Coursier King at. Arms, who carri,d the
,Crown of Hanover. The procession then ad.
',-anced; the Choristers, among whom were Messrs..
iii'. Kityvett, Vaughan, J, B Sale, and Master.
Al..rshall, leading the way, singing Croft's nine- •
11,11 Service, " I am the Resurrec ion and the Life,
aith the Lord." This solemn strain cotrinued
till the whole of the Royal Dukes, the Nobility,,
and other persons of distinction forming the pro-
.t7.ssion were seared, Mr. Knyvett presided at the

!organ.
- The Duke of York, as Chief Mourner, took;
',is seat at the head of the coffin. The Marquis of
,Hertfotd (the Lord Chamberlain) sat at the foot:
The Princes of the Blood found their places near,
the Chief Mourner, and the Stipporters of the
Canopy and the Pall Bearers seated themselves nw
each side of their lifeless Sovereign. The Chief
Mourner, though he advanced with a firm and
dignified step, was evidently much affected by thel
awful business of the night, and deeply afflicted
by the severe inflictions of Providence which hisl
august family have within so brief a space been]
destined to deplore. The other Members of the!
Royal Family proved, by their deportment and.
unaffected solemnity, that they largely participat-
ed in the grief of their Illutrious Relative.
The solemn splendour of the last interesting,,
spectacle we want language to describe: Even
were time and space at our command, (both of
which are at the present moment exhausted,) we
should feel ourselves wholly unequal to the task.
The stalls on each side of the Choir lined with
iblack cloth—the floor covered in the same,'
tiegiy—the splendid canopy of mazatine, or Royal
blue velvet, raised over the open sepulchre,
sustained by the frame work surmoun'ed by
a Royal Crown, and adorned with Escut-
cheons and all that the pomp of Heraldry could
upply, furnished a picture of surpassing magni-
ficence. Had this been all, the effect would have
been most striking ; but when, in addition to this;
the superb blaze thrown from three new large
chandeliers, and the French candlesticks fixed all
around the walls of the sacred edifice, in addition
o what were formerly used on funeral occasions,
-were seen throwing their rays on the Cold remains
of a Monarch about to descend into the yawning
grave, it will easily be conceived that nothing was
wanted to give the mournful parting scene all
possible grandeur, that nothing could be added tro
iheighten the effect of •

"The last words that dust to dust convey'J."

The service was read by the Dean of
rin his usual impressive manner. -An awfully !brit-,
ling sensation ran through the whole asieMbli
when the moment arrived in which the remains cif,
his late Majesty were to be lowered into the vault
destined to receive them, and when the coffin was
;seen slowly descending, every eye, though di,
`with sorrow, was strained to catch a last glimpse'
of this most interesting part of the awful solcmH

It was at a quarter after ten that all that was
mortal of the revered George the Third sunk trr
'1 , its last resting place. In the course of the cere -1
loony, Kent's '' Hear my praypr" was performo,
.-ind immediately before the. last collect and the
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blesing, fldnclel's Funeral Anthem, composed Ica
!he occasion of the dean' oil: Queen Caroline, eras

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