The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

tween the stones. The case which va
engraved with the arms and name ot
Lord Edward Bruce, lad hinges and
clasps. and On being opened. was fsuau
| TO contain a heart carefully embalnaj
brownish- liquid. After draw
| inSs OF it were taken, 1t was carecu l.
| replaced in its former situation. In M
| other cavity III the stOnsS was found a
small leaden box. which had PROBABLY
| contained The bowels. put if s., they hal
| become dust.
One of the most elaborate ceremonies. III
| connection With heart burial. OF which We
! have any record, occurred in England on
| the 18th Of August, i775. This was the in
! terment. as it was called. OF Whitehead s
heart. Paul Whitehead was the son of q
London tiadesmen. and was himself appren-
| ticsd to woolen draper, but having receiy-
ed a superior education. and inbibed lit
| erary bias. he relinquished business as soon
as the terms OF his apprenticeship were
completed. He entered into various literary
| projects and published several articles.
both il prose and verse. chiefly of satiri-
cal character. In his poetical satires he
| adopted Pope as his model. but. to use his
own expression. he found that their pow
ers were differently appreciated" His
illusions, however. were not unsuccessful.
especially those of a political character.
which he supported by the active part he
| took personally in certain parliamentary
elections. His talent and services were
so far appreciated by Lis party. that Sir
Francis Eastwood. afterward Lord lie Des-
percer, procured for him an appointment
worth about $4,000 per annum. He died
on the seth of December. IVA. aged sixty
four and. among many other Iegacies. he
bequeath ed his heart TO his noble friend
and patron. Lord lie Despencer," to be de-
posted in his mausoleum at West Wy
conbe, village two miles from the town
of High Wycombe and adjoining Wycombe
Park, his lordship's place of residence. This
mausoleum which was built with funds be-
queathed by George Bubb Doddington, Lord
Melcombe Regis, is large hexagonal roof
less building. with recssses in the walls
for the reception of~busts, urns, or other
sepulrhral monuments. Whitehead's heart.
by orGer OF Lord lie Despencer. was wrap
ped in lead, and enshrined in marble urn.
which cost $3.50, and on the 18th of August.
1lIo, eight months after Whitehead's death
was conveyed from London to be solemniy
deposited within the mausoleu;n. At II
O'Clock, the precious relic having arrived
within a short distance of Wycombe, was
carried forward, accompanied by the fol-
lowing procession:
A grenadier officer in uniform;
Nine grenadiers. rank and file: two
deep, the odd one last:
Two German-f1ute players;
Two choristers in SUPPLIES, with notes
pinned to their backs;
Two German-fiute players:
Eleven singing-men in SUPPLIES, two
and two, the odd one last;
Two French horn players;
Two bassoon players;
Six fifers. two and two:
Four muffled drums, two and two.
The urn containing the heart, resting
on n bier ornamened with black crepe,
and borne by six soldiers with three 9TH
ers on each side to relieve them:
Lord lie Despencer as chief mourner, in
his regimentals as colonel of the Bucks
Militia, with crepe around his arm;
Mayor Skottowe, Captain Lloyd:
Seven other militia officers in uniform;
Two fifers;
Two drummers;
Twenty soldiers, two and two, with fire.
locks reversed.
DR.. Arnold, Mr. Atterbury, and another
walked on the side of this procession with
scrolls Of paper in their hands, beating
time. That most lugubrious of airs, The
Dead March in Saul was sung and play
ed the whole OF the way by the singers
horns. flutes. and bassoons, as well as by
the flies and drums. The church bell con-
tinued toiiing and great guns were dis
charged every three minutes and a half
Upon reaching the mausoleum a whole
hour was consumed by the PROFESSIONS
walking around 1t and performing funeral
airs. The ceremony was concluded by the
soldiers firing three volleys. and then
marching on with the drums and flies
playing merry tune.
1t will be remembered that the heart
of the great Irish patriot, Daniel O'Con-
nell. is buried in Rome his body being
Inferred in his native land.