The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-19 00:00:00

DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

The following additional details are in continuation
Of our narrative of yesterday, it which (owing to the early
hour of going to press) we were compelled to omit some
particulan respecting esrtain localities in the lins of pro-
cession.

THE STRAND.

As early es them In the morning the Strand was thronged
with carriages conveying their inmates tel places secured
for them, and they continued to crowd the streets until
9 o'clock, after which time no vehicle was allowed to pass
through Temple-bar. By six, thousands of persons had
taken up standing places, and they continued rapidly to
pour in from the adjoining streets until the pavement on
both sides westwards of St. Mary's Church was completely
occupied. In the narrow part, however, between St. Mary's
and St. Clement's the throng was not so great. Besides the
immense concourse in the streets, the windows of almost every
house had been fitted up with seats to amonamodate as
large a number of spectators as possible. A gallery had
also been erected in a space where some buildings have re-
cently been taken down at the top of Arundel-street
another in St. Clement'echurchyard, and another in St.
Mary's churchyard. Every seat in every window and
in all these galleries, each of the latter aceom•
modeling several hundred poisons, was occupied.
In addition, four galleries had been erected in front of
a portion of Somerset Rouse, and seats had also been
erected in every available spot—come on the roofs of homes,
some on balconies over shops, some in archways and door•
ways, some in passages; and, in short, in all kinds of
places, whence a view, or a glimpse even, however partial,
of the mournful procession could be obtained. Amongst
other plates, a balcony bad been fitted up in front of Esoter
Ball, which was tastefully decorated with black drapery,
with an inscription in front, of the appropriate motto,
" Non sibi std patriots." Over Burger's fish sauce shop
there was also an inscription, " To the great Wellington."
Some of the balconies were hung with black cloth, as were
also the galleries.

Most of the spectators seated in the windows and gal-
leries, we should observe, were attired in mourning.
The line along the whole of the Strand was kept by the
police only, the men being placed at a distance of about five
yards from each other. Strong barriers had been placed at
the end of each of the streets leading into the Strand, and
at those points an additional number of policemen were
placed, the pressure being there the greatest. Ainumber of
mounted policemen were also placed at the end of
Wellington street and in the Strand close to Wellington-
street, a troop of Life Guards was stationed, but their we-
vices in keeping the line were not required, the police of
themselves keeping it esesedingly well, and with one or
two exceptions they performed thew duty with great mode-
ration and temper. In one instance only was there any
disorder, and that was caused by the giving way of a bar
tier near St. Clement's church, when of WWII the crowd
rushed into the line, but a strong posse of police soon drove
them back, and the barrier was promptly re-erected and
made more secure. Speaking generally, the behaviour and
deportment of the vast multitude was of an orderly charac.
ter and well befitting the mournful occasion on which they
were assembled.
At half-past 9 o'clock the Tan of the procession arrived at
Cheringerore ; but on reaching the foot of Nelson's
Column a halt of more than twenty minutes' duration took
place, and a rumour rapidly spread that it was in eons.•
giants of an accident having happened to the funeral
car. At five minutes to ten the procession was

again on the move, the band of the Rifle Brigade
playing the "Dead Marsh in Saul," the mournful but
beautiful strains evidently producing a thrilling effect on
the now excited spectators. As the procession slowly passed
and one military band came up after another, each playing
the same solemn dirge, the sound of one bad scarcely died
away before it was reproduced he another, and thus the
effect was maintained during the passing of a considerable
portion of the procession. The playing of the combined
band of the Scots Fusiliers and Coldstream Guards especi-
ally, produced a marked effect. The greatest silence
was observed oe the part of the crowd ; and the measured
tread of the soldier., which could be distinctly heard.
added to the solemnity of the scene. As the ear, however,
approached end the doleful sound of the mated drums
which preceded it were heard the interest increased tenfold.
The car itself, gorgeous as it le, was comparatively un-
heeded. All eyes were rivetted on the coffin which it bore,
containing the mortal remains of the illustrious hero. As
it passed along a cry arose here and there of " Hats ofr—a
request wit► which the people willingly complied, paying,
with ready alacrity, this lest tribute of reveres°. end respect
to the illustrious dead. The van of the promotion reached
Temple-bar at 25 minutes past 10, and the ear arrived there
at halt past 11. A brief stoppage took place before passing
through the Bar, and the canopy over the car was lowered
and left to mat on the coffin, the arch not being lofty enough
to admit of the passage with the canopy up. The car having
cleared the Bar the canopy was again raised. When the
remainder of the procession had also pealed through the en.
trance into the city, which it bad dens by 6 minutes to 12,
a squadron of Horse Guards, who had brought up the rear,
halted, wheeled round, and faced the crowd, which had
broken the line immediately after the procession had gone
by, end were following it. The Guards, however, occupy-
ing the street, and the police the pavement, effectually
stopped the people from proceeding further.
We regret to state that an accident, attended with lam of
life, occurred at Charing-eroes. A gentleman fell from the
top of one of the houses there—Drummonds' Bank, we be.
lieve—about half-pest ten. He was immediately taken up,
and conveyed, bleeding very much, to Charing cress Halpi-
n], where he was attended by Mr. Tucker, the house inn-
tom, who discovered that he had sustained a severe frac-
ture erne skull. The unfortunate gentleman died within
half-an-hour after he wee admitted into the hospital.
TEMPLE-BAB, AND FLEET-STREET.

The preparations which had been making during the last
two Cr three days foe the decoration of Temple-bar made it
ono of the great cynosure, of attraction on the line of the
procession. The funeral embellishment of the gateway was
conducted under the direction of Mr. Bunning, the City
architect, with the assistance of Mr. Fenton and Mr. lack-
' son, of Bathisme-place. The front on the east and west
Adee was covered with velvet and black sloth draped with
white Map. Oa the top were foss conspicuous Roman
urns, surrounding a still larger one In the centre,
with twelve funeral imbues. A drapery was sus-
pended from the highest cornice. The velvet contained
several monagrams with the letters " W. A." in the centre
of each, sear which were some Bum trophies with the
shields, and lags of the serious nations of which the great
deceased was marshal. From the monogram were um-
pended several orders, surestating those bestowed on the
late Doke. la the centre, on the Chy side, the arms of
the City of London were suspended. The workless en-
gaged upon those decorations carried their work late into
the night, before they had completed the mansestatios,
and a large crowd of moons occupied petitions in its
vicinity long before daylight, in order to mere the educt-
ive of a favourable position.
As early as five o'closk the oniaibuses ea the north
side of Fleet street began to ply, and brought dons
loads of yeetatoes from the northern districts. Between
that hour and eight o'clock the entire equine and human
populatioa seemed to be astir. The nursing looked sulky,
and on the City side of the Bar the streets were in a state
of deep slash ; bat, despite of all drawbacks, the living tide
rolled in—some to take up such vacant positions se they
could find inside the barrier, ethers to primed to their
mats, sad luny to trundle along the mud without seeming
to have any certain destination; far the same people gam-
boled backward and forward, to this side and
to that, in obedience to the injasetions of the
police, as though it had been a velvet pile carpet
they were treading all the time. I. obedience to the
directions issued by the polies authorities the clearing of
the carriage-way serionely commenced about eight o'clock,
the scramble for places this biome terrifies, and in a few
moments afterwards a midge mould not find a pump be-
tween the dense um of human beings who lined both
eitheibf the street.
The earflaps began to some through the Bar as early es
sin o'clock, and from that hour up to nine the lapouriag of
carriages and cabs passing on to the cathedral was cos-
Minus. The arrangement made with must to them was
admirable. In the narrow neck of Fleet-street the carriages
were made to ran in single file, but where the street be-
comes wider they were allowed to form in a double row,
which accelerated their passage to St. Paul's.
It is said that when one loess an hour la the morning,
he may ride after it the whole day without being able to
overtake it, and this was verified in numerous instances
yesterday ; for the laggards who had paid dearly for seats,
tad were too late to get to them, might be counted by hun-
dreds. la many instances these wait-awhiles had actually
to be handed to their windows over the heads of the people
behind the barriers, amidst the cearle.spia ridicule of the