readily complied with. Another striking proof of the general desire
to pay the last tribute of respect to the remains of the deceased,
was furnished by the circumstance that upwards of one hundred
gentlemen, many of whom had, so recently as the previous Tuesday,
listened to the reading of one of the ablest of his lectures, by
the Rev. Mr. Wight, the Congregational minister, met at half-past
twelve in the Free Church, in order to accompany the funeral,
either on foot or in carriages, to the burial place,--a distance of
about four miles. After a short, impressive religious service,
conducted by the Rev. Mr. Philip and the Rev. Mr. Wight, they
proceeded to join the private company, who had by this time taken
their places in the mourning carriages, on their way to Edinburgh.

On reaching the General Post-Office, in Waterloo Place, the ranks
of the funeral procession were largely augmented, there being here
as many as from twenty to thirty private carriages in waiting,
filled with the leading citizens, and a large body of the
inhabitants, of all ranks, classes, and denominations, drawn up in
line three or four abreast.

The Kirk-Session of Free St. John's, of which Mr. Miller was an
office-bearer, headed by the Rev. Dr. Guthrie and the Rev. Dr.
Hanna, who left the carriage at the Post-Office, occupied the front
of the procession, immediately followed by the Royal Physical
Society, of which the lamented deceased was a leading member, the
_employes_ in the _Witness_ office, and a large body of the general
public. A still more numerous body of the citizens, as well as of
parties from Glasgow, Liverpool, Stirling, Bridge of Allan, and
other parts of the country, drew up in the rear of the long line of
carriages, while the sides of the streets were also lined with
mourners, who accompanied the procession to the Cemetery. Besides
the large concourse of people who here joined the procession, the
whole front of the Register Office and the corners of the North
Bridge were densely occupied by some thousands of spectators; and
it may be safely said, that no event since the death of Dr.
Chalmers has caused such deep-felt sorrow and regret in Edinburgh.
The numbers present in the funeral _cortege_ must have amounted to
from one to two thousand; indeed, one paper