Evening journal., 1892-01-22
MANNING S LAST CPOwN
London's Populace Cries Out
/. "He Was Good to the Poor"
TIE CARDINAL LAID IN THE TOMB

TIE CARDINAL LAID IN THE TOMB.
Over Hundred Thousand Persons Gath
! erred At the Graveyard The Royal
| House Sent Its Representatives to the
Funeral Services-A Great Procession.
LONDON, Jan. 22.-The funeral Of Cardinal
Manning was held in the Brompton oratory.
Admission was by ticket only, for it would
have been utterly impossible for the struct-
urc to contain a hundredth part Of the vast
crowd who were DESTROYS Of paying a last
token Of respect to the dead prelate. Not
withdrawing the fog the crowd began to
gather in the vicinity Of the oratory at an
early hour s He was good to the poor
people in the crowd were heard to exclaim.
Hundreds Of times was this repeated
through the vast crowd, many Of the mem
bers Of which had personal knowledge of
the kindness Of heart Of the dead cardinal.
which had taken in people Of all religions.
50 dense was the crowd and 50 Chick was
the fog that traffic in the vicinity Of the
ontoIy was brought to standstili. Hun
dreas Of mounted policemen and constables
on foot were present to maintain order, but
they were seldom called upon to do more
than speak gently to the crowd TO have their
orders obeyed
When the solemn mass Of requiem begun
the oratory was filed with notable person
ages, representing tho church, the state and
AL political parties. The queen ana the
Prince and Princess Of Wales were repre.
sented by members Of their households All
the ambassadors and foreign powers were
also present.
An Era Of Catholicism Closed.
The colin reposed in front Of the altar. It
was enyeloped II black pail, ornamented
with gold crosses, crimson cords and fringe
OF bullion. Surmounting the coffin was the
hat Of the cardinal. The altar was draped
with black, the only ornament visible being
& solitary gold cross.
The Right Rev. John Cuthbert Hedley
bishop Of Newport and Menevia, preached
the sermon He opened his remarks with
touching tribute TO the late duke Of Clar.
enoe He said that an era had closed in the
history Of Catholicism in England with the
death OF Cardinal Manning and a new one
mad opened He made special reference TO
the cardinals efforts to secure the Catholic
education OF children, and declared that the
struggle was not yet over He added that
perhaps the hottest and deadliest hour Of
the battle for education, which is raging
throughout the world, would soon be fought
Mr. stanley, the wen known baritone. /
sang Dies lrdea Among those who occu. I
pied the front pews were the Duke of Nor !
folk, the Marquis Of Ripon, the MARQUIS Of
Butte, Lord Howard, Of Glossop; Mr.. Bur. /
dette-Coutts, Mr.. Justin Mccarthy. Mr.
William O'Brien, MFR. John Dillon and Mr.. I
Thomas Sexton. Fifteen prelates attended
the funeral, including the Most Rev. Will
ham J. Walsh, archbishop of Dublin, and
the Most Rev. Thomas W. CrolSe archbishop
Of Cashel and the diocese OF Emily.
The whole scene was altogether a most
striking and impressive one, and this was
especially the case when 800 priests, march.
ing tive by two entered the oratory from
behind the tunereal hangings under the
dome There were present, also, represen-
tatNes Of the Benedictines, Franciscans,
Calmelites, Dominicans and other religious
orders attired in their different garbs. each
carrying an unlighted taper. y
A Hundred Thousand Persons Present.
At the conclusion Of the service the clergy
preceded the hearse, and following came
carriages with the relatives OF the cardinal,
the members Of his household, diplomats,
members Of the nobility, knights Of Malta,
a deputation Of members Of the house 81
commons and deputation from the Irish
parliamentary party.
Following these came three hundred chr.
riages containing private citizens, and after
them marched a large number OF working
mems societies. The dock laborers and
stevedores were represented by large dele
cations Of the men employed in those occu-
pations. Enormous crowds followed the
cortege from the oratory to the cemetery
special stands had been erected at intervals
along the route and these were filed with
spectators
AS the procession entered the cemetery
the coffin was borne stright 70 the grave.
which was an ordinary brick lined one. sit
nated near the grave Of Prince Louis I.ucien
Bonaparte. Herr there was a brief care
mony- The priests chanted the ''Benedic-
tus prayer was said for the repose Of the
cardinals soul, the coffin was sprinkled with
holy water and then lowered into its final
resting place. Then the vast crowd slowly
departed, as the darkness Of night was clos
ing ia
Temperance societies jim fun regalia form
ed a guard around the Enclosure and canopy
at the grave and lined the avenues OF tie z
cemetery A crowd waited patiedtly for
nye hours, when the tolling Of bells an
nounced the approach Of the cortege.
Il Is estimated that there were fully 100.
o0O persons in and around the cemetery. At
the conclusion Of the services at the grave
al the tapers and candles carried by the
priests were lighted, presenting a weird
scene The mass Of spectators could Do
only dimly seen in the darkness from the
canopy.
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