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

THE PROVINCES.

MANCHESTER.—The Exchange and other public bui

ings were closed, as also were shops and warehouses,
business being almost entirely suspended. The bells of
the cathedral and other churches were tolled, and in
many of them there was public worship in the morning.
Upon the Exchange and other buildings flags were
hoisted balf-mast high, and the day was altogether ob-
served as one of mourning. In most of the towns or
the manufacturing districts a similar feeling was mani-
fested.
LlVERPOOL—Yesterday was observed as a complete
holiday in Liverpool, every place of business being
closed, in respect to the memory of the illustrious de-
ceased. From an early hour, the bells of the different
churches rang muffled peals, and added, by their grand
mournful sounds, to the solemnity of the occasion. The
flags upon every vessel in dock or in the river were
hoisted half-mast high, with the exception of one Dutch
vessel, which kept up her tricolour. The Dublin mail
steamer Iron Duke, with very good taste, had her figure
head placed in mourning, and has kept up an uninter-
rupted succession of minute guns during the day, in re-
spect to the memory of the illustrious person after whom
she is named. At the military barracks, Everton, the
soldiers were called out, drawn up in line, and marched
along the yard in funeral order, and with arms reversed.
The boys of the Bluecoat School assembled in the quad-
rangle of the building at twelve o'clock, with the band
of the institution, and played the Dead March in Saul,
followed by " God Save the Queen."
BIRMINGHAM--Yesteiday, by general consent, this
town presented all the appearances of a holiday kept
with the utmost solemnity and respect by all classes of
the community. The tribute of veneration paid to the
memory of the illustrious Wellington was complete. At
a meeting of the Town Council, held last week, it was
resolved that the inhabitants should be recommended to
close their shops on this day, and that a suspension of
business, as far as possible, should take place. In pur-
suance of this resolution, the mayor issued a recommen-
dation which has been strictly adhered to. The shops
throughout the town remained closed the entire day,
many of the large manufactories were closed, and the
utmost decorum observed throughout the borough. In
compliance with the resolution of the clergy, adopted
last week at a meeting of their body, held in St. Mar-
tin's church, the Rev. J. C. Miller in the chair, it was
resolved that the churches of the town should be opened
to-day for religious service, and sermons preached suit-
able to the melancholy occasion. This resolution was
also carried out, and divine service was performed with
the utmost solemnity. The Lord Bishop of the diocese
also addressed a letter to the clergy, expressive of his
wish that the bells of all the churches in the town should
be tolled from three until four o'clock. The injunction
was carried out, and at the appointed hour the tolling
was universal, and had an impressive effect upon the
'nhabitants.

PRESTON.—The funeral of the departed hero was ob-
served in this town with every mark of solemnity befit-
ting the occasion. Business of every description was
suspended during the day. The various cotton mills and
other manufactories being closed, so as to admit of all
classes participating in the general mourning. About
ten o'clock in the morning the Waterloo and Peninsular
heroes, resident in Preston, to the number of about 60,
assembled ; and shortly after that hour, they proceeded
in procession to the parish church, along with the Mayor
and Corporation, headed by the full band of the 50th
Regiment, now stationed in Preston. The drums, how-
ever, were all muffled, and no music was to be heard,
the band maintaining a solemn silence, suited to the me-
lancholy occasion. The church was much crowded in
every part. The Waterloo' and Peninsular veterans were
placed together in that part of the church known as the
chancel. The Rev. Gilmour Robinson preached the
sermon. He selected for his text the appropriate words
from the 90th Psalm and the 12th verse, "So teach us
to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto
wisdom."

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE.—Never within living memory
was such universal respect shown to the memory of the
illustrious dead as was witnessed throughout this district
to-day. In this town, in. Shields, Tynemouth, Sunder-
land, and Gateshead, there was an entire cessation of bu-
siness ; shops, public buildings, merchants' offices, and
warehouses, with hardly an exception, being closed. The
flag washoisted half-mastihigh on the turret of the castle,
and wherever the eye wandered, over the church towers,
amongst the public buildings, or the vessels in the river,
nothing me the eye but half lowered flags, and other
insignia of mourning. At the time appointed for the
interment of the duke's remains, the bells of the churches
here, and in the towns mentioned, tolled dumb peals,
and the military in the garrisons fired a farewell sa-
lute.

LEEDS.—In Leeds the day was observed by a general
suspension of business, all the shops and warehouses
being kept closed from morning to night. A special
service for the occasion was celebrated in the parish
church, and attended by the civsc and military authori-
ties of the borough.

poillacome—The day of the funeral of the late Duke