The Sun.
London, England, 1816-07-13 00:00:00

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IzUNEIZAL'OF StIMID.II4.

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lAs we imagine this ceremony Will take place at
too late an hoar to enable us to.otier' any account
of it to our Iteaders in onr pAibliedtiOn of this duty,
we ttike the Opportunity of srating,.that h•df-past
` one o'clock was fixvd on to deposit the morto re-
mains of tb:h highly'. gifted individual in Wes-
Minster Abbey. , His family and ftien‘ils, desirous
of paying this last tribute.to the deceased in a pri-
vate manner, and withont oitpitatioas parade, had
the corpse removed froni his residence in.Saville-
low, yesterday evening, t.o.the dw`elling-lfouse of
kis friend, Mr. PETEtjAIooRE, in; Great George-
street, to move ftilm thence, in waliti..ig roves-
lino, at the hour ice have mentioned, to t.be
Abbey, where the body will be interred in Poet's
Corner.
, It is remarkable, that until Thursday last,/ it
' lvltS doubtful whether 4 place would be found to
lodge, an additional coffin amongst the great men
whose fame and monuments stamp honour and
lustre on this sacred division of the Abbey, con-
secrated to the Moses. The hooki'of the Cat he..
dral were examined, and oral testimony sought
in all directions likely to:Ilford information ; and,
lifter all, sufficient spare could Only be found .for
one additiomd coffin, in the midst of many of Mr.
6 utRIDAN's admired and illustrious. predecessors.
Ott the eastern side is the full-length statue of
the immortal Shaltleare ; and, oil the western
side the hill-length Statue of the accm,nlished
Addison, whose countenances seem apparently
directed to the very spot so discovered for *the de-
posit of Mr. Sheridan, surrounded by the relicts
of Garrick, Cumberland, S-. Johnson, Handel,
and Henderson—Rowe, Thomson-, Goldsmith,
and Gay;--us the midst of whom, directly be-
tween Handel and o_l 1 1 _ttson, the remains of She-
-11411 have found a resting place, with Cumber-
'and at his side.

Hafkpast One o'Cleock.
As we now understand that the funeral does not
„t4he place till two o'clock, we must wait till
-Monday before we can lay an account of it before
'n Readers. Front an early hour this forenoon
a muttuuae kas been collected to witness the
mournful procession, and tlVe throng of *carriages
10 "‘-ireat George-street is very. gredt.
We may fairly quote t-tEIIIDAN'S own words, in
recording
" Tile splendid sorrows that adored his horse;'

11% Well as .
" The throng that presed a' their dead fay'ritc past',
" The grac'd respect that clanu'd hins to the last."
.
Nine Duke of 6LoucasTett, and a vast body of
'4iiity, Gentry, private Friends, and some of
tile 1110,i eminent Characters of the Country,
ut-
tend the mom:dui ceremony. The interment, as
we have stated, wss to take place at two o'clock
this d"Y. A. vast crowd assemhled berme the
"use, and a body of peace-officers were sta-
tioned near the dour to prevent disorder.
t The rihute. which is paid' to the meniory of
ttth cOetirated Character most 'he highly gratify-
dlg to the friends of GEN(VS, we Way sty of
4,71tt•1C PATRIOTibIi, lot on many oecasiOns. Mr.
1-310isioAN proved himself superior to the inflh-
time of party slit. it, and boldly stood forth its
4PPo,ition to his political connexions, when the
prrity of the Constitution. •the freedom of the
e'lls,aud the sutety and honour of the Countly
demanded
exertions.

We stave been informed, upon good
that the pecuniary difficulties of Mr. itERIDAt,I
1/76.e even greater th,oi is generally iniugined)
in miler to relieve them, his
'..14","" the PRINCg REGRNT, short time be-
"t"
It SHERID4N'B death, generously sent hint
1 tvo 1-111,1dred Pounds. The gift, at such a dine,
1""st have been highlV valuable, both for the
comforts it furnished—comforts, which it is la-
mentable to hear were -often' before wanting---and
the'testimooy it afforded of the PRINCR'S COW.
""ed regard for this celebrated Inail.