The Dukes present supported the Pall. Lord Henry Howard-Molyneaux-Howard. The Lord Privy Seal, The Earl of Westmorland, K. G. The Lord President of the Council, Chester Herald, acting for Norroy, King of Arms, George Martin Leake, Esq. Lords of his Majesty's Bedchamber, Lord Amherst. The Earl of Delawarr. Lord Graves. Viscount Lake. The Marquis of Headfort, K. St P. Gold Stick, the Earl Cathcart, K. T. Captain of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners, Groom of the Stole, The Marquis of Winchester. VOL. VI. M m Supporter, The Marquis of The Banner of Hanover, Lord Hill, G. C. B. The Earl of Breadalbane. Lord Howard of Effingham, K. C. B. The Great Banner, The Royal Crown of Hanover, borne, on a pur- The Imperial Crown of the United King- Supporter, Supporter, Samuel Randall, Esq. one of his Majesty's Gentle men Ushers. The Lord Steward of his Majesty's Household. The Marquis of Hertford, K. G. John Calvert, Esq. THE ROYAL BODY, H. J. Harton, Esq. one of his Majesty's Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Cham ber. Covered with a fine Holland sheet and a purple velvet pall, adorned with ten escutcheons of the Imperial Arms, carried by ten Yeomen of the Guard, under a Wellington, Viscount K. G. Chetwynd. Viscount The Earl The Earl of The The First Gentleman Usher, jesty, Hale Young Wor- Supporters Viscount Carleton. Viscount Bulkeley. The St Germans. The The Earl Duke of Garter Principal King of Arms, Sir I. Heard, Knight, bearing his sceptre. THE CHIEF MOURNER, Five Gentlemen Pensioners, battle-axes reversed. Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod, Sir T. Tyrwhitt, Knight, bearing the Rod reversed. His Royal Highness the Duke of York, In a long Black Cloak, with the Star of the Order of the Garter Supporter, The Marquis of Buckingham. embroidered thereon, and wearing the Collars of the Garter, the Bath, and of the Royal The Marquis of Bath. Train Bearers, The Marquis of Salisbury, K. G. Assistants to his Royal Highness the Chief Mourner, The Marquis Conyngham, K. St P. The Earl of Shaftsbury. The Earl of Dartmouth. The Earl of Pomfret. The Earl Harcourt. The Earl Bathurst, K. G. The Earl of Liverpool, K. G. His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, His Royal Highness the Prince Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, in a long black cloak, with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon, and wearing the Collars of the Garter and of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; his train borne by Baron Hardenbrock and Lieut.Colonel Sir Robert Gardiner, K. C. B. The Marquis Cornwallis. The Earl of Huntingdon. The Earl of Aberdeen, K. T. The Earl of Aylesford. His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence, in a long black cloak, with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon, and wearing the Collars of the Garter, the Thistle, and of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; his train borne by the Right Honourable Sir John Borlase Warren, Bart. G. C. B. and Admiral Sir C. Maurice Pole, Bart. G. C. B. His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester, in a long black cloak, with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon, and wearing the Collars of the Garter and of the Royal Hanoverian Guelphic Order; his train borne by the Honourable Captain Curzon and Colonel Dalton. The Council of his Royal Highness the Duke of York, as Custos Persona of his late Grooms of his late Majesty's Bedchamber, Vice-Ad. the Hon. Sir A. K. Legge, K.C. B. The Hon. Robert Fulke Greville. Vice-Ad. Sir H. Neale, Bart, K. C. B. Lieut.-Gen. Sir Henry Campbell, K. C. B. His late Majesty's Trustees, Count Munster, represented by Baron Best, K. C. H. Major-General Sir Herbert Taylor. General Cartwright. Sir John Simeon, Bart. General Manners. General Garth. Lieutenant-General Sir Brent Spencer, G. C. B. Gentlemen Pensioners, with their axes reversed. Upon the arrival of the procession at St George's Chapel, the trumpets and drums, and Knight Marshal's men, filed off without the south door. At the entrance of the chapel, the Royal Body was received by the Dean and Prebendaries, attended by the choir, who fell in immediately before Blanc Coursier, King of Arms, bearing the Crown of Hanover, and the procession moyed down the south aisle, and up the nave, into the choir, where the Royal Body was placed on a platform, (under a canopy of purple velvet, adorned with escutcheons, and surmounted by an imperial crown,) and the crowns and cushions laid thereon. The Chief Mourner sat on a chair at the head of the corpse, and the supporters on either side. The Princes of the Blood Royal were seated near the Chief Mourner. 10 The Lord Chamberlain of his Majesty's Household took his place at the feet of the corpse; and the supporters of the pall and of the canopy were arranged on each side of the Royal Body; the assistant mourners, the Council of his Royal Highness, the custos personæ of his late Majesty, and others, who followed the Royal Body, arranged themselves behind the Princes of the Blood Royal. The Peers bearing the banners were arranged on each side below the altar. The Great Officers of State, the Nobility, Bishops, Privy Councillors, Judges, and Law Officers, were placed in the stalls and lower seats on each side of the choir. The Grooms of the Bed Chamber, Gentlemen Ushers of the Privy Chamber, Equerries, Chaplains, Physicians, and others, were arranged on each side of the altar, on which was placed the Gold Plate of the Chapels Royal. The part of the service before the interment, and the anthem, being performed, the Royal Body was deposited in the vault; and the office of burial being concluded, Sir Isaac Heard, Knight, Garter Principal King of Arms, after a short pause, pronounced, near the grave, the style of his late Most Sacred Majesty, as follows: "Thus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life, unto his Divine Mercy, the late Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, GEORGE THE THIRD, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; King of Hanover, and Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh. "Let us humbly beseech Almighty God to bless and preserve with long life, health, and honour, and all worldly happiness, the Most High, Most Mighty, and Most Excellent Monarch, our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth, now, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, King, Defender of the Faith, and Sovereign of the Most Noble Order of the Garter; King of Hanover, and Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh. "GOD SAVE king georGE THE FOURTH." After which, the Earl of Winchelsea, Groom of the Stole to his late Majesty, and Chief Officer of the Windsor Establishment, broke his staff of office, and, kneeling, deposited the same in the Royal Vault; whereupon his Royal Highness the Chief Mourner, their Royal Highnesses the Princes of the Royal Blood, the great officers, nobility, and others, who had composed the procession, retired, having witnessed that every part of this most mournful and afflicting ceremony had been conducted with great regularity, decorum, and solemnity. All persons who assisted at the interment appeared in full dress black, and the Knights of the several orders wore their respective collars. The procession from the Royal apartments to the choir of St George's Chapel was flanked by the Guards, every fourth man bearing a flambeau. At eight o'clock, and during the procession, guns were fired at intervals of five minutes; and, upon the proclamation of the style, minute guns were fired. HENRY HOWARD-MOLYNEAUX-Howard, Note.-Lieutenant-General Sir Harry Calvert, Bart. G. C. B.; Major-General Sir J. W. Gordon, Bart. K. C. B.; and Major-General Sir Henry Torrens, K. C. B. walked in the procession as attendants on his Royal Highness the Chief Mourner. of 300 noblemen and gentlemen assembled. The Earl of Rosslyn and the Duke of Hamilton, one of whom was expected to take the chair, having been unexpectedly called to London, Mr Maxwell of Carriden, on the motion of Lord Duncan, was called on to preside, and discharged the duties of the office in a manly and animated manner. Lord Erskine, and his eldest son, the Hon. Thomas Erskine, late Ambassador to America, sat on the right and left of the chair; and Mr Cranstoun and Mr Cockburn acted as croupiers. The evening was spent in a most harmonious manner. Many loyal and patriotic toasts and respected me mories were given, and the company did not separate till an early hour this morning. 24-Singular Occurrence.-On Tues day last, about seven o'clock in the evening, the family of Mr James Grieve, No. 1, Drummond Street, were thrown into a state of much alarm, in consequence of a violent explosion which took place in their kitchen. Their servant and a friend of hers were alone in the place at the time; and the account they give is, that they heard a violent rumbling noise in the chimney, which was immediately followed by the descent of a ball of fire, which exploded on the roof, where it left a mark similar to that caused by the explosion of a squib or rocket. It then tore out a pane of glass in the window, and bursted through a lath and plaster wall into a closet on the opposite side, where a quantity of earthenware was kept: these were thrown to a considerable distance in the passage, and the fluid apparently found its way through the opposite room, the door and window of which was fortunately open at the time. The servant escaped unhurt; but the girl who was with her at the time had her shawl set on fire, her hand scorched, as also her gown and shoe-tie on the same side. The noise was heard by several of the neighbours, and to them seemed as if some heavy substance had fallen on the floor immediately above them. 28.-Plot to Assassinate his Majesty's Ministers. Yesterday intelligence was received in Edinburgh of the discovery of a diabolical plot which had been devised in London by a band of desperate ruffians, to assassinate the whole of the Cabinet Ministers on the Wednesday preceding. This sanguinary conspiracy, which excited among all classes one general feeling of abhorrence and indignation, is not to be paralleled in the annals of this country since the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot; and, had it not been providentially discovered, it would have ended in a scene of blood and murder too horrible to contemplate. The previous details of the plot are necessarily unknown to the public. Its purpose is stated to be THE EXTIRPATION OF THE WHOLE CABINET, BY A GENERAL MURDER! What ulterior proceedings were to have followed this bloody sacrifice is not known; but from such a beginning, the measures which were in contem plation can be easily conceived. It would seem that the Magistrates were well informed of the designs of the conspirators, for at the very moment when they were about to sally forth upon their murderous expedition, their den was invaded by the officers of justice their arms and other preparations seized; and notwithstanding a deperate resistance, which their superior numbers, the darkness of the night, and the confusion of the scene, enabled them to make, nine of their body are placed in the custody of the offended laws. So furious, indeed, was the opposition offer ed by the conspirators, that none of the officers engaged in the arrest escaped unhurt; and one of them lost his life by the hands of the notorious Thistlewood. On Tuesday certain advice was received, that the attempt was to be made on the following evening, at the Earl of Harrowby's in Grosvenor-square. The place chosen to arrange finally their proceedings, to collect their force, and to arm themselves, was in Cato-street, near the Edgeware Road. The premises occupied by the conspirators consisted of a three-stalled stable, with a loft above, in a very dilapidated condition. For two or three hours previous to the entrance of the stable, the police officers were on the spot, making their observations, but still no suspicion was excited of the real object of their attack; and so well was the plan of surprise laid, that until the discharge of fire-arms was heard, every thing remained perfectly quiet. Thus accurately informed of the inten tions of the conspirators, warrants were issued to apprehend them while they were assembled. These warrants were put into the hands of the police officers, under the able direction of Mr Birnie, the Magistrate, who immediately proceeded to the place of meeting in Cato-street, which they found to be regulated similar to a military depot or barracks, a sentinel being at the door of the stable, armed with a fusil and sword, who resisted their admittance without the pass-word. The officers, however, soon overpowered and secured him. They then gave an alarm, and the officers heard by the noise in the loft, that there were a number up stairs, (there is every reason to believe there were twenty-five,) they therefore made their way to the loft, proceeding up an upright ladder, such as is generally used for a communication between stables and lofts. Ruthven, the officer, ascended first: he was followed by Ellis and Smithers. The villains were armed with blunderbusses, muskets, &c. dressed with belts, and appeared in every respect ready to march upon their murderous attack. Ruthven informed them he and his companions were officers, and had a warrant to apprehend them, desired them to disarm and surrender, which they refused to do. Smithers, who had entered the loft third, courageously stepped forward, and made himself second, and by this act lost his life, as Arthur Thistlewood stood forward, as Captain of the gang, and thrust a sabre at him, which entered a short distance below his right breast, and the thrust was given with so much violence, that the incision which it made was three inches long. Smithers exclaimed, "Oh God!" staggered, and fell. As he was in the act of falling, Ellis, seeing his brother officer butchered, discharged |