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The Funeral.
every one was dressed in mourning , and the strictest solemnity of deportment was preserved throughout . A great number of ladies were present . AVe have described the chapel as a simple unpretending structure . It is small , and was found on this occasion inconveniently so , as it could scarcely furnish accommodation for those wdio possessed the right of
entree . Two small temporary apartments were fitted up on either side of the entrance ; one for the use of the mourners , and the other for that of the directors of the cemetery . The chapel and the entrance were hung all round with black cloth . ; and over the trap , down which the body descends , was erected a handsome black canopy , richly ornamented . The catacombs extend under and to the right ancl left of the chapel .
They are not extensive , but well laid out and admirably ventilated . The principal corridor runs directly under the centre of the chapel ; the coffin is lowered into it by means of a descending bier , and conveyed at once to its resting-place , along the passages which extend from the principal corridor at right angles on either hand . The vault in which the body of the late Duke of Sussex is for the
present deposited , is situated under the north of the chapel . It is a small vaulted cell , and the coffin is laid upon stone tressels , at the height of about two feet from the floor . We understand that the entrance will
be forthwith bricked up , a small grated aperture alone being left for the purpose of ventilation . The early part of the morning was bright and gloomy by turns . At one time heavy rain seemed impending , and the sombre hue of the sky appeared in keeping with the scene to be enacted below it . The clouds , however , broke up and passed away ; the sun then shone brightly out ,
and a warm and pleasant clay ensued . By eight o ' clock a vast number of people could be seen from the cemetery , lining the road and clustered upon the bridges across the Paddington-canal , along which the procession was to pass . Mr . Banting , the undertaker , and his assistants had already arrived , and shortly after appeared Sir C . Young , Garter Principal King of
Arms , who proceeded at once to the chapel . At nine o ' clock the Lieutenant-Colonel , the Major , and the Adjutant of the Honorable Artillery Company arrived , and were set down at the entrance to the chapel . They were immediately followed by tbe Right Honorable the Earl of Delawarr , the lord chamberlain , who arrived in a carriage drawn by four greys . The Right Reverend the Bishop of
Norwich arrived also at nine o ' clock , and followed the Earl of Delawarr into the chapel . From this hour those having the right of entree into the chapel continued to arrive in rapid succession . Among the earliest arrivals we noticed those of Sir Edward Knatchbull , the Duke of
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The Funeral.
every one was dressed in mourning , and the strictest solemnity of deportment was preserved throughout . A great number of ladies were present . AVe have described the chapel as a simple unpretending structure . It is small , and was found on this occasion inconveniently so , as it could scarcely furnish accommodation for those wdio possessed the right of
entree . Two small temporary apartments were fitted up on either side of the entrance ; one for the use of the mourners , and the other for that of the directors of the cemetery . The chapel and the entrance were hung all round with black cloth . ; and over the trap , down which the body descends , was erected a handsome black canopy , richly ornamented . The catacombs extend under and to the right ancl left of the chapel .
They are not extensive , but well laid out and admirably ventilated . The principal corridor runs directly under the centre of the chapel ; the coffin is lowered into it by means of a descending bier , and conveyed at once to its resting-place , along the passages which extend from the principal corridor at right angles on either hand . The vault in which the body of the late Duke of Sussex is for the
present deposited , is situated under the north of the chapel . It is a small vaulted cell , and the coffin is laid upon stone tressels , at the height of about two feet from the floor . We understand that the entrance will
be forthwith bricked up , a small grated aperture alone being left for the purpose of ventilation . The early part of the morning was bright and gloomy by turns . At one time heavy rain seemed impending , and the sombre hue of the sky appeared in keeping with the scene to be enacted below it . The clouds , however , broke up and passed away ; the sun then shone brightly out ,
and a warm and pleasant clay ensued . By eight o ' clock a vast number of people could be seen from the cemetery , lining the road and clustered upon the bridges across the Paddington-canal , along which the procession was to pass . Mr . Banting , the undertaker , and his assistants had already arrived , and shortly after appeared Sir C . Young , Garter Principal King of
Arms , who proceeded at once to the chapel . At nine o ' clock the Lieutenant-Colonel , the Major , and the Adjutant of the Honorable Artillery Company arrived , and were set down at the entrance to the chapel . They were immediately followed by tbe Right Honorable the Earl of Delawarr , the lord chamberlain , who arrived in a carriage drawn by four greys . The Right Reverend the Bishop of
Norwich arrived also at nine o ' clock , and followed the Earl of Delawarr into the chapel . From this hour those having the right of entree into the chapel continued to arrive in rapid succession . Among the earliest arrivals we noticed those of Sir Edward Knatchbull , the Duke of