The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-05-01
LIVINGSTONES FUNERAL.
The Remains Of the Explorer Laid ID
Westminster Abbey.
The Procession in the Streets and
Reception at the Church.
Pallbearers, Chief Mourners and Weep
ing Personal Friends.
LONDON, April Is, ls7l.

LONDON April los lb5As
This morning, Saturday, the mortal remains on
the great traveller and missionary In the cause Oh
humanity, David Livingstone, were removed rom
the house OF the Geographical Society, In ssville'
row. where they have lain since their arrival In.
London, and were deposited in Westminster Alb
hey among the ashes OF the departed great. The
funeral cortege was timed to start ct quarter
past twelve, and. passing down Waterloo place
about that hour, found o small fringe OF crowd
lining the street, while the statue OF Charles
the First at Charing Cross was beset with
intending onlookers. Trafalgar square, being a.
little out OF the route was empty and there were,
fortunately no London gamns astride the Landseer
lions, which wretched animals have already BEEN
seriously indented by hobnaied boots. few
police sunnced to keep order, and though most OF
the shops were half closed, there was no oficial
recognition the ceremony-no military, no nags
half mast nigh on the various government Ofdces-
nothing to lead q stranger to imagine that any
public duties were being discharged.
THE PROCESSION
consisted Of the hearse and twelve mourning
coaches the private carriages OF the Queen, the
Prince Of Wales. the German Ambassador Baroness.
Burdett C0utts, Lady Franklin and others.
SCENE IN THE ABBEY.
It did not reach the Abbey until past one,
O'Clock, and long before that time all availablet
space in the neighborhood OF the grave was occu-l
pied and there were even persons In the clere
story and LADIES on the top OF the screen. TIE
space around the grave which Is in the centre Of
the west part or the nave, was covered with black
cloth.
THE GRAVE IN THE SUNSHINE.
The grave itself is very shallow, the soil being So
sandy that 1t ia unsafe to dig deep in It, and, a. it
was, the sides had to be shored up to prevent them
from slipping In. In Its immediate vicinity are the
last resting places Of Teford and Stephenson, the
engineers. The buats Of Outram, the great Indlani
soldier and Of General Wade, who commanded in
Scotland in George the Thirds time, ana Of whom
the distich was written
II you'd these roads before they were made
You'd have learned to be grateful General Wsde
look down upon 1t. noticed, too, that during the
performance OF the service ray Of sunlight, parti.
colored In its passage through the magni1cens
stained glass window erected to the memory Of
Brunei, the engineer OF the Thames Tunnel and
the Saltash viaduct, fell upon the CONN.
THE PROCESSION IN THE CHURCH.
Five minutes past one and Dean Stanley, In his
full robes, with purple cap on his head, and tho
red ribbon OF the Order OF the Bath, OF which he ID
chaplain, round his neck, is standing at the door
Of the west nave, attended by the sub-dean and
canons waiting for the body. Now we see the
procession slowly fling through the coisters
First came the silver mace bearers, then the
choristers, then
Q new one, Of brightly polished OAK in which the
metal shells have been enclosed. On the brass
plate Is the inscription,
DAVID LIVINGSTONE,
! Born at Blantyre, Lanarkshtre, Scotland, s
10th March, 1873.
Died at Muilala Central Africa,
9Th May, 1871