The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-24 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY

THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

WArkntt, TnuasnAY.--To-clay, the guard of
honour, consisting of a captain's guard of the depOt
Ist battalion Rifle Brigade, appointed to watch over
the remains of his Grace the late Duke of Wellington
took up their station at the Castle.
The state coffin arrived here last night, and the
body was placed in it. The corpse bad previously
lain in the leaden coffin, inside of which is the shell.
This is, therefore, the third and last coffin in which
the remains of the illustrious deceased will be de-
posited. The corpse being now finally encased, a
black pall has been hung over the coffin. The floor
of the chamber is completely covered with black, and
the whole room is appropriately hung with mournful
emblems.
The utmost privacy is maintained with regard to
the chamber containing the Duke's remains—no one
being permitted to enter or even to take a glance at
the interior. Now that the Castle is under military
guardianship, Captain Watts, the captain of
Weimer Castle, has taken up his quarters there.
The directions issued to the sentries by the com-
manding officer, Lieutenant Colonel Beckwith, of the
Rifle Brigade, are of the most stringent nature,
and require that no persons, except the domestics,
shall be admitted within the Castle-gates, excpt
on production of an order signed by the captain
of the guard. Instructions are also given, that if
any persons are observed loitering about near the en-
trance, or other parts of the building, immediate
intimation of the fact must be given to the same
officer.

The appearance which the Castle now presents,
with the slow-pacing guards mounted, and the union
jack half-mast high, is solemn and imposing. Two
men are stationed at the entrance-gat_,e while the
number constantly on sentry is seven. By the spe-
cial desire of Lord Charles Wellesley, a sentry has
been posted at the Castle moat, and the ramparts are
also guarded.
A dark-coated rifleman, pacing the southern ram-
part, marks the place where the remains of the illus-
trious warrior now lie—namely, immediately in front
of the chamber which his Gaace occupied. The troops
appear fully sensible of the honourable charge com-
mitted to them.

Many have been the applicants at the Castle to-day,
eager to be admitted even to a view of the exterior of
the Duke's apartment, but the orders to refuse them
were strictly enforced.
At 10 A.M., the present Duke of Wellington, ac-
companied by his brother, Lord Charles Wellesley,
took their departure from Walmer Castle. It was
originally their intention to leave on the previous
day, but they postponed their journey until this
morning, in order to be present at the last sad offices
previous to the final interment of their reverred father.
Their Lordships travelled by road to Dover, which
place they left, by the first train after their arrival, for
town—having taken this route in order to avoid any
display of public feeling on the part of the inhabitants
of the locality. Their suite left at the same time by
way of Deal.
The late Duke's horses and equipage were also
removed to-day, for London or Strathfieldsaye. Al-
most the whole of his attendants have likewise quitted
Weimer.
A correspondent of the Dublin Evening Mail
says :
" Having enjoyed the rare privilege of being admitted
into the domestic circle of the late Duke, it may not be
uninteresting to mention a few brief reminiscences of
that illustrious personage, which display points of
character not generally known, and that seldom come
under public observation. Instead of meeting an Iron
Duke, such as be was commonly represented, nothing
could be more attractive than the unaffected simplicity
of his manner and the dignified ease of his deportment.
In conversation he never evinced the slightest particle of
assumption, and it was quite obvious that extreme
modesty was his natural disposition. Sincere in his re-
ligious convictions, he was punctual to the minute at the
stated hours of Divine service; and it was edifying to
witness his unostentatious devotion amidst the rural con-
gregation of his own parish church. Remarkably fond
of children, he delighted in visiting the admirable in-
fant school which he established at Strathfieldsaye, and
was often affected almost to tears by the innocent hilarity
of the little group by whom he was surrounded.
" His household arrangements were conducted on a
scale of suitable elegance; while, owing to his quiet and
temperate habits, he never gave the servants the least
unnecessary trouble, which made him beloved as a mas-
ter. In tho management of his extensive estates, the
same sound sense, correct judgment, and practical wis-
dom appear as have marked his grand career. The vast
sums he expended on building labourers cottages show
the attention he bestowed on the wants and comforts of
the working classes under his control. In fact, his
whole property presented the aspect of a kind of model
farm, and no defect escaped his vigilant eye. Nearly
the whole proceeds of the rental were appropriated in
improved cultivation, and in ameliorating the condition
of the tenantry. His Grace's portion of the union did
not supply a pauper to the district workhouse. A single
instance will suffice to prove his humanity. One
of his keepers was killed in an affray with poachers,
who were arrested and convicted. He immediately
ordered his well-stocked preserves to be thrown open,
saying that he would not tikes his men to be murdered,
and other people transported, for the sake of a parcel of
birds and some paltry game. The sufferings of the Irish
poor during the famine period engaged his deepest
sympathies, and he exprea.ed himself with the tatwest
warmth and feeling on the subject of the savings-bank
failures, considering these deposits of hardly-acquired
earnings as a sacred trust, to be repaid, without refe-
rence to legal technicalities, on the implied faith of an
' obligation. He seldom took the pains of myna e, •
con-
tradicting any calumny with regard to himself, or to re-
fute any aspersions on his fair fame, however destitute of
truth. Among these may be reckoned thefavisaesrperpoourdt
that he denied the place of his nativity, and repudiated
the land of his birth. No statement can be more utterly
unfounded or untenable. On the contrary, he
of Ireland, bestowed the deserved praise on those noble
qualities with which her sons are distinguished, but was
grieved and wounded to see that warm-hearted people
misled and misdirected by senseless tirades against
everything English—fostering national animosities and
engendering sectarian strife. He certainly was impressed
with the idea that he was disliked by his own country-
men, 'but could not account for the unmerited prejudice
that prevailed. It is to be hoped that this misconception
will now cease, and that we shall render a just tribute to
the statesman, soldier, and citizen, who earned an im-
perishable and unsullied reputation, and left a brilliant
example, which cannot fail in exercising a salutary in-
fluence both on the present age and on generations yet to
come.
" He often remarked that the secret of success la in
embracing every opportunity of being useful; and y that
he never forgot the golden rule which he early learned
in the Church Catechism---‘ Of doing your duty in
that state of life to which it shall please God to call
you."'

The LATE DUKE of WELLINGTON.

MOURNING FOR THE ARMY.-GENERAL
ORDERS.

Horse Guards, Sept. 22,_1852.

The Adjutant-General has received her Majesty's
most gracious commands to issue the following gene-
ral orders to the army :-
1. The Queen feels assured that the army will par-
ticipate in the deep grief with which her Majesty has
received the intelligence of the irreparable loss
sustained by herself and by the country, in the
sudden death of Field Marshal the Duke of Wel-
lington.
In him her Majesty has to deplore a firm supporter
of her throne, a faithful, wise, and devoted councillor,
and a valued and honoured friend.

In him the army will lament the loss of a com-
mander-in-chief unequalled for the brilliancy, the
magnitude, and the success of his military achieve-
ments ; but hardly less distinguished for the indefa-
tigable and earnest zeal with which, in time of peace,
be laboured to maintain the efficiency and promote
the interests of that army which he had often led to
victory.
The discipline which he exacted from others, as the
main foundation of the military character, he sternly
imposed upon himself, and the Queen desires to im-
press upon the army, that the greatest commander
whom England ever saw has left an example for the
imitation of every soldier, in taking as his guiding
principle in every relation of life an energetic and
unhesitating obedience to the call of duty.
It is her Majesty's command that this general
order shall be inserted in the order books, and read
at the head of every regiment in her Majesty's
service.
2. The Queen does not require that the officers of
the army should wear any other mourning with their
uniforms, on the present melancholy occasion, than
black crape over the ornamental part of the cap or
hat—the sword-knot—and on the left arm—with the
following exceptions, viz.:—
Officers on duty are to wear black gloves, black
crape over the ornamental part of the cap or hat, the
sword-knot, and on the left arm, the sash covered with
black crape, and a black crape scarf over the right
shoulder.
The drums of regiments are to be covered with black,
and black crape is to be hung from the pike of the
colour-staff of infantry, and from the standard-staff
and trumpets of cavalry.
3. The Queen has been most graciously pleased,
under the present afflicting circumstances,,. to direct
that Lieutenant-General Viscount Harninge,
shall be placed on the staff of her Majesty's army, and
that all matters respecting her Majesty's military ser-
vice, which have heretofore been transacted by his
Grace the late Commander-in-Chief, shall henceforth
be performed by Lieutenant-General Viscount Har-
diuge, G.C.B.
By her Majesty's command,
G. BROWN, Adjutant-General.

FREEBOOTERS DEFEATED.—The men of the pre-
ventive station at Mudeford were occupied on Saturday
morning; last in the agreeable task of saving upwards of 140
tubs of brandy which had during the night drifted from
their moorings, and were eventually brought safely to anchor
under the care of her Majesty's revenue officers, undoubtedly
much to the disappointment of those who had made each a
dAngereug deposit near par §lipre*,...AQlC

THE LAST HOURS OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.
(From the Medical Times and Gazette, Stpt. 25.)
Public nterost has been so much excited on every
matter connected with the great Duke, that although
we have been obliged to omit our usual communications
from the present number, we feel that we should not
bo justified in withholding that of Mr. Ilnika.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE MEDICAL TIMES AND
GAZETTE.
155, Lower-street, Deal, Sept. 51, 1852.
Sir,—l enclose you an account of the detth of the
Duke of Wellington for insertion in the Mdical Times
and Gazette, should you deem it sufficiently interesting
to the readers of your widely circulated journal.
I am, Sir, &c.,
J. w.

" TUESDAY, SEPT. 14.—Aboat half-past
eight this
morning my father received a note from Wain,er Castle,
stating that the Duke of Wellington wished to see
him. lie immediately went to the Castle. liis Grace
complained of uneasiness about the chest and stomach;
was then perfectly conscious, and answered questions
put to him with correctness. Some medicine
was or-
dered, and during its preparation his Grace took some
tea and toast. Shortly after leaving the Castle, my
father received another communication, stating that his
Grace was much worse; he had had fits similar to those
ho was subject to. My father and I wont directly, and
found his Grace in bed, unconscious; eyes
little upwards, fixed; pupils of em dium size; skin warm
and moist; respiration very laborious, from accumula-
tion of mucus in air tubes. 13elore our arrival his valet
had applied a mustard poultice to his chest, as on a
former occasion this hud given relief. turned a
" Dr. M'Arthur soon arrived, and Drs. llama and Fer-
gusson were telegraphed for. _...

_ . a Dr. M'Arthur advised a mustard emetic to be given,
having prescribed one with advantage for the Duke seve-
ral years ago under similar circumstances. This and
other measures were now of no avail. His Grace became
very restless, tried to turn oil his left side; occasionally
there were slight twitchings of the left arm. When
was much more free, and
viacehimin
an
easy
chair, when his
respiration became much less embarrassed; his pulse
thisrai raised
din uc beded us, his
to o breathing
sank, his Grace was now placed more horizontally; the
pulse rallied for a little time, and then gradually de-
clined; the breathing became more feeble; and, at twenty-
five minutes past three o'clock P.st, his Grace breathed
his last. So easy and gentle was the transition, that for
the moment it was doubted. A mirror was held before
his Grace's mouth; its brightness was undimmed, and
he was no more. _
___

"JOHN WHITAREH rillti"."

THE DUKE and his FAVOURITE CHARGER.
The following facts relative to the celebrated " Copen-
hagen" are gathered from a recent number of the
Sporting Magazine. Copenhagen derived his name
from the city in which he was Coaled, his dam having
been taken out there in the expedition of 1807, by the
late Field-Marshal Grosvenor. The horse, we are told,
was not only thorough-bred, but had also a very illus-
trious pedigree, being on his father's side a grandson of
the celebrated Eclipse, and on his mother's of a well-
known horse of his day, John Bull. Copenhagen did
not remain long in General Grosvenor's hands, but was
sold by him to the Marquis of Londonderry, then adju-
tant-general to the Peninsular army, who sent him with
other horses to Lisbon in 1813. While there he was
selected and bought, with another horse, by Colonel
Charles Wood, at the price of 400 guineas, for his Grace
the Duke of Wellington, with whom he soon became an
especial favourite. The writer of the article states that
at Vimiera and Waterloo the Duke used no other horse.
The mention of Vimiera, however, is obviously a mis-
take for Vittoria, the former action having taken place
in 1808, long before the horse landed in Portugal,
whereas the latter was fought in 1813, the year he was
imnthgleanGdr.eatOCnaptthatin had. ridden memorable day of
pWaterloo,orted fromthough E
indeed,erel he
was
always
Copen-
hagen for 18 hours, the horse. gave. little signs of being
y
beaten; for on the Duke's patting ham on the quarter as
he dismounted after the battle, the animal struck out as
a cantor in the
remarkable. However hard the day,
playfully lyF
ears iendurance been
ntaking
fatigue,
refused his corn, though he would often eat it while
lying down—an unusual manner with horses. For many
years Copenhagen was one of the
.most interesting sights
at Strathfieldsaye, on which domain he was pensioned
off, and where he at length died in honourable old age.
The Duke rarely omitted to visit him, and the ladies of
the family made of him an especial pet. And he deserved
to be so, for " old Copenhagen" had one of the surest
and best characteristics of true courage—an extremely
good and docile temper. He liked lasing noticed, and
kissed hands and ate apples with all possible grace.
Copenhagen, whose colour was a full rich chestnut, was
a small horse, standing little more than fifteen hands
high, but he possessed great muscular power. His
general appearance denoted his Arabian blood. Though
not much suited, from his size, for crossing the country,
it is stated that the Duke did occasionally ride him to
hounds.

COURT CIRCULAR.
BAL INIORAL, WEDNESDAY.
Her Majesty drove yesterday in the open carriage
towards Gairn-Shiel.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert Went out deer-
stalking. _

The Earl of Derby left Daimon' yesterday for
England.
The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at 3almoral yester-
day, and will remain on a visit to het Majesty.
In consequence of the lamented death of the Duke
of NVollington, her Majesty
and the Royal household
have gone into mourning for a week from this day.

A deputation of the Metro polite
of Sewers, consisting of Mr. Jebb (chairman), Sir
John Burgoyne, Major Dawson, Cet,ain Vetch, Mr.
Hosking, Mr. Hunt, Mr. Spencer smith, and Mr.
Hawkshaw, with Mr. Woolrych (ltcretary), bad an
interview with Mr. Secretary Welptle yesterday, at
the Home-office. Commissioners

Lieut.-Colonel Waldo Sibthorp bid
an interview
with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday of
Dispatches were sent yesterday v the Govern
Sierra Leone and the Governor of tie Gambia.
Dispatches were received at the olonial-office yes-
terday from the Governors of the 'feat India Islands
St. Helve.
and from the Governor of

HER MAJESTY'S SOJOURN in the NORTH.
CEATHIE, TUESDAY NIGHT. 10
the
inclemency of the weather, her Moesty took a short
drive yesterday afternoon.
To-day the weather was such as o enable her Ma-
jesty to take her usual carriage airig, and the Roy!"
family have been enjoying themplves in the Castle
grounds. The weather is still dui, with occasional
heavy showers.
as J 1 -
The Earl of Aberdeen h •St arrived at the
Castle. withstanding

THE SLAVE'S APIEAL.
FROM UNCLE TOM'S c,BIN.
(For Music.)
" And the brow of the young angrew dark, and his
tremble. Who made this man my
eye burned with an expressiiintuthit made his wife
what I want to know?' he said." 4r
" Why are you sorry, sir?' 661 George., comb!.
Why to see you, as it were, settingyourself in oppos:
aid
tion to the laws of your country?' My country! d
George, with strong and bitter emeeles; what °un-
try have I but the gravel' "—pp, 12and 80•
master—. that's

'ho made this man my master—
That's what I want to know
That he should wreck my heartin death'
Or chain my life to woe!
Have I no soul to bring the mon
Of love upon my cheek?
And did he sell my wife to scoil,
Have I no heart to break! aster—
Who made this mar my ti°now?
That's what I wa't to

Who made this man my maste?"—
The Spirit in the skies
But bids me toil for life and 100,
But thraldom he denies!
And that my brow bears deep, gl"4
Why should they call me sive know
Or hid my heart, through bona
No countr\yvhboutnt3hadoegtrhaiv:L aln my t
to
That's what I r
iftEDERICIK ENOCH.
know?mast e

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for Mr. A. Croll,gmg
g-a
islaed byil unusualC A. A.
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sud e from - 1
STAT
dared
the office shall be distin-
%pears resolved thatyear op
state carriage, mann-
that gentleman '
d Avner, is a splendid speci- I
tctured by Messrs. Laurie in
its appointments, but
men of the art of coach-building
_ , , the outline. The body
particularly i
al the • int particularly pleasing,
" Painted of a
darkish
sWefeta' ‘
of highly gilded metal,
the borders and greenN,iosiom
hislo.t.oll 4lt*
CROLL,
flc.azoned the heraldic in-
within which are iane di •
y„7oupful Company of Spec-
signia of the City and. the IT bneath the centre window,
tacle Makers,. above which, and um-
;roll. The crest is a '
are the armorial
Jona] bearings of Mr.l , k •
s trnn 5, which is sup-
corn's head between two elePhar
shelf elect,
eld is a unicorn passant
ported by a casane, within the sl.
The ornaments on the
between three marcles, or lozenge' the lamps
roof are the cap ofmaiutenane richly gilt,
description, and the
abre °I a similarly g orgeenE
wagons, are appropriately
ody loops, which resembleed ruby. The carriage
"millingled with green, gold, i
exhibit gay gilding,
standards and wheels also
.ermulion. The hammer-
with alternations of white and
wiich is nearly covered with
cloth has a field of white cloth,
flute, green silk velvet, upon
decorations, consisting of arms, the whole relieved
which are escutcheons of the CtY
the holders for the footmen
with green and amber fringe.
iin they are formed of rich
rat the back are exceedingly
are scrolls, &c., of amber
green Genoa velvet, upon wide].ofrich whte silk, the roof radiated in
imp. The lining iso
oured fringe in festoons. The
tlutes, and relieved with gold-cc
Laurie and Marner, displays
harness, also manufactured by
ornaments naments of gold, with the
the arms and crests, &c.,
padding, &c., of green and arreer.
A, OLDuAm —About three
THUNDER...STORM
apparently without any previ-
o'clock on Monday afternoon,
of thunder, a most vivid flash
ous
, lightning was seen; and e% gloom or distant murmur
of
arcely had it disappeared when
the report of thunder camelike the bursting of a shell. It
was followed by a heavy shower of hail and rain, and
quickly passed off. The ele2
tric fluid struck one of the mina-
rets on the Blue-coat Schoel, but we have not heard of any
other damage.
Lord
Broughton and the lion. Miss llobhouse
have left L
rlestoke r ark, Devizes, on a visiting tour in
, Scotland.