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      The Queen, I-Vince Albert, The Royal Chi...

      seven feet high , the whole affording a moderated light , gradually increasing from the entrance , and terminating the perspective in a bright illumination upon the chief object of interest—the catafalque , a most imposing and beautiful design . The walls of the hall are hung with black drapery , gracefully interspersed with pendant folds , at six feet distanceseach bay bearing an escocheon o f the Wellington family surrounded with elegant wreaths of laurel in green and silver . The ceiling is tent-wise , divided by diagonal white bands , which have a very pretty perspective effect . The dazzling brilliancy of the catafalque upon which the remains of the late Duke rest can hardly be described . Cloth of gold and silver , with heraldic emblazonments of the richest description , and a perfect profusion of ornament , combine to produce an effect of the most brilliant character . The canopy itself , and the black velvet curtains by which it is surrounded , are suspended from the ceiling . Round the hall stand selected men from t he Grenadier Guards , with arms reversed .

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      The Overland Mail Has Arrived At Trieste...

      The Overland Mail has arrived at Trieste , with dates to the 26 th of September . " The first brigade of the advanced force had just left Rangoon for Prome , accompanied by General Godwin , the Admiral , and almost all the heads of departments . The second brigade -was to follow shortly , and it was expected on its arrival at Prome that Pegu would be ceded and annexed , and the war closed . " A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette writes from Vienna , on November 7 , that " no deputation will represent the Austrian army at the funeral of the

      Duke of Wellington . It is the Emperor ' s own will and pleasure . Ministers had discussed the matter , and had even agreed to propose to the Sovereign that all ge nerals who had at any time served in the regiment Wellington , as well as the superior officers now serving in it , should be selected to represent the Austrian army on the solemn occasion . When the subject was broached to the Emperor , he shortly replied— ' Gentlemen , you have been wasting your time , ' and perceiving the surprise of his audience , he added , ' There will be no deputation to London . The Austrian uniform has been insulted in

      London by a street mob , and no satisfaction has hitherto been rendered . They shall riot have a second chance . ' "

      Incessant Rains Of Late Have Produced Hi...

      Incessant rains of late have produced high tides and overflowing risers . Yesterday afternoon the dwellers on both banks of the river Thames were driven , from their houses in consequence of tho tide rising higher than it has been known to do for some years . It was attended with an enormous loss of property . It would be impossible to describe one-half of the mischief alread y done . At a few minutes before one o clock ( nearl y half-an-hour before bipli water ) , the tido was ho high that it rushed liko a cataract over the various wharves , and in many cases filled the basements of the houseu . The scene that ensued on tho Surrey mdn of the river was ) Ruoh as will not easily be forgotten by the unfortunate residents , notwithstanding that they bad previously suffered from frequent visitations of less magnitude . Vroui the country we learn that tho fields on the south , west , and north of . Hirminglmm had the appearance of a vast lake , from the overflowing of the lieu . Tho streets on that Hide , too , wen ; impassable , railway traffic was suspended , aii ( i a great deal of property destroyed . A great flood occurred on Thursday near Market Uarhorough . A post-ollieo messenger was drowned . The Crow-mills viaduct , on tho Midland ' Railway , was partially destroyed about two o ' clock this morning , thus stopping trailic between Rugby and Leicester . At noon a portion of ( be line at Long ! il > orough was washed away , utopping thetrailic north of . Leicester . About twelve o ' clock last night the Soar overllowed ith banks . Two hour . s later factories and dwellings in tho -vicinity of Leicester were Hooded ; tho water rose eig ht , feet above tho ordinary lovel . (' own , lior . se . H , pigs , and sheep wen ; drowned . Owing lottie recent unfavourable . stale of the weather , i lio fourth and last balloon ascent for the present , year for Hciontilie oIijooIn , under the direction of the Kew committee of t ' lic British Association , only look place on Wednesday , November lOtli , from Vauxhall . It being desirable to alliiin a great , hei ght , TVlr . ( Jrccii wasoidy accompanied by M r . Welsh . The balloon ascended at , lib . 21 in . f ) . i n ., and relurncd to terra jirmu at . 'Hi . 45 m ., at the vilngo of AeryM , live miles from Folkestone , having travelled at the rate of fifVj , ' miles an hour . The wind at ( darting was IN . I' ] ., but , from the direct ) ion the balloon took , ( be upper current must have been from the AV . N . W . Tim greatest height the balloon reached wan aboil (< ii . 'f / MK ) feet , ( lie temperature- of the air being deveu degrees below Zero , or forty-three degree below tho freezing point . . Although light cirri appeared above iho hoadN of tin ; htdiiiihIh at the greatest , height , yet tho < lvvne . sn of Ilio air wiih ho considerable that , the dew ji . MiifH wen * , by Regnuult ' n hygromeler , iiiinii ! infiii-tory-One dew point ' seemed to be : ' ((> cl ctf . below Zero , or < W < leg . below the freezing point , iuhI a hccoihI wiih ti'J degrees Iiolow Zero . Air wiih brought down for analynin . . For the lirHt lime , tho iiw-omiuiI . h wciro inconvenienced in their lireatbing , having- to take very long iiiNpiratioiiH , with a fioriHo of fulnenH in the head . Tho Hoioiitifie ( IH . iuIh of those lour aHcontH , t . lio first of tlio kind in tho United Kingdom , will bo mado public wlion carefully elaborated .

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      Saturday, November 20,1852.

      SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 20 , 1852 .

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      There Is Nothing- So Revolutionary, Beca...

      There is nothing- so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Aenoi / D .

      The Funeral. In The Ceremonial That Atte...

      THE FUNERAL . In the ceremonial that attended the interment of Wellington , the English public has had exactly what it wanted . Its mind is filled with a great idea , not only of his personal achievements , but of the events in which he was so important an instrument : at his death it desires to commemorate the close of that epoch in a manner commensurate with its dignity . To typify that idea tangibly , it wishes that he who commanded vast armies should be followed to the grave by the representatives of those armies ; that he who was so unlike the common man should be encased in

      a coffin unlike common coffins ; that his undertakers' work should be done by a College of Heralds and a Lord Chamberlain ; and that wish of the public has been fulfilled . The career of Wellington in India , Spain , or Belgium was a great career ; the battle of Waterloo was one of the greatest in the world ; that which it put down , evil in some respects , was a grand power ; that which it established , also qxiestionable in parts , was also a grand power ; and there is a satisfaction to the mind in stamping the recognition of those powers when we bid farewell to him who abased the one and exalted the other .

      For the respect which we pay to the greatness of the past is one testimony to our capacity for the future . The nation which cannot honour its potent servants must be deficient in potency of its own . The people that cannot put a noble interpretation upon the life of a public man like Wellington , must in itself bo short of noble . But to be lower than noble , and less than potent , is to assume a position in the scale of nations below that which England has occupied . An adequate recognition of Wellington , therefore , on parting with , him at the tomb , is needed as a testimony that England intends to maintain her position in the scale of nations . It is true that Englishmen do not conduct these ceremonial allegories so well as other

      nations . With us the public mind does not adapt itself to metaphorical action . Those who witnessed the arrival of . Napoleon ' s ashes into Paris , who saw the excessive emotion , the streaming eyes , the passionate veneration of a , people for ith departed leader , contrast the indifference , the trading keenness , the almost festive manner of the English people at Wellington ' s funeral . It may be that the reason is more than a , men ; want of histrionic power in the English public ; it may bo that its national feeling is , in fact as well as appearance , under a depression ; and we aro inclined to think that in truth England is jutit recovering from the lowest point to which national feeling has yet declined . ( Something also is due to tho fact , that rmieh of what contributes 1 <> the

      historic renown of Wellington happened long ago . Nelson wan buried amidst the echoes-of victory ; the traditions which attend Wellington to the funeral relate to historic events before the time < fl' the present generation . But the display , even by represent ntivo detachments , of the ' immense power which ho could hjivo wielded better than any man in that imposing throng , was a useful , ms it was a solemn ,

      spectacle ; not only in re-arousing the spirit amongst ourselves , hut perchance in telling other nations that tho apathy which besets our trading classes is not altogether accompanied by a decline in our military strength . We have yet wherewithal to defend our Capital and our Country ; and in that very band were men whom a , great occasion would cull forth to great achievements—foremost / to de-fend tho tomb of

      Wellington ngainst every violation . It is well tlial , in the presence of tins great shadow , imrty clamour should bo still , and that amidst the clouds of coming storms , England , single-hearted in glory aa in grief , ahould " to herself bo true . "

      . Next week , political Struggles , suspended as by an armistice , by the deep hush of the national grief , and by the solemn pause of the last great duties to the Dead , will begin anew . May our Parliament be inspired , at least in one sense , bv the example of the Chief we have carried to ' his last and monumental sleep the example of his unswerving attachment to his duty , and unfaltering fidelity to his country . If he seemed to embody the national idea too pedantically in its rovnl

      personification , who shall blame him P—he was the soldier of a monarchical people : he fought under standards made glorious by traditions , in which English kings had borne a glorious part : suffice it that England was the lodestar of his life and work . May our country be the lodestar of us all , Whigs , Tories , or Radicals : may our intestine struggles be all peaceful and know no divided alliance : and may we keep the strength of our arms and the fervour of our hearts , to meet the " three corners of the world in arms " come when and how they may .

      Extension Op The Militia And Volunteer F...

      EXTENSION OP THE MILITIA AND VOLUNTEER FORCE . We have now the amplest certificates as to the efficiency and good conduct of the Militia ., so far as that force has been collected . One singular Quaker , indeed , has traced two crimes of violence amongst the members of that body , —robbery and ill-treatment of a woman ; but the most libellous instincts of the peace party have enabled them to detect only two crimes amongst the thousands already collected and drilled . We regret even that degree of imputation on the character of the young men ; but there is some set-off . It is possible that there may be scoundrels amongst the Militia , as there have been even amongst the Quakers . We should hesitate to impute charge upon the general body of Quakers the crimes of Tawell , although Mr . Edmund Frydoes not hesitate to impute to the general body of the Militia the crime of one anonymous Tawell without a broad brim , who has not yet been convicted . In the meantime . Lord Lansdowne and of

      the Ear ^ Derby emulate each other before the House of Lords , in testifying to the efficiency of the measure and the satisfactory results . In the House of Commons we have the same concurrence of approval . On the drill-ground , Earl Eortescue declares to the excellent appearance and conduct of the men , and only desires an extension of the force to a real national strength of

      volunteers . In short , that measure , which was ultimately adopted , almost under compulsion , first by the Whigs and then by the Conservative Protectionists , which , became in turn the reproach of the one against tho other , which was scoffed at by public writers of almost every party , has now been adopted by all , without reserve . The experience has justified the arguments with which a comparatively few amongst us supported

      the project . 1 Civilian observers have noticed a singular transformation in the men who have enlisted and have been drilled . Tho ill-conditioned , slouching louts , who wero first brought into the ground , have gradually developed themselves into upright , smart-looking , honest follows , who seem to take a prido in themselves , and who could do trusted to take a prido with their country . - Uiit at tho meta

      although civilians aro astonished - morphosis , it will Jby no means astonish tho moro experienced eye . ' You may tako almost any number of ( downs , and , however round their shoulders may be , however low their br ows , Blow their tongues , or stupid their answer , yet wiiu pay , diet , and drill , you shall in the flam © way convert them into smart , upright > " j Any recruiting-sergeant knows that P jphilosophy . By the time a man can bring m * hand smart down tho seam of his trousrrH , i "

      can return you a prompt answer and givo enemy as good as he brings . 11 is noted , indeed , tl . at upon tho whole the J >»" who have volunteered for the Miht . a , are hum of stature , and it would bo as hopeless to «< i cubit in that ( nullification by the dnll-9 <^< " ' as it would by " taking thought . " () n () /^ i * , ^ ation , however , may help to account- Io 1 fact of Liu , shortness . Possibly these v « l u" ££ soldiers may emanate from that class oi ^ ' ^ 0 which is moved by heroic impulses , but Jn ( '" . lijjft inches for the standard of tho lino ; tno jwfor ™ , therefore , picking up tho S ^ Xtlneiit . short-logged leavings of tho common oi » ' » rp . And no blamo to the mon of scanty uioIiob .

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1852, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111852/page/12/