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Two lancers mounted to clear the way. 

 Twenty ditto mounted, two and two. 

 Eight of the late Queen's Servants, in full scarlet livery, on horse- 

 back, with black scarves and hatbands. 

 The Beadle of Kew Parish, on foot, with silk scarf and hatband. 

 Eight Assistants, on horseback, in deep mourning. 

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•*■ =• ^ Covered with black velvet, profusely deco- 

 rated with Plumes of ostrich feathers, and 

 ornamented by seven escutcheons (three 





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by eight black horses, bearing ostrich 

 plumes, an escutcheon being affixed to the 

 black velvet covering of each horse. 

 There was nothing remarkable in its appear- 

 ance. 

 Eight Assistants on horseback, in deep mourning. 



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Seven private carriages of her 

 Majesty, each drawn by six 

 chesnut horses. The coachmen 

 and footmen in deep mourning. 

 The usual hammer cloth of scarlet 

 and gold was retained. The 

 first six carriages had the Royal 

 arms emblazoned on them, and 

 the letters C. R. in a small cipher, 

 inserted in a compartment above 

 them. The last had only the 

 Crown, surmounting the letters 

 C. R. in a very large cipher. 



A party ^of Lancers, six abreast, 

 and about 60 in number, closed 

 the cavalcade. 



This was the whole of the pro- 

 cession at its starting ; it occu- 

 pied in length about 300 j'ards. 

 It was just 6 minutes (at the 

 rate it travelled, about 2 miles 

 an hour), in passing any given 

 object. 



The procession entered Houn- 

 slow-heath at a few minutes past 

 12 o'clock, when most of the 

 London visitors left it, and re- 

 turned to town. There were no 

 other soldiers to be seen, except 

 the few that preceded and fol- 

 lowed in procession. No carriages 



belonging to the living members 

 of the Royal Family then followed 

 in the procession, nor any car- 

 riages of the nobilit)\ The 

 Queen's carriages had not the 

 blinds drawn up, but were all 



open ; 

 three 



contained two or 

 of whom 



some 



and each 

 persons, 

 were females. 



The procession, thus meagre, 

 when compared with what public 

 expectation had anticipated, ar- 

 rived at Frogmore about 7 o'clock, 

 where it received an addition both 

 in numbers and pomp. The 

 people of Windsor, and the nu- 

 merous visiters who had flocked 

 from London, began about the 

 same time to move from the town 

 to meet the funeral ; and the whole 

 foot-path, nearly a mile, was 

 filled with spectators. From St. 

 George's Chapel to the extre- 

 mity of Windsor the road was 

 lined with foot-guards ; from 

 thence to Frogmore lines of 

 cavalry kept the ground, and 

 instead of every sixth man bear- 

 ing a torch, there was one in 

 almost every hand. At length, 

 soon after 7 o'clock, the advance 



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