The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-12 00:00:00

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it has sustained, was commenced. The body of thus.
Duke of Wellington now lies in state, amid all the cere- lardly
moot of military mourning; and for five days, hour by gi S., ita 4 •
hour, the sombre procession of mourners, high and low,
will sweep hefere the coffin of the dead man, whom all
alike regarded as the pride and the boast of their nation.
Yesterday the Queen performed this melancholy rite,
to-day is set apart for the privileged persons who have
received the Lord Chamberlain's ticket, and the next
four days the public at large will be admitted, as we
have no doubt, in an unceasing throng. The room in
which the dead hero lies in state is the Hall of the
Hospital, no doubt well known to many of our readers,
but so changed by the funeral garb with which it has
been inverted that none would recognize it. Entering
through a long vestibule hung with black, and light-
,d by what we way CAI a plumed chandelier, in
front of a trophy formel of thirty tattered and faded
banner, surrLoßntud by the Royal Stan4,ard, the
visitor posfrieg on through thick and hco,vily drapc,d
cortunis, tint.a himself r.tnidenly in prcionce of the
illustrious dead.

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF
VVELLING7'OIV.

At the end of a long hall, hung in a tent like fashion
with sable draperies, across wh ch arc carried silver
cords, so us to relieve the otherwise monotonous effect of
an unbroken eurtace of black, he SP es a raised dais, on
which rest the bier and coffin. This dais is covered in
the centre with a cloth of gold carpet, the ioir,r (four feet
high and nine feet long), being formed of black velvet,
and surmounted by toe coffin, richly decorated with
gildin and crimson velvet. On the end of the bier is
suspended an overwhelatiag display of stars and orders
—among which the insignia of the Garter occupy the
proudest position. The whole bier is surrounded by a
magnificent silver balustrade adorned with heraldic de-
vices, irom which project pedestals, which boar, upon
black velvet cushions, the Marshal's batons and orders
of Great Britain, Hanover, Austria, the Netherlands,
Portugal, Prussia, Russia, and Spain, and the Duke's
standard and guidon, end attached to all are lion sup-
porters in gold, more than two feet high, bearing
the shields and banners of the nations enumerated.
Thu hall is lighted by four rows of colossal silver cande-
labra, distributed in double file, at regular intervals, on
either side, and extending to the foot of the dais. They
are 24 in number, stand seven feet high, and have wax
candles in them seven feet long and three inches thick.
The rows of candelabra next the sido walls being
mounted on pedestals:, burn at an elevation of 17 or 18
feet from the ground, and the light is thus shed more
evenly, than would otherwise be the cam, over the sombre
decorations of the interior. A low platform runs along
the side walls of the hall, and upon this picked soldiers
of the Grenadier Guards stand like statues, resting on
their arms reversed. Around the catafalque the Yeo-
naert of tho Guard are stationed, and nine mourners, one-
half military, the other from the Lord Chamberlain's
department, are seated. The chair of the chief mourner
is placed at the head of the coffin, and is concealed from
view. Colonel Thornton, commanding the Grenadier
Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, Major Brownrigg,
and Captain Ellison, all of course in full uniform, were
among those who officiated as mourners yesterday.

[From Supplement to the London Gazette. j
Earl Marshal's Office, 1, Parliament•street,
November 11, 1852.
Notice is hereby given, that the funeral of the late
Field-Marshal Arthur Duke of Wellington, will bo so-
lemnized on Thursday next, the 18th instant, in St.
Paul's Cathedral.
Notice is also given, that the tickets cf admission to
the Cathedral for those Peeresses who have signified their
intention of being present at the solemnity, will be ready
for delivery, at this office, on Saturday next, the 18th
instant, between the hears of ten o'clock a.m. and six
o'clock p.m., on the production of written orders from
the persons respectively entitled thereto.
Tee tickets for all Privy Councillors under the degree
of the Peerage, the Vice-Chancellors, the Barons of the
Exchequer, the Justices of both Benches, the Knights
Grand Cross, Knights Commanders and Companions of
the Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and her Ma-
jesty's Law Officers, who have signified their intention
of being present at the said solemnity, will also be
ready for delivery on Saturday next, the 13th instant,
between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. and six o'clock
p.m., on the production of written orders from the per-
sons respectively entitled thereto.
All members of the Order of the Bath having places
in the Cathedral will appear in uniform, and wearing the
decoration of the Order.
Ladies admitted to seats in the Cathedral will appear
in mourning ; and gentlemen will also appear in mourn-
, iug with white cravats.
The mourners and relations will not appear in uni-
form.
All other persons taking part in the procession (with
the exception of those wearing uniforms) will appear in
mourning, without weepers, but with mourning swords.
On the morning of the funeral, no persons (except
the troops and police force) will be admitted into St.
James's Park but those producing the Earl Marshal's
card of admission into the procession, or such of his offi-
cers, assiStine, in the ceremonial, as shall produce pass-
' tickets for that purpo.i...
All carriages aiel mourning coaches numbered 1 to
41, will enter the park by Buckingham- gate, or Storey's-
bate, no lacr than eight o'clock a.m., and proceed
through the gate in the railing near Storov's-gate to-
;
wards the Ilurie Guards and be formed in the open
space and road, in numerical order, according tothe
nomher n the card, with which every coachman will
be furnished.
Alt carriages and mourning coaches numbered 42 to
67, will enter by the horse Guards, not later than eight
o'clock a.m., and turn to the right towers's the Admiralty,
and form in the numericd order indicated by the card.
The carriages which precede, arid those which follow
the funeral car, will form in separate lines.
The Peerest,es, and all other persons having tickets
for the centre area of St. Paul's Cathedral, will be mi-
-1 mined at the respective side-doors of the great western
entrance of St. Paul's, setting down on either side of
the Cathedral in St. Paul's Churchyard.
All persons having tickets for the following places,
viz.:—

Nave, North Side,
Upper, Centre, and Lower Galleries of the North
Transept,
East and West Aisles of the North Transept, and
North Aisle of the Choir,
will enter by the north door of the Cathedral, setting
down on the north side of the Churchyard.
All persons having tickets for the following places,
Nave, South side,
Upper, Centre, and Lower Galleries of the South
Transept,
East ard West Aisles of the South Transept, and
South Aisle of the Choir,
will enter by the south door of the Cathedral, setting
down on the south lido of the Churchyard.
All persons having tickets for the Gallery over the
western entrance, north aide, will enter by the north
door of the Cathedral, setting down on the north side of
the Churchyard.
All persons having tickets for the Gallery over the
western entrance, south side, will enter by the south
door of the Cathedral, setting down on the south side of
the Churchyard. NORFOLK, Earl Marshal.
All persons are strictly enjoined to pay attention to
the police regulations in respect to the route prescribed
for the carriages.