The Argus at KellyGang 26/11/1880
The funeral of the late Sir Redmond Barry, KCMG, takes place this afternoon, and although it is to be of a semi-private character, and will be conducted with as little pomp as possible, the cortège will be representative of the whole colony and unusually large. It will start from the residence of the late judge, in Clarendon-street, East Melbourne, at 3 o’clock, and will proceed by Victoria-parade and Madeline-street to the place of internment in the Melbourne General Cemetery. The corporate bodies, and all who intend joining in the procession, are requested to assemble at half-past 2 o’clock, and to approach the deceased’s residence by Wellington-parade or Victoria-parade, thence up or down Hoddle-street, and then up Albert-street, where positions will be assigned to them by Mr Sleight, the undertaker.
The streets comprised in the block bounded by Wellington-parade, Hoddle-street, Victoria-parade, and Lansdown-street will be closed to general traffic from 1 until 4 o’clock. For this the sanction of the mayor has been given, and the approaches to the block will be guarded by police. The members of the University will move in procession from the quadrangle of the University to join the funeral at the Medical School gate at half-past 3 pm, in the following order:- Undergraduates, bachelors of arts, bachelors of medicine, bachelors of laws, masters of arts, doctors of medicine, doctors of laws, the warden, the registrar, lecturers, examiners, professors, the president, members of council, the vice-chancellor. The religious ceremonial will be conducted by the Bishop of Melbourne. All branches of the Crown Law Department will be closed at 1 o’clock, p.m. to afford the officers an opportunity of paying due respect to the memory of the late judge on the occasion of his funeral, and officers in the country are also authorised to leave their respective districts. The Chief Secretary’s department will also be closed. The Public Library, Museums, and National Gallery will be closed all day, in accordance with the instructions of the trustees.
Another discussion on the police force yesterday resulted in the Chief Secretary a promise that royal commission be appointed to inquire into the condition of the force, more particularly with reference to the Kelly outbreak. The subject was brought forward by Mr Graves, who had an opportunity of submitting his contingent motion for the appointment of a select committee. Mr Graves declared that he made no reflection upon the force, but he wished to show that his constituents did not deserve the stigma cast upon them of sympathy with the outlaws. The non-capture of the bushrangers, he contended, was not the fault of the population, but of the unskilful handling of the force. The outlaws, he said, spent the bulk of their plunder in Benalla, within the knowledge and under the very nose of the police. Mr Berry in the first instance deprecated the idea that an inquiry was necessary, but the sense of the House was evidently against the Premier. Sir Charles MacMahon called attention to the ridiculous economies now being effected in the force, such as reducing the horses 1lb. of oats per day, and making them wear their shoes longer, and declared that these and other changes are perfectly unjustifiable in the light of recent events, which show that much depends upon the horses of the force being equal to those of the bushrangers. Mr Service stated that the Government of which he was the head had arranged to appoint a royal commission, and Mr Berry then gave way. The commission will not be appointed, however, until the trials arising out of the Kelly outbreak are concluded.
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