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The Funeral.
& c , and broke the wands of office over the remains of his Royal Highness . Immediately that all the mourners had entered the chapel , the doors were shut , to exclude the merely curious ; indeed , the chapel was so filled by those who hacl to take part immediately in the ceremony , that there was no room even for the directors of the company .
At the close of the ceremony , which occupied about half an hour , the coffin was lowered into the catacombs by means of the machinery usually employed for the purpose , and was carried by the undertaker ' s assistants to the vault appropriated to the reception of the remains of his Royal Highness , there to remain until a mausoleum fitting the rank and station of the deceased shall have been erected as their last
restingplace . At the close of the solemnities , Prince Albert , the Duke of Cambridge , and the other mourners , returned to town , but without observing any line of procession , ancl immediately afterwards the crowd dispersed .
The following was the form in which the style of the deceased was pronounced . The service having been concluded , Sir Charles Young , Garter King of Arms , advanced to the platform through which the coffin hacl already descended , the coronet alone being at this time visible , and pronounced the style of the deceased in the following words : —
" Thus it hath pleased Almig hty God to take unto his divine mercy the late most high , most mighty , and most illustrious Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex , Baron of Inverness , and Baron of Arklow , Knight of the most noble Order ofthe Garter , Knight of the most ancient and noble Order ofthe Thistle , Acting Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross ofthe most honourable military Order of the Bath , sixth son of his late Majesty King
George the Third , aud uncle of her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , whom may God bless and preserve with long life , health , and honour , and every worldly happiness . "
The mourners then retired , and re-entered their carriages in the appointed order . OBSERVANCE OF THE FUNERAL AMONGST THE JEWS . The Jewish congregations assembled in their synagogues , which were
stripped of their usual rich hangings ancl replaced with black , and a special service , emblematical of the mournful occasion , was read ( which is quite unusual , except for crowned heads ) .
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The Funeral.
& c , and broke the wands of office over the remains of his Royal Highness . Immediately that all the mourners had entered the chapel , the doors were shut , to exclude the merely curious ; indeed , the chapel was so filled by those who hacl to take part immediately in the ceremony , that there was no room even for the directors of the company .
At the close of the ceremony , which occupied about half an hour , the coffin was lowered into the catacombs by means of the machinery usually employed for the purpose , and was carried by the undertaker ' s assistants to the vault appropriated to the reception of the remains of his Royal Highness , there to remain until a mausoleum fitting the rank and station of the deceased shall have been erected as their last
restingplace . At the close of the solemnities , Prince Albert , the Duke of Cambridge , and the other mourners , returned to town , but without observing any line of procession , ancl immediately afterwards the crowd dispersed .
The following was the form in which the style of the deceased was pronounced . The service having been concluded , Sir Charles Young , Garter King of Arms , advanced to the platform through which the coffin hacl already descended , the coronet alone being at this time visible , and pronounced the style of the deceased in the following words : —
" Thus it hath pleased Almig hty God to take unto his divine mercy the late most high , most mighty , and most illustrious Prince Augustus Frederick , Duke of Sussex , Baron of Inverness , and Baron of Arklow , Knight of the most noble Order ofthe Garter , Knight of the most ancient and noble Order ofthe Thistle , Acting Grand Master and Knight Grand Cross ofthe most honourable military Order of the Bath , sixth son of his late Majesty King
George the Third , aud uncle of her most gracious Majesty Queen Victoria , whom may God bless and preserve with long life , health , and honour , and every worldly happiness . "
The mourners then retired , and re-entered their carriages in the appointed order . OBSERVANCE OF THE FUNERAL AMONGST THE JEWS . The Jewish congregations assembled in their synagogues , which were
stripped of their usual rich hangings ancl replaced with black , and a special service , emblematical of the mournful occasion , was read ( which is quite unusual , except for crowned heads ) .