Star.
London, England, 1821-09-01 00:00:00

to the deceased and persecuted queen of England
was no mere state.ceremony, but the unbidden wor-
ship of manly and'generous hearts, who revered her
virtues, and sympathized with her afflictions; and
who, with disinterested zeal vied with each other in
their symbols of veneration for one who had herself
lost all power to serve them. The Procession
moved very slowly towards the town, and as the
clock struck twelve, reached the inner barrier. Here
the mourners descended from the carriages, and the
whole cortege now proceeded on foot, with the ex-
ception of Sir George Nayler, who kept his state in
the first carriage. From the entrance of the town to
the Cathedral Church, the distance is about a mile,
and the slow pace at which the Procession moved,
together with the various streets through which it
passed, gave the whole population an opportunity of
witnessing the grand spectacle without much incon-
venience, and with scarcely any danger. To the
people, however, was due the, praise of the good
order that prevailed. The only arrangement made
by the Authorities—so great and so just was their
confidence in the good disposition of the People—
was an escort of about twenty Constables.
The Brunswick Cavalry, that, to the amount of
about 200, accompanied the Procession, marched
slowly by the sides, as State attendants, but took no
pan in directing the movements of the immense mul-
titude about them, and guided their well-managed
chargers through a countless crowd, in narrow streets,
with Out alarming, much less hurting a single indi-
vidual. One admirable arrangement here struck us
as contributing equally to the decorum and safety of
the scene ; and this was the total absence of women
from the crowd. Outside the barriers, where the
space was very extensive, women as well as men
were seen in all parts of the assemblage ; but in the
streets of Brunswick not a woman was to be seen.—
The men alone were in the streets, the women were
at the windows of the houses; and there was not a
house in any. street through which the Procession
passed w hich had not every window crowded with
spectators of the female sex, all dressed in black, and
all expressing, by their anxious attention, the deep
interest which they took in the solemn ceremony
passing before them. In this manner the Procession
moved on to the church, the glare of a thousand
torches making every part of it visible to every one
of the multitude. At the door of the church, a short
scene of confusion took place, but no injury ensued.
.When the hearse reached the church-door, the multi-
tude, with a very natural desire to see as much as
they could of the funeral rites, endeavoured to enter
the church ; but as there was no room for them, it
was necessary to put them back. Remonstrance,
however, was ft unless, for the pressure from ! _hind
had now become so great, that it prevented the first
line from stepping back : in this dilemma, and in
order to afford a pa-sage into the church for the
moot nets, the cavalt y were ordered to clear the way ;
Cris they did with equal dexterity, promptitude, and
care. At the same in-tint three bodies a them
moved fors and as from three sides of a triangle to a
point, and completely cut off the multitude from
the door.

This movement was effected with so much care,
that not a single person received the slightest hurt;
and in a minute a clear space was left for the mourn-
ers to enter the Church. Here at the porch the Mi-
nister and the Municipality stood ready to receive
the body : the coffin *as lifted from the car, and car-
ried by sixteen serjeants of the Brunswick Cavalry,
while sixteen Majors bole the pall. The appearance
of the Church was solemn and imposing. Though a
building of no striking beauty when seen by day-
light, its lofty columns and long aisles hung with
black, had by night an appearance of melancholy
grandeur. especially as, to increase the sombre effect,
the illumination was but scanty. Owing to positive
orders from some quarter, no service, not even a
funeral chart, was to be performed in the Church ;
and this, for some absurd pretence that, as the Queen
-had died abroad, it was to be considered that these
rites had been already performed, and that the cere-
mony at Brunswick was merely depositing the body
of the deceased in the family vault—a ceremony
which was always performed without funeral service,
as in the case of the Duke of Brunswick, the father
of the late Queen. _ _

But this was a mere idle pretence : the late Duke
was absolutely interred, and with all funeral ceremo-
nies and services, out of his dominions, during the
tyranny ci Bonaparte, after whose defeat he was dis-
interred, and removed to Brunswick. The Queen of
England had not been so interred : no religious rite
had been performed on her ; and decency, as well as
religion, required that a Queen should not be cur-
tailed of those rights which belong to the funeral of
the meanest subject : but here again, however, the
love of the people made very ample compen-
sation for the curtailments of power. Even the Offi-
cers of State expressed their regret that they were
forced to comply with orders manifestly unreason-
able and disgusting ; and the worthy Minister of the
Cathedral, who loved and venerated the virtues of
the late Queen, :hewed by his manner that he was
no party to the official arrangement.
As the corpse passed along the aisle into the place
of sepulture, a hundred young Ladies of the first fa-
milies in Brunswick, dressed in white, stood on each
side and scattered flowers before it. In a few seconds
the coffin and the mourners had all arrived in the
family vault of the illusuions House of Brunswick.
The entire space is very large, and already contains
fifty-seven coffins of different branches of that ancient
family. A portion, about seven yards square, was
separated from the rest by hangings of black cloth,
and was illuminated with wax lights. In the middle
of this section stood a platform, raised about two
feet from the ground : on one side stood the coffin of
the gallant father of the Queen, at the foot was the
coffin of her gallant brother, both heroes slain in
battle when fighting against the tyranny of Bona-
parte; and here, in this appropriate spot, was now'
deposited one as brave as the bravest of herrxce.
When the mourners were all arranged in the tomb,

the Minister, whose name was J.W. G. Wolff, preacher
of the Cathedral Church, a mild and sensible-looking
man, about sixty years of age, stood at the head of
the coffin, and, in a voice tremulous with emotion,
uttered a prayer in the German language, during
which all were deeply affected. The military did
not disdain to express their emotions in an audible
manner, and several times the Great Chamberlain
was observed to wipe away the tears from his fine
manly countenance. As to the immediate mourners,
including the servants of the Queen's Household,
never was seen more unequivocal and unaffected sor-
row. When the prayer was finished, and before the
mourners left the tomb, the hundred young Ladies
were admitted, and formed a large circle round the
platform : they strewed flowers on the floor ; and
then having prepared some wreaths, arranged them
in different forms on the coffin ; they then knelt
down, uttered a short prayer, and retired amidst
the tears and sobs of the company. The Funeral
was over about two, and in less than half an hour
the streets were completely empty, and all was as si-
lent as the tomb to which the Queen had just been
solemnly consigned.
Thus ended the funeral of the amiable and perse-
cuted Queen of England. She chose rightly in choosing
to be buried in Brunswick. Our Readers will not be
surprised to learn, that the frank and affectionate
Brunswickers feel no very good-will to England,
which they consider as the land of suffering and per-
secution to their beloved Princess ; but nothing could
exceed the respect and kind regard they shewed to
those faithful English, who, having fought the good
fight for her 'while alive, now with sincere and dis-,
interested attachment accompanied the remains of
their broken-hearted mistress to a distant grave.—
Among the English present, were Lord and Lady
Hood, Lady Ann Hamilton, Dr. and Mrs. Lushing-
ton, Mr. and Mvs. Wilde, Alderman Wood, and his
son, the Rev. T. Wood, Mr. Ilownam, and Mr. Wil-
son (son of Sir Robert): among the foreigners, Count
Vassali and Captain Hesse: Mr. Austin and the
Household were there also.

It is right to mention, that the executors applied
at Brunswick, before the funeral, to Mr. CALVERT CO
restore the plate which had been taken off the QUEEN'S
coffin at Colchester; and that Mr. CALVERT an-
swered, that he conceived himself to be without au-
thority to comply with their request. After the fu-
neral the executors made a second application, but
without success: it was, however, clearly understood,
that it the plate should be restored, the actual Au-
thorities at Brunswick would offer no opposition to
its being placed on the coffin. On Sunday a Fune-
ral Sermon was .preached by Mr. WOLFF, at which
all the mourners attended.