Star.
London, England, 1830-07-16 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF Tim LATE XING.

The fourth British Sovereign of the House Brunswick was last
night consigned to the tomb of his ancestors, at Windsor Castle.
In the various arrangements for the obsequies of the late King no.
thing was omitted which could serve to heighten the effect of Royal
pomp and pageantry. The details have been minutely given from
day to day, ever since the Royal demise ; and nothing now remains
for us but to state the last tributary honours which were offered to
the illustrious deceased.

Windsor, it will readily be supposed, exhibited even at as early
hour this wonting a scene of halide. May persons who had, doubt.

laxly, been stretched upon couches, safes; or chairs, where beds
could not be obtained, thronged the streets. The guns in the Great
Park commented firing at sunrise this morning, sod at intervals o
five minutes, continued throughout the day. When the doors were
thrown open for the public to witness the ceremony of lying in state,
crowds presented themselves for admittance. With few exceptions,
the proceedings were conducted with propriety and decorum ;
but occasionally an officious constable, or an underling in office,
exercised his authority with a dictatorial power; and on more than
one occasion the constable's stave was employed in a manner not
very much to the credit of the party who wielded it, nor to the com-
fort of the individual upon whose back, shoulders, or arms, it was
exercised. The mon fortunate individuals, who bad been provided
with general pass tickets, or with others, allowing the bearer to pass
through the southern entrance to the state apartments, had no dif-
ficulties of this description to encounter, every attention being paid
them by the inferior official officers whom they had to pass. The de-
corum and silence observed in the multitude wen remarkable, unless
we take into consideratkm that the object was a gratification of the
sight only, which in so short a period of indulgence absorbs the
other senses. It would seem that but little attraction existed with
respect to the service in Windsor church, which took place at the
usual hour of Morning prayers, for but few pews were occupied.
There is an air of mystery pervading every thing in this town among
the official persons, as though what you asked was likely to commit
them in certain quarters: as an example,on inquiring of the beadle
whether Service was to be performed, he said, laconically enough,
" Yes.'"jAt what time ?" " Am," rejoined the man. " There will
be a ocreoon, 1 apprehend ?" " Yes," said be. " Pray who macho
it ?" " The regular Clergyman," answered the beadle. Never
was there a place where so little information is to be obtained,
without a fee among the undentrappers, as in this same Royal
borough of Windsor t Give money, and then they will tell you
what little they may know, but, without unloosing the purse.
strings, your information must be scanty indeed ;
As the day advance.] the crowd increased, and, before noon,
Windsor felt all the profit, and some of the discomfort, of 10 or 12
thousand people squeezed into a place not capable of comfortably
accommodating as many hundreds. White-plumed Fiekl-offiters
and their Aides.du.camp, paupers and professional pickpockets,
Heralds and Punuivants in their gorgeous tabards, Gentlemen
Pensioners in all the pride of gold lace and black crape, and the
sable.clad multitude of " the middling class," mixed up in ad.
mirable confusion.

At half past two o'clock the King and Queen, escorted by a de-
tachment of the 9th Lancers, under the command of Major Camp.
bell, arrived at Frogman Lodge from the Queen's Lodge in Busby
Park, followed by a string of carriages with their immediate at-
tendants. Their Majesties were received by the Duke of Wel-
lington, who had arrived half an hour before them; and shortly
after their arrival his Grace left Frogman Lodge, and drove
into the Castle. Soon after his Grace's departure their Royal
Highnesses the Dukes of Sussex and Gloucester, and the Prince
Leopold of Sue Coburg, arrived at Frogmore Lodge; and at four
o'clock they dined with their Majesties. A cavalry guard of ho.
nour front the Life Guards and the Royal Horse Guards were sta.
tianed at Frogmore; and as soon as his Majesty alighted be walked
amongst them, and conversed with them freely—not only with the

officers, but with the privates, complimenting them on their discip-
line and appearance. In the meantime, their Royal Highnesses the
Dukes of Cumberland, Prince George of Cumberland, and Prince
Frederick of Prussia, arrived front Kew, and drove directly to the
Castle, where their Royal Highnesses had a table prepared for them.
Tables were also prepared in the Castle for the Earl Marshal and
his party; the Lord Steward and his party—consitting of the Mi.
nista, of State, the Foreign Ambassadors, &e.
At seven o'clock his Majesty, escorted by a party of the Life
Guards and the Horse Guards Blue, the Red and the Blue mingled
together indifferently, proceeded in state to the Castle ; the detach.
man of the Bth Lanons, who escorted their Majesties from the
Queen's Lodge at Bushy, lining the road, in extended ales, from
Frogmore Lodge to the entrance by George the Fourth's gate. His
Majesty's carriage was drawn by six of the black state bones, del.
yen by his late Majesty's state coachman; and his Majesty was
greeted on his way by the subdued cheers of the multitude.

THE PROCESSION FROM THE STATE CHAMBI
TO THE CHAPEL

From five o'clock the crowd, which throughout the day was im.
manse in every part of the town, began to diminish, and the num-
bers who remained to witness the funeral procession were much less
than could have been expected. From the applications made to the
departments which had authority to issue tickets for the " lower
court,* it was expected that more would be issued than the space in
that part of the Castle could conveniently hold ; but this was not
the case. At half-past seven o'clock the numbers who had obtained
admission were not sufficient to fill one-fourth of the space from
which strangers might have an opportunity of witnessing the pro.
i cession as it moved along.

Before 7 o'clock, a battalion of the Foot Ouards wu marched
into the lower court, and placed in close file along the sides within
the platform. Strangers were allowed to stand close to the platform

on the outside. There were no horsemen standing on the.outaide,
as was the ease at the funeral of George 111. and (we believe) at the
funeral of the Duke of York. There were a few of the Horse

Guard' Blue placed at distant intervals outside the line occupied by
the spectators, but they did not in any way incommode those who
came to witness the procession. F(0111 half-put 7 o'clock until the
movement of the procession the attention of the public was ex-
cited by occasional groups of military officers on duty, and
of others, who were to form part of the procession,
lag and repealing along the platform. At nearly eight
o'clock the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishops of Lon-
don, Chester, Lincoln, and Winchester, Sir R. Peel, and the Earl
of Radnor, passed up the platform, on their way to the state apart-
ments. Sir R. Peel wore the Windsor uniform. At half-past
eight the trumpets and kettle-drums announced that the prepara-
tions for the movement of the procession had commenced. A band
of trumpets and drums was stationed at that part of the platform
which enters the lower court. They played the " Dead March in
Saul," and continued playing until the procession advanced to where
they were stationed. It was now past tnilight, and flambeaus
were given to every fifth soldier at each side along the line,
the effect of which when lighted was very imposing. Front the mo-
ment the trumpets and drums began, the utmost silence prevailed
amongst the spectators. Reny voice was hushed, and nothing was
heard but the music, and the tread of some officer who occasionally
passed along the platform. At the moment when the procession
began to move, two rockets were let off as a signal to the artillery
in the Long Walk, which then commenced firing minute guns,
and continued until another rocket announced that the are-
mossy was concluded in St. George's Chapel, and that the mortal
remains of his late Majesty were consigned to the tomb of his ances-
tors. 11 was impossible to conceive any thing more imposing than
the appearance of the procession as it entered that part of the plat.
form which was situated in the lower court. The slow and solemn
music, the silence of the spectators, the sombre appearance of the
troops leaning on their reversed muskets, and the stillness and
serenity of the evening, all contributed to make the spectacle in-
wresting.