FUNERAL OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON. (Hansard, 17 November 1852)

§ LORD REDESDALE

brought up the Second Report of the Select Committee appointed to consider the circumstances relating to the attendance of this House and their place at the solemnity of the funeral of Field Marshal the late Duke of Wellington:— That the Committee had again met, and further recommend, That the Lord Chancellor, as representing this House, do attend in his Parliament Robes. Arrangements have been made by which the Departure of the Lords who propose to proceed to the Cathedral by Water may be deferred to a later hour than that mentioned in the First Report. 219 The Committee recommend that such Lords should come to the House at Ten o'clock, as the Steamboat must leave the Esplanade at half-past Ten o'clock precisely. Arrangements have been made with the City Police to keep the Passage clear from Paul's Wharf to Paul's Chain; the Lords to enter at the Southern Door of the West Front of the Cathedral. The Steamboat will be in attendance at the Close of the Ceremony, and every Facility will be afforded to enable the Lords availing themselves of that means of Return to leave the Cathedral early. The Lords who desire to come to the House in their Carriages will proceed by Stanhope Street Gate, or Gates North of it, into Hyde Park, through Albert Gate and by Belgrave Square and Victoria Street, to the House of Lords. Lords on Foot will have every Facility afforded them by the Police in approaching the House on producing their Tickets. The Committee recommend that Seats in the back Row of the Lords Gallery be reserved for Peers eldest Sons.