The Scotsman - Saturday, 29th September 1832, page 3

_FDNEBAI _. OP SIR WAI _/ _TEH SCOTT

Wednesday, the _honourcil _reiilnins of Sir _Walter Scott _were consigned to the tomb , amid _tlie _unfeigned _regret of thousands_. . _Never _peril ips was _tlia _esteem in which this truly _great _hian _was _held more conspicuously _displayed _than on _tills _melancholy _occasion. _We _understand that _cards had _been issued to nearly SOO _persons, wlio _almost _nil _attendeil, it being decmcil nn _honour to be _present lit tlie funcr.il _obsequies of so uistin_}; ui5licd 11 _diameter. One o'clock was tlie hour fixed on for the time of _meeting, and for iibout an hour nftcrwnrds _carriages of dinerent sorts, and _gentlemen on _horseback, _continued to _arrive from _Edinburgh_, _Peebles, Selkirk, _Giiliislirel'i , Melrosc, _Jedburgh, and oilier parts of tile surrouild;ng country. _Tile _company: _having _Dartalicn of relrcslliiicnts , _adjourned to tile libr_.iry, _where tliey heard _iin _eloquent _and _iiflecting' _prayer " Irom Principiil _Uaird; aiid a little iillcr two o'_clock tlie melanelioly _procession_, _consisting of fiirriiiKCs, numerous other vcliicles, nnd horsemen, _bcR.ill to _move froin Abbolslbn ], _and _proceeded _tlirougli tile towns ol' _Dai-nick _und Mclrose ,iind by the ri y _Uridgc to _Dryliurgli Abbey. As _the long _funeral _train passed through _the villages ;;nd _JutiiiKuiiu _iuiiui );_icL01 _._La_, _»_.n _'uug uuup _sorrow pcrvaucu _nil _classes. Groups of pco|) lc _were _assembled at _different parts of tlie road, and on _eicviited points frimi _wim-h a _view could _he obtained. Most of tlicni were in _mourning-, and _many stiinding uncovered. _The decency, _propriety and _rcverenti._il _silence whirll was observed _R.ivc _n very iiiintcssivc _clianwtcr to llie s;enc. _In passing _through _tile towns, _thole respectful _observances were still _more _striking. Tlie _streets at _Mclrose _were lined on botli _sides with tlie inliabitnnts in mourning and _uncovered . The sliops ol' tilis and other towns _were shut; _tile sign Lu.irds wcrc ' . covcrcd witli black; tlie _aged and the _Little _ciimc _forth to _pay llicir List_; tribute to dep-irted worth; mid _along tlie many miles of _picturcsiius _country wliicll _tile _procession _had to _traverse, tlie _ensigns of sorrow wcre_.cvcry where _displayed ; _tiK'sc were tile _unbouglit and voluntary _testiinonies to _the private _virtues ot" tlie diseased _from thoss _among _wliom he h;id _lived, iind by whom lie was _best known. At _Dryburgli Abbey tliu boily , on _licin_^r _t-iltcn fi-oiii tlie hearse, _was honic by his own domestics to tile _STOVC, tliey _having Si'cciiilly _requested _that no _foreign li:ind should_. _02 nlloiv- _1 cd to toucli tlie reni n ' ns ot' a master so _honoured iind so _beloved. _The _pall-bearers _were—IIeail . _Major Sir _Walter _Scott, _Hig 7_it. Left. Cli.is. Scott. Esq. J. G. _JLocklinrt, Esq. Second Son of _Deceased. Son-ill-laworDcccascd . CIms . Scott, Esq. ._Tunics _Scott, Esq . _Neshitt, Cousin. Nesbitt, Cuusin. Win. Scott, Esq. _Kobt. IlutliciTord, Esq. of Racburn, Cousin. W. S., Cousin. Col. _Kussell, llugli Scott, ES_([ . of Ashiesteel, Cousin_, of _._Harden. Foot . Win. Kcitli, ESI|. of Edinburgli . A _grands'Jn of Sir _Walter Scott, IL _sou of Mr _Lockhart , _was also _present_. Sixty-two _carriages_, _phaetons_, and _gigs followed the hearse—itie black _plumes of ttie latter _and _the _cloaks of the mutes on horseback _leading _(lie _procesiion, _as _it wound through picluresquc roads and up and down tlie many hills on the _route _from Abbotsfi rd to Dryburgll , were _particiitarly fitriking; but _when the body was _taken out of tlie _hcnrse at tlie great tree close to Sir _JDavid Erskine's house * and time _given for _the parly to _collect—when the _pall-bearera _llail taken Iliclr _places, and _the bearers moved on with tlie _body, _all witli one consent _uncovered—• ttie _Key. Air Williams, in Ilis white surplice, leaning on tlie _arm of Mr Kobert Cadell, taking _his _place immediaicly arter the chief mourner—tlie _dark _mass of _ftiendt who liad _left tlieir carriages closing up behind: M'lien all _thcue _preliminaries were _adjusted, _and the _mournful ceremony pro. ceeiled _towards the Abbey, tlie whole effect _was pecuiinrly _impressive—the _beauty of the _scenery—the Hne old ruin—the _serene, though gloomy aspect of llie heaven?—the _associations _connected in no _email degree with tlie _distinguished man, whose remains _were about to be _consigned to their _place of _rent, _rendered _the whole _one of tlie _most _striking scenes it has _been our lot to he an _eye wilness of. _Before the body was committed to tlie _earth, tlie _English Burial Service was _read by tile Ilcv. J. _Williams, _rector of _tile _Edinburgh _Academy. A _tittle past _live in tlie afternoon, the last _unices _were _performed. The _effect of tile _scene was also at tins time impressive, far beyond wliat _any words _can _convey, _and in cons:dcring tl;e _genius and intellectual powers of tile _deceased; li-s wit _, _)i;s _eloquence _. _In ' s _fancy, we could _not help thinking of his own beautiful words" 'i_._hcy _sleep witli Iiini, wlio _sleeps below." Tlie spot _in wlii;li Sir _Walter Scott is laid is in tlie north win_;; _of the splendid ruin of Dryburgh _Abbey, now, alas 1 _containing' a niorc _splendid ruin than itself. Here is luid tlie body of JL_.: idy Scott, and also tliat of his _uncle- CI'he situation is _secluded and _romantic_, and _quite _congenial to all tlie _ideas ol ' tlic deceased. _Among _those_, _present _around the _grave at _tlic _time of tile _interment, _were _Lords _Melville nnd _Napier , _Sir W. liac, Sir Thomas _Dick JLiuder, Sir Jolin rr ingle, Sir John Hav, M. 1'., Sir _David Erskine, Colonel O'lieilly , Culoiiel Scott, Major Hiddol, Mr _Pringle of Wliitbank, Mr _Pringle ot' _Clifton, Mr Richardson, solicitor , London, Mr Ogilvv of _Chestrrs , Mr Monypcnnv, W. S., Mr _Thomas _Thomson, _advocate, Mr William _Clerk, _advocate, Mr Urquhart _, advocate, Mr Smith , _banker, Edinburgh, Mr Briicc ofJLanglcc , Mr _Snrolt of _Iliddel, M_:r _Douylas of _Addi-rstonc , Mr _._ISailic, _younger ol " Jcrvisivood, Mr Scott of Sinton, Mr F.iirliolm of Cliapcl, Dr _Clarkson , Mr _E_.. Cadcll, _Edinburgli , Kcv. Dr Dickson, Edinburgi ), Mr _llcid, his Majcity's _arcliitcct, &c. A great number of _respectable _persons _went from Edinburgh , to be present ut tlie funeral, _without having _received cards of invitation to attend—from a spontaneous desire to _alie'v all _the respect they could _to tlie memory _of tlie illustrious _deceased. We _undei'st ._iiidtuat Sir Waltcr'ii licad was _opened on _Sunday . Tlie _lefl side of tlie _brain wiis found _in a soft state, and tlicrc _were _globules of water _under the _left lobe, appearances wliicll fully accounted for all the fatal symptoms by which he has _been alllicted.