Star.
London, England, 1806-01-10 00:00:00

LORD NELSON'S FUNERAL.

' HAAVIIII fruited yeßerday on the latt s•bfequies of
our beloved Nelfon. The day was, throughout. one
of the fiaeft that ever dawned at thit feafon of the
year—bright and cheering. Long before fun rife (it
being a clear, moonlight morning) the note of pre-
paration was heard in every direaion ; and the mul-
titude, who had meditated a farewell fight of their
revered Leader's remains, were every where in
motion—fo that by eight o'clock the ftreets through
which the proceffion was to pars were crowded with I
pedeftrians, As were alto the windows and roofs of,
all the houfes from the Admiralty to St. Paul's, 'I
while the outfkirts of the town were entirely deferted.
By eight o'clock in the morning, a very nume-
rous detachment of the Royal Artillery at Wool-
wich. with their field pieces, matrores, Ice. marched
along Weßminfler Bridge to S'. James's Park, where
they took poll on the right of the troops there affem-
bled.
The 92d, or Doke of Gordon's Highlanders,
a corps which particularly fignalifed itfelf iii Egypt,
under Sir Ralph Abercromby. drew up in Weilmin• 1
Rer Road, facing Mount-row, and fuoo after follow•
ed the Royal Artillery, in open column of compa-
nies, the right in front. In St. James's Park there
were alfo two battalions of Foot Guards, f I
fquadrons of Life Guards, the loth. or Prince of
Wales's Light Dragoons, and likewife the olth. The
Prince's Regiment was drawn up with their front ob-
lique towards Spring Garden gate. with their rear
to the rails, while the 17th extended in line from ,
near Spring Garden gate, along the wall, all the 1
way behind Carleton Houfe. The carriages of the
various Nobility and Gentry, who had intimated
their intention of accompanying the remains of our
Hero to St. Paul'., entered the Park before eight,
o'clock, at the gate on the top of Conflitution Hill.
They proceeded downwards with real regularity,
and halted at the bottom of the Mal where the car-
riage road crab to the Horfe Guat s.
;
A eircumtlance happened at the removal of the
coffin from the Admiralty, which, it would appear,
had been wholly unforefeen, and of courfe not anti-
cipated. When the car. on the top of which the te•
mains of hfs Lordfhip were to have been placed,
was brought to the gate of the Admiralty Court-
yard, it was difcovered that the paffage was not fuffi-
ciently wide to admit its introduaion, and it was for
Come time thought that it would be neceffary to make
fuck alterations upon it, as to enable it to enter. This
idea, however, was givcn up. and the coffikwas car-
ried out to the (treat. and fafely depofited on the
fplendid and. ingenious vehicle, de(tined to convey it
to St. Paul's.
At half atter ten the procernon began to move
from the front of the Admiralty in a direet line to-
wards St. Paul's. All the areets were completely
lined two deep on both fides of the way, store up to ,
the Cathedral. They wore fupp-fed, however, to
form two diflindl lines, as the corps belonging toWell•
mintier and to Middlefcs, within the Bills, drew up
in different pofitions, according to orders from the
War Office ; on the (sulfide of Temple Bar, as it is
mimed, the St. James's being on the right, and the
Royal Vs'etiminlter en the left. Their centre was at
Temple Bar. and was compoled of the Cullom hotife,
Whitechapel, Pod lon .e other corps, whole pat titular
difiria did not fall immediately within the line by
which the prom (lion was to be conduaed. The Cir y
line lied the Eall London Militia for its right, the
Wei London for it, left, the other corps following as
dole as they could pollibly Rand, the Lail India Re
gimentsb,.ing the 6rit ot volunteers up to St. Paul's.
—The bufusels of time day was fo extremely well af•
ranged, that every corps was able without difficulty to
nation itiill at the vrit allotted to h, and left no VA
cancy on its right rit. lttt. Tule routers acre in ge•
neral part:cula,ly fitting, AS II was telt that the duty of
the day was meats! to be an exptelli‘:n of regr.t at
the 101, . f a molt valiant butler In arms,; the Royal
York Mary 1,,-bonne Volunteers were computed t
have muttered near one Iliciiiand men ; the Blortmf-
bury was alto remarked for hs in:melons attendance
on thk Occstatott. His Royal Highnels the Duke of

tor:
• . .
Sit&ek *as fit chi head err his Rise regiment the Loyal
nth Britons, itationed neat liedrord Itreet, in the
itrand. The Dulac of York rode wi h hi. Staff fr,rn
the Admiral. v 1,, l'emple Bar In lhort there was
not if tingle Collis that did not appear to feel itie.l
ettited in the solemn kene tha was to ;rads facfnee
!tern. Alm II all the tops r,f honfes, and every
wiaaJow from the Admiralty to St. Patti's, were
crowded with fpectAtors, and behind the Volunteers
the people prelTed in such number., that it was nett
to an impotTibility to obtain a p iffage from one fpot to
another—any whett near the great greets throtigh
which the Procedion had to pAfs, the crowd was fo
imnsenle that it was 1,01411 casculation, and a perfon
might readily fopp afc that the country for a gi eat
many miles rou,:d had crowded into Load n.
Four fine regiments of infantry, the 21ft. gift.
79th and 92,:, L seeded :he general order of he Pro.
cetfion. The Roth (or Prince of Wales'.), the Roth,
and the 17th regiments of Lig'a Dragoons followed
them. The lnlAr,try marched in the moll (Acorn
and Ready mance-.
On one of their lianc'ards was inlcribed the wr,rd
EGYPT, to conimmorate the gallant exploits which
the Regiment had atchieved on tloile &ores; another
of the Colours bore hotioarable teltitnatny of the (Cr.
vice it had been in, by the many (hot holes that were
to be teen through it. The Prince's Regiment and he
Greys are known to be as fine regiments as any under
the Crown ; and it was obferved that the military was
as rand a fight as ivy part of the regular proceflirn.
—l'he order of the civil !Rate has been already aloft
accurately deferibed ; the elegant praclations of the
arts upon the coffin have been alto mentioned; apd,
as far as words can convey an idea of the mixture of
lolemnity, talk and magnificence in the Funeral Car,
it has been attempted to be defcribed. There it,
therefore, no room to fay any thing further on thefe
points. But it mug be obferved that, as far as was
in the power of the tradefmen, every thing that was
poffible was done towards heightening the fplendid
and dignified appearance of the fpeßacle ; it the
fame time, however, it mutt be conteffed, oh the
other hand, that, notwithltanding the grandeur of the
appearance of the fpeßaelcon the whole, it would ha% e
looked confidetably more fplendid, and have been
much more gratifying to the feellrgs of the people,
had the greater part of the hate n, t been buried at
it was in coaches. Notwithlianding the cavalcade
was fo long that it was upwards of four tvinrs from
the time of its Slat motion until the lag coach
(topped at the gate of St. Paul's, and though these
was fuch an immenfe number of people in the Rivets,
we did nut hear of any fed. us accident having oc..
culled amongft the crowd. The people appeared to
take fo great a (bare in the folemnity that was before
the view. that a greater degree of decorum was ob.
revved than was omit before noticed in a multitude
confifting of fa great a number of people.
The idea of having four Lieutenants of the Royal ",
Navy mourning, one at each corner of the coffin, ap-
pears to have been abandoned ; the tailors belonging
to the Vitiory did not appear to move the car for.
wards as was at fief intended alto. Perhaps is was
thought that this was rather an overftretch of fancy.
which was too light for the fnlcmnity of the occafion.
The coffin was quite uncovered, and the great eleva.
tion of the pillars of the car was fo favourable to the
melon' of public fpedtacle,that the public weremoft
unanimous in expreffing their high approbation of the
taße and fplendour cf both.
In the whole line of the proceffion, both in Well- '
mintter and in the City, the moft marked and grate-
ful refpeß was (hewn to his Royal Highnefs the
Prince of Wales. All ranks of people teemed to be
alive to the intereß which he and his friends took in
this national folemnity.
Some of the Royal Dukes' carriages were filled
with Equerries or Officers belonging to the Houle. •
hold, others were empty ; the Prince of Wales had
two carriages in his place in the proceflion ; the fir&
carried Mr. Sheridan and Come other Gentlemen be-
longing to the ellabliflament cf the Prince ; in the halt
the Prince himfelf was feared on the right with the
Duke of Clarence on his left, the Earl of Moira and
another of the Prince's friends in the front. Be-
fore the Princes of the Blood were feen the following
perfons :
The Lard Peendent of the Council.
Dukce—Norfolk, Earl Marital; Deroothlre, St. Alban's, MA