bouring villages seemed poured out to take their last farewell of this member of the House of Brunswick. Long before the procession arrived at Harwich the beach could be seen filled with spectators, and the river covered with boats assembled to witness the conclusion of the mournful drama. The neighbouring hills and forts, viewed from the river itself, appeared to be crowned by a black mass of living mourners, whilst on the river itself every vessel, yacht, and fishing-boat that could be procured was occupied by persons soliciting to catch a parting glimpse of the loved remains of her in whose calamities they had long felt a lively sympathy. It was observed, that the friction occasioned by the indecent rapidity with which the coffin was hurried along the road, had not only torn asunder, but had absolutely torn off the bottom of it the crimson velvet which was placed there for the purpose of ornament. On the crown being lowered into the boat, it immediately proceeded to the Pioneer schooner, and was followed at a short distance by numbers of the boats which had previously been stationed around the jetty, and of which several had arrived from the neighbouring ports, especially Ipswich, filled with most respectable individuals. The coffin, on the boat's reaching the schooner, was hoisted on board, and received by a party of marines with arms reversed. The crown and cushion immediately followed, and with some little show of decency; the pall was, however, thrown out of the

boat to the sailors on deck by one of the three gentlemen who had it in charge, with no more ceremony than if it had been his cloak. Almost before the body was safe on deck, the sailors were busily employed in unfurling the sails, and in less than ten minutes the Pioneer was under sail to join the Glasgow frigate, which was to carry the Royal corpse over to Germany. It was followed part, if not the whole, of the way out to sea by a body of musicians from Ipswich, in a boat, playing funeral marches, the melody of which, softened as it was by being heard over the water, inspired a general melancholy, not inappropriate to the solemnity of

the scene.

All the vessels in the roads had their colours hoisted half mast high.

Mr. Brougham and Alderman Wood proceeded, the first by Dover, the latter by Helvoetsluys, to attend the funeral in Brunswick,

About half past four o'clock, p. m. the schooner approached the Glasgow frigate; the Queen's household had just reached the vessel destined to receive them; the other ships composing the funeral squadron weighed anchor, and proceeded to join the Glasgow, the mourning coaches then moved from the shore, and the dragoons and infantry proceeded to their quarters; the friends of her Majesty came to the beach to snatch a last view of the ship that conveyed her away from the land of her sufferings; the wind was favourable for Germany, and the lessening sail soon disappeared.

The state carriage of her Majesty was taken to the Three Cups, and crowds of people both from the town and country pressed to see it.

In closing the account of her Majesty's funeral, we must again recur to the deep and general feeling which the sight of the procession excited on the whole way through which it passed. The road between London and Harwich during the day, and even a part of the night (for such was the Government expedition in this usually slow and solemn proceeding, that they hurried it forward the whole of one night), was lined with spectators ; the hedgerows were frequently peopled; they had even climbed trees; the windows and even tops of the houses in the towns and villages were crowded, and this immense mass seemed to have only one common feeling, which nearly all manifested by a voluntary mourning-dress, and many by tears which they could not restrain. Many families of respectability had come from a distance in their own carriages, and had drawn up on the road in decent. mourning, more to pay a melancholy duty to the remains of their Queen, than to witness the sorry spectacle of a ministerial funeral.

The bands of mourners from the towns were remarkable for the order with which they conducted their processions, the numbers they contained, and the strong feelings of veneration and regret which they evinced. Perhaps the only exception to the general feeling towards her late Majesty existed among those who thought them

selves officially bound to abet the indignities and insults of her persecutors.

What were the emotions of those faithful friends who clung through all trials to their beloved mistress, may be left to every honest heart to judge from its own virtuous sympathies. What would have been the impulse of the whole British nation, had they witnessed those final testimonies of unabated bitterness towards her memory, they had already proved. The precise motives which inspired the immediate actors in this revolting scene, can be no otherwise explained than by supposing that malice had accumulated in proportion to the checks which it had received; that the victory gained by the citizens of London on Tuesday, had roused to further violence the evil passions which it disappointed; and that the parting impiety towards the Queen, was an act of heightened vengeance against the people who would have cherished her. England was to her but a stormy and inhospitable coast. Yet what had she not done for England ? The spring and illustration which she had communicated to the national character of Englishmen, during the season of her adversity, and with that adversity for its cause, will for successive years, and in manifold directions, be found acting on behalf of our best interests as a people. To have supported innocence under persecution, gives a pride of rectitude and a consciousness of power which can never fail us when the trial becomes our own; and that we should be henceforth virtuous

and brave, much is effected when we have already shared the triumphs of fortitude and virtue.

Thus have we, as faithfully as possible, detailed the particulars of this most singular funeral procession to the period of the remains of the " injured" Caroline having left the shores of England for ever. The gentleman who sent these accounts from time to time to town, I have the honour of being personally acquainted with; and, as a man of indisputable integrity and moderation, the reader may rely with perfect safety on the accuracy of his representations. That gentleman also followed the funeral to its place of final destination; and witnessed the last forms, and the last indignities offered at the place of interment. Before, however, we proceed to notice those events, it will be proper to lay before the reader the following correspondence between Mr. Alderman Wood and Dr. Lushington:

TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.

Harwich, August 18.

SIR,-Hearing that several inaccurate accounts have appeared in the public prints relative to my attending the funeral of our late beloved Queen, I think it right, in justice to all parties, to lay before the public an authentic statement of the facts. Although I have had reason to know the feelings of Government with regard to myself, and the violent attacks made on me by the Government press, yet I have no wish to charge them unjustly. Upon the demise of her late Majesty, I foresaw great difficulty if the funeral were to be under the direction of the Government, and I therefore wished that the executors should be the sole conductors of it, confident that the expenses would be cheerfully defrayed by those who were attached to her Majesty through life. Had this course been adopted, the Royal remains would have been Conveyed to the tomb with all becoming decency, without that