FUNERAL OF LORD MAYO IN DUBLIN.

Grey River Argus, Volume XII, Issue 1225, 2 July 1872, Page 2

FUNERAL OF LORD MAYO IN DUBLIN.

The public funeral of the late Earl of Mayo took place on April 25th, and no spectacle more imposing in its mournful splendor was ever witnessed in the Irish metropolis. The weather, though showery in the morning, cleared towards noon, and at half -past twelve, the hour fixed for the funeral, it was beautifully fine. From : early morn vast throngs crowded the streets through which the procession was to pass. The courts and offices were closed, .business generally being suspended. Flags half-mast high floated from every flagstaff, and the whole city wore a mourning aspect. Shortly after noon, the LordLieutenant, accompanied by his staff, rode down at the North Wall, where H.M;S. Enchantress was . moored. r On. Earl „ Spencer's arrival, the coffin containing- 4 the body of the Earl of Mayo was lifted ' from the deck of the Enchantress and placed on a gun carriage ; the procession was then formed, and at half-past twelve precisely it slowly moved forward. The foremost place in the procession was accorded to 150 of the tenantry on the '' Mayo estate, wearing hatbands and* weepers. Then followed the military and naval part of the pageant, consisting of cavalry bands massed, the Queen's Dragoon Guards, the officers and seamen of \ H.M.S. Enchantress, sailors and marines of H.M.S. Vanguard, infantry bands massed, and a guard of honor of the Cold* stream Guards. Then followed the banner of the Order of the Star of India, in charge of Lord Sfcrathnairn, who was in full uniform, and wore the Star of the • Order. In immediate succession was borne the banner of the Order % of St. Patrick, in charge ; of the Marquis of - Drcgheda, wearing a rifle uniform, and ■ Star and Ribbon of the Order. The next place in the college was occupied by the gentlemen connected with the administration of India, including Mr Grant Duff, the Indian Secretary ; Sir John Kaye, Sir Erskine Perry, and the members of the Viceregal Household. Then came the Earl's banner, on which was quartered the arms of the illus- . trious family of Bourke, the coronet on a - black cushion, and then the body, borne ' on a gun-carriage, and covered with the Union Jack. -Immediately after tie coffin came the Ulster King-at-Arms, and an officer's guard of cavalry. The .Lord Lieutenant, as chief mourner, followed. His lordship was on horseback in, plain, mourning dress. He wore the stars of the various orders to which he belongs, .; and at his right rode the Marquis of Lome, as the representative of the Sove* reign. The Marquis wore the uniform .of the Argyleshire Artillery. The long cortege of mourners followed, aud all eyes were turned on the first rank, in which walked the present Earl of Mayo and his brothers. The sons of the late peer, the brother, and a great number of tike other . relatives of the deceased earl followed,, and among the mourners were also the Duke of Aberdeen, Gol. Wilson-Patten^ '■■■'■ Mr. Percy WyndUana, &c, kthjn followed t:

in carriages the Lord Mayor of Dublin and a great number of peers, privy councillors, judges, M.P.'s, and others. The proceaaiun was nearly a mile in length, and passed through the principal streets in Dublin, the line being kept by the Royal Artillery, Coldstream Guards, and 15th ] 6tb, 20th, and 40th regiments. The splendid and imposing pageant having passed through the city, halted opposite fhe Royal Bai racks, where the procession filed past the coffin and dispersed ; the coffin was taken in charge by an escort of the King's Dragoon Guards and conveyed to Parliament House, Naas.