The Sun. — London, England, 1865-12-19 00:00:00

ONDON must have a SUPPER and MUSIC 80031 for Gentlemen. Remember, we wait for you at v &NS' after the Covent-garden Opera and the Theatres. WNAHAN'S LL WHISKY. - DUBLIN EXIT IB IT lON, 18A5. b'relP c elebeated Old 'KISH WHISKY gained the Dublin `rize M It ii Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. v _aold in Bottles, 3a. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by " Agents in the principal towns to England; or wholesale tt 8 , GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. uP,..bserve tht Red Seal. Pink Label, and Cork branded 4 -Inahan's LL Whisky." IWITTUAL LOAN FUND - ASSOCIATION (Incorporated by Act of Parliament, 1850), 11 , RITSSE 1.1.-STRE ET, COVENT-GA./WEN, LONDON i p&DVANCES MONEY on Personal Security Bills of Sale, r eehold or beneficial Leasehold Property, without inquiry or any deduction whatever, for periods of One, two, or I?ree years, repayable weekly, monthly, or quarterly. Bills !scaunted. The greatest secrecy observed. Advances also juslde towards the Purchase of a House, repayible in 5.10, or ' Y e ars —Forms free on application, or receipt of a stamped ""VelOve. . . _ EDWARD HARPER, Secretary. IVIETROPOLITAN DISTRICT RAILWAY COMPANY. 4 NO - TIC IS HEREI3 - Y — G — l - V - il - N - , - that the INTEREST at he rate of E per cent. p.r annum, w ilt in future be PAID AL F-y rARLY, on the Ist January and Ist July. ;end BLOND A Y, the Ist Januiry next. a proport (mate D ;end of the Interest accruimr since the 13th September last 2; 11 be PAID at the Office of the Registrar of the Comi any, Austin-friars. ,Provisional t.icrip Certificates to bearer must be forwarded the Registrar. at the above Office, in order that the divi end warrants may he duly prepared. F. RITSO, Registrar. 27, Austin-friars, E.C. itto SP ITAL for CONSUMPTION and 2 „ DISEASES of the CHEST , Brompton. Founded This Hospital accommodates 2.1 in-patients, and con !i*ntly a ff or d, re li e f t o some th ousa nds of out-patients h ere are besides 20 patients in the experimental Sanatorium 1.; dadeira, and 20 more are received at the " Home," Manor ,„`chise, Chelsea. Continuous SUPPORT is REQUIRE goliotted. PHILIP ROSE. Hon. Secretary. HENRY DOBBIN, Secretary. PARIS. GRAND HOTEL DU LOUVRE.- Establishbd in 1855.—Situated in the most Central mart of P4ria, Rue de Rivoll and Place du Palais Koyal—Six Undred Bed-rooms at from Mr. to 201r.—Sixty bitting t'o'n s at from Cr. to 23fr.— a richly-decorated Dining Saloon able d' note at six o'clock—Public Coffee and Dining „ ° ,ftle —Choice Wines—Dinners served k la carte both in the e"lg rooms and the private apartments—Reading and . o Uversation Saloons; also Saloons for Musical, Wedding, ; 11 (1 other parties—all Ile vvspapers and Serial Publications t e _kived—Divans, Coffee, Smoking and Billiard Rooms— ti Bath-rooms—Carriages on the premises —first tr3B Private Equipages at command -omnibuses running all the railway st ttions— Pt stal Letter-box —Telegr +ph ;Ice day and night—Photograph Studio—a staff of servants - Peaking all languages. DEFRIES and SONS , beg to call the special • attention of Merchants and the Trade to their NEW PATENT ASTRA BURNER, With Circular Wick, , 1 - 1 11 for simplicity of construction, great brilliancy of light, t'f feet combustion. and its entire freedom from heat, Bur voties everything that has yet been introduced. ASTRA LAMPS can be obtained from the L METROPOLITAN LIGHT COMPANY,447, Strand, from all Ironmongers and Lamp Wart houses in Town e tcl Country ; and the Patentee, 16 and 17, Commercial 'feet, WhitechapeL STRA, PETROLEUM, and KEROSINE LAMPS on SHOW. (New Designs.) kSTRA (Patent) LAMP, for MINERAL OIL. AN TR A LAMP.—Five Hundred NEW PATTERNS for the Season now on Show. TABLE GLASS, ENGRAVED AND CUT. DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. TAVERN AND HOTEL GLASS. Newest Patterns, Correct Measure. LiEFRIES and SONS, • l6 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. ALEXANDRA DINNER SERVICES, For 12 Persons, £L 18s. 6d. BREAKFAST and TEA SERVICES in great variety, Li is. J DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17. COMMERCIAL-aTREET. CRYSTAL CHANDELIERS, tt e wdesizns, for the Drawing-room. either for Gas or Candle. DEFRIEF, and SONS, 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CRYAAL CHAND MLLE RS, In the Grecian and Venetian Desizns. DEFRIES and SONS, PJ• 16 and 17, CO 313IERCIAL-ST REET. BRONZED AND ORMOLU CUA.NDELIERS, New designs, for the Dining-room. DEFRIES, and S ONS, 16 and 17, COMM ECIA 1,-S MEET. CRYSTAL LAMPS AND WALL LIGHTS (Registered) for India. DEFRIES and SONS, • 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. CLUB, MESS, AND FURNISHING ORDERS for the above Goods promptly executed. Works —LONDON and IMMINGHAM. DEFRIES and SONS, 16 and 17, COMMERCIAL-STREET. V. .DEFRIES and SONS • Supply Merchants with Pattern Books Free. J s DEFRIES and SONS' TEMPORARY SHOW ROOMS. 16 and 17, COISIMESCIAL- STREET. WHITEC HAPEL, rive Minutes' walk from the Late Establishment, 147. HOUNDSDITCH. WHATDO THE WILD WAVES SAY WHAT NOW?—That the FIERY CROSS has arrived. li a „"ging some magnificent KAISOW CONGOUS of delicious th ,ll '. at (1 which may oow be had, at a mere commission on Is, 'import price, of the EAST INDIA TEA CO MPAN Y, Great St. Helen's Churchyard, Bishopsgate-street. TEETH AND PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Messrs. LEWIN and SIMEON MOSELY and SONS, Dentists, 30 , Berncrs-street, Oxford-street, and 448, Strand, Opposite Charing-cross Railway Station. B b 4 . aeir painless artificial teeth are unequalled for economy, tiability, comfort, and all purposes of articulation and mas ko„`lnn. Operations of every kind being unnecessary, the nervousus patient can be supplied without fear of pain or nvenence. n ra usultation free. Teeth from ss, Sets from 5 to 2 5 gs., -,t n t ect. l or the efficacy, utility, and success of their system, vide 448 4 2 1 Y attendance at 30, Berners-street, Oxford-street, and q r . trand, London ; 15, Whitefriargate, Hull ; 10, z4orfolk ttget, Sheffield ; 4, East-parade, Leeds; and 14, St. Nicholas - ot, Searbro% 114,,, u serve—Estabilshed 1830, No connection with any of the -4,e CULVERWELL'S GRAND TURKISH BATHS, 4, Great Marlborough-street, 3 doors from Poland-street, Ladies every Monday. Gentlemen all other days, 2s. each ; 15, One Guinea. 0. .1 8 opposite the Post-office, 19, St. Martin's-le-Grand 1 4 AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN or. af ,R PFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels kitz'eeting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ae_ f! , 3 1 ,,1X1 to be the best medicine for immediately relieving hti t ?g , R, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con i'l'ort:stiorl. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty Plo v ,',llace incurable, admirably allays the tickling which it q ~;.,'Kes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption ev eh ulects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or Lti " I Ying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief IP - Yell' minutes after taking it. 'William only and sold by trii t i'.A.NIBERT, Chemist. 8, King--street, Charing -1.11i;+ London, and by all druggists, in bottles, 130., and xor quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask Q 11 41 , 4,1 /bert's Asthmatic Balsam, The name and address are on the stamp. l'io ,_MORE PILLS OR ANY OTHER MEDICINE. lit -I BARRY'S delicioushealth-restoring Invalids' i'tel d and Infants' Food, imitating and THE RE VALE N TA stre A n ß g A t h ß e l n C in 6 i , liqtitii three times as much ass l 'tro 181 thient as the best meat. and restores perfect digestion, hit4F", nerves, sound lungs, healthy liver, refreshing sleep, !'ite„t s ,nal regularity, and energy to the most disordered or tlYs,' n ed—removing speedily and effectually indigestion I toit' e Psift), cough, asthma, ption habitual constipa cot,' W aren:ea, all gastric de cu ran s g u e m ments,'hmmorrhoids, liver 11 1 , l ' l alnts, flatulency, nervousness, biliousness, fevers, sore head diphtheria, catarrhs, colds, influenza , noises in the h 1 aad ears, rheumatism, gout, impun s t s ie ae s, id er it r y iT o ti a r p s i: t au ter a, neuralgia, irritability. sleeplessne e , amr, spasms, i1a,44), h eartburn, headache, debility, dropsy, a r ea ijh sea and sickness even in pregnancy or at s nking i fi t t o s t , eLscteitis, scr e ofula, tightness of the chest, pains . in the . 1) . .. _toy, ,o„tuash and between the shoulders. It is the most owe 'lra "t all foods, and suitable for invalids and infants in all , e l at-lts. ' L i lt i t quote a few out of 62,000 Cures e : —Cure No. 58,116, of wam„ arehioness de Brehm). of seven yliver complaint, t'04114 away, debility, nervousness irritability, with a ner ;lN, "'Dilation all over, bad digestion, 'constant sleepless -1,1, o ' f a nd the most intolerable nervous agitation . Cure No. jci /spepsia, from the Right Hon. tbeLord Stut de ,-'ap,t--1 i , ord - Lieutenant of the county of Waterford: —I .s,,t4i,tilerived much benefit from your excellent food.— tireco ty Waterford. 4. ‘„" 'IQ Deetes, Dromana, CaPrnxtuilh Campbell , un Syder- Tllt,,he',,, 0,54,816, from the Rev. James 1. ketstitcclory, near Fakenham. In all cases ot in 'stiall ", and particularly wh N en urf tt l e k river is more than Rol l , Y affected, I consider it the best of all remedies. It re 4tiltlip the bile, and makes it flow in c hich would not the b ° „ t plercury in any shape. In short , se4 a w healthy flow of - akt il- 'a one of its earliest and best symptoms . You can Nti W hat use you please of this communication.- - I am, a ll°l 4: ' , , James T. Camtbell. Cure No. 57, _2. Bridge i gitt i ,,.. clniley, Surrey.—T irty-three years' diseased lungs, deafness, singing in ~,Q e,c , ,,,0t blood, liver derangement , I,!nßit, LI co nstipation, debility, shortness of breath, and (Pize iild•vc been removed by your s ßevalenta Arabica. My "4' Porte ver, s ()mach, bead, and ears are all right , my h a e in ar t- - ' , a .Pt, and my recovery is a mar el to all my !lulu ,f fiti„:,,avnes Roberts, Timber Merchant. Cure . No. 49,8 , 2. nerv. us- Ito;:`68 ‘;' Years' indescribable agony from dyspepsia, ick- R' - ":„ Il lnia, mirth constipation, flatulency, spasms, Cure I,'"q Votnitrg:—M ri Joly, of Lynn, Norfolk. 1 41 i .. 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Lately published, Id., sent free by post for two stamps, AN N ESSAY upon the HUMAN lIAIR : Its Close Analozy to Vegetation, and its Reproduction by the Stimulant Spanish Fly or Cantharides.—By ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn. London. N°. 22,934. THE UNITED LIBRARIES. 3 )7, Regent-street, W. Subscriptions from One Guinea to any amount, according to the supply required. All the best New Books, English, French, and German, immediately on publication. Booth's, Churton a, Hodgson's, and Saunders' and Otley's United Libraries, 3,1, Regent street, next the Royal Poly technic Institution. CHRISTY MINSTRELS, St. James's Hall, Piceadilly.—The only original and veritable legitimate CHRISTY MINSTRELS Every Night at 8, Wednesdays and Saturdays at 3 and 8, retaining all the specialties and old favourites who originally created the reputation of the Com pany. Fauteuils, 55.; stalls, 3s ; unreserved seats, 25.; gal lery, Is. Tickets at Austin's, 28, Piccadilly.---Alauager, Hr. Frederick Burgess. T H E OXFORD. 6, OXFORD bTRERT. W. The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). THE MARKET GIRLS byJ. Offenbach, and a New CANTATA, by Meyerbeer, will be performed by Misses Russell, Barrie, Walmesley, Tyrell, Mien Reid, Madame Maria, and Miss Fitz Henry ; Messrs. A. St. Albyn, Husk, Evans, W. Williams, and Senors Tivoli and Spagnoli, with full Band and Chorus, THIS EVENING. Conductor, Mr. F. Jonghmans. The HUNGARIANS —The Brothers and Sister KIRALF I will have the honour or introducing their National Dances in costume this evening. NOTICE.—The LIGHT DRAGOONS, by ILAILLART, will be shortly pr)duced. Admissio3—Area, 6d.; stalls and balcony, Is.; private boxes, 108. &I. CANTERBURY HALL. ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. New Operatic Selections, Ballets, Arc ,• Burlesque Comedy, &a , by all the most accomplished artistes, including Arthur Lloyd, Mrs. and Mr. Randall, Mons. Alexandre, Messrs. Duriah and Davies, the Sisters Dashwood, kc., ,tc., EVERY E VENIN G. _ _ • The New Fntertainment for CHRISTMAS, entitled RI FUM TI-FUM, will eclipse everything yet produced. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, Baker-street. NEW ADD ITION.—A full-length Portrait Model, taken from life, of CHARLOT TE WINSOR. Open from 11 a.m. till dusk, and from 7 till 10 p.m. Admittance, One Shilling; Children under 10, half-price ; Extra Rooms, Sixpt nee. ARGYLL ROOMS, Great Windmill-street, Piocadilly.—G RAND CASINO and MUSICAL PRO MENADE is NOW OPEN for the Season. Musical Director, M. LUIGI CURTL Manager, Mons. GRENET. • - - The Band plays nightly Selections from the most eminent Composers. Doors open at half-past 8 o'clock; close five minutes to 12 o'clock. Admission to Promenade, One Shilling. THE QUEEN'S CONCERT ROOMS, Hanover-square.—The Lower Hall of this splendid suite of Rooms raly now be ENGAGED for Meetings, Lec tures, Entertainments, Wedding Breaktasts, Bazaars, &a. The Large Hall may likewise be engaged for Balls, Concerts, Bazaars, and Public Meetings. Early applizations are re spectfully solicited. For terms apply to Mr. Fish, at the Rooms.—ROBERT COCKS, Proprietor. THE WELLINGTON, ST. JAMES'S-STREET. Set DINNERS served, at five minutes' notice, from Four to Mee p.m.. at 23. 6d., 3s 6d., 43. 6d and 7s. each. ELEGANTSALOON DINING ROOMS, for Ladies and Families. Prices on the "Carte" moderate. Private Koons for Large or Small Partier. Reading, Smokinz, and Billiard Rooms. BREAKFASTS and LUNCHEONS. D. CAMERON. Entrances —l6O, Piccadilly, and 49, St. James's-street. SPANISH FLY is the acting ingredient in ,0 ALEX. ROSS'S CANTHARIDES OIL, which speedily produces whiEkers and thickens hair. 3s. 6d, ss. 6d., and tOs. ad..; sent tree for 54, 84, and 141 stamps.—ALEX. ROSS, 248, Holborn, London. WONDERFUL DISCOVERY.—Corns cured in one day by using ALEX. ROSS'S CHIROPO. This preparation gradually disFolves the corn in a few hours, removing the very root. Price 4s , sent by post for 60 stamps. 7 248, High Holborn, London. HAIR -CURLING FLUID, 248, High Holborn, London.—ALEX. ROSS'S CURLING FLUID ends Ladies' or Gentlemen's hair immediately it is applied. Sold at 3s. 6d., 58. 6d., and 10s. 6d.; sent free for 51, Bs, and 144 stamps. Ross's Toilet Magazine, is. 6d., or 20 stamps. CI REY lIAIR.-248, High Holborn, London.— ‘Jr ALEX. ROSS'S HAIR. DYE produces a perfect colour immediately it is used. It is permanent, and perfectly na tural in effe :t. Price 3s. I'd , ss. 61., and 10s. Od. ; sent by post for 54, E 4, and 144 stamps. IIAIR DESTROYER, 248, High Holborn, London.—AL EX.lto.*-S'S DEP IL A L'ORY removes, without etlect to the sk!n, superfluous hair from the face. neck, and arms. 3s. (id., ss. (id., and los. 6d. ; sent the same day as ordered by post for CS, 84, and 144 stamps. pThIPLE REMOVER.—AII diseases of the skin are improved by one dose of ALEX. ROSS'S VEGE TABLE SKIN PILL. They remove redness, sallowness, duo. 2s. 9d. and 7s. 6d. ; or by post for 40 and 100 stamps.— ALEX. ROSS, 248, High Holborn, London. COALS, DIRECT FROM THE COLLIERIES, supplied by the JOINT-STOCK CO •A L COMPANY (Limited?.—Best Wallsend. 265. per ton; Adelaide ditto, 245.; the Company's Silkstone, 245. Chief Office, 49, Fleet-street, E. ; Coal Depots, Great Northern Railway, Ring's-cross (22, Coal Department); Great Western Railway, Padding ton ; - Reffent's IV hart, West Ferry-road, hiiilwall ; Durham Wharf, Willowbrook-road, Peckham; and 9 and 10, City Quay, Dublin. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS NEW, Managing Director. RUPTURES.-BY ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. TVII - ITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (rEREE4TED AND EXHIBITED IN TILE GUEAT EXHIBITIONS or 1851 AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two hundred Medical Gentlemen to be the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of 11 EItN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its e ff ects, Is here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, whrle the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Moc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn during sleep. A descriptive circular may be had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the cir oumlerence of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 215., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, 18. Doublo Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. An Umbilical Truss, 425. and 52e. 6d. Postage, ls. 10d. - - Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Poet office, Piccadilly. NEW PATENT ELASTIC STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &a, for Varicose Veins and an cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, Ac. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on like an ordinary stocking. Price Is. 6d., 7s. 6d., 10s., to 16e. euh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE. Manufacturer. 225, RUPTURES CURED BY CHANDLER'S NEW LEVER TRUSS. It has the following advantages : —No steel spring re quired round the body, is easily applied, does not chafe or excoriate the skin, admits of any kind of exercise being taken, and fa imperceptible when worn. Prices —Single, 10s. 64. and 21c, postage Is. ; Double, 21s. and 425., postage 2s. ; sent on receipt of post-office order and size round hips. pure to fit. PILES, PROLAPSUS AM, and UTERI instantly re lieved and ultimately cured by some entirely new and very ingenious appliances. Prices from 10s. 6d., sent by post on receipt of size round hips. ELASTIC STO CKING S, KNEECAPS, SURGICAL BELTS, and appliances of every description, with all the latest improvements, and of the best quality, AT CONSIDERABLY REDUCED PRICES. ROUND SHOULDERS, STOOPING HABITS, and DEFORMITIES cured by CHANDLEE'S IMPROVED CHEST-EXPANDING BRACES, for both sexes, of all ages. They strengthen the voice and lungs, relieve indiges tion, and are especially recommended to children for assist ing the growth, and for promoting health and symmetry of figure. Price 10s. 6d. A'l the above instruments are highly recommended ty the leading members of the medical profession. Illustrated Catalogues forwarded. MR. H. P. CHANDLER, Surgical Mechanician, 66, Bernera-street, Oxford- street, London, W. SAILORS' ORPHAN HO 11E, Hampstead. PATRON —TI TRIM GIRLS' SCHOOL and Offices. 77, Cornhill. le QUEEN. CEEB. _ Capt. the Hon. Francis 31;ge,1fri Rev. Canon Champneys Thomas Baring, Esq , M.P. _ TREASURERS. R. C. L. Bevan, Esq. I Robert Hanbury, Esq. This Institution is designed to supply a great national want, viz., an asylum for the orphan daughters of sailors in the Royal Navy and Merchants Service and of Marines. It clothes, maintains, and educates them for domestic service and provides a home free of exuense for former inmates while out of situations, thus shielding them from the temptations they might otherwise be exposed to. The Committee earnestly APPEAL for CONTRIBU TIONS to meet the increasing applications through the recent storms and loss if life at sea, and: o enable them eventually to obtain premises more commensurate with the necessities of this great maritime country, which loses 2,000 sailors annually by casualties alone, without including those who may perish by war. Subscriptions thantiully received by the bankers, Messrs, Barclay, Bevan, and Co., Lombard-street, and by the Secre tary, at the Offices, No. 77, Cornhill. R. SWEETTNG, Hon. Sec. CrAitLES NASH, Bea -.- A J, -_--, 1 el •,-4,..:-. -. 4 .4464, , "` -•-• . - .. . . .. .',..._ - - (C- - N:va7andTililitary Intelligeribe. _„,.. ,-. f e *.' : '''-. '.. ' l , y , - _,...w.. 2 ., i• - •%,7&, ',: ' ") 7 . p ., 77 ‘• ""r e• 75 \ .: - ET T I ":, „, ' Qin . ' -., .; ' ••'• i ,; r:. - .: • (0 i . kZ: t•;,:' , l ." , .:.z , . ''..„:. • . • ( ..„ tk * 0 6 1 4-10 11' ifq _ - ....,.,.... ,\_„... 1,-- ,;,t.: ..... . ---', ~ ‘,..,.-Alki; / v,.. '4 , / , ' ...-- - 4).... r 7 ' 1"• ..... ' ' r ' - - . -.1 S' it i lliW .. --- ..4. ~.........."- Op Cli W I • ,6-il lz v , . ' 0 '' - a g - ' . ix, - 174 ll ' • Dl' OIT if- .1 , .\ ' -7- ~ '. -4- '\ ..,:%..-4.' 2 / DIE i aill"Viiiiiliikifia it t 11110 - .. 0 14-- ' --- --- 4 ,L .. ,o, PRICE 4d. STAMPED M. was the Prince of Saxony, the Grand Duke William of Baden, Prince Louis of Hesse, and his Royal Highness Prince Arthur. The fourth Royal car riage contained the Prince Auguste of Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, the Duke de Nemours, the Prince de Join rine, and the Duke D'Aumale. In the fifth and last of the carriages allotted to Royalty were the Prince Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen and the Duke of Cambridge. , _ Before the carriages had left the Palace the great bulk of the procession was well on its way to Laeken, leaving a long train of ambassadorial, Ministerial, and official carriages still to follow. The whole cortege was more than a mile in length. As it issued into the streets beyond the Palace the marks of respectful sympathy with which the funeral car was received were remarkable. All, even of the great crowds in the streets, were more or less in mourning, all the draped windows were crowded with ladies in black, and every head was uncovered as the body passed. It was 1 o'clock before the head of the procession reached the bridge across the canal that in a manner divides Laeken from the city of Brussels. The representatives of the different corps of the Belgian army arrived here in somewhat straggling and broken order. There had been fre quent and very tedious intervals of delay along the line of march, and at this point there was a pause of more than a quarter of an hour before the head of the procession was joined by its main body, led by the judges in their robes of State. The members of the Senate and of the Chambers followed with the Council of 'Ministerg ; behind these was the funeral car, the tripod fires of which were then all burnt out, but about which there was some anxiety as to whether the huge towering chariot could be got safely across the steep bridge of the canal. No mishap, however, occurred ; and the rest of the way —a broad open thoroughfare as far as the church-- was traversed speedily. The route from here was deeply lined with troops, both regulars and volun teers, and backed on either side by dense and eager crowds. On either side as soon as the State carriages containing the royal family and the distinguished relatives taking part in the ceremony had passed, the deputations of municipal, military, and public corporations with banners and badges endeavoured to follow them. But here the spectators had entirely broken through the line of sentries, and the greater part of the end of the procession was swamped by the pressure of the multitude. Just within the royal domain stands the very old but not not the less poor-looking church of Laeken. It can only, however, be regarded as a temporary Royal chapel, for close beside it is rising a hand some structure. At the end of the Avenue de la Reine stands the new church of Lacken, roughly blocked out in outline, and imperfect both outside and inside. Passing to the left of this, the funeral cortege approached the old church, in which the late Queen is buried, and where the vault had been pre pared for the remains of King Leopold. In order to obviate any question which might be raised by the Catholic clergy as to the performance of a Pro testant service in an edifice consecrated according to their rites a temporary chapel - had been prepared. The chief dignitaries of the Roman Church, how ever, held a meeting, at which it was agreed to waive any objection of this nature, but, as the tem porary chapel had been prepared, it was used for the concluding service, and there the chief mourners and the rest of the company assembled before the coffin was carried to the vault. The Rev. Mr. Vent, one of the most distinguished ministers of the Reformed Church of Belgium, read the prayers, and a chant specially composed for the occasion was sung with much feeling by the Lyric Society of 1 Brussels. The procession was then reformed and passed through the church to one side where the vault was opened, and the coffin was deposited therein amid the hushed and solemn silence of the spectators. In future the grave will be approached by a gateway opening from the cemetery, so as to give access without rendering it necessary to enter the church. Before the procession had left the Palace,—in deed before the funeral car was out of sight—work men were busy tearing away the scarcely-finished mourning draperies in which the Palace was half hidden. Other of the principal residences at once followed the example, and the torn crape and mor tuary emblems revealed behind them festive illumi nations and latent transparencies to burst forth in their full glory of rejoicing to-morrow. It is the old story of "Le Roi est mort ! Vive le Roi !" Mourning is forbidden to-morrow, as the new King accepts the throne. r'TWSPAPER _ . _ 1T.7 - vz;.. . ' 1),'•47," arl The Industry screw storeship arrived at Spithead on Sunday morning from Rio and Ascension, hav ing sailed from the latter place on the 12th of Nov. She brings to England a quantity of useless stores, and a few naval invalids and pensioners. The latter were transferred to her Majesty's ship Victory on Sunday morning, and in the course of the day she sailed again from Spithead for Woolwich to dis charge her cargo. Private letters received at Portsmouth from Ai cension, dated November 8, state that her Majesty's ship Archer was lying there with her officers and crew suffering from fever. The healthy and con valescents were on shore at Comfortless-bay, the sick being retained and undergoing treatment on board the ship. The paymaster, assistant-clerk, and the colour-serg. of Royal Marines had died from fever prior to the vessel arriving at Ascension. Three officers on board, with 85 of the crew, were on the sick list with fever at the time the letters were written, and the surgeon was dangerously ill with jaundice. The assist.-surg. caught the fever, and died in the midst of constant and unrelieved duty in attendance upon the sick. Commodore C. 8., visited the Archer - at Ascension on the sth November, and ordered her to leave the sta tion for England at the earliest possible date. The Commodore left for Sierra Leone immediately after his visit to the Archer, to wait there the arrival of his successor from England, Commodore G. P. Hornby, in the Bristol frigate. On the Rattlesnako arriving at Ascension on the 2d November, accompanied by the Lee gunboat, Lieut. 0. T. Lang, the officer in charge of the lat ter, while giving orders to bring his vessel to anchor, fell from off the bridge to the deck, and received such severe injuries that he died immediately after wards. He was buried on the following day on shore with military honours, the Rev. C. Chapman, chaplain of the Rattlesnake, performing the funeral 'service. 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Berners-street ; I. Barned and Cl,, Liverpool ; and at the Hospital. from 10 till 5. STANFO4D SDtITD i searetary. TBE LATE KING OF THE BELGIANS. (Froim the Special Correspondent of the Times.) BRUSSELS, Dec. 16. To-day the funeral of the late King of the Bel gians took place, with almost more than the royal pomp which usually clog these mournful ceremonies, and, what is not usual, amid the most profound expressions of regret and sympathy on the part his late subjects. Since I last wrote, the work of putting the city in mourning has been going for ward steadily and rapidly night and day. Especially during last night were the exhibition of these mournful emblems hurried forward, and when the gloomy dawn. broke this morning amid the ceaseless boom of muffled bells from every spire in the city there was scarcely a house of consequence which was not dressed with pall-like draperies of ghastly black and white. Even the very lamps were muffled over with crape, and the necessity which this occasioned of leaving the lights burning with a sickly yellow gloom made the whole line of road from the Place Royale to Porte Laeken look like an avenue to a vault. Seen through the dim winter morning it would be difficult to conceive anything more mourn ful in this aspect than these thoroughfares. It seemed at the first glance not so much that a King was to be buried, but as if all his subjects were dead too. Closed windows, closed shutters, _black flags, and black drapery met the eye on every side, while the very air was filled with indications of sorrow as the echo of the minute guns and tolling of the muf fled bells came with dull reverberation from every quarter. The great centre of the indication ' of gloom and mourning was, of course, the Brussels Palace itself. Most visitors to Brussels know its cheerful aspect as seen through the trees of the park—it starts up brightly beyond its fine open square. Few even of those most familiar with its appearance could have recognised it to-day. It was draped with black cloth almost throughout its en tire front. Around its main entrance the black was dimly spangled with small golden lions, and each porch ornamented with a temporary gilt archway similarly draped and gilded. Along the whole length of the balustrade in front of the windows urns were placed filled with incense, which as it burnt curled up in wreaths of smoke before the Palace. Under the main portico gilded tripods were placed laden with the same kind of incense, till the very air in front of the Palace was made heavy and unbearable. All this was done before daylight, and almost with daylight the first ranks of spectators took their places. Early as they were, however, the great masses of troops which kept the square and had to take part in the procession were there before, and had enclosed with double rows of infantry the space allotted to the arrangement of the cortege. This duty of keeping the ground was a mere sinecure, as far as duty went ; for anything more orderly, or, if we may so term it, more reverent than the demeanour of the immense crowd could not have been desired. Though the concourse in front of the Palace was very dense, the footways, railings, lamp posts, vehi cles, and even park trees being almost equally crowded, yet not only was the most perfect order observed, but the most perfect silence maintained. In the centre of the square were squadrons of Guides and Hussars, with companies of the Royal Regiment of Gardes, representative detachments from the Garde Civique, both cavalry and infantry, all with their colours shrouded in heavy crape. Mixed in the groups of officers who commanded there were to be seen the white uniforms of Austria, the grey and blue dress of the Russians, the . bright scarlet of the English army, the deep blue of Prus sia, and officers from Wurtemburg, Saxony, Portu gal, and Bavaria. Some of the uniforms of the older corps were quaint enough, exactly recalling to mind the old grenadier costumes worn by the artillery companies nearly two centuries ago; but the great mass was rich and tasteful, and looked very well, even under the foggy chill of a Decemher morning, and when the spectators had nothing else to look at for some three hours. The officials invited to take part in the ceremonies at the Palace began to arrive soon after 9 o'clock. As they alighted at the chief entrance they were es corted up the staircases, all hung with black, except upon the landings, where the crape gloom was broken by small hatchments, which even made the general effect of the interior of the Palace, if possible, more funereal than ever, Yet sombre as these wide black unfrequented staircases at first appeared, they seemed by contrast almost cheerful to the great saloons to which they gave admittance. All the shutters were closed, all the blinds and curtains drawn. A few streaky rays of half dawn peered through them here and there, just enough to show where tables and vases were to be avoided, and now and then enable one to discern the outlines of the pictures and mirrors with which the lofty walls were garnished. Silence and darkness seemed the rule. Occasionally the latter was dissi pated as some of the royal mourners passed through the saloons to the White drawing-room, where the body lay in state; and from this regal chamber, where the doors were thrown wide, came the glare of lights from many candelabra, seeming all the more brilliant from their contrast with the heavy piles of velvet drapery which surrounded the coffin. On the previous night the body had been laid in its coffin. There were four of these, and all of great size. The first was a very massive one of lead ; the second and third of oak three inches thick, and lined with lead ; the fourth and last a massive case of ebony of great weight and thickness, but unadorned except by a black plate with the simple inscription— " S. M. LEOPOLD lER., GEORGE CHERETIEN FREDERIC, ROI DES BELGES." Only the immediate members of the late King's family were present when the body was enclosed, and the coffin at last restored to its place under the gorgeous-looking canopy. Then all the insignia of the orders once worn by his Majesty were removed, and, except the paintings and mirrors of the great White drawing-room, there was nothing to break the monotony of dark colours amid which the bier was left to rest. None remained in the chamber on the morning of the funeral. Its doors were kept shut and guarded by equerries, for only the Royal Family and Royal mourners were allowed to enter and take their last look at the coffin of their illustrious relative and say a prayer by the side of the remains of one of the most popular Monarchs who have lived in modern times. Their entry and depar ture through the great doors let out a flood of light, sufficiently marked, but beyond these occasional gleams the obscurity of the rooms that adjoined it was unbroken. Before 10 the officials had begun to assemble in the saloons, and the few servants, their splendid liveries only partly hid by long crape scarves, were superseded by equerries, grooms of the chambers, and high officials, who marshalled all to the chambers in which they were to wait till all was ready. The Ministry, the Ambassadors, and the Senate, occupied the three saloons leading from the new King's private + apartments to the White drawing-room, in which the coffin lay. Beyond this the members of the various tribunals of law and commerce and of the Chambers were assembled, all in official costume or evening dress. The wearers of the latter, however, were few and far between, for even the small mino rity that did not appear in uniform had their black coats covered with orders ; and one civilian, a young banker, wore a number of decorations that might have excited at least the surprise of our oldest Peninsular veterans. AB the crowd of uniforms, legal, municipal, and diplomatic, gradually filled the chief saloons, the ice of the long silence'was at last thawed, and when the thaw did set in it went on very ra pidly. At int it was only a whisper that was ven tured on, then talking ; then very general talking, until an air of suppressed vivacity and universal good spirits seemed to pervade the company. All of a sudden this was checked by the entrance of two equerries, who requested all to rise and ax range themselves on either side of the saloons, as the King was approaching. A total silence fol-, lowed this announcement, and all the officials took their places and remained waiting now very silently. Three times the great doors at the end of the saloon were thrown open, but only to give ingress to some high officers of State, and slowly, but surely, the half-smothered talk grew up again, subsiding as instantly as before, when the doors were opened time after time, but still no King appearing. Almost at the last moment, at 10 minutes before 11, the great entrance of the Cham ber was thrown open, and, preceded by his Cham berlains and officers of the household, the King came slowly in. His appearence denoted more than mere anxiety or mere fatigue. On his left walked the King of Portugal in a superb uniform, but which, like the uniforms of all the other illustrious relatives, was covered deeply with the usual signs of military mourning. Behind the King came his brother, the. Comte of Flanders, and the Comte de Hainault. The Prince of Wales, who wore the full uniform of a Field Marshal, followed, with the Prince of Prus sia. After them came the Archduke Joseph of Austria, Prince Louis of Hesse, Prince Arthur (in Highland garb), the Grand Duke of Baden, Prince Nicholas of Nassau, Prince Augustus of Saxe- Coburg-Gotha, Prince George of Saxe, the Prince of Wurtemberg, the Prince Presumptive of Hohen zollern-Sigmaringen, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince de Joinville, the Duke d'Aumale, and the Duke de Nemours. Next followed the Envoys Extraordinary of various foreign States :—General Count de Grabbe (Russia), Count de Bylandt (Holland), Lieut.-Gen. deßupplein (Wurtemberg), Baron de Elofstein (Saxe 7 Meiningen), Field-Mar shal Count de Neipperg (Austria), Duke de Bassano (France), Lord Sydney and General Grey, (Great Britain), Count de Seebach (Saxe-Royal), Baron de Beau-lieu (Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Altenburg), Count de Hompesch (Prussia), and Baron de See bach (Saxe-Coburg-Gotha). To these succeeded the diplomatic representatives of the various foreign courts, the President of the Senate, and the Cham ber of Representatives, the Royal Ministers, and the members of the Cabinet, who followed as the Royal mourners moved to the White Room. Then all the doors leading to it were thrown open, and the chief mourners passed at once to the head of the room. On the left of the coffin stood the King of Portugal, with the Counts of Flanders and Hainault and the Prince of Prussia. On the right the King, with the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Arthur, while the various representatives dt the foreign Courts grouped around the foot of the bier. The massive silver crucifix had been placed at the head of the coffin, but that bad been the only change made dur ing the morning. As soon as the subdued noise caused by the influx of the great tide of officials had sub sided, the Rev. Mr. Becker, one of the Protestant chaplains of the King, commenced the service for the dead. It was very rapidly uttered, and, of course, in French. When that portion of the ritual was arrived at where the body is lowered to the grave the prayers ceased, and the rev. gentleman proceeded to deliver the funeral oration, which now forms almost a necessary part of all important Con tinental funerals. It had, it was stated, been made a special request that this part of the ceremony should be brief. Nevertheless, the rev. pastor's eulogium on the late King's virtues occupied nearly half an hour in delivery, and would probably have been still more lengthy in point of time but for the remarkable volubility with which the words were poured forth. So rapid, indeed', was the speaker's utterance that it was not only difficult to hear his words, but even to follow the context of his sen tences. During the whole time, however, the dis tinguished audience he was addressing remained as mute and almost as motionless as the illustrious mourners who stood around the coffin. It may be possible that the many officials who had gathered together in the saloon leading to the White Drawing room were quite out of reach of hearing the rev. gentleman's exhortation ; in any case, the fact re mains that a continued hum of earnest conversation arose from:the ante-rooms, in sufficient volume to prevent those who strove to attend to the funeral oration from clearly hearing the speaker. Not only before the funeral sermon had begun, but before the service commenced, or even before the Royal mourners had entered the White Drawing room, the first detachment of. the long funeral pro cession had left the Palace, and was almost half a mile away. It would be a mere needless iteration to recapitulate the programme of this great ceremony, and point out how every department, civil, military, judicial, and ecclesiastical, had their representatives in the cortege. Yet, it was only as the last of these various State officers had filed away that the fune ral oration ceased, and left time to marshal the am bassadors and Special Ministers of foreign Courts in their due order of precedence. This was done in the ante-room, and in a few minutes the chamber where the body lay was deserted by all save the chief mourners. Not until all had left did they quit their positions at the side of the coffin —nor, indeed then, until the detachments of non-commissioned officers, selected from different regiments of the Belgian army, appeared to carry the late King away. Then the mourners left the chamber as the word was given by the Chamberlain, and the pon derous coffin was with difficulty moved a few steps by 15 powerful men. It seemed curious that the only sounds which now broke the silence as the Royal family moved away were the muttered words levez" and " halte," as the companies of soldiers each brought the coffin a few steps on and then bad to rest it. Its weight was so great that nearly half an hour was occupied in getting it down the stairs to the grand entrance. Possibly the very number of soldiers employed to move it may have been the cause of half the difficulty, but this excess of precaution was done to the very sudden embarrass ment which arose when the body was brought in from Laeken in its coffins, and when at the last moment the strength of the bearers appointed to the honour of carrying it was found quite inadequate to the task. As the coffin was being slowly carried down from stair to stair the State funeral car, escorted by a detach- ment of cavalry, and drawn by eight black horses, drew up in front of the Palace. In design it was certainly all that a monarch's hearse should be. In execution, however, its effect was spoilt by the substitution of gold instead of silver decora tions. It was a very large and very lofty catafalque. The lower part was hid with velvet fringed with gold. Above was a kind of second story, on which were emblazoned the shields of the nine great pro vinces of Belgium. Over all was the conventional tomb with the Royal mantle draped with crape and the crown and sceptre laid upon it. At each of the four corners of the car were tripods filled with in cense. These, however, burnt so quickly and sent forth such flames, that when the hearse reached the Palace some fear was excited lest they should ignite the draperies, and the attendants who followed with baskets of charcoal to keep the urns burning were dispensed with. In the basement of the royal car the coffin was laid, and superb wreaths of golden immortelles on velvet concealed it from public view. Close following the car were the household officers and private domestics of the late King, and after them the State charger of the illustrious deceased was led covered with crape housings. 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Mr. Tennant arranges elementary collections of ROCKS, ii [NE RALS, and FOSSILS, to illustrate the new edition of Lyell's Elements of Geology; they will greatly facilitate trio interesting study of MINERALOGY and GEOLOGY, aid can be had at 2,6, 10, 20, 50, to 510 guineas each. PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION in GEOLOGY and MINE- R, kLOG Y is given by Mr.TENNANT.F.G.S., at 149, Strand. Agricultural Prospects. The week opened with a fine and dry day, th ck at times, but with the fog dispersing during the afternoon. Monday was a most cheering day, bright and sunny at times, when farmers were push ing on favourably their wheat-sowing, and at last it was going into the ground well, after the land had been so saturated with wet. Indeed, on the heavy soils the horses had much trouble to do their work, sinking deep into the ground, and getting on very slowly, ploughmen and horses being tired long be fore the day's work was clone ; the change, there fore, was acceptable to man and beast. Tuesday was another fine, drying day, sunny at times, unlike December, but cold and bracing ; wind N.E., ther mometer down to 42 deg., barometer up to 30.70 inches. In the north of Europe sharp frost has set in. At Riga there were 14 degrees of frost, and, with the thermometer here so high, this may soon be the case in England. Wednesday was another favourable day for the progress of wheat-sowing, and a great deal of work was done in a satisfactory way. The N.E. breeze is most acceptable for the thrashing of wheat., and as the farmers finish sowing they will turn their attention to this work, while if prices suit them their supplies will now increase. If, however, any abatement should be asked by the buyers, such is the opinion of the growers that they will hold on, the more so as foreign imports cannot be received much longer, from the lateness of the season and the ceasing of the Baltic ports for the winter months ; so that the stocks in granary must be resorted to, and - worked heavily from, whenever the deliveries of home-grown are not sufficient for the millers, as has latterly been the case. The returns this week have only amounted to 72,286 quarters, against 78,776 quarters the previous week. That portion of the new crop exposed to the rains before the stacks were thatched, south of the llumber, is very large, and, if brought out now, it cannot improve in condition. Some farmers may thus leave it in the stack, to be benefited by the winter frosts or penetrating March winds, and bring out their old in preference, as for tunately a good deal of this is still in their hands, and they are now reaping the benefit of some en hancement in its value, which will make good amends 'for the low rates of thG past two years. Many growers will thrash barley instead of wheat whilst the malting season is on, the prices for good qualities being well maintained, and only the medium and secondary sorts giving way in value. Feeding descriptions sell well at full rates. The deliveries this week were 81,030 qrs., against 84,984 qrs. the previous week. This falling off was scarcely ex pected until after Christmas, as generally the two or three returns at the close of the year are the largest of any during the malting season. Had the turnip land not been planted with wheat it would have been preserved for barley; but the favourable weather this week has given the farmers an op portunity of sowing reireoe a us l sre w i ootinmo th pnb w leeaxt h i I, eat, and the breadth w very harvest. f l v a et r sh g te. e , s o i l n wvi a en n gh t sa i c va i et fmaatattyieornnl y o I f l a bg d eo ondu considered mp some periods, whilst too wet, being saverely attacked by the slug, and lime is being used to some extent to destroy this enemy of the plant. That first sown has got strong and healthy, and is out of reach of mischief. The plant looks re asmrkaalbllpyowrteiollnacnodmppraorne:i w ith the whole. 'Blurs ising, although this is only a Thurs day proved another favourable day, sunny and dry ing, with wheat sowing continuing, and the baro meter g. was ; cold bar om ;barometer 3 cl c T . y 3 ;. inches. Saturday was cold and thick, but still fa- F 4 r 0 1 a d y e wind slightlyor north, thermometer falling. yourable for field work; and having had the week entirely dry we think the wheat sowing may now be considered as finished in England, after a most protracted and trying time, extending over four months, and causing much anxiety to the farmer. The cattle plague is now the worst feature of agri. cultural prospects, and this seems to puzzle all in terested, as it continues to spread far and w id e, Mark-la lie Express. 13().X tll::.—Cf.eniciyaStbt r b a een acifi dc ° - i d i e ' d A PACIFIC I theC IctikitolmLptOrAti Comptroller of Railroad bonds, issued by the United States, will be re ceived as security for circulating notes of national banks, and the circulation will be issued upon deposit of such bonds at the rate of eighty per cent. of their par value. EMIGRATION TO THE SOUTH. Emigration companies are forming in many sections of the North to furnish the South with the labour and capital necessary to produce the accustomed c rops, and also to substantially benefit the emigrant. Ma United States Mutual Pro tection Company of Washington, with the First Assistant Postmaster General at Usher's], hasleased already many valu able plantations in Northern and Central Mississippi, and has many applications from Southern planters for tenants and and labourers. Some five hundred families are preparing to move South in the month of January under the auspices of this association. Southern landowners at present in Washingtonexpressthemselves warmly in favour of these emigration movements, and promise labour and capital every possible encouragement and protection. Colonel Forshey, of Texas, and Colonel Hall, of New Orleans, are endeavouring to induce emigration to their locali ties. A Princess's Trousseau. The wedding outfit of the Princess Alexandrine of Prussia (who was recently married to the Duke FredericWilliamNicholas of Mecklenburg-Schwerin) was arranged for inspection in some of the apart ments at the Royal Palace at Berlin, which had been decorated for the occasion by the Court upholsterer. In the first apartment were the travelling trunks and boxes ; the second chamber contained the princess's slippers, shoes, and boots in all colours, and also a great number of coloured silk and white stockings. On one particular table, in front of the window, were the writing materials and the usual toilet requisites, scent-bottles, brushes, &c. In the Hall of Mirrors adjoining the linen was arranged in three divisions. On the right was her royal high ness's travelling bed, trimmed with white and blue silk hangings intermixed, and a blue silk coverlid. All the linen appertaining to it was of the finest quality, with the richest trimmings. In another part of the room were the sheets (four dozen in number), the towels and napkins (24 dozen of each), nicely arranged with toilet covers and so forth, all numbered and bearing her royal highness's initials worked in silk ; and next was a table with the cor sets and crinolines, smoothing irons and boards. The middle table was covered with the under-linen, the chemises (24 dozen), trimmed with costly lace and embroidery ; the little dressing jackets (four dozen), and four dozen caps, with white embroidered under clothes, &c. Elsewhere were the fine linen, negligOs, dressing jackets, worn while the hair is being dressed, and pocket-handkerchiefs. The principal portion of the outfit was displayed in the adjoining dining-room. Here was her royal highness's dressing-case, all the fittings of which were of solid silver, and close by were the gloves, in all colours. Near at hand was a table covered with her royal highness's ornaments. Of these must first be mentioned the bridal gift of the King —a diamond necklace—of course of the first water, 19 stones on each side, with an exceedingly large one in the centre, all very beautifully set ; also a diamond of large pear-shaped pearls with dew-drops in brilliants, presented by her Royal Highness the Princess Charles. A gift from the princess's mother consisted of a necklace of Siberian amethysts set in brilliants, and a diamond of emeralds as large as nuts, with brilliants. The Dowager Queen of Prussia's gift consisted of a diamond and other or naments, consisting of large turquoises, and fine brilliants. Opposite these were the bridal and state robes of ample length and breadth, the train orna mented with gold and silver embroidery. The train of the bridal robe and the robe itself were of the heaviest white moire antique, beautifully em broidered with silver. Above the robe was the bridal wreath. The Court train beneath was of blue velvet, and embroidered in silver with lilies and jasmines. A third robe was of purple velvet orna mented with gold embroidery of an arabesque pat tern. Near the bridal robe was a handkerchief of costly Brussels lace and a pretty little fan. Under the Court robe was a dress of tulle embroidered with satin and silver, underlaid and garnished very tastefully with blue velvet. Near at hand were a great number of ball and wedding dresses, and con spicuous among these was a black velvet jacket trimmed with beautiful coral. old eel r 3 0 one• 'eas, ,ned tali and onie .e in t to ame new Bar Per r 4 ;011e• auch 1101• 401 1 • 80ro• I oats or 611. l 9 6 l 9 ?1 17 , gO' Owl° r spire' sfi r '' bor t, c , l3 , 00he l at e 0— aris it iter ° "'' ,delilit vai i i Do ni Ldo:rieft :_wo.. rortl' 10 1 ' 51 of ..a