Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-14
P%ALMERSTONS E
The Hearse and COmn-MOvement of
the COrtege-Seenes in WestminSter
AbbeY-LOrd PaimerstOn's Grave.

The Hearse and COmn-MOvement of
the COrteGe-Seenes in Westminster
AbbeY-LOrd PaimerstOn's Grave.
From the London Times October Is
THE HEARsE COFFIN.
Punctually at u o'clock the hearse
drew up in front of the mansion to re-
ceive its burden. 1t was drawn by six
sdble-tolored and plumed horses, capar-
isoned with black velvet, and each bear
ing on its housings the heraldic emblazon-
ments of the deceased. The somber hues
of the hearse itself were also relieved on
either side with the noble lords coat of
met, and having inscribed Upon it his
~well-known motto, "fteett non frdzgi."
Upon the drivers seat was also displayed
the arms and motto of the Trinity House
-Trinitas IN unitate," and on other parts
of the hearse the crest and cOronet of the
deceased, combined with the heraldic de-
vices appropriate to his various titles and
dignities, were conspicuously repro
duced. The coffin, which was covered
with crimson velvet, decorated with gilt
stars and Il viscOunt's c%orOnet, and which
bore the simple inscription, Henry John
Temple, Viscount PalmerstOn, born Octo-
Der 20, 1884, died October Is, 1865" hav-
ing been duly placed in the hearse, the
latter slowly emerged from the court
yard into Piccadilly to take up its position
in the procession. The mourning coaches,
seven of which were each drawn by four
horses, and six by two horses, next in turn
received their occupants, the members Of
the family entering first, and being sue
ceeded by his royal highness the Com
mander-in-Chief, the Archbishop of Cam
terbury, and the cabinet ministers, all of
whom now wore broad black silk scarfs
and hatbands. Then came the private
carriage of the deceased, drawn by two
horses, and driven by a coachman, who
was there to take a long farewell of his IL
lustrious master, A long train of other
carriages followed. The procession was
then formed in the prearranged order out
side the gateways. Headed by the various
corporate bodies, by the Romsey volun-
teers, abort sixty strong, and the London
Irish, mastering another two hundred
men, the solemn train, which comprised
over one hundred carriages, and extended
along a line stretching full half a mile to-
ward Hyde Park, began to move.
THE FUNERAL PROCESSION.
As the procession moved slowly a long
the nave the choir sang the opening sem
fences of the burial-service. Il am the
Resurrection and the Life" al know
that my Redeemer Liveth,n to DIR. Crofts
music. As they reached the choir the
mOurners took their seats in the stalls
which had been marked out for them, and
the coffin, covered with a richly emilia
zoned pail, was deposited ON t~restles at
the foot of the altar steps. The pail
bearers aloned remained round it while
the Nineteenth Psalm was chanted to
Purcelrs music; and as they stood there,
a central group, on which every eve was
fixed, it was impossible not to speculate on
the thoughts which must be filling their
minds as they discharged this last duty to
one who, to most of them, had been for
so many years a loyal colleague, a genial
friend and companion and a sagacious
leader, with whom they had shared so
many weighty responsibilities, and whose
name had been to them all a tower of
strength. Earl Russell stood in his char
acteristic attitude, with crossed arms and
bent head, which he never raised Mr..
GladstOne's face was paler and more mon
umental than usual-the Lord Chancellor
was evidently deeply touched. AT the
conclusion of the chant, the sub-dean,
Lord j. Thyme, read the sublime lesson
from the 18th of the LIST Corinthians, and
as the body was borne to the edge of the
grave Mr.. Turtle played with wonderful
effect the Funeral March of Beethoven.
THE SEEM BY THE GRAVE,
where the estofthe service was performed,
was the most imposing part of the days
solemnity. Asthe body left the choir, the
procession was reformed, the dean and cler-
gy leading, and the whole body of mourn
ers following into the transept. The
Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cam
bridge walked on each side of the dean,
and took their places on a dais which had
been erected for them by the side of the
deans writing desk. On the eastern side
of the transept a platform, draped in black
cloth, was erected, on which was ranged
the choir, strengthened for the occasion by
picked voices from st. Paul's, the Chapel
Royal and the Temple choir. At the foot
o. the grave stood the chief mourner, the
Rev. Mr.. Sullivan, and by his side Lord
SALISBURY, Lord COwper, Mr.. w. Cowper, !
the youthful Lord Jocelyn, and other con-
nections of Lord Palmerston. The cabi-
net ministers were ranged on the left, and
on the other side were grouped the rest of
the mOurners in a mass, which though it
numbered over two hundred persons, look
ed at from above, seemed lost in the vast
proportions of the transept. The beauti-
full music in which Purcell and Croft
clothed the very solemn SEN
tences,-"Man that is born of woman"
"In the midst of life, and Thou know
est, Lord" was sung by the choir, and as
the last notes were hushed every head was
bent forward to catch a last glimpse of the
coffin as it slowly sank into the vault be-
meath. Then Dean Stanley read in tones
so clear and distinct, and so exquisitely
modulated, as to be audible in the further
est r~ecesses, the valcdictory prayer, "For-
as it has pleased Almighty God"
and as the words, dust to dust, ashes to
were pronounced, the chief mourn
as a last precious offering to the dead,
threw into the grave several diamond and
gold rings. ~ heard n voice from heav-
was sung, and the Dean read the Col
and the Lords Prayer. As he ended
A YIOLENT STORM
broke over the Abbey, enveloping the
grave and the group around it in a dense
cloud, which almost hid them from sight.
From out of this thick darkness the strains
If Handers anthem, His body is buried
n peace" now sinking into low, soft
n~ournfulness, now rising into iubilant ex-
floated through the lofty aisles,
md when they died away the service con-
,luded with the blessing. The Prince of
Wales and the Duke of Cambridge lin
,ered some moments by the side of the
and after they left, as the dead
in Saul pealed out, the rest of the
nourners pressed round to gaze on the :
harrow bed in which lies all that is mortal :
# the great minister. After the depar- !
ure of the principal personages, all the 7
pectators in the abbey were admitted to
he choir to see the grave, and some hours
before the crowd cleared away,
nd the abbey was left to its usual solitude
nd solemnity.
Monument to enera KentOn. :
columbus Nov. s. Cor. Gin. Gazette.l 4
In May, 1864, the Legislature of Ohio '
assed an act entitled, an act to provide
Or the erection of a monument to the
memory of Gen. Simon Kenton, and APP
rcpriated the sum of one thousand dol
lrs for tho said purpora r IT Cbaot-