The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-09-23 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THE LATE 'momAs FOSTER, k.

On Wednesday morning the melancholy duty of interring flit
' mortal remains of the late Thomas Fost-r, Esq., brought ever
from Calais, by Mr. Lloyd. was cornpieteth In a late publica-
tion, we noticed the sudden death of 4%1s respected, and dis,;
tinguished gentleman ; au occtirence which east a gloom ou the
inhabitants of this town, and which has by all parties been re
gretted. As was anticipated, great numbers of the inhabitantio
expressed a wish to pay a last tribute of respect to his memory;
by attending the funeral or sending their carriages; but it a a's
intimated to them that the relatives of Mr. Foster were antiouA
to carry out his last expressed wish, " let ine be buried quietly
in Walton Church vard, - and that there should be le little die=
play as possible. fu furtherance of this wish. Mears. Edward
Haworth, and Co., of Bold-street, the undertakers, had instruc-
tions that the funeral should be as simple, and unostentattous;
as it could be made. In consequence„ the funeral procesSion,
which left Woolton about half-past nine o'clock, consisted
merely of the hearse, which was drawn by four horses, wiling
to the weight of the leaden coffin, and three Mourning coaches;
filled by the deceased's near relations, and followed by his mo-
ther's private carriage.
On the mournful party arriving at Walton Church, they
were met by a large concourse of persons, amounting to about
400, many of whom were the leading gentry, clergy, and tner-
chants of Liverpool, whose attendance prorated by respect for
his private and public virtues was infinitely more impressivie
and must have been more soothing to the feelings of the friendi
and relatives of the deceased than could have been the most
ostentatious parade of the trappings of woe. Amongst the
numerous mourners were nearly all the members of the old cor-
poration, a great number of the legal profession of Liverpool,
as well as other gentlemen of the town. We observed :
James Aspinall, Esq., (the late mayor,) Nicholas Robinson,
Esq., Sir Thomas Brancker, Rev. Rector Campbell, Rev. J.
B. Monk, Lieut.-Colonel St. George, John Deane Case, Esq.t
Rev. Thomas Bold, Rev. T. G. Leigh, Roy. Thomas '
Halton,
John Shaw Leigh, Esq., Ambrose Lace Esq., I'. Carson;
Esq., Thomas Tobin, Esq., N. D. Bold, Esq., T. 0. Bold,
Esq., C. S. Parker, Esq., H. S. Sandbach, Esq., T. B. Hors-
fall, Esq.; Win. Gregson, Esq., Chas. Lawrence,
Daniel Mason, Mr. Richard Dawson, J. A Tinne, Esq.,
Samuel Turner, Esq., H. H. Statham, Esq., Mr. Chas. Lowe,
Mr. C. Falcon, Mr. R. H. Frank, Mr. Julia AskeW, John
Stewart, Esq., Mr. John Sudlow, Mr. John Weightinan, W.
P. Bushby, Esq., Raymond W. Houghton, Esq., Peter Wright,
Esq., Hr. Thos. Kaye, Mr. John Pennington, Mr. Robert
Clay, Mr. John Hand, Mr. Amos, Mr. Henry Moss, Mr. John
Sandars, &c. &c. &c.

The chief mourners were Messrs. John, William„Taines, and
Richard Foster, the brothers of the deceased; his brothers-in=
law, Messrs. Halton and Lloyd, and the brother-in-law of Mrs.
Foster. The pall-bearers were Mr. Foster's nephews, the Rev.
Mr. Hull, Mr. Troutbeck, and Mr. \Fawn.
On reaching the gates of the churchyard the spectators
formed an avenue to the church door, ilirtink.Which the mouru-
fUl- assemblage'passed and entered the church, Mr. Clarke, the
organist, playing a solemn dirget The funeral Service Was then
read in the most solemn and impressive Manlier by the Rev.
Jonathan Brooks, the senior rector of Liverpool; after which,
amid the lamentations and heartfelt sorrow of his bereaved re-
latives and friends, the remains of our late distinguished towns.
man were committed to the tothta. We do not doubt tied hail
not the public duties of the present Mayor required his attend-'
twee at a councihneeting, sitting at the time, but he Would have
done honour to his feelings as a gentieman, and a public man,
by attending the funeral, to show his respect for the worth and
memory of the late Town-clerk.

TO THE EDITOR OP THR LIVERPOOL STIND.4RD.
Slit,—l read with much .pleasure in your paper-of Tuesday
the admirable description cif popery, as a voreity, contrasted
with genuine christianity, received under the name of protes
tantism; and I beg to inform you and your numerous readers
that the passage is an extract from the Rev. Hugh M`Neile's
sermon on the character of the church of Rome, which he has
,thrown down as the " first blow" of the controversy with Mr.
Maguire.—l am, &c.,