The Sun. — 1865-08-25 (London, England)

REMOVAL OF THE BODY OF MAJOR DE VERE. At a quarter past 12 o'clock yesterday the mortal remains of Major Francis Horatio Do Vera were removed from Brompton Barracks to London, en route for Ireland, where tho body will be buried.  It is, happily, but seldom that the last sad rites are paid to an officer of high rank under such awful circumstances, and the pomp and solemnity of a military funeral, such as took place yesterday, made a deep impression on the immense concourse of spectators who thronged the streets through which the mournful procession passed. Shortly before 12 o'clock the bugle sounded for the men to muster who had been selected to take part in the procession, and they were on parade as the clock struck the hour of noon. The firing party of Sappers and Miners, 200 in number, were drawn up opposite the side of the square facing the house where the corpse lay. The splendid baud of the Engineers was on the left-hand side, and beyond them a large body of artillery and other soldiers. At least 150 officers were present from Chatham, Canterbury, Dover, &c., and the picturesqueness of the scene received a gratifying addition when 120 blue jackets from the Wellesley and other ships marched on to the ground to bear their testimony of respect to one slaughtered with such bloodthirsty coolness. A gun, drawn by six horses, formed the funeral car, and the union jack covered that part of it where the coffin was to rest, Quartermaster-Sergeant William Draycott and Gunner Jones sitting on the gun-carriage. Precisely at a quarter past 12, and while the jury wore deliberating upon their verdict, Col. Browne, C. 8., gave the word of command for the men to fall in, and the body was borne from the room where he had lived and died and placed on the gun carriage, the staff officers acting as pall-bearers being Major Kerr, Major (Dr.) Cockburn, Major Gervoise, and Major Gossett, and the procession moved in the following order from the parade ground through the magnificent Crimean arch erected by the survivors to the memory of those who fell iu the late Russian war, the streets of Brompton, and up the military road to the station of the London,Chatham, and Dover Railway. The firing party, about 200 in number, in open column of 24 file, with arms reversed, the band playing the Dead March in Saul, the Rev. Mr. Edgell and the Rev. Mr. Wetherall, military chaplains—the gun carrying the body in a plain black cloth hearse, with black nails, and a simple inscription on the plate. The coffin was covered with a rich black velvet pall, edged with whito silk, and the arms and accoutrements of the deceased were placed thereon, his very numerous glittering orders being disposed on a black velvet cushion at the head of the coffin. The three brothers of the deceased walked behind, and then came the horse of the deceased draped in black velvet, with white silk and crape, and led by two non-commissioned officers. Two captains follo wed, and then the "blue jackets." The other soldiers--the artillery—and then the officers in attendance, completed the procession. Only one incident of special note occurred during the passing of the impressive carte ye, and that was the arrival of the orderly with the information of the result of the inquest, at the very instant the corpse of the murdered officer was passing the window whence the fatal shot was fired. In passing through the streets the greater number of the shops had their shutters up, and the private houses their blinds drawn down—a commendable mark of respect to the dead. On the advance guard of the firing party arriving at the station, they fell back to each side of the way, and the corpse was brought up to the side of the line, where Mr. Veal, the courteous and business-like station-master, had caused due preparations to be made, and the band playing Beethoven's " Sleepers awake !" the coffin was placed in the carriage prepared for its reception, and after a farewell glance at the last earthly receptacle of their brother soldier,with his glittering honours telling of noble deeds in his country's cause, the word to march was given by Colonel Browne The railway carriage was shunted from the gaze of the po-. pulace and forwarded to London with its sad contents in the course of the afternoon.