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QRyz ^ caise , Drawn by Six Horses , with Two Postillions , & c . Four Mourning Coaches , containing—Mr . Iledworth Lambton , M . P . ; Mr . AVilliam Henry Lambton ; Mr . Henry AVilliam Lambton . Lord Howick , M . P . ; Hon . J . Ponsonby ; Hon . Capt . Grey , R . N . ; HonCapt RN
. . George Grey , .. Hon . Col- Cavendish ; Hon . F . Howard , M . P . ; Hon . AV . Grey . Stephenson , Esq . ; Henry Morton , Esq . The Carriage of the late Earl , drawn by Four Horses , with Postillion , and Two Footmen behind . The House Steward on Horseback .
The Freemasons ( in number about 300 ) , walking in procession . Carriages of the Relations and Friends of the Deceased , 175 in number , ( 145 Carriages , and 30 Gigs , Phaetons , & c ., ) those of the Chief Mourners , and a few others only , being empty . It is impossible to give the names of the gentlemen who composed interest to knowthat the
this mournful procession , and it may some , Bishop of Durham was only prevented attending by indisposition . The number of persons in carriages would probably be about 450 ; and there were hundreds who walked the whole way alongside . Ihe distance between Lambton Castle and Chester-le-Street is two miles and a half ; and some idea of the length of the procession may be formed from the fact , that the tenantry on horseback had reached Chester , bad left the CastleThe whole length
before the last of the carriages . of the road , on each side , was thronged with persons ; and the street , windows , house-tops—wherever , in short , a coign of vantage could be found—was covered with spectators . Black flags were hung out from the beautiful spire of the church , and from several of the private houses ; and the number of persons gathered in the town and immediate neighbourhood has been estimated at from 30 , 000 to 50 , 000 . At five minute ' s before four , the hearse reached the ehurcb . Ihe coffin was borne by four under-bearers on each side ; and the pall-bearers
m this sad ceremony were—The Marquis of Londonderry , Lord Ravensworth , Sir H . Williamson , Bart . W . T . Salvin , Esq . Charles William Bigge , Esq . T . E . Headlam , Esq ., M . D . H . T . M . Witham , Esq . Colonel Tower . The church , as might be expected , was filled in every part ; but the arrangements made by Mr . Maddison , and a detachment of the police , from multitude
for the prevention of any disorder so large a as were necessarily to be excluded , were excellent . The pulpit , reading-desk , altar table , ancl the pew of the deceased , were covered with black cloth , tastefully arranged by Mr . Robson , of Durham , by whom the outer coffin was supplied . , , t , The service , which was read by the Countess of Durham s brother , the and finishedthe coffinpreceded by the
Hon . Rev . E . Grey , being , , coronet , and attended by the pall-bearers , was taken from the church by the north door , to the door of the family vault , ( which is situated under the Lambton pew , in the north transept ol the church , ancl is ot VOL . YM . 3 B
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Provincial.
QRyz ^ caise , Drawn by Six Horses , with Two Postillions , & c . Four Mourning Coaches , containing—Mr . Iledworth Lambton , M . P . ; Mr . AVilliam Henry Lambton ; Mr . Henry AVilliam Lambton . Lord Howick , M . P . ; Hon . J . Ponsonby ; Hon . Capt . Grey , R . N . ; HonCapt RN
. . George Grey , .. Hon . Col- Cavendish ; Hon . F . Howard , M . P . ; Hon . AV . Grey . Stephenson , Esq . ; Henry Morton , Esq . The Carriage of the late Earl , drawn by Four Horses , with Postillion , and Two Footmen behind . The House Steward on Horseback .
The Freemasons ( in number about 300 ) , walking in procession . Carriages of the Relations and Friends of the Deceased , 175 in number , ( 145 Carriages , and 30 Gigs , Phaetons , & c ., ) those of the Chief Mourners , and a few others only , being empty . It is impossible to give the names of the gentlemen who composed interest to knowthat the
this mournful procession , and it may some , Bishop of Durham was only prevented attending by indisposition . The number of persons in carriages would probably be about 450 ; and there were hundreds who walked the whole way alongside . Ihe distance between Lambton Castle and Chester-le-Street is two miles and a half ; and some idea of the length of the procession may be formed from the fact , that the tenantry on horseback had reached Chester , bad left the CastleThe whole length
before the last of the carriages . of the road , on each side , was thronged with persons ; and the street , windows , house-tops—wherever , in short , a coign of vantage could be found—was covered with spectators . Black flags were hung out from the beautiful spire of the church , and from several of the private houses ; and the number of persons gathered in the town and immediate neighbourhood has been estimated at from 30 , 000 to 50 , 000 . At five minute ' s before four , the hearse reached the ehurcb . Ihe coffin was borne by four under-bearers on each side ; and the pall-bearers
m this sad ceremony were—The Marquis of Londonderry , Lord Ravensworth , Sir H . Williamson , Bart . W . T . Salvin , Esq . Charles William Bigge , Esq . T . E . Headlam , Esq ., M . D . H . T . M . Witham , Esq . Colonel Tower . The church , as might be expected , was filled in every part ; but the arrangements made by Mr . Maddison , and a detachment of the police , from multitude
for the prevention of any disorder so large a as were necessarily to be excluded , were excellent . The pulpit , reading-desk , altar table , ancl the pew of the deceased , were covered with black cloth , tastefully arranged by Mr . Robson , of Durham , by whom the outer coffin was supplied . , , t , The service , which was read by the Countess of Durham s brother , the and finishedthe coffinpreceded by the
Hon . Rev . E . Grey , being , , coronet , and attended by the pall-bearers , was taken from the church by the north door , to the door of the family vault , ( which is situated under the Lambton pew , in the north transept ol the church , ancl is ot VOL . YM . 3 B