MRS. HALLAM'S FUNERAL.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1803, 13 October 1874, Page 3

MRS. HALLAM'S FUNERAL.

Yesterday afternoon the remains of the late Mrs. Hallam (Miss Hattie Sheppard) were in! eired in the Melbourne Cemetery. The funeral was appointed to leave her mother's residence in Elgin-street at three o'clock, and for some time previous to that hour the public began to assemble at the home, and at the time the procession started there were probably 1000 persons present. In addition to the mourning coaches, containing the more intimate friends of the deceased, there were a number of private carriages and other conveyance!; but the great proportion of those present had evidently come with the intention of walking to the grave. On reaching the cemetery it was found that an equal or greater number had joined the funeral during its pi ogress, or had been waiting for it there, and it was estimated that when the burial service was read there could not have been less than 3000 present. As it was not expected that there would be such a concourse, no preparations had been made to preserve order, .and considerable crushing took place on the way to the grave, but when there, as soon as the service commenced, the great crowd became stationary, and nothing could be heard but the voice of the clereyman and the sobs and cries of the mourning friends who were gathered round the grave. It isprobable that there was not a member of the profession of any standing absent, and oujside of.it those who had admired MrF.^Hallam as an actress, or esteemed her as a friend, were there to show that her memory was and would be cherished by them. The medical profession, the Press, and the legislature were represented among the chief mourners, and there was the most conclusive of all evidence that it was no common grief which had brought them there. Previous to the funeral leaving, the Bey. Mr. Perry, who had known Mrs. Hallam during her lifetime, and had ministered to her on her death-bed, baptized the baby, whose birth cost its mother her life, and the ceremony in the chamber of death was oneVhich neither the minister nor the mourners could well sustain. Notwithstanding the immense crowd, 'the scene at the grave was an unusually affecting one, the presence of so many 1 mourners of the deceased's sex tending to make it • so.--^Melbourno Telegraph, September 25th.

The Fobestees' Day at the Cktstal Palace. —August 18 was another of the great Foresters' days at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham. If the average appetite of the members of the Ancient Order of Foresters has not fallen off considerably since last year, it must be a peculiarly gratifying subject for contemplation for those who are pecuniarily interested in the health and longevity of tho members of tins, great benefit society. The preparations for their reception last year were on a scale such as even the Crystal Palce requires only about once or twice in the course of the season. To meet the demands of this omnivorous host some forty cooks were employed for several days before the gathering. They were required to bring their skill to bear upon sixteen tons of meat and two tons of ham, to bake upwards of 4000 loaves, 23,000 rolls, 31,000 plain bulis, 10,000 Bath buns, 34,000 twopenny squares of cake, nearly 8000 shilling pork 'pies, and 10,000 penny biscuits, to say nothing of sandwiches, cheese, pickles, and numerous other edibles, odds and ends. It could not of course bo expected that all this would be disposed of without considerable hydraulic power, and the liquid laid in store in the vaults and cellars at the southern end of the Pa^ce would have distressed the heart of any through-going teetotaler. Not to mention liquor on draught, there were some 60,000 bottles of beer provided. Teetotal drinks, however, made even a greater show, so far as bottles went. Of lemonado, giuger-beer, and other such beverages, there where about 120,000 in the cellars, and all this was supplemented by a decoction produced by some 9001b. of tea, three tons of sugar, and 300 gallons of milk. In spite of the immense number of people present, the day passed off a success.