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

(From the Morning Advertiser.)

The scenes and circumstances of yesterday will
never, so long as life shall last, be obliterated from
the memory of those who witnessed them. In no
other country in the world could such a state of
things have occurred as that which this vast metro-
polis exhibited from the morning's dawn till the
close of the day. The aspect of the streets along
the line of procession, or the procession itself, we
will not attempt to describe. As vivid a view of
both will be found in another part of our paper as
it is possible to give ; but the description, however
graphic, falls far short of the reality. London ap-
peared yesterday in a light in which it never was to
be seen before. Centuries may elapse ere a similar
spectacle is witnessed again ; if, indeed, the metro-
politan public be destined ever to see such another
scene.

The Duke is now laid in his grave. Amidst
ceremonies the most solemn and raagnifi cant, the
ashes of the greatest captain of his age were yester-
day consigned to their final resting-place in St.
Paul's Cathedral. The termination of the imposing
procession constituted a singularly impressive scene.
The aspect of the place, the performance of the
burial service, the mighty swell of the organ's tones
blending with the music of human voices, rendered
the entire scene one of surpassing grandeur as well
as profound solemnity, and was, we repeat, such a
sight as never was witnessed before, and never
may be again.
The glory which shed its halo around the person
and character of the mighty man during his life,
has followed him to his grave. The pomp and
circumstance which attended the remains of the
illustrious warrior, as they were yesterday borne
in slow and solemn march through the streets of
the metropolis, and the imposing ceremonies an.ud
which his ashes were consigned to their kindred
dust, formed a fitting finale to the brilliant repu-
tation which he enjoyed while he lived. So that
if no man of his day achieved such brilliant exploits
as those which won such surpassing renown for
the name of Wellington, no man ever quitted the
world amid such striking manifestations of a nation's
regard.
If the Duke of Wellington, beyond any other
person of his age, deserved well of his country,
never did a people form a higher appreciation of the
merits of a distinguished man, than did the people
of England of the brilliant qualities of the Duke.
And that appreciation they did not fail to express
in a manner the most practical. In no parsimonious
spirit, and with no niggard hand, did the Imperial
Parliament, in sympathy with the feelings of the
country, reward him for his glorious deeds. If
the services which he rendered to his country in .
the battle-field were unrivalled, he received, in
addition to a nation's approbation, all in the shape,
both of honour and opulence, that a nation could
bestow. The highest title which a subject can
possess, was conferred upon him. He was, indeed,
loaded with distinguished titles. They were so
manifold that his countrymen scarcely knew half
their number. And as regards the more substan-
tial rewards which brilliant services ought to re-
ceive, the Duke of Wellington received, time after
time, princely sums from the British Parliament.
He couldfdesm nothing more, either in the shape
of titles or wealth from an admiring and grateful
country.
Of the noble Duke himself, we need say no more.
A great man—the greatest by far of his day—has
been laid in his grave ; but, though his body has
returned to the dust, and his well-known face and
•venerable figure will no more gladden the eye of
an admiring nation, his reputation will never
perish. So long as the page of history is open,
so long will the name of the Duke of Wellington
be familiar to the eye and ears of mankind, and so
long will it be remembered with feelings akin to
those which were yesterday expressed in a manner
never to be forgotten.

EARLY WINTER IN THE NORTHERN SEAS.—The fol-

lowing report from the log of Captain Done, command-
ing the steam vessel Amsterdam, which arrived at Dun-
kirk on the 9th instant, shows that although the winter
in France has been like that of spring the winter has
begun to set in severely in the Baltic. The vessel left
Dunkirk on the 17th ult., and on the 25th anchored in
Cronstadt Road ; the thermometer stood at six degrees of
cold, and the vessel was surrounded with floating ice ; the
passengers and luggage were, however removed on
board another steamer, and were able to proceed to
St. Pe tersburgh. On the evening of the 26th all
communication between Cronstadt, St. Petersburg,
and Oraniembaum, a small town situated six miles to
the south of Cronstadt, was completely interrupted by
the ice. On the 27th the port of Constadt was completely
frozen over, and persons were skating on it. A number of
men were employed to cut the ice for the sailing vessels,
and on that day and the following there was a general
sauve qui peut. On the 28th the thermometer in the
sun marked 10 degrees centigrade below zero, Fortu-
nately the wind blew strong from the N.E., and the
water in the roads where the Amsterdam was lying being
much agitated, did not freeze, but in the port the ice was

10 centimetresi thick. A number of men continued occu-
pied in breaking it, which is a difficult work, but which
the Russians perform with much dexterity. In the night
of the 28th, the glass fell to 18.5 degrees centrigrade
below zero. During the day the vessel received her
passengers on board, and in the evening left the roads.
Two hours after she left she encountered a violent snow-
storm, and, not being able to distinguish anything was
for eight hours compelled to advance very slowly. On
the morning of the 30th the Island of Heligoland was
seen, and the vessel then continued her course at full
speed. Through all the Gulf of Finland, and a great
portion of the Baltic, the fall of snow and hail was con-
tinued. Tha thermometer stood at from 6to 10 degrees
centigrade below zero, until the Ist instant, when the
ice on the deck began to thaw, and on the 2d the Am-
sterdam
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in the employ of Mr. Osborne, candle manufacturer
and oilman, 7, St. Martin's-street, who committed
suicide in the following frightful manner on last Mon-
day evening, at his own residence. Mr. Osborne stated
that the deceased had been in his employ about
eight years, and was always a very sober, steady man.
He had done no regular work for witness for the
last six weeks, with the exception of a little odd job-
bing occasionally, and his mind had become so affected
that although a good arithmetician, he was at times un-
able to count a few bundles of wood. After one of the
head attacks passed off, he would tell witness that during
their continuance, he felt as if he could do anything with
himself ; but witness never understood him to mean sui-
cide. On Monday morning last he had asked witness's
daughter where her father was, and not finding him, hung
down his head, and went out of the shop. On the pre-
vious Saturday he was last seen by his son-in-law, to
whom he expressed himself in a very desponding way,
in consequence of being out of work, and things went
strangely with him, about which he was very excited, but
did not say anything about making away with himself.
About half-.past eight in the evening deceased's wife
suspected that something was wrong, and sent for Mr.
Cooper,
• neighbour, who went up-stairs, on the front
room of a nei
the first floor, and saw him lying over a pail.
Mr. Lenton, surgeon, of 33, Leicester-square, was im-
mediately called in, and that gentlemanon un the un-
happy man, with his throat. cut,. lying h the floor, with
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his right hand and arm in a pail,had Placed
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there to receive his blood. A white-hadled razor, with
which he cormitted the fatal act, was at the bottom of
the pail. On examining the wound itwasseeuthat he
had cut from the back of the neck, and dividedboth the
jugular vein and cartoid artery, internally_an d externally.
Death must have been instantaneous. Verdict—" Tem-
porary Insanity."
SHIPWRECK OF AN EAST INDIAMAN.—Information has
been received of the total loss of a fine Indianian,
near
Amlwch Bay, on the Welch coast. The
Fairfield,
Cap-
tain Hughes, left Liverpool on Wednesday last, the
instant, for Bombay, with a valuable general cargo. In
passing down the channel her rudder got unshipped, and
the vessel became quite unmanageable, and drove on
Dulas Rocks, at the entrance of Dulas Bay, near
Amlwch, where she beat heavily, and with considerable
difficulty the captain and crew were got safe on shore.
A strong gale having sprung up, with a heavy sea, the
ship laboured so much that se soon bilged, and the tide
ebbs and flows through her. Above thirty men, under
the directions of Captain Hughes and the agents, are
employed in saving the spars, sails, and rigging ; a por-
tion of her stern has been stove in, and her stores, which
were stowed aft, are being washed on shore. On the
news of the disaster being known at Liverpool, the bro-
kers, without delay, dispatched steamers, lighters, a life
boat, and a number of men to Dulas Bay, for the pur-
pose of saving the cargo, and conveying it to Liverpool,
as the beach in the vicinity of the wreck is unfavourable
for landing. The vessel remains upright, and dries at
low water, so that if the weather moderates there is
every probability of saving the greater portion of the
cargo.
MR. SECRETARY WALPOLE'S ELECTORS,—The South
Eastern, Gazette says that in the neighbouilood of Mar-
gate but little progress is making towards furnishing the
required number to the militia. Three of those who
have enlisted have since been committed for trial.