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

t '-itate to the hearse, which was in the inner
Court of the Palace. This ceremony occupied about a
tuarter of an hour, when the whole arrangements being
ully completed, the front gates; leading into St. James's-
treet, were thrown opm, and the procession, consisting
.t this period of only the hearse and the state
•aniage of his late Royal Highness, moved into the
erect. The soldiers immediately on the appearance
' f the hearse, reversed their arms and the rest of
he procession joining in, the whole set out at a slow
.oleren pace towards its final destination. At this
ustant the bells from the different churches com-'
-nenced their melancholy knells, some of them indeed had
begttn to toll from eight o'clock, but all now joined in'
unison. We are sorry to say (but we hope, indeed, we
are convinced; it Was a singular case), that one of the
soldiers ste.tioned in St. James's-street, before the proces-
sien passed, exhibited signs of intoxiV,ation; one officer,
very properly, reproved him, and said, " My good fellow,
conduct yourself like a soldier till the procession his gone
by, then you can leave duty ;" but the man continued so
ungovernable, that the officers procured a hackney-coach,
and with the assistance of a dozen individuals, was ac-
tually obliged to force him in head first, and to semi him
to the guard-house.

I'THE FOLLOWING IS THE ORDER OF PROCESSION AS IT, MOVED

FROM THE PA LACE :•-...

A Corporal's Piquet of the 2d Regiment of Royal Life Guards.
Six Undertakers' men, wearing black scarfs and hatbands, on
horseback. -

Eight Mal s'uthren, in full uniform, mounted on black long-tailed
chargers.
A Mourning-coach, drawn by fo►+r horses, conveying the domestic
servants of his late Royal Highness.
A Mc:;rning-coach, drawn by four horses, containing the Pages
of late Royal Highness.

A Mourning coach, drawn by six black horses, having Pages with
batonis on each side, containing the Medical Attendants and
Private Chaplain of his late Royal Highness.
A Mwienitig Coach, drawn by six Horses, conveying
the Secretaries of his late Royal Highness.
A Motu-fling Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Aida-de-
Camp of his late Royal Highness.
A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Equerries
of his late Royal Highness, and the Assistants to the
Adjutant-General and Quartermaster-General.

A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying Garter
Principal King at Arms, and two Gentlemen Assistants.
A Mourning Coach, drawn by six horses, conveying the Executors
named in the will of his late Royal Highness.
The State Carriage of his late Royal Highness,
drawn by six iron-grey horses, the postillion, and coachman in
deep mourning, a groom walking by the side of each horse, and
three footmen, having black swords and belts; in the carriage was
Sir George Nayler, Clarencieux King of Arms, with the Coronet
of his late Royal Highness, attended by two Gentlemen Ushers,
as supporters.

Trumpeter.

A Detachment of the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, three abreast,

with their arms reversed.
Ten of the r THE HEARSE,
Yeomen 01 I Adorned with Escutcheons of hi., late
the Guard, Royal Highness's Arms, and drawn
with by Eight ofhisAlarijets,y
Partisansty's
1.
black Horses, drive
His Majesty's Body
reversed.
Coachman.

Ten of the
Yeomen of
the Guard,
with

Partizans
reversed.

The Hearse was surmounted by plumes of feathers, and a groom
walked by the side of each horse.
A Detachment of the Qd Regiment of Life Guards,
with their swords reversed.
Two Mourning Coaches, each drawn by six horses..
. . .

His Majesty's Carriage, drawn by six bay horses, the coachman
and servants in deep mourning.
The Carriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence,
drawn by six horses.

The Carriage of his Royal• Highness- the Duke of Cambridge,
drawn by six horses.

The Carriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cumberland,

drawn by six horses.
The Carriage of His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,

drawn by six horses, which was followed by the Carriages of their
Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Gloucester, the Duchess
of Kent, his Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, the Princess
Sophia Augusta, and the Duchess of Gloucester.

Twelve Undertakers' Assistants on horseback.
Trumpeter.
A Detachment of Life Guards.
A Detachment of the 17th Regiment of Lancers.

FROM ST. JAMES'S•STREET to HYDE-PARK-CORNER.

About seven o'clock this morning the line of streets
from St. James's Palace to Hyde-Park-Corner were so
crowded with persons anxious to witness the procession,
as to render a passage through them very difficult. At
this time a detachment of the 17th Regiment of Lancers,
under the command of Lord Bingham, took their station
along St. James's-street. The majority of the houses on
each side had temporary platforms attached to them,
for the accommodation of such persons as had no objection
to pay for the gratification of their curiosity. The charges
for admission to these varied from 10s. to Is., in propor-
tion to the convenience of the:situations; balconies, win-
dows, and even the roofs of houses, were let out to hire,
the former in many instances at the enormous sum of a
guinea a-head ; they were principally occupied by ladies
of respectability. The Club-houses in St. James's were'
full of subscribers and their friends. The balconies
of several houses were covered with black cloth,
among others those of Farquhar and Co., and 'White's
Club-house, which his Royal Highness was in the
habit of frequenting; there was also a hatchment, with the
Royal Arms, hung out at this house. The windows of
Sir Charles Cockerel's mansion, in Piccadilly, were hung
with black cloth. It was amusing to observe the
various stratagems practised by the knowing ones,
in order to profit by the melancholy occasion,
several of these carried ladders about, whereby they intro-
duced strangers into balconies and on parapets for any re-
muneration they could get, unknown to the inmates of the
respective houses, and afterwards laughed at the scuffles
consequent on these ingenious devices, and the unavailing
attempts that were made to remove the unwelcome
intruders who nneeremoniously enjoyed themselves to
the exclusion of the friends of the family. Such
houses as had ascending steps to their doors were so
blocked up as to tender an egress or ingress im-
possible. The lamp-posts and the trees in the Green
Park, along the line were so burdened with spectators
that they threatened every moment to come down. The
only houses in Picadilly which we observed free from
commotion, were those of the Duke of Wellington, the
Lord Chancellor, and Mrs. Coutts. The window-shutters,
were closed in these, they did not display symptoms
of having even an inmate. So anxious were the crowd
to secure to themselves a favourable station for viewing
the procession, that no person hesitated about expence nor
danger in the attainment of it. At half past 7 o'clock,—.
Stalls, bulks, windows,
Were smothered up, leads filled and ridges horsed
With various spectators, all agreeing '
In earnestness to see him.

The houses on each side of the line resembled a full
Theatre, and were, if we may use the term, literally hung
with spectators. At 8 o'clock precisely, the detachment
of Lancers, which were stationed in St. James's-street,
but not on horseback, mounted and the procession began
to move. The crowd, which until this time was in bustle,'
from a desire to secure favourable places, now became
stationary, and the utmost order prevailed according as',
the procession advanced. Such was the reverence observed
towards this illustrious character, that whenever the hearse
which contained the Royal corpse approached, the most
dismal silence prevailed, and many were seen to shed tears
and sobbed aloud. The observations which the occasion
gave rise to among the spectators were, in many instances,
not a little interesting. His Royal Highness was too good
to live said a man in the crowd ; I wish I had a lease of
my life until I should arrive at his age, said a little cub,
who (if life was to be measured out in an inverse propor-
tion to good qualities) had every appearanance of living
'for a longer period than he wished for. The procession,
reached Hyde Park-corner about forty minutes after,
eight o'clock, where the crowd of spectators was more;
dense than in any other part of the town ; much I
disorder prevailed in those parts whilst the proces-
sion passed, and the light-fingered gentry (as far as'