There was the precedent of the obsequies of Nelson to justify the Queen in commanding a funeral of the Great Duke at the public expense; but Her Majesty was desirous to associate her people with herself in doing honour to the memory of her greatest subject. The body of the Duke, therefore, was put in charge of a guard of honour till the meeting of Parliament in November, when the consent of both Houses was immediately given to a funeral at the public expense and the interment of Wellington in St. Paul's Cathedral, beside the tomb of Nelson. All the Great Powers of Europe, save one, sent representatives to the ceremony. It would have caused no surprise had France, with a Napoleon once more in supreme power, refused to allow her Ambassador to attend the funeral of her ancient foe, but Louis Napoleon told Count Walewski he wished to forget the past and to continue on the best of terms with England. It was not France, but Austria, who was conspicuous by the absence of her Ambassador from St. Paul's on this November day; and the reason was found in an extraordinary circumstance which had occurred a few weeks previously. An Austrian notable, General Haynau, arrived in England early in September, on an unofficial visit. He had earned an unenviable reputation for cruelty in putting down insurrections in Italy and Hungary; ugly stories had been circulated about the flogging of Hungarian women and other barbarities, enough, whether true or not, to make his name detested by all who sympathised with the national movement on the Continent. One day he went to inspect Barclay's brewery, and as soon as his identity with the "Austrian butcher" became known to the workmen there, they rushed at him with loud cries, pelted him, tore his coat and tried to cut off his long moustaches. Escaping from the brewery, he was assailed with equal fury in the street, and had to take refuge in a public house till the police came to his assistance. The Austrian Chargé d'Affaires appealed for redress, and Lord Palmerston called in person to express the deep regret of Her Majesty's Government at the outrage. [Illustration: _From a Photograph_} {_by Thiele, Chancery Lane._ WEIGHING ANCHOR ON A MODERN WARSHIP. This Photograph was taken on board H.M.S. _Repulse_, off the Isle of Portland. A portion of the anchor, covered with mud, is seen just over the ship's side. The ships in the background are H.M.S. _Resolution_ (on the left), and H.M.S. _Royal Sovereign_ (in the centre).] [Illustration: _From a Photograph_} {_by Symonds, Portsmouth._ H.M.S. "WARRIOR," THE FIRST ENGLISH IRONCLAD.