The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-11-23 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1852.

A daughter of Erin laments the departure of her—
lover. The imagination may run riot in the theme,
and, with this sweet melody, drop sighs to the
maiden's wails.
The Musical Fireside. Riist and Stahl.

This is the sixth and last of the series under this
name. Its merits are far from equal to either of
the songs which we have noticed above.

VARIETIES

AN IMPOSSIBLE WAGER.-" I'll lay you an egg."

Wm- Is A BLACKSMITH likely to make a commotion
in the alphabet ?—Because he makes A poke R and A
shove L.

THE SCHOLAR who pronounced the word " Euphrates"
short instead of long, was wittily said to have " a-bridged
the river."

AN OPENING IN LIFE.—In lowa this means sheathing
a piece of table cutlery into the left ventricle of your next-
door neighbour.
AN IRISHMAN complained of his phvsican that he kept
so stuffing him with drugs, that " he was sick for a week
after he was quite well!"
A PERSON thus speaks of his musical attainments—" 1
know two tunes—the one is Auld Lang Syne, the other
isn't ; I always sing the latter."
" How ARE YOU THIS MORNING ?" " Not at all my-
self." " Then I congratulate you ; for be whoever else you
will, you will be a gainer by the bargain."
A GENIUS has invented a capital way to prevent the
smell of cooking in a house. It is to have nothing for
breakfast, and warm it over for dinner and supper.

MR. GRUMMY thinks that there are now so many
books that the people need not take the trouble to think
at all, as they can find all they want to say in the books.
THERE IS A MAN OUT WEST, SO forgetful of faces, that
his wife is compelled to keep a wafer stuck on the end of
her nose, that he may distinguish her from other ladies ;
but this does not prevent him from making occasional
mistakes.

COMPLAISANCE is no longer confined to the polite cir-
cles. A captain of a vessel was lately called out of a
coffeehouse at Wapping, by a waterman. with the follow-
ing address ;—" A'nt please your honour the tide is wait-
ing for you."
A FUNNY FACT.—Some years ago, when Etty the
painter was at Venice, he fell into the Canal, and be was
immediately called " Canaletti." The celebrated double
bass player Dragonetti happened to be there at the time,
and dragged him out.
A VERSE CONTAINING EVERY LETTER EXCEPT "E ;"
which is a letter employed more than any other :
A jovial swain may rack his brain
And tax his fancy's might :
To quiz is vain, fortis most plain,
That what I say is right.

UNCLE TOM'S CABIN.—A conscientious Quaker pro-
poses in the Daily News that, in justice to Mrs. Stowe,
every reader of " Uncle Tom" should subscribe to one
common fund for the authoress the sum of one " penny."
Of course all the pirating booksellers—for their sins—will
join in this act of penny-tence
SPECIALLY HAZARDOUS.—Judge Beeler put. a notice
over his factory gate at Lowell, " No cigars or Irishmen
admitted within these walls :" for, said he, " the one will
set a flame agoing among my cottons, and t'other among
my girls. I won't have such inflammable and dangerous
things about me on no account."—Brother Jonathan.

RAILWAY LOGIC.—One of the directors of that admi-
rably managed railway, the Great Western. being asked
if he could defend the constant want of punctuality for
which that line is famous, replied, very readily, that as
punctuality was but the soul of business, it might, he
thought, be fairly reasoned that punctuality was not
material.
AN AWKWARD PREDICAMENT.—SOMe of the stories
told by Mr. St. John in his " Village Life in Egypt"
recall the grim story of some French antiquaries. who,
having crawled and wriggled their way into the heart of
one of the pyramids, and having set about to return, were
stopped by the stoutest of their number, who crawled first
sticking fast in the pessage. He could neither advance
nor retreat, nor could they help him, and they finally de-
cided that the only means of saving the lives of the rest of
the party was to cut the unfortunate man into quarters.
And this they bad resolved to do; but the horrible idea,
when imparted, acted so violently upon the poor fat man
that he made a desperate effort and got through !
SOMETHING UN IQUE !—At a roup of furniture, which
took place in the " Lang Toun" the other week, among
the onlookers were a few Irish labourers; and, upon a
trunk being put up for sale, one of the said labourers said
to his neighbour, " Pat, I think you should buy that
trunk ;" when Pat replied with some degree of astonish-
ment, " An' what should Ido with it?" To which his
adviser smartly replied. " Put your clothes in it sure ;"
upon which Pat gazed at him with a look of surprise, as
much as to say, I'm sure you might know better, and then
with that laconic eloquence which is peculiar to a son of
the Emerald Isle, and which at once communicated the
information that it was his practice to carry his entire
wardrobe about with him, exclaimed—" An' go naked 1"

PADDY'S EXPEDIENT FOR REDUCING A FINE.—An
Irish weaverjust imported from the sister isle, took to his
employer in Kilmarnock, the other day, the first cloth he
bad woven since his arrival. His employer detected in
the cloth two holes, within half an inch of each other, and
told him he must pay a fine of a shilling for cach bole.
" And plaze ye," returned Pat, "isit by the number of
holes, or by the size of them, that ye put the fine on us ?"
so By the number of holes to be sure." " And a big bole
and a small one is the same price ?" " Yes, a shilling for
every hole, big or little." " Then give me a hould of the
piece," replied Paddy. Getting the cloth into his hand,
he tore the two small holes into one, and exclaimed,
" By the Hill of Howth ! and that saves me one shilling,
any how !"
ASSYRIAN PAL ►C

_ The last novelty determined on
by the directors of the new Crystal Palace is one that
will interes It was originally intended that

..veh Court should consist simply of casts of the
~as wonderful relics which have been obtained by
I.4ayard and Botta. At the suggestion of Mr. Fergusson,
however, the directors have determined on reproducing an
Assyrian palace, on the theory propounded by that gentle.
man, and set forth in our paces some time ago. The
restoration determined on is that of the palace-court at
Khorsabad, which forms the frontispiece of Mr. Fcrgus-
son's book, " The Palaces of Nineveh and Persepolis Re-
stored." It will perhaps be 120 feet long and 40 feet
high, with the upper chambers formed on the thickness of
the wall, and the projecting cornice profusly chromatized.
The bulls, to be modelled for the purpose, will be larger
than those in the British Museum. It cannot fail to form
a very striking feature in the Exhibition.—The Builder.
MARRYING FOR BEAUX YEUx.—Can any one, who
has passed through the world and watched the nature of
men and women there, doubt what bad befallen her ? I
have seen, to be sure, some people carry down with
them into old aee the actual bloom of their youthful love,
and I know that Mr. Thomas Parr lived to be a hundred
and sixty years old, But, for all that, threescore and ten
is the age of men, and few get beyond it ; and 'tis certain
that a man who marries for mere beaux yeux, as my lord
did, considers his part of the contract ended when the wo-
man ceases to fulfil hers, and his love does not survive her
beauty. I know 'tis often otherwise, I say ; and can
think (as most men in their own experience may) of many
a house, where, lighted in early years, the sainted lamp of
love bath never been extinguished ; but so, there is Mr.
Parr, and so there is the great giant at the fair that is
eight feet high—exceptions to men—and that poor lamp
whereof I speak that lights at first the nuptial chamber is
extinguished by a hundred winds and draughts down the
chimney, or sputters out for want of feeding. And then
—and then it is Chloe, in the dark, stark awake, and
Strephon snoring unheeding ; or vice versa, 'tis poor
St►ephon that has married a heartless jilt and awoke out
of that absurd vision of conjugal felicity, which was to last
for ever, and is over like any other dream. One and other
has made his bed, and so must lie in it, until that final
day, when life ends, and they sleep separate.—Thackeray's
Esmond.

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PUBLIC TESTING OF MILNER'S PATENT FIRE RESISTING
SAFES.—The triumph of science was completely shown by the
result of the trials of Milner's Safes that took place in Messrs.
Ransomes and Sims' Old Foundry premises, in this town, on
Wednesday last, at eleven o'clock, to witness which a large
and influential body of gentlemen were present including
Samuel R. Cowell, Esq., Mayor, C. Burton, Esq., P. B. Long,
Esq., William Bullar, Esq., John May, Esq., J. D. Harmer,
Esq., T. B. Ross, Esq., C. Burton, Fsq., T. D. Burroughes,
Esq., William Rodwell, Esq., W. D. Sims, Esq., J. A. Ran.
some, Esq., J. May, Esq., R. C. Ransome, Esq., Messrs. J.

,
Geard, John Ridley, hate Baker, Meadows and Son. E. C.
Berridge, John Rudkin, R. Miller, John Prentice, Thomas
Stearn, H. Woolnough, I. P. Bray, S. Piper, T. Cornier, Wm.
Bayley, jun., C. Silburn, Edward Hayward, .1. L. Ensor, D.
Reid, I. 0. Francis, 'Woodruffe Daniel, H. C. Jeffries, .F.
Burgess, H. B. Hagreen, E. Batley. &c. Two large fires were
made in furnaces of bricks, with flues all through, in one of
which was placed a common iron safe, filled with loose papers,
and one of Milner's fire-resisting safes, also tilled with books,
papers, a silver watch, gold, silver, and steel chains, with the
half of a £lOO note. The whole were inspected by the great
body of gentlemen present, and locked down by Mr. S. H.
Cowell, the Mayor. Fifteen minutes after being so placed the
cast-iron box burst. from the great heat conveyed to each,
while the patentee's chest firmly stood the trial for 2i hours.
When it was opened everything was taken out in such a perfect
and uninjured state as to surprise and astonish all present.
In a second furnace of similar construction was deposited
Milner's Doable Banker's Safe. After being filled by Mr. D.
Wenden, the representative of T. Milner and Son, assisted by
S. H. Cowell, Esq., and \V. D. Sims, Esq., with the following
articles, namely,—the half of a ,elOO note, several copies of
various publications, including a beautiful illustrated edition
of "Uncle Tom's Cabin," a casket of jewellery, with
gold and silver watch belonging to Mr. Read, jeweller,
of this town, a gold watch belonging to Mr. Uorling, a
silver watch belonging to Mr. D. Wenden, a silver watch
belonging to Mr. Baker, and others, the property of gen-
tlemen present, with which was also a box containing
several metals, to try the heat within, consisting of bitu-
men, iron, lead, zinc, by a scientific gentleman present.
This safe was allowed to remain five hours, during which time
every
.exertion was made to increase the heat, the fire being
superintended by four of Messrs. Ransomes' men, and 1# tons
of coal, 50 cwt. of firewood, 4 large and 3 small hogsheads,
several faggots, &c., were consumed. At the time of opening
the safe the most intense anxiety prevailed, the company, in-
cluding a great number of ladies from the town and neighbour-
hood, being very great. Every accommodation was afforded to
give al Tparties a fair opportunity of seeing, a ring being roped

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FUNE R-A-L
OF THE LATE

DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

ALL the newspapers in England teem with descriptions of
the pageantry observed in honour of the illustrious dead ;
and even the great question for which the new Parliament
has been elected, and specially summoned to meet at this
unusual season, has been superseded for a time by the
theme which has occupied all minds, and formed the topic
c f all conversation.

Sandgate, and-Sandown Castles, in one Carriage. -Board of
Ordnance and Ordnance Departmens, in one Carriage. De-
legation from the •University of Oxford, in two Carriages.
Deputation from the Common Council of the City of London,
in three Carriages. . . -

—Two Pursuivants of Arms.
Band of Her Majesty's 6th Dragoon Guards.
THE GUIDON,
Carried by a Lieut.-Colonel, supported by Two Captains.
Controller of the late Duke's Household in a Mourning Coach.
Physicians to the Deceased, in a Mourning Coach.
Chaplain of the Tower. Chaplain of the Forces in the London
District, Chaplain-Gen. of the Forces, in a Mourning Coach.
High Sheriff of the County of Southampton.

-Sheriffs of London, in two Carriages.
Aldermen and Recorder of London; a Deputation consisting

of Four Carriages.
Military Secretary. •
Companions of the Order of the Bath, represented by Four.
in one Carriage, viz.—Gen. Sir Loftus Otway, Vice-Admiral
the Hon. Josceline Percy, Lieutenant-General William Sand-
with, Sir Joshua Rowe.
Knights Commanders of the Order of the Bath, represented
by Four, in one Carriage, viz.—Lieutenant-General Earl
Cathcart. Admiral Sir John West, Lieut.-General Sir
Hopetoun Stratford Scott, and Sir S. George Bonham.
Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath, represented
by Four in One Carriage, viz. :—Lieut. General Right Hon.
Sir Edward Blakeney, Admiral of the Fleet, Sir George Cock-
burn, Lieut. General Sir George Pollock, and Viscount Pal-
merston, being one of each Class from the Army, one from the
Navy, one from the East India Company's Service, and one
from the Civil Service.

Heralds in a Mourning Coach.
Band of Her Majesty's '2d Life Guards,
BANNER OF WELLESLEY

Carried by a Lieut. Colonel, supported by two Captains,
The Lords Justices of Appeal.
The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas.
The Master of the Rolls.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench.
The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Paymaster General of the Forces.
The Riftht Hon. the Secretary-at-War.
The Right Hon. the Judge-Advocate-General.
The Master-General of the Ordnance.
The First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty.
The Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial Departments.

Speaker of the Hou•ie of Commons.
The Earl of Afalmesbury, Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs.
_ _

The Earl of Derby, First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
The Earl Marshal of England.
The Lord Great Chamberlain.
The Lord Privy Seal.
The Lord President of the Council.
The Lord Archbishop of York.
The Lord High Chancellor.

The Lord Archbihop of Canterbury.
[At Temple-bar, the Lord Mayor, carrying the City Sword,
joined in the procession
ASsistant Quarter•• A:

at master-General.
I Aide-de-Camp to
o the Deceased.
= Deputy Quarter-master-
General.

Adjutant General.
Aide-de-camp to
the Deceased.
Deputy-Adjutant-
General.

5 Quartermaster-General. Adjutant-General.
A Carriage of his Royal Highness Prince AIMERT, drawn by
Six Horses, with the Gentleman Usher. the Equerry, and
Groom of the Bedchamber to his Royal Highness.
A Carriage drawn by Six Horses, with the Private Secretary,
Treasurer, and Lord of the Bedchamber to his Royal High-
ness.

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE

LBERT,

in a Carriage drawn by Six Horses ; attended by the Lord
Chamberlain, and the Groom of the Stole to His Royal High-
ness. Field Officer in Brigade Waiting.

Sergeant Trompeter.
Heralds.
Norroy King of Arms, in a Mourning Coach
BAND OF THE ROYAL HORSE GUARDS.
THE GREAT BANNER,

Carried by a Colonel, supported by two Lieut.-Colonels.
[Here, on reaching the Cathedral, the Dignitaries of the Church,
meeting the Body at the West Doot, fell in.]
BATONS.

OF SPAlN—Borne by Major-General the Duke of Osuna, sup-
ported by Colonel Gabriel de Torres and Colonel

Calv6t ylara.
OF RUSSIA—Borne by General Prince Gortchakoff, Major-
General Count Benkendorff, and Lieut.-Colonel
Tchernitzky.
OF PRUSSIA—Borne by General the Count de Nostiz, General
de Scharnhorst, and Lieut.-General de Massow.
OF PoRTUGAL—Borne by Marshal the Duke of Terceira,
Lieut.-General the Count de Villareal, and
Major Don Manuel de Souza Coutinho.
OF THE NETHERLANDS—Borne by Lieut.-General the Baron

d'Ompbal, Captain Guillaume Tindal, and Capt.
Gevers.
OF HANovEn7Borne by General Hugh Halkett, C. 8., and

Colonels Kten end Marenholtz

OF ENGLAND—Borne on a Black Velvet Cushion by the Mar-
quis of Anglesey, K.G., Colonel the
_Duke of

Richmond, K.G.: 'and M'sjor-General the
of Cleveland, K.G.—All in Mourning Coaches
The Coronet of the Deceased, borne
Gentleman on a Black Velvet Cushion in a Gentleman
Usher. Mourning Coach, by Usher.
_ Clarenceux King of Arms.
The Pallbearers, Eight General Officers, in two Mourning

Coaches.
Band of the Grenadier Guards

THE CORPSE,

I Covered with a rich Black Velvet Pall.
adorned with Escocheons,

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IFuneral Car, drawn by Twelve Horses, I
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decorated with Trophies and I
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Heraldic Achievements,

Gentleman
Usher.

Gentleman
Usher.

Garter Principal King of
Arms, in a Mourning Coach
THE CHIEF MOURNER,
in a long Mourning Cloak,
accompanied by Colonel Lord Charles Wellesley,
The Hon. and Rev. Gerald Wellesley. and by the Hon

William Wellesley, his Tra-inbearer,
in a Mourning Coach.
The Marquis of Salisbury, K.G., and the Marquis of Tweed-
dale, K.T., supporters to the Chief Mourner, in a Mourning
Coach. Assistants to the Chief Mourner.
Relations and Friends of the Deceased.

The late Duke's Horse, led by the Groom to the Deceased.
Private Carriages of the Deceased and of the
Chief Mourner.
Band of the Royal Marines—Woolwich Division.
s and Men from every Regiment in the Service: consist-
ing of one Captain, a Subaltern, a Sergeant, a Corporal, and
five men from every Regiment.
Band of Her Majesty's 93d Highlanders.
CARRIAGE OF HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.

Two Carriages representing her Majesty's Suite.
Carriage of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
Carriage of her Royal Highness the Dsch

of Kent.

The gloom, which threatened in tl►e morning, had
cleared off, as punctual to the moment appointed, the
word of command was shcuted from co!umn to column,
and the hand of the 2(1 Battalion of the Rifle Brigade
struck up the " Dead March in Saul," and with silent,
solemn precision the Brigade filed off, with arms reversed,
in slow step. Scarcely had the roll of the muffled drums
died away, than the band of the Ist Battalion of Royal
Marines took up the strain, and the Marines fell in, and
continued the procession at an equal pace. They were
followed by another band, that of the 33d Regiment; but
when the two united bands of the Scots Fusiliers and
Coldstream Guards joined in the " Dead March," it was
remarkable what a different effect they produced to the
other bands, and how their precision and tone gave
double power to this fine specimen of classic music. The
Horse Guards (Blue), the Life Guards, the Bth Hussars,
and the 6th Dragoons constituted a cavalry brigade, of
which any nation might well be proud. The Speaker's
State carriage, which made its rare appearance upon the
scene, became an object of some interest and inquiry ; and
when it was pronounced, by an unquestionable authority,
that it was an old carriage of Oliver Cromwell's, it was
stared at, and remarked upon with unsparing criticism, to
which the long to

)wing wig of t

aker served but

to supply further fuel. But the cynosure of all eyes was
the gigantic car, and as it formed by far the most mag-
nificent and interesting feature of the procession, some
account of its general design and most prominent details
will not be out of place. The whole lower part is of
bronze, supported on six wheels, and elaborated with an
amount of skill and artistic feeling which deserve unqua-
lified praise. Above this metallic framework rises a rich
pediment of gilding, in the panels of which the following
list of victories is inscribed :—Ahmednuggur, Assaye,
Argaum, Gavilghur, Roleia. Vimiera, Douro and Oporto,
Talavera, Busaco, Torres Vedras, Fuentes d'Onor, Ciu-
dad Rodrigo, Badajos, Salamanca, Vittoria, Pampeluna,
Pyrenees, St. Sebastian, Nivelle, Nive, Orthes, Tou-
louse, Quatre Bras, Waterloo. On the sides of this
pediment were arranged lofty trophies of arms, including
spears, muskets, bayonets, swords, and flags, and sur-
mounted by the Ducal coronets and batons. A similar
trophy stood in front, rising behind the arms of the
deceased, cast in bronze, and surmounted by his heraldic
badges and honours, including the tabard magnificently
wrought and embroidered. Over the bier and its bearers,
the gilded handles of which protruded from beneath, was
arranged the sumptuous velvet pall, powdered with silver
embroidery, bordered with laurels in silver, and showing
the legend round it, " Blessed are the dead that die in
the Lord," and terminated by a magnificent fringe of
silver two feet deep. The coffin, with the Duke's hat
and sword resting on it, surmounted the bier, and from
four great halberts rising at each corner was suspended a
magnificent canopy, with pendent cords and tassels of the
richest and most costly description. To this gigantic
vehicle, 27 feet long, 10 feet broad, 17 feet high, and
weighing from 10 to 11 tons, 12 of the largest and finest
black horses that could be procured were harnessed three
abreast. They were completely covered with velvet
housings, having the arms of the deceased splendidly
embroidered on them, and with heads surmounted by
nodding plumes they looked quite elephantine. Such was
the funeral car as it fell into the line of procession sur-
rounded by a swarm of undertakers' men, and having on
each side five colonels on horseback, bearing the bannerols
of the Wellesley family. On its way towards the east
end of the Mall many members of parliament and peers
who had assembled at that point uncovered as it passed.
When it had arrived opposite the Duke of York's
column, the road, being in a soft and imperfect state, the
wheels on one side became imbedded in mud, and it was
found requisite to call in the assistance of a large body of
police before they could be extricated. In consequence of
this little accident fears were entertained that the pro-
gress of the ponderous vehicle might at other points be
seriously interrupted. Such, however, was not the case,
and though stoppages constantly took place they were all
caused by the rapid pace of the horses as compared with
the progress of the rest of the procession.
Some time before the procession was formed, her Ma-
jesty, accompanied by her illustrious Consort, the Royal
children, and the two Belgian princes, appeared in the
centre balcony of St. James's Palace, and watched, with
the deepest interest, the movements taking place on the
Parade-ground, of which the Royal party must have had
an excellent, though somewhat di:
and solemn march of the procession
also have been seen to the greatest a'avantage, as the
leafless trees offered but slight obstruction to the eye. As
the several regiments, headed by their bands, reached the
end of the Mall, they saluted their Sovereign in due form. 1
His Royal Highness Prince Albert joined the procession
from the Palace. and it was immediately afterwards that
the stoppage, alluded to in the preceding paragraph, oc-

curred. Passir
proached Grosvenor-gate, the nun
the park greatly increased, and nearly a
filled with spectators. At the gate itself t
and the eye naturally turned, in the first place, towards
Apsley-house, which was completely closed, and had a
strange, tenantless, deserted look, in the midst of the vast
multitudes assembled all round it. The top of Crone-
-nor-place was filled, as far as a sight of the procession
could be obtained, with a vast Ka of 14.upgan faces, Iv-

up Constitution-hill, as the ca

alt was made

-turned and anxiously gazing at the pageant which swept
along. Every window was filled, the housetops also
swarmed with people, and the portico and roof of St.
George's Hospital especially were crowded with human
beings. Another striking point of view was formed by
the arches leading into Hyde-park, the architecture of
which acquired a new expression from the manner in
which the people had grouped themselves within, above,
and around it. At the great houses along the west end of
Piccadilly the windows and balconies were completely oc-
cupied by the families who inhabit them and their friends,
while the pavement on each side of the way was filled
to the kerbstone with people. The long screen in front
of Devonshire House was fitted up with spacious galle-
ries, which were all crowded. The Coventry Club ap-
peared for the day to be in possession of the ladies, who
occupied its handsomely draperied balconies. And now,
as the procession approached the head of St. James's-
street, and passed across the entrances of streets diverging
on both hands from the route which it was taking, a new
feature of the most rerrearksble kind began to develope it-
self. The entrances to those side streets were completely
built up with living masses of men and women, forming,
to all appearances, a mound or rampart of heads, which
were all duly and respectfully uncovered as the stately fu-
neral car swept by. The windows, too, as far as the eye
could reach, had people thrust from them eagerly gazing,
and the housetops. of course, had their adventurous
crowds of occupants. It almost seemed as if the whole
world had assembled to witness the ceremonial, for the
people were everywhere—built into the walls, swarming
in the streets, and clustered like hives on every projection
acd parapet. When St. James's-street was reached, the
double view first, eastwards, along Piccadilly, and then
down towards the Palace, was singularly impressive.
There must have been 30,000 people within range of sight
at this point, and the orderly and respectful behaviour of
even the humblest among them, crowded and hemmed in
as they were, cannot be too highly praised. The entire
breadth of Piccadilly was closed in with an embankment
of men and women, numbers of waggons, carts, coaches,
and omnibuses having been placed in the roadway to give
their occupants a more commanding view.
The procession first entered Trafalgar-square at twenty-
seven minutes to ten o'clock (where a pause of a quarter
of an hour ensued) and the last of it passed Nelson's
column at twenty minutes past eleven. Just above the
hum of human voices arose the solemn strains of the
" Dead March in Saul," played by the band of the 2nd
Battalion of the Rifle Brigade—on they came with the
slow and measured tread of mourners, instead of with the
impetuous and resistless force of

And burning with high hope."

On they came, battalion after battalion of that infantry
which legions could not break—on rolled the guns of the
Artillery, which have often belched forth their fatal mes-
sengers of death—on they came, the careless Lancer and
the Light Hassar, with snowy plumes that dazzle in the
sun—followed by the bold and dashing dragoon ; and be-
tween battalion and battalion, and squadron and squadron,
were the hands pouring forth their sad lament. As Her
Majesty's State band played the " Dead March in Saul,"
in its unequalled style, the effect was truly electrical on
the assembled masses. Then came a long array of coaches
resplendent in blazonry and gold, offering a strange con-
trast to the simple mourning coach ; then there were
pennons and banners, and all that could add to the gor-
geousness of the funeral pageant ; and ere these had faded
from the sight, a cry arose, " Hats off, hats off!" and the
excited multitude surged and heaved like some great sea,
which the fierce winds awake from slumber.

From Charing-cross a new phase in the character of
the funeral pageant and its reception became apparent.
The demonstrations of respect became parochial, and the
churches formed the great centres for spectators. S.
Martin's-in-the-Fields, St. Mary-le-Strand, St. Clement
Danes, and St. Dunstan's, had larger congregations than
had probably ever visited them before, as thousands of
people filled the spacious balconies that surrounded them.
At ten o'clock, the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor arrived
at the end of Fetter-lane, in his state carriage, carrying
the city sword, followed by Sheriffs Carter and Croll in
two carriages. They were followed he the Aldermen and
Recorder of London in their official robes. And lastly,
came a deputation consisting of four earrinees. The
names of the aldermen in attendance were Sir James
Duke, Sir Chapman Marshall, and Messrs. Lawrence,
Carden, Wilson, Sidney, Finnis, Moon, Wire, &c.
At twenty-five minutes to eleven o'clock, the head of
the procession made its appearance at Temple-bar, and
in about an hour afterwards the superb car entered Fleet-
street, and the procession wended majestically towards