The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1827-09-20

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followed by nine mourning coaches, enter
ed Downing street and drew up to the door:
"And the long procession blackened all 'he
way" Amongst the mourners were al
the Cabinet Ministers. At quarter 10 Z
the procession left for the Abbey.
Upon its arrival at the Abbey, the CONN
was conveyed into the Jerusalem Chamber
where numbers Of distinguished and hIgh-
ly respectable individuals had already as
sembled to meet it.
On every side ofthe Abbey, vast crowds
| had collected and on the arrlVaI oi ,he
procession, the whole OF that eXtchoed
space presented one dense mass oi iiFip9
matter.
Precisely at thirty five minutes past } o.
clock the coffin was carried into the AbOey'
! The scene at this moment was most I'M
pressivc. The black line entIre y occuPl-
ed the street: the awful silence OF the tomb
reigned unbroken during the short inter
val that elapsed ere the coffin was brought
forth; and the tear ofunielgned sorrow was
dropped from many an eye; that looked
with attentive interest from the surround
ing windows.
THE ABBEY.
In the interior of the Cathedral num-
ber of gentlemen and some few ladies', had
assembled, the greater number OF those m
diyiduals to whom tickets had been issued,
awaited i'm the Jerusalem Chamber, the ar
rival of the melancholy procession. The
greatest attention had been paid to the
outward tokens Of that mourning, which
evidently dwelt within the bosoms OF those
who met together TO pay the last tribute OF
respect 10 the distinguished and highly
gifted statesman, whose death ls scarcely
a greater grief to his own country than to
every nation of the civilized gIobe.-About
two o'clock, the gentlemen who had re-
NAMED in the Jerusalem Chamber, enter
ed and arranged themselves along the north
aisle, the opposite aisle having been set a.
part for those who had previously occupied
the nave Of the Cathedral.
At twenty minutes past one o'clock, the
Funeral Procession arrived at the great en-
trance to the Abbey, and after few min
utes, proceeded slowly onwards, the yene.
rablc Dean Of Westminster reading the
beautiful service for the burial Of the dead.
At the moment that the coffin arrived IN
the centre, ray ofhght come through the
and the melancholy group that followed.
1t was Il singular and not unnterestlng cir.
cumstancc, for the morning having been
somewhat gloomy, this was the first sun
beam that gildcd the walls Of the interior
Of this venerable building.
The procession moved in the following
order One Of the Westminster Aims
men, hahlted in black with a blue cloth tu-
mic, and holding a funeral staff. Two
mutes holding slaves. a mute, bearing u
large black plume. Six mutes, s,wlth slaves,
two and two.
TIE BODY,
Bourne on shoulders, without pail bearers.
or supporters. Immediately following the
coffin. as chief mou7ncrs. come the Dukes
of Clarence and Sussex, and between their
Royal IIghnesSes the youngest son Of Mr..
Canning. On the right of the Dnke OF
Sussex, was the Duke Of Portland.-ThC
other mourners then toiowed.-First, the
Marquis Of CIanricarde, then the Lord
Chancellor, Lord GoJerlch, the Duke OF
Devonshlre, the Marquis of Anglesea, ;he
Viscount Dudley and Ward. Lord Gar
vagh, Sir J. Macintosh, Mr. Nillie7s, MIR
BrodIll the Marquis of Conyngham, the
Earl Morley, Mr. Ticrncy, the Earl Spen-
Ger, Lord Becky, Palmerstol, Nj. b. Bat
hurst, Mr.. PIanta, Mr.. Backhouse, and Mlr
Stapleton-next the servants of the de.
ceased Minister. Lord Wcllington's
name does not appear on the list.
When the Dean of Westminster was
reading the burial service. the coffin had
been lowered into the vault, and around II
- ~ nnly q 4 'lor
land, Devonshlre, the foreign Ambassador,
and the immediate relations of the dc
ceased. Immediately on the conclusion o
the service, the various individuals ap
preached and looked for the last time upor
the coffin which contained the clay thai
had envelopcd the being who was the per
Sonal friend Of almost all of them, as it lay
quietly in the tomb.
"Wherc turks no malice where noenvy swolls
Where grow no srudges, and where are nj
storms,
No noise but silence and eternal sleep"
There were few among the melancholy
group whose eyes were not filled with
tears. The Duke of Devonslrre and LORD
Godcrich sobbed audiblv Immediately af,
ter the ceremony the two Royal Dukes
shook hands with the son of the deceased,
and also with the Marquis of Clanricarde
The coffin was covered with crimson vel.
vet and bore the following inscription:
DEPOSIT'U.N.
The Right Honorable GEoRGr CANNING
one of His MaIesty's most Honorable
Privy Council. First Lord Commits.
soncr of His Majesty's Treasury.
Chancellor and Under Treasu-
rer of G.. Britain and ireland,
and a Governor of the
Charter House,
&c. &c.