The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-23 00:00:00

THE MILITIA.

CIRCULAR, biEstoaAaturat.
nous' (ICARUS, OCT. 20,
It having been represented to the Oeneral Coin-
atandinit-in-Chief that it would be greatly for the advantage
of the militia about to be enrolled if facilities were afforded
to the officers of acquiring a knowledge of their duty by
being temporarily attached for instruction to regiments or
depots of the line, Vistount Hardinge desires that such in-
stanetion may be readily, and without hesitation, afforded
fa/ all commanding officers of infantry in England and
Wales, upon the application of colonels of militia ; awl his
lordship hopes that the best understanding may prevail on
all such occasions betwean the services, and that during the
period that caters of militia may be thus attached to par-
ticular corps fur instruction, they may be admitted as
honorary members of the regimental or depot mew.—By
command, G. Bkowar, Adjutant- General.

(FROM LAST NIOHT'S GAZII112).

WHITSEALL, OCTOBER 21.—The Queen hu been
pleased to direct letters patent to be passed under the Great
Seal of the United Kingdom, granting to his Royal High-
ness George William Frederick Charles, Duke of Cam
bridge, K.G., the offices of Chief Hanger and Keeper of
Hyde Park and St. James's Park, in the room of Arthur,
Duke of Wellington, deceased.
FOREION-OPPICE, OCTOBER 20.—The Queen has
been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward Hodges as Vice.
Consul at Ramsgate for the Grand Duke of MecUenbrugh-
Schwerin.

NEW SPECIAL DEPUTY WARDENS.
DevoN AND CORNWALL.
Tho Duke of Bedford, K.G., the Duke of Northumber-
land, the Marquis of Chandos, M.P , the Earl of Mount
Edgcumbe, the Earl of St.Germane,C.B.,the Earl of Morley,
the Lord Vivian, Sir William Lewis Sainsbury Trelawny,
Bart., Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., M.P., Bir John Duller
Yards Buller, Bert., M.P., Sir William Berkely Call,
Bart., Sir Ralph Lopes, Bart., M.P., Sir Joseph Bawl.
Graves Massie, Bart., Sir Coleman Rswhieigh, Bart., Ed-
ward William Wynne Penduves' Esq., M.P., Thomas
James Agar Robert's, Esq , M.P.,Nlchulas Kendall, Esq ,
M.P., John Russia Vivian, Esq., M.P., Charles Brune
G Sawle, Esq., M.P., Doable Boger, Esq., William
Henry Pole Carew Hag., John Lucius Dampier, Esq.,
Stephen Davy, Esq., William Daubus, Esq., Richard
Somers o..rd, Esq., James Robert Gardiner, Esq. Day
Perry Le Urine, Esq., James Holman Mama, Clerk, John
Tremayne, Erg., Michael Williams, Esq., William
Barns, Esq., and Humphrey Willyams, Esq.

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

The preliminary arrangements for this great
national ceremonial are at length finally completed. The
plan of the interior of St. Paul's cathedral, showieg the
position of the various galleries to be erected for the moan•
modstion of spectators, and the order of the funnel, from
the entry of the procession at the west door to the centre
under the dome, where the coffin will descend has been
submitted to the Prince Consort, whose approbation was
conveyed in very flattering terms, and the works am now in
full operation. Mr. T. Cubitt, M.P., has been entrusted
! with the duty of carrying ont the design, the merit of which
belongs to the office of Woods and Forests. The great
advantage of the plan that while accommodation is
afforded by it to a vast number of spectators—many mom
than it might have been expected the cathedral would
contain, nearly all of them will have opportunity of wit-
nessing the ceremonial from their seats without difficulty.
The known resources of Mr. Cubitt's establishment are a
sufficient guarantee for the manner in which the work will
be executed. All the timber used—upwards of 500 beds is
the estimated quantity—will be of the finest description ;
and the supervision of the works is already conducted
creed
eased, as if a permanent building were ta course of
al. _

The oeremony id" lying in state" will, it is understood,
be carried out upon a scaled magnificence never before at-
tempted in this country, or perhaps even in Europe.
Chelsea College has been selected a the locale,
and probably a more judicious selection could
scarcely have been made. For convenience of w-
rung's:Lent and locality it may (slily hold comparison
with any ether building in or near London; while its sp-
propnatenees, as the haven of our old military warriors,
will be at once readily admitted. The building consists
chiefly of a central apartment of octagonal form, opening on
the one side into the great ball, and on the other into the
chapel of the college. The whole of this !imperil' be fitted
up in an eppropriste manner, the walls and every portion of
Outbuilding being draped and festooned with black cloth and
other appropriate funereal emblems. The great hall, where
the" lying in state " will take place, is an apartment of noble
dimensions, 160 Mt long by nearly 60 broad and 40 high.
The Marquis of Raster, as her Majesty's Lord Chamber-
lain, has the direetien of this portion of the ceremonial.
His lordship, naturally anxious that so important a feature
is the national MUM to the memory of the great Duke
Meld be at owe worthy. of the country and the man,
pined the • matter an the hands of one of the Ant
end artists of the day, Prefessor Cockerel', E.A.
who in the Mutest manner consented to act, and
sa=proared a series of elaborate and VW, beautiful
- These designs have already restated the warm
*grovel st heiblisjesty and Prince Albert, and the pro-
pm of the works is only delayed by the care seaman
is the emeed of those time-honoured relica—in the shape
steepled dap—with which the walls of the old hall are
Mae, of them fiags were taken in the Doke et
's ewe beetles. and it is intended that all them
don be betrodeemi in the dseeestlon of the chamber after
the wane have bent fiemes4.• The catafalque on which
the soft will rest h :alarmed at one tad of the hall,
eppeelee is the dm which the public will be ad-
mitted.
The wisdom WM dark, and the only lights
*Maisel win be trees Mensal wax madam ooniaiaed
be elveeefi esadelahes, teereesa bet may, et which
there ere mealy eme ltesirsd, Owed" at stated
Mende dew the hall, which will be lined
frith geog of the Mmedist Guards (the duke's regiment)
with their meta reveread. The period that has elapsed
mimes the duke's death has been occupied to very great ad-
vantage by the Earl Nankai and his assistants in the College
of Arms. The heraldic and armorial Morelia= have boon
arranged with the greatest possible accuracy, and it is
believed the effect of this portion of the ceremonial will far
I 'tweed anything of the hind witnessed of lateyears. Sir
Charlie Young, Garter King-av Arms is devoting himself
to the eomplation of all the important nutters arming
within his department.
The Audience Chamber is the Horse Guards ia in coarse
of preparation for the reception of the body on the night
before the funeral. It has been stated that the procession
On the following morning will move from this point. There
smears, however, to be some doubt about this.
The military snowed to take part in the procession will
assemble on the parade ground at an early hour, and here
also the foreign =leisure, peers, members of the noun of
Commons, ttc., invited to take p.mt, will be marshalled.
The body will be conveyed on a funeral ear, executed after
• very elaborate and beautiful design, which has also been
approved by Prince Albert.

• Colonel &r John Malayan Wilson, C.B. ic..n., Adju-
tant of the Royal Hospital, who was meat in many
hard-foaght actions with the dake, has kindly undertaken
the re-errangemest of Mess intending veliaa.

MONDMINT TO TIM CS.ZW OT THE AMAZON.—The
&radars of the 10)51 Went India man Steam Packet Com-
pany are about to erect a monument in the picturesque
eamelsey at Seetisempteit, to the memory of Captain Sy-
Rees sad the Me and Mew of the ill-fated Amason
atemetchip,to reseed the senior many of them rendered
on the lementabb measien of the burning of the ship, whot
by meminiegiAdier IMO the Ira moment in the hope of
saving lwr In the canimpratima.
_The monument
Ibises the inemiptisa by the Royal I
Mail Rum Pease Clammy in hearer of the captain, I
oem.
Ad mew 'be perished by the deatzaction
el dm mason aleamakip by Are at sea on the
4th a January, 1612. William Symons, captain.
Robecte. alai siker ; Charles Henry Trewake,
WOW Atha Lewis, third °Seer George Frede-
rick Clesiridge, bath Aker ; William Kabled Stuart,
sod Wm& alma Stakketh. midshipmen ; James W.
seism; lielhew Henry Strutt, purser;
Them a W4Mmickt. pareenscreletant ; David Davis, boats-
;wain; Juan mak* sermon ; George Angus, chief
I aglow • William beak, third engineer: Andrew Fer-
Ones, fifth engineer ; Frederick Davey, sixth engineer.
Flay two able seams., firemen, coal trimmers, and servants."
The placing of it in the cemetery hu been preferred; is
commeence of its being more likely to attract general
nodes thanif it were erected in ono of the churches of the
saws.

ANECDOTES OF THE DUKE OF WEL-
T ()TOM

About four years ago, at the commencement of
winter, Mrs —, the wife of an industrious man in
Essex, quietly resolved to knit a pair of mittens, fur the
Duke of Wellington, as she had a favour to ask for whisk
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request
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eea clieDolt:iulYThekmahleerf Guards,tgo
lhighat hhe idnatittet", eaeedtruaedthel,lud. Immediately• d'e
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th his e
(}rape
showingl eta:hst'snat d,rebei f.nh'fh:inog'tet
iertw:;hittinhatn:o:dairdlian'etroa.:;.l.7lll.
t:nl
"Weatocirlhooil,Ghriur
losing his medal ; that he had always worn it on hie rams.
riage day, which would again come round in about the u
months, and that if the Duke would Ohm another mold
to be issued, she would feel deeply grate ful, as the loos
seriously affected her poor husband's spirits. She 'meld
only further meanies on his Grace to solicit that the neek.l
should be mut to her privately, as ahe wrote without ler
husband's knowledge, and she wished to rise her
an agreeable surprise on the arrival of her marriage awn-
vereary. This was rapidly approaching, but Mts. had
received no medal. she accordingly ventured to
second 'Wee to the Duke, which was very anon known at
the Horse Guards from his Grim arriving in a tow, 73-,g
passion, and asking why his instructions had keen
lected ? The whole matter had been cv.rlooked. An di-
stant request was made to a gentleman connected with
Essex to inquire if the claim was a correct one, at,,,
proving to be so, she medal was despatched, es you 1.4
interim, without delay, but whether in time for the wed-
ding is uncertain.
The last anniversary meeting of the elder brethren of the
Trinity Mouse was an extremely wet day, still it did 1,3
prey. nt the illustrious master joining his colleagues st
Tower-hill, and accompanying them to Deptford. Th....,
as it continued to rain heavily, a cari.age had been pre
tided to convey his Grace to the Trinity Al= Houses, in.
stead of his being ex {ewer] to the inclemency of the weather
by heading, as he lied done for many years past, the
walking procession. But Sir John Polly, the
Master, could not persuade his Grace to enter the ear.
tinge. " I prefer walking," raid the Dukeond secordin4ly
he marched at the head of the brethren, first taking out of
his pocket a Mackintosh cape, which lie threw over his
shoulders, and during his proems to the aline house., WWI
nearly occupied an hear, he was amused with the
remarks of the crowd, and to many of the young folks
he gave biscuits, with which, and the Mackintosh cape,
his pockets mum have been pretty well filled before starting,
At the alms-houses, each of the brethren is pr.:milted eels
a bouquet, and the struegle amongst the girls trei always
been to get the Duke's, as hn has invariably given his away
on those occasions, as the lucky recipient is sure of very seek
getting a husband—sash is the belief amongst the fele
reri-
deote of Deptford. The business at the alms-houves having
terminated, all eyes were directed to the Duke and his
girl.bon-
crowded round the great warrior, each in
ri The
rontr feelingank
confident that she was to be& posses-
sor. The Duke, enjoying their suspense very noviehoras tare-
fully spying out the prettiest face, when, at last, smiler a
charming girl in the leered or third oak, he pureed
through the crowd, no easy task, end passed the bouquet
into the hands of her whom pretty face had attractea i.. 1
attention. The Duke returned with the party to tlie h a.
quet at the Trinity-house, said on sitting down he appeased
to excellent spirits, sad said to the chairman, have to
be at the queen's juvenile party at Windsor tonight, es
you will let me away early." His G: ace, however reunite, e
until nearly ten, when he had to return to Apsley Hew
to change is dress, and then joined the royel circle bel•e:
midnight at Windsor Casette.
A very worthy member of the Trinity Board was reet rS,
staying with his family at the einem of Weimer, and w j
brought to account by one of the Brethren for net :
called at the castle to ask for the Duke, their dilute
muter. He hail not forgotten, but war diffident. ti n.
ever, he at last mustered courage to call and ask hew I .
Grace was. The servant, seeing that it was the card of a
member of the Trinity Board, said," The Duke will be eled
tome you, sir." But the modem Brother, muttering out an
apology that he would not on that occasion intrude or a
his Grace, 2mde good his retreat from the battlewot. d
Warner. Scarcely, however, had he rearheel his ihn,ir,lr,
when a messenger arrived from the Duke with an inetilt.;, n
to dinner that clay. It woe a ducal command, and x ,try
pleasant evening the Elder Brother spent with the cociu.rer
of Napoleon.—Ceedonion Mornay.