Mr. Fawcett was buried in Trumpington Churchyard on Monday amidst
demonstrations of public mourning which were at once unique and universal. The Heads of Cambridge Colleges, University professors and students, three members of the Cabinet, namely, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Home Secretary, and the President of the Local Government Board, many other members of the Government, a considerable number of Members of Parliament, and a large number of Post- Office officials, together with a considerable number of ladies who felt the deepest obligations to Mr. Fawcett for the line he had taken on the subject of Women's Suffrage, followed his body to the grave. Flowers in masses were contributed from all portions of the kingdom, and the grief of a few was as deep as the regret of the many was sincere. It is not often that any public man's death makes so great an impression.
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