tained the body. This room was hung with black cloth with escutcheons of the Duke's arms emblazoned upon it, and dimly lighted with wax tapers. Fronting the entrance, and raised a few feet from the floor stood the coffin, covered with a pall of black velvet with white silk facings. Upon the coffin was placed the Duke's coronet, and over it upon the wall was a large escutcheon with the Queen's arms emblazoned. On either side of the coffin were three massive silver candlesticks with enormous wax candles, by the light of which was seen the chief mourner, (one of the Duke's Equerries,) who sat in a raised chair at the head of the coffin; on either side of the coffin stood a Herald and a Page. After passing quietly through the room, the visitors were directed to go through other rooms hung with black, and passed out by a wooden staircase built for the purpose, into Kensington Gardens. The great gates in Kensington were closed at four o'clock; but it was a quarter past six before those who already had been admitted had passed through the Palace. The number of visitors was estimated at 25,000. The coffin bore the following inscription : "Depositum Illustrissimi Principis Augusti Frederici, Ducis Sussexiæ, Comitis de Inverness ac Baronis de Dei Gratiâ Britanniarum Reginæ, 4. FUNERAL OF HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE LATE DUKE OF SUSSEX.-This being the day fixed for the funeral of his Royal Highness the late Duke of Sussex, at a very early hour in the morning all the avenues leading from the metropolis towards the neighbourhood where the funeral ceremony was to be performed and the line along which the mournful procession was to pass, were thronged with multitudes anxious to behold the last tribute of respect paid to the memory of the illustrious deceased; and London itself was comparatively deserted. As early as seven o'clock the morning had a very gloomy appearance, but before the funeral procession started the sun broke forth, and the weather throughout the day was very fine. In conformity with arrangements previously made, the public were admitted into Kensington-gardens through the gate at Kensington. The persons permitted to enter were limited in point of number, so that every one was able to see without the slightest inconvenience the funeral procession as it passed along; and, in consequence of the excellent management of the police, a strong body of whom were in attendance at this spot, the most perfect order and decorum were preserved. The distinguished persons who had been invited to attend the funeral began to arrive at Kensington Palace before seven o'clock in the morning. Among the first was the Duke of Wellington; who did not alight, but remained sitting in his carriage. Lord John Russell and Lord Howick arrived in the same carriage; Lord Palmerston and Lord Morpeth soon after. The Duke of Cambridge, half-past seven. In front of the door were drawn up a detachment of the Royal Horse Guards, Blue, and a company of Foot Guards. The coffin was borne down the grand staircase by sixteen undertaker's assistants, and placed in the hearse. The procession began to be formed a little before eight o'clock; and it proceeded in the following order; the band of the Dragoons playing at intervals the Dead March in Saul, and other solemn strains An advanced guard of the Royal Horse Guards, Blue. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, caparisoned with black velvet and feathers; containing Messrs. Barnard and William Beckham, and Rangoon, three of his late Royal Highness's Pages. A mourning coach, drawn by four horses similarly caparisoned; containing Mr. Benjamin Beckham, M. Hunnemann, and Mr. Dennis, three others of his late Royal Highness's Pages. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing Mr. Savory and two other medical attendants of his late Royal Highness. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing Doctors Chambers, A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing the Honourable and Reverend Ainslie Gore, and two other Chaplains of his late Royal Highness. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; in which were two of the Equerries of the Royal Family. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing Sir Andrew Barnard, Equerry of the Queen Dowager. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing Colonel Grey and A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing Messrs. J. Pulman, A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing the Marquess of Exeter and Colonel Bouverie, the Lord and Groom in Waiting on his Royal Highness Prince Albert. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; in which were Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain, and the Lord and Groom in Waiting on the Queen. The state carriage of his late Royal Highness, drawn by six horses, attended by grooms, the servants in deep mourning, and wearing crape hatbands; in which was the coronet of his late Royal Highness, Escort of Royal Horse Guards. of the Equerries of his late Royal Highness, and accompanied by two Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen. The band of the Royal Horse Guards, Blue, followed by a troop of the same regiment, with their swords drawn. The Hearse, containing the body of the late Duke of Sussex, drawn by eight black Escort of horses, richly caparisoned, with velvets and Royal Horse feathers, and adorned with the escutcheons Guards. of his late Royal Highness's arms, having the motto, "Honi soit qui mal y pense," and "Si Deus pro nobis, quis contra nos?” A troop of the Royal Horse Guards. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; Escort of containing his Royal Highness the Duke of Royal Horse Cambridge, Chief Mourner; attended by Royal Horse his two supporters, the Marquess of Lansdowne and the Marquess of Breadalbane. Guards. Escort of Guards. The private state carriage of Her Majesty the Queen, drawn by six horses The carriage of her Majesty the Queen Dowager, drawn by six horses. The carriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, drawn by six horses. The carriage of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester, drawn by six horses. The carriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia, drawn by six horses. The carriage of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, drawn by six horses. The carriage of her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia Matilda of Gloucester, drawn by six horses. A mourning coach, drawn by six horses; containing Colonel Tynte and Mr. Walker, Controller of his late Royal Highness's Household, two of the Executors named in the will of his late Royal Highness. A private carriage, containing Sir Augustus D'Este. Then followed the private carriages, containing such of the nobility and private friends of the deceased as had been invited to attend the funeral, whose names have been mentioned. The number of carriages which followed the hearse was about fifty; and a small detachment of Horse Guards closed the line. The procession was about a mile in length. Its progress was slow and measured, with occasional stoppages; but towards the end of the journey it was rather more route along the High-street of Kensington, up Church-lane, back along the Uxbridge-road, down Black-Lion-lane, by WestbourneGreen, into the Harrow-road, and so to Kensal-green. The ground in front of the Cemetery Chapel was railed off, and some two or three thousand spectators were congregated at the spot; the road without the ground being occupied by the multitude. A party of Grenadier Guards was stationed as a guard of honour under the colonnade of the left o'clock the bell began to toll; and soon afterwards arrived the Lord Chancellor, Lord Wharncliffe, Sir Robert Peel, Lord Stanley, Mr. Goulburn, Lord Delawarr, the Bishop of Norwich, Sir Edward Knatchbull, the Earl of Jersey, the Duke of Buccleuch, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Sutherland, the Earl of Denbigh, Lord Ingestrie, Sir William Martins, and others. They were received in an ante-room erected for the occasion. Prince Albert arrived at twenty minutes to ten, in a carriage and four, with outriders in scarlet liveries. Prince George of Cambridge, the Grand Duke of Meck lenburg-Strelitz, and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar followed. About half-past ten, the funeral procession entered the main avenue; the cavalry forming on each side of the portico. Half an hour elapsed before the mourning coaches set down those whom they conveyed. The coffin was removed from the hearse, borne to the portico by sixteen attendants, and covered with a black velvet pall blazoned with the Duke's arms. The procession was then formed in the following order; the Pages filing off as it entered the chapel; which was too small to admit the whole number: Pages of his late Royal Highness. The Curate of Kensington. Vicar of Kensington. Secretary, Librarian, &c., of his late Royal Highness. Equerry of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent (Sir George Equerry of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester (Sir Samuel Equerry of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Equerries of his late Royal Highness. Prince Albert. Herald. Groom in Waiting to his Royal Highness Lord in Waiting to his Royal Highness Lord in Waiting to the Queen. The Bishop of Norwich. The Lord Steward Lord Chamberlain Herald. The A Gentleman Vice Chamberlain of Her Majesty's The Coronet A Gentleman Usher to the of his late Royal Highness, upon a black velvet cushion, borne by one Supporter of the pall. Supporter of the pall. The Corpse, Covered with a black velvet pall, Supporter of the pall. Supporter of the pall. Gentleman Garter Principal King of Arms, (Sir C. Young) Gentleman Supporter. Usher. carrying his sceptre. THE CHIEF MOURNER, HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE DUKE OF CAMBRIDGE, Usher. in a long black cloak, with the star of the Order of the Garter His train borne by one of his Royal Highness's Equerries. Supporter. in a long black cloak, with the star of the Order of the Garter, embroidered thereon, and wearing the collar of that Order, attended by his Royal Highness's Groom of the Stole, (Marquess of Exeter,) and Treasurer, (Mr. G. E. Anson); the train of his Royal Highness borne by one of the Equerries of his Royal Highness, (Colonel Bouverie.) HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE GEORGE OF CAMBRIDGE, in a long black cloak, with the star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon, and wearing the collar of that Order, his train borne by a Gentleman. His Royal Highness Prince Frederick, Hereditary Grand Duke of The Executors named in the will of his late Royal Highness. The Duke of Wellington, Sir Robert Peel, Duke of Buccleuch, Lord Personal Friends of his late Royal Highness. Among whom were the Duke of Somerset, Duke of Bedford, Duke of Devonshire, Earl of Zetland, Viscount Palmerston, Viscount Duncannon, Lord John Russell, &c. Staff of the Artillery Company. The Duke of Cambridge took his seat on a chair at the head of the corpse, with supporters on each side. The Princes of the Royal Family, with the Hereditary Grand Duke of MecklenburgStrelitz, sat near the chief mourner. place at the feet of the corpse. The supporters of the pall stood on each side of the coffin, on which was placed the coronet of the late Duke, resting upon a black velvet cushion. The executors and the train bearers stood behind the |