The Argus at KellyGang 27/11/1880
THE FUNERAL OF SIR REDMOND BARRY
The remains of the late Sir Redmond Barry, K C M G , the senior judge of the Supreme Court, and one of our oldest and most eminent colonists, were interred yester- day in the Melbourne General Cemetery. The friends of the deceased expressed a wish that the funeral ceremony might be conducted as privately as possible, and it was accordingly arranged that there should be no unnecessary diaplay. The long and invaluable services which his Honour had rendered to the colony called forth, however, a spontaneous desire from all sections of the com- munity to show on this melancholy occa- sion a fitting respect for his memory. Seeing, therefore, that the cortege would be unuaually large, Mr Sleight, the undertaker, made special arrangements for the conduct of the procession, and was readily assiated in carrying these out by In- spector Montfort, of the police force. Authority was obtained from the mayor to stop the general traflic in the block in East Melbourne surrounded by Lansdowne street, Welling- ton parade, Hoddle street, and Victoria, parade, in the centre of which, in Claren- don street, the residence of the deceased is situated. This arrangement was duly enforced by Mr Montfort and a strong body of mounted and foot police whilst the cortege was forming.
The law courts and offices were closed for the occasion, as were also the oflices of the Chief Secretary s department, and the flags which were flying half mast high in various parts of the city proclaimed that Victoria was about to bury one of her greatest colonists. By 2 o'clock in the afternoon persons began to collect at the street corners in East Melbourne to witness the funeral, and half an hour later the carriages commenced to assemble. As the private carriages arrived they were ranged up Albert street until they reached as far as Lansdowne street. The hired waggonettes and hansoms were ranked along the other half of Albert-atreet towards Hoddle street. The hearse and mourning coaches were earlier on the scene, and were arranged opposite the deceased's residence, in Clarendon-street. The hearse was crowned with a wreath of myrtle, and the horsecloths were enriched with the crest of the deceased knight. Exactly at 3 o'clock the coffin was borne out of the residence, and placed in the hearse, and the cortege at once moved on up Clarendon street. The hearse was preceded by carriages occupied by the Bishop of Melbourne and clergymen of the Church of England denomination and several clergymen of the Roman Catholic Church, and followed by five mourning coaches. After these carne the private carriages and buggies, and then the hired vehicles. Passing up Clarendon street the funeral procession turned into Victoria parade, thence via Vic- tona street up Madeline street, and then moved direct towards the cemetery. It was im- possible to see the entire length of the procession at any time, as there was no stretch of road in the route traversed sufficient to show it in an unbroken line. The first carnage had almost reached the Univer- sity before the last had passed the Exhibition. There were in all about 150 vehicles, comprising five mourning coaches, 70 or 80 private vehicles, and an immense number of waggonettes and hansom cabs. As nearly as could be juded, the whole procession was about a mile and a half in length, and it occupied half an hour in passing any given point. The shops along the route put up their shutters, and the streets were lined with people all the way to the cemetery.
The dome of the Exhibition building and every coigne of vantage along the route were also crowded with spectators. In Madeline street the members of the University awaited the funeral at the medical gate in academic costume, and when it approached they led the way to the cemetery. The cortege was thus completed, and the order of the pro- cession may be now given as follows -
THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
Under graduates
(about 100)
Bachelors of Arts Medicne, and Laws
(about 50)
Masters and Doctors
(about 20 )
Tlic Warden of the Senate
(Tho Hon J Madden, LL D )
The Registrar
(Mr E F A'Beckett )
Lecturers
Professor J S Elkington, M A, Mr J D Kirk- land, Professor Piranl, M A , Dr Barker, Mr W C
President of the Profesorial Board
Tho Hon W E Hean, LL D , and Professor Strong
Members, of the Council
Mr M'Farland, Dr Mackay, Dr Morrison Professor Irving and Professor Andrew
The Vice Chancellor (Dr A C Brownless)
Private carriage (Occupied by Doctors Gunst and Teague )
Carriage of the Archbishop of Melbourne (Occupied by the Ven Arch priest O'Meara and other Roman Catholic clergymen)
Carriage of the Dean of Melbourne
(Occupied by Dean Macartney and the Rev C S Perry)
Mourning. Coach (Occupied by the Bishop of Melbourne and tho Rev Canon Chase )
The Hearse
Five Mourning Coaches
1st Occupied by relatives of the deceased
2nd Occupied by His Honour Sir William Stawell Chief Justice of the colony, Mr Gurner, solicitor and Mr D C M'Arthur
3rd Occupied by His Honour MIr Justice Moles- worth, His Honour Mr Justice Stephen, His Honour Mr Justice Higinbotham, and Mr James Moore
4th Occupied by the Hon Junes Graham, Mr Candler, and Mr Jones
6th Occupied by the servants of the household
The Carriage of the Deceased Juidge (empty)
Carriage of His Excellcncy the Marquis of Normanby (Occupied by Captain Le Patourel, Private Secretary to His Excellency )
Three Private Carriages (Occupied by His Worship theo Mayor, the Aldermen and Councillors of Melbourne viz -The Mayor (Councillor Meares), Aldermen Moubray, Stewart, Gatehouse, O'Grady, Councillors Wilke, Lee, Zevenboom, Garton, Dodgshun, and Bowen, and Mr Fitz- gibbon, the Town Clerk )
Three Cairriages (Occupied by Councillor M'Mahon, mayor of Fitzroy,
and the councillors of that cilty)
Three Carriages (Occupied by Councillor H Walker, mayor of Colllngwood, and the councillors of that city)
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