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

(Front the Daily News.)

Our Wellington is in his grave. Some of us re-
member the dread of hearing that news in our
youth. Some who were infants at the beginning of
our century remember, as a dark cloud resting on
their household day, the death of Nelson. They
remember hearing what Mr. Pitt said—that he had
often, while Minister, been called up in the night
to receive good news or bad, and that he had
always before been able to lay down his head, and
sleep immediately ; but that when Lord Colling-
wood's dispatch with its tidings from Trafalgar
came in the night, he was so restless that he

rose at three o'clock. From 1809 to 1815, there
was a dread that news of the like kind might
come about Wellington. The death and burial
of Sir John Moore had touched all hearts ; and
whenever tidings arrived of a new sweep of
the French armies over the provinces of the
Peninsula, men held their breath in the fear
that the next news might be of Wellington lying
under the sod—" left alone with his glory." Glad
would all the millions of our people have been to
know that the hero would stand before Parliament
to receive their thanks—would enter the House of
Lords under the singular circumstances of his accu-
mulated honours —having risen through the whole
gradation of ranks before he took his seat at all.
Glad would those multitudes have been to know
how their hero would outlive most of them, and
would at last lie, not under the sod, but under the
high-raised cross of our greatest cathedral ; not left
"alone with his glory,' but with Nelson by his
side, and the certainty of being visited by successive
generations, till that lofty roof shall crumble down,
to be the outermost coffin of England's two greatest
heroes.

Nations and their rulers know very well that it
is the first principles of social liberty that have now
to be contended for on the continent of Europe.
It may probably be the greatest war that the world
has ever seen. If the aggressions of tyrants
should bring it on very soon' no man living is likely
to see the end of it. The struggle will be, in fact,
between the Asiatic and European modes of living in
society—a much larger question than one of nationali-
ties and territorial -.dominion. The struggle will be
between despotism and representative institutions.
Despotism lives in that part of Europe which is
overhung by Asiatic atmosphere ; while, in the
representative most
advancedcountries in the west of Europe, the
government has never been
more than a mere beginning,
Young and feeble, how-
ever, as the Western Opinion has thus far appeared,
system o f
it is strong enough •to have put Eastern Opinion to
some hard shifts ; and, latterly, to that hardest of
all, unbearable tyranny, Wellington
lived to see ter-
ritorial alliances giving way before political affinities
—the old before the new—the mechanical before
the essential union ; and
Many of us may live to
see the thickest of the fight, when Pope and Kaiser,
Emperors by ancient prerogative, and Emperors by
vulgar usurpation, maybe struggling for supremacy
rendered vain by the actual disintegration of nations.
It may be for a generation yet unborn to see the
issue of the warfare. What the issue will be, no man
will presume to say. liv
- e can only say what it will
not be. It will not be, as in many wars of the
olden time, a mere recurrence
to the previous state
of things ;----a burying of the dead out of sight, and
going on as before. It will not be a set of grants
and concessions of terrace—.y
agreed upon by po-
tentates, without reference to their peoples. Wel-
lington saw the last of such doings. When the con-
flict is about the
establishment of the principles of
Western civilisation with the representative
principle for the leadings feature—the terms of
peace must be something very different from that.
We will not prophesy that which shall be. It is
enough to say that we have done with the past,
and that we know it by the token, that the mili-
tary achievements of our greatest soldier were, in
fact, civic services, and that thus, while one pier of
the great arch of his fame is hun-
g all over with the
banners of armies and the trophies of the field, the
other is planted on that table land where, if men
go to war, it is because Peace beckons them on ;
and if men strive to lay one another low, it is that
manhood itself may arise to live in a higher free-
dom. The Sovereigns of Europe sent mourners to
Wellington's funeral. "lei-, as they bent over
his grave yesterday, probably- thought of him as a
warrior in the olden sense. We trust there were
native Englishmen among that vast assemblage
who thought 'of him more as the preserver of our
nationality ; and, in that, as the champion—un-
consciously perhaps, but most truly—of the popu-
lar liberties of Europe.

(From the Morning Herald.)
We have buried our dead
Wellington is sleeping by
unspeakably precious are
these jewelsein g
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ourth
renowned cathedral ! w
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outside o
of f ourN e l sight,son.
Howa
nd
t hh e o
national honour, safe in the sacred twocred p keeping
will henceforth pass
that hallowed structure without a thrill of fond
pride and enthusiasm? Where in the wide world
sleep two
greater warriors—and both Englishmen !
—who have turned their vast warlike capacities to
nobler purposes, and conferred more extended and
enduring
benefits upon society by their skill,
prowess, and patriotism ?
Yesterday we buried our
Wellington—that is, all
that was mortal of him. In the sublime accents
which were chanted over his .dust--" His body is
buried in peace, but his name liveth evermore."
And how ? As the image and representative of
as pure, exalted, and grand a character as ever
distinguished one of the human species. And his
obsequies were most magnificently celebrated—in a
manner which must have perfectly satisfied even
his exacting and idolising countrymen. Every-
thing that taste, love, veneration, and the re-
sources of this great nation could contribute,
combined to characterise the proud and mourn-
ful ceremony of yesterday. Europe sent her
greatest heroes to pay reverential homage to our
departed mighty one, and testified by their pre-
sence that Arthur Duke of Wellington, Prince of
Waterloo, was felt to have been the saviour of
Europe. When has Garter King-at-Arms declared
before such a gorgeous list of titles? When will he
declare such an astonishing list again? And in the

presence of so illustrious an assemblage of royal
noble, and great, of our own and foreign lands,
He has left us full of years—" life draining out cleat

to the last drop"—ftill of honours—and -entombed
in the nation's heart of hearts. She has done what
she could, and is now anxiously, but not despond-
ingly, looking round among her surviving sons, at
a great crisis in the affairs of Europe, to see if she
can find those worthy to tread in his steps, though
they may not be able to fill his giant foot-prints,
and keep pace with his mighty strides—still, how-
ever that they may follow in the same direction,
by keeping their eyes steadily fixed, as he did, on
the triple stars of duty, truth, and honour.
The Queen has lost, indeed, a prince and a great
man from among her people; and the royal heart
would throb when her Consort told her, in faulter-
ing tones, of the sublime spectacle that he had been
witnessing, and the tears which he let fall by the
grave of Arthur Duke of Wellington.

(From the Morning Advertiser.)
The scones and circumstances of yesterday will
never, so long as life shall last, be obliterated from
the memory of those who witnessed them. In no
other country in the world could such a state of
things have occurred as that which this vast metro-
polis exhibited from the morning's dawn till the
close of the day. The aspect of the streets along
the line of procession, or the procession itself, we
will not attempt to describe. As vivid a view of
both will be found in another part of our paper as
it is possible to give ; but the description, however
graphic, falls far short of the reality. London ap-
peared yesterday in a light in which it never was to
be seen before. Centuries may elapse ere a similar
spectacle is witnessed again ; if, indeed, the metro-
politan public be destined ever to see such another
scene.

The Duke is now laid in his grave. Amidst
ceremonies the most solemn and magnificant, the
ashes of the greatest captain of his age were yester-
day consigned to their final resting-place in St.
Paul's Cathedral. The termination of the imposing
procession constituted a singularly impressive scene.
The aspect of the place, the performance of the
burial service, the mighty swell of the organ's tones
blending with the music of human voices, rendered
the entire scene one of surpassing grandeur as well
as profound solemnity, and was, we repeat, such a
sight as never was witnessed before, and never
may be again.
The glory which shed its halo around the person
and character of the mighty man during his life,
has followed him to his grave. The pomp and
circumstance which attended the remains of the
illustrious warrior, as they were yesterday borne
in slow and solemn march through the streets of
the metropolis, and the imposing ceremonies amid
which his ashes were consigned to their kindred
dust, formed a fitting finale to the brilliant repu-
tation which he enjoyed while he lived. • So that
if no man of his day achieved such brilliant exploits
as those which won such surpassing renown for
the name of Wellington, no man ever quitted the
world amid such striking manifestations of a nation's
regard.

If the Duke of Wellington, beyond any other
person of his age, deserved well of his country,
never did a people form a higher appreciation of the
merits of a distinguished man, than did the people
of England of the brilliant qualities of the Duke.
And that appreciation they did not fail to express
in a manner the most practical. In no parsimonious
spirit, and with no niggard hand, did the Imperial
Parliament, in sympathy with the feelings of the
country, reward him for his glorious deeds. If
the services which he rendered to his country in
the battle-field were unrivalled, he received, in
addition to a nation's approbation, all in the shape,
both of honour and opulence, that a nation could
bestow. The highest title which a subject can
possess, was conferred upon him. He was, indeed,
loaded with distinguished titles. They were so
manifold that his countrymen scarcely knew half
their number. And as regards the more substan-
tial rewards which brilliant services ought to re-
ceive, the Duke of Wellington received, time after
time, princely sums from the British Parliament.
He couldidesire nothing more, either in the shape
of titles or wealth from an admiring and grateful
country.

Of the noble Duke himself, we need say no more.
A great man—the greatest by far of his day—has
been laid in his grave ; but, though his body has
returned to the dust, and his well-known face and
venerable figure will no more gladden the eye of
an admiring nation, his reputation will never
perish. So long as the page of history is open,
so long will the name of the Duke of Wellington
be familiar to the eye and ears of mankind, and so
long will it be remembered with feelings akin to
those which were yesterday expressed in a manner
never to be forgotten.

EARLY WINTER IN THE NORTHERN SEAS.—The fol-
lowing report from the log of Captain Dolle, command-
ing the steam vessel Amsterdam, which arrived at Dun-
kirk on the 9th instant, shows that although the winter
in France has been like that of spring the winter has
begun to set in severely in the Baltic. The vessel left
Dunkirk on the 17th ult., and on the 25th anchored in
Cronstadt Road ; the thermometer stood at six degrees of
cold, and the vessel was surrounded with floating ice ; the
passengers and luggage were, however removed on
board another steamer, and were able to proceed to
St. Petersburgh. On the evening of the 26th all
communication between Cronstadt, St. Petersburg,
and Oraniembaum, a small town situated six miles to
the south of Cronstadt, was completely interrupted by
the ice. On the 27th the port of Constadt was completely
frozen over, and persons were skating on it. A number of
men were employed to cut the ice for the sailing vessels,
and on that day and the following there was a general
sauve qui peat. On the 28th the thermometer in the
sun marked 10 degrees centigrade below zero, Fortu-
nately the wind blew strong from the N.E., and the
water in the roads where the Amsterdam was lying being
much agitated, did not freeze, but in the port the ice was
10 centimetres thick. A number of men continued occu-
pied in breaking it, which is a difficult work, but which
the Russians perform with much dexterity. In the night
of the 28th, the glass fell to 18.5 degrees centrigrade
below zero. During the day the vessel received her
passengers on board, and in the evening left the roads.
Two hours after she left she encountered a violent snow-
storm, and, not being able to distinguish anything was
for eight hours compelled to advance very slowly. On
the morning of the 30th the Island of Heligoland was
seen, and the vessel then continued her course at full
speed. Through all the Gulf of Finland, and a great
portion of the Baltic, the fall, of snow and hail was con-
tinued. Tha thermometer stood at from 6to 10 degrees
centigrade below zero, until the Ist instant, when the
ice on the deck began to thaw, and on the 2d the Am-
sterdam anchored in Copenhagen roads.

SUICIDE THROUGH WANT OF E3IPLOYMENT.-Mr. Bed-
ford, the coroner, held an inquest on Wednesday, at the
St. Martin's Workhouse, touching the death of Benjamin
Greenwood, aged 61, residing at 14, Whitcomb-street,
St. Martin's-lane, a journeyman tallow-chandler lately
in the employ of Mr. Osborne, candle manufacturer
and oilman, 7, St. Martin's-street, who committed
suicide in the following frightful manner on last Mon-
day evening, at his own residence. Mr. Osborne stated
that the deceased had been in his employ about
eight 'years, and was always a very sober, steady man.
He had done no regular work for witness for the
last six weeks, with the exception of a little odd job-
bing occasionally, and his mind had become so affected
that although a good arithmetician, he was at times un-
able to count a few bundles of wood. After one of the

head attacks passed off, he would tell witness that during
their continuance, he felt as if he could do anything with
himself ; but witness never understood him to mean sui-
cide. On Monday morning last he had asked witness's
daughter where her father was, and not finding him, hung
down his head, and went out of the shop. On the pre-
vious Saturday he was last seen by his son-in-law, to
whom he expressed himself in a very desponding way,
in consequence of being out of work, and things went
strangely with him, about which he was very excited, but
did not say anything about making away with himself.
About half-past eight in the evening deceased's wife
suspected that something was wrong, and sent for Mr.
Cooper, a neighbour, who went up-stairs, on the front
room of the first floor, and saw him lying over a pail.
Mr. Lenton, surgeon, of 33, Leicester-square, was im-
mediately called in, and that gentleman found the un-
happy man, with his throat cut, lying on the floor, with
his right hand and arm in a pail, which he had placed
there to receive his blood. A white-hadled razor, with
which he committed the fatal act, was at the bottom of
the pail. On examining the wound it was seen that he
had cut from the back of the neck, and divided both the
jugular vein and cartoid artery, internally and externally.
Death must have been instantaneous. Verdict—" Tem-
porary Insanity."

SHIPWRECK OF AN EAST INDlAMAN.—lnformation has
been received of the total loss of a fine Indiaman, near
Amlwch Bay, on the Welch coast. The Fairfield, Cap-
tain Hughes, left Liverpool on Wednesday last, the 10th
instant, for Bombay, with a valuable general cargo. In
passing down the channel her rudder got unshipped, and
the vessel became quite unmanageable, and drove on
Dulas Rocks, at the entrance of Dulas Bay, near
Amlwch, where she beat heavily, and with considerable
difficulty the captain and crew were got safe on shore.
A strong gale having sprung up, with a heavy sea, the
ship laboured so much that she soon bilged, and the tide
ebbs and flows through her. Abobe thirty men, under
the directions of Captain Hughes and the agents, are
employed in saving the spars, sails, and rigging ; a por-
tion of her stern has been stove in, and her stores, which
were stowed aft, are being washed on shore. On the
news of the disaster being known at Liverpool, the bro-
kers, without delay, dispatched steamers, lighters, a life
boat, and a number of men to Dulas Bay, for the pur-
pose of saving the cargo, and conveying it to Liverpool,
as the beach in the vicinity of the wreck is unfavourable
for landing. The vessel remains upright, and dries at
low water, so that if the weather moderates there is
every probability of saving the greater portion of the
cargo.

MR. SECRETARY WALPOLE'S ELECTORS.—The South
Eastern Gazette says that in the neighbourhood of Mar-
gate but little progress is making towards furnishing the
required number to the militia. Three of those who
have enlisted have since been committed for trial.

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT

HOUSE OF LORDS.-(YESTERDAY

It had been arranged that the peers attending the
funeral of the Duke of Wellington should embark on
board a steamer at the esplanade in front of the Houses
of Parliament. Soon after 10 o'clock, 70 or 80 member
of the House of Lords assembled in the Prince's Cham-
ber, some of them in military uniform; they then pro-
ceeded to the place of embarkation, landed at Paul's-
wharf; and entered the Cathedral by the south door.

HOITSE OF COMMONS-(YESTERDAY`

The house met at ten o'clock pursuant to the recom
mendation of the committee appointed to consider the
best mode of providing for the accommodation of mem-
bers desirous of attending St. Paul's Cathedral. Amongst
the members present we observed Lord John Manners,
Sir J. Graham, Lord Naas, Mr. Henley, Mr. Labouchere,
Sir J. Y. Buller, Sir F. Thesiger, Sir C. Wood, Mr. W.
Patten, Mr. E. Ellice, Mr. Baines, Mr. Glyn, Mr. B.
Denison, Mr. Geach, Sir W. Clay, Lord H. Vane, Mr.
W. Miles, Mr. F. Mackenzie, Colonel Sibthorp, &c.
At half-past ten (there being at the time nearly 300
members present),

Sir C. WOOD rose and said : The house will, perhaps,
permit me, having been appointed chairman of the com-
mittee for making the necessary arrangements for proceed-
ing to St. Paul's, to state exactly the course which is to be
pursued. (Hear, hear). The House of Peers will precede
us, and will embark about half-past ten. After the
house adjourned last night I met Lord Hardinge, who
said he thought we might follow a quarter of an hour
later. The House of Peers, after embarking at the es-
planade, will proceed to Paul's-wharf, where they will
land, and to that place we shall follow them. Our course
of proceeding will be this. The namer of all the coun-
ties in the United Kingdom are written on slips of paper
and placed in a box, from which the clerk will draw them
one by one, calling out the name of each county. When
the first name is called, the members for such county,
and the members for all the boroughs in that county,
will have the goodness to leave the house and proceed to
the esplanade, and take the first boat. When that boat
is filled another will be ready, and in this manner accom-
modation for all the members will be provided. (Hear,
hear). At Paul's-wharf the landing place will be kept
clear for us. A staff officer has been appointed by Lord
Hardinge for that purpose, and he will undertake
to keep the passage clear up to Paul's-chain, an
opening on the south side of St. Paul's churchyard ;
we may possibly be kept waiting there a little while,
because it is quite impossible to fix the precise mo-
ment at which it may be convenient for us to
cross. We expect to be able to do so after the
troops have all arrived and taken their places, and
before the carriages set down. On crossing the south
side of St. Paul's Churchyard, we shall arrive at the
western front of St. Paul's Cathedral, where there are
three doors. The centre door is set apart for the funeral
procession. After passing the door at the south-west
corner, and the centre door, we shall arrive at the north-
west door, and be conducted to our places in the north-
west aisle, under the dome. The arrangement which
has been made will, I trust, be found convenient. (Hear,
hear.) The steamboats are ordered to be in attendance
at Paul's-wharf from three o'clock until four, for the con-
venience of members returning. What time the cere-
money will be over it is not easy to say ; but, at its ter-
mination, it has been arranged that we shall return to the
house in the order in which we proceeded to St. Paul's.
(Hear, hear.) I may add, that two steamboats have
been engaged, and that a third is in readiness if addi-
tional accommodation should be required. (Hear,
hear.) I now beg to suggest that the clerk proceed to
Call over the names of the counties. (Hear, hear.)
Lord JOHN MANNERS : I am sure the house is
extremely grateful to the right honourable gentleman
for the trouble he has taken in affording us the informa-
tion he has just given. (Hear, hear). I will only add one
word, namely, that as a free passage will be reserved for
members coming from the Cathedral, I hope they will
avail themselves of the opportunity of proceeding to the
wharf with all due expedition. (Hear, hear).
The clerk then proceeded to draw the list of names in
the manner suggested. The first county drawn was Dur-
ham. The name having been called out by the clerk,
the members for that county, and for the boroughs in
that county, at once rose and made their way to the es-
planade, and thence on board one of the steamers. The
members for the county of Huntingdon were next called ;
and the same course was pursued until all the members
had taken their departure,
The boats returned to the esplanade about a quarter
past three, when the members immediately separated.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

ARCHES' COURT, Nov. 18.

Notwithstanding the funeral of his Grace the late
Duke of Wellington, this court was compelled to hold
its sitting, otherwise the proceedings in the causes now
pending would have been vitiated. The business, how-
ever, was limited to a continuation of the assignations
until the next court. Dr. Swabey presided as surro-
gate.