The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1860-01-31
From the London Times of January 10.
EITNERAI nE LORD MhNAIII AN

SSt III tue lduu, Tue DOuy OF MacdulaV was lelC u
mlnge its dust with those of the great of past day
who slumber in peace beneath Westminster Abbey
10 the long roll of poets, statesmen and historians
there inferred another lofty name added and tha
most sacred portion of great cemetery deriy e
another claim upon the veneration of posterity a:
containing also the remains of the first and las
Lord Macauay, the essayist, poet, historian, anC
statesman.
The funeral cortege started in the morning from
the late residence of the deceased, at Holly Lodge
Campden Hill, Kensington. This beautiful little
villa adJoins the house occupied by the Duke of Ar
gyll, between whom and the late peer there was
most close and intimate friendship. In the retire
ment OF this half-country residence Lord Macaulay
mad lived Tor some time, passing the greater part
OF his day in the library of the British Museum and
the greater part of each evening and night in ar.
ranging the immense mass of materials which
from all sources, he had gathered for his history
The procession was fixed to leave Holly Lodge al
eleven O'clock but before that hour the route alono
which it was to pass was marked by dense line o.
spectators. All the houses of the nobility and gen
try In the neighborhood of Holly Lodge were o.
course closed, while nearly all the houses along the
route from kensington, KING ghtsbridge and through
Grosvenor Place toward the Abbey, were either
nall or entirely shut up.
A few minutes before IL the coffin was placed in
the hearse, which was drawn by six horses and pre-
ceded by the usual pile of funeral pumes il is
customary in these state funerals to bear before
the hearse, on velvet cushion, an imitation more
or less exact, of the coronet to which the rank OF
the deceased entitled him. This unmeaning piece
OF pageantry, however, which, in spite of its hay.
ing been the butt of satirsts almost for centuries
still holds its ground, was not attempted in the
funeral OF yesterday. Following the hearse were
three mourning g-coaches and four the first carriage
containing the chief mourners, the Rev. John Ma
cauiay, Mr.. Charles Macaulay, Mr.. Henry Macau
lay, and Mr.. George Otto 'Trevelyan. The second
carriage contained Mr.. Edward Cropper, Mr. Ken
meth Macaulay, Q. c., Mr.. Thomas Flower Ellis
and Mr.. Henry Thurston Holland. The third car
orn ID L
domestics, who had all been with him many years
At Hyde Park-corner a considerable number Of
the carriages of the nobility, &C., were stationed
As the funeral cortege turned down Grosvenor
flace these Joined the procession, and followed in
Its wake in line Of immense length.
The funeral was expected to arrive at the Abbey
at O'Clock, the public being admitted by ticket an
hour previous.
A small though distinguished attendance of lite
rary men were among those who claimed admittance
to the Abbey. Beyond these the majority of the
congregation was composed of clergymen, ladies,
and even children. We need scarcely say that
neither the ladies the children were in mourn
ing, so that handsome bonnets and bright ribands
rather marred the effect of an otherwise solemn
and impressive ceremony. Before half-past all
those to whom tickets had been granted were in
their places leaving ample room in that part of the
old cathedral for more than double the number who
were admitted.
Precisely at one o'clock the hearse arrived at the
western entrance of the old Abbey, beneath the
great door of which the corpse was borne an honor
only granted to peers of the realm Inside the
porch the procession arranged itself as follows:
Bailiff of Westminster.
The Almsmen of the Abbey.
Sixteen boys of the Choir
The Sub-Dean.
Canons Repton, Jennings and Cureton.
The Dean REV. T. Trench
Close behind the coffin, in order, followed the
mourners we have already mentioned. On the
right OF the choir in the stalls at the eastern ex
tremlty some female relations of the great historian
were seated, in deep mourning.
AS the melancholy procession advanced up the
nave, Dr. CrofCs anthem ~ am the resurrection
and the life," was sung with solemn mesured ca
dence that had an nexpressibly touching effect as
the lament peaed forth through the Abbey till it;
moaning echoes were almost lost in the distance -
Arrived at the choir the body was deposited inside
the screen the mourners and pall-bearers remained
outside in the stalls, while the 39th Psalm 81 said
will take heed to my ways, that sin not with m
tongue, was slowly chanted to PurcelPs beautiful
music. After the Lesson-"Now is Christ riser
from the dead and become the first fruits of then
that slept'-was sung Spohr's magnificent hymn
"Blessed are the dead that die in the Lord" Dur
ing this most solemn cadence the mourners auG
pal-bearers again resumed their stations around the
corpse-the funeral procession was again formed
and proceeded with slow steps to where the grave
was dug in Poets corner. Arrived here the pail
which had up till then completely hidden the coffin
so as only to allow glimpse of the coronet anC
arms to be seen on the foot of it, was removed anc
the coffin for moment deposited by the side of th,
grave. Then, as the mourners grouped themselves
around It, 1T was again lifted over the narrow amer
ture and slowly sunk into its last resting.place.
AS is customary at all funerals, there was a mo
ment's pause after the body had disappeared from
view forever, and then arose Croft's touching an
them, ''Man that is born of woman hath but a shor
time to live the notes and words of which echoed
along the lofty aisles like the wall of mourners-
PurcelPs "Thou knowest, Lord" having also beer
slowly sung, then was said the prayer commencin1
"Forasmuch it has pleased Almighty God, Q
His great mercy, to take unto Himself the soul o
our dear brother, here departed" amid solemn 81
lenee. 1t was only broken by the sharp, quick rat
tie of the gravel as it fell upon the coffin The
sung Croft's anthem, 81 heard voice from
Heaven saying unto me, write, From hepcefortI
blessed the dead which die in the Lord even s,
saith the Spirit, for they rest from their abors
At the termination OF all was sung HandePs magni
hcent hymn, ellis body is buried in peace but hi
name liveth evermore," and this concluded th,
ceremony. All who had been assisting at the fu
neral then quilted the grave, and returned to tn
western entrance, the ''Dead March in Saul' beipl
played as the mourners slowly retired Those VIII
had been present, but not taking part in the cere
mony, were then allowed to pass the barricade ant
inspect the grave. As in most of our old cathe
drals, there are no vaults beneath Westminste
Abbey, so that the grave is dug down at once inf,
the yravel beneath the stones
The grave of Macaulay seemed about ten fee
deep, and almost as broad as it is long so much 81
that the coffin appeared to rest in a deep souar
chamber of gravel. AT one side, on the left, wa
what seemed to be part of the side of anothe
coffin, which, if it was coffin at all, must hav
been that which contains the remains of no less
genius than Sheridan. In the uncertain light. how
ever, which penetrated to the bottom of Macaulay'
last resting gplace, it hard to Judge distinctly
In few minutes after the ceremony was over
most OF those who had assisted in it had ouittet
the Abbey. Shortly after, preparations were mad
for filling in the grave and replacing the pavemen
OF Poets corner as it were before it was disurbe
to make room for its latest tenant In few day
more the slabs which mark the resting-pace Q
other great men will be replaced; the monument @
Addison restored and leave perhaps only the fresh
lygilt letters to show where lies the great histo
rian-the last but not the least of those who slum
Der IN Poets corner, "whose bodies are buried i
peace, but whose names live for evermore."