e gathered in crowds wherever a placard
was seen, and perused it with deep sorrow, the men moving silently away,
or gathering in groups to talk earnestly concerning the deceased and
the prospects of their country--the women in many cases uttering loud
lamentations. The bells of the Roman Catholic chapels tolled mournfully,
and arrangements were made to offer public prayers for the soul of the
deceased. Probably there was not a Roman Catholic in Ireland that
did not privately offer such petitions upon the reception of the
intelligence. The Repeal Association summoned an especial meeting to
prepare an address to the people of Ireland suitable to the occasion.
The corporation met and adjourned for three weeks as a mark of respect.
The Roman Catholics of Ireland, and such Protestants as were considered
liberal, made every manifestation of respect for the memory of the great
leader. Ireland, in the midst of her starvation and sickness, felt a
still deeper sorrow--the whole land appeared in mourning.

The mortal remains of the great popular chief were conveyed to Dublin,
and on the 5th of August they were interred in the Glassnevin Cemetery.
The day preceding the Reverend Dr. Miley preached his funeral sermon at
the Metropolitan Chapel, Marlborough Street. It was an eloquent eulogy
upon the character of the departed; his errors, personal and political,
were passed over, and the idea pervaded the discourse that the departed
was a martyr and saint.

The funeral procession was one of the most remarkable which had ever
been witnessed in Ireland,--when the character of the deceased, his
influence upon public affairs, the national feeling, the intense
curiosity excited, and the conduct of the ceremonial, were considered.
At twelve o'clock the corpse was removed from the Metropolitan Chapel.
The procession was a mile and a half (Irish) in length, composed of the
Trades' Unions on foot, followed by the triumphal car which had been
used to convey him from Richmond Penitentiary to his house in Merrion
Square, when his acquittal of the charge upon which he had been
incarcerated was pronounced by the House of Lords. The coffin was placed
on a large open hearse, constructed with very little regard to taste.
The hearse was covered with rich Genoa velvet. It was immediately
followed by the family of the deceased, his personal and political
friends, and a large assembly of the Roman Catholic bishops and clergy.
All along the route to Glassn