THE FUNERAL OF DEAN STANLEY.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3193, 22 September 1881, Page 4

THE FUNERAL OF DEAN STANLEY.

■j ~ , -'--h of Dean Stanley were in- , - .i w' < "sin.U-r Jbbcy with iinpres- ( • '. Crowds began to assemble .. t < . f_ * ' doorways to tho Abbey a> i,i' run Iho more numerous gatherings ,v ri« .it I I'!* we it entrance and in frnnt of the Dean's Yard. Prom an early hour in the morning ■wreaths and crosses composed of the rarest and choicest fldwers arrived at the Deanery in c;reat numbers, and were taken in the room where the Dean's body lay iv an oaken coffin and placed around the bier. Tho coffin was of polished oak with heavy brass handles and large brass plate, on which the following inscription wa3 engraved :—" The Very Reverend Arthur Penrhvn Stanley, D.D., second son of th" Woht' Unvprewi TCdw.-ird Stnnlov iiWr.op of Ncv»i-h. "vorn the I.3th of i'-'Cfii'iber, 1815; died the 18th of July 1881." At the head, on a small purple cushion, rested the ribbon and gold insignia of the deceased's Order of the Bath. Next it came two crosses of white roses, ono from the Lady Mayoress and the other from the Dean's household, wi'h tho inscription. " With the deepest, respect, and love." Following these was a beautiful wreath of China roses sent by the Queen, with the following note in her Majesty's handwriting :—" A mark of sincere affection and high esteem from Viotoria R." Lying on the bier and around the room were wreaths and crosses from the Prince and Princess of Wales, Princess Beatrice, the Crown Princess of Germany, the Duchess of Edinburgh, Prince Leopold, and many other distinguished personages and private friends. There were also wreaths from well-known Americans, and a large wreath of white roses from the boys of Westminster School. The doors of the Cathedral were thrown open shortly before three, and in a remarkably short space of time ever? nook and corner of the venerable building was occupied. In the choir, cloisters, and other parts of the building, to which admission was obtained by ticket, the pressure was nearly as great as where admission was free. The procession, whioh was of groat length, started from the Deanery at a quarter to four o'clock, and passed through the cloisters, entering the Abbey by the western door. Amid impressive choral music the procession slowly made its way up the choir to the lantern I he pall-bearers were Mr Matthew Arnold, Dr. -toughton, Rev. Canon Westcott. Bight Hon. W. IT. Smith, M.P., the Bishon of Mr Spottiswoodc, P.R.S., "Rev. Dr. Storey, faster of Balliol, Hghfc Hon. W. E. Forster, M.P., and the Duke of Westminster. Among those who followed the coffin were Lord Thnrlow, representing the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Connaught, Prince Christian, the Duke of Teck, the Duke of Argyll, the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, Lord Shaftesbury, Lord Salisbury, Lord Derby, Lord Aberdare, J ord Fherbrooke, Earl Percy, Lord R. Grosvenor, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Bishop Claughton, the Bishop of Peterborough, Bishop of Llandaff, Lord Chief Justice Coleridge, Mr W. E. Gladstone, w ir Stafford Northcote, Sir R. Cross, Sir Bartle Frero. w f~ "F "Foster, Sir F. Leighton, and Mr W. H. Gladstone. Princess hri*tian, the Duchess of Teck, Marchioness of Salisbury, and Baroness Burdett-Coutts were among the ladies present. Canon Prothero conducted the first portion of the servce, and at itß conclusion the procession was reformed and proceeded to Henry Vll.'s Chapel, where the coffin was deposited beside that of the late Lady Stanley. Archdeacon Jennings read the prayers at the grave. The concluding portion of the service took place in the nave. ,c His body is buried in peace," by Handel, was sung, and tbe benediction was pronounced by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The choral music of Croft and Purcell was used for the processional and other parts of ihe Burial Service.