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

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 1852.

SINGULAR COINCIDENCE.

[PROM A CORRESPONDENT.]

Winter has seldom been accompanied in its ap-
v roach by so many considerations of absorbing inte-
rest as chose which have now descended almost simul-
taneously upon the thoughts of Englishmen. In Lon
don especially, the throng of events has latterly
become matter of anxiety as well as of observation.
Even the civic festivities, which annually take
Place on the 9th of November, were compelled for
once to be neglected, and GOG and MAGOG were
compelled on Tuesday to watch the twilight stealing
over the bare pavements of the banquetting-room at
Guildhall, instead of over the boards laden with
turtle and pine-apple, i❑ honour of the inauguration
of the Chief Magistrate. The Woods and Forests
seem almost
,to have betaken themselves en masse
for a while to St. Paul's Cathedral. The old Chelsea
pensioners are awakened from their customary
quietude, and the chief apartments of this hospital
are already fitted up for the lying in state of
the greatest soldier in England. The most
immediate object of importance, in fact, to the people
of the metropolis at this juncturc", ie, us might have
been expected, the preparations making for the pub-
lic obsequies of the late illustrious Duke of iVELLING
TON. Scarcely any one amongst us bas leisure just
now for more than a passing thought of sympathy
for the misfortune which has befallen the United
States in the demise of the most eminent and gifted
of American citizens. For we remember that if
WEBSTER is missed in Washington, WELLINGTON Is
by us as bitterly missed in Westminster. It can
only be after we have evidenced our respect for the
memory of this distinguished personage, by the per-
formance of solemn funereal ceremonies under the
dome of the metropoli.an cathedral, that we shall find
ourselves enabled to appreciate the momentous cha-
racter of the events which are at the present crisis im-
pending both internal and externally, in one direction
for the weal or woe of the United Kingdom, in another
for the welfare or misery of Christendom.
Scarcely will the minister of religion have thrown
dust, as an emblem of mortality, upon the coffin of
the victor of WATERLOO, when the descendant of the

defeated of Waterloo will have been solemnly raised
upon the national buckler of France, by the name,
with the glory, and in the pomp of the Third
EMPEROR NAPOLEON. Contrasting the two inci-
dents, as they may reasonably be contrasted, from
the circumstance of their occurring within the limits
of this memorable month of November, we cannot
but be at once impressed with the full weight of their
significAnce. They illustrate anew the truthfulness
of that grand old apophthegm, that " Man proposes,
but God disposes." They serve to remind us how
entirely the deeds of Time are the fruits of Pro-
vidence. They indicate, with touching solemnity,

the import of that saying of the Hebrew Prophet,
that as clay is in the hands of the potter, so is the
creature in those of the Divinity. Under these
consileration,, it is impossible to regard without
emotion, the inscription upon the tomb of the old
DUKE, and,the reply delivered by the new Emperor
to the Senatus Consultum only a few days before the
interment of WELLINGTON. That reply was, as may
have been observed, pronounced in the same palace,
in tie same apartment as that in which a similar
document was presented in 1804 to the Great Consul
NAPOLEON BONAPARTE. Remembering the coinci-
dence of those occasions so widely separated by time
from each other, the descendant of NAPOLEON spoke
thus to the assembled Senators—" When forty-eight
yews since, in this same palace, in this same room,
and under analogous circumstances, the Senate came
to cffer the crown to the chief of my family, the Em-
perm replied by these memorable words—' My spirit
wili no longer be with my posterity from the day
wten it shall cease to merit the love and the confi-
deice of this great nation'—what now most affects
m• heart is the thought that the spirit of the
Emperor is with me—that his ideas guide me—that
hB shade protects me, since by a solemn proceeding
you come in the name of the French people to prove
t) me that I have merited the confidence of the
Country. And little more than a week afterwards
,he burial service was being solemnly chaunted over

the remains of ATLTUUR, DUKE OF WELLINGTON.
At present it is scarcely possible fully to appreciate
the extraordinary singularity of such occurrences as
these being almost simultaneow. Reflection is re-
quired, indeed, for their full and deliberate appre-
hension.

A TOMB FOR HOOD.

(From Punch.)
GIVE Hoop a `ombstone;—'tis not much to give
To one who aired so oft our smiles and tears ;
But ashy a tom) to him whose lines will live,
His noblest monument, to after years?

To which I answer, that in times to come—
Times of more Equal lots and gentler laws—
The workers maynot seek, in vain, his tomb
Who pleaded, orce, so movingly their cause.
If marble mark thesoldier's, stateman's grave,
If monuments adcri his place of sleep
Whose hand struck cfl the fetters from the slave,
And his who sought ,ut woe in dungeon's deep,
Did he not fight for Tors sad sons and daughters?
Was not his voice lod for the worker's right?
Was he not potent to ar est the slaughters
of Capital and Labou's desperate fight?

Oh ! mothers, think of lL melodious pity
Over the victim of the Iridge of Sighs—
Oh Almoners of the o'er crowded city,
Think of the shirt-malt .'s heart-piercing cries !
You, too, whose lighter hearts turned from such themes,
Who sought his page for ;miles and not for tears,
Think of his wit, how pure And bright its gleams,
Mocking the sadness of hs later years :
And say, if Hoop should
"older into dust
Without a stone to mark las place of rest—
Whose fiercest scorn ne'er so ght a mark unjust,
Whose sharpest wit-shaft ts'er pained living breast?

MONUMENT' TO T 11; LATE THOMAS
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Cemetery, (From the Sheffieldlndependent.)
We are glad to learn
subscription has been
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subscribers toE at
rhl the
Douglas
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u.rm;gaoltrarhliyse
commenced for erecting
Mitford, and oth,,, It is,
Brougham. Earls
Mr. Macaulay, Xi
Ellesmere, Sir James
sleDuakntd
Duke, —4" Mr. Disraeli, Dr.
the powerful and
Eliza Cook..—a Marston,
chieflyCth Eliza Charles a
public
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owing
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da i :es
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we believe,
touching appeals to
who ::eaffeettt
poetess whom Hood
himself would have been proud to
1. Miss Cook acts
cal a sister—that this
happy to receive
movement has proved so far succestf
as treasurer to the fund, butt, we shall
260/ have been
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(the fair projector
already
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thriact
freat poet and a
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and her cu.operutore. H
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goodhiswomrathn,isanddoitnhge lady
the local subscribers W
are Mr. Aifi. act. Among
lilatthews, Jos. and W. .
gt Turton,— E,TI"-,r 'ton Mr. Ald.
E- Asline ard,
WarlO qt.i., a
Esq., C. H. and W. laworth Hall,'
Rotherham. 1

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CaptainonTrTotute,srdraeyacheevdenLinogn,doo, on theirp
ftahrismseorrieesfaovfopuarapberies Hall yesterday,
as yet made
that they bring with them a series of document
John
number, which will be laid before the Committe'offiffhteen in
Pro-
testant Alliance this afternoon. It is said that 1-- -"e
awnitllicsihpoawtionths,etiglarnoucnodusldfor
reatertaining
the electors
Oxford,
drawn from the documents which have been
borough, onably be
public.—Morning Advertiser.
REPRESENTATION OF A BINGDON.--Mr,
,orbsyonthtehedeLmibise
Thomas Norris, of Sutton Courtney, near Abingdon
consequence of the vacancy in the representatioffwiP, in
hasr Caulfeild,esign resigned
has a 1,) th e
in ;,iiireased
Lord Norreys, the late member for the county of Z.our of
His lordship attended a meeting of the constituency on
Tues-
day, and explained his opinion on the important q
likely to engage the attention of Parliainent. His lorad°,'tions
resolved, in the event of his being elected, to vote lords
extension of the suffrage. At present there is no an
candidate. kher
demise
Liberal of
interest, General
NEW BURIAL GROUND FOR MARYLEBONE.....y
terday forenoon, pursuant to requisition fiom the ratepay,rs.
a special vestry of the parish of St. Alarylebona was
held in the Court-house, Marylebone-lane, for the po',"
pose of determining whether a burial ground should he pro:
vided for the parish under the provisions of the 15 & 14
1' lc. cap. 82, intituled " An Act to amend the Laws concern-
ing the Burial of the Dead in the Metropolis." Air. Church.]
warden Stephens occupied the chair, and the attendance was
very large. Mr. C. George moved a resolution in favour of
adopting the new act, and Dr. Russell seconded the moticn.
Several gentlemen having addressed the meeting, the resolu-
tion was adopted.
DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A POLICEMAN AT '
lil LB PEN. Yesterday morning, between three and four
o'clock, as Police-constable Alfred Critle, 239 S, was going
his rounds in Hilburn-lane, he met with two well-known
characters, whom he accosted, when words arose. One of his
antagonists drew a knife, and the unfortunate man was
stabbed in the side of the head; he, however, succeeded in ,
raising. an alarm, when some of biz brother officers earn to
hie assistance.

THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH.
'The Queen met the New Parliament to-day in

person.

In chronicling this event, the mind is naturally led
to a comparison of the present with the past, and the
contrast which is presented is certainly somewhat
si nt
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Free
ei 1847,
en
Trade,
and a Ministry pledged to that policy. In the New
Parliament of 1852, the strength of numbers is on
the same side ; but there is this difference, that
though the success of Free Trade is demonstrated by
the general prosperity of the country, the Govern-
ment is in possession of Protectionists. This anomalous
state of things is explained by the fact of theirsbeing the
' only party capable of taking office, when suddenly va-
cated by the Whigs. As, however, the actual state of the
representation, if not common sense, shows that any
return to the old system is impossible. The existing
Ministry are, no doubt, waiting for an opportunity
to gently lay aside the " cry " which has hitherto
banded them together, with the view of becoming
simply known as a Conservative party. Be that as it
may, the political atmosphere forbodes a stern], and
it is difficult to say what is not looming in the future.
The constitution of the House of Lords is such, that
on the assembling of a new Parliament, scarcely any
change is to be observed among its members ; but since
the last Royal Speech was delivered—that messenger
who respects neither person nor station, has taken
away one from that august body whose absence will
be severely felt by all who have, during any part of
the last quarter of a century, taken part in its de-
liberations. If, as Macaulay says, the new House
of Commons will not look itself without Sir Robert
Peel, what will the House of Peers be without the
Duke of Wellington ? That distinguished person is
no longer there to receive the veneration and esteem
of his brother peers, nor to excite the admiration or
curiosity of strangers. His sage advice and intuitive
foresight cannot egain be called in aid in periods
of political difficulty or internal disorder, or when
foreign hostilities threaten the land. The spirit of
that venerable figure on which time had done its
work has now passed away to another scene, but
his memory can never be effaced from the memory
of Englishmen. Independent of the irreparable loss
sustained by the death of the great Duke, his dis-
appearance from the House of Lords will have an im-
portant political influence. It is well known that a
considerable number of Peers, who had more re-
liance on the opinion of the Duke than their own
judgment, intrusted him with their proxies, which
placed him in a position to carry or defeat some
questions of considerable importance. These, of
course, will be scattered about, and perhaps may
influence questions in a different direction than when
in the hands of the Duke. In the House of Com-
mons there are many new faces, most of whom
are comparatively unknown, and inexperienced
in statesmanship. Some of these may have within
them the germs of success, but the majority will,
perhaps, either sink into respectable representatives,
or prove lamentable failures.
Her Majesty left Buckingham Palace shortly after
two o'clock, and was received on her way to West-
miester with much warmth and enthusiasm by the
spectators congregated on the route. On reaching
the grand entrance of the Houses of Parliament at
the Victoria Tower, she was received by the different
Officers of State, who conducted her to the House of
Lords.

HOUSE OF LORDS.
The LORD CUANCELLOR, took his seat on the wool-
sack shortly after one o'clock. Several Peers took
the oaths. Shortly after two o'clock her Majesty
entered the House preceded by the officers of the
Household and the great officers of State in the
usual order.

Her Majesty having taken her seat on the Throne,
Sir Augustus Clifford, the Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod, left the House to summon the Commons.
After a short interval the Commons were heard
advancing along the great corridor which separates
the two Houses, and appeared in great numbers
preceded by the Speaker. The Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Mr. Socretary Walpole, and several others
of the Cabinet, were among the foremost.

Her MAJESTY then read the Royal Speech as fo,
lows •

"My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
" I cannot meet you for the first time after the
dissolution of Parliament, without expressing my
deep sorrow, in which I am sure you will parti-
cipate, that your deliberations can no longer be
aided by the counsels of that illustrious man whose
great achievements have exalted the name of Eng-
land, and in whose loyalty and patriotism the in-
terests of my Throne and of my people ever found
an unfailing support. I rely with confidence on
your desire to join with me in taking such steps as
may mark your sense of the irreparable loss which
the country has sustained by the death of Arthur,
Duke of Wellington.
"I am happy to acknowledge the readiness with
which my subjects in general have come forward, in
pursuance of the Act of last session, to join the ranks
of the Militia ; and I confidently trust that the force
thus raised by voluntary enlistment, will be calcu-
lated to give effective aid to my regular army for the
protection and security of the country.
" I continue to receive from all Foreign Powers
assurances of their anxious desire to maintain the
friendly relations now happily subsisting with my
Government.

"Frequent and well-founded complaints on the
part of my North American Colonies, of infractions
by citizens of the United States, of the Fishery Con-
vention of 1818, induced me to dispatch for the pro-
tection of their interests a class of vessels better adapted
to the service than those which had been previously
employed. This step has led to discussions with the
Government of the United States ; and while the
rights of my subjects have been firmly maintained,
the friendly spirit in which the question has been
treated induces me to hope that the ultimate result
may be a mutually beneficial extension and improve
ment of our commercial intercourse with that great
Republic.
The Special Commission which, in concert with
the Prince President of the French Republic, I
deemed it right to send to the Argentine Confedera-
tion, has been received with the utmost cordiality,
and the wise and enlightened policy of the Provisional
Director has already opened to the commerce of the
world the great rivers hitherto closed, which afford
an access to the interior of the vast Continent of
South America.

" I have the satisfaction of announcing to you that
the sincere and zealous efforts of the Government of
Brazil for the suppression of the Slave Trade, now
nearly extinguished on that coast, have enabled me
to suspend the stringent measures which I had been
compelled reluctantly to adopt, a recurrence to which
I anxiously hope may be proved to be unnecessary.

" The Government of Her Most Faithful Majesty
have fully recognized the justice of the claim which
my Government have long urged for the abolition of
the discriminating duties on the export of Wine, and
have passed a decree for giving complete effect to
the stipulations of the Treaty on this subject.
"You will probably deem it advisable to resume
the inquiries which were commenced by the late Par-
liament, with a view to legislation on the subject of
the future government of my East Indian Possfs.
sions.

"GENTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS,
"The estimates for the ensuing year will i❑ due
me be laid before you.

"The advancement of the Pine Arts and of
Practical Science will be readily recognized by
you as worthy of the attention of a great
and enlightened nation. I have directed that a
comprehensive scheme shall be laid before you,
having in view the promotion of these objects, to-
wards which I invite your aid and co-operation.
"MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN,
"It gives me pleasure to be enabled by the lag of Providence to congratulate you on the gene-
, bless-
rally improved condition
of the country, and
especially of the Industrious Classes. If you should
be of opinion that recent legislation in contributing
with other causes, to this happy result, has at the
same time inflicted unavoidable injury on certain im- ,