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everything ready prepared for immediate embarkation. 

 The scene was such as I never can forget, or reflect 

 upon without emotion. The multitudes assembled 

 from all parts of the country were immense, and the 

 pier crowded with them, as the sea was covered with 

 boats of every size and kind, and the colours of the 

 vessels were half-mast high, as on days of mourning. 

 The contrast of a bright sun with the gloom on every 

 face was striking, and the guns firing at intervals 

 made a solemn impression. One of the sights, how- 

 ever, which most struck me, was a captain in the 

 royal navy, who sat on the pier, and could not be 

 persuaded to leave it; he was deeply affected, and 

 wept exceedingly. Having been in her service, and 

 employed then, and ever since, in dispensing her chari- 

 ties, he could not tear himself away; but being refused 

 his earnest request of accompanying her remains to 

 Brunswick, he was resolved to witness the embarkation. 

 The crimson coffin slowly descended from the pier, and 

 the barge that conveyed it bore the flag of England, 

 floating over " Caroline of Brunswick, the murdered 

 Queen of England" the inscription directed by herself, 

 and the justice of which was felt by the thousands 

 who had indignantly seen the indecent haste of the 

 funeral procession from London, and who felt their 

 share in a kind of national remorse, as well as commise- 

 ration, for all that had passed. 



I rejoined the circuit at York ; and having now lost 

 my official rank, there was a wish on the part of the 

 circuit, as well as of the Midland (Denman's), to waive 

 their precedence and allow us to retain ours. Sergeant 

 Hullock was understood to have objected, and the 

 plan failed. When Dunning in 1769 lost his official 



