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in the chapel-for about ten minutes , engaged in private devotion . At a quarter past ten o ' clock it was int imated- that the body was about to be removed to the hearse , which had previously drawn up at the principal entrance to Claremont . The visitors immediately formed a double line from the door of the chapel along the vestibule , and the melancholy procession , which had been arranged in the chapel , passed between them . The pall was borne by the Duke de Montmorency , General Count d ' Houdetot , General Baron de Berthier , General Count Dumas , General Count
Chabannes , and General Count Friant . The Count de Paris , the Duke de Nemours , the Prince de Joinville , and the Duke d'Aumale walked as mourners . Such was the weight of the coffin that ten stout men had some difficulty in bearing it safely down the flight of stone steps leading from the mansion to the lawn . The hearse , which was drawn by eight black horses , was destitute of ornament , save the sable plumes by which it was surmounted , and a shield on either side , in which were worked in gold upon a blue ground ,
the initials " L . P ., beneath a crown . The coffin having been deposited in the hearse , it moved slowly off towards the public road , preceded by the clergy , crossbearer , and acolytes , and followed by the royal mourners , their attendants , and about 200 other persons , all on foot and uncovered . The procession proceeded in this manner , at a walking pace , to the outer gate of the park , a distance of nearly a mile , where the mourning-coaches were stationed . The mourners having entered their several carriages , the cortege was arranged to proceed to Weybridge .
Soon after the funeral procession had quitted the park , the ex-Queen , her daughters , and their attendants , left Claremont for Weybridge in three carriages and four , and by proceeding along the byroads they arrived at that village long before it was reached by the procession . The first carriage contained the Queen , the Duchess of Orleans , and the Duchess de Nemours . In the second carriage were the Princess de Joinville , the Duchess de Saxe Coburg , and the Duke de Chartres . The third carriage contained Madame la Comtesse Mollien , Madame la Marquis de "Vins , Madame Angelet , M . le Comte de Montesquieu . The royal party went at once to the residence of Miss Taylor , and after walking for some time in the grounds of that lady they proceeded to the seats
which had been prepared for them m the organgallery of the chapel . Meanwhile the funeral procession , after passing the gates of Cluremont-park , was to some extent altered . The clergy , bearers , and acolytes headed the cortege in two mourning coaches , then came the hearse , followed by the carriages containing the invited mourners , and the rear was brought up by about a dozen private and several hired carriages . At the park gates many of the pedestrians quitted the procession , and , being unable to obtain conveyances to "Weybridge , returned to town from Esher . Between Esher and Weybridge the procession was joined at different points by many gentlemen on horseback , who fell in before the hearse , riding three abreast .
The procession moved slowly towards Hersham along the narrow lanes , fringed on either side by almost continuous groves of elm , oak , chestnut , and beech trees . At E > her the whole population seemed to have turned out to witness the spectacle , and the pretty village green was crowded with rustics , who maintained here , as well as along the whole line of route , a gravity of demeanour befitting the solemnity of the occasion . Many of the inhabitants evinced their respect for the ex-King by closing the windowshutters and blinds of their shops and houses . After leaving Esher the cortege proceeded at a quicker
pace , which was , however , slackened on approaching a village or hamlet . At Hersham , a little village about three miles beyond Esher , the street was lined by persons who received the sad procession with every demonstration of respect , many of the men remaining uncovered while the hearse passed . At various points of the road groups of persons were collected , many of whom had evidently been tempted by the fineness of the weather , and the hope , perhaps , of witnessing a grand and imposing spectacle , to come from a considerable distance ; bur , although some of them appeared disappointed at the almost severe simplicity of the funeral accompaniments , the utmost decorum was exhibited .
About a mile from Weybridge a large concourse of persons was collected , who accompanied the procession towards the village . "Upon arriving at Weybridge-common , half a mile from the chapel in which the interment was to take place , the mourners quitted their carriages , and , the procession having been formed in the same order in which it had moved from the mansion at Claremont , the hearse proceeded towards the village , followed by the sons and grandson
of her family and domestics . It is a circular building , and will only afford accommodation to from thirty to forty persons ; and it was , therefore , impossible , during the performance of the last funeral rites , to admit any but the family of the late King , their suites , and some of the more distinguished persons , including the foreign ambassadors , who attended the obsequies . The coffin having been conveyed from the hearse into the chapel , which was hung with black cloth , was placed upon trestles in front of the altar , and low mass for the dead was then celebrated . The vault in which the body was
interred is about sixteen feet square . Two bodies have already been deposited in it—the father and brother , we believe , of Miss Taylor . After the conclusion of mass , the coffin was borne from the chapel to the vault , when it was placed in a tomb which had been erected in the centre of the vault , and immediately under the dome of the chapel . When the coffin had been deposited in the tomb the Count de Paris , the Dukes de Nemours and d ' Aumale , and the Prince de Joinville , entered the vault , and the Reverend Dr . Whitty read the prayers for the dead , the other clergymen giving the responses . The tomb
was afterwards sprinkled with holy water by the officiating priests , the Royal Princes , and the other persons present . The sons and grandsons of the late King then severally knelt down and fervently kissed the coffin ; they were most deeply and painfully affected , and it was not without some difficulty that they were eventually induced to quit the vault . The ex-Queen , the Duchess of Orleans , and the other ladies of the late King ' s family and household , remained for a short time in the chapel , and returned to Claremont shortly after one o'clock . They were soon afterwards followed by the Royal Princes and
their suites . Upon the slab covering the tomb in which the coffin was deposited was placed the subjoined inscription , surmounted by the arms of the Orleans family and the royal crown of France : — " Deposits ; jacent Sub hoc lapide , Donee in patriam Avitos inter cineres , Deo adjuvante , transferantur , Reliquiae Ludovict Philippi Primi , Francorum Regis , Claromontii , in Britannia , Defuncti ,
Die Augusti xxvi , Anno Domini mdcccIi . ^ Jtatis 76 . Requiescat in pace . " The following inscription was engraved upon a silver plate on the lid of the coffin : — " Louis Philippe Picemiek , Roi des Frarxjais , Ne a Paris Le 6 Oetobre , 1773 ; Mort a Claremont ( Comte de Surrey , Angleterrc ) , Le 26 Aout , 1850 . "
of the late King , their attendants , and the other persons who had joined the eortdge , on foot and uncovered . Numerous carriages were drawn up on either side of the road , and crowds of persons were assembled from the village and the neighbourhood to witness the spectacle . The chapel in which the remains of Louis Philippe have been deposited is the private chapel of a lady named Taylor , and was intended merely for the use
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THE CANTERBURY COLONISTS . A leave-taking dinner to the working-class emigrants about to proceed to the Canterbury Settlement was given at Gravesend , on Monday , in a spacious tent erected on the green adjoining the fort known as the " Captain ' s field . " At the upper end of the tent was placed a cross-table , on which covers were laid for fifty . From this table extended down the tent four tables , each calculated to accommodate 150 persons at dinner . The cross or top table -was furnished forth with a cold collation , whilst on the emigrants '
tables were hot rounds of boiled and sirloins of roasted beef in profusion , with an appropriate number of plum puddings . At one o ' clock the whole of the colonists having disembarked in good order at Wate ' s Hotel pier , proceeded to the tent , accompanied by a large concourse of the inhabitants and visitors of Gravesend , and took their seats at the tables prepared for them without the smallest confusion . The number that sat down , men , wornen , and children , who all appeared to be of the labouring class , and of staid and orderly demeanour , might be about 600 .
It was a pleasing , yet also a touching spectacle . " Here , " says the Times report , «• was a large body of our fellow countrymen with their wives and children , about to become voluntary exiles from their native land , and to seek at the Antipodes a better reward for their labour than the competition , which is the inevitable result of a high state of civilization , will enable them to obtain in the place of their birth . IL » w interesting a volume would the history of these emigrants make ! What an instructive picture would it present of
struggles and privations—of high aspirations and heartsickening disappointmentH , terminating in the resolve to begin life anew , as it wn » , on the other side of the globe ! This is no light matter . Even the humblest are not without friends and connections whom it must pain them to part from for ever—for in the gieat majority of cases the separation must be final . Long after the vessels shall have borne their living freight to New Zealand many an old familiar face will be missed from its usual haunt , and men will
note the absence of the accustomed greeting from , friendly lips . Let us hope that the modern Canterbury pilgrims will find in the land of their adoption an ample and lasting recompense for any sacrifices they may have made in leaving their own country . " Dinner being over , the company was addressed by the Reverend Dr . Jackson , and several other gentlemen . Mr . Sewell , deputy-chairman of the association , read a portion of a despatch recently received from the settlement , which gave a very favourable view of the condition of the working-classes in that colony . Lord Lyttelton , in the course , of some remarks , said : —
" It augured well for the success of the undertaking that many of those who had been most useful in the committee were going out themselves to take part in this new settlement . It might be difficult to fill their places in the committee , but he would venture to promise that that body-would continue to do all in their power to promote the permanent prosperity of the colony . Perhaps he might be excused for observing that it was the characteristic of this undertaking that the characters of all the labourers and the members of their families about to
proceed to Canterbury had been subjected to strict enquiry . It had been too long the custom to associate emigration with an idea of inferiority , but it was the distinction of the Canterbury settlement that its colonists would form the best specimens of their respective classes which , this country could furnish . ( Applause . ) He trusted that the colonists would bear in mind that the maintenance of a good character was that which the promoters of the undertakingwere most desirous of observing amongst them , and that the bitterest dissappointment the founders of the colony could suffer would be any well-founded allegation of misconduct on the part of its first settlers . ( Hear , hear . ) For the first time in the history of colonization the labourer proceeding from this country to a distant settlement would find around him the church .
the clergyman , and the schoolmaster he had been used to at home . ( Applause . ) This was an advantage which the colonists would not fail to appreciate . He could not avoid on this occasion expressing his sense of the devotedness of his friend Dr . Jackson , the future bishop of the colony , who had not only given up his comforts and prospects in this country to proceed to the colony , but was resolved to cross the ocean again if it should be necessary for him to return to England to be consecrated . ( Applause . ) The emigrants had been selected not only for their physical powers but for their religious and moral qualifications . They were going to a country which would furnish few temptations to vice and many incitements to honourable industry , and under those circumstances he hoped they would not belie the hopes which had been formed of them /'
Mr . Forsyth , one of the earliest and best friends of the association , said the undertaking they were met * to celebrate was without parallel in modern times : — " Ancient Greece , it was true , occasionally sent forth expeditions to people the shores of Asia Minor ; but he would answer for it that no Greek colonists ever sat down to as substantial a dinner of roast beef and plum pudding as the Canterbury colonists had partaken of . ( Cheers and laughter . ) It was pleasing to think that old English fare and old English feeling would coexist in
New Zealand a thousand years hence . ( Applause . ) He hoped he should be pardoned for offering a few words of advice to the labourers present . Let no one go to the colony with highly raised expectations . If any man imagined that hcwould find a land flowing with milk and honey he would be grievously disappointed . The colonists , however , were going to a country where they would be able to get a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's labour , and what Englishman would desire more ?" ( Applause . )
Previous to the end of the proceedings , Lord Lyttelton intimated his intention to visit the colony ten or fifteen years hence .
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TRIAL OF THE OFFICERS OF THE ORION . The trial of Mr . Thomas Henderson , captain of the Orion , Mr . George Langlands , first mate of that vessel , and Mr . John Williams , second mate , for the shipwreck of the Orion , in June last , off Portpatrick , took place before the High Court of Justiciary , at Edinburgh , last week . Special defences were lodged for the captain and second mate , but none for the first mate . In these the captain alleged that he had gone below to take a little rest , leaving the vessel in charge of a competent officer ; and that after this the accident arose , from causes which he could not control . The second mate set forth that he had steered the vessel to the best of his judgment , and thut the accident had arisen from the deficient state of the
ship ' s compasses or other machinery ; and that he , therefore , was not liable . The prisoners pleaded «? Not Guilty / ' The following are portions of the evidence uiven : — David Walker , soaman , came on to steer between ten and twelve . It was a fine night , but a little cloudy . There was a haze hanging over over the land towards the Mull of Galloway . They made the Mull a little before twelve . There was a light there , which he saw through the fog . Left the helm near Dunman-head , which is between the Mull of Galloway and Portpatrick . At that time he thought they were unusually near inshore . It was in George Langland's ( the first mate ' watch that he had charge of the helm . Could not see in front of the vessel when steering . When he was steering there were two on the look-out from the paddle-bridge .
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Sept . 7 , 1850 . ] Uttf * ft ££ & *? + 555
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 7, 1850, page 555, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1852/page/3/
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