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      fought by the side of the great warrior whose remains were approaching their last home . Sir C . Napier , with his eao-le face , moving stiffly along from the effect of his ok ? wounds—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 Combermere , Sir James M ' Donnell , Sir A . Woodford , Sir "W . Cotton , —these , and many another gallant veteran , called one ' s mind back to the gayswhen Wellesley 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 door , where they drew up in column four deep . A considerable delay took place in removing the coffin from the funeral car , which

      tended somewhat to impair the effect 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 Clmrch 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 flag , surrounded by all the greatness of the landwith all the pomp and glories of heraldic achievement , escocheon , and device , —his liody was borne up St . Paul ' s . At 1 . 40 the coffin was slid off" the inoveable

      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 boon 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 coffin ; at the soutli side of it stood his I loyal Highness Prince Albert , with his baton of . Field-Marshal in his hand , and attired in full uniform , standing a little in advance ; of a numerous stall" of officers . At each side of the coffin , were British Generals who had acted sis pall-bearers . After the psalm and anthem , the Dean read with great solemnity and imprestsiveness the lesson , 1 Cor . xv . 20 , which was followed by the Nunc Dini / ttis , and a dirire , with the following words

      aet to music by Mr . Goss : — " And the King said to all ( ho people ( hat wcro with him , ' Kend your clothes and gird you with Nnckloth and mourn . ' And tho King himself followed the bier . "And they buried hiin . And the King lifted up ] iw voice and wept at the . grave , and nil ! , he people wept . " And tins King snid unto his servants , ' K now ye not tliat there is a Prince and unreal mini fallen this day in Israel P "

      And now came the roll of niullled drums , and the wailing notes of horn and cornet , and the eollin slowly win It into the crypt amid ( he iiwful strains of Handel ' s " Dead March . " The ducal crown disappeared wit h itH gorgeous support , and in tin ; centre of the group <> i generals and nobles was left a ( lark chasm , into which every eye glanced sadly down . At the conclusion of the service , the ( inrier King : it Anns , standing over the vuull , proclaimed the lilies and onlers of the deceased :

      "Arlliin- YVellesloy , he said , was Hie Most Iliffh , Mighty , and Most " Noble Pri . uv , Duke of Wc'llm ^ ton , Mumuiri of Wellington , MurnuiH of Douro , Karl ol \\ . 1-iin . rl . on , ill Somerset , Viscount , Wellin ^ on , of 'I nlav . Tii , linron Douro , of Wellesley , I ' rmee of Waterloo n . I Jin Netherlands . Duke of Ciudad Kodngo , m Spain , Puke <> 1 Itrimny , in I'Yance , Puke oi ViUo . iu , Marquis of lones VcdruH , Count of Vimieru , in Poll uk . 'I , a < Jrandee ol ( ho 1 / irwt CIuhh in Spaina Privy Councillor , () ommander-in

      , Chief of the British Army , Colonel of I he ( hemulie . Guards , Colonel of the Jtillo Brigade , a 1 'ield-Marshal ol Qwnl Afritttiju , a Miu-hIuU of Aliumiu , u Muwuwl ol Auotna ,

      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 Kussia , a Knight of the Crown of Hue of Saxony , a Knig ht ; of Fidelity of Bad ^ en , a Knight of Maximilian Joseph of Bavaria , a Knight of St . Alexander Newsky of Russia , a Knight of St . Hermenegilda of Spain , a Knight Kniht of St

      of the Red Eagle of Brandenburgh , a g Januarius , a Knight of the Golden Lion of Hesse Cassel , a Knight of the Lion of Baden , a Knig ht 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 ' 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 .

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      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 .

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      LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From our own Correspondent . ] Lettee 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-prcfects , juges de pair , 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 Met / , Dijon , Valence , copies of the Protest were placarded on all the walls , just above the Proclamation of the Prefect in favour of

      the Empire . In several coinmunca 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 , the ltepublicaiiM in London and Jersey were active in addressing their protests to the people , and with an equally extensive propagandism had 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 MonUettr these four Protests three of the Republican party , one of the Com to dr . Chainbord . It is impossible to convey to you an idea of the impression created by the . publication of these ; addresses , which weni immediately copied into nil the other journals . " lie is until , " said everybody who stopped to read them . " / t « ne lliei / lost , their senses , then , at , the . h 7 i / see V i' \ claimed the wretched functionaries , as if they saw the sword oi' Damocles / suspended over their heads . " La revolution en permanence" cried the terrified rentiers , and other gentlemen in " e : isy circumstances , " as they gazed , all scared and terrified , with huh- on end : iud countenance aghast , at plactrds which so rudely dintm-bed their fond belief that tin ; " era of revolutions was closed . " On Monday the funds fell oik ; franc in a few minutes , and had it not licen for the

      Committee in London , is in the form of an order of fT , day , inviting the citizens to « hold themselves iurJr ness for the great day of vengeance . " " Be ready ( it says ) for everything , and at every momnnf Endeavour to see one another , and to meet often bvZ by fours , by sixes , and by tens , if it be possible fi ^ groups and centres which shall communicate wiu \ u other by word of mouth . Whatever maybe the da the hour , start from all points at once for the rendei ™ agreed on between several groups , and from thence nmrrf together to the cantons , the arrondissements and nrefiTp tares , in order to confine in a circle of iron and lead ft the men who have sold themselves . "When the day of iu tice shall dawn , let neither your hearts nor arms be weak * for your enemies , generously spared , would soon becom <^ your persecutors and executioners . "

      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 sovereignty 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 its sponsor—it is the police ; and its campaigns of Italy are

      called . Mazas , Cayenne , . Lambessa . It Jbrance , dazzled by the gleams of a great sword , dishonoured herself b y voting her 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 Caesar of an ambuscade . The conscience has only one name for suck suicide—cowardice ; and history would have only one placefor such a people—that of infamy ( les G-emonies ) .

      The address then passes to the comedy of universal suffrage : — " The vote by ballot , even secret , is only organized robbery , when it is falsehood that examines the voting papers , dropped into the urn beneath the eye of tha gendarmes ! A people may vote for or against on a question of taxes , on peace , on war , oa 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 Smpire ; 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 I Let the police and its parasites of all times weave the imperial garland ; and as to you , prepare the avenging hemp . "

      The third address emanates from the proscribed citizens in Jersey : it treats of the question of abstention from voting , A certain number of the democrats of Paris and Lyons had made up their minds to vote ; in order to count their numbers . This address is ifc opposition to that determination : — " Citizens , —The empire is about to be established . Ought you to vote ? Ought you to continue to abstain ? Such arc the questions addressed to us . In the 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 . Bonaparteseem at present not indisposed » o

      , think that on the occasion of the empire au opposing ; demonstration of tho city of Paris by the ballot wonkf bo useful , and that the moment baa perhaps come to . intervene in tho vote . They add that in any case tho wto would be a sort of census of tho republican party , as by means of it they could count themselves . They ask our advice . Our reply shall bo simple ; and what wo my lor tho city of Paris may lie said for all tho departments . Wo luu

      will not stop to miiko you remark that M . Bonaparte > - not resolved on declaring himself Emperor without having , previously settled with his accomplices tho number oi vow * by which it suits him to exceed tho 7 , 500 , <> 00 of liw i jjj - ' . December . At present his figurt ) is fixed at 8 , ( J ( XyH * /• 0 , <>< K ) , ( X )() , or 1 () , 000 , < K ><> . The ballot will change nothing in it . We will not take tho trouble to remind you w » the '< universal suffrage' of M . Bonaparte is—wliat i ; j" - btillots of M . Jionapiirto are . A demonstration of Ilio cuyof Paris or the city of Lyons , a counting of the republic tmi-J . v ;* i . hnt noMHibbiV Where an ; the guarantor '

      the ballot ? when ) in the control P when ! are tl » o H . ri > " tors P where is liberty ? Think of all these de . nmvo Minify What will iHHiie from Lho urn r" The will of M-. ^> " » P " ^ - -nothing else . M . Bonaparte has the keys «> l ( h " . , i ir . in his band-the ' Yes' and the ' . No' in lux !« " >« ¦ ' vote in his hand . To add to or deduct irom vou . s , change minutes , to invent a total , to fabricate a litf " what « Mint , to him r A falsehood -Unit is to say , uw » ^ thing ; a forg < vy -Unit , is to say , nothing . I '" ' ' ' fuiUiful to principles , citizens . What we have ¦<> » Jyon is thin M . Bonaparte considers that the ni"i" < ¦ ^ mimi to call himself Majesty . He lias net resui to

      Poj )» to leave him to do ' nothing ; lie means <> e _ ^ crated and crowned . Sinee the 2 nd of DceeiuOe' i ^ had the fact despotism ; he now Avnnls the vv <) 1 |) lir Umpire . He it ho . Ah t , o us r « nul > lK-i »»» . . ' " lj ( lll j ( 1 functions P what should bo our attitude V C ¦ ' , / ' ., | ,,, rt . ) Bonaparte is out of the pule of tho law : J-ouw ¦>• ' i |) lh is out of the pale ol" humanity . During the . | . ti (> l , that this malefactor ban reigned , the right <> n Ih . u | l ( ;„„ . him been tin ¦ iwniianouro , and dominates all i »< ]) o ( t () , n At this hour a perpetual append to arms's iiiw . ( ll | of all coiiHcienoeH . Now , be asmtred what lev ^^ consciences quickly HUc < : eod « in arming nil "" 'T' nllll « , i > l ,. and brethren , in preneiico of tlim nifumouh * ¦ tbo negation of nil ' morality , the obstacle to ullj ^ « _

      » < 'himrminfo , n military term . ClmvronH are Jj " j VJ j , worn on tho arm , w u murk of luuff *>* dwU ° oer vice .

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      - 1106 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 20, 1852, page 1106, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1961/page/6/