The Sun.
London, England, 1827-01-20 00:00:00

BY EXPRESS.

WINDSOR, SATURDAY, Two o'CLocK.—This town
presents a very busy appearance, visitors are crowding in,
in all directions, and vehicles of every kind, from the car-
riage of the rich to the market-cart of the lower classes,
throng the streets. The anxiety to pay the last tribute of
respect to the memory of an amiable Prince, seems
to be as general as if he had been the personal
friend of each individual, and the sympathy and
sorrow appear to be as earnest and - as deep- as
if the crowds were called together each to mourn some
private loss, rather than to attend a public ceremony. The
shops are all shut, and scarcely any one is to be seen who
does not exhibit some outward token of grief. Along the
roads to Windsor a vast number of the windows of the
houses were marked " To Let," and we understand that
at a considerable distance from the city, many of
them had been engaged. It is expected that the road will
be lined on either side by those who cannot gain admis-'
sion to the houses, and in one or two instances we obser-
ved props had been placed against the railing of the gar-
dens, so as at once to prevent danger, and preserve property.
The whole scene therefore, fronithe Metropolis to this town
is one of bustle in no ordinary degree. Last night, four
battalions of the Foot Guards marched into town, and
were immediately provided with billets. Such were the
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arrangements, that the troops were able to repair to their
quarters in a few minutes after their arrival. Two of
these battalions were of the Ist Regiment of Grenadier
Guards, of which his Royal Highness was Colonel. In-
deed, it would almost be unnecessary to refer to the army
list for a knowledge of his Royal Highness's connection
with that distinguished corps, as superficial must be the
observer who did not read it in the manly grief and de-
corous demeanour of the soldiers. Although the number
of troops collected in this small town last night amounted
to upwards of six hundred men, not a single soldier was
seen out after night-fall. Two brigades of artillery, with
twelve six-pounders, also arrived late yesterday. The
guns were stationed in the Long-walk, and, from an early
hour this morning, a gun was fired at an interval of every
five minutes. It was found impracticable to accommodate
the artillerymen with quarters in the town, and it became
therefore necessary to detach a great number to the neigh-
bouring villages.
In order to make the arrangements as complete as pos-
ible s Sir R. Birnie came dowa last night. Several of

the Bow-street officers were also here; and at about e'er
'o'clock this morning, four large fly vans, filled wi
police officers, made their appearance. The people wl
attend the funeral, will have no reason to regret this pr
caution, as it was previously well known that a large d
tachment of the London thieves had determined to mal
.this town the scene of their operations to night. Among
the distinguished individuals who arrived last night, Nr
Sir Edmund Nagle, who repaired to the Royal Lodge.

CEREMONIAL OF THE INTERMENT

Or HIS LATE ROYAL matixis

FREDERICK DUKE OF YORK AND OF ALBANY,

IN TILE ROYAL CHAPEL OF ST. GEORGE, AT WINDSOR.

At the entrance of the Chapel, the Dean and Prebendaries, a
tended by the Choir, will receive the Body, and will fall in imm,
diately before the Officers carrying the banners; and the Proce
Ision (having been formed, and being flanked by the Grenadiers
the Foot Guards, and the Royal Regiment of Horse Guards, eves
fourth man bearing a flambeau,) will move down the South Aisl,
and up the Nave into the Choir, in the following order :
Poor Knights of Windsor.
Pages of the Royal Family.
Pages of the King.
Pages of his late Royal Highness.
ittolis.itor to his late Royal Highness.
Apothecary to his late Surgeons to his lal
Royal Highness. Royal Highness.
Physicians to his late Royal Highness. -
Th. Corporation of the Borough of Windsor.
The Cnt ate of Windsor. The Vicar of Windsor.
Chaplains to his late Royal Highness.
Chaplain-General to the Army.
Secretaries to his late Royal Highness.
Equerries to the Royal Family.
Assistant Quartermaster-General. Assistant Adjutant-Genera
Aides-de-Camp to his Majesty.
Quartermaster-General.
Aides-de-Camp to his late Royal Highness.
Deputy' Deputy Adjutant-Genera
Governor of the Royal
Chelsea Hospital. Military College.
Quartermaster-General. Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-Governor of
Equerries to the King.
Clerk Marshal and First Equerry to the King.
Equerries to his late Royal Highness.
Grooms of the Bed Chamber to his Majesty.
Master of the Robes to his Majesty.
Pursuivants.

King's Solieitor-General.
Comptroller of his
Majesty's Household.

King's Attorney-Gesiers]
Treasnrer of his
Majesty's Household.

1 Heralds.
Keeper of the Privy Purse to his Majesty.
Judge Marshal of his Majesty's Forces.
The Lord Chief Baron.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
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hVice-Chancellor.The Master of the Rolls.
The Lord ChiefJusticeoofndthoen.King's Bench.
The Paymaster-General to the Forces.
Lords of the Bedchamber to his Majesty.
The Secretary at War. B
Bishop of Landaff. {Bishop of Exeter.
Bishop of Salisbury. Bishop of W inchoate]
Chancellor of the Or Bishop of London. Prelate Prelate of the Orde
der of the Garter.
Heralds.
The Minister of State of Hanover.
Garter.

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Archbishop of York. Archbishop of Canterbur
Norroy King of Aryls.

Captain of the Yeomen Captain of the Band of GO
Guard. tlemen Pensioners.
Master of the Horse to his Groom of the Stole to V
Majesty. Majesty.
The Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household, attended by tl
Deputy Comptroller of his Majesty's Household.
Choir of Windsor.
Prebendaries of Windsor.
The Dean of Windsor.

'The Banner of Albany,
borne by a
Colonel in the Army.

The Banner of the Whit
Horse of Hanover, borne
by a Colonel in the Arm,

,The Banner of 4 THE BATON
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King of Arms.

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of the Arms of his latc Royal Highness, carried by Ten
Yeomen of the Guard, under a Canopy of black velvet.

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INSCRIPTION ON THE COFFIN.

right Earls, Assistants to the Chief Alourner.
PRINCES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL,
In long black cloaks,
with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon ;
the Ttain of each borne by Two Gentlemen of the respective
Households of their Royal Highnesses.
The Two Executors named in the Will of his late Royal Highness.
His Majesty's Ministers.
Private Friends of his late Royal Highness.
Peers, Privy Councillors, and others.
Gentlemen Ushers.
Gentlemen Pensioners, with their axes reversed.
Yeomen of the Guard, with their partizans reversed.
Upon arrival within the Choir, the Body will be placed on a'
Platform, and the Coronet, Baton, and Cushions will be laid upon
the Coffin.
The Chief Mourner will sit on a Chair at the head of the Corpse,
and the Supporters on each side.
The Princes of the Blood Royal will be seated near the Chief
Mourner.
his The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household will take
pall Place at the foot of the Corpse, and the Supporters of the,
all and of the Canopy will arrange themselves on each side of
the Body.
N. B. The Knights of the several orders, who attend in the
procession, will wear their respective Collars and Stars ; and the
Knights of the Garter will take their place in their Stalls.

In testimony of respect to the memory of his late Royal
Highness, the works previously carried on with so much
activity,
have been suspended for the last two days.—
ure regret to state that on Wednesday last a very distres-
814' accident occurred to a poor man named Smith, one of
the labourers employed at the works. Whilst he was re-
moving a large stone from a truck it fell on him and crushed
both his legs so dreadfully, that immediate amputation be-
came necessary. His MAJESTY, on hearing the extent
ofh the poor man's sufferings, directed, with his accustomed
l r,"enevolence, that a guinea a week should be paid him
"ring his life.
• The workmen have been employed without intermission,
in fitting up the Royal Chapel for the melancholy oeca-
-I°n• A covered way has been erected from the Grand
entrance to the upper court of the State-apartments to the
Porch of the Chapel. It consists of a large platform, raised
'om the ground by substantial props. The roof is formed
t
Weather boarding, and is supported by stroll; pillars;
It, is on each side enclosed with a railing, the whole interior of
tnie Passage is hung with fine black cloth. Rich dra-
Aeries extend from pillar to pillar.
The public have not as yet been permitted to view
the interior of the Chapel, and the tickets for admission
to-night can only be procured at the Lord Chamberlain's
Office. Mr. Mash, who is to superintend the ceremony,
"rue down this morning.
The streets of theiblvn, through which the pro-
etssion passes, are to be lined with the Guards,
every fourth man bearing a torch. Indeed, it is
generally understood, that the roads are to be lined by
the military as far as Datchet Bridge. On reaching the
clal Chapel the procession is to march slowly up
the centre aisle, which is to be lined with the
choristers and lay clerks. They are to be dressed in
White surplices, and to hold small lighted tapers in their
h
itands• Immediately after these, it is supposed the heralds
eto follow, and the contrast between the light simpli-
City of the robes of the former, and the heavy gorgeous
arms of the latter, cannot fail to be strikingly im-
pressive. The solemn funeral service is on such
.melancholy occasions, performed by the Dean of Windsor.
At its conclusion, the coffin is to be propelled by mechanic,
PiArer to the .platform, from which it is to be lowered down
1140 the tomb. The chief mourner sits at the head of the
C(:ll'pee—his supporters on either side, and the bearers of the
eittopy. The responses are to be made by the choir. During
the performance of that part which begins with " Man that
filborn of woman," the coffin is to be gradually lowered, and
at .the pronouncing of the words, " earth to earth—
ashes6 to ashes—dust to dust,"—a small quantity of con-
4ereted earth will be dropt on the lid. The closing part
titte, solemn ritual will :then be read, and the style and
•of the lamented Prince will be proclaimed
aloud by the Garter King at Arms. After this the Royal
e!rners, and their attendants, immediately withdraw from
, Chapel, and in a few minutes afterwards the Chapel,
which was the scene of so much solemn splendour, will be
still as the repose of death.

ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR. r
[The following account of the Royal Chapel at Windsor will be
mund interesting at the present moment.]
The Collegiate Chapel of St. George is the largest in
tlitnension the most chaste and elegant in architectural
stYle and character, and the most diversified in the inter-
rial and external arrangements of any of the three Royal
tIl apels in England. The foundation and building of the
,t esent chapel have been commonly attributed to King
ward IV., though all writers agree that Edward HI.
founded the
Pitt of his life employed in building and enlarging the
be
and finally, that he caused the former Chapel to
hue taken down
and one more stately to be erected. King
Ilenry the First is said to
.have erected the original Chapel
:fithin the precincts of Windsor Castle for eight Canons,
nd to have dedicated it to King Edward the Confessor.
This was afterwards either rebuilt or enlarged by Henry
14' Sir Reginald Brag, Prime Minister to Henry VII.,
Ina one of the Knights Companions of the Order of the
11%-tarter, was appointed Master and Surveyor of the
That the Chapel of St. George at Windsor owes
much to the skill, as well as to the munificence of Sir Regi-
old Brag, there can be no doubt. It is stated that the roof
Painted ceiling of the choir, was not begun till the 21st
)?e r of Henry the Sevenths reign, when John Hylmer
aand
Vertue, freemasons, agreed, by indenture,
dated June 5 1507, (after Sir Reginald Brag's death,) to
construct that part qof the vaulting
f
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d: to complete it by Christmas next, 1.508. the sum of 7001.,
1.508. The fitting
hand decorations of the stalls, &c. in the choir, were
In"Y accomplished during Henry the Eighths reign,
d it •
u.• IS con•
jectureu that the whole masonry of the edifice,
Zith the roof, side chapel, and interior embellishments,.
tile!! left either wholly or nearly finished, at the time. of
e; Monarch's decease. Several alterations and dilapida-
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us nave subsequently
style, and de-
taken place, and hence, though
eL,I architecture displays its original form,
lelas, much of it is modern. Great reparations and
storations were made during the reign of his late Ma-
testY• who evinced his good taste in particularly command-
architect
gathe to imitate in all the new work the ancient
he
aproper models to be found in the original parts of the
of
of This fact is stated on the authority of the Bishop
wlndslilisbury, who was at the time one of the Canons of
Windsor.
con
the tributed 15,000/. towards defraying the expenses ; that
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Knights of the Garter paid their quota, and that the
ean and Chapter advanced 5,000/. more. The altera.-
coons
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and additions then made were a new altar, which
I,i tailts of a wooden screen, elaborately carved, and adorned
h the arms of Edward 111. (Edward the Black Prince),
14.1 d all the first Knights of the Garter, arranged in two
kin compartments, the arms of the late and present
wing ; those Knights of the Garter who contributed to-
Pinirds the expense of the great eastern window were
rnted in glass by Egintori, of Birmingham, and placed in
:e north and south windows of the choir. In the centre
t fine picture by West of the Last Supper; a new organ
mGreen' which coat 1,0001. It is enclosed in a case,
hieb• in its general design and details, corresponds and
artnonises with the elaborate stalls in the choir; it is
at/lced in a grand screen, executed in Coade's artificial
tli"e, from designs by Elmyn. The stalls, particularly
ale for the late and present King were repaired—parts
new
mad and others greatly ornamented. They were
0-Zned with a profusion of small ornaments, carved in
and varnished.
w- he great eastern window and those at the east and
3ort ends.of the south aisle, also that at the west of the
were fitted with painted glass, executed by
418 and his pupil Forest, from designs by West. The
o'e of the interior was new paved, and the roof and
pcaen. cleaned and repaired, and the different monuments,
gildings, &c.,
acteTgs'
• restored to their pristine cha-

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