Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1900-11-28
Sir ARTHUR SULL|VAN'S
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL.
ALL THE PoMP AND CIRCUMSTANCE
THAT MIGHT ATTEND A
ROYAL BURIAL
SHOWN IN COMPOSERS HONOR
GREAT CROWDS IN THE STREETS
of LONDON AND UNUSUAL RE-
SPECT SHOWN.
LONDON. November 27.-With q

| LONDON, November 27.-With all
the pomp and circumstance which
might have attended the obsequies OF
a member of the royal family, the re-
| mains of Sir Arthur 5. sullivan, who
| died here Thursday last, were inferred
| in ST. Paul's cathedral to-day.
Long before the hour fixed for the
! first portion of the services, in the
| Chapel Royal, immense crowds assem-
| bled in the vicinity OF the late residence
| of the deceased and st. james palace,
i while every point of vantage around ST.
| Pauls was taken up hours prior TO the
arrival OF the cortege. The immense
| crowds lining the route traversed by
the procession testified TO the wide
| spread sympathy of the public, while
| both the Chapel Royal and st. Paufs
| were filed to their capacity with privi-
| legged ticket-holders. The Queen, En-
| peror William Of Germany, the Prince
| of Wales and other royalists were rep
resented, while the musical and dra-
| matte world attended in large numbers.
| The presence of Joseph II. Choate, the
| United States ambassador and other
| diplomats and numerous Americans, in
| Guiding the Countess of Essex and Mrs.
| Ronalds testified to the international
/ position held by the dead composer.
| The coffin was embedded in magnifi-
! cent floral tributes sent from far and
near in such numbers that they filed
| four hearses.
| At the entrance of the chapel in Am
bassadors court, the body was met by
| the pall-bearers, Sir Squire Bancroft,
| the actor-manager; Sir Frederick
Bridge, the organist of Westminster
| Abbey; Sir Alexander Campbell Mac
| kenzie, Principal of the Royal Academy
| of Music; Sir George Henry Lewis, the
wellknown lawyer; Sir John Stainer,
inspector of music to the education de-
partment; Sir Geo. Clement Martin. or
/ ganist of st. PauPs Cathedral: Lieut.
Col. Arthur Collins, gentleman usher
to the Queen, and Francois Cellier, the
| composer E
The clergy and the full choir of the
Chapel Royal were attired in their his
toric robes of scarlet and gold, and
the remains were borne up the aisle of
the effectively -draped chapel behind
the choir, chanting the plaintive. OPEN
| ing verses of the burial service. The
whole service was most impressive,
| and the anthems were especially
/ mournful. The audience displayed
deep emotion as the strains of the
anthem, Yea, Though l Walk" from
Sullivan's Light OF the World" re
sounded through the sacred edifice.
/ The preliminary service ended the
! procession reformed and proceeded
to st. Pauls cathedral, along Pail Mall,
the Thames embankment and Lugate
! Hill. Large crowds gathered and the
men took off their hats as the hearse
passed.
| st. Paups cathedral was crowded,
and during the long wait the band OF
the Scots Guard played Chopin's and
Beethoven's dead marches, while from
the organ pealed Mendelssohn's trl-
/ butte to the dead.
| On the broad steps of the cathedral
the dean and chapter of st. Paul's and
| the white-robed choristers, surrounded
| by thousands of spectators, met the
procession. AS the great doors few
! open, the sunlight streamed in and the
voices of the choir, strong and sweet,
| broke the solemn silence which had
prevailed up to that time throughout
the cathedral. In a coffin, almost hid
| den beneath wreaths of flowers. the
remains were borne up the aisle until
| they reached the chancel steps di-
rectly beneath the dome. There a ca
| tafalque had been erected on the edge
of narrow opening which led to the
crypt.
/ Around the opening this inscription
was worked in flowers: His sun Has
Gone Down While II Was Yet Day"
After the mourners. who had come
! from the Chapel Royal, were seated,
| the Dean commenced the service. Sir
| John Stainer led the choir in singing
another selection from The Light of
| the World"
The benediction was given by the
| Dean and then.there occurred what has
| never before been heard in ST. PauIs
I Fifty women, all dressed in the deepest
| black, and the same number Of men,
I gathered near the coffin, arose from
their knees. They were the chorus OF
/ the Savoy Theatre. In quavering,
| trembling tones, they commenced to
sing Sullivan's Brother, Thou art Gone
/ Before U.s."
| A great hush fell on the crowds that
/ had started to leave the building Gath
| ering courage the women's voices swell
/ ed out until every corner OF the vast
| Cathedral re-echoed this sad requiem
! from those who had so often sung the
lighter lyrics OF the composer they then
! mourned. AS this died away the organ
took up the majestic strains OF the dead
march from Saul. the choir. clergy
and mourners filed out and one OF the
most impressive national funerals held
| in England came to an end.
The vault containing the remains OF
Sir Arthur Sullivan is situated in the
extreme eastern corner OF the crypt,
close to the tomb Of DR.. Boyce. the
famous writer Of church music Of the
last century. Near by lie the remains
Of Sir John Millais, the president OF the
Royal Academy, who died in 1896.