Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1821-09-25

known will Of her late majesty in forcing
into he funeral. procession a great body or
soldiers. enter my solemn protest q
gainst the removal OF be- maiesty's body,
IN right Of the legal power vested in the
by her late majesty, as executor. Proper
arrangements for the funeral, a"d the
long journey, and voyage by sea. have
not been made; there has not been time
for it; and command that the body be
not removed till the arrangements suita-
BILE to the rank and dignity of the deceas-
ed are made" Mr.. Bailey repi'ei that
he had orders from government TO re-
move the body, which was then In the
custody Of the lord great Cham erlain.-
DR.. Washington rejoincd. Touch the
body at your peril You have no power
to act contrary to the will Of her males
tvs executors, and they do their duty by
protesting against such an usurpation."-
DR. Washington, in reply to an inquiry of
Mr.. Bailey whether he intended to use
violence, said he would neither assist or
recommend, and that he would join the
procession, not as an executor bu merely
as a P ivate individual, to show his re-
slect for her majesty.
AT halt past seven the hearse drew up to
the door and the bearers being in readiness,
the cushion and crown We're taken from the
head of the coffin, and placed on The seat OF
the coach Immediately preceding the hesrse.
The pail was also placed in the coach -
Twelve bearers then took up The cotti to
bear it 10 the hear,e. Many OF the domes-
tics assembled in The passage to take last
view OF their Iamened mistress; ami these,
with e'eral private persons, lined the
loom When the bearers advanced, The
women sobbed aloud. and one thr,w herself
upon the floor in burst OF grief hose
OF the. other sex shed tears as the BODY pass
ed When 1t was deposited IN The h.afse
Sir G Nayier entered the carriage IN which
the crown, &c were placed, ana The carrIa-
ges for the mouners Cume 10 The door in
succession.
While Nr Wilde's coach vas a, the door
that gentleman sent for Mr. Bailey, and, in
a state apartment, presented b.m with a
written protest against the removal OF Ter
Majesiy's boay rclaring a, the same time,
the conduct pursued by his NJ +jesty's minis
tiers TO be most dlsgracelul, a. well as lie
gal. he declared that the body was taken
by force, agairst the will OF the executors,
and demanded TO know by what route the
procession would move. Mr. Bailey read
from a paper, the intended route, viz
Branden! urgh house, through Hammer
smith, to turn round by KensIng!On gravel
pits, near the church, INTO the Uxbridge
road. to Bayswater; from thence 70 Tyburn
turnpike, down lhe Eldrdge road, along
the Newroad 10 lsling,on, down the City
road along 0Idstre-t, Mlle.end, 10 Rom
ford. &c. a squadron OF Oxtord Blues,
from Bandenburgh house 20 Romiord. 10 al
lend lie procession; squadron Of tie 4 lh
Light Dragons from Romtord 10 CheIms.
ieId, another qnadiOn Of the same regiment
from Chelmsford to Colchester. another es.
coit from Colchester to Harw ich, where
gard of honor is in waiting" Mr. Wide
declared that Ie would not gp with the pro-
cesson in the route mentioned BY Dir. Bail
ey, nor should the body then he taken eY.
oepr by force; and when the body stopped
at The first gate, b. prahab,y should be
there to exercise bs legal rig as executor
(Which wa superior 10 any usurped power
Their exercised 10y ;he officers employed by
his MaJesty's Minister'S 10 have the body
remu,ed ACCORDING to his Own will, and that
II her Majesty, without squadrons OF SOL
diers Mr. Barley said that ms oIders were
imperative. and nothing shoult pr. vent him
from dong his duty. He would take upon
himself the peril OF moving the BODY
AT 20 mlnu es past eight all the ar
rangements were completed under the
active co operation Of tie IIammersmith
AID London Committees The process
sion being marsha!led on the lawn under
the direction o! Sir Il. Wilson, and II
other gentlemen selected by tie commit
zee.
About y o'clock the approach Of tie
procession was announced, which moved
slowly through the CROWDS; and when ar
rived at ke.sington. the multitude show
ed disposition to effect change in the
route planned by government. Two wag-
CONS were Drawn across the street lead
Ing to the gravel pits, and many obsta
cles were thrown in he way. Wnen one
of these was removed the people rep.ac-
ed it by another, and continually cried,
Through tie city; through the city"
the procession was Gs,ayed here for up
wards OF an hour. In front Of the church
some skirmlshes too~ place between the
police officers and the people. and some of
the combatants suffered severely. An at
tempt was made to pass with the process
sion into the Park, but this failed, the
peop'e having shu the gates, and the con
dGctors pas ed on til, ough kensington
Grove and knightsbridge. A troop of
lite guards appeared at Hyde-P Park Cor
ner, and caused much dissatis faction
The Life GUARDS at length lost somewhat
Of their patience, and struck some persons
with the fiat of their swords. They at