The Portland daily press., 1892-01-21
In ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL.
Funeral Services Of the Duke Of
Clarence and AVOndale.
ROYAL RELATIVES AND BROTHER
OFFICERS In ATTENDANCE.


The Gun Carriage and Saddled Charger
Signify the Dead's Military Rank
Impressive Scene i'm the Chapel-The
Princess of Wales, Her Daughters and
Princess May Among the Few Women
Present-The Queens Tribute.
LONDON, January 90 After simple
services in the parish church atSandring-
ham this forenoon, the body of the Duke
of Clarence was conveyed to Windsor.
In accordance with his wish that no pub
lie or military procession be held in Lon
don, the railroad officials made arrange
ments to convey the body of the Duke to
Windsor without transhipping it at Lon
don. The Duke of Edinburgh, the Duke
of Connaught, Prince Christian, the
Duke of Teck, with his two sons, and
many foreign representatives, assembled
at Windsor station, and were in waiting
when at $50 the train bearing the re-
mains came into the station. On it were
the Prince and Princess of Wales, while
the train which followed the funeral
train conveyed the members of the Prince
of Wales's household at Sandringharn
The Lord Chamberlain received the
members of the royal family as they
alighted from the caFrige. The coffin
was taken on the shoulders of men ffom
the 10th Hussars. 1t was enwrapped in
q silken union jack, and on it was sin
gle wreath sent by the Queen. On a
the words: "a mark of the tenderest
affection and love from
Devoted, Loving and Sorrowing Grand
AS the soldiers bearing the coffin walked
slowly along the platform, the signal was
given to party of Life Guards ON the
round tower of the castle, and immedi-
ately the boom of minute guns was
heard. At the same time the procession
began to move: The Life Guards had
the right of the line, followed by the
bands, which played Chopin's and Beet
hoven's funeral marches alternately. A
detachment of the Tenth Hussars and of
the Horse Artillery preceded the gun
carriage upon which the remains were
placed. On either side of the gun carri-
age walked guards of officers Of the
Tenth Hussars. The charger ridden by
the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, sad
died and hridled, with the boots of his
owner reversed in the stirrups, was
Led After the Gun Carriage.
The mourners came next. The Prince
of Wales, Prince George of Wales and
the Duke of Fife led the mourners. Next
came the Duke of Cannaught, the Duke
of Edinburg, Prince Christian, Prince
Henry of Battenberg and the Marquis of
Lorne Then followed the Grand Duke
Alexais, representing the Czar of Russia,
Prince Albert Schleswig-Holstein, the
Crown Prince of Denmark, the Duke of
Oporto, brother of the King of Portugal,
and others. The procession moved
slowly, amid the absolute silence of the
spectators, many of whom shed tears as
the procession passed.
1t was nearly o'clock
When the Cortege Reached the Chapel.
The clergy and choir ranged themselves
Ou ClUllSI SltlC VI SiOOl ICoNy W IL
cefve the body. AS the draped gun car
riage arrived opposite the door the music
ceased and perfect silence reigned. The
coffin bearers from the Hussars lifted
their burden and with barred and bowed
heads passed into the chapel. The cler-
gymen, headed by the Very Rev. Philip
Frank Eliot, D. D., domestic chaplain to
the Queen, dean of Windsor and regis
trar of the Order of the Garter, and Rt
Rev. Randall Thomas Davidson, d. D.,
Bishop of Rochester, and the choristers,
went down the main aisle singing II am
the resurrection and the life'' They
were followed by the equerries in their
scarlet uniform bearing on cushions the
coronet of the Duke and the other ipsig-
MIA of his rank. Then came small de-
tachment from the Hussars. Behind
them was
The Coffin, Flanhed by Ten Officers
of the Dukes regiment, the Tenth Hus-
sars, and then came the Prince of Wales,
Prince George of Wales and the Duke of
Fife, who were followed by the Royal
personages who had walked behind the
coffin from the station The coffin was
placed upon the bier before the altar, and
the coronet and other insignia placed
upon it,
At the same moment, the window in
the Queens gallery above the altar on
the right opened, and the Princess of
Wales and her daughters, the Princess
Louise, Dutchess of Fife, Princess Vic
toria and Princess Maud, and Princess
Victoria Mary of Teck, took seats in the
gallery. As the body was placed on the
\ bier, the Prince of Wales, as chief
mourner, stood at the head of the coffin.
Prince George of Wales, stood at one
side of it, and the Duke of Fife ON the
other. Standing in group
Near Them Were the Royal Personages.
The services were conducted by the
Dean of Windsor, assisted by the Bishop
of Rochester. A psalm was chanted by
the choir, the dean then read the lesson,
and the choir sang the hymns selected
by the Queen. After the reading of the
lesson the Bishop of Rochester read the
sentence beginning ''For as much as it
hath pleased" and the Dukes tutor,
Canon Dalton, stepped forward and cast