The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-17 00:00:00

THE CAPE.

Lord JOHN RUSSELL gave notice, that on Fri-
day he would ask a question of the Secretary for the
Colonies relative to the recent intelligence from the
Cape, and on the subject of the constitution of that
colony.

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL.
Sir C. WOOD brought up the second report of the
Select Committee appointed to consider the proceedings
to be taken in reference to the Duke's funeral. The
report stated that the committee having further considered
the matter, had arranged that steamers should be used
at the esplanade of the House to-morrow morning
at 10 o'clock for the purpose of carrying members to St.
Paul's, and the city authorities had undertaken to keep
a passage clear from St. Paul's-wharf to the cathedral, so
that members would obtain admission without obstruc-
tion. The Committee recommended that members
should assemble in the House to-morrow morning at
10 o'clock, and that the names should be called over ac-
cording to counties. The counties being previously
drawn by lot, Members would be enabled to go by foot
or by carriage, and facilities would be provided by the
police on their producing tickets of admission.
The report was agreed to.
Mr. Secretary WALPOLE said—ln order that a
record of this proceeding might be entered in the annals
of the House he begged leave to move the following
resolution, viz.: "That on the occasion of the public
funeral of the late Duke of Wellington the Speaker be
deputed to attend the procession on the part of the
House, and that this House do attend on the same occa-
sion in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's where seats
had been provided for the members."
The resolution was agreed, to.
Mr. HUME then moved thrt the report of the Com-
mittee be printed and delivered forthwith.
This was also agreed to.
Mr. F. MACKENZIE moved that the house at its
rising, do adjourn till Friday next.
Captain SCOBLE said he must take that opportunity
of drawing the attention of the house to the circum-
stance that the navy was not to be represented in the
procession by any deputation. Now it should be re-
membered that the wants of the great man whose
memory they were about to honor, mostly oc-
curred in connection with the navy, for instance, the
wars of Spain and Portugal could not have been carried on
without the aid of the navy, which entirely was the most
popular service of the country, and he would suggest
that the naval members of the Admiralty should be re-
quested to join in the procession as a deputation from
the Navy. (Cheers.)
Mr. Secretary WALPOLE could assure the Hon.
and Gallant Member, that nothing was farthet from the
wish of those who had the •management of the funeral
proceedings than to exhibit any disrespect toward the
Navy, but the fact was, it had
,been found in-
dispensably necessary to confine the deputations to
those companies and institutions with which the
late Duke had been connected, or the procession
would have been too long to be got through
in a short winter's day. (Applause.) But it had been
considered that the First Lord of the Admiralty would
take part in the procession as the representative of the
Navy, while 200 tickets of admission to the Cathedral
had been plaed at the disposal of that Noble Lord, for
distribution among the officers of the navy. (Hear.)
Mr. M. MILNES wished to know whether those
Members of the House who belonged to either services
would be required to attend in their uniforms.
Mr. HUME hoped that they would be present, as the
Commons of England, and each Member ought to ap-
pear In an ordinary dress. All the alteration they
would see in him to-morrow, would be the substitution
of a white for a black neck tie. (A laugh).
Mr. A. STAFFORD said, that there would be no
necessity for naval and military Members to appear in
uniform.
The motion was then agreed to, and the Housi 447_
medietely afterwards adjoupied.