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      Siskins . At Trafalgar-square , 83 in-pensioners of Chelsea 1 w ~" & were tenm-np m front of Nelson ' s Monument , under the comSd of Cap tain Davem and Captain Evans . The officers and men had all ser in many campaigns , as well as in the Peninsular and Waterloo The were all dressed m full regimentals , and many of the vete a ps * ore from two to three medals , and some as many M 10 bars The immense area in front of the National Gallery and St Var iia s Church were literaUy studded with human heings , whilst We to of the facade of the church contained several hundred persons rrocesssion ======== ^^ Sim pHns . At Trafalgar-square , 83 in-pensioners oTChekelR ^ r

      The approacnea the end of Pall Mall precisely at half past nine o ' clock , the hand of the first hattalion of the 3 Srir adT l ^ the band of the first hattalion of the Royal Marines from Cha ? ham , playing the « Dead March in Saul . " ° m Chat " The procession on reaching the front of Nelson ' s Column at Trafalgar-square , halted for a considerahly period , which led many to suppose that the caT had hroke down . J u At 15 minutes past 10 o ' clock the crowd was much excited , twins to a gentleman being carried past Trafalgar-square , on a shutter . Upon inquiry it turned out teat the unfortunate person had fallen off the top of one of the houses at Charing-cross . He was forthwith removed to Charing-cross Hospital . Owing to the great distance he fell recovery was impossible , and he died immediately after reaching ' the aospital . &

      At 20 minutes to 11 her Majesty ' s State Band approached the end of the Strand , playing the ' Dead MaTch in Saul . " On the arrival of the S peakers State Carriage at Trafalgar-square the troops saluted the carriage , thinking it contained Prince Albert Upon the arrival of the royal carriages the mistake was discovered for the first time , and the troops then paid their respects to the Prince Precisely at 11 o ' clock the Car , on which were placed the remains of his Grace , approached the end of the Haymarket , the bells of St Martin ' s Church ringing a muffled peal . Exeter Hall , Strand , was hung with black drapery , and two galleries were formed over the entrance in the Strand , on which was inscribed , in silver letters , ilMn sibi sed Patriot . "

      The front of Burgess s sance warehouse , in the Strand , was hung with black drapery , and presented tho following inscription — " To Wellington the Great . " Somerset House was fitted up with three galleries , and contained several hundred persons , and when the procession passed that establishment the bells of St . Mary-le-Strand and St . Clement Danes rang muffled peals .

      That portion of the scene nearest Temple Bar was densely crowded , but owing to the services rendered by Superintendent Mallilieu and Inspector Marks of the R . division , a space sufficient for the procession to pass along was kept . The moment after the imposing spectacle had gone uuder the gate , the crowd broke through , and it required the assistance of several mounted men to again clear the road .

      Temple Bar . —Long before six o clock in the morning , numbers of persons began to assemble on the east side of Temple-bar , and from thence to St . Paul ' s , along the entire line of procession . By seven o ' clock , the foot pavement on either side of Fleet-street and Lud-{ rate-hill , within the barriers which had been erected by order of the City authorities , -were completely thronged , and the best order was preserved . Before that hour , a strong body of the City police , under their varions inspectors , took their stations . In a short time they

      were followed by the 19 th Regiment of Infantry , under the command of Col . Hay , and which was formed in line on either side of Fleetstreet and Ludgate-hill , about half-way down the former thoroughfare . A battalion of the Grenadier Guards , commanded by Colonel "Wood , took up the remaining space in Fleet-Street to Temple-bar . By half-past six o ' clock a body of the R . division of police arrived on the west side of Temple-bar , and extended their line about 180 yards down the Strand towards St . Clements Church .

      Between 8 and 9 o clock a battalion of the Coldstream Guards passed through the bar to do duty in St . Paul ' s Church-yard and they were followed by detachments of the Royal Life Guards and the Blues . Several of the houses in Fleet-street were hung with black cloth , and some in the Strand , adjoining Temple-bar were similarly decorated . At one house was an inscription in white letters on a black ground , " Rest in peace . " On another house were the words , " Britannia mourns . " Throughout the morning the bells of St . Clement Danes and St . Dunstan ' s Churches were tolling . At every window of each house there were individuals , and it is stated that those who had seats to let made a rich harvest .

      Temple Bar presented an extraordinary and novel appearance in consequence of the extreme decorations with which it had been arrayed , under the directions of Mr . Bunning , the City architect , with the assistante of of Mr . F . Fenton and Mr . Jackson of Rathboneplace . The whole front , both on the City and Westminster sides was dressed in black velvet , arrayed with Raman cornices and freise in imitation of silver . There were four large Roman urns on the top , from ^ which was emitted a constant lig ht . There was also a larger urn in the centre with twelve funeral torches , or flambeaus . A

      drapery was suspended from the top cornice . On the velvet were several monograms , with the initials " W . A . " in the centre of each , adjoining which were several Roman trophies , with the . shields and flags of the various nations , of which the illustrious deceased was marshall . There were also various orders suspended from the monograms , representations of those which had been g iven to the late Duke . In the centre was a cloth of gold , with the flags of various nations . The City arms were on the City side , suspended in the centre ; on the Westminster side , were the coat of arms of the city of Westminster .

      By 9 o ' clock the last carriage that had to go to St . Paul's had passed through the Bar . About 11 o ' clock the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor , attended by his usual officers , arrived at the end of Fetter-lane in his state carriage , carrying the City sword . The aldermen and Recorder of London , with a deputation consisting of 4 carriages , arrived at the same time . They reached Temp le Bar abont eleven o ' clock amidst the most profound silence , and entered the City in the greatest order . At Temple Bar the Right Hon . the Lord Mayor of London , attended by the Recorder and a Depntation from the Aldermen , by the Sheriffs , and a Deputation from the Common Council , received the Procession . - _

      ..... The three carriages containing the Deputation from the Common Council fell into the Procession immediately after the Delegation from the University of Oxford . The six Carriages of the Sheriffs and Aldermen fell into the Procession between the carriages of the High Sheriff of the County of Southampton and that of the Companions of the Bath . St . Paul ' s —The doors of the Cathedral were besieged as early as

      six o ' clock by the fortunate holders of tickets ; and by half-past eight it was completely filled . It then presented a magnificent spectaclethe scarlet of the military , the habiliments of the civilians , and the hlack drapery of the edifice having a fine effect . Trom that hour till a quarter past eleven the assembled multitudo were kept in patient suspense . Then the head of the procession arrived . It took two Wts to form The funeral ceremony was proceeded with according

      to the programe published last week . Taken £ a whole , with so many as 17 , 000 persons engagedin it , St haul ' s was in itself a splendid and extraordinary spectacle , but that part of the funeral ceremony which was performed in the Cathedral * as singularly deficient in iaterest m much so that © ne-tmra of the

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      ffsSffrt WS-KW - — ¦ = S ^ SSfiSScwS Knights of the several Orders wore their Collars . Sue Members op the House of CoaraoNS .-The Members of t I ° P f ° r T m 6 t 1 U the W H ™ se ofPari ament in tb ^ fc ^^ SewPaW JwT ^ ? w r waiti ^ ^ them in front of the n Z ^ , m Westmmster , and proceeded to take their seats in the Ca *^ ^ embarked at Paul ' s Wharf

      , ^ The Right Honourablethe Lord Mayor , bearing the City Sword was placed between the carriages oi his Royal Highness Prince Albert and . hat of the Archbishop of Canterbury g duS ^ Y * % f at f" f , Cath edral the Marshal > s me » * & Conductors divided and ranged themselver on each side at the foot of the steps without the Great West Door ; the Chelsea and Enrolled Pensioners , together with one soldier from every Regiment in Her

      Majesty s Service , the Royal Marines , and six soldiers of the East India Company s armies of Bengal , Madras , and Bombay ( two officers XSff * ! v Tf * ? ' ing been P reviously proved with seats in the JSavei hehmd the place assigned to the soldiers ) proceeding into the nave tiled off right and left ; the rest of the procession having alMited moved forward in order to the West Door of the Church ; on entering which they proceeded up the nave . B

      The procession reached St . Paul ' s in a short time after leaving lemplc ±$ ar , as there were no obstructions to its progress . The Car containing the mortal remains of the deceased , reached the Cathedral about twelve o ' clock . Paul ' s Wharf . —According to the arrangements previously made , and probably the most judicious one , five boats belonging to the ' iron bteam-boat Company were engaged for the conveyance of the members ot both Houses of Parliament . Abont ten o ' clock a boat belonging to the Admiraily , with her Majesty ' s watermen , arrived at the stairs with some of the gentlemen connected with that department , to signify to the steam boat authorities at the stairs that the boats were on

      thek ^ ay , followed by a party of Thames police , under the very able management of superintendent Evans , inspector Lewis , and numerous officers , who with the assistance of the land authorities , kept the landing place clear ftr the arrival of the boats engaged . By this judicious precaution on the part of the river police , every difficulty in landing was prevented , and the City horse patrol with foot constables kept the remainder of the road for the purpose of facilitating the arrival of the honourable gentlemen at the Cathedral . Passing up Bennctts ' -hill , St . Paul ' s Churchyard , to the Cathedral , the procession proceeded to the places arranged for them—the Peers to the South-Eastern entrance , and the members of the House of Commons to the

      ISorth-Eastern entrance , the military bands stationed in St . Paul ' s Churchyard playing the " Dead March in Saul . " The Tower of London . —In the morning , at an early hour , the bell of the ancient church in the Tower of London was tolling , and the union jack was placed half-mast high on the flagstaff on the battlements . The gates of the garrison were closed , and the enrolled Pensioners were on duty , wite their arms reversed . The Return . —While the servico was proceeding in the cathedral , theiunerai car was driven off in the direction whence it came .

      On the conclusion of the service , at a quarter before 3 o ' clock , Prince Albert left the cathedral , and was escorted home by a party of Guards . The rest of the assemblage then took their departure . The streets were much crowded for a while , but the length of time that the people had been out tended soon to lessen the numbers .

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      A railway bridge over the Bolton and Blackburn section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire lines fell about 20 minutes to four o ' clock on Wednesday afternoon . The Belgian Press . —The nembers of the Second Bel gium Chambers assembled in their several sections on the 16 th , to consider the proposed new law on the press and on the redress to be afforded to foreign sovereigns complaining of personal attacks by word or-writing . In four of the six sections the law was approved , with the exception of the clause which proposes to render Belgian subjects liable for

      discourse era , ou menaces . Political Arrest . —Count Alphonse de Thieffries and his servants have been arrested at Valenciennes for distributing seditious writings . Died the Right Hon . the Earl of Shrewsbury , at Naples on the 9 th inst ., after a short illness . Fall of a Railway Bridge . —On Wednesday afternoon , about 20 minutes to 4 o ' clock , a bridge over the Bolton and Blackburn section of the Lancashire and Yorkshire lines of railway fell in . A

      manservant of Mr . H . Ashworth had just passed 6 ver with 16 head of cattle , and a luggage-train was within sight , so that a minute earlier or a minute later and the accidennt mi ght have been more serious , but as it was no lives were lost . The man with the cattle had got 30 yards from the bridge , The luggage-train was approachiug from Blackburn , and was about 300 or 400 yards distant . The Oaks Railway station-house was between it and the bridge , and the clerk in charge hearing and seeing the bridge fall , put on the signal , and the train was stopped 50 or 60 yards short of the ruins on which it must otherwise have been dashed to pieces .

      Mr . Secretary Walpole ' s Electors . —The South Eastern Gazette says that in the neighbourhood of Margate 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 .

      The Curfew . —The South Eastern Gazette states that the old curfew bell at Sandwich , which has been rung daily since the time of William the Conqueror , is to be discontinued . The French Army . —The Moniteur of Thursday announces that the Army , which on the 1 st of January amounted to 400 , 594 men is to be reduced , on the 1 st of December next , to 370 , 177 men , comprising the armies of Africa and Rome . Likely ? Sli p on the Great Northern Railway . —On Wednesday , considerable alarm was felt at the Great Northern Railway , between Grantham and London , in consequence of the early trains arriving some

      two hours after the usual time . This delay was occasioned by the giving way of an embankment , rendering the line impassable in the immediate locality of Grantham . Several slips have already occurred at this place ; the present one was occasioned , by the late heavy rains , which , although the water did not reach the line so as to impede the traffic , entirely inundated many portions of the surroundingcountry . Fortunately , through the timely working of the telegraph , no serious accident occurred . The passengers , on arriving at the point where the line becsme ruptured , were obliged to be conveyed a considerable distance in omnibuses .

      A Valued Office . —The office of executioner for the " free city " of Hamburgh having become vacant on the 1 st of November , the Senate advertised for a person to fill it ; on the 11 th the authorities had received no less than 604 applications from candidates for the post , though the competition was limited to " citizens" only . It should be stated , however , in extenuation , that in the German cities the executioner has also the monopoly of that Irind of business known in London as the " . knackers , " in German , the schinderci ; it is not a pleasant one , but " profits do accrue , " and executions are excessively rare .

      Baron Rothschild , M . P . —On November 4 th , Baron Lionel de Rothschild attended in his place and voted for the Speaker . It is rumoured that the Baron intends , when an qccasion offers , to speak and votej braving the penalties for so Mnx ^ Jemth Chronicle *

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      —v— - Eptensivb Robbery op Bank Notes at Liverpool . —On baturday , about one o ' clock , a serious robbery was effected at the Liverpool branch of the Bank of England . A young man from the tan ot Messrs Brown , Shipley , and Co ., agents for the United Statas iransatlantic Steam Company , proceeded to the bank with bank notes to the amount of £ 3 , 000 . This sum was composed of five £ 500 and nve Al 00 notes . On arriving at the bank the youth inconsiderately placed the roll of notes on the counter , covering them with his left a : A ? ™ moment a gentleman tapped him on the shoulder , and civilly asked him where he should be able to get change for a £ 5 note . Thrown off his guard , he raised his arm , and , pointing to a particular

      counter , saia « there" During this brief period the notes disappeared from the counter The simpleton immediatel y perceived his loss , and , in considerable alarm he told the agreeable looking person at his side that some one had stolen his notes . « Indeed , " was the reply , them it was the man I saw go out just now . Here , come to the door , and I will show you which way he went . " He accompanied his " friend " into the street . " See , that ' s the man : he ' s just turned down Cokestreet . The youth pursued the imaginary thief down Coke-street , while the real rascal walked briskly away in an opposite direction .

      Incendiary Fire in East KENT , ~ On Friday night a most destructive fire . broke out on the preniises of Mr . George Kelcey Woollage Farm , Womenswould , about two miles from Barham The farm is the property of Mr . J . P . Plumtree , of 'Fredville , the late representative lor the connty , and consists of 400 acres , mostly arable . Two wheat stacks , two oat stacks , and one each of barley , saufoin , clover hay , and peas , were entirely consumedwith two large barnsstables '

      , , and outhouses , as well as the farming implements and grain on the premises . The dwelling-house and two barns were fortunately saved but , had not the wind been favourable , nothing could have prevented their destruction . There can be no doubt but that the fire was caused by some vile incendiary , as when first noticed the flames were proceeding from the furthest stack in the yard , the position of which and the direction of the wind , rendered the sacrifice of the entire number next to

      a positive certainty . No reasons can be assigned for the proceeding . The amount of property destroyed is not known , but ft is considered that the loss will not amount to much less than 2 000 ? lhe farming stock was insured in the Sun , and the premises in the Kent-office . An investigation into the origin of . the fire was opened on Saturday , but nothing satisfactory has as yet been elicitad A reward of lOOUs offered by Mr . Plumtree for the a ^ ehenstnof the person or persons concerned . The fire has created a sensation among the farmers of the neighbourhood , especially those who have many stacks about their premises , as it is evident the incendiary Zl nt is on the increase , at least in Kent . y P

      The Pope s Sol » iers .-A horrible affair took place some time ago near Spoleto . A farmer was returning from a fair where he had sold some produce , and opened his purse at an osteria , where he stopped to refresh himself with three gendarmes . He then set out again witfihis cart , but soon fell m with a poor man on the road-side , shivering in a violent fit of ague The farmer put him into the cart and covered him with his cloak and other cloths . Presently , he was overtaken by the gendarmes , who had seen his gold and resolved to rob him . The poor tanner , horror-struck at such treachery , gave up his property , and was then murdered by the wretches in uniform , who put his head under the wheel , as if he had been accidentall y crushed . The gendarmes then returned back , and the horse and cart continued towards Eome and soon met a detachment of Roman dragoons going- to BoWna t *

      wnom tne man under the cloak , who had been an affrighted spectator of the murder , related the whole scene . The dragoons galloped after the gendarmes , captured them , and took them on to Bologna- where the Austrian * in garrison in that town , made an immediate example by shooting them . It is given out by the government that these gendarmes were brigands in disguise ; but it is well known that the police corps has lately been augmented by all sorts of characters

      Daring Garotte RoBBERY .-On Friday night , about 20 minutes to 11 o clock , a young man , by trade a watchmaker , was inveigled into aclosemjail-squar ^ which he had no sooner entered than he was seized upon by two men who grasped his throat , threw him to the ground , and then robbed him of a gold watch , his hat , and 5 s in silver money . The person assaulted was held by the throat until quite insensible , and blood issued from his moiith—iVM British Mai

      Daring Escape of a Convict .-Oii Saturday information was received that John Barrow , a convict under sentence of ten years ' transportation , in Dartmoor prison , had succeeded in breaking out of his cell , and effecting an entry into the room of Mr . C . Malef one of the warders of the prieon , where he attired himself in a full suit of that oiheerswearing apparel , taking in addition a number of valuables belonging to him . The fellow then cooll y talked out of the prison , the gatekeepers , conceiving it was Mr . . Male , giving him readv egress , and he got clear off with his booty . 8 S y

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      t Singular asd Fatal Gun Accident .-Ou Tuesday week last an inquest was held by Mr .. Thomas Badger , at the Elephant Inn Tindebridge , near Wombwell , on the body of John White , aged 30 , landlord oi the above inn . About four o ' clock in the afternoon of Sunday the deceased asked John Hall , of Elsecar , inkeeper , and William Cooper bookkeeper to Earl Fitzwilliam , to accompany him to Wombwell-wood ' White had a double-barrelled gun loaded and capped . He detatched the stock , and put the barrels into his left-hand pocket , and gave the stock to Co who it into his

      oper , put pocket . They left Tingle-bridge about half-past four o ' clock , and proceeded to Wombwell-wood . As they were passing along the highway which runs through Wombwellwood and leads to Barnsley , White was walking on the left side of Cooper , with Hall on the right side of the latter , when the mm accidentally went off , and White immediately cried out " " Oh ! I ' m shot run for a doctor . " Hall took the barrels out of his pocket , but bpfnrp a surgeon could be got White had bled to death . The Vv after hearing the details of the unfortunate calamity , at once returned a verdict of « Accidental death" * e returneci a

      Hokeible Death -On Saturday afternoon last an inquest wa ' held at the Greyhound , Spurriergate , York , to decide as to the olt of death of Thomas Stephenson . The deceased was 43 years ^ T married man with four children , and was in the service of Mr Isaa ( Taylor , wholesale druggist of Church-lane , S purriergate On Satur day morning the deceased and two of his fellow-workmen namw Palfreeman and Pashley were employedat a . il ^ SudKS crushing oil cake , the deceased acting as driver of the engine Wmle engaged m greasing the shaft during the time the machine wa in motion the

      deceased was caught by the right arm by one of tb wheels , and instantly dragged orer the shaft and drawn among th « machinery . Palfreeman got hold of the deceased ' s legs , and Paihte stopped the engine immediately . They endeavoured to extricate tb deceased , but his body was so firmly wedged among the wheels of th engine that some millwrightt had to be sent for , and about an hou elapsed before the mutilated remains of the unfortunate man couldb taken out . When released , the body of the deceased was crushed t Pieces , and both the arms were cut off . Of course , life was quite es tinct , The jury returned a verdict ef" Accidentally lrilled , "

      Suicides And Inquests.

      SUICIDES AND INQUESTS .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 20, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1705/page/5/