The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-15 00:00:00

TIE DUKE OF WELLINGTON'S FUNERAL,

The preparations at St.!Paul's for the ceremony of
Thursday next, notwithstanding the immensity of the
task to be accomplished, are advancing rapidly towards
completion. With 800 workmen employed until 10
o'clock at night, each man animated with a sort of en-
thusiasm for his work, as we believe is the case, much
may be done even in the short space of time which re-
mains, and there is not the slightest doubt but that
everything will be finished by the day. At present only
the seats in the nave appear in a state of completion ;
nothing remains to be done there but the trimming with
white fringes of the black cloth with which they are
covered. The seats in the north transept, which are in
the form of a semi-circular sweep, rising to the height of
50 feet, are built up, but not yet. covered. These are to
be appropriated to Members of the House of Commons,
and behind them, on the higher benches, will be placed
the Corporation of London. The Peers will be placed
on the seats opposite, in the south transept, built also in
a similar sweep. We need scarcely say that all is built
with the greatest solidity and strength of material.
Water will be laid on, and stands, with glasses placed at
intervals ; indeed everything is provided which can be
needed by those who will have to wait for hours in the
Cathedral before the procession arrives. We believe
that a definite decision has now been arrived at as to the
exact spot in which the remains of the Duke are to be
placed. It was contemplated removing the body of
Nelson, which at present lies exactly in the centre of the
vault, a little to the right, so that the two great heroes
might lie side by side in the centre of the great national
temple, but that intention is now relinquished, and the
coffin of Wellington will rest a little to the east of the
naval hero. On Thursday it will be temporarily laid
upon Nelson's tomb.
The vault is now open, and naturally attracts great

attention. The machinery by which the coffin is to be
is, we believe, completed, as well
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to be lifted from the funeral-car to

a small hearse• at the door of the Cathedral. When

placed on this, it will be propelled along the nave until
it rests over the vault, into which, at the proper moment,
both coffin and hearse will be lowered together. Messrs.
Cubitt have also received directions for the construction
of machinery to place the coffin on the car, before start-
ing from the Horse Guards, so that the interposition of

human hands may be needed as little as possible, or not
at all. For this purpose, also, a tent will be erected in
St. James's-park, under which it will rest until it re-
ceives the coffin, and takes its place in the procession.
The height of the car is 30 feet, by 10 feet in width, and
51 feet long. It runs on six wheels. It is now com-
pleted, and, on Friday last, loaded with immense blocks
of granite ; it made an experimental trip along the route,
which was perfectly successful. Several partial experi-
ments have been tried with the lighting of the Cathedral;
but, we believe, one will be made this evening on a
grand scale, by which some idea will be attained of the
effect to be produced.

The Lord Mayor has issued an address to his fellow-
citizens, desiring that, on. the day of the funeral, all busi-
ness, but such as is absolutely indispensable, may be
suspended.
Temple-bar is to be hung with black, and prepara-
tions are now being made for that purpose. No person
will be allowed to pass along the road-way of Fleet-
street and Ludgate-hill after nine o'clock ; and barri-
cades will be erected along the sides to confine the cir-
culation to the footpaths. This part of the route will
also be kept by 1,000 of the household troops. The
railing in front of St. Paul's has been pulled down, and
a wider space will thus be afforded for the reception of
thefuneral cortege.
It is understood that the whole of the troops which
are to be present at the funeral, will have arrived in
London by this evening. One soldier from each regi-
ment will be placed in the Cathedral.

THE LYING IN STATE OF THE LATE
DUKE OF WELLIYGTON AT CHELSEA
HOSPITAL-(THIS DAY.)

This morning, despite of the rain which fell in heavy
showers, and of the timidity which might naturally
have been expected to arise from the fatal accidents of
Saturday, a numerous crowd was assembled at the en-
trance to the Hall, waiting for admission. Happily, to-
day we have not to recount any such events as those
which took place on Saturday. The police authorities
have now the whole management in their own hands,
and, as is always the case under such circumstances,
the public have nothing to fear. Under the present ar-
rangement, there are two. routes of access to the hall ;
one by the Queen's-road from the east, and another down
the avenue which leads from the King's-road to the cen-
tre entrance to the lioapii•al on the north. On each side
of these routes barriers ha,Ve been erected at the distance
of 20 yards from each otter; space capable of contain-
ing about 100 people, but into which only 50 at a time
are admitted.

As the barriers in front empty into the Hospital, they
are filled by those behind, and so on through the entire
route. A clear space is kept immediately in front of the
entrance, and a detachment from the Avenue and one
from the Queen's Road are admitted alternately. In-
stead of 150 men, which the department which had
assumed the management of the arrangements considered
would be sufficient for the service on Saturday, there is
at present at least a force of 900 men on the ground.
Each barrier is manned by half-a-dozen policemen, who
have easy access into the middle of the small crowd
which is under their control at any moment, so that none
of those disgraceful scenes which took place on Saturday
can be expected to recur. The utmost order and regu-
larity prevail ; and we make no doubt that any person
placing himself at the outside 9f the crowd at the east
end of Queen's-road, would find himself in about half-
an-hour passing out of the west end of the hall, without
having experienced the slightest crush or annoyance.
The following are the numbers, as taken by the police,
of the visitors up to 12 o'clock :
From 9 to 10 o'clock .
» 10 to 11 ~
11 tO 12 »

6,340
7,000
6,860

Making a total of

. 20,200

At this rate about 60,000 may be expected to pass
through in the course of the day.

THE ACCIDENT OF SATURDAY.

The bodies of the two women -who were squeezed to
death in the crowd of Saturday have been removed to
St. Luke's Hospital, where they hive since been iden-
tified as that of Mrs. Bean, aged 50, the wife of a livery
stable-keeper, of Cumberland-mews; Regent's-park ; the
other that of a domestic in the serice of Mr. Bethel,
Q.C., named Charlotte Cook. They will remain here
until the Coroner's inquest.