The Statesman.
London, England, 1821-08-17 00:00:00

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the immediate removal of her Majesty's ream
Brand:.nbargli-honse, that they were sent swain la,
%e inscription plata, ordered by the Heral.;ll i;cifiet
was vii• on the coffin. It appears that sonic time after
the e,ffin was deposited in the church, as nbsie si.
c
scril.eit, Mr. Themaii,ef the Lord Chamberlaiiiii oto
repaired thither, attended by some of the undertakars'
`men, to put on the official plate; when, to tlivir amyl
o
astonishment, they fiend that a plate, inscribed " Toi,
the Alm ors of Caroline of Preenswick, the injuiedli
Queen or F.tiglanii," (agreeably to the in4tretetions inl
her late Majesty's will). was firmly screwed upon the
lid of the coffin. Mr. Thomas was very angry at this,
circumstance, and ordered the people to take -off this,
obnoxious inscription ; hat Dr. I.nshington, Mr. Wilde,!
and some others of her Majesty's friends, were at
hand, and resisted the execntion ef this order. Mel
plate, he said, was engraved with the words prescribed
by her Majesty; it hail, in obedience to her last will
and testainent, been affixed to her coffin by authority
of her executors, and whoever removed it would re-
move it at their peril. Mr. T. now waren!-.- ap;.ealed
to the Clergyman ; observing, that the loyal coffin
had been placed under his care, and he ought not to
have suffered any person to meddle with it ; he, there-
fore was responsible, and onght to have the plate re-
moved instansl3:. Tice Clergyman replied that it was
a dispute with which he had nothing to do—he had
merely grantee' she use of die church as a fit depository
for the Royal corpse, end ho was surprised that the
sanctity of the place should be violated by settle a
strange contentior. Mr. Thomas was still peremptory
—the body, he said, was in custody of the tionerument,,
and lie, as the antleurized agent of Uuvernwent, in-1
'isled that the plate, " surreptiously placed" on the
coffin, should he token away, and the "proper one"
snlestituteel in its room. Dr. Lessleingtou, in reply.
observed that Mr. Thomas had frequently s*police tie
Iris loping attlli9rix4 to act in this lossiness, anti he i
now called up in hilt to produce his patent of untlio.l
rite. if lie had anyl-tneh document. Mr. Thomas hap-
pened not to have any written instruction about him,
and replied with considerable warmth : the le•areedi
Doctor retorted with equal warmth ; several other
persons, on each sitle, joined in the disport. The
aisles of the sacred edifice were crowded with people,)
who clamorously took part in the dispute. The ClerH
gyrnan remonstrated agaietst the conduct of bath par-I
ties, but he remonstated in vain—and, eventually, the
Mayor of the town called in the assistance of the mi-
litary, and the church was cleared. We understand
that-his Worship the Mayor afterwards took noon him-
self the responsibility of removing the plate to-Jere:el
by the will of her Majesty, and eulistitetting in lieu 01
it the one prepared by the Herald,' College, a copy
of which appeared in this paper some days ago. Ile'
this as it may, the latter only, appearea upon the colli i
!when it was replaced iii the hearse yesterday morning,
din order to its proceeding on its way.

HARWICH. 'MCPIin:IT.
ARRIVAL OF TTIE FUNERII. PRoCgsgloN.
EN1111111:vfloN of that LATE 31.1.1EsTY's
REMAIN s.
At half-past eleven the procession arrived in this
• lace. I t was met on the otstaisistoWsetswo *-
toe!' me n t of the Stith, of about 150 men, with a stand
of colours, and banal. The calm als of well-dressed peo-
ple in mom sting who were o aiting- on the slapes of the
fort, and on the edges of the tool, certainly expected
a procession of a very tiiderent hind from that which
wound down the hill into the town, after the assur•
once given by Lord Liverpool to Lady Hood, that the
funeral should be conducted with decency, order, anal
in a becoming manner. The procession as it entered Har-
wich was literally flit'll as is now mentioned. A small ad-
vanced guard of cavalry preceded t Mr. Chine:salmi, the
undertalser, headed: ten until-rte.:crs on horseback, in
pairs, followed their lead..r. Three mourning coaches
and six, one of which contained the directors of this c
remony, Mr. Bailey and Mr. Thomas; the two othe
containing the servants of the Queen's household, came
next. About 'l,:a cavalry, lila Dragoonr, followed. Then
came her 3lajesty 's own carriage. drawn by a bay
horses, containing Sir t;eorge Sayler, with the cushion
and crown. Then follow ed the hearse. drawn by eight
black hors•ts. No phones on the horses—a few paltry
Ifeathers on the hearse. No plateaus of pluuir‘ carried,
las is the case at al It all respecialde funerals. The
royal arms were still left upon the hearse, but all the
escutcheons, if there ever l.ad hewn any, were removed
from the horses. No attendance of heralds or marshal's
len. Two undertaker's men on foot graced this part of
the procession, and the same number of cavalry as hall pre-
ceded the Queett'searriage followed the body. Nine nmonrn-
ing containin., Lord and Lady flood, Lady A.
Hamilton, and those of her ,alajesty's family enuissera
in former accounts, were next seen : one appeared
contain undertaker's men, and another nothinthut Is
gage. The wretched appearance of the carriages,of the
'horses, of the drivers, and of the trappings. surprised
every spectator. Then followed the private carriage
of Mr. Brougham, containing Mr. Brougham and Sir
Robert Wilson. Near this carriage were remarked Mr.
flume and 3:r. Hol:oust% who load attended the funeral
from London. A mourning coach awl six succeeded,
apparently empty. Then came Loral Hood's private
carriage and lulu. Lady Percoval's (the wife of Lord
Perceval) carriage and pair came next. The carriage
of Mr. Saville, of Colchester, with that gentleman and
another in it. Dr. Loshington's empty carriage. The
Rev. Mr. Fonnereans's family, of Christ church Park,
Ipswich. in an open baroutis and four. An empty gig.
These equipages, brought op by another detachment of
dragoons, closed the " tictsoattxu" funeral of the Queen
of England, the wife, as the new inscription says, of the
most potent Monur..h George the Fourth !! Rut if the
reader be astonished at the foregoing details, bow will
be be surprised at what, according to some accounts, es.
seed? The executors, suite, and friends of her late Ma-
jesty, were kept in entire ignorance of the intention of
Government as to the embarkation, either as to time or
place. The ladies who bad get into the carriage lotions
six o'clock, knew not whether they were to proceed on
board immediately, or stay behind for reireshatest. The
procession, as before described, marched into the tetra.
The dragoon:Lin-es-Wing played the Deed AfereA in Said
on their
_trumpets. The initodry,with arms reversed
took up the tune, going Ware the cavalry. The if
fantry bad one stand ofteoluis I the cavalry. in shit
two standards. The kori ttl4h. preceeeloa arrived
the jetty kefocol4,l Beet the efeecetere, waive
New what wins to take plate. flit too

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