New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-24
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tinction of those who were then present and thoss
! who did homage to the remains OF George Peabody.
DO the great Middle and Upper Glasses Of England
really in their hearts honor such immense and
wholesale giving as Mr. Peabody's. and believe tho
standard he has set up for the almost fabulous
wealth Of this kingdom good onef q ~
Old things die hard in England, yet they die The
other day, when the Queen entered London TO open
the viaduct the crowd so chafed the liyered foot
men that the latter presently gave signs that under
their plush and powder they actually had some OF
the sensibilities of men. On Lord Mayors day the
most antique features of the show all left out
But here at Mfr Peabodys funeral-though it was by
far the simplest ever saw in the Abbey-there was
preserved the mutes, and the wretched indiyidnat
who is employed by the undertaken to bear on his
head the black board with huge black pumes, ex-
acty as Italian sellers of plaster casts convey their
goods. When this person came with his load OF
funeral feathers nearly everybody smiled some Of
the young were even surprised into laugh and
when the insignia of magnificent mourning ercite
the risibles would say 1t is about time for them
to disappear. p, q, n, s.-sl.a .-.f. ..t.. r.
The morning, as have said had been gray and
gloomy, but shortly before the choristers entered,
and as they moved up the nave chanting, the sun
shone out and its light being broken up by the lit
tie, square window-panes, threw great mass Of
beams across the grave. Through the grand old
building the light STOLE caught from window t0
window, projecting their stained hues on the sombef
pillars and walls lighting up the arm Of saint here
the sword Of warrior there, revealing all along the
sides of the and the poets corner the trumps or
fame and the wings OF angels And with these tints
and transformations of the sunshine the sweet notes
of the boy -choristers, of which there were twenty
1.-THE choir in all having forty voces), blended, and
seemed to translate for the ear the harmonies and
hues of the light. r r .-.f
The center of the nave was covered with black
CLOTH as was the whole area of the western end
where the body was deposited the grave itself hsy-
ing around it a square line of white When the body
was descending there was something impressive In
the and its surroundings. Conspicuous beyond
and above it was the figure Of William Pitt, with
lifted arm, as if his very. statue were reminding his
country of how his voice had defended in its strugg
ing infancy the colony which had produced this
benefactor of England. Immediately opposite the
new grave was the memorial tablet inscribed
as raised by citizens of Massachusetts, to Sir Will
liam Howe who led in the siege of Boston, and
offered to the colonies that amnesty on condition OK
LAYING down their arms. which not all the darkness
of their prospects at the time could induce them to
accept And yet little further on was the tomb OF
the poor Young Major Andre, whom Washington ex-
ecuted, even while he ptied him, because the night
of America to be called nation was involved. oh
this tomb is carved representation OF the capture
of Andre. while one of WashiDgton's staff, sitting
behind him. holds his handkerchief to his eyes All
these men were the witnesses which stood around
silently calling up the events which, after less than
century were followed by the burain the most conse
Grated spot in Great Britain of one who had begun
life as n barefoot boy. and had lived TO put the
Queen and her subjects in his debt And above
them all arose the windows, with their TRANSPORTED
santsl apostles, and knights, who shed down thelr
richest hues upon the grave of the American as say
ing "He is one of rs he Is the knight VINO en-
conntered the dragon of pauperism the prince who
ruled from the heart of the people, the saint who
gave men bread, the apostle who brought glad
tidings to the poor he is our brother"
But while the had thus some traits OF histor-
ieal impressiveness about it, IL impossible to d.
vest il of certain coldness. Perhaps II IS impos
sibIe TO have forms of this kind simple without
being bold. One Ionged that there should have. at
least been around the coffin some tender hands 10
cast on il some less ordered flowers than white ca
melias carefully arranged INTO Sr's and the
ladies who followed 1.-THE families OF Messrs. Mot
ley, Morgan, Sturgis: and one or two otherslwere,
more Mr. Gladstone Arthur Phelps, Miss Contts.
almost the only people of note present. seemed I'M
pressed by the occasion but we all saa
aone-the one touch of personal feeling manifested.
Nor was the music altogether rendered with such
fIlll taste anu feeillg rs ~ nafo
had Dean Stanley who had telegraphed from Italy
his desire that Mr.. Peabody should DO
buried in the Abbey been in England The
chant 10 which the procession had moved toward
the choir had been impressive and paintlve put the
subsequent pieces were more intricate thaD SWEEP,
and when the chOriSters we're singing around the
grave a hundred yards distant from the organ,
there were some faults of harmony between the two
To all this however the last piece sung was nota-
BILE execution. Itwas beautiful in itself end was
sung with true feeling 1t was tho music OF Han
del aud the singers seemed TO feel, aud so made the
people feel the soft aud pathetic eheeriuiness az tho
= - :. His body IL buried In peace yrf. u..
rrit.I But his name liveth eyennore.' .I .Ifr.I
The other pieces consisted of two by Or. Croft,
"'ThOn knowest Lord" and u heard voice from
Heaven and one by Purcell, In tbs must Of me-,
These as have intimated. were tar FROM Well sung.
and the effect of the last was not heightened by the
place occupied by the choristers near the grave.
which gave rise to some strange ana wefrd echoes
When ali was over, the organist gave grand rem
dering of the Dead March in SanI.D and the crowd
crept slowly past the grave whose dust marked tho
end of the wealthiest private man OF this age. os
the plain coffin with its cross of white flowers, WA
GEORGE PEABODY ESQ,
Born 10 February, l7sa.
At Danyere, Massachusetts,. .... d
t.-.rt Died In London, "a A. a..
November 1862. 80 80,
Z One other comment suggests ITSELF The most
enthusiastic admirers of the Book OF Common Prayer
present must think have felt that there arc times
and cases wherein the rigid formula might ne re-
laxed and some spontaneous utterance allowed Inc
Rev. Lord John Thyme tSnb- Dean Of Westminster,
read the burial service clearly and solemnly, but
- -, LA ~ ba 20 thrilled the audience had he left