NEWS OF THE WEEK.
THE funeral of the Duke of Clarence on Wednesday at Windsor was a stately but quiet ceremony, the Queen being reluctantly persuaded, by advisers who deserve the thanks of the comreanity, to abstain from attending. The body was carried from Sandringham to the parish church, where a memorial service was performed, attended, among others, by all the Princesses, and was then carried on a gun-carriage to Wolfer- ton, in a procession headed by the Prince of Wales. Thence it was conveyed by railway to Windsor Station, and thence, again, in procession to St. George's Chapel, where the final ceremony was performed. This was attended by all the English Princes, by representatives of all the Royal families connected with the Duke—thus including the German and Russian, but excluding the Austrian—and by a numerous group of dignitaries of the realm, which did not, however, include Lord Salisbury, who was confined at home with a cold. No ladies were present, as the funeral was military ; but Prince George, in spite of his recent illness, walked by his father's side. The Burial Service was read by the Bishop of Rochester, and the scene is described as one of the most striking solemnity. In London, the suspension of business after 2 o'clock was almost universal, nearly all the places of public amusement were closed, and St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey, where memorial services were held, were thronged beyond all precedent. It is noted that in all the crowds no one smoked. A similar cessation of business and similar memorial services marked the day in all the capitals of the Empire, and from its most distant points—that is, from every corner of the world—the rain of telegrams of condolence has been incessant. The entire British people, in fact, deeply pities the bereaved.
