The Express. — London, England, 1852-11-19 00:00:00

THE WEST INDIA AND I'ACIFIC MAILS. gave a summary of the following in our ina sgwion of ) esterday: Th e Wist India steamer La Plata (writes our e.tabatepton correspondent) was signalled rounding whut Castle at 7 o'clock yesterday morning. This ,v,ry one by surprise, as the Medway or Trent sy lode& The La Plata came up with her flag b, it tita.t high, which was considered to be in con alwitee of :lie funeral of the duke. On proceeding y on Southampton Water to meet her (says our onl ontent) I saw the custom-house boat leave th e La Pitta in a great hurry. This was an ur.usual ocumstance. As soon as 1 neared the ship I saw a r ,o 4 :e ulbctr and pilot on the paddle-box. No rio.:way was lowered, and presently 1 was saluted L in Keep away from the ship . I asked what se.tiw mutter on hihrd. The reply was " Sickness." 1. mo .wer to turther questions it was stated that "the purser, third engineer, and several men had t ad on the passage, and numbers were Icing Aolling would be allowed to leave the ship." On returiong I heard repeatedly the words " Keep sway from the ship," as the s h ore h oots came successively alongside. As soon as the Cus tonahouse boat came ashore the Customs' health °their, Dr. Wiblin, went aboard. At 9 a.m. a small steamer went alongside the La Plata, and brought ashore the report of the health officer. A conaulta bon then took place at the Customhouse, at which the Mayor and Postmaster of Southampton, Captain Barton ;be West India Company's superintendent), the Collector of Cult , and Captain Austin (the Admiralty superintendent), took part. The Collector udimately divided that the La Plata should be' ' , laved in quarantine in Southampton Water, and that the malls should be towed down to the Mother bank and there fumigated, and then brought back end landed a; Southampton. At I p.m.. therefore% a small steamer abated for the La Plata, and the rails were taken from the latter in • ship% hoar, on board of which were the Admiralty newt and a issat's crew, and which was towed to the Motherbank by the small steamer; and after tb• mails were fumigated there, they were brought to Southampton. and despatched thence to London. pc. Wiblin having gone on board, was obliged to remain there. The quarantine regulatioes are that after every death, the ship is to be in quarantine ten days afterwards. Captain Alien was fur many years co;uniander of a steamer between Leith and foOdon. lie was one of the must experienced commanders in the West India Company's service. lie hr• might the who:e or the monster steamers to Southampton from where they were built, and was given the command of the La Plata, the tine stand best steamer ever built. BRITISH GUIANA. The news of the fortnight preceding the despatch of the awl is thus epitomised by the Royal Gaatte WA hare had two clections--onts to the Court of Polity, the oth, r to a hnsnrlAl chinr—a meeting of the legislature colonial steamee commented, joining the estremi tos at the col oar —a riot among the soldiers in euthen— ist a mill orci.som of immigrant labour. The weather ben ha h.• h., n moon. than usually propitious; fertilising show,'" have fallen. hut in such quantities and at suet, Erna VI {VA At aim to interfere with the operation attain,- the crop. the . sc..pti•m of the elections, the business trans Weil by the Court of Volley at the meeting out the 19th was st partly local in thi the Hugh% it the 14th • party of the soldiers of the 2..1 India Ito gluiest left their barracks, armed with b;e.lg o■. sad other of weapons, and commenced an attack on the inhabitants. Three of the ...,;.,rs committed for trial at the Supreme t, 411. aid it is prob ible that there may be mote commit au toe. 61.. upon • petit.on of the Town Council to his Es • e,... Ley the tiovernor, it is understood there will be a fur ther .n:rstig✓ion. An otficer tried for assault on one of tie police was acquitted. Very considerable excitement tams ea the mitnect. The soldiers are for the most part impremd Airman*, in the very lowest state of nstrieation, kept by instinct only in a condition of daetpiine. but heedless of consequences and ferocious as tin brute of their own native forests when in • state of esciteraent. The whole regiment is now, we usderstand,' coehuisl to barrJeks. The Winsome, of emtlairmeat h.•eer. r, only make things worse, and rater some otter .opt of precautionary measure is adopted, we will hale them, the moment they are agate let loose, visiting tho with their other supposed 'elevenses, upon the civilians of the colony. JAMAICA. The La Plata brings files of papers from this 1414 to the 28th October, but they contain no news or importance. The Commercial Gazette contains some particulars of a serious disturbance which oc currier on the parade at Kingston between some of the soldiers and the inhabitants. The riot act of impropriety observed wee, a brutal assault committed by about 12 of the black soldiers, on a trek man, io Sutton-street. The attention of the gentleman, to whom we are indebted for this information, was Bret at tracted b y loud cries of "murder," when be discovered the number of men mentioned, armed with largo bludgeons, alto stint the unfortunate victim of their cruelty. fie interfered with moose effect, and, although threatened with similar treatment, soon after bad to interfere be other gumbo, for as he proceeded towards the Parade, be saw the solitien deliberately knock down the civilians= met them quietly walking. Upwards a SY within the barrack-yard, were attracted by the ;dry re side, sod. like to many infuriated savage, turd eat into the Parade, striking irdiscriminately the perres r they p..rd among them, either with IthAgeses ea their gam Our i= foment endeavored wi reekt the benaelts, on the south side, in the hope af enarg the crew ties of the gr ntlemea wbs err te bar bra en the spot, but he Need r one ia shame who wet likely to have carel weir the res. At on Meoroiderabie risk he prosured la the pal& gate et the Wrecks, on the east side ea' Indbilegg. eM 11•011111111, a. terse possible—in rest ere rant vitt the men; some repro* their drab W war triwifert. with similar manner at that whir they bad Wird ea the mob, naturally assertirtt on the wade; but ether part olerly the sentries, residerstely uteseledl thee la sow in restraining the parrs of theta allEwilas the repeated inquiries of this yeatroaa to er the arrerdlay officer, answer wee returner' Alla OM our oat er ea the spot. which statement, we redeesier, wee et** ewer, fee it was not until the bugle had sounded frquatly for upward. et a quarter of en hoar, that three offissm—who, er what they were we know sousisched the beeresks, from the lower end of the tows, whoa, et INS 11/0/4 the dotarhences, to Irma silent, ceased. The Falmouth Post at Oet. 22, says:— The town of Falmouth, sad ear parish goonolly ban been waited with heavy showers of mod the Amiens expect tLat the seat crop will be larger lima that of the present year. We regret, bownee, to imam that there are several cams of fever in the Sera,__ami Mace the medical faculty anticipate a sickly M.' The made in Westmoreland and ilsaraer an drorallig eat op. sod we receive by ovary pen ounplains spiral Ibis soraners of those perish for wiles& of duty. Avoided etrarwra ii expended with es, ost say visible iimpavramaat ; sad tbors appears to be • general wish that the bogistraan will Wan do away with the law whish is at moat InaulMeacie.ter Iwo asking and repairing of Wihwaye aid Mips, er amend it in each a manner s• to mdse Y WNW M the gratis. The weather ea the Posthaste boo bees egos* orann the Bog-walk district, the vim has enageserall the brake— bridges are insured—and comas" is sabonsly dragoons. Spiteful otentipmes wbo had business at the Oland Court, are compelled to remit is Squints Towa—and the postmen are obliged to take Illinigema notes, Is asks is protein the property which Is eanostra i• air ism BARBADOIIB. The Barbadoes Globe thus reviews the course of events since the former mail Events have not realised the espedatioos we indulged respecting the weather at the date of our last remarks on this heal. The heavy copious showers, with thunder and lightning, we then noticed were some succeeded bythe same pervadieg sultriness which was helots and, up to the present time, we see so leases w ver for indulging the hope that it will very ems be ear good tat tooe to enjoy a more favourable and agreeable state of the star .phere. The tune Selds, nevertheless, centime* to ec..itut as astonishingly verdant appearance, but the growth of the plant is so much slanted from want drake that there must be a considerable falling off he the neat crop ss compared with the last, although we are happy to say that untoward so things ate, it will be far from being the worst reaped within the last throb or fear yoare—ia feet it will be a full average crop. Yellow tem still continues in the colony. The amber *itemise since we last alluded to the subject has been by no means so gnat, nor have the circumstantial connected with to progress bees so painful as had characterised the epidemic during the peanuts fortnight; yet there have bran many desperate ewes is *vary part of the country, some of which have terminated fatally ; cad, even at this moment, we should be premature in saying that it Is oa the decline. It affords us considerable gratillettioe'M swims that since the troops have been gammaped the dimes has alto• ether thumps need from saessipe them. Trade is generally dull and heavy at this seams of th e year, but owi ng t o t he pie massed by the foyer mod ether maws mom or less rehrabbe thereto, hantasis Is weeds, jtott now an aspect of uswested prostration. The llusFe of Amenably, after a recess of eight weeks, was to reassemble os Tuesday, the 19th ; bat, owing to the nos MINN °sly eight members were in attendance, aid so ante could be formed. ST. LUCIA. ——- - - The Palladiums of6Mt.llil;; the following: Semi a !ter tae arrival at dos nous Name. AN= Bar 'adore as Wedaeaday, die bp St AN tb• 1 4 1000 lira Oa that at OP AMNION 0111•119, IMO gig. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 19, 1852. • ,THE NEW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. [from As Deity News.l THE news from the United States is that FRANK LIN PIERCE is elected President. The event has been considered certain for sonic time put; yet is the question still heard on both sides the Atlantic, " Who is FRANKLIN PIESCE ?" It is a continuation of the juke which told so well at the time—of the same question being asked about Mr. POLK, on the same occasion. On the day of inaugura tion, when the noble Pennsylvania Avenue at Washington,—the vast opening leading to the capitol—was closely packed with spectators from end to end, and the PRESIDENT'S carinige, with its train of followers, was slowly making its way, some wag in the crowd shouted, in an inquisitive voice, " Ulu is JAMES roLK r Amidst roars of laughter, in which the PRESIDENT joined, the question was re peated, till it echoed within the walls of Congress. There is no harm in this. No disrespect was probably meant; and if it was, certainly no reproach would adhere. There is an English newspaper extant Still —(as is perhaps the colonial one from which it made extracts)--anEnglish newspaper,w herein may be seen the inquiry, " Who is OF.ORUIt WASHINGTON ?" And the paper goes on to inform its readers that this HEORDY is an obscure militiaman, who can't help meddling with matters that he does not urderstand, and who will soon be mercifully remanded to obscurity in Virginia, if he does not provoke his betters too tar. Moreover, the reader is desired to judge of him by the company he keeps, one of his intimates being a dirty printer's man, named BEN FRANKLIN. Atter this no Pots or Preece need wince under the ques tion as to who they are. It is not as a personal matter that the inquiry need be regarded at all — by them or by us. If it were, it would be enough to say that Mr. PIERCE, or General PIERCE, is a New Hampshire man; a lawyer by profession, but yet a general, on account of his services in the Mexican war. He was nominated by the Demo cratic party at their Baltimore Convention; and he was put over the heads of CASS, BUCHANAN, MARCY, and other well-known political men, on the under stood ground that they bad so committed themselves in the South, on behalf of slavery, as to have no chance in the North. Herein it was assumed that General PIERCE was not pledged on the subject of slavery. He was not so pledged as that domestic parties and foreign journals could quote any ver bal self committal against him, ono way or an other ; but his virtual committal was as compli to as any that could be brought in the other cases. His title of general was won in a war which had for its object the extension of slavery, and which planted the institution anew on a soil from which the Mexi cans had uprooted it. And, as soon as his prospects seemed to be sufficiently fair, Mr. PIERCE deelmed himself, in a cautious but unmistakeable manner, by his funeral oration over the body of HENRY CLAY. Another light is cast upon this gentleman by the resolution of the party who proposed him—to uphold the Compromise Acts of 1830, expressly including the Fugitive Slave Law. But then, the American Whig party is equally Wirdto the maintenance of the Fugitive Slave DANIEL WEBSTER hel p ed HENRY CLAY to make it ; and l'resident FILLMORE eagerly urged on the work, and signed the bill. All the three missed their aim—the Presidential chair. We have before spoken sufficiently of the reasons why HENRY CLAY missed it. DANIEL WEBSTER had not one sioglo vote from the slavehulders, after the awful sacrifices he had made to win them—giving up the inserters of liberty in the North, and breaking through almost as many vows as if he had been a French Emperor. He was too profoundly dis trusted by all parties to succeed with any. And FILLMORE bad done too odious a thing, too openly, to be safely nominated for the rule over the whole nation. The Free-soil party (a great fact in itself) is not strong enough to carry the Presidential chair. That party, and the "little Liberty party," are the re sults of the Abolition movement in the United States. They are very far from being the best re sults; for the highest order of men among the Abolitionists keep their action pure from _party: spirit, and free from party perturbations. But if these two parties are not likely to carry the Abolition of Slavery, they are significant signs of the times; and they are eminently important, in an unconscious way, as showing how the whole political action of their country hinges upon the Slavery question. The only Whig candidate who had any chance—General ca that chance, over the Wearrees, and CLAYS, and Fittuoars, by his being (while favourable to Slavery) mysterious and uncommitted upon it. The demo- Jratic candidate, PIERCE, succeeded over the CASSEs, BUCHANANS, and MARCYS, because, while favourable to Slavery, he was fetched out of obscurity, and then held his tongue till it was politic to show his lean ings. The Free-soil party could not produce a suc cessful candidate, because the very principle of the party is that, though Slavery is bound up with the constitution, it needs not to be, ought not to be, and shall not be extended to new territory, nor per mitted to make fresh inroads on the old. The Fugi tive Slave Bill is, of course, rejected by this party, as unconstitutional, and in every way intolerable. As for the Liberty party, it declares that Slavery is unconstitutional altogether—illegal from the outset—u irreconcileable with the original constitution of the United States as with the English, or any other. • Soak are the parties of the United States. That one smisemsence of their origin and operation which enemas as here is a very curious one; that, while this gasifies of Slavery remains unsettled, their gi eat matey cannot be ruled by an illustrious man. Their President must hold a certain opinion in order to secure hie election ; but that opinion must be a secret from the world—or be as sumed to be so—till he is secure in his seat. An Abolitionist could have no chance with the South. A virulent alaveholder could not be openly welcomed by the North. But a pro-slavery man he must be, only be must be tacitly so, while a candidate. The nation cannot now, as of old, go as one man, and beseech their greatest man, their adored Wasstairrox, to rule them. They cannot, as in a later time, array themselves under differing principles, and call upon the leading advo cates of those principles to be their chiefs, and head their forces in their electoral battle. They cannot even choose any eminent man whatever. Their real political aims and struggles being different from the avowed, they must take men who have avowed nothing within the national hearing. It is best to explain the fact and the reason of this remarkable case with the utmost possible openness. It is best; because the foes of free government attri bute the misfortune to the wrong cause. The Ame ricans, after fighting the noblest battle that heroes could fight for their independence, have established the most sucoesdul republic that the world ever saw. But the foes of republicanism point across the ocean and say, " See what their public men are! See bow the most honest recoil in disgust, and shrink beck into private life! See how bitter is the experience of their ablest men—that high ability, if known, is • mire disqualification far the highest aim. flee hew aloes high aim is to be gained— by holding a set of opinkme which cannot be avowed, by entertaining a morel and political barbarism, which yet snot be severed up with hypocrisy' If my of this is trne—and we cannot say it is net—we require that it imbibe laid to the proper . amount ; sot to advanced polities' opinion and practice, but to an antiquated barberissadeposited—(onginally depo dted by us)—in the midst of the political system which we heartily honest and admire. If we are right a few more presidential terms will prepare for the vindication of the republican pried t ik The slavery question will work out its own and leave the Americans once more free to ohms their greatest men to rule them. A des will cone Idiom the Anodes= will carry their ogee seers, it not to a Westmont+, to a tepaliiissa JESTERSON, a "TM ADAMS, at a aid stariCiOUS MADISON. Pre sident PIERCE may, for suet any body knows, reveal the attributes of all theme, and of WASHINGTON to boot. But, if he does, the one thing we do know is, that he will hold dike but for one term. FUNERAL Or TIM MR. SECRETARY WALPOLE'S ELECTORS.—The SOiith &WO% Gaulle says that In the neighbourhood of Margate but little progress is making towards furnishing the required member to the militia. Three of them who have enlisted have Mace been soukaiMod foe trig. crowd. Unhappily this was a species of locomotion not salad to the famaht portion of the sluggards, and they had to Waage for themselves as best they could. LUDGATE HILL. At the Farringdoa street junction, the congestion of people wee immense, and far behind, in both Farringdon strut and Bridge•street, the mus " lay floating many a rood." Even distant Blackfrian had its elev►tion, occupied with a crowd, who directed their straining and longing looks towards the line of procession. Up Ludgate-hill the ; people stuffed the space between the houses and the bar riers in theism. way as in Fleet-street, as far as Ave Maria lane, on one side, and Creed-lane ow the other. It would be quite absurd to attempt any estimate of the numbers congregated in this portion of the route, but no inadequate representation of it may be conveyed when we state that as early as nine o'clock *cruel persons, male and tousle, were borne away both from Farringdon-street junction and Amen-corner in a feinting state. From Creed-lane to the cathedral, and all around the church the space was kept quite open, in order to allow room for the cavalcade to advance and the troops to defile. There:were multiplified irregular attempts made throughout the morning to take up a position at this favoured spot, and the appeals made to the police for the smallest possible nook, were so varied in their pathos as to insure one that the orders under which they were resisted mud have been very peremptory indeed. It may here be observed once for all, that the conduct of the police force at this point ,acting under the direction of Mr. Superintendent Hodgson, was both temperate and firm. The entire line from the cathedral to the Bar was lined with a double file of soldiers, consisting of the Rifles, a body of the Grenadier Guards, and the 19th Foot. When the prospect of a fine day was assert dby the clouds breaking up, about 10 o'clock, the coup Bail from the front of the Cathedral wee very beautiful. , The windows on either side, from the lowest to the top . moat story, and even to the roofs, were filled with specta tor ; and, in one instance, the very chimney pots were made available as convenient seats by some cool-beaded lads. The houses around the Cathedral were crammed full with spectators— _ Troth the eurrento Aed Melee tope, reek Weed rank doe wedged Hang bellying - e'er. At nine o'clock the last carriage going to St. Paul's passed the Bar, and at eleven the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, attended by his usual officers, arrived at the end of Fetter-lane in the state carriage. The Alder men and Recorder and a deputation of the Common Council in four ea:risco arrived at the same time, and awaited the approach of the funeral cortege. The alder- . r men in attendance were Messrs. Lawrence, Farebrother, Finnic, Humphery, Moon, Carden, Wilson, Sidney, Wire, with Sir C. Marshall, and Sir J. Duke, M.P. The procession entered the City about twenty minutes past eleven, when the City authorities joined the cavalcade, the Lord Mayor as chief magistrate of the City bearing the sword of state, and taking his place between the carriages of the Archbishop of Canterbury and Prince Albert. Upon the arrival at St. Paul's Cathedral the 19th Regi ment left their position and filed off along the south side of the edifice. fheir position was taken up by the Foot Guards, a portion of whom were also drawn up around the Cathe dral on the Bagged way four deep. 'fhe Horse Chords were drawn up two deep on the carriage way, and sur rounded the building in a similar meaner. The bands of the various regiments, as they approached the Cathedral, played funereal music—the great bell pealed forth its deep and solemn tones, the dis tant guns in the Tower boomed away, and the combined effect on eye and ear was truly grand and imposing. The soldiers along the line presented and reversed arms as the carriages of the Speaker of thelHousc of Commons, of the Prime Minister, the Lord Mayor, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert pained by. The funeral car came on, " stately and slow," after the royal carriages, and en tered the west gate of the cathedral, exactly at 10 minute* past 12 o'clock. It occupied a considerable period before the coffin was taken from the ear, tad is good deal of bustle and movement was observable, whilst the procession which was to *company it up the nave of the cathedral was forming. The persons who were employed in removing the coffin, and the soldiers who stood round, manifested the most anxious desire to possess themselves of the slightest relic belonging to the great departed, and many picked up bits of laurel, snd appropriated them as though something sacred attached to them. It is, however, but right to add that the funeral car had no sooner entered the churchyard than scenes of what seemed to us an unseasonable levity took place throughout the entire City line of the procession, occasioned for the most part by undwiches and other deli canes having been thrown into the muddy streets by the occupants of the houses, for which the soldiers scrambled with infinite seal, notwithstanding the presence of their officers, aad to the hearty amusement of the crowd. Upon arrival at St. Paul's cathedral the marshals] conductors divided, and ranged themselves on each aide at the foot of the steps without the great west door ; the Chelsea and enrolled pensioners, together with one soldier from every regiment in her Majesty's service, tho Royal Merlon, and six soldiers of the East India Company's armies of Bengal, Madras and Bombay (two officers from every regiment having been previously provided with seats in the nave, behind the place assigned to the sol diers), proceeding into the nave, filed off right and left ; the rest of the procession, having alighted, moved forward in order to the west door of the church, on enuring which they proceeded up the nave. THE CEREMONIAL AT ST. PAUL'S. AU the curiosity, all the interest, felt by the public in the various incidents of the great historic ceremonial, of course concentrated Unmanse in their greatest force on the cathe dral of Bt. Paul's, where the last solemn set was to take the curtain finally to fall on the mortal career of the illustrious dead. Long before 6 o'clock, through the pitchy darkness of a November morning, long files of carriageshad thronged the various avenues lading to the church, and the several gates at which admission was to be obtained were bodepd by gentlemen and ladles, many of the latter daring the humidity and cold of the atmosphere in evening toilet Half-put six o'clock had been announced as the time at which admission was to he obtained, but although the carpenters and decorators had worked all night, the fittings were still incomplete, the ring of the hammers might be bead by the patient waiters outside, and it was fully half gme wen o'clock before the last workman walked out at Me ANL as the Ant visitor rushed in at another. The 41111111 OW opened the cathedral filled rapidly, and in a very shoot time every corner, except the places specially reserved for public bodies, had received its fall amber et aorapants. The first feeling ezporimmei es or terieg was see of disappointment, at the esmobee Yoe as to east, et the elaborately prepared sod pussy iemi~', native. Whether from want of time, of judgment. er et mmilesties, no precaution whatever had ben tabs le Ale oat the light of day, and the °mewing. wee that the emertiese feta et fir weed merely to form a sickly yaw dm mead the anise, without producing any per awl* domes are osserel effect. Later in the day 110Indliimipt vis=l* ant out thellght by blackening the wisdom% bee leilledenatidy, the experiment was commenced on the wise= myosin to those through which the sun was shining, Ind poked no perceptible increase of funeral effect. Unreasonable WWI= ea this portion of the arrangements WON 1/1/0/ Ishipi In, and those wbo had had an opportunity stressing the lying in state at Chelsea, male comparisons between the solemn artificial light that W been attained there with the broad daylight of Bt. airilte, set at all to the advantage of the latter. The eimmipiessete in the area In their completed form comprised, k r enalk the moveable bier, covered with black cloth, spa whieh the coffin was to slide on grooves from the noosed car. Around it were arranged several tabounts er seats of honour for those of the guests who took pokiest part in the ceremonial. At the south eld wee limed a chair of state in black and geld, and Mid k stretched in gradually ascending tiers, the impe ding gelsey allotted to the House of Peers. Above this were two Ober galleries, the occupant, of which, except those immediately in front, must have had but an indif ferent view of the pageant. Immediately beyond the Peen' Oallery, still on the loath side, a brilliant display of scarlet and gold uniforms indicated the compartment allotted to the Military Companions of the Bath ; and, facing the west entrance, and immediately under the organ, was the peeresses' gallery, on which the universal sables of the fair occupants formed a remarkable contrast to the brilliancy and fashion usually recognised in such distinguished assemblages. On the north aide of the transept, and facing the Military Companions of the Bath, were congregated the various foreign =boredom in every variety of rich costume, court or military. Amongst the earliest arrives in this gallery were the Count Welewiki, the French am bassador, and the Chevalier Bunsen, the latter of whom seemed to take a deep interest in the proceedings. The gallery fur the Commons filled up the greatest portion of the transept north, and was for a long time untenanted ex cept by Mr. Home, and oaf or two other members of the lower house, who arrived early. The corporation of London, in official ecistume,oonipieda compartment lower down,and when to these ere edited the emall eectione, occupied on played at hallenest, is tostleoey et respect to the univer sally banented Duke of Wellington. the official eoesmunica ilea of where death having thee bees jest received from head quarters. ANTIGUA. The weather (says the Antigua Register of 0ct.26) h very dry and sultry. Rain is much wanted in several parts of the country, and unless we have it very soon, serious consequences must result. One or two partial showers have fallen, but in some dis tricts there has been no rain for several weeks, and the canes are suffering dreadfully. THE FRENCH ISLANDS. The accounts of the yellow fever and its ravages, we regret to say, are worse and worse by each suc ceeding arrival from Martinique. We are told by persons who have been eye witnesses to the awful fact, that it is common for a dozen funerals to pass in one day in the town of St. Pierre—the deaths beisg general amongst the natives and settlers ; and at the last dates the greater mortality was at the Fort, a part of St. Pierre town so called. The disease had found its way into the theatrical one pany which arrived a few days ago from Franco. and two of the actresses (Madame Pastelot and Mdlle. Desiree) had been cut off, while four others of the same company lay dangerously ill. The lady of the Governor was still at the l'itons, and was con valescent. At Fort do France the epidemic is said to have almoet disappeared ; whilst its ravages were causing general consternation at St. l'ierre.— St. Lucia Palladium. PANAMA. ....... Tho Peninsular Mail Steamship Tennessee arrived here on tho evening of the 16th inst., from San Francisco, bringing the United States mails, 385 pas• wagers, 1,878,232 dubs. 7c. for the United States, and 290,829 dots. 96c. for England in gold dust. At San Francisco provisions had risen to enormous prices. The Peninsular Steam Navigation Com pany's steamer Bogota arrived here on the 19th inst., from Valparaiso, Callao, &c., bringing her Majesty's mails, 30 passengers, and 308,000 dole. for England, with about 35,000 dols., in 17 bars, silver, for ship ment per Eothen to China. There is no news of importance in Panama. The Lord Bishop of Sydney goes to England per Great Western, and also Mrs. Adams and family, widow of her Majesty's late charge d'affeires at Lima. THE GOLD DIGGINGS OF AUSTRALIA. The following is extracted from a letter sent to some friends in the neighbourhood of Plymouth: " April 17, Sheepstor Farm, Salisbury, Adelaide. "My dear —,—l am sorry to hear that your potatoes are still a failure, and I should now suppose that they never will be right say more in England. This colony is cot toady adapted for potatoes, although I, for one, have had very good mops; you can scarcely boil them, they are so ' floury. They grow potatoes here both summer and winter, but you are cot sure of a good crop of either one. It is not owing to any disease, but it depends entirely on the wawa, few in the winter they might su ff er from the frost, and in the summer hots the hest. As to wheat, I believe It to he a sure crop here and barley also ; but birley is used for malting only, and we even feed our pigs here oa wheat. The first visit that Mr. W. C— paid us, I told him to give his horse a sheaf of wheat. Ave, says he, what would the people of Saint Bude say to that if they knew it ? . . . . Just as I had finished 14—'8 letter, there was • person called at our dam to buy some seed wheat. I showed it to him, and he purchased forty bushels, saying that it was the best that he bed seen anywhere. Ile had very large gold rings on his ?lagers, which he said had cost him twenty-live shillings in making. He found the gold—he had also orna ments of gold on his breast. I asked him how he bad done at the digits's, and he had told me that he had made five hundred pounds a-day. lie has bought a very pretty place about smile from me; I believe it mot him about eight Misdeed proada. Ho aho told me that he had laid out two thosimad more In property at Adelaide. He was only nine weeks at the diggings; his same is 8. B—ee, • Coeniah man. " Now, whist I am writing, a neighbour of mine has celled, named Chapman, with four others, who dug out one hundred and furtr five pounds weight in one day of pure gold. Many people leave their farms, with nobody more than their wives and some smell children to look after them, and go all for about two months, and then return with alreedaace of gold. Still they are not satisfied, for as soon as they get their crops a little right they ore off gait. Mr. B—, whom I jest aseatieu, is going again in August, and wishot me to go with him Fruit is getting very plentiful here: peaches have been sold at Ade laide this year at 3d. per doses • grapes, Is. per lb. ; plums, about 2d. per quart ; melons, also, am very cheap ; apples are much dearer, u the trees take longer to come to per fection. Still, I think there are kers the finest apples I ever mw, and that from tees not more than five year* old. I have so trees of my own that bear, as yet, except the fig; but the Man will beer this year. The figs have borne three crops this last year ; the third crop being now on them, end nearly ripe, hut it is getting late for them in the season now. My neighbours are making their own raisins and currants. I suppose that you are aware that the raisins and currants are gathered from the vine. Wine, also, will be very plentiful here, as every me seems to be getting up a vineyard. As for myself, mine will be rather small, being only two acres; oar acre for vines, and the other for fruit-trees. I thought to bare get it ell planted this year, but I shall not be able ; and for what reason ? Not for want of money, but for want of labourers. Aye, my dear brother, I wish some thousands of your honest lab ourer, were among as. Why are the poor of England such towards ? I eannot tell—what are they afraid of ? Is it the sea or the 'obey ? But, if I could mead a trumpet in England, I would say to every poor in dustrious man, 'come away, mem away.' " Please to give ( i ri stin d love to the Rev. and tell him th at many eh* are shut up, as the ministers are gone to the diggings . ur little chapel is shut up, but I hope not foe say length of time. We still keep on our Sunday school. Some of my neighbours wish me to conduct the service of the shape', bet, of coons, I know it is not my ditty to prods." lax Court. The Queen, after the pram of the e tand= dos of the lets Field.ll ers NI west to Bt. Janee's Pane riot attained Os wends& hen the wisdom. Her biejesti b le si ea by the Prises sof Wee, the Prison , Pvisin Alfred. die Primus Alin the Dunes of Heat, and as Prisms. Chadens of Bristan, aid the Penns. of Ifebniells Lea =mad Me Friaisms Mehlle sad Tbesdirs of Ho ne thane ar a C7 in wen the Viennese Onalit aa. Oneidas Has. 1111111111111 Brim the st Venire, e rn %ward Howitn, mad Mnor Genwal Bselsky. Pfbill Albert left Baskiaglan Palen at tweatreight nano past aloe Ana, yesiwes, lamb& is • wenn draws beds Imes, la tan the /mad pain sin of dr thee Duke of W His Hint High • sem wen a /611.1fardsal's with the .s of the Chasm and tho Bath, sad the at.. of then rare aid the Mind sad badge of the Odin Finn His Royal Rialmes wen a marsisa and sad serried his hates a. Meld ltheenth Tao einieges ad eta preseded his The bit esawyed Dr. fair, Geadinsa Usher, Lisat.-C•leael the Hera. ' r= Garda % Bonerry sod Liest..Cedead Twine Boyarmer, Otee.llll the Bekehenber to W Boyd Minn. The wend esedips scams& Colgan the Has. Chides Greg, Priests Ilearerary, Ostend the Zia. C. B. Triatber ea. suer sad Iriessaat Ifearleville, Lord of the to hi; loyal Ifiebans. The Penn wee Meath* by the if Prase, K.G. Lard Clanheinia d hr Mdrra ty's dill S thereek sheld. end the bilere m t Menem ILO., Genes of to his Ind no e= sb e liveries wen din Prins Mann to Ld Poises hen sandbar the lanai at sight Wanes pin three Vitae. - 11UDno de Brabant, and the Conde de PI Is e, and the Prince of Leioingen, the Prince of Boltamishis Lames burg, and Prince Emmen Bohenlohe, ationdled 1p LIAO, Col. Biddalph, Co! Wylde, and Col. de Moeekerke, went fyesterday morning to St. Paul's Cathedral to witness the uneral of the late Linke of Wellington. Their royal and serene highnesses returned to Buckingham Palace at a quarter _past 3 o'clock. Her Mejesty sod Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales ' the Pricoess Royal, Prince Alfred, the Printer Alice, accompanied by the Due di Brabant, the Comte de Plandres, and the Princess Charlotte of Belgians and the Prince of Leiningen, the Prince of Hohealohe Languburg, and the Princesses Adelaide end Feeder. of Hobenlette, MR Buckingham Pewee et 6 minutes peat 6 o'clock yester day afternou for Windsor Castle. The ladies end gentle mot in waiting were the Viscountess Canning the Hoc. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. Be Eleanor Lady Csroliae Barrington, the Earl of Vendee", Sir Edward Bowater, Lieut• Col. Biddelph, Myer-General Berkeley, Lint.-Col. the Hon. A. Gordon, Mr. Gibbs, Col. de Mosikerke, the Cemts de Briny, and Sir Robert Cantrell. Her Majesty and his Royal Bighorn were eionducted to their urriege by the Marquis of Easter, the Bari of Jersey, the Manua of Abermin Viscount Newport. Viseount Mandeville, and Lieateeani-Coirmal Pow& Seymour. The Queen and the royal party proceeded to the Paddingtos terminus is seven carriages, assorted by a detachment of Light Brunei., and were met at the station by Prince Erma of Bohemia,. • iris' W is the Greet Wa ters Railway conveyed the august perty M Whither. The MMus of Rent, twine W re Primer of Holoulohe Losgenburg, left town Misuses, for her residue*. Prepare, seer as4aa MO sem was atteaded by Lady Mara NYSE, led fies Gouge Braaten Notrrligall RAlLWAY.—Aceordior to the AIM. the prospects of the Neethera Railway of fipaia are sot very bright, the goveraseat having called alma the provinces to be kenneled by the had to declare the eating to which they will be prepared to aid I. the oesetreetioa of the railway, sad all the sown hitherto received is that the provisoes expert the railway bat as de &edam towards oak* le. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. The following additional details are in continuation Of our narrative of yesterday, it which (owing to the early hour of going to press) we were compelled to omit some particulan respecting esrtain localities in the lins of pro- cession. THE STRAND. As early es them In the mornin g the Strand was thronged with carriages conveying their inmates tel places secured for them, and they continued to crowd the streets until 9 o'clock, after which time no vehicle was allowed to pass through Temple-bar. By six, thousands of persons had taken up standing places, and they continued rapidly to pour in from the adjoining streets until the pavement on both sides westwards of St. Mary's Church was completely occupied. In the narrow part, however, between St. Mary's and St. Clement's the throng was not so great. Besides the immense concourse in the streets, the windows of almost every house had been fitted up with seats to amonamodate as large a number of spectators as possible. A gallery had also been erected in a space where some buildings have re cently been taken down at the top of Arundel-street another in St. Clement'echurchyard, and another in St. Mary's churchyard. Every seat in every window and in all these galleries, each of the latter aceom• modeling several hundred poisons, was occupied. In addition, four galleries had been erected in front of a portion of Somerset Rouse, and seats had also been erected in every available spot—come on the roofs of homes, some on balconies over shops, some in archways and door• ways, some in passages; and, in short, in all kinds of places, whence a view, or a glimpse even, however partial, of the mournful procession could be obtained. Amongst other plates, a balcony bad been fitted up in front of Esoter Ball, which was tastefully decorated with black drapery, with an inscription in front, of the appropriate motto, " Non sibi std patriots." Over Burger's fish sauce shop there was also an inscription, " To the great Wellington." Some of the balconies were hung with black cloth, as were also the galleries. Most of the spectators seated in the windows and gal leries, we should observe, were attired in mourning. The line along the whole of the Strand was kept by the police only, the men being placed at a distance of about five yards from each other. Strong barriers had been placed at the end of each of the streets leading into the Strand, and at those points an additional number of policemen were placed, the pressure being there the greatest. Ainumber of mounted policemen were also placed at the end of Wellington street and in the Strand close to Wellington street, a troop of Life Guards was stationed, but their we vices in keeping the line were not required, the police of themselves keeping it esesedingly well, and with one or two exceptions they performed thew duty with great mode ration and temper. In one instance only was there any disorder, and that was caused by the giving way of a bar tier near St. Clement's church, when of WWII the crowd rushed into the line, but a strong posse of police soon drove them back, and the barrier was promptly re-erected and made more secure. Speaking generally, the behaviour and deportment of the vast multitude was of an orderly charac. ter and well befitting the mournful occasion on which they were assembled. At half-past 9 o'clock the Tan of the procession arrived at Cheringerore ; but on reaching the foot of Nelson's Column a halt of more than twenty minutes' duration took place, and a rumour rapidly spread that it was in eons.• giants of an accident having happened to the funeral car. At five minutes to ten the procession was again on the move, the band of the Rifle Brigade playing the "Dead Marsh in Saul," the mournful but beautiful strains evidently producing a thrilling effect on the now excited spectators. As the procession slowly passed and one military band came up after another, each playing the same solemn dirge, the sound of one bad scarcely died away before it was reproduced he another, and thus the effect was maintained during the passing of a considerable portion of the procession. The playing of the combined band of the Scots Fusiliers and Coldstream Guards especi ally, produced a marked effect. The greatest silence was observed oe the part of the crowd ; and the measured tread of the soldier., which could be distinctly heard. added to the solemnity of the scene. As the ear, however, approached end the doleful sound of the mated drums which preceded it were heard the interest increased tenfold. The car itself, gorgeous as it le, was comparatively un heeded. All eyes were rivetted on the coffin which it bore, containing the mortal remains of the illustrious hero. As it passed along a cry arose here and there of " Hats ofr—a request wit► which the people willingly complied, paying, with ready alacrity, this lest tribute of reveres°. end respect to the illustrious dead. The van of the promotion reached Temple-bar at 25 minutes past 10, and the ear arrived there at halt past 11. A brief stoppage took place before passing through the Bar, and the canopy over the car was lowered and left to mat on the coffin, the arch not being lofty enough to admit of the passage with the canopy up. The car having cleared the Bar the canopy was again raised. When the remainder of the procession had also pealed through the en. trance into the city, which it bad dens by 6 minutes to 12, a squadron of Horse Guards, who had brought up the rear, halted, wheeled round, and faced the crowd, which had broken the line immediately after the procession had gone by, end were following it. The Guards, however, occupy ing the street, and the police the pavement, effectually stopped the people from proceeding further. We regret to state that an accident, attended with lam of life, occurred at Charing-eroes. A gentleman fell from the top of one of the houses there—Drummonds' Bank, we be. lieve—about half-pest ten. He was immediately taken up, and conveyed, bleeding very much, to Charing cress Halpi n], where he was attended by Mr. Tucker, the house inn tom, who discovered that he had sustained a severe frac ture erne skull. The unfortunate gentleman died within half-an-hour after he wee admitted into the hospital. TEMPLE-BAB, AND FLEET-STREET. The preparations which had been making during the last two Cr three days foe the decoration of Temple-bar made it ono of the great cynosure, of attraction on the line of the procession. The funeral embellishment of the gateway was conducted under the direction of Mr. Bunning, the City architect, with the assistance of Mr. Fenton and Mr. lack ' son, of Bathisme-place. The front on the east and west Adee was covered with velvet and black sloth draped with white Map. Oa the top were foss conspicuous Roman urns, surrounding a still larger one In the centre, with twelve funeral imbues. A drapery was sus pended from the highest cornice. The velvet contained several monagrams with the letters " W. A." in the centre of each, sear which were some Bum trophies with the shields, and lags of the serious nations of which the great deceased was marshal. From the monogram were um pended several orders, surestating those bestowed on the late Doke. la the centre, on the Chy side, the arms of the City of London were suspended. The workless en gaged upon those decorations carried their work late into the night, before they had completed the mansestatios, and a large crowd of moons occupied petitions in its vicinity long before daylight, in order to mere the educt ive of a favourable position. As early as five o'closk the oniaibuses ea the north side of Fleet street began to ply, and brought dons loads of yeetatoes from the northern districts. Between that hour and eight o'clock the entire equine and human populatioa seemed to be astir. The nursing looked sulky, and on the City side of the Bar the streets were in a state of deep slash ; bat, despite of all drawbacks, the living tide rolled in—some to take up such vacant positions se they could find inside the barrier, ethers to primed to their mats, sad luny to trundle along the mud without seeming to have any certain destination; far the same people gam boled backward and forward, to this side and to that, in obedience to the injasetions of the police, as though it had been a velvet pile carpet they were treading all the time. I. obedience to the directions issued by the polies authorities the clearing of the carriage-way serionely commenced about eight o'clock, the scramble for places this biome terrifies, and in a few moments afterwards a midge mould not find a pump be tween the dense um of human beings who lined both eitheibf the street. The earflaps began to some through the Bar as early es sin o'clock, and from that hour up to nine the lapouriag of carriages and cabs passing on to the cathedral was cos- Minus. The arrangement made with must to them was admirable. In the narrow neck of Fleet-street the carriages were made to ran in single file, but where the street be comes wider they were allowed to form in a double row, which accelerated their passage to St. Paul's. It is said that when one loess an hour la the morning, he may ride after it the whole day without being able to overtake it, and this was verified in numerous instances yesterday ; for the laggards who had paid dearly for seats, tad were too late to get to them, might be counted by hun dreds. la many instances these wait-awhiles had actually to be handed to their windows over the heads of the people behind the barriers, amidst the cearle.spia ridicule of the opposite sides by the from Oxfor.i ci Csm. bridge, a collective idea may be formed of thr r. 7 images by whom the transepts were occupied previous r. c ~r ei a at of the body. The various foreign marshals hod a r .at below the Companion@ of the Bath, and her Majesty's mi n rs were on the same NW at the base of the peers' gall' ry About 10 o'clock military officers of high rank and in brilliant uniforms began to pour in from the western entrance, among whom Sir C. Napier was soon recognis..l, sod was an object of general interest. Tho gallant h. ro of Scindis looked well, but his gait was by no means so firn a,, to in dicate the probability of another campaign. A {crest num ber of the officers of the Life Guards in their bright rallll/11111 and knightly appointments arrived about tue time, and formed a striking addition to the picturesquei.", of the . . . . . . general eff.nt. All the time that these dislingui+hcd visitors ware being the "observed of all obse " a much less welcome ♦isitor obtruded through the western u u rana s which had been unnecessarily left wide open all the morn- ing, in the shape of a bitterly cold wind that blew t,itilessly on the crowded galleries of the nave, and in it, lit et. mili tated seriously against the observance of the ilecorim per taining to the sacred character of the place. or two individuals, more susceptible or courageous than the rest, having set the example, a general covering of heads took place, which lash un•il the ar rival of the procession. Shortly after the urii% ,; of Sir C. Napier, an interesting addition was mado to tl.• foreign circle by the arrival of the Count do Brabant and tee Duke de Flandres, sons of the Kieg of the Belgians, who. clad in the uniforms of their respective regiments, looks d exceed ingly well and attracted very general notice. The Peers arrived at a little before eleven, and deployed into their seats with the gravity and decorum proper to th.it august body, and were shortly afterwards followed in considerable force by the Commons, who took possession of their gallery in that more democratic manner which is equally chars, certifies it was generally noticed that neither Lord John Rummell, _ . . nor theleadersof the liberal commercial party, were pre lent, end inferences were drawn that their attention had been drawn more to the expense than the solemnity of the ptgetnt. About this time the solemn strains of a military band stationed at the western portico announced the arrival of the avant couriers of the procession, the old Chelsea pensioners, who, marshalled under their commandant. marched slowly in, and took their seats in their allotted places. Some of there old soldiers had reached the extreme verge of human lifo, but they marched stoutly on to do honour to the great captain, and exhibited their nu- onerous decorations u • proof that they too hoot, in their time, " done the state some service." These veterans of the past were followed by a group of young solders of the present, in the uniform of various regiments, who tank their scats in front, and formed, by the contrast, a milt try pis ton of no common interest. Our great living generals, the companions in arms of the illustrious deceased, now pas,ed up the aisle, and prepared to take their part in the approaching solemnities. Among these were, f remoat, Lords Harding° and Gough and Sir C. Napier, whose arrival has been before mentioned. On their arrival they proceeded to occupy three adjoining tabourets, thus forming a group, than which it would be difficult to find nne more distinguished for military renown. The procession now began to drop in in the order indieateili by the programme which will be found in detail in another part of the paper, and therefore we shall confine ourselves here to noticing those features which absorbed most of the public attention. The arrival of herM sjesty's ministers created considerable stir, and many comments were made on the careworn appearance of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whose pallid features harmonised but indifferently with the placidity of Mr. WMpole's countenance, or the florid vigour of the Earl of Derb)'s. Banners now began to appear in their allotted plarev,foreign marshals came forward in their varied uni tonna and brilliant aeorationa, and each grasping the baton the distinguishing badge of his rank, when a solemn blast of the trumpet an nounced the immediate approach of the funeral tar. The organ sent forth a solemn peal, immediately after which the dean and clergy of the cathedral, attended by a nume roue body of choristers, issued from the:choir, and, deploy- ing to the right and left above the bier, formed a striking and solemn procession, proceeding at a slow pace down the nave to receive the body. A deathlike stilness now pervaded the vast assemblage, interrupted at in tervals by the solemn chatted of the choristers, and every eye was turned towards the western entrance. The funeral car had now arrived at the portico, but a considerable time elapsed before the members of the procession, occupying 67 carriages, could alight and form in the prescribed order. His Royalplighness Prince Al bert, attired in the uniform of a field marshal, and attended by the Marqiis of Salisbury bearing the sword of state, walked slowly up the nave and took hit place immediately on the right of the bier. The venerable Marquis of Angle sey, bearing the baton of the deceased, followed with the !Dukes of Richmond and Cleveland, and a crowd of general officers, who,fulfllUng various functions, immediately preceded the coffin. Immediately following walked the present Duke of Wellington as chief mourner, and hie Grace's striking family resemblance to the deceased was much noticed. By means of the mechanical con trivance, which has been more than once described, the coffin had been transferred at the entrance from the pon derous car to a moving tinsel covered with a pall, which, flanked by its illustrious pall-bearers, moved slowly up the aisle, apparently borne by private soldiers, but in reality moving on a hidden wheeled carriage. The intention was that on coming in contact with the bier, it should slide gradually front the treseels, but in consequence of sera, failure in the machinery it refused to move, and the soldiers were at length obliged to pull it along by the handles. After some little delay the transfer was effected and the magnificent coup grail was complete. In the centre of the area upon a lofty bier stood the coffin, covered in crimson velvet, and upon it lay the ducal coronet, which a questionable taste had substituted for the sword and cocked hat, its original ornaments. At a shot t distance, and bearing the baton of marshal, stood in grave dignity, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and immediately round the coffin were the eight renowned veterans who, formerly the companions-in -arms of the illustrious dead, now per- formed the last office of friendship and brotherhood to his remains. Banners of various devices were held by high functionaries to mark the deeds, the honours, and the genealogy and titles of the great duke. There were the Ootdon, the banner of Wellesley, and the heraldic para phernalia of the surcoat, the helmet, and the spurs. The foreign manhole, the representatives of the military strength of every country in Europe, ereept two, crowded round. The vast congregation in transept, nave, and gal leries stood up, while the whole choral force, supported by the great organ, poured forth the fine anthem appointed for the occasion. The effect was imposing in the highest de gree. The weariness of long waiting, the cold, all was forgotten in the reverential emotion of the mo ment, and every one admitted that the ceremonial was worthy at once of a great empire, and of the greatest and meet illutrious of its subjects. THE MUSIC IN ST. PAUL'S. The eauskal arrangements for the funeral service wets very complete and satisfactory. The performances were under the direction of Mr. Goss, the able organist of the cathedra ; a gentleman who, by his admirable compositions and his masterly performance on his instrument, has sus tained the high reputation of the English school of mita , meta music, and proved himself a worthy successor of the Parcells, Crofts, and %yea of former days. He, of coons, podia at the orgen; and Mr. Turk, the excellent organist a Westminster Abbey, performed the arduous duty of file leg the time to the choir. The choral body wee composed of above one hundred voices, consisting of the choirs of St. Paul's Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, and Ike .Chapels Royal, strengthened by detachments from some of the provincial choirs, particularly those of Norwich and Ely. Among the individuals belonging to these bodies were the 'following eminent singers:—Messrs. Francis, Loamy, Clarke, Bayley, Shoubridge, bucklend, Ball, Butler, Land, Hobbs, Mullin, Benson, Brownsmith, Blindly, Bradbury, Howe, Hill, Young, Leffler, Bennett, Mehl's', T. Williams, Alfred Novelle, Donald King, Coward, Foster, and others of acknowledged reputation. The effects of some of the finest passages were heightened by the addition of several of our first female vocalists— Miss Birch, Mies Dolby, Mrs. Enderaohn, and others. The regular members of the cathedral choirs (or vicars choral), habitat in their ecclesiastical attire, were stationed in the area immediately under the organ; the reinforcement were placed in the organ gallery. As the bier was slowly carried in preesesion from the great west door it was preceded by the choristers, singing. in the solemn strains of Dr. Croft, " lam the Resurrection and the Life, earth the Lord," accompanied by the soft and subdued tones of the organ. When this mournful promo sion closed a short pause ensued, and then followed 39th Psalm, " I said, I will take heed to my ways: \ ;1, 1 It 90th, " Lord, thou hut been our refuge," both of then united to chants composed by the Earl of Morningl*, e,l' departed duke's father. These beautiful chants, Waloienflei, D minor, the other in D major, are familiar to all_whis NA *.;t, 'conversant with cathedral music. The Psalm were followed by • funeral Antbis• 'Ne/