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and the select members of the 

 principal choirs in and near the 

 metropolis, breaking in upon 

 the silence which before prevailed, 

 produced an effect truly solemn 

 and impressive. The procession 

 then entered by the south door of 

 the chapel, nearly in the same 

 order as given in the ceremonial 

 previously arranged for the obse- 

 quies of her Majesty. The pall 

 which covered the Royal body 

 was supported on each side by 

 three Dukes ; the Dukes of 

 Northumberland, Dorset, and 

 St. Alban's, on one side; of New- 

 castle, Montrose, and Beaufort 

 on the other. The Royal body 

 was followed by the Prince Re- 

 gent, as chief-mourner, supported 

 by the Marquisses of Bucking- 

 ham and Winchester, and at- 

 tended by the Marquisses of 

 Bath, Salisbury, Headfort, Corn- 

 wallis, and Camden, as train- 

 bearers : next followed, as assist- 

 ants to the chief mourner. Earl 

 Delawarr, Viscounts Lake and 

 Bulkeley, Lords Boston, Amherst, 

 Arden, Graves, Longford, Beres- 

 ford. Rivers, Grenville, St. 

 Helen's, Henley, and Hill. As 

 these severally entered the chapel, 

 the van of the procession moved 

 forwards into the choir, the 

 Windsor knights, pages, ushers, 

 and other officers ranging them- 

 selves around, and on the steps of 

 the altar. The members of the 

 Royal Family, of whom we per- 

 ceived to be present the Dukes of 

 York and Sussex, and those 

 noblemen on whom the Order of 

 the Garter had been conferred, 

 stationed themselves in their re- 

 spective stalls : the great digni- 

 taries of the chui-ch, of whom 

 were present the Archbishops of 



York and Canterbury, witli the 

 Bishops of London and Salisbury, 

 occupied their respective places 

 within the choir. The Royal 

 body having been carried to the 

 steps of the altar, was placed on 

 the platform prepared to receive 

 it ; the pall was removed^and the 

 crown and cushion placed on the 

 coffin. The Prince Regent, as 

 chief mourner, being seated in a 

 chair at the head of the corpse, 

 surrounded by his supporters and 

 train-bearers, standing, the funeral 

 service commenced in the usual 

 manner, as performed at cathe- 

 drals, and at the demise of great 

 and illustrious persons. The first 

 Psalm having been chanted by 

 the choir, in the same finished 

 manner as the anthem with which 

 the ceremony commenced ; the 

 service was read by the Dean of 

 Windsor, in that unaffected and 

 impressive manner which is re- 

 quired by this sublime portion of 

 our rubric. At the end of the 

 first part the celebrated anthem 

 by Kent, " Hear my Prayer,'' 

 was introduced, and executed in 

 a very finished manner. The 

 body of her Majesty was then let 

 down into the vault prepared for 

 it, and the solemnity was closed 

 in the manner usual on these oc- 

 casions, by the venerable Sir 

 Isaac Heard, who pronounced in 

 a distinct voice, and standing 

 near the grave, the style and 

 titles of her late Majesty. As 

 the mourners and attendants on 

 this striking ceremony began 

 slowly to separate and to quit the 

 chapel, the notes of the ^organ 

 again filled the edifice, and pro- 

 duced at once the richest and 

 most soothing effect. The muner- 

 ous company separated without 



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