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

MONDAY EVENING„IANUARY 22, W 27.

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AL MOST important and interesting POSTHU-
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FUNERAL
OF HIS LATE ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF YORK.

(Continued from our Paper of Saturday.)

ENTRANCE OF THE PROCESSION INTO WINDSOR.

When the funeral procession arrived at Frogmore, a rocket was
fired, and the Brigades of Artillery, upon the appointed signal,
fired minute guns, till the discharge of another rocket announced
the interment of the body in St. George's Chapel, when half mi-
nute guns were fired. The whole of this service was conducted
with the precision and regularity which so eminently distinguish
this fine branch of the English service. The guns used on the
occasion were twelve light six-pounders.

A Battalion of the dieHadieAr Guards lined the approach from
the Castle-gate to the entrance of the Chapel, and a select de-
tachment, consisting of the oldest soldiers of hi gate Royal High-
ness's regiment, lined the porch, or immediate approach to the
entrance, as well as the space where the body afterwards went into
the.line of the procession.
_ _

A double line of Guards and Infantry of the Line was formed
from the porch down to the street, as far as the market-place,
and from thence a free space was kept by the Cavalry, every
sixth man bearing a flambeau, to Frogmore. From Frogmore
to Datchet Bridge, the communication was kept up by picquets,
who were subsequently assisted by the rear-guard of the procession.
The trumpets and kettle-drums, and the drums and fifes of the
Royal Household, had joined the procession previous to its entrance
into Windsor.

The inhabitants of the town and neighbourhood, as well as a
great accession of strangers, had assembled in large numbers along
the line of march.

The Procession advanced up Park-street, amidst the multitude
Iby which it was surrounded, and turning into Celtle-street, ap-
proached the gate which led into the Castle-yard, and thus to
the entrance of the Chapel. Every window and every spot from
whence a view of the procession could be obtained, was crowded
to excess; and the Castle-yard itself, in the rear of the soldiers,
on both sides, was equally thronged ; but notwithstanding
the countless groupes thus collected, the most respectful
demeanour was observable. The Town Ilan was occupied by
.ickets issued to the friends and Members of the Corporation.
At half-past Weight o'clock in the evening, the Subaltern's Guard
mounted on duty in Castle-street, at the gate leading to the Lower
Ward of the Castle: A barrier was erected in the afternoon, to
prevent the multitude from collecting to an inconvenient excess in
the narrow passage. Very few pass tickets had been issued for
admittance to the Castle, and it therefore became the duty of the
guard to examine the tickets of those who were going to St.
George's Chapel. This duty was taken by two police officers,
who behaved with" the grossest rudeness to all the parties that
presented themselves. As the tickets were but few, no difficulty
could exist in examining them, and the ladies, at least, might have
, been spared the insolent treatment to which they were subjected.
lAn illustration of the spirit in which these police officers acted,
may be found in their behaviour to the Speaker of the House of
Commons. Soon after the barrier had been raised, the Right
Honourable Gentleman, who had not been made acquainted
with this circumstance by Mr. Mash, the servant of the
Household, to whom the conducting of the arrangements was
entrusted, appeared at the barrier, and was refused admission.
The Speaker told the police in attendance who he was, but
they persisted in rudely refusing either to admit him, or to at-
tendkeven with common decency and respect, to his mild remon-
strance with them. One of the Police officers even threatened to
take a gentleman into custody, who offered his assurance that the
Speaker wail's' •the person whom he -represented himself to he.
After some rude observatiena from the Police, which were in
every way at variance with the order which the Right Hon.
Gentleman observes in another place, a gentleman offered a ticket,
which he happened -to possess, to the Speaker. This circum-
stance, and an expression of very vehement indignation on the
part of the persons present, induced the police to desist from
their most uneourteous and haughty behaviour, and to admit the
Speaker.

Lion was to commence, so that a number of ladies and gentlemen
were in attendance long before the door was opened ; but as the
difference is great between a crowd in a provincial town and the
metropolis, little inconvenience was felt by those who had to
wait till five o'clock, when entrance was afforded, and before six
o'clock the north aisle was filled, but by no means to a pressure.
Indeed, several whose bones were never intended to be laid at full
length in the " hallowed mould" of this collegiate Chapel, took
the acceptable opportunity of the space now afforded them, to
stretch their limbs at full length upon its marble pavement, the
cold of which was mitigated by its cloth covering, where many
who were not likely to have repose in any other part of Windsor
during the night, slept soundly for an hour or two, until the clang-,
ing of arms in the nave awoke them to the military preparations
for the reception of the funeral.
Early in the evening a veteran body of Grenadier Guards, who
were emphatically called " Waterloo men," and whose medals
showed where they had acquited that honourable title, were]
drawn up in line along the south 'aisle, at the extremity of which,
a large division of the dismounted Blues turned the line, and con-
tinued it in front of the great western door, and up each side of
the nave, the privates of the latter corps hearing large candles,
like those used in Catholic chapels, which did not emit either the
Ilsmoke or offensiveeffinVia of the ordinary flambeaux, while their
11 light reflected in broad masses from the burnished cuirasses of the
soldiers, and in sparkling tints from their smaller polished ac-
' coutrements, give an' alternately dazzling and flickering brilliancy
to the rich deeorittions of the military array; which produced
Much splendour of 'effect, while it partially illuminated in wavering
gleams the beautiful Gothic tracery of the roof of the edifice. At
seven o'clock, in the whole of the interior of the aisles and nave,

" All was alive with martial show."

The Officers in their: full dress, with crape hat-hands, scarves,
and their arms and swords also in mourning order, paraded np
and down the nave, while the soldiers paced the extremity and
sides of the ailes.

Soon after seven o'clock a movement was observable near the
door of the south aisle, and a bustle to take up their regular posi-
tion was made by the military. It was caused by the entrance of
the chief personages belonging to his Majesty's household, in full
'Court mourning, wearing broad silk scarves ; and the Grooms of
the Bedchamber and others, wearing white satin bows on their
left shoulders; and the Heralds immediately appeared to marshal
them in the prescribed order. Among them we noticed the Earl
of Mountcharles, Lord Graves, the Master of the Household, Ge-
neral Sir Samuel Hulse, the Secretary (Timothy Brent, Esq.),
the Keeper of the Privy Purse (Sir William Knighton), the Se-
cretary (Thomas Marrable, Esq.), the Surgeon and Apothecary
(John 'O'Reilly, Esq.) There were likewise several of his Ma-
jesty's .Equerries. Among them were Admiral Sir Edmund
Nagle, General Sir Wm. Keppel, &c. The Surveyor-General of
the Board of Works, Colonel Stephenson, ttud other officers of his
department, also arrived at this time. The business of the He-
ralds and Pursuivants soon became active, and the contrast pre-
sented by their gorgeous dress,
" SO bright the King's armorial coat,
That scarce the dazzled eye could note,"

to the mourning attire of the personages who they had to marshal,
was peculiarly striking. By the time that the Heralds had ar-
ranged the Household according to their roll, the clock struck
eight, and the sound of minute guns from the artillery in the park,
which had fired at five-minute time throughout the morning, and
accompanying tolling of the bells, were distinctly heard within S.
George's chapel, and announced that the funeral procession had
reached Frogmore, where it was to he joined by the Royal
mourners, and speedily brought within the precincts of the Castle.
At twenty minutes before nine o'clock the hearse was drawn
rup to the porch of the south aisle, where the Knights Marshal-
men, the Royal servants, &c. filed off to enclose a passage to the
Idoor of the Chapel. Tcn Yeomen of the Guard then removed tLe
coffin from the hearse, and the mourners fell in behind it, while
it was borne to the funeral car, which was some years ago con-
structed for these occasions. It is a strong frame supported by
small wheels or rollers, and is entirely covered by the pall, which
likewise conceals .the persons of eight men, who, by holding loops
from the sides, draw it along, and give it the appearance of a
self-moving body. The coffin being quickly placed upon this car,
the procession began to enter the south aisle exactly at ten minutes
before nine o'clock. It was received by the Dean of Windsor,
the Hon. and Reverend Henry L. Hobart, D.D., the Prelate of
the Order of the Garter, the most Rev. G. P. Tomline, the
!Bishop of Winchester, the Chancellor of that order, the most
Rev. Dr. John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, the Dean of Wind-
sor, with the Prebendaries and Choir, consisting of eight of the
Chapel Royal choristers, viz.—Messrs. Knyvett, Vaughan, Hawes,
Neild, Evans, Sale, Salmon, and another, six of the Chapel Royal
Boys, seven of the Windsor choristers, viz.—Messrs. Francis,
Miller, Hobbs, sen. and jun., West, French, Rutter, and ten of
their boys, all bearing lighted wax tapers, fell_ in before the coffin
as it entered the south aisle, and immediately all the voices, ac-
companied by Mr. Horne upon the organ, burst out into the cele-
brated burial service. by Croft and Purcell, chanting the sublime
sacred composition of—

" I am the resurrection and the life, saith the Lord ; he that
believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and
whosoever liveth and helieveth in me shall never die.

" I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at
the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms
destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God, whom I shall
see for myself; and mine eyes shall behold, and not another.
" We brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can
carry nothing out. The Lord gave, and the Lord bath taken
away ; blessed be the name of the Lord."
Nothing could be more sublime than the effect of this sacred
music : it was a fine illustration of Thomson's lines :
' " Methinks I hear the full celestial choir,
" Through heaven's high dome their anthem raise ;
" Now chanting clear, and now they all conspire
" To swell the lofty hymn from praise to praise."

The procession, slowly led by the Dean, Prebendaries, and
choir, daring the chanting of the verses of the burial service pasted
down the south aisle, up the nave, in the following order :

Poor Knights of Windsor.
Pages of the Royal Family.
Pages of the King.
Pages of his late Royal Highness,
(Messrs. Ude, Batchellor, Youard, and Marriene).
Solicitor to his late Royal Highness.
Apothecary to his late Royal Highness (Mr. Brands).

Surgeons to his late Royal Highness (Sir Astley Cooper, Sir Jas.
M‘Gregor, Mr. Simpson, and Mr. Tudor).
. .

Physicians to his late Royal Highness (Sir H. Halford, and

Dr. Drever).

Th. Corporation of the Borough of Windsor.
(The Corporation was represented by a deputation, consisting of Mr. 3.
Seeker, jun., and Mr. C. Layton, Bailiffs; Mr. Seeker, Town Clerk ;
Mr. 17,gleston, Chamberlain ; Mr. J. Clods, Justice ; Mr. J. Voulcs,
Mayor ; and Sir Giffin Wilson, Recorder).
The Comte of Windsor. The Vicar of Windsor.

Chaplain to his late Royal Highness (the Rev. W. Dakins).
Chaplain-General to the Army (the Dean of Carlisle).
Secretaries to his late Royal Highness (Major Alaling and F.
Dighton, Esq.)
Equerries to the Royal Family.
General, Assistant Adjutant-General,
iHasatevre-rfield). (Lieut.-Col. D'Aguilar).
Aides-de-Camp to his
Majesty.
Ass(ittuntt.Q-CuoalrotnerneAl
Aides-de-Camp to his late Royal Highness, _
._ . _ _

(Lieut.-Colonel Cooke) . ._
(Lieut.-Colonel Armstrong)
(The Hon. G. Anson) (Lieut.-Colonel Russell).
Deputy Quartermaster-General, Deputy Adjutant-General,
(Sir R. Jackson). (Major-Gen. J. M'Donald).
Lieutenant-Governor of Governor of the Royal
Chelsea Hespital, Military College,
(Sir Harry Calvert). (Sir A. Hope).
Quartermaster-General, Adjutant-General,
( Sir W. Gorden). (Sir H. Torrens).
Equerries to the King.
Clerk-Marshal and First Equerry to the King,
(Lieut.-Gen. Sir F. Hammond). _
Equerries to his late Royal Highness,
(The lion. Colonel Upton and Culling Smith).
Grooms of the Bed Chamber to his Majesty.
Master of the Robes to his Majesty,
(Lord Mount Charlet.).
Pursuivants.

King's Solicitor-General, King's Attorney-General,
(Sir N. C. Tindall), (Sir C. Wetherell).
Comptroller Treasurer of his
Majesty's liousshold,
( (Lord C. Beutinek).
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