Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1820-03-22

'e"ehet iiFetA. bis teau
i'ai anthem lasted till the corpse was car. 4.
rled lnto the chapel and placed on the TO-
les. Immediately after The coffin, fo,lor
the duke OF York as Chief mourner rav,
him went the duke OF Clarence, the dnL.
Sussex, the duke OF Gloucester, and pr;n.
Leopold. The fine manly aspect Of tho l..
ter, inbued as it is with seriousness
suffering, made a great impression on r.
spectators. tue
When this anthem was finished, the De-,
read the prayer which accompanies The low
ering OF the body into the grave and il, !,
impossible to describe the thrilling ava -
every bosom as the throwing Of the dust -,
sounded from the royal coffin this avs ~.
still further heightened TO those in the RI,
pei, from whose eyes the coffin had slov,-
and gradually disappeared, without hand,
and As ii 1t had been mysteriously withdrew
by some supernatural power. Sir lea.
Heard then read the titles Of his late m,;.,
ty, but in a voice less firm than usual ~.
t~remuIousness was, however, the efec, =.
grief rather than Of age. The service HON.
concluded, Mr.. Knyvett, played a sol.mo
voluntary, and the procession returned as.-.
~ IN the same order in which it came.
Thus ended The most awful and masn;s.
cent ceremony which any British subject DOW
living ever witnessed in this country: a co,o.
mony, not merely adorned with all those ~.
%pendages of grandeur which kelopq as mo-.
ter OF course to all royal funerals. but rsr.
dered sublime by the voluntary and heartfelt
homage OF countless thousands of afectioD,,.
subjects, who had thronged to the last obso.
quIes OF their king, not from the idle curios.
ty OF seeing a grand exhibition, but to shed
a last tear over the grave of a father and .
friend.
As soon as the procession was completely
arranged in the chapel, the Dean of Wind.
sor, assisted on this occasion by the Arch.
Dish of Canterbury, commenced the service.
The Psalms were then chaunted by perhaps
the fullest choir ever heard it consisted Of
the principal voices OF the Chapel Royal, Of
James and St. Georges Chapel Mr..
presided at the Organ. Messr.
Vaughan, w. Knyvett, J. B. Sale, and Mar.
shall, sang with a solemn sweetness that d..
vested the mind of all subIunary thoughts,
and filled it with pious musings. Afe,
Kent's anthem of Hear my prayer" The
choir performed that sublime piece, q"
heard a voice from Heaven" At the con.
clusion Of the service, and previous TO The
last collect and blessing, tile funeral anthem
composed by Handel for Queen Caroline,
was sung by the full band. One portion, in
which the voices of the boys alone were chi
ployed, was a masterpiece Of delicious en-.
chanting harmony,
From tn: Boston Gazette, @,Narcb l6,
THE Assassination OF THE DUKE DE
GERRI.
Paris, F&b. o..
The inhabitants of this metropolis
lave been borror-struck by an afro
cious assassination, perpetratcd last
night, at 10 O'Clock, on the person Of
His Royal Highness the Duke de Bern.
The Prince attended the Duchesst to her
carriage in quitting the Opera-Roose,
she was already seated, when a person
passing quickly by hi Royal Highness,
encircled him with his left arm, and
thrust a poinard, four inches and a hall
long, in his right breast up to the hIIt'
On feeling the wound he uttered a cry
and fell senseIess into the arms Of bis
servants. The Duchess herself spranS
out of the carriage and drew the dag
ger from the Dukes breast, whose Oh,
IL exclamation was, ".je me meurS
The Duke was conveyed into one OF TIC
saloons of the Opera, and the neaFe'I
Surg" on sent for. The Duchess new"
quilted the couch of her husband. Inv
Duke of Orleans, who was at the VPe
IA, arrived imm diate!y, accom- an's'
by the duchess and MademoIselle'~
Nj. Pasquier came shortly Afterwards
bringing with him in his carriage, ~
Dupuytreu. The Surgeon Dled ls s
Prince three times, and washed u"
wound with warm lotions. The Ihttl
nal ha morlhage making an alarnli"5
progress, cupplms was applied W. ""I co
liz D.nnl ninhnncS CnitI ~ II