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John Carey, jun. } { Henry Tupper. Lieut.-General Sir James Douglas.--His Excellency Major-General W.F.P. Napier, Lieut.-Governor.--Lieut.-General Ross. Peter B. Dobree. } Jurats. { T.W. Gosselin. Thomas Le Retilley. } { H. Dobree, jun. The Queen's Procureur.--The Queen's Comptroller.--Her Majesty's Receiver-General.--Greffier.--Sheriff. The Advocates of the Royal Court. The late Bailiff's Medical Attendants. The Douzeniers of each parish, headed by their respective Constables, four abreast. Relatives, with Hat Bands, four abreast. The Order of Rechabites in full procession. A Deputation of the Total Abstinence Society, headed by Mr. Edmund Richards. "The procession proceeded in solemn order down the Grange Road, until it reached the College, when it turned to the left, and passed on to the eastern entrance of the new burying ground, and from thence proceeded to the grave, near the opposite extremity of the cemetery, which was destined to be the final resting place of the aged patriot. The persons who composed the _cortege_ having been formed in order round the grave, the sublime and solemn ritual of the Church of England was read in a feeling and impressive manner by the Very Reverend the Dean, the coffin being at the proper period of the service committed to the bosom of the earth in profound and solemn silence. When the service was concluded, a great many persons approached the border of the grave to take a farewell look at the narrow tenement which now contained the remains of a man who, but a few short hours back, had occupied so prominent a position in his native land. Many a sigh was breathed, many a tear was shed upon that grave; and many and various were the expressions of affection and regret which there found utterance, and which seemed to say 'We ne'er shall look upon his like again.' "On no similar occasion had there ever been collected so large a concourse of persons in this island. Some pains were taken to ascertain the number of those who entered the burial ground, and it is believed that they considerably exceeded 4,000. An equal, or perhaps a larger number, were dispersed, as spectators, in the Grange Road and adjacent parts. Every house that commanded a glimpse of the procession, or the interment, was crowded. The windows, ev
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