The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-08-12 00:00:00

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LOSS OE THE " CALEDON" STEAMER ON Lounn
Thursday week, about thirty of the most respectable inhabitants of
Portadown and its vicinity embarked on board the Caledon steamer, ~i
order to enjoy the beautiful scenery of the river and Iske._:rul ud'
ighted voyagers arrived opposite Shane's Castle, and wennreddemlba:
n boate
wd
oartake of a ciejettne a la fourehette beneath
mils. They accordingly Made for the shore, but the truthe
i her progress, a ledge ot' rocks, at first grazed them
the
m chey
,:,.r bow dipping, shik struck with such forces that L"' "
'Tots. The shodk was so violent that treee
iviedsevere
were thrown from the paddle-box and
w
Bred ; but a ti
._e,n,coun_ , tr
a. A scene of terror and confusion no
sufferers, bore do
gat, observing the danger of the uhhaPPYfeom the sinking Ste
relieve them. All were now eager to re,.l:rd from this fatal move
and to rush into the boat, but were w t_a:q., to whose coolness an
by the exertions of Wolsey Atkinson, ..;
_Liao
raises can be rend:
trepidity, on the trying occasion, n "el
I uded, the steamer was seen t
ere safely
t here made with respet
After the passengers w
r The gatemen
do .—Nciery Telegraph. -
nted by tho Northern Whig, who Ai
the sinking of the vessel, is den-a. on some rocks, had suffered little
that she had merely got
to b° off in a few days.)
mage, and was expected to 7 . „
n, E OF ORLEANS.—At the moment t
FUNERAL OF Ti" -- - h -date of 21
church a s, guns was fired and ti
he urn • ' • body entered the Deine seas rung. 'l' which containt
great bell of Notre
,„,,a highness was carried into the choir of th
the heart of hi. ',..1 Marbot. Their royal highnesses the prince
cathedral by
Generate
in a row opposite the catafalque. The vesper:
then placed themselves
bishop, and chauuted by the clergy of the metro.
were recited byromolly
lasted an hour. The princes entered the cathe-
polis. This eeciau. The coffin, carried by the twenty-four decorated
cathe-
dral after the
appointed to that duty, and who formed part of the pro-
sub-ofileerstiiyt purpose was placed on the catafalque and covered with
cession for
lark pall. The cathedral was entirely clothed in black, and
the largedbwith the voices of the choristers reciting the verses of the
re-eeh°e nindis." The funeral decorations of the church were =pd
.:De Pro
• ond formingbo the object for which they were designed. The
fieen,,
eiven e fully respected the sacred character of the
order. ' excellent taste
edifice ; an guided all the works of religious and funeral
embellishments which were called for by the occasion. The general
effect was the most grand, and at the same time the most solemn, that
could be conceived. The catafalque was placed bn an elevated stage,
which was approached by 25 steps, and which were supported by 84
caryatides in silver of the most exquisite workmanship. A canopy 37
metres in height, made of velvet trimmed with ermine, descended
majestically over the cenotaph, which it enveloped in its ample folds.
Five hundred wax •lights burned around. Fifty banners were sus-
pended from the roof, each bearing the initia.s of the prince, and the
name of the different places where his royal highness distinguished
himself
—earae47' Modem Mataitja the Iron Gates, Masoara.

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