On Monday evening, the remains of the late Lord Chief
Justice were placed in a leaden coffin, which was afterwards encased in a sub- stantial one of oak, covered with rich crimson velvet, and adorned with gilt furniture. Anxious to preserve a likeness of his Lordship, his family have had a east of his features taken since his de- mise, from which a marble bust is to be modelled. The funeral has been appointed to take place this morning ; the vaults of the Foundling Hospital, of which institution his Lordship was a Vice-President, agreeable to his own desire, is the spot where his remains are laid. Lord Tenterden expressed a desire, in his will, that he might be buried as a "private gentleman." The following is the inscription on the plate of his coffin :—" Charles Abbott, Lord Tenterden, Chief Justice of the Court of King's Bench, and Vice-President of the Foundling Hospital, died, Sunday, November 4, 1832, aged 71 years."
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