§ SIR DE LACY EVANSsaid, he wished, in consideration of the public anxiety to participate in the coming solemnity at St. Paul's, to ask what number of places had been allotted in the cathedral to the Dean and Chapter during the approaching solemnity?
§ MR. WALPOLEsaid, he believed that the mode in which the tickets for St. Paul's had been allotted was this:—that all those who attended the funeral, whether as deputations or otherwise, would have places allotted for them, as, for instance, the Members of the House of Lords and of the House of Commons, Privy Councillors, Knights of the Bath, the Trinity House, and so on. Then there would be accommodation for peeresses, foreigners of distinction, ambassadors, and persons of that class. A certain number of tickets would be allocated to the Horse Guards, for officers who had served under the Duke of Wellington; the same provision had been made for the Ordnance, 146 the Artillery and Engineers, and for the Admiralty and naval officers. The total number of tickets for the different public offices, including a certain number allotted to the Lord Chamberlain, would be upwards of 7,000. Then the Dean and Chapter would have the remainder of the tickets, out of which provision was to be made for the city. Perhaps the hon. and gallant Gentleman was not aware that at the time of Nelson's funeral the whole distribution of tickets was under the care of the Dean and Chapter. It was very different, however, on the present occasion.
§ SIR JOHN SHELLEYsaid, he was of opinion that the right hon. Gentleman had not completely answered the question put to him: he would therefore beg to ask whether it was true that a large number of seats—something like 3,000—had been reserved for the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's?
§ LORD JOHN MANNERSsaid, it was not true that 3,000 seats were reserved for the Dean and Chapter, but 3,000 seats had been reserved for them and the city of London. He might take this opportunity of stating that it was altogether untrue that the Dean and Chapter of St. Paul's had made any application for 3,000 or 5,000 tickets—or, indeed, for any number whatever. Looking to what had been done on past occasions, the Government had thought it right to offer the Dean and Chapter a certain number of seats. The Dean and Chapter had offered every possible facility; and he took this public opportunity of saying that their conduct on this important and solemn occasion had been marked by the strongest desire to consult the public convenience and public feeling.