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Procession at Lord Nelson’s Funeral.

From the London Gazette , Tuesday January 14, to Saturday January 18, 1806.

On Wednesday, the 8th Instant, the Remains of the late Right Honourable Horatio Viscount andBaron Nelson, K. B., Vice-Admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty’s Fleet, were conveyedfrom the Royal Hospital of Greenwich , where they had lain in State, in the Painted Hall, on theThree preceding days, to the Admiralty.

Soon after Ten o’Clock in the Morning, the several Persons appointed to attend the Remainsfrom Greenwich , assembled at the Governor’s House within the Royal Hospital; and at about Oneo’Clock, proceeded in the Barges according to the following Order, viz.

First Barge, covered with Black Cloth.

Drums, Two Trumpets, with their Banners in the Steerage.

The Standard, at the head, borne by Captain Sir Francis Laforey, Bart, of the Spartiate, supported byLieutenants William Collins Barker, and George Antram, of the Royal Navy .

The Guidon, at the door-place, borne by Captain Henry William Bayntun, of the Leviathan, (in theabsence, by indisposition, of Captain Durham,) supported,by Two Lieutenants of the Royal Navy , all intheir full Uniform Coats, with Black Waistcoats, Breeches, and Stockings, and Crape round their Armsand Hats.

Rouge Croix and Blue Mantle, Pursuivants of Arms, in close Mourning , with their Tabards over theirCloaks, and Hatbands and Scarves.

Second Barge, covered with Black Cloth.

Four Trumpets in the Steerage.

Heralds of Arms , habited as those in the First Barge, bearing the Surcoat, Target, and Sword , Helm andCrest, and the Gauntlet and Spurs of the Deceased.

The Banner of the Deceased, as a Knight of the Bath, at the head, borne by Captain EdwardRotheram, of the Royal Sovereign, supported by Two Lieutenants of the Royal Navy .

The Great Banner, with the Augmentations, at the door-place, borne by Captain Robert Moorsom, ofthe Revenge, supported by Lieutenants David Keys and Nicholas Tucker, of the Nassau , all habited asthose in the First Barge.

Third Barge, covered with Black Fcivet.

The Top adorned with Plumes of Black Feathers, and in the Centre, upon Four Shields of the Arms°f the Deceased joining in Point, a Viscount ’s Coronet .

Three Bannerolls of the Family Lineage of the Deceased, on each side, affixed to the external Parts ofthe Barge.

Six Trumpets, with their Banners as before, in the Steerage.

Six Officers of the Royal Navy , habited as those in the other Barges, one to each Banneroll, viz.

Lieutenant (now Captain) John Pasco. Lieutenant (now Captain) Williams.

Lieutenant (now Captain) John Yule. Lieutenant George Browne.

Thomas Atkinson, Master of the Victory. Lieutenant James Uzuld Purches.

The Body,

covered with a large Sheet, and a Pall of Velvet adorned with Six Escutcheons.

Norroy King of Arms, in the absence, by indisposition, of Clarencieux, habited as the other Officers ofArms, and bearing, at the head of the Body, a Viscount ’s Coronet upon a Black Velvet Cushion.

At the head of the Barge the Union Flag of the United Kingdom.

Attendants on the Body while at Greenwich , in Mourning .

Fourth Barge, covered with Black Cloth.

The Chief Mourner, Sir Peter Parker, Bart., Admiral ot the Fleet, with his Two Supporters, AdmiralSamuel Viscount Flood, and Admiral William Lord Radstock : -Six Assistant Mourners, viz. AdmiralsBe njamin Caldwell, Sir Roger Curtis , Knt. and Bart., Richard Rodney Bligh, Sir Charles Morice Pole,B art., and Vice-Admirals Charles Edmund Nugent, and Charles Powell Hamilton. Four Supporters of

Pall, viz.: Vice-Admirals James Hawkins Whitshed and Thomas Taylor, Admiral Sir John Orde,Bar t., (in the absence, by indisposition, of Vice-Admiral Henry Savage, who had been nominated to thisStation,) and Rear-Admiral Eliab Harvey: Six Supporters of the Canopy, viz.: Rear-Admirals ThomasBrur y, Sir William Henry Douglas, Bart., Thomas Wells, Sir Isaac Coffin, Bart., John Aylmer, and

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