The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-13
TEEHYsOH,s FUNERAL.
Great Number OF NobIemen Assembled 10
Pay Their Last Tribute.

DOou dIlcr 0dluBnt people DeSdh W
gather around the door of the north nave,
10 which admission WAS TO be free for
the public. and four hours before the
time for opening the door the neighbor-
hood of this entrance was thronged. 1t
was noticeable that all were dressed IN
black and many in deep mourning.
Meanwhile holders OF Iickets of invita-
ton were arriving and being ushered
into the broad sanctuary opening into
the Abbey, and long before the ceremony
began the historic edifice was crowded.
The assemblage in the Abbey was
distinguished one. The Premier of
sented by Hon. Arthur Lyttleton; the
Prince of Wales by General Probyn, of
his household; the Duke of Edinburgh
by his private secretary, Hon. William
James Colville; the Duke of York, heir
presumptive. by Sir Francis Winton;
and the British Government by Hon. II.
II. Asquith, the Home Secretary. Walter
Besant and many other prominent men
OF letters We're present.
The scene was most impressive At
noon the sun burst out in full splendOr
from the haze which had hitherto par
italy Obscured its rays aud the interior
of the abbey was gloriously illumined.
A moment later Sir Henry Ponsonby.
the Queens private secretary, entered
st. Faiths chapel, and on behalf of Her
Majesty placed a beautiful wreath upon
the coffin. Sir Henry then proceeded to
the Dean of Westminster's STALL where
sat the representative of the Queen;
The ArchbshOps of Canterbury and
York occupied sub-deans' stalls.
NOT ROOM ENOUGH FOR FLORAL Tributes.
So many wreaths and other floral trib-
utes had been sent to the Abbey that it
NxFaS trpn IN fnQm
with the coffin. At 1870 o'clock stir
around the door of st. Faiths chapel
attracted the attention of the waiting
audience in the Abbey, and all eyes
were directed to the spot. First ap-
peared the officiating clergy, then the
coffin which bore only the wreaths con
tributed by the Queen and members of
the family. The pail was an ordinary
union jack 1t was borne on the right
hand by Lord Salisbury, the late Pre-
mer; Earl Shelborne, Lord Roseberry,
Minister of Foreign Affairs; Lord kel-
vim, Web Lecky, the historian, and
Henry Montagu Butler, ID. d., master
of Trinity College, Cambridge. and on
the left by the Duke of Argyll, Earl
Dufferin, Mr. Henry White, secretary
of the American Legation; Sir James
Paget, Benjamin Jewett, master OF BAL
liol College, Oxford, and James Anthony
FrOude, the historian.
Immediately behind the coffin walked
the poets son, Hallam Tennyson, with
his wife and children, and some intimate
friends of the family.
The procession passed through the
clOisters and the nave to the altar, where
the coffin was placed upon the trestles,
and the religious ceremony was conuuc-
ted the Archbishop of Canterbury Of
ficiating. assisted by the Dean and can
ons. Among the many Americans pre-
sent during the services were: EdWin
H. Terrell, American Minister to BEL
gium; Samuel X. Thayer, American Min
ister to the Netherlands ex-senator
George f. Edmunds, of Vermont; Major
Post, of the American Legation; Senator
George +. Hoar. Of Massachusetts,; DIR.
Neyin. lately resident In Rome; Andrew
Carnegie, Joseph Choate. Representing
Harvard College, Mr.. Emerson. OF Bos-
ton. a nephew of the late Ralph Waldo
Emerson, and Mrs. White, wife. OF the
secretary of the American Legation.
THE BURIAL SERVICE.
As the body was carried into the Ab-
hey the music by Croft and Purcell was
sung in the professional parts of the
burial service. AS the procession paused,
and the bearers placed the coffin, the
choir beneath the lantern Chanted the
psalm beginning. Lord thou hast been
our dwelling place in all generations.
As the words. ''ln the evening 1t IS
cut down and withered. came from their
lips the stiffness of the Abbey was broken
by low sobs from the family OF the dead
poet The lesson was followed by the
singing of Crossing the Bar and an
other anthem with the words of an Mn-
published poem from Tennyson. The
last anthem sung was 'Silent Voices,
written. but not published by Tennyson,
and set To music by his wife. 1t is as
follows:
When the dumb hour clothed in black,
Brings the dreams about my bed,
Call me not so often back
Silent voices Of the dead.
Toward the lowland ways behind me,
And the sunlight that Is gone;
Call me farther. silent voices,
Forward to the starry track,
Glimmcrlng up the heights beyond me-
on, and always on.
At the grave Dean Bradley said the
PRAYER the collect and the benedicuOn
and the great crowd dispersed as the
notes of the dead march from Saul
sounded through the ABBEY. There was
no procession from the Abbey at the
close of the service.
ALL CLASSES oRIEvED.
Westminster Abbey has hardly seen
a funeral so representative as the one to-
day of the grief of all classes OF the
civilized world. Music, art, literature
labor, and craftsmanship were repre-
sented by their great men,, Hehry
Irving. with his best-known colleagues;
John Burns, with the Socialists ana
labor agitatOrs. Cabinet ministers ana
ex-Cabnet ministers, royal acadeiul-
clans. the poets of whom the dead poet
was the chief, and men from Engiaha
greatest mercantile houses were crowded
together. elbow to elbow. The fowers
came from persons of all classes III
Great Britain. on the continent and IN
the United States. The Queens last
tribute was three wreaths, one bearing
the words: "A man of sincere regards.
From Victoria, II. j.
The Princess Beatrice sent wreath oi
lilies and roses. and the Prince anu
Princess of Wales sent wreaths OF lllles
and immirtcllcs Princes and prlncesses
of other nations sent wreaths when ne
on the tomb with the flowers from au-
mirers in the United States and societies.
Of Germany. Italy and France. froui
Mantua came n wreath OF bay leaves
picked at Virgil's tomb and bearing tne
words: Prom admirers at Mantua.
This wreath, with the wreath from me
Tenyson family, were left on The coinn
and were placed in the poets tomb.
Westminster Abbey was found 10 te
quite inadequate to hold the thousands
who gathered To show their love and re-
spect for the poet and his work. hun
dreds gathered mt the doors, listened 10
the music and did not leave until the
last word of the service had been said
Mrs, Harrison's Condition.