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of a party of horse showed that 

 the funeral was coming; and the 

 spectators, who had been pacing 

 backwards and forwards, now 

 stood still to view it. First 

 marched a squadron of Life- 

 guards, then came seven car- 

 riages of the Queen, with the 

 blinds up, drawn by six horses 

 covered with black saddle- 

 cloths : but the great object of 

 attention was the hearse, which 

 next followed, drawn by eight 

 black Hanoverian horses, well 

 known to those who have been 

 in the habit of observing the 

 Royal stud. A large body of 

 Life-guards immediatelypreceded 

 and followed it. This part of 

 the procession was certainly 

 very imposing, though the splen- 

 dor of its covering, added to 

 the glittering bustle of a military 

 escort, took away all that solem- 

 nity which a hearse is in general 

 calculated to inspire. After the 

 hearse, came the carriage of the 

 Chief Mourner, the Prince Re- 

 gent; and his Royal Highness 

 was very visible, notwithstanding 

 the cloud of cavalry that hovei-ed 

 round his coach. He seemed in 

 good health. We understood 

 that the Duke of York rode in 

 the same carriage with his Royal 

 brother, but we did not see him : 

 at any rate his carriage and six 

 moved next in the procession : 

 after which followed the carriages 

 of the Dukes of Sussex and 

 Gloucester, and of PrinceLeopold, 

 all full. There was no carriage, 

 so far as we could see, of either 

 of the other Royal Dukes ; but 

 the funeral pomp concluded with 

 about a dozen coaches, belong- 

 ing, we believe, to the nobility 

 and gentry connected with the 



household; and the rear con- 

 sisted of a large body of Life- 

 guards intermixed with Lancers. 

 The grandest effect in the pro- 

 cession was, the appearance of 

 the military when the torches 

 were - lighted : the illumination 

 extended nearly a mile, and the 

 rich glow of their scarlet uniforms, 

 together with their splendid 

 helmets and caparisoned horses, 

 gleaming along the lines, formed 

 a picture that would at once have 

 excited the transport and baffled 

 the skill of the finest artists: but 

 it will be seen from this account 

 that even with the large accession 

 acquired at Frogmore, the pro- 

 cession was neither so numerous 

 nor so splendid as had been ex- 

 pected. 



The procession, we believe, 

 arrived at St. George's-chapel 

 nearly an hour sooner than had 

 been expected ; and some incon- 

 venience resulted from this un- 

 usual excess of punctuality. We 

 understood that several persons, 

 whose business it was to form 

 part of the chapel procession, 

 arrived too late to gain admittance. 

 The Chancellor of the Exche- 

 quer and Lord Bathurst were ex- 

 cluded; some of the higher offi- 

 cers of the Queen's Household 

 gained admittance with great 

 difficulty ; and it was asserted, 

 though we cannot vouch for the 

 fact, that the Duke of North- 

 umberland, appointed to be one 

 of the pall-bearers, could not 

 enter to perform his allotted 

 functions. Either from this cir- 

 cumstance, or the limited number 

 invited, the chapel had certainly 

 a meagre and empty appearance. 

 There was also a want of policy 

 in the paucity of admission- 

 tickets 



