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ticn of the C.liH~aU~ 'Was given by the Rev . Fr . Porr-Lst.e L,
A body of st.lwart men
appr-oached and l~id bold of the mortuary C8B~, and , with great, ease and good order,
co nve yed i t t o the hee r-se , RWQl t l ng outside t-he main ent r an ce . The case containing
the coffin vefgbed ne ar-Ly one ton , and too much pr-ad se cannot be given to these
1n charge for the careful, r espect.ruk and su cceesfu'L manner in which it vas handked ,
The hea r-se va s drawn by four horses caparisoned in black and
silve r , and \lith
tall p'Iuee e of black rising f r oo their beads , The pall bearers ve r e t e n in number,
consisting of t he Pr -esddent,e of the various Catholic Soc de t de a , I mmediately in the
r ear of t he body moved the mourning coaches of the Bishop and
His Excellency the
Governor . Next followed the priests and Chr isthn Br-ot.her-e two and two . The
ver-Lou e Societies of t.be Town WAre dtet.r-dbut.ed, se-se i n front and 50!!!" in r ear of
the hearse , and the whol e procession \.I'8S lighted by torch-bearers at intervals. A
deputation of the Benevolent Iri sh Society of Conception Bay , who had cOM~ over f or
the
sad ceremonial, vaLtced in a c cor da nce lJith tdm e-boncred cuat.on, lJith t heir ed et. er­
Society of St . Johnt s , The procession \l8 :'! over a mile i n length, and exceeded in
~olennity and impodng effect Anything ever snovn, or eve r li'k: l'Ily to be known i n
the history of Newfoundland.
The silent respect shcvn by the dense crowds could
not but strike home to t.he Leaet, thinkin~ soul . Thi .s a ....ful ant.Lt.beed e , vhtch
forced -itse l f up on t.he lllindfl of all be t.veen the j OYOU3 and trl;:;'ph~nt proc es~ion
which on that very day sdx veeke bore 1n exultation through the sal'll'! str eets tbe
t.hen buoyant and genilill Bishop and Apostolic DeI egat.e, and t.hqt which nov conefgn-,
ed to the self same steRmer "Caspian" his cold and lifelesB cllily, made a n"aepr-eae-,
ion on the hea rt never- to be forgotten .
On arr iving a t the whel r f the coffin v A,!'l a t onc e place d a boa r-d vf .t.hout,
accfr'ent, or
diffiCUlty, find on the part of the public w-e f'ee I bound t.o t.end e r- the
thanks of the cOl'll1lWlity to the owner- of the A1l8n line , Sir Hugh Al18n , vho