{"id":1614,"date":"2012-03-31T20:43:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-01T03:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2016-05-03T14:50:20","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T21:50:20","slug":"the-funeral-of-admiral-lord-nelson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/susannaives.com\/wordpress\/2012\/03\/the-funeral-of-admiral-lord-nelson\/","title":{"rendered":"The Funeral of Admiral Lord Nelson"},"content":{"rendered":"

The following is excerpted from “The Monthly Mirror<\/a>,”\u00a01806<\/p>\n

“Recorded honours shall gather round his monument, and thicken over it. It has a solid basis, and will support the laurels which adorn\u00a0it<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

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LAYING IN STATE. On Sunday, January 5th, and the Monday and Tuesday following, the remains of our illustrious hero, deposited and laid out in state, in the great hall at Greenwich hospital, were the object of veneration to multitudes. These crowded, from every quarter, and numbers went away unsatisfied. The arrangements of the solemnity were as follow:\u2014In the funeral saloon, high above the corpse, a canopy of black velvet was suspended, richly festooned with gold, and the Festoons ornamented with the\u00a0chelengk,\u00a0<\/em>or plume of triumph, presented to his Lordship by the Grand Seignior, after the ever-memorable victory of the Nile. It was also decorated with his Lordship’s coronet, and a view of the stern of the San Josef, the Spanish admiral’s ship, already quartered in his arms. On the back field, beneath the canopy, was emblazoned an escutcheon of his Lordship’s arms ; the helmet surmounted by a naval crown, and enriched with the trident and palm branch in saltier<\/em>.\u2014motto, “Palmam qui meruit ferat.”\u00a0<\/em>Also his Lordship’s shield, ornamented with silver stars, appropriately interspersed ; with the motto\u2014”Tria juncta in uno<\/em>,” and surmounting the whole, upon a gold field, embraced by a golden wreath, was inscribed, in sable characters, the word, Trafalgar, commemorative of the proudest of his great achievements.<\/p>\n

>> Image of laying in state<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

PROCESSION BY WATER. At half past seven o’clock, on Wednesday, the heralds and naval officers who were to assist at the procession by water, assembled at the Admiralty, and from thence proceeded about eight to Greenwich.<\/p>\n

>> Image of procession by water<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

>> Another image of procession by water<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In the first barge, on their return, was the standard at the head; the Guidon was borne by Captain Durham. In the second were the officers of arms bearing the target, sword, helm, and crest of the deceased. In the third was the body. In the fourth was the<\/p>\n