The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-06-17
Fanerat of the late Captain Hopa.

The funeral of the late Captain Hope of IS.
Champion took place Yesterday afternoon. The
funeral procession formed at the Queens Hospital
shortly before ) o'clock, in the following order -
The Royal Hawaiian Guards.
The Royal Hawaiian Band.
Escort Of 80 sailors and no~n-cOmmissioned officers,
under the command of Lieutenant Kirby.
The coffin, carried upon a gun carriage, and drawn
by sailors, under command of Gunner Dave,
and accompanied by the pail bearers.
Major Wodehouse, British Commissioner.
Officers of the ship.
Party of Marines as mourners.
Party of sailors as mOurners.
Officers Of the ship,
Hon. A. S. Cleghorn and Governor Dominis.
Other mouTners on foot.
Carriages (43 in number) containing members Of
the Legislature and the general public.
The pail bearers were Lieutenants Warrender
and Rowlatt, Sub-Lieutenant lizard, Chief Engi-
neer Macaulay, Acknowledgements Stephens. and
the captains boats crew, viz, Phillips (coxswain),
Sarachaga, Therele, Hobbs, Andrews, and Bard
well.
At the grave, which is on the upper side of the
Nuuanu Valley Cemetery, the funeral cOrtege was
awaited bv the officiating clergy. the Rev. 7. Black
burn. b. A, Rev. Alex. Macintosh and Rev. W. J.
Wilbey, Chaplain of the ship, and by a large
number Of ladies and gentlemen, anxious to pay
a last tribute Of respect to one who, though so
lately become known to them, they had learned to
esteem so highly. Amongst these were Her Majesty
the Queen Dowager Emma, Her Royal Highness
the Princess Llleike, Their Excellencies His
Maiesty's Ministers Hons. w. NJ. Gibson, S. Il. Ka-
al. John E. Bush and Edward Preston; Mrs. J.
HAY WodehOuse, and almost all the ladies who so
lately enjoyed the unaffected hospitality Of Capt.
Hope on board his ship, and among whom there
was scarcely a dry eve during the reading Of the
affecting service which the Church Of England has
appointed for these solemn occasions.
On the coffin Law the deceased officers hat and
sword and innumerable wreaths and crosses of
flowers. When the flag that covered 1T had been
removed the flowers were returned to their place
on the coffin and the latter was enclosed in a shell
before being lowered TO its resting place. Whilst
these arrangements were being completed the band
PLAYED a solemn requiem. The burial service was
read by the three clergymen in turns, the Rev. Mr..
Wilbev taking the concluding portion. After its
close the escort fired three vo!loye in tie air and
the large assemblage slowly dispersed, the military
and the sailors and marines marching back to
town in company
QUEEN kAPIoLANI sent q Cross Of Myrtle and
White Rosebuds and another Of HeIiotrope (which
in the language of flowers means - hope -. and
a wreath of jessamine and roses to be laid Oh
the coffin of the late Captain Hope. Her Majesty
also called at the Queens Hospital on Tuesday
morning, accompanied by Mrs. Beckley as Lady in
Waiting, To see the body of the deceased gentlemen.
Photographs of the floral tributes have been taken,
and her Majesty proposes to send them to Hon,
Mrs. Hope. the mother Of the unfortunate Captain,
as mementoes If the regard in which he was held
in Honolulu,
H.R.H. PRINCESS LIKELIKE and Hon. Mr.. Cleg-
horn called at the Queens Hospital at $50 am. on
Tuesday to view the remains of their departed
friend the late Captain Hope. A cross of white
roses and stephanotis, a pyramid of fine varities Of
white flowers. and a bouquet Of the same, were
sent by II Ri. 10 be laid on the coffin when 1t
was consigned to the tomb. Her Royal Highness,
the Heiress Apparent, also sent some beautiful
floral tributes of regard.