New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-10-12
BORNE TO THE ABBEY.
TENNYsoN'S BODY LAID T., I. FAITHS
CHAPEL.
IN AN ORDINARY VAN IT Is CARRIED THROUGH
LONDON STREETS WHILE CROWDS LOOK


LONDON STREETS. WHILE CROWDS LOOK
REvEgEyrLY oS-THE FUNERAL TO-DAY.
London. oct II When hvinc Lord 1cnnyson
often EXPRESSED his aversion for hearscs' an" 10
dsv which his body removed from hdworm
Difference was PAID to what were known 10 nave
leen his feelings in regard 10 them "neh ''e
time arrived 70 transfer the body. the comm was
carried from the house by cid servants an"
placed in a small cart waiting 70 receive l'.
The relatives then loryacd in PROCESSION DeIhho
the cart and started for haslemere Station lher
Journey was slow one, and the whole distance
wss made on foot by the mourners No'lihR
moro suple and unostentatious could nave pceu
conceived As the cortcae moved along the men
who were met with removed their mats ana ,''e
woman bowed their heads until the ulo"Ini"i
procession ha' passed.
Lady Tennvson ard other members OF Loro
Tcnnvson's family accompanied the body. Hallem
Tennyson returned to Haslcmere after seeing 'he
coffin safely placed in the railway car
Owing 70 the ignorance of the public AS TO the
,;ne At which the train hearing the poets nooy
,vorld arrive in London, only few persons were
Gathered in tho Waterloo Station when the cars
rolled IN, and thus was avoided the CRUSH which
would undoubtedly have prevailed han me eA"''
hour of arrival been known HE comm was "'
once removed from the car. and without oS''h-
taton of any kind was placed on an or"i,i",'
van. and in this homcly conveyance was P''e'H
horne 10 Westminster Abbey, its hnl rcS""''-
place. .ousod nv .bc van
Sd NOT become aware of the fact that lchhvSoh
bodv was bein, carried to the Abbey untl 'he
.,.osi,r ~ a number of persons aroused by
the van halting en route in order that The mon
1t, bo the
then nuicklv passed that the Laureates body had
arrived The intclIicencc spread rapidly ana IN
O. short time the small group whose attention =
srst attracted had become greatly augmeh'c' "'i'
the crowd cont nued to gain fresh access oe 'i Jus"
ont the remainder of tue journey Inc cr'"
oc,ed in an orderly manner and showed the respect
and love which the public held for the poe' pN
forming a guard of honor and cScorung 'he van
a, respectful distance until the Abbey haI been
reached.
larrc number of persons had gathered about
1hc entrance 10 the Abbey, and II was with UNI
Guilty that the policemen detailed for duty there
succeeded in forming a passage for tho'e s'Iec,c"
10 carry the coffin from the van to II tal'h
Chapel. where the body will remain until the
funeral takes place tomorrow. The people sto3d
in solemn silence While the transfer was hc!A2
made. and nearly every man in the Thong pres
ent reverently uncovered his head as the conn
was borne along There was a great crush if
sdmittance to the Abbey, bat only fe" pflN'-
,onod n.rsous wore permitted TO enter The
crowd remained about the entrance long after tie
body had been deposited in the chapel ana nuch
regret was expressed at the death of the poet
Canon Duckwerth and others of the clergy
attached 10 Westminster Abbey received tho
mourners and gave directions for the arrange
ment Of the coffin. Mis-. llallam Tennyson, VINO
was among the members Of the family VINO &C
eomranied the body from liaslcmere. placed
handsome floral wreath on the coffin when 1t hif
been Deposited in tlc chapel Canon Duckwor'h
then offered a blief player, and the simple ceIe-
piony was ended
When Haslemere Station was reached the comm
was placed in a srecial saloon car that was III
waiting. The mogrncrs then entered, apd IN
a few minutes the train started Tor London
The Official list of the pail-bearers was pun
}shed this morning 1t is headed with the name
of Robert I Lincoln, III, American Minister, win
,he exnlanaiion that Henry White, Secretary Oh
the American Lecat on, will represent nm ne
Iist Includes leeidcs Lord Salisbury the very
Rev Henry Montagu Butler and Slr james
Paget -, ,oiro,,+
: I large number o: wrcaths sent 10y proihihehl
noonle have already arrived and are ; Ill arriving
A. Westminster Abbey They are all place ID
The Jerusalem Chamber. Among them j. an
offering fro n the Tennyson Club ana maehln"ci'
wreath from May Anderson CMrs NaN"rroJ