The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-29 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF
WELLINGTON.

The authorities are making very slow progress with
the arrangements for the Duke'a funeral. With the
exception of the interior of St. Paul's Cathedral, which
Messrs. Cubitt and Company are rapidly transforming
into a vast and magnificent amphitheatre, little has
been done, and it is a remarkable fact, that little is
known as yet us to what will really be done by those
appointed to carry out the operations. Whether the
remains of the Duke will remain under the roof of
Chelsea Hospital on the night preceding the funeral,
or whether they will be deposited in the Audience
Chamber of the Horse Guards, as originally arranged,
was not known 'at a late (hour last evening by the
present Duke himself. It can hardly, therefore, be
expected that the public should have accurate infer-
marion on the point.

It seems to be a great pity that some definitive plan
is not at once determined on, and officially published.
The public have a right to expect information upon
a matter in which so deep an interest is felt through-
out the length and breadth of the land, and it is more-
over, desirable that the parties upon whom the carrying
out of the arrangements devolves stiou:d have a more
clear and defined notice of their: uties than they have
as yet received.

the design for the funeral car upon which the body
will be conveyed to St. Paul's, was finally approved yes-
terday. This is a step in the right direction at any rate,
and the country will be glad to learn that it is proposed
to construct the car, not merely for the temporary pur-
pose, but rather as a national heir-loom to be handed
down to posterity, Wish this view it will bo built in the
strongest possible manner, and of the most substantial
nsiteritsle.

The design, which has emanated from the national
establishment at AlarlbJrough house—the Department
of Practical Art—is described to be very appropriate and
magnificent. The stage or platform upo❑ which the
superstructure is to be raised will be nearly 30 feet long,
and its width may be imagined, when it is stated that
there will be but one foot to spare on each aide, as it
passes through Temple-bar. The upper portion will
present something of the appearance of a military tent,
and the stage will be decorated with massive ornaments
of solid bronze. It is understood that eight or ten horses
will be required to draw the car. One other feature
already settled is the trappings to be worn by these
animals. The period of the middle ages has been
selected to afford precedents for the occasion. The
horses will be enveloped in black velvet, touched with
silver from the shoulder to the hock, after the manner
of the chargers in the tournaments of the fifteenth cen-
tury. These caparisons are now being prepared, and it
is understood they will be extremely magnificent.
Altogether, from the little known relative to the cere-
monial, it certainly promises to be a most imposing
spectacle.

PREPARATIONS AT ST. PAUL'S.
The preparations in connexio❑ with the funeral ob-
sequies of the late Duke aro proceeding with great ra.
pidity, and on the most extensive scale, under the di-
rection of Her Majesty's Commissioners of Woods and
Works, the Lord Chamberlain, and other authorities.
Yesterday the workmen, in number amounting to be-
tween three and tour hundred, were engaged in com-
pleting the vast amphitheatre of seats, on either side of
the great central aisle, leading from the western end of
the cathedral, and which are constructed to contain
5,000 persons on each side, rise tier upon tier, com-
pletely to the roof, a height of some hundred feet from
the ground.
It has been determined by the Government authori-
ties that all the seats shall be free., aLd that no gra-
tuities shall be taken by the representatives of the
Dean and Chapter. The steps at the western por-
tico are to be covered with black cloth, and a plat-
form, also black, is being erected to receive the
bier, with its illustrious remains, after ascending
Ludgate-hill. On entering the Cathedral yard, where
the funeral car and equipage will be drawn
up, the procession will have to diverge slightly from the
straight line, in consequence of the interposition of the
statue of Queen Anne. Machinery, i❑ connexiou with
the platform, is being specially constructed for the pur-
pose of conveying the bier, on a moveable stage, along
the centre aisle to its place of deposition, under the dome;
and its slow solemn transit will be accompanied by the'
Dead March, or other requiem. It is stated that in con-
sequence of the limited height and width of Temple-bar,
the proportions of the funeral car will have to be mate-
rially curtailed as regards their originally meditated
dimensions. The proprietors of one of the houses front-
ing the cathedral is reported to have let his house fur
1,000/. for the occasion, and the purchase money for
seats to view runs encrmously high, both in the neigh-
bourhood of St. Paul's, and ever the whole route.
During the progress of the works the usual daily ser-
vices aro announced, with the exception of those on
Sundays, to be suspended. The cost of carrying out the
arrangements is estimated at 10,0001.
EXPERIMENT WITH THE GAS IN ST. PAUL'S, FOR THE

FUNERAL.
Last evening the first general experiment was made
in St. Paul's, at the instance of Lord John Manners,
Commissioner of Woods and Works, of the cfh ct of
the gas arrangements within the edifice. The gas is
thrown downward from Lear the root, throughout the
entire length of the cathedral, springing in one con-
tinuous chain from the cornices on both sides of the
centre aisle, around the base of the whispering gallery,
and along the choir. The appearance is that of a beau-
tiful beading, lending that " dim religious light" so
appropriate io the cathedral and the solemnity of a
grand funeral. M
plains and pipes have been laid on in
the edifice to supply many thousands of small. burners.
A specimen pipe, with its burners, was shown In notion,
by Mr. Goulding, the manager of the gas department
under Messrs. W. Cubitt, who pointed out the necessity
of regulating the supply of gas so as to cause an equal
play of the gas from every jet.

THE LONDON CITY MissioN.—Last night the sixth
annual meeting of the Holborn-hill Association in connexion
with this organization was held in the Inquest-room, St.
Andrews's court, Holborn. Admital Vernon Harcourt, R.N.,
occupied the chair, and was surrounded by several clergymen
He referred to the great work going on in Ireland, where
between 30,000 and 40,000 conversions from Roman Catho-
licism had taken place within the past year.--The Secretary
then read the report, which stated that during the past year
the missionary had made 2,579 calls add visits; of these 192
had been to the sick and dying. He had read the Bible to
652 persons, distributed 2,34'i tracts. The domiciliary visi-
tations had occupied 1,109 hours, and 107 meetings had been
held for devotional exercises. It appears that the sphere of
the City Mission Society embraces 2,528,000 persons, which
is a larger population than that in ten English counties, viz.,
Bedford, Berks, Bucks, Cambridge, Chkster, Cornwall, Cum-
berland, Dorset, Durham, and Rutland. Of the 3,428 adults
who died last pear, 1,047 were visited exclusively by the mis-
sionaries. The number of persons in the metropolis regularly
neglecting public worship was as large as the entire popula-
tion of Edinburgh, Bristol, Manchester, Birminghanm, Ox-
ford, and Wolverhampton! There were 275 missionaries, all
of whom visited 500 families per month, or 2,000 persons.
Since the mission was formed, 8,309,197 visits had been
paid, of which 864,970 were to the sick and dying; 204,504
devotional meetings had been held, and 11,324,949 tracts
and 77,761 Bibles had been distributed. There were mis-
sionaries to the police, to cabmen, to soldiers, to Germans,
to Italians, to Jews, to Irish, and to the Welsh residing in
the metropolis. The report was adopted.
GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION.—SOUtbSIDOOI3, Thurs-
day, Oct. 28.—1 t has this morning been ufficially an•
flounced by telegraph that the Emigration Commis-
sioners have fixed upon Southampton as a Government
Itailway Company
depot for emigrants to the British colonies, ar d of depar
ture for ships employed in this service. We under-
standemigrant station are,
that the terms on le,hieh the Commissioners have
accepted the tender of the London and South-Western
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port will he, practically, a starting from the
pas-
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vessels, nail
metropolis
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without the dasgets, delay, expense, loss of
dispatch of ships attendant
Post of provisos for bout pas-
of
large
on an incident to the
The opening of the newm •
is t_lr:it:P:P3alsteTcl
freight of passengers aargei Size taking on board their
cargo in the London river.
LSouthampton, and many ships, it
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to give great
activity to shipping a t
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jri:iu9 .I,nst!rt4 u?di-.1;• the
gthue(.efie:torvii refuse to a:low the men of this
regi,e4„, who are stationed at Spike Island, topass
1 to or from the ibiaud in fueir boata.—Cadi Constitution.
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