The Sun.
London, England, 1852-09-17 00:00:00

PUBLIC FUNERAL.

This morning intelligence was received in London, which it
may be fairly supposed will settle the question as to the
mode in which the remains of the late Duke of Wellington
will
en bepl a interred.d in lH Theuebot ow m
body
will be removed from Walmer
Castle to A
s
g. It has already
b
to-morrow
purpose.ornin Mr. Holland, the
undertaker, has received the necessary directions for the re-
moval of the body, and intends leaving London this evening
in order to carry out his instructions. The will has been
opened, and it has been found that his Grace has expressed a
e
wish that his mortal remains may be disposed of as the
Sovereign may direct; and under these circumstances it is
not difficult to suppose what will be the decision of her
Majesty upon the subject. The public funeral of the de-
ceased hero will doubtless be conducted on a scale of great
magnificence. It is supposed that his Grace's remains will
be brought from Walmer Castle to Apsley House by a
special train along the South-Eastern Railway.

TILE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.—The sym-
pathy Deal and Walmer on receiving intelli-
genceed nroi's immortality is amply participated in by
od
fi s
theplay
he
a large majority of all classes and orders of the metropolis ;
and each individual almost seems anxiously waiting to re-
ceive from authority an order for a General Mourning.
Whether that will take place or not we cannot learn, but of
this we are certain, that no great personage to be met with
in the records of ancient or modern timeswas more deserving
From the activity, however,
ill be a very general demonstration of
exhibited in certain great houses in Regent-street, which
supply mourning for the elite and the many, and especially
from what we see going on at the house of Messrs. Jay, we
sureoafresucha public
there expression.w
this public loss through the medium of mourning attire.
Morning Paper.
THE OVERLAND MAIL.—ACCIDENT TO THE
AUSTRIAN LLOYD'S STEAMER AusTRALIA.—ThO Anzeiger
Zeitung of Sept. 11 has the following :—.‘ We have just re-
ceived intelligence that the new Lloyd's steamer Australia,
that
which set out on her first voyage to Alexandria on the 27th
of last month, met with an accident. After having per-
formed the voyage to Corfu in an unusually short time (38
hours), the left wheel unfortunately broke, on the 30th, just
as the vessel had reached Cape Crio, in Caudia, and she was
therefore obliged to return to Corfu, where she landed her
passengers and the mail, to wait there for the next steamer.
Unhappily, this delay will likewise affect the Netherlands
mail, which was forwarded by the Australia, and we must
be content with receiving our news from India and China,
in this solitary instance, happily, by way of Marseilles, in-
stead of receiving it as usual on the 20th. An old legend,
however, current among seamen, accounts for the accident—
though not exactly upon scientific principles. The accident
mainly occurred because the Australia left Trieste on a
Friday, and had, moreover, a Franciscan monk on board—
s combination most assuredly enough to sink the vessel."
DEATH OF THE CENTENARIAN, JAMES COLEMAN,
OF ST. MARTIN'S-IN-THE-FIELDS.—This very old man
departed this life, in full possession of his faculties, on
Wednesday evening, at half past seven o'clock, having
at-
tained the great age of 102 years 7 months.
DEATH OF A SESSIONAL CROWN SOLICITOR.
Patrick Kirwan, Esq., the sessional Crown solicitor for Tip-
perary, died on Sunday last at Thurles. The vacant office
is in the gift of the Attorney-General.
ROYAL BUCKS AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.—The
annual dinner of the members and subscribers of the Royal
Bucks Agricultural Association was held yesterday, at the
Swan and Castle Inn Buckingham. The Chancellor of the
Exchequer was to have been present, but Mr. Howard, the
secretary of the society, received a letter from the Right
Hon. Gentleman, stating that it would be impossible for him
to attend, as he was so overwhelmed with business pre-
paratory to the approaching session of Parliament, that he
could not spare a moment either for health or recreation.
The Right Hon. Gentleman enclosed a cheque for the
" Disraeli Prize," and also for his annual subscription. Mr.
Box (the Mayor of Buckingham) occupied the chair, and
the attendance of members was very numerous. After the
usual loyal toasts had been disposed of, the rewards to farm.
servants were distributed, and the judges made their awards
in favour of the successful competitors in the pl6ughing
matches, &c.
The Right Hon. William Beresford, the Secretary
at War, according to precedent, performs the functions ap-
pertaining to the office of Commander-in-Chief of the Forces,
until a successor to the Duke of Wellington shall be ap-
p Jin t ed.—Herald.
Mr. Rich, M.P , and the Rev. W. H. Turner
and family embarked 'at the St. Katherine's Wharf yester-
day morning, on board the General Steam-Navigation Com-
pany's steam-ship Rsvensbourne, for Antwerp, en route for
the 'Rhine.
The deputy governor of Dover Castle, R. H.
Jenkinson, Esq., we believe, will execute the functions of
Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports pro tern. until the ap-
pointment of a successor to the late lamented Duke of Wel.