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1106 THE LEADER. [Saturday ,
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I The State Funeral. I Burial Of Welling...
fought by the side of the great warrior whose remains were approaching their last home . Sir C . Napier , with his eagle face , moving stiffly along from the effect of his old wounds—r-his brother , Sir William , with a frame , if possible , still more shattered by ball and perforated by bayonet , —Lord Gough , with his noble soldierlike bearing , Lord Seaton , Lord Coinbermere , Sir James M'Donnell ,. Sir A . Woodford , Sir W . Cotton , —these , and many another gallant veteran , called one ' s mind back to the days when Well esley led his ill-provided levies against the disciplined battalions of the great Emperor , and taught a generation of soldiers who are yet among
us the way to conquer . Soon the whole area and the seats around were filled with persons in all uniforms . At a quarter past twelve , the Bishop of London and the Dean of St . Paul ' s heading the clergy and the choir , proceeded slowly up the nave from the organ to the entrance to receive the remains of the great Duke . Clothed in white , with black bands and sashes , the procession , thus headed , moved in two streams of two and two through the dignified and richly attired assemblage till they halted at the dooiv , where they drew up in column four deep . A considerable delay took place in removing 1 the coffin from the funeral car , which
tended somewhat to impair the eftect of the solemn ceremonial . For nearly an hour this untoward stoppage excited the anxiety of the spectators , who could not understand the cause of it ; but at length there was a universal hush , and , as if moved by one mind , the whole of the vast assemblage stood up in . respectful grief as the coffin which contained the remains of the great Duke appeared in sight , preceded by the choir with measured tread as they chanted the beginning of the burial service by Dr . Croft . When the coffin was borne in the wind stirred the feathers of the Marshal ' s hat placed upon the lid , and produced an indescribably
sorrowful effect , in giving an air of light and playful life to that where all was dead . And thus , with the hoarse roar of the multitude without as they saw their last of Arthur , Duke of Wellington , with the grand and touching service of our Chnrch sounding solemnly through the arched dome and aisles of the noble church , with the glistening eye and hushed breath of many a gallant as well as of many a gentle soul in that vast multitude—with the bell tolling solemnly the knell of the departed , taken up by the voice of the distant cannon , amid the quiet waving of bannerol
and nag , surrounded by all the greatness of the landwith all the pomp and glories of heraldic achievement , escocheon , and device , —his body was borne up St . Paul's . At 1 . 40 the coffin was slid oil" the inoveablo carriage in which it had been conveyed up the nave to the frame in the centre of the area under the dome , which , as our readers have been informed , was placed almost directly over the tomb of Nelson , which lies in the crypt below . The Marshal ' s hat and sword of the deceased were removed from the coffin , and in their place a ducal coronet , on a velvet cushion , was substituted .
The foreign Marshals and Generals stood at the head of the colliii ; at the south side of" it stood his lioyul Highness Prince Albert , with his baton of JK'ield-Marshal in liis hand , and attired in full uniform , standing a litlle in advance of ' a numerous stall' of' officers . At each side of the collin were British Generals who had acted as pall-bearers . After the psulm and aniheni , the IX'iin read with great solemnity and iinprossiveiiCHS the lesson , 1 Cor . xv . 110 , which was followed by the ! Nunc Diiiiitl / s , and a dirge , with the following words sot to music by Mr . ( Joss : —¦ " And the king said to nil the people that with with him , ' . ({ . end your clothes and gird you with saekloth anil mourn . ' And the King himself followed Mm bier .
" And they buried him . And tlin King lifted up liis voice and wept at the grave , and all tlio people wept . " And the King said unto his servants , ' Know ye not that there is a Prince and u great mini fallen this day in Wild r " And now came the roll of" nuillled drums , and the wailing notes of born and comet , and the coffin slowly sank info the crypt iimid the awful strains of Handel ' s " Dead IYlaich . " The ducal crown disappeared with its gorgeous support , arid in tho renfre of the group of generals and nobles was left a dark chasm , into which vvv . vy eye glanced sadly down . At the conclusion of" the service , the Garter King at , ArniH , standing over the vault , proclaimed the titles and orders of the deceased :
" Arthur Welle . slev , lie said , wiih the Most High , Mighty , and Most ' Noble Prince , Duke of Wellington , Marqiiis of Wellington , Marquis of Donro , Karl of Wellington , in Somerset , Viscount , Wellington , of Talavera , llama Douro , of Wellesley , Prince of Waterloo , in the ' Motherlands , Duke of Ciud ' nd Kodrigo , in Spain , Duke of Brunoy , in I ' 'ranee , Duke of Vifloria , Marquis of Torres VcdniH , Count of Viiniora , in Portugal , u ( irnndeo of the KirHt < IlaHH in Spain , a Privy Councillor , < ' onnnunder-in Chief of the British Army , Colonel of tho Grenadier Guards , Colonel of the Kifle Brigade , a Kicld-Marshal of Oirou , t Britain , a Murahal of Jtutsuiu , u Alarwhul of Auutriu ,
a Marshal of France , a Marshal of Prussia , a Marshal of Spain , a Marshal of Portugal , a Marshal of the Netherlands , a Knight of the Garter , a Knight of the Holy Ghost , a Knight of the Golden Fleece , a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath , a Knight Grand Cross of Hanover , a Knight of the Black Eagle , a Knight of the Tower and Sword , a Knight of St . Fernando , a Knight of William of the Low Countries , a . Knight of Charles III ., a Knight of the Sword of Sweden , a Knight of St . Andrew of Russia , a Knight of the Annunciado of Sardinia , a Knight of the Elephant of Denmark , a Knight of Maria Theresa , a Knight of St . George of Russia , a Knight of the Crown of Hue of Saxony , a Knight of Fidelity of Baden , a Knight of Maximilian
J oseph of Bavaria , a Knight of St . Alexander Newsky of Russia , a Knight of St . Hermenegilda of Spain , a Knight of the Red Eagle of Brandenburgh , a Knight of St Januarius , a Knight of the Golden Lion of Hesse Cassel , a Knight of the Lion of Baden , a Knight of Merit of Wurtemberg , the Lord High Constable of England , the Constable of the Tower , the Constable of Dover Castle , Warden of the Cinque Ports , Chancellor of the Cinque Ports , Admiral of the Cinque Ports , Lord-Lieutenant of Hampshire , Lord-Lieutenant of the Tower Hamlets , Ranger of St . James ' s Park , Ranger of Hyde Park , Chancellor of the University of Oxford , Commissioner of the Royal Military College , Vice-President of the Scottish Naval and Military Academy , the Master of the Trinity-house , a Governor of King ' s College , a Doctor of Laws , & c .
Then the late Duke ' s controller having broken in pieces his staff of office in the household handed it to the Garter King at Arms , who cast the fragments into the vault . The choir and chorus sang the hymn , " Sleepers awake ! " and the Bishop of London , standing by the side of the Lord Chancellor , pronounced the blessing , which concluded the ceremony .
1106 The Leader. [Saturday ,
1106 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
In The Provinces, On Thursday, Business ...
In the provinces , on Thursday , business was very generally suspended : as at Portsmouth , Reading , Bristol , Gloucester , Birmingham , Cheltenham , Worcester , Exeter , Nottingham , Liverpool , Carlisle , and other towns .
Letters From Paris. [From Our Own Cobres...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Cobrespondent . ] Letter XLVII . Paris , Tuesday , November 16 , 1852 . A grave incident has just occurred . Last week about 1 , 200 , 000 copies of the Protest of the Comte de Chambord were smuggled into France . They had begun to penetrate by clandestine means , first into the southern and eastern departments , then into the centre , and lastly into Paris itself . They were addressed to all
the public functionaries , prefects , under-prefects , juges de paix , mayors , and clergy ; to all known members of the legitimist party , and to all the notables of the banking , and other commercial and industrial , interests . These copies were posted in common wrappers at the various offices , and being taken for ordinary circulars , were regularly distributed to their respective addresses , so that , in fact , at a given moment the whole country was inundated with hostile appeals . The coup only reached the ears of Government when it had been struck .
A certain agitation was manifested in all the towns where the old noblesse reside . At Metz , Dijon , Valence , copies of the Protest were placarded on all the walls , just above the Proclamation of tho Prefect in favour of the Empire . In several communes of the southern departments they went so far as to hoist the white flag . At the same : time , while the legitimist party was thus distributing its Protests of Henry V . by thousands , tho Republicans iu London and Jersey were active in addressing their protests to the people , and with an equally extensive propagandism bad penetrated from Paris throughout the departments , without the police
knowing a word of it . During Friday night many of the walls of Paris were covered with them . Mystery was no longer possible . The Government , driven to desperate courses , suddenly resolved to publish officially in the Mon ' deur these four Protests—three of the Republican party , one of the Comte de Chambord . It is impossible to convey to you an idea of tfie impression created by the publication of these addresses , which were immediately coined into all the other journals . " lie is mad , " said everybody who stopped to read them . " Have they lost their senses , then , at the
JCIi / sen / " exclaimed the wretched functionaries , us n they saw the mvord of Damoelea suspended over their heads . " Iai revolution en permanence , " cried tho terrified rentiers , ami other gentlenien in " easy circumstances , " as they gazed , all ncared and terrified , with hair on end and countenance aghast , at , placards which so rudely disturbed their fond belief that the " era of revolutions was closed . " On Monday thu funds fell one franc in a few minutes , and had it ; not been for tho deyrint / oladti of the previous days , the fall would have been much heavier .
No doubt Mm Knglisb papers will have printed these ; Republican Protests at length . In any ca . su I need not transcribe , Uieiu hen ; : I think i may content your readers and myself with an analysis of their contents . J'ho lirat , onumating from tho " Revolutionary
Committee" in London , is in the form of an order * r + i . day , inviting the citizens to " hold themselves in ™ aness for the great day of vengeance . " * " " " ready ( it says ) for everything , and at evervmn Endeavour to see one another , andlo meet < S T' £ *' by fouts , by sixes , and by tens , if it be posSblS f ' groups antf centres whica shall communicate Sh ? other by word of mouth . Whatever may Je tK the hour , start from all points at once fo / tK reSfc * agreed on between several groups , and from thSe Sf together > to the cantons , the arrondissements and ^ T * tures , in order to confine in a circle of iron and ) £ 3 h the men who have sold themselves . When the dav of tice shaU dawn , let neither your hearts nor arms bP IIX " for your enemies , generously spared , would soon beSS your persecutors and executioners . " aome
The second proclamation is addressed to the people it emanates from the " Society of the Revolution" it conjures the citizens of 1852 not to imitate ' their brothers of 1806—not to suicidally betray their sove reignty into the hands of a scoundrel : — "At present , citizens , you are invited to renew this in famous lease of servitude ; you are convoked to a second " empire , and it is not victory , this time , which serves as it * sponsor—it is the police ; and its campai gns of Italy arecalled Mazas , Cayenne , Lambessa . If France , dazzled br the gleams of a great sword , dishonoured herself bv
vnHnnher own servitude in the year 1800 , what will be said of you throughout the earth , if you , citizens of full age distinguished * by two revolutions , now come , like supernumeraries of the police , to crown the Cfflsar of an ami buscade . The conscience has only one name for such suicide—cowardice ; and history would have only one place for such a people—that of infamy ( les QSmonies ) . The address then passes to the comedy of universal suffrage : — " The vote b y ballot , even secret , is onl y organized robbery , when it is falsehood that examines the voting papers , dropped into the urn beneath the eye of the
gendarmes ! A people may vote for or against on a question of taxes , on peace , on war , on the relative forms of sovereignty , when they do not engage the fundamental principle ; but not on the existence itself of sovereignty ; on that , to give any vote is a crime , and men should only respond by arms . What is the question now laid down ? The empire—the hereditary empire ; that is to say , the abdication of sovereignty , lying down in eternal servitude ,, like a sun extinguished in the sea . Citizens , you will not . vote ! Let the police and its parasites of all times weave the imperial garland ; and as to you , prepare the avenging hemp . "
The thu'd address emanates from the proscribed citizens in Jersey : it treats of the question of abstention from voting , A certain number of the demecrats of Paris and Lyons had made up their minds to vote in order to count their numbers . This address is in opposition to that determination : — " Citizens , —The empire is about to bo established . Ought you to vote ? Ought you to continue to abstain ? Such are the questions addressed to us . In tho department of the Seine a certain number of republicans , of those who have hitherto abstained , as was their duty , from taking part , in any form whatsoever , in the acts of' the Government of M . Bonaparte , seem at present not indisposed to think that on the pecasion of the empire an opposing demonstration of the city of Paris by the ballot would beuseful , and that the moment has perhaps come to
intervene in tho vote . They add that in any cafio the voto would be u sort of census of the republican party , as by means of it they could count themselves . They ask our advice . Our reply shall bo simple ; and what wo say lor the city of Paris may bo said for all the departments , vv o will not stop to make you remark that M . Uonaparto has not resolved on declaring himself Emperor without having previously settled with his accomplices tho number ot votos by which it suits him to exceed tho 7 , 500 , 000 of his 201 H J ) eeembor . At present liin figure , is fixed at H , OOO , O < JU , U , O ( X ) , 0 O 0 , or 10 , 000 , 000 . Tho ballot will change nothing in it . We will not take tho trouble to remind you wiuit the ' universal suffrage' of M . . 'Bonaparte is— what tlw ballots of M . Bonaparte are . A demonstration of the "it y of Paris or the city of Lyons , a counting of tho repuWicuH imrf . v iu llinf-. TinaniliUr * WIimt urn th () ITUarailtCOS Ol
the ballot ? whero is tlu > control ? where art ) thtf scrutators P where is liberty p Think of all those derisive tilings . What will issue from tho urn ? Tho will of At . Bormpario —nothing else . M . Bonaparte has the keys of tho b 0 , in his luuid—tho ' Yes' and the ' -No' in his haiui—«» voto in his hand . To add to or deduct from votes , io cliango minutes , to invent a total , to fabricate u figurewhat is that to him H A . falsehood that is to Hay , a awn ' thing ; a forgery -that is to say , nothing . Lot uh retiwiu faithful to principles , citizens . What wo huvti < - <> wt X you i « this— M . Boimpiirto considers that tlunrioim « it na » conio to call himself Majesty , lit * has not rostomi he to b <) consc
I ' opo to leave Jiim to < lo nothing ; mcanw mtted and crowned . Kinoe the iind of Decoiulier ''^ J '" had tho fact despotism ; lie now wants thu word ¦ Umpire . . Bo it ; so . Ah to us republicans , wlmt aro functions ? what should bo our attitude P Citizens , w » Bonaparto is out of the pale of the law : . Louis |{( "" 'I " U ) H is out of tho pale of humanity . During tho ten > ' »<> that this malefactor has roigned , the right ot 1 IIBI !! ' ,, '•„„ .. has been on punnunouce , an < l dominates nil t' »« ' H 1 '"' ., () lll At this hour a perpetual appeal to arms is at Ui < J ' ( of all consciences . Now , bo assured what ' ¦" " " , j () ll < | rt consciences quickly succeeds in arming all JiiiihIh . , j , and brethren , in presence of this iiifuinous ( oven the negation of all morality , the obstoclo ^ ojillj ^^^^ lihiwnmntH , n military term . Chevron" aro j' !"' ^ ' ^ urorn ou tuo urua , ua a murk of hug or ainu » b «« - uervico .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1852, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20111852/page/6/
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