The Sun. — London, England, 1852-11-18 00:00:00

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'G R AVESEND STAR PACKETS, No other Packets call at the Grays, Greenhithe, and Purileet Piers, The Packets call at the Piers as underlined (weather Per mittin g ) * FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. Was= DST/. 817NDAYB. rracs 1 14 144 4; o t 1.32 il it 6. . 73' as h( t 9% it* 134 1134 1% 836 Direct Trains from the Boats marked t Omnibuses from Fenchuroh-street Station to all parts of London. every quarter of an hour. BRUNSWICK WBARP, BLACKWALL, on the arrival of the following Trains from the Yenchurch•street Station. WEEK DAYS. SUNHATS. 7. g I S 0 - I - - 1 - Time. Time. ••• I Passages marked * are rim direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon, To or from Gravesend and London •• •• .... 10d. .. la. rd, „ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 51.05.; Six Months, 3T. on.; Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on boauf. the peellots ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. November, 1852. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET, Farewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Wesster as Lessee and Maim ger, THIS EVENING, The grand historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE. by Messrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart; Mrs. L. S. Bibck- Ingham, and Mrs. Stirling. Aft which, the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. Seeley and Miss Rosa Bennett. The Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DANGER. To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. THIS EVENING, Nov. 18, - - I Will be performed TAKING BY STORM. After which (2d time) a new Farce, in two acts, entitled TH - 457 DE aft BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Bzi.ker, Suter, Butler, and Miss Wyndham. To be followed by USED UP. To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Charae teal by Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. Sole Agent for the Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, Hew Bond street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Open for the Season. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster. —Directress, Madame Celeste., THIS EVENING (By general The celebrated Drama of THE GREENBUSHES, by Madame Cgleste, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul .Bed ford, Honey, 0. Smith, Emery, &c. After which (at second price), the Popular Drama of JA\CK SHEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr C.Rean, THIS EVENING Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West land Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal charawters by Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, Daly, and Mrs. C. Kean. After which, A MONODY will be spoken by Mrs. C. KERN. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST, in which Messrs. Wright, J. Vining, and Meadows : Misses Marshall, J. Marston, and Di %bo rough, and Mrs. Daly will appear. ASTLET'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.' Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. W. Batty. Last Three Nights of the present Spectacle. MR. BATTY Respectfully announces that, in compliance with numerous sutzges tens and requests, he has determined on the production, on N'GN DAY, 22d _November, of an Equestrian Version of UNCLE TOM'S CABIN, embodying all those stirring situations so graphbcally described in Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe's popular work, and ,which are so peculiarly adwted to the resources of this Theatre . THIS EVENING, November 18, and during the week, the enter tainments will commence, at 7 o'clock, with the gorgeous Spectacle of Enchantment, entitled THE BRIDE OF GOLCONDA ; os, the Genius of the Ring. To be followed by a Series of extraordinary Equestrian, and Gymnastic Performances in the Circle. To conclude with a popular Farce. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Doors open at Half-past Six o'clock; Box-office open daily from Eleven to to Four. WE this week present Th,e Sun to our Subscribers in mew type, from Her Majesty's Typefoundry for Scotland, by the Firm of Messrs. MILLER & RICHARD, Typefounders, Edinburgh and London. If the durability of the type prove equal to its varied beauty, then we shall wish Messrs. MILLER & RICHARD all the success which they fairly promise to deserve. , , . VA is ' •::.; . . .•- " ~ -1, , 44.^..h.,;... ~ j air 424=ift,z'N'*".-4,0. 1 11k ' l / 4 :4.--- il 'V -AINIPAi -,,D, ' Atn, - ..,..-, A k , 4.-wo LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1852 . England has on this day offered the crowning tribute of her homage to the memory of his Grace the Duke of WELLINGTON. She has closed, by a magnificent funeral ovation, the catalogue of those majestic testimonials which ARTHUR WELLESLEY received during his life, 4 time, rather from the popular appreciation than from the national munificence. For it must be remembered that the honours, the dignities, and the emoluments showered upon the illustrious dead in such abounding profusion, were his less by the grape of generosity than •by the right of his own achievements. Everything that the departed warrior has received, he has —let us never forget this in his regard—" re ceived from the justice or the gratitude of his country " not from the liberality of the Legisla *, ture, not from the magnanimity of the Govern . meat, not from the hospitality of the empire ; but, as it 1, were, from the conscience of the country, from its jus .- tice and gratitude. He was created by England—this g (ra,t man who is dead, and who has this day been sotmnly interred by the dignitaries of the land under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral—he was created by England a Baron, and a Viscount, and an Earl, and a Marquis, and a Duke. He was presented by her, in two superb grants, with a fortune of half a million • of money sterling in the aggregate. She gave him a • home in the princely domain of Strathfieldsaye. She con ', stituted him at different periods her Prime Minister, her . Foreign Secretary, and her Ambassador successively at Faris and at St. Petersburgh. She made him the Com mander-in-Chief of her Forces. She nominated him tl l l ° Custodian of her Tower of London. She rendered . 1 . a manner the guardian of her coasts, by placing . t him at the h ea d of her Cinque Ports, by the titles of 4 , Wa r d . e n , of Admiral, and of Chancellor. She selected r.• m to act as h er L or d Hi g h C onsta bl e u p on three several occasions of extr a o r din ar y a nd historical interest — upon the days li . GEORGE IV when the eges, first of KING and lastly ' ,a nd afterwards of K I NG W I LLIAM IV., of QUEEN VICTORIA, assembled under the venerabl eiZ coronation. of Westminster to witness the august ' ceremonies of nation. England, by these and $ 4 similar acts of grandeur, e videnced her admiration for i. A4THErIi, the first, and as as,: will henceforth be called k the Great DUKE of \\Tuma.:o Tel:) Councils hdexistence but she has u r a n gv them h p e r i t o h d e f ore most place in her Imperial - 4 ' of his prolonged and memorableve ; 1 this day, after his demise, giv e n bun a grave in the r 1 noblest of her cathedrals. Yet, resplendent as have been ; these tokens of h er re g ard for h er glorious chieftain, it must still, we repeat, be borne sedulously in recollection t' that, in receiving them, the deceased received the m the justice or grati tude of his country"—notfromits g om ene. • rosity or its munifice nce. It is i the decree of history It is no mere passing op inion. It s the calm and deliberated sentence pronounced by the voice of . the annalist —it alist is 7 , the expression, in short, utter ed by ALISON in the nobl e introductory volume (p. 131) of tha t great "History', through which, by a daring effort, he is about to bring 4 the records of civilised Europe down to the days of hi s A immediate contemporaries. Yes ! it is to the " j ustice or gratit u d e " o f th e British nation — an d not to its ":4 liberality—that are to be attributed all the splendours of this astonishing career, as well as all the pomps of those memorable obsequies of this morning, by which it may be said to have been, in a manner, appropriately con- , summated. Remember (and we sa y thi s earnes tl y t o those with whom we ourselves most peculiarly sympathise, we Time. • 8 PORTRAITS OP THE DUKE.-It would be rather difficult to enumerate one-half of the engravings of the great Captain issued even of late years by the print sellers, and all of them purporting to be likenesses. H. B.'s:equestrian sketch, reminds us of him as he ap peared some time back, when riding in the Park of an afternoon. Sir Thomas Lawrence has portrayed him variously in the days of his maturity—now enveloped in his long military cloak, standing on the field of Water loo —now, as he looked in full regimentals, and holding in his hand the Sword of State, at the renowned " Returning Thanks," at St. Paul's Cathedral. Clau det's wonderful daguerreotype has preserved to us the most life-like representation of him as he was in his old age, particularly of late, immediately prior to his disso lution. Besides these we have had the busts of Chantrey in middle age, and the one by Noble more recently. His equestrian statues have started up at the Tri umphal Arch, Hyde Park Corner, at the end of the Poultry, directly opposite the Royal Exchange, and in the public places of many of the principal cities of the United Kingdom. Among those colossal monuments of the Duke on Horseback, incomparably the finest of all is the one by Stele, erected at the east end of Prince's street, in front of the Register House, Edinburgh. About the latest, and not the least interesting of all the pictures of our hero, was the one painted by the late lamented Count D'Orsay, engraved by C. E. Wagstaff, and published by Mitchell. It represents the Duke in evening costume, as we have so often seen him at the Opera House. Another plate from the graver of Wagstaff (and this one published by McLean) is taken from the familiar hero-head painted by B. R. Haydon. Besides these may be mentioned a lithographic drawing of the conqueror, sketched by G. B. Black, and published by Ackermnan. THE FIRST OF MAY.—Although researches in old ma gazines and parish registers have proved beyond further doubt that the departed hero was, contrary to the gene ral impression, born on the 29th of April, 1769, in stead of on the lst of May—the latter must still be regarded as among the happiest of his many happy anniversaries. It was on the Ist of May that the nobility and gentry in the metropolis used annually to call, in hundreds, at Apsley House, to congratulate the old warrior on the continued vigour of his constitution. It was on the Ist of May, 1850, that the last of the young princes of England was born, and that he was christened Arthur, in honour of his godfather, the Great Duke of Wellington. It was on the Ist of May, 1851, that im mediately after the completion of the ceremony of the inauguration of the Crystal Palace by her Majesty, the veteran Captain went to Buckingham Palace, to see his little godchild, and in the presence of Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert, presented to the infant Prince Arthur, a casket of jewels as a souvenir. It is this interesting incident which has been very recently cele brated by the hand of F. Winterhalter, in the charming picture painted by him for the state apartments at Windsor—and which has lately been exquisitely en graved by Samuel Cousins, and published by Paul and Dominic Colnaghi. THE SEA SERPENT.—BOMBAY, Oct 16.—The sea serpent has again been seen ! Captain Vaile, commander of the ship Barham, whi c h h as l a tely arrived at Madras from England, states that the serpent was seen by him and by all on board, in a high latitude, in the course of of the voyage. The head and about 30 feet of the body were distinctly visible at times ; a " mane " was also distinctly seen, and fins under the quarter ' • and the length of the animal was estimated at from 130 to 150 feet, with a girth about the size of a barrel. It is added that the serpent spouted water occasionally. The Bar ham gave chase, but the animal made off, and was never within 350 yards. The commander, officers, and passengers of the vessel express their conviction that the monster was a sea serpent. RUNAWAY BANKRUPTS.—On Monday, at the Court of Bankruptcy, out of a list of only five cases, two of the bankrupts had absconded to Australia. One of them was under liabilities to the extent of about 3001., and the other was the partner in a firm, the debts of which were 8,000/. Cases of absconding bankrupts have been of more frequent occurrence within the last dhree months than during any similar period for the last 20 years. THE TEETH AND BREATH.—HOW often do we find the human face divine disfigured by neglecting the chiefest of its ornaments, and the breath made disagrees T able t o compan i ons by non - a tt en ti on t o th e T eeth Though pe r f ec t i n th e i r s t ruc t ure an d com p os ition, to . keep th em i n a pure and healty state requires som e li ttle trouble ; an d if t h ose w h o are blessed with well-formed teeth know how soon decay steals into the mouth, mak ing unsightly what otherwise are delightful to admire, and designating unhealthiness by the impurity of the breath, they would spare no expense to chase away these fatal blemishes. But although most ladies are careful, and even particular in these delicate matters, Y o f et a v f e o w i d ianr; alsulffin noxioustly or aw m ar i e ne o ra f thel substances imperati of an imperative necessity nature, and of which the greater part of the cheap tooth powders of the poin t ten day are c ompose d . I t i s h i ghly satisfactory to point out Messrs. Rowlands' Odonto, or Pearl Dentifrice, as a preparation free from all injurious elements, and eminently calculated to embellish and pre grateful fragrance serve the dental structure, to impart a to the breath, and to embellish and perpetuate the graces of the mouth.—Court Journal. FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (THIS DAY.) THE FUNERAL OVATION. November the eighteenth will long be remembered as one of the most remarkable among the national anniversa ries. After all the busy preparations of the last fortnight, nothing seemed to be fairly completed on the very eve of the interment. Throughout the whole length of the route to be taken by the procession, the streets were con tinuously thronged by multitudes of workmen engaged in erecting seats, graduating back from the windows up to the ceilings of the front apartments. The activity displayed in our metropolis last year on the occasion of the Great Exhi bition, was absolutely as nothing contrasted with that visible in the present instance—more particularly along Ludgate-hill, Fleet-street, the Strand, Pall-Mall, St.James's street, and Piccadilly. The excitement of yesterday attained its climax about midnight—the sound of the hammer lasted even until late in the morning. In some places the temporary structures erected for the use of chance spectators being scarcely finished on the arrival of the funeral train from the Horse Guards. Torches flamed in front of Temple-bar after nightfall, displaying most pictu resquely its tasteful though melancholy decorations. Several of the club-houses were entirely hidden by an artificial frontage, hung with black drapery. In the public places, such as Trafalgar-square, and around the pedestals of the various monuments, boarding was rapidly knocked up, and every available spot monopolized, as likely to afford a glimpse of the great pageantry. Charges for seats rose con , siderably as yesterday advanced, but fell off again as the hour of the ceremony approached. It may even be affirmed with truth, that such was the anxiety to obtain a view of the proceedings that several of the more eager and deter mined sight-seers passed the night coolly (in two senses) by perambulating the principal thoroughfares. Nor can it be matter of surprise that ordinary arrangements were for once neglected, in order that no opportunity might be missed of beholding the last solemn testimony of popular gratitude England would pay in her bearing the actual form of the Duke of Wellington. Barricades of considerable strength were raised not only along both sides of the line allotted to the procession, but likewise at the end of every street opening upon the central avenues of the metropolis. In consequence of these, and other admirable arrangements made by the police authorities, the utmost attainable regularity was observed in the circulation of the populace. It would be a great satisfaction to us if we were enabled to speak in equal terms of commendation of the order of affairs within the walls of the Cathedral. Nothing could have been more disgracefully mismanaged than the whole of the regulations entrusted to the Earl Marshal and his subordinates—regulations, the disorder of which was, however, considerably modified by the courtesy of the very Rev. the Dean, Dr. Milman. The circumstance of this extra ordinary absence of regularity in the arrangements, is the more earnestly to be regretted, since it deprived a consid erable portion of the ceremonies of that decorum which should surely have been preserved upon an occasion of such peculiarly solemn import to the population. Apart from every other consideration, the obsequies witnessed this day by so many thousands, pos sess the interest attached to an event the like of which can never be witnessed by the present generation. Scarcely, we might say, even in the next, occurring after the lapse of another half century. In order to appreciate that, it need only be remembered how much has been requisite to build up a colossal reputation like that of the Duke of Wellington. That reputation required the wars of the Mahrattas, the wars against the Sultaun of Seringapatam, the wars, in fine, waged by coalition after coalition against the armies of the great Napoleon. It resuscitated those years of troublous and sanguinary conflict which followed almost immediately upon the out break of the first French Revolution. It needed for its completion the development of the memorable struggle be tween reform and retrogression, between ultra-Liberality and ultra-Conservatism—the struggle superinduced by that elder one between despotism and democracy, which in its first cry gave the key-note to the new civilisation. Another warrior like that of Arthur Wellesley cannot, for all these reasons, be regarded as barely possi6le within the lapse of many years to come—so that it is nothing less than a grand privilege denied to our posterity this which has been to-day afforded to ourselves of offering the last tribute of respect to the manes of the great soldier, the great citizen, and the great statesman, Arthur Duke of Wellington. It was incum bent upon the authorities of the British empire therefore to accord all the honours within the gift of the State to the remains of the redoubtable conqueror of the Peninsula. Frequently already the duty had devolved upon the English Government of yielding evidence of the national respect to the departed heroes of the United King dom. It was thus with reference to George Monk, the Duke of Albemarle. It was thus in regard to John Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough. It was thus in the instance of Horatio Nelson, the sharer in the gorgeous tomb now awarded to a greater than Albemarle or Marlborough—to an equal of the immortal Nelson—to the hero of Assaye, the conqueror of Spain and Portugal, the victor of Waterloo—Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wel. lington. Conscious of this—conscious of the eleva tion of that grand renown which has to-day been celebrated under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral— conscious that they were about to enter in an historic grave, and worthy of partaking of the awful glory sur rounding the tomb of the vanquisher of two races at Tra falgar—the Parliament of the three Kingdoms has acted throughout the preparation for these memorable obsequies with all becoming promptitude and munificence. The truth of this was rendered visible indeed at the first glance this morning on entering the porch of the metropolitan Cathedral. The grandeur of the spec tacle even before the arrival of the procession —it would be scarcely possible in a measure to exaggerate by any description. Never upon any occasion, were the archi tectural beauties of this noblest of our sacred edifices, more conspicuous than upon the present, with the prin cipal lines glittering with a profusion of gas flames ; the light Of which was, however, considerably bleared by the unexpected admission of the sunlight. St. Paul's was perhaps never more wonderfully crowded, every nook and corner being filled by the throng of specta tors, among whom the soldiers were conspicuous by the sprinkled splendour of uniforms dotting the mass of human beings, with sky-blue and scarlet lavishingly bedizened with silver and gold embroideries. Such was the motley and curious concourse awaiting patiently for hours the long delayed approach of the funeral procession. i THE FUNERAL. History presents no parallel to the scene which we have to record to-day. Great and varied as were the feverish incidents that attended the brilliant career of the mighty warrior who has just been committed to his last resting place, night be - m w it is p oss ibl e th a t no thi ng which even he ever snwit nessed could h ave surpasse d the mournful splendou r o f th e last be stowed tributee he d have oavn o e f therespect ashes o whi himself. ch Englanlhas at length Many a restless passed in his days of life, either on the eve of a terrible battle, or the opening of a momentous political struggle ; but these can hardly come up to the excitement that pervaded the metropolis during the last twenty-four hours. It is indeed beyond our power to convey an adequate idea of the spectacle which the streets of London presented last night from St. Paul's to Hyde-park-corner. The districts embraced by that space we were familiar with throughout the whole of 1851, but vast as were the attractions of the world's fair at that period, they sink into the shade when compared with the sublimity of to-day's proceedings. Where do the people come from ? How are they kept in order without the assistance of military force ? were the questions asked by foreigners ; but, if he could have been present with us to-day to see the order and decorum observed• by the myriads of British sub jects who lined the route from Apsley House to St. P au l' s, while the mortal remains of "the greatest man of a great age" were being conveyed, with majestic solemnity, t o a laurelled tomb, he would have acknowledged that the answer must be looked for in the glorious Constitution which Wellington defended and Englishmen e n j o y . The night was raw and wet—a nasty drizzli ng ra i n falling from eve to morn — but this was not suffi cient to deter countless multitudes from rambling to and fro on the north side of the Thames. From one end of the line to the other, there was a ceaseless rattle of the carpenter's hammer, and the men . who were. engaged in • barriers , seats, or scaffoldings having to Work erecting in the glare of huge flickering gas lights, the scene upon the street occasionally partook somewhat o f the supernatural. The suburbs of London presented a similar appearance. The roads leading towards the lin e of procession were only passable one way. From Hampstead, Islington, Highgate, Finchley, and the surrounding places, one continual stream of persons were working their way towards the Cathedral. What we have said of the north, may be repeated of the south, from Deptford, Greenwich, and Chatham. All poured o f rth their thousands to witness the last tribute of a grateful nation to the great departed warrior, Arthur, Duke of Wellington. As the short hours of morning drew near, the crowd became more dense, while the various metropolitan railways having run special trains throughout the whole of the night, there was a constant deafening roar of cab and omnibus traffic. The two bridges nearest St. Paul's, namely, Waterloo and Blackfriars, were also besieged with visitors. St. Paul's with its illuminated windows looked grand in the extreme, as seen in the dis tance, from the latter bridge, and the toll-takers had conse quently much difficulty in persuading the loiterers to move on, but there was an utter absence of anything like levity or disorder, and people moved about to the different points of view without the least difficulty or inconvenience. Temple-bar was in a state of wild commotion all night long. It was late before the workmen had put the finishing touches to the chaste ornaments that now surround this venerable structure, but when the work was com pleted, its toute ensemble was exceedingly fine, and for hours and hours, people on foot stood gazing upon it in earnest admiration. The approaches on either side were choked THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 18, 1852. up the whole of the morning, and the scene at the early hour just specified was most picturesque ; for although it was quite dark, yet the jets of gas then burning not only exhibited to the view the hangings and decorations, but also displayed a large number of persons already seated in the windows of the adjoining houses. The decorations of the building appeared to be in excellent taste, and produced a very artistic effect. The top of the gateway itself was surmounted with massive funeral urns, and a highly orna mental silvered cornice overtopped the arch. The stone-work itself was concealed by gracefully -arranged drapery of black velvet, broidered with silver-lace, and, on the whole, a more neat or appropriate decoration has rarely been seen Soon after three o'clock, those who had the good fortune to enjoy the privilege of admission, began to take their seats at the numerous standings along the line, and by six o'clock those in the city and the lower part of the Strand were entirely occupied. By this time, too, a long string of car riages had arrived for the internal ceremony, reaching from the Cathedral to very near Waterloo-bridge; and, the mul titude being now tremendously increased, it was gratifying to observe that large bodies of police were sent on duty to regulate the movement of the vehicles that were freighted either with the owners of seats on the route, or the holders of the Earl ➢Larshalls card of admission to St. Paul's. The weather fortunately at this hour gave sign of hold ing up, and in the course of the next half hour the neigh bourhood of Temple-bar became literally impassable. Where the line of carriages terminated it is impossible to say, but by a sensible regulation of the police only one line of carriages was permitted to pass along the Strand beyond Northumberland-house. In Trafalgar-square, Pall-mall, the pavement appeared to be bursting, while the carriage road was completely blocked up with every description of conveyance, from the mounted chariot to the humble street cab. Glorious and magnificent as the procession undoubt edly • wa s, perhaps the grandest sight and the most startling feature of the day was the wonderful collection of people concentrated in the space lying between Ludgate hill and Hyde-park corner. Every window was ten anted—every available nook or corner was seized upon— every house-top groaned under the weight of people anx ious to get a view, and each brick, as it were, was con cealed by a gentleman's coat or a lady's dress. How they kept together is a mystery, but patience and sagacity overcame all obstacles, and the procession, when it arrived, repaid all for the anxiety and inconvenience that had been previously suffered. It was physically impossi ble to collect anything like detailed intelligence in a brief space of the sayings or doings of the hordes of people collected in the metropolis this day. Suffice it, how ever, to say, that while each individual appeared to feel and appreciate the solemnity of the occasion, every person almost exhibited some sign of mourning appropriate to the day and the man. Exeter Hall—the only one we have time to specify— exhibited, on very well-arranged drapery, the motto— "Nec sibi sed patria3," a motto well worthy of the hero of a hundred fights, and of a man who, in his lifetime, was the personification of individual duty to his Sovereign and his country. THE FORMATION OF THE PROCESSION. Having disposed of the line of route, as it appeared be fore it was passed by the procession, we approach now the difficult task of reporting the formation of the procession, as it took place on the Parade-ground in front of the Horse Guards. We regret to say that at this portion of our duty we encountered considerable obstruction on the part of the police ; but as the personal inconvenience of a reporter can possess no interest for the public, we pass on at once to the proceedings in St. James's-park. The Parade-ground presented a striking appearance at daybreak, and to a person who had just quitted the scene and excitement of the Strand the quietude of the enclosure must have been, as it was to us, singularly impressive. When we got in, which, by the way, was accomplished by stratagem, we could see the military, formed in squares, covering the whole of the parade ground, while not a soul but ourselves was moving within the rails. At some distance in front, and above the shakos of the troops, appeared conspicuous the huge tent that covered the funeral car of the departed hero, which had been removed from Chelsea Hospital. Soon after nine o'clock the hearse, accompanied by five mourning coaches, went down to the Hospital. They were followed shortly afterwards by a guard of honour, composed of a squadron of the Ist Life Guards. At a quarter past eleven o'clock the mournful procession set out, and pro ceeded down Smith-street, along King's-road, Sloane-square, Westbourne-place, Eaton-square, Grosvenor-street West, and by that line of road into St. James's-park, through which it passed to the destination referred to above. The leading idea of the Car appears to have been to obtain soldierlike simplicity with grandeur, solemnity, and reality. Whatever there was—coffin, bier, trophies, and metal carriage —all were real, and everything sham eschewed. The dimensions were controlled by the height and width of Temple-bar, which will not admit anything much higher than seventeen feet. The Car, with its various equipments, consisted of four stages or compartments, viz. :-1. The coffin was the prin cipal object on the car, at the summit uncovered, having simply the usual military accoutrements, cap, sword, &c., upon it. To shelter the coffin and pall from rain, a small canopy of rich tissue, formed of a pattern suggested by Indian embroidery, was supported by halberds. The tissue consisted of silver and silk ; at the corners of the halberds were hung chaplets of real laurel. The bier was covered with a black velvet pall, diapered alternately with the Duke's crest and field-marshal's batons across, worked in silver, and having rich silver-lace fringe, of laurel leaves, with the legend, " Ble sse d are th e d ea d w hi ch die in the Lord." The platform of the Car was of an architectural treatment, gilt, on which was inscribed the names of the Duke's victories. The whole was placed on a carriage richly ornamented in bronze, about 20 feet long and 11 feet wide. Twelve of the finest black dray-horses that could be pro cured drew the Car, and their size added added greatly to the effect of this poriion of the procession. The horses selected to draw the Car were furnished by Messrs. Smith, the distillers, of Whitechapel. They are exceedingly fine animals, and of the purest black breed. Their trappings were of black Genoa ' velvet, ornamented with the Duke's coat-of-arras, embroidered with heraldic collars, fringed with silver. Such is a hasty description of the Car; but, though brief, it may be relied upon for its accuracy. Proceed we now to give an outline of the military movements which were now gone through in the reorganisation of the funeral cortege. Precisely as the chimes rung out the quarter be fore eight, the distant roar of cannon announced that the procession was about to form and move, and as the atevnamndipsstethaedldwta:nAddeguseerlxarrie.i?s. leaning Ca o w n hi th c e h ir w r e ev h er a clock struck eight, ,the hangings of the tent suddenly reversed alreadyarm arms. No at- tihtevias surrounded by lighted tapers, troops simultaneously presented and sooner was the Car visible, than, as if by an electric assembledmove rmeveherst'etdhetheir arms, which had a thrilling effect upon the amazed spectators, who numbered in tremendous force upon the roofs of the Horse Guards and surrounding man afterwards the order was given to , playing the Dead March from Saul, the procession commenced moving in the follow , ing order : m sio a n rc s h . , a i n ni d re th e e th b a a t n e d lY pf th e Rifles iisTVAN TRY--Sj Battalions. Band of the 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade. 121 Battalion Rifle Brigade. Band of the Ist Battalion Royal Marines—Chatham Division. Ist Battalion Royal Marines. Band of Her Majesty's 33d Regt. , Her Majesty's 33d Regt. flier and Coldstream Guards. Battalion Fusilier Guards. Battalion Coldstream Guards. ,Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards. Band of the Royal Artillery. AETILLEEY — Nine Gnus of the Field Batteries. Band of Her M. jest s 17th Lancers. CAVALRY—Five Squadrons, viz. : 17 th Lancers. Band o f H er M a j es t y ' s 13th Li g ht Lagoons 'n 13th a g B ad of ht H r Majesty's Bth Fleus- Li Dragoons. Major-Gen. Fame ........... ( Band of the Scots Fl Major-General Shaw..... Aldermen and Recorder of London ; a Deputation consisting of Four Carriages. Military Secretary. Companions of the Order of the Bath, represented by Four, in One Carriage, viz. : General Sir LOFTUS OTWAY. Vice-Admiral the Hon. JOSCELINE PERCY. Lieut.-General WILLIAM SANDWITH. Sir JOSHUA ROWE. Knights Commanders of the Order of the Bath, represented by Four, in One Carriage, viz. : Lieut.-General Earl CATHCART. Admiral Sir JOHN WEST. Lieut.-General Sir HOPTOUN STRATFORD SCOTT. Sir S. GEORGE BONHAM. Knights Grand Crosses of the Order of the Bath, repre sented by Four, in One Carriage, viz. : Lieut.-General Right Hon. Sir EDWARD BLAKENEY. Admiral of the Fleet, Sir GEORGE COCKBURN, Bart. Lieut.-General Sir GEORGE POLLOCK. Viscount PALMERSTON. Being one .of each Class from the Army, one from the Navy, one from the East India Company's Service, and one from the Civil Service. Heralds in a Mourning Coach. Band of Her Majesty's 2d Life Guards. BANNER OF WELLESLEY, Carried by a Lieut.-Colonel, supported by two Captains in the Army on Horseback. The Lords Justices of Appeal. The Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer. The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas. The Master of the Rolls. The Lord Chief Justice of the Queen's Bench. The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. The Chancellor of the Exchequer. The Paymaster-General of the Forces. The Right Hon. the Secretary at War. The Right Hon. the Judge Advocate-General. The Master-General of the Ordnance. The First Lord Commissioner of the Admiralty. The Secretaries of State for the Home and Colonial De- partments. Speaker of the House of Commons, in his State Carriage. The Earl of MALmEssußY,—Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. The Earl of DERBY,—First Lord Commissioner of the Treasury. The Earl Marshal of England. The Lord Great Chamberlain. The Lord Privy Seal. The Lord President of the Council. The Lord Archbishop of York. The Lord High Chancellor. The Lord Archbishop of Canterbury. Assistant Quarter- Assistant 0 Master General. Adjutant-General. Aide-de-Camp to Aide-de-Camp to t the Deceased. the Deceased. " g Deputy Quarter-Master- Deputy Adjutant- General. General. z o Quarter Master-General. Adjutant-General. A Carriage of His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, with the Gentleman Usher, the Equery and Groom of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness. A Carriage with the Private Secretary, Treasurer, and Lord of the Bedchamber to His Royal Highness. His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT, in a Carriage drawn by Six Horses, attended by The Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household, and the Groom of the Stole to His Royal Highness. Field Officer in Brigade Waiting. Sergeant Trumpeter. Heralds. Norroy King-of-Arms, in a Mourning Coach. Band of the Royal Horse Guards. THE GREAT BANNER, Carried by a Colonel, supported by two Lieutenant-Colonels on Horseback. FOREIGN BATONS. The Baton of the Deceased, as Field-Marshal, borne on a Black Velvet Cushion in a Mourning Coach, by the Marquis of ANGLESEY, K.G., supported by the Colonel the Duke of RICHMOND, K.G., and Major-Genera; the Duke of CLEVELAND, K.G. { The Coronet of the Deceased, Gentleman borne on a Black Velvet Cushion Gentleman Usher. in a Mourning Coach, by Cla- Usher. renceux, King-of-Arms. The Pall-bearers, Eight General Officers, in two Mourning Coaches. Band of the Grenadier Guards. i I '''J THE Sony, i3"g 15,5 1 0 .5. 8 On a rich Black Velvet Pall adorned with Eschutcheons upon a Funeral Car drawn by Twelve Horses, decorated with Trophies and Heraldric Achievements. I Gentleman Garter, Principal King of Gentleman Usher. Arms, in a Mourning Coach. Usher. THE CHIEF MOURNER, In a long Mourning Cloak, Accompanied by Colonel Lord CHARLES WELLESLEY, The Hon. and Rev. GERARD WELLESLEY. and by the Hon. WILLIAM WELLESLEY, his Train-bearer, in a Mourning Coach. The Marquis of SALISBURY, K.G., and the Marquis of TWEEDDALE, K.T., Supporters to the Chief Mourner, in a Mourning Coach. Assistants to the Chief Mourner. Relations and Friends of the Deceased. The late Duke's Horse led by the Groom to the Deceased. Private Carriages of the Deceased, and of the Chief Mourner. Band of the Royal Marines—Woolwich Division. Officers and Men from every regiment in the Service, consisting of one Captain, a Subaltern, a Sergeant, a Corporal, and five Men from every Regiment. Band of her Majesty's 93d Highlanders. Carriages of the Queen and the Royal Family. Troops closed the Procession. The atmosphere was very clouded and overcast when the procession began to move, and a few minutes afterwards there were strong indications of rain. Indeed, as the Rifles passed Carlton House, a very smart shower came on, and until the head of the procession got clear of the Park, it seemed more than probable that the weather of the morning was to be renewed. No sooner, however, had it passed Apsley House, than the heavy and ominous cloud s which had previously prevailed rolled off, and the sun burst forth with m ore than his autumnal splendour. Nevertheless there was a keen wind blowing, and though the lower apartments of the houses along the route may have been inconveniently crowded, the roofs and out posts were delightfully cool. The procession moved at a slow pace along the Birdcage-walk, which was lined on either side by detachments of the Life Guards. The Green-park was thronged with spectators, and it was ob served that even the windows of Buckingham Palace were thickly crowded. Apsley House, of course, wore a mourn ful aspect, the iron shutters being closed, and the open win dows covered with white blinds. The houses also beyond the late Duke's princely mansion were devoid of spectators, and the balustrades we re lined with mourning furniture. No interruption whatever took place to the progress of the procession ; and, it is gratifying to state, that while the assembled multitude appeared perfectly alive to the diffi cult duties of the police, the force itself exhibited a praise worthy disposition to render every facility to enable the public to witness the mournful pageant. In return for this assistance, the public fell into the rules and regulations of the police without murmur or objection, and the duties of the officers stationed at many of the bar riers and crossings were, comparatively speaking, light and easy. It is needless almost to add, that, as the Car passed along the route, the people showed their respect for the venerable deceased by standing uncovered. The bands of the different regiments played alternately a variety of sacred music, and it may be declared, without fear of contradic tion, that a more solemn or a more imposing spectacle was never before seen in this or any other metropolis. When the procession reached Charing-cross, a compact body of Chelsea pensioners, most of whom wore a couple of medals on his breast, joined in the procession, and certainly they formed an interesting portion of the ceremonial, being ever and anon much cheered by the populace. The veterans who had served under the late Duke also attracted great attention, and it was observed throughout the entire route that nothing could have surpassed the bearing and beha viour of the numerous troops who made up the bulk of the pageant. Arrived at Temple-bar, the procession was received by the Lord Mayor of London, attended by the Recorder and a 'deputation from the Aldermen, by the Sheriffs, and by a deputation from the Common Council ; and he, bearing the city sword, having taken up his position behind the carriage of Prince Albert and that of the Archbishop of Canterbury, the carriages containing the deputation from the Common Council fell into the pro cession immediately behind the delegation from Oxford, while the six carriages of the Sheriffs and Aldermen took up a position before the carriage of the High Sheriff of the Countylof Southampton, and that containing the Compa nions of the Bath, in the places indicated in the preceding part of this ceremonial. Six battalions of infantry formed two deep on each side of the street from Temple bar to Ludgate-hill, while a similar number of the flank companies of the Grenadier Guards were stationed in St. Paul's Churchyard to receive the body with arms presented and reversed. When the body arrived within the railings of St. Paul's Cathedral, the marshalmen and conductors arranged themselves on each side at the foot of the steps, and superintended the removal of the coffin into the inte rior of the Cathedral. The troops that moved in proces sion, and also those on duty to assist the civil authorities, were commanded by Major-General His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G. So far then for the success of the procession, which maybe said to have extended from Hyde-park corner to Temple-bar. We heard of no interruption to the movement of the troops. On arriving close to the triumphal arch, the Car was de tained for about ten minutes. This, however, was only for the better arrangement of the procession, and not, as was supposed at the time, to take up the members of the Duke's family. The only casualty that occurred was that of a young m an who, it was reported, had fallen from Drumond's bank, Charing-cross. The case was taken to Charing-cross Hos pital, and at once attended to on its arrival by the house• surgeon, Mr. J. Tucker, who discovered that he had sus. tained a severe fracture of the skull. Remedies were at once applied, but without avail, for the poor fellow con. tinned to !sink, and died within half an hour of his admission. Another accident, which alarmed a great many people, but fortunately did no mischief excepting a few bruises from the rushing of the mob, took, place at Mr. Spooner's, the corner of Southampton-street, when, owing to some of the inmates holding on the rope of the blind, the latter gave way with a dreadful crash. A few minutes before the procession reached Charing. cross, a curious incident took place. A Post -office van was standing at the corner of Trafalgar-square, near Morley's Hotel, waiting to convey letters to St. Martin's le Grand, when a number of men jumped on the top of it, and nearly upset it, an d h a d not 1, num ber of the P division of police, under the direction of Mr. Inspector Shaw, rendered assistance, there must have been a great sacrifice of life. Fortunately, the van was righted, but her Majesty's servants could not by any possibility get out until after the procession passed. In conclusion, it may be mentioned that the car will be deposited in Marlborough-house, under the direction of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, of which H.R.H. Prince Albert is the President, until arrangements are made for its final depository at Chelsea Hospital. Major-Gen- Jackson.... --...... Bth hussars. 13 "hdof Her Majesty's Scots Greys Scots Greys B th Dragoon Guards. Eight Guns of the goy llery. The Seventeen Pieces comma n d ed by Col Whinyates, C.B. Band of the Ist Life Guards. Major-Gen. R oyal Regt. of Horse Guards (glues.) The Hon. H. Cavendish. 2d Life Guards. lst Life Guards. Mars hahooll on Foot. { Messenger of the Cone j o of Arms on Foot. Eight Conductors Chelsea Pensioners in °umber eighty-three on Foot. with Staves on Foot. Twelve Enrolled P One Soldier from every R. Etisioners on F oo t. ----Binient in Her Majestys Service. Three Soldiers of Artillery, aid three Soldiers of Infantry of the East India Compaxy's Army, representing the Artillery and Infantry of the Three Presidencies. Thirteen Trumpets a nd Kettle Drums. Two Pursuivants of Arn o in a Mourning Coach. THE STANDARD OR PENNON, Carried by a Lieut.-Colonel, supported by two Captains in the Army oh Horseback. Servants of the Deceased in a Mourning Coach. Lieutenant and Deputy-Lieutenant of the Tower, in a Carriage. DEPUTATIONS FROM PUBLIC BODIES IN CARRIAGES. Merchant Tailors' Company, in One Carriage. East India Comp% n y , in One Carriage. Corporation of the Trinty House, in One Carriage. Barons and Officers of the cirque Ports, in One Carriage. Lieutenant and Deutith the P y- W L e utenant of Dover Castle, in Captains of Deal One Carriage. , Walmer, Sandgate, and Sandown Castles, in One Carriage. Board of Ordnance, and Ordnance Department, in One Carriage. Delegation f rom the - University of Oxford, in Two Deputation from the Carriages.co on Council of the City of London, iii Th r ee Carriages. Two Pursuivants of Arms. Band of Her Majedy's 6th Dragoon Guards. TIU GUIDON. Carried by a Lieut.-Colon e l, supported by two Captains in the Army on Horseback. Comptrollor of the late Duke's Household, in a Mourning Coach. Physicians to the Deceased, in a Mourning Coach. Chaplain of the Tower, In a Chaplain of the Forces in the London District, Mourning Chaplain General of the Forces, Coach. High Sheriff of the County of Southampton. Sheriffs of London, in Two Carriages. ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL 0 0-' t:1 0 1 c , 21 cr . c c' 'I z c Z.' 0 0 Cs' o The lesson (the Ist Cor., 15 c. 20 v.) was next read by the a Dean, Dr. mil man , i n a very emp h at i c and impressive manner. After this was sung th e N unc Dimitis, to a h Beethoven, followed by a di rge composed cut by expressly for the occasion, composed by Mr. John Goss, organist of the Cathedral, who, assisted by the deputy organist, Mr. George Cooper, presided over the musical portion of the service. The words are so applicable to the occasion that we cannot refrain from giving them : DIRGE. " And the King said to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes and gird you with sackcloth and mourn. And the King himself followed the bier. And they buried him. And the King lifted up his voice and wept at the grave, and all the people wept. " And the King said unto his servants, Know ye not that ther e i s a P r i nce and a great man falen this day in Israel ?" This was sung by the whole strength of the corps, as sisted by the organ and a numerous band of wind instru ments, the happy combination of which greatly increased the effect of this talented production, and produced an impres sion on the minds of those present which, we venture to say, will remain to their dying day. Then followed the " Dead March in Saul," during which solemn and heart-touching performance, the body of the great departed hero was slowly seen to sink into the tomb amidst the suppressed excitement of the spectators. The remainder of the burial service for the dead having been concluded, the Garr King-at-Arms proclaimed the titles of the deceased at full length, which occupied some time, and the Controller of the Duke's Household having broken in twain his staff of office, handed it to the Garter King-at-Arms, who threw it into the tomb. Afterwards was sung a hymn from Men delssohn's " St. Paul," and the Bishop of London pro nounced his blessing,which concluded the ceremony. Thus were the mortal remains of Arthur Duke of Wel lington committed to the tomb in the presence of the wisest, the best, and the bravest of the country , whose annals h e had beyond all other men adorned. Borne t o his last place amidst all the pomp and splendour which a grateful, generous nation could bestow ; mourned by a h people with that heartfelt sincerity which could only be felt by those who have lost the dearest and nearest of friends, the scene of to-day was a fitting close to a %ever of which the length, the glory, and the fort une no parallel in the history of time. To use th e words of the Funeral Anthem— "Hie body is buried in peace, But his name liveth evermore." The doors of the Cathedral were not opened until past eight o'clock, though half-past six was the hour fixed—the delay having been occasioned by the incompleteness of the arrangements. Unfortunately, no sooner were the com pany permitted to enter than the greatest confusion took place, owing to the unintelligible directions respecting the particular doors at which the differently coloured tickets would be admitted. The holders of the blue, yellow, and green tickets flocked all to the entrance at the south tran sept, each disputing that this was the place pointed out for their admission ; and the consequence was a general rushing to and fro—the police in attendance being wholly ignorant of the arrangements, and therefore unable to give the slightest information. The people were first sent to one way and then another, until at last, their patience being ex haused, they determined to force their way nto the build ing, which they eventually did with but little opposition, no tickets being asked for or shown ; and indeed so culpable was the whole management, that scores of persons without tickets might have as easily found their way into the in terior and selected some of the best places, to the exclusion of those to whom they were allotted. There was no authority to appeal to either for redress or guidance, and every one was allowed to do pretty much as he liked, and it is a matter of astonishment that, in the general scramble for seats, so much order was pre served ; but that no disturbance took place on the solemn occasion, is to be attributed to the good sense and temper of the people, and not to the efficiency with which the Dean and Chapters had discharged their duties. We have not the least doubt that many had the good fortune to see the whole ceremony, who, on leaving th e i r h omes i n th e morning, had made up their minds to withstand the crowd at St. Paul's Churchyard. It is impossible to give any adequate idea by a written description of the grand yet solemn scene which the vener able edifice presented, when viewed from a position almost immediately under the dome. A row of small gas jets, which threw out a brilliant yet soft light, more resembling the reflection of the sun on some glittering substance, tra versed the whole interior along the cornices which sur mounted the Corinthian pilasters on each side. A similar row encircled the Whispering Gallery, and served to heighten the effect of the dome, and to bring it out in its truly , magnificent proportions. None of the windows, with the ex ception of those i n th e a i s l e, were c l osed up, but the black cloth, with which the floor and the whole of the seats and gal leries were covered, added to the sombre character of the building, rendered it unnecessary to increase the gloom by excluding any further amount of light. In every direction, as far as the eye could reach—in the naves, the area, the aisles, the choir, and the galleries—nothing could be seen but dense masses of humanity, the prevailing black attire being here and there relieved by military and naval uni forms, with their glittering appendages. The bier, which consisted of 'a r a i se d pl a tf orm, a b out six feet high, and seven feet in length, covered with black cloth, was placed on the floor directly under the lantern of the dome. There were round it a considerable number of black ottoman stools, for the mourners, the pall-bearers, a n d th e officers who carried th e bannerols. The large area on each side was fitted up with seats, forming one immense amphithea tre, which stretched back to the extremity of the tran septs. Here the sight was truly grand. The centre of the north side of the area was appropriated to the House of Commons ; the Speaker occupying a massive gilt chair, covered with black in the front row, and directly opposite the bier. The House of Lords had allotted to them precisely the same position on the south side, the Lord Chancellor being seated in a similar chair to that used by the Speaker who faced him. Some of the Peers appeared in uniform, but none in their senatorial robes. The Members of the Commons wore the ordinary black mourning dress. On the left of the Commons a space was set apart for the Corps Diplomatique, who attended in con siderable number s , all wearing their several uniforms, some of which were very beautiful. Among them We noticed Count Walewski, the French Ambassador, as well as the Prussian and Belgian Ambassadors. Austria was unrepresented. To the left were the Corporation of the City of London, and next to them the deputation from the University of Cambridge. To the right of the Lord Chancellor, a very large compartment was filled with Knights of the Bath, and Privy Councillors, who wore thei r gorgeous un if orms. On the Lord Ch ance llor's left were a large number of the late Duke of Wellington's personal friends, and in the next compartment the Deputation for the University of Ox ford. The galleries under the organ were kept exclusively for Peeresses and the daughters of Peers. The choir of 140 voices, as well as the musicians, occupied a gallery behind the Peeresses. The organ was assisted by trombones and opheiclides. The reading-desk, supported by a large eagle with outstretched wings, was fixed on a pedestal a few feet to the north of the bier. The Duchess of Wellington, with a party of relatives and more immediate friends, was observed in one of the octagon galleries, which overlooked the grave of her illustrious father-in-law. The Members of the House of Commons arrived all in a body about twelve o'clock, the most prominent among them being Sir James Graham, Mr. Hume, Lord John Manners, Mr. Gladstone, the Attorney-General, Mr. Macaulay, the Solicitor-General, Sir Benjamin Hall, Lord Dudley Stuart, Mr. Miall, Mr. J. Wilson, &c., &c. Among the distinguished individuals who attracted con siderable attention until the arrival of the procession, may be mentioned Sir Harry S m ith, Lord Gough, and Sir William Napier. Both sides of the nave were lined by Chelsea pensioners, and privates and sergeants belonging to different regiments. Many of the old pensioners, who were bent with age, bore unmistakeable marks of having once been engaged in active warfare, and presented a striking contrast to the stalwart young soldiers who sat beside them. In reference to the arrangements for admittance into the Cathedral, it is only right to say that no blame whatever attaches to the Rev. Dr. Milman, the Dean of St. Paul's, who had throughout shown the greatest anxiety to promote the convenience of the public. It ap pears that the army of men whom he had em ployed to regulate the admission at the different doors were not allowed by the police to enter the building when they presented themselves at 6 o'clock. The worthy Dean was roused soon afterwards to rectify the mistake ; but strange to say, when he reached the Cathedral, and began to remonstrate with the police, they would not acknowledge his authority, and refused to listen to him. In what way this misapprehension arose we are unable to say; but the Dean assured us that to this, and to no other cause, the inconvenience previously alluded to was entirely owing. Upon arrival at St. Paul's Cathedral the Marshalmen and Conductors divided and arranged themselves on each side at the foot of the steps without the Greot West Door ; the Chelsea and Enrolled Pensioners, together with one Soldier from every regiment in her Majesty's service, the Royal Marines, and six Soldiers of the East India Com pany's armies of Bengal, Madras, and Bombay (two officers from every regiment having been previously provided with seats in the nave behind the place assigned to the soldiers) proceeded into the nave filed off right and left; the rest of the procession, having arrived, moved forward in order, to the west door of the church ; on entering which they proceeded up the nave. The officers of arms, the officers bearing the banners, with their supporters, and the officers of the late Duke's household, took their places in the area. The deputations and delegations from public bodies, the officers of the Tower of London and of Dover Castle, the Castles of Deal, Weimer, Sandgate, and Sandown, the barons and officers of the Cinque Ports, the physicians of the deceased, chaplains and the High Sheriff of the county of Southampton, was also conducted to seats. The Com mon Council, Sheriffs, Recorder, Aldermen, and Lord Mayor, proceeded to thei r own seats. The military secre tary, the Companions, Knight Commanders, and Knights Grand Crosses of the Bath, representing the Order of the Bath, was also conducted to the seats appropriated to them ; the Lords Justices, the Master of the Rolls, the Lord Chief Baron and the Lords Chief Justices, the other official per sonages, ministers, and great officers of State, took the seats appropriated to them respectively. His Royal Highness Prince ALBERT occupied a chair on the right hand of the Chief Mourner ; the Suite o f his Royal Highness took their places near his Royal Highness. His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE had a seat near his Royal Highness. The Body, was taken from the Car, and received by the Bishop, Dean, Canons, and Prebendaries, attended by the Minor Canons and Choir, and borne into the Church. The Chief Mourner were seated in a chair at 'the head of the body : his supporters on either side ; the train bearer behind, and the assistant mourners upon stools— also on either side. The relations and friends of the de ceased took places behind the chief mourner. The body being placed on a bier and the pall being re moved, the coronet and cushion was placed on the coffin, and also the Field-Marshal's baton of the deceased. The foreign batons was held and supported during the ceremony by military officers of high rank in the re spective armies of the different foreign powers, and they and their supporters, and the Marquess of Anglesey and his supporters occupied stools at the front of the coffin. The Supporters of the Pall were seated on stools on each side of the. Body. The Officers bearing the Bannerols were ranged behind the Supporters of the Pall. The service commenced by a dirge, which was sung by the choir, consisting of 130 performers, as the body was borne in from the west door. A short time was required to remove the coffin into the bier stationed over the grave ; after which the mourners and others having taken their places, the service was proceeded with by chaunting the 39th and 90th Psalms, the music of both being by Lord Mornington. At this par ticular moment, the coup d'ceil was one of the most striking that could be imagined, and which it is impossible adequately to convey in language. The Prince Consort remained standing during nearly the whole ceremony, and seemed to be deeply affected. WELLINGTON. AN IRREGULAR ODE. Br WILLIAM CHARLES KENT. A shadow on her visage as of woe, The Guardian Goddess of the land — Throned where the sullen billows flow, The trident tremulous in her slackened hand, Still brooding in a dumb surprise, Trouble in her sea-blue eyes And anguish at her heart — Dreams of all her glories won : Dreams of all her songs of praise Hymned by earth's divinest art : Glories won by sire and son In these and ancient days. Scattered in disorder 'round, Lo ! her haughty spoils of war Strewn neglected, where with melancholy sound Grim ocean laps the shore. Her stubborn buckler, black from thunderous strif e ' And dinted o'er by bolts of battle—see ! Propped idly at her matron knee : A Gorgon oval—England's shield of Life. And glittering near her sandalled foot, 'Mid shells that murmur in the creaming wave, On Albion's strand the trenchant brand That oft' can Gordian knots divide — Each woven wile of foreign guile— Or lop the boughs of Pride : Whose keenness still, as Fame may tell, Resistless as of yore, shall fell The world's tyrannic Upas to the root : The giant sword by foes abhorred-- Britannia's dreaded glaive ! 'Round the Goddess throws her glance O'er the beach and o'er the flood, Gazing as though she saw advance The azure tide—a tide of blood ! Stirless o'er her helmed head, Drooping down its Saxon spear, Her Norman banner hangs dispread As o'er a nation's bier. Yet, breathless though her standard falls, About the golden helm' beneath— As ruffled by a zephyr's sigh— Green stirs the laurel wreath ! Ev'n as bereaved affection calls From souls the labouring breath, When sobs within the charnel halls Disturb the fringed gloom of palls That trail the pomp of death : So, soft, the air with sorrow heaves— So feebly, faintly move the leaves Around her saddened brow, Where Memory with most solemn mien, Distorting every line serene, Bids Grief her claims allow. Though tears her sight suffuse— As weeps in spray the seething brine— The solemn Past its life renews, Arraying in its rainbow hues The visions of a heart divine. Flickering out like flame from embers, Lo ! the gorgeous pageant comes : Comes—and, as each sense remembers, Clang the trumpets, roll the drums. Yonder, driving down like cattle All the turbaned rout of war, Where, in agonies of battle, Died the Tiger of Mysore— O'er the rampart gleams the blade, Lightening in the betel shade, Flaming down the ghastly fray, Loved for all the hopes allied With the scabbard by his side-- 'As the bridegroom loves the bride'— Meteor, thou of Asian day ! Not Orlando loved so well Edge and hilt of Durandel, As did he the iron wand, Blazing in his grasped hand, When he led his doughty band, Fierce on Scindiah's dread array, Till victorious there he stood, Looming grand thro' smoke and blood — The hero of Assaye ! Radiant smiles the Goddess now ; Radiant beams her gladdened brow ; Calm her looks with fires of rapture burn : For, again, 0 Queen! behold Nobler annals yet unrolled, Brighter deeds and mightier shades return. There—she views her victor, gone From her orient' realms afar; By the awful, fated hour Called to grapple with a Power Dreadlier than dark Sultaun, Or Rajah of Berar. Here—in terror issuing forth, Borne above the boreal main, O'er the green, ice-curdling billows of the North, See his serried warriors throng, See them smite with might the strong, And sweep in panic flight along The legions of the Dane. Hark ! the bugle clarion sounding, Summons him to grander toil, Where, with deadly blows rebounding, Nations combat for a soil— Combat for the soil that hid The name, the fame, the ashes of the Cid. 'Sees she then her flags arise, Under Lusitanian skies— Rustling through the carnage dun ; Fluttering in the southern sun ; Tattered where the gun-bolts fly : Paling never, but for ever Blushing red with victory. Proudly though the eagle soaring, On its eyrie -ridge alight— His the storm destruction pouring O'er Rolica's ravaged height. His the blue and blinding rain, Hurled in hurricanes around, Heaping with the dying and the slain Vimiera's branded ground. Fairest of all ocean's daughters ! Listen 'mid the thickening gloom, Where across the Douro's waters Loud the dreadful cannon boom. Talavera's valour, see— And Busaco's chivalry. But, when numbers bid him tremble, Witness all his craft dissemble ; Watch where, keen, each bayonet shines, Under Torres Vedras' wall— Baffling all the arms of Gaul, Tranquil every troop reclines, Sheltered and shadowed by those wondrous lines• Wakes at length the Voice of Glory, Famous in heroic story, When with hoofs and fetlocks gory, Over raveline and fosse, Forth each gallant charger bounding, Gave to light a force redounding Grandly over gain or loss : Witness Ciudad's shattered pride, Witness still the riven side Of grimly Badajos. Goddess ! gladlier yet thy trident wield ; Joy yet more royal in thy breast lie hid : For, lo ! where, borne from Salamanca's field, Thy Conqueror rides triumphant down Madrid Hushed the wild thunders of his lordly wrath, As scattered, round, With pattering sound, The purpling blossoms strow his kingly path. Gentler yet thy sovereign, glances Tremble 'neath those lids divine, When thy champion chief advances, Glorying in that name of thine : Threefold splendour streaming down On Vittoria's dread renown. Crowning such sublime emotions, See at last float out to view, Climax of a world's commotions, Sceptre-rending Waterloo. Brilliant in her 'raptured face, Gladness fills the heavenly fair, Touching every line to grace, Glistening in her golden hair. For elated by remembrance Of the conflict's ireful brunt, She beholds in vivid semblance-- Eagle eye and eagle front, Tranquil as when first beneath Verdant laurels, or as since Olives bound with civic wreath England's aged Warrior-Prince. Startled from her soul's celestial pleasure, Darkness 'round the Goddess' form descends, While discordant notes in doleful measure Each a pang of misery portends. Throbbing like the pulse of woe, Hark ! the dumb funereal tread, Where the silent thousands flow, Mourning for their mighty dead. Where, in shadowy train assembling, Under spectral plumage trembling, Shrouded pomps in sombre trappings come,- - Rolling on the wind away, O'er the trumpet's choral bray, The dull, redoubling drum. 'Mid surges murmuring thus around her throne, Behold the sacred Monarch of the Free, Musing, dejected, on her isle alone, Britannia weeping by her subject sea — Weeping for her noblest son, Her prince, her pride, her patriot—Welhugw" ' of London : Printed and Published by AII7RDO YOUN No. 112, Strand, Printer, at The Sun Office , No. -- Strand, in the Precinct of the Swop, in the c ountl Middlesex, Wednesday, November 18, 1852. A L E T H E I A; I say it to the lovers of thrift and of economy)—remem- Or, the Doom of Mythology. 1 y ber the va r i ous titles b which the vanished hero With other Poems. By WILLIAM CHARLES KENT. laid claim to the popular respect, and by which One Volume. 7s. 6d. Longman, Brown% Green, and Longmans. he comma n d e d th e nat i onal venerat i on—an d you w ill acknowledge that, with all these titles, and honours, and GOVERNMENT SUPERANNUATION.— dignities and emoluments, we have not been lavish—we The attention of gentlemen on the several establishments of have only been just to the Duke of WELLINGTON. Re the public servioe, Is respectfully directed to the peculiar advantages offered to them by a system entitled Self-Protecting Policies, intro- collect, in proof of this, that he was at the head of duced by the CITY of LOIVON LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY, *whereby are secured in one policy— us all—facile princeps—by all the classic and admitted 1. The payment of a principal sum at a specified age, rights of chieftainship. He was foremost in all the cate 2. An annuity to commence at that age. 3. The payment of a principal sum in th e event of death, whenever gories, set apart by the Roman publicist, as those of the that may happen. most eminent citizens—the citizens upon whom it was Int 4;ayThtiemfaullbabenecofiat )ifnreds.ums paid, althou g h th e prem i ums should the duty of the State to confer the loftiest marks of ci 5. Rend from the payment ofpremiums after a specified age. I 6. smar periodical payments of premiums so as to suit the co vic distinction. He, among the deliverers—liberatores verience of the assured.n- —according to the general impression as to the thirty Every description of business in connexion with life assurance A Bonus of 20 per cent. was declared on the 16th June last. . years' pacification of Christendom. lid was among For particulars and prospectuses, apply to the extenders of the Stato propagatores—because of that LEEKS,F. Sec. 2, Royal E xc h ange - buildings. E.famous victory of Assaye, by which he not only routed the terrible forces of the Mahrattas, but in reality secured R A VESEND ST A R the consolidation, and the consequent, extension of our PACKETS, possessions in Hindostan. He was among the defenders NToho_th_e_r Packets call at th e G rays , Greenhithe, and Purfieet PIT. of the empire--propugnatores invperii—for in him the The P ackets call at th e Pi ers as underlined (weather Permitting'' FROM TERRACE PIER, GRAVESEND. people of the s e islands instinctivel y feel that the y have D eis. .__ - lost one of the most redoubtable guardians of the blended SUNDAYS. fortunes of the populace and of the sovereign. He was 0 1 • . 1 I t .d among the fathers of their country—patres patrice— trace i4i l I V- 1 Es 4 tit d 41 l' Time. o 1 B E O venerable alike by his simplicity, his virtues, his age, g a : p i A 8 A I 6 g ... " and his experience. He was among the participators in a ------ ...... .........._ the public cares—participes curarunt—for his counsels 734 _ _ _ were sought by a succession of very different Governments. 4 18 hi 834 tg !,‘ 11* 134 —1% f ortunate c i rcumstances — w h et h er b y a lik e capr i ce o f 34 •—— — 3% 6 On Saturdays only. 5 -_ Fate to that which rendered SCIPIO the conqueror of , HANNlBAL—matters not for present purposes) successful Direct Trains from the Boats marked .1. over the victor of all the armies, and races, and powers, Omnibuses from Fenchurch-street Station to all parts of London. and principalities of the European Continent. Finally, very quarter of an hour. he proved himself to be among the number of those who IRUNSWICE WHARF, InAcxwALL, on the arrival of the following Trains from the Fenchurch•street Station. may be declared equal to the duties of office—negotiis par es—as was testified, indeed, up to the hour of his Wass DAYS. SUNDAYS. decease, by his conduct as Commander-in-Chief of the •1 .14 1 ..., . 4 1 .0 . military affairs of the three kingdoms. Those were the 0 :11 1 rp, ~ 0 1 , 11 : 4 IH 5 ,,e•• i glorious evidences of his right to the national rewards Time. '7*‘ 111 4 ii 6 Time. Z -81 5 °' a g and the popular veneration. Accepting that remarkable N gl „ , series of his claims upon public attention, as it must per __ -- 1 — —-- —. t.-- —. force be accepted by the laest enthusiastic or the most 9i4 —9% — I parsimonious, we may find in the very splendour of all his 11 11 ——— , orders of knighthood, and of all his titles of nobility, the _ 124 —2 u 24 i —.' noblest panegyric that can be pronounced u p on the fame * 5 5 34 —1 —3% of the Duke of WELLINGTON. For, was it not the assertion of one of the greatest of philosophers, was it not the explicit declaration of Lord BACON, Passages marked * are run direct. that " the winning of honour is but the revealing of a Fore Cabin. Saloon. bor from Gravesend and London .• •••• .. • • 10d. .. Is. I'd. man's virtue and worth without disadvantage." Judged by ~ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. Did. that rule, ARTHUR WELLESLEY must be ranked highly etween Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. 110 AT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5‘.03. • Six Months, 31: On.; in truth in the World's Walhalla—for never, we may area Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collectors on boat d. the ?ehets ; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend. safely aver, did any subject in ancient or modern times, November, 1852. in any country, or in either hemisphere, win honours for himself so profuse or so magnificent—insomuch that THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. the ensign of an infantry regiment in 1787, died in 1852 arewell Season of Mr. Benjamin Webster as Lessee and Mena; ger. THIS EVENING. " the most high, mighty, and most noble Prince,"—with The grand historical Comedy of RICHELIEU IN LOVE. by all the glories of the Peerage within the gift of his iessrs. B. Webster, Leigh Murray, and Stuart; Mrs. L. S. RN telt- SOVEREIGN, with the batons or insigni of eight mar ighaa and Mrs. Stirling. Aftff which, the popular Farce of A CAPITAL MATCH. shals in his possession, and in addition to all his other :eeley and Miss Rosa Bennett. The Farce of YOUR LIFE'S IN DAN GER . manifold dignities, with the coffin laden with the jewels To conclude with the Farce of SHOCKING EVENTS. of all the most illustrious orders of knighthood bestowed ROYAL LYCEUM T HE A TRE . by the monarchs of entire Christendom. Under the Management of Madame Vestris. Another thought, kindred to those to which we have THIS EVENING, Nov. 18, already given utterance, should be kept this day in Will be performed TAKING BY STORM. consideration. It should be considered how well and After which (2d time) a new Farce, in two acts, entitled THOS]: EIR BLACKS. Characters by Messrs. Charles Mathews, Baker, how grandly, because how simply and how manfully, tter, Butler, and Mi ss W yndham . To be followed by USED UP . all these dazzling honours were received and borne by To conclude with A HOUSE OUT OF WINDOWS. Charac tars the Great Duke of WELLINGTON. If, as TACITUS says, Paul Potter and Mr. Robert Roxby. " VESPASIAN was the only Emperor who was improved Sole Agent tor th e Private Boxes, Mr. W. Aileron, 15, I•Tew md-street. by his advancement—uolus imperantium, Vespasianus THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. mutatus in melius"—it may in all veracity be said, that Open for the Season. distinction served in no manner to corrupt, but rather Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.. to elevate and ennoble the character of the departed THIS EVENING warrior. His probity showed itself to be incorrnptible. (B yg eneral demand. The celebrated Drama of THE GREEN BUSHES, by Madame As the oracle of the conclave of the patricians, his was [este, Miss Woolgar, and Miss E. Chaplin ; Messrs. Paul .Bed- the same calm, cool, simple, sensible intellect, it had d, Honey, 0. Smith, Emery, &c. Otter which (at second price), the Popular Drama of II \on always been before in the camp and in the Cabinet, at IEPPARD. Jack, by Mrs. Keeley; Blueskin, Mr. Paul Bedford. the desk of the administrator, and in the saddle of the ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFO RD - STRE ET. generalissimo. Simple and grand he is to us who re- Under the Management of Mr C.Rean. m ember him as his contemporaries. Simpler and 1 THIS EVENING grander, if that be possible, he will yet appear to the i Will be performed the new and original Play, in five acts, by West al Marston, Esq., entitled ANNE BLAKE. Principal charapeters gaze of posterity—remembered to the most remote ages Messrs. C. Kean, W. Lacy, and Addison ; Mrs. Winstanley, airs. ay, and Mr s . C. K ean . as conspicuous among the group of British Worthies. 1