The Sun. — London, England, 1827-01-20 00:00:00

right Earls, Assistants to the Chief Alourner. PRINCES OF THE BLOOD ROYAL, In long black cloaks, with the Star of the Order of the Garter embroidered thereon ; the Ttain of each borne by Two Gentlemen of the respective Households of their Royal Highnesses. The Two Executors named in the Will of his late Royal Highness. His Majesty's Ministers. Private Friends of his late Royal Highness. Peers, Privy Councillors, and others. Gentlemen Ushers. Gentlemen Pensioners, with their axes reversed. Yeomen of the Guard, with their partizans reversed. Upon arrival within the Choir, the Body will be placed on a' Platform, and the Coronet, Baton, and Cushions will be laid upon the Coffin. The Chief Mourner will sit on a Chair at the head of the Corpse, and the Supporters on each side. The Princes of the Blood Royal will be seated near the Chief Mourner. his Th e Lord Ch am b er l a i n o f hi s Majesty's Household will take pall Place at the f oo t o f the Corpse, and the Supporters of the, all and of the Canopy will arrange themselves on each side of the Body. N. B. The Knights of the several orders, who attend in the procession, will wear their respective Collars and Stars ; and the Knights of the Garter will take their place in their Stalls. In testimony of respect to the memory of his late Royal Highness, the works previously carried on with so much activity, have been suspended for the last two days.— ure regret to state that on Wednesday last a very distres 814' accident occurred to a poor man named Smith, one of the labourers employed at the works. Whilst he was re moving a larg e s t one from a truck it fell on him and crushed both his legs so dreadfully, that immediate amputation be came necessary. His MAJESTY, on hearing the extent ofh the poor man's sufferings, directed, with his accustomed l r ," en evolence, that a guinea a week shoul d be p aid him "ring his life. • The workmen have been employed without intermission, in fitting up the Royal Chapel for the melancholy oeca -I°n• A covered way has been erected from the Grand entrance to the upper court of the State-apartments to the Porch of th e Ch a p e l. It consists of a large platform , raised 'om the groun d b y su b s t a ntial props. The roof is formed t Weather boarding, and is supported by stroll; pillars; It, is on e ac h s id e enclosed with a railing , the whole interior of tn ie Passage is hung with fine black cloth. Rich dra- Aeries extend from pillar to pillar. The public have not as yet been permitted to view the interior of the Chapel, and the tickets for admission to-night can only be procured at the Lord Chamberlain's Office. Mr. Mash, who is to superintend the ceremony, "rue down this morning. The streets of theiblvn, through which the pro etssion passes, are to be lined with the Guards, every fourth man bearing a torch. Indeed, it is generally understood, that the roads are to be lined by t he military as far as Datchet Bridge. On reaching the clal Chapel the procession is t o marc h s l ow ly up th e centre aisle, which is to be lined with the chori sters and l ay c l er k s. They are to be dressed i n White surpli c es, and to hold sma ll li g h te d t a p ers in their h it an ds• Immediately after these, it is supposed the heralds et o f o ll ow, an d t h e contrast between the li g h t simpli- Ci ty of the rob e s o f the f ormer , an d th e heavy gorgeous ar ms of th e l a tt er , cannot f a il t o b e strikingly im pressive. The solemn funeral service is on such .melancholy occas i ons , per f orme d b y t h e D ean o f Wi n d sor . At its conclusion, the coffin is to be propelled by mechanic, PiArer to the .platform, from which it is to be lowered down 114 0 the tomb. The chief mourner sits at the head of the C( : l l'pee—his supporters on either side, and the bearers of the eittopy. The responses are to be made by the choir. During the performance of that part which begins with " Man that fi lborn of woman," the coffin is to be gradually lowered, and at .the pronouncing of the words, " earth to earth— ashes6 to ashes—dust to dust,"—a small quantity of con 4ereted earth will be dropt on the lid. The closing part t i t te, solemn ritual will :then be read, and the style and •of the lamented Prince will be proclaimed a loud by the Garter King at Arms. After this the Royal e ! rners, and their attendants, immediately withdraw from , Chap e l, an d i n a f ew m i nu t es afterwards the Chapel, which was the scene of so much solemn splendour, will be still as the repose of death. ST. GEORGE'S CHAPEL, WINDSOR. r [Th e f o ll ow i ng account of the Royal Chapel at Windsor will be mund interesting at the present moment.] The Collegiate Chapel of St. George is the largest in tlitnension the most chaste and elegant in architectural s tYle and character, and the most diversifie d in the inter rial and external arrangements of any of the three Royal t Il apels in England. The foundation and building of the ,t esent chapel have been commonly attrib u t e d to Ki ng ward IV., though all writers agree th a t Edward HI. fo unded the Pitt of his life employed in building and enlarging the b e a nd finally, that he caused the f ormer Ch ape l to h u e taken down and one more stately to b e erecte d . Ki ng Il enry the First i s said to . have erected th e original Chap e l : fi thin the precincts of Windsor Castle for e i g h t C anons, n d to have dedicated it to King Edward th e C on f essor. T his wa s a ft erwa rds either rebuilt or enlarged by H enry 14 ' Sir Reginald Brag, Prime Minister to Henry VII., I na on e of the Knights Companions of the Order of the 11%-tarter, was appointed Master and Surveyor of the That the Chapel of St. George at Windsor owes much to the skill, as well as to the munificence of Sir Regi old Brag, there can be no doubt. It is stated that the roof Painted ce ili ng o f t h e c hoi r, was not begun till the 21st )?e r of H enry the Seventh s reign, when John Hylmer a a nd Vertue, f r eemasons, agreed, by indenture, date d June 5 1507, (after Sir Reginald Brag's death,) to cons truct that part q of the vaulting f t „ o d : to complete it by Christmas next, 1.508. the sum of 7001., 1.508. The fitting hand d ecorat i ons of the stalls, &c. in the choir, were In"Y accomplished during Henry the Eighths reign, d it • u.• IS con• jecture u that the whole masonry of the edifice, Z it h the roof, side chapel, and interior embellishments,. t i l e!! left either wholl y or nearly finished, at the tim e . of e; Monarch's decease. Several alterations and dilapida .,o.. • us nave subsequently style, and de taken place, and hence, though eL,I architecture displays its original form, lelas, much of it is modern. Great reparations a nd storations were made during the reign of his late Ma testY• who evinced his good taste in particularly command architect gathe to imitate in all the new work the ancient he aproper models to be found in the original parts of the of of This f ac t i s state d on t h e aut h or i ty o f t h e Bi s h o p wlndslilisbury, wh o was at the time one o f t h e C anons o f W indso r . co n the tr ibuted 15 ,000/. towards defraying the expenses ; t h at • Knights of the Garter paid their quota, and that the ean and Ch a p ter advanced 5,000/. more. The altera . - co ons n and addi t i ons then made were a new a l tar, which I , i t ailts of a wooden screen, elaborately carved, and adorned h the arms of Edward 111. (Edward the Black Prince), 14 . 1 d all the fi rst K nights of the Garter, arranged in two k in comp artments, the arms of the late and present w i ng ; those Knight s of the Garter who contributed to- Pinirds the expen se o f the great eastern window were rnted in glass by Egintori, of Birmingham, and placed in : e north an d sout h w i ndows of the choir. In the centre t fine p i cture b y West of the Last Supper; a new organ mGreen' which coat 1,0001 . It is enclosed in a case, h i eb• in its general design and details, corresponds and artnonises w i t h t h e e l a b orate stalls in the choir; it is a t/l ced in a grand screen, exe cute d i n Coade's artificial t l i "e, from designs by Elmyn. Th e stalls, particularly ale for the late an d p r esent Ki ng were repaired —parts new mad and o th ers grea tly ornamented. They were 0-Zned with a profusion of small orna ments, carved in and varnished. w- he great eastern window and those at the east and 3ort ends.of the sout h a i s l e, a l so th a t a t t h e west of the were fitted with painted glass, executed by 41 8 an d his pupil F orest , f rom d es i g ns by W est. The o'e of th e i nterior was new paved, and the roof and pcaen. cleaned and repaired, and the different monuments, gildings, &c., acteTgs' • restored to their pristine cha- J • - • .'4111111111111"Vri.AP -2051. ;3*'.1'421111", PRICE OF IRISH Bank Stock Consols, 3 per cent 7BS Gov. Stock, 3% per cent...9514%S Ditto, New 4 per Cent. 94% Gov. Deb. 3% per cent RN 9 Royal Canal Stock Grand Canal Stock City Deb. 4 per cent. Ballast Office Deb. 4 per cent - STOCKS, JAN, 16. St. Patrick Insur. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Ditto Hibernian Bank Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Building. MAILS. Arrived. Due. Arrived. Due, O America 0 0 Guernsey & Jersey. 0 O Brazil 0 0 Hamburgh 0 O Buenos Ayres 0 Donaghadec 0 0 Jamaica 0 I Dublin 1 Flanders 0 0 Lisbon . 0 O France O Gottenburgh 0 1 Waterford 0 HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 3B minutes after 7. I Evening ....... 11 minutes after 8. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1827. The remains of his late Royal Highness the Duke, of YORK are this day consigned to the tomb ; and the nation's grief at the loss they have sustained, and, the respect they entertain for the memory of his RoYA r. HIGHNESS, are manifested in a deep and striking manner. Business of every sort, in this great' metropolis, is suspended, shops are closed, the parish bells toll, and all around proclaims that the day is' given up to mournful observance of the melancholy oc casion. The right feeling of the great mass of society is powerfully demonstrated by their conduct ; and, if now and then, a quack of some sort—in politics, or blacking selling—sets his opinion against that of nearly the whole population by keeping his shop open, it serves only by the contrast to exhibit his own folly in a more striking degree, and to remind the observer of the universality of the demonstrations of grief which surround him. Loyalty has herein a complete triumph, and it must be no less gratifying to the feelings of the ROYAL FAMILY to observe this sincere attachment of the people of England to their departed member, than it is to the lover of the Constitution of his country, to witness the proofs thus given of the innate respect to Royal Rank, paid so willingly and so sincerely by every class of persons. The character of the Duke of YORK was emi nently calculated to increase and confirm these feel ings, and while we bow with submission to the inscrutable ways of Providence, we may, without impropriety, mourn on an event which has deprived the KING and his people of their sincerest, their [ firmest friend. At an early hour this morning an Express reached Town from Paris, bringing news of the utmost im portance, if it:could he depended upon, namely, that a Manifesto has been published by the Spanish Govern ment, expressing pacific intentions, and the formal resolution to abstain from all acts of hostility towards Portugal ; but this news comes in so very questionable a shape that we think there is strong reason to dis credit it. Our Readers, however, must form their own opinion from the facts of the case, which are these. The non-official part of the Moniteur of Thursday, the 18th, which is published in Paris in the morning of that day, contains an article dated Paris, Jan. 17, (that is, Wednesday,) stating that accounts from Ma drid of the 13th say,—" The Swiss brigade set out yesterday to return to France. General D'A RBA UD " is to leave us the day after to-morrow. The Spanish " Government has just published a kind of Mani " festo, under the form of a circular from the Minister " of War to the Captains General, in which it ex " presses pacific intentions, and the formal resolution "to abstain from all acts of hostility towards " Portugal." Now it scents almost impossible, that news from Mad r id of the 13th should have reached Paris on the 17th ; but additional doubt is thrown on the authen ticity of th e news, by the fact that the Etoile, dated Friday the 19th, which is published on the preceding evening some hours after the Moniteur, has not a word of this intelligence in it, but gives the particulars of letters from Madrid to the Bth January, which are of a totally different character ; to induce, however, people ) to believ e t h e iti on i teur ' s intelligence, a letter from l Paris accompanying the express, says, " The accounts from Madrid in the Moniteur and Etoile are very interesting, under present circumstan ces. " The telegraphic despatch arrived too late to be inserted in the Etoile last night. Reports On 'Change speak of the arrival of more recen t news, announcing that Magessi and his t roo p s h ave b een disbande on the Spanish frontiers." This letter is not dated, but as it refers to the Etoile of the preceding night, it must have been written either yesterday morning or Thursday morning. If the latter, the telegraphic despatch, which, it says, arrived too late to be inserted in the Etoile,printed on the preceding evening, would have been in the Etoile of Thursday even ing, dated yesterday morning; while, if the letter were only written yesterday morning, it is evident that the Tele-' graphic despatch, which, according to the illoniteur,l was received in Paris, on the 17th, and appeared in' the columns of that Paper on the morning of the 18th, must have been in time for the Eloile of the 19th, printed on the afternoon of the 18th. The care with which the prices of the French Funds, after the usual hours of business, have been transmitted also, raises suspicions in our minds. They had risen during the day, and closed at four o'clock, according to the Cours Authentique, the Three per Cents. at 671., and the Five per Cents. at 99f. 35c., but according to the list published subsequently, they closed—the Three per Cents. at 67f. 25c., and the Five per Cents. at 99f. 40c. Extracts from the Papers will be found in ano ther column. Hamburgh Papers of the 12th inst. have been re ceived ; their contents are unimportant, and had ge nerally before reached us through the Dutch Papers, .We subjoin a few extracts:— lwas given in the Rospoli Palace. At the end of the great saloon, / was his Majesty's picture, painted by Mr. Maesar, artist, of Ghent. The number of the persons present was 900. Count Van Leiderkerke, his Majesty's Ambassador to the Swiss Confederation, presented his new credentials on the 12th Dec. It is asserted on good authority, that the project of law on the organization of the courts of justice, will be presented on the 20th of this month. HAARLEM, JAN. 15. The Queen of the Netherlands, a merchant ship, from Bata via, has just brought newspapers to the 26th of August last.— Their chief contents relate to what we already knew of the spread ing of the insurrection, in consequence of the taking prisoners of the two guardians of the young Sultan, and of four out of the six persons who accompanied them. It seems that for want of European troops, it had been fotind necessary to give the Princes an escort of only 8 hussars and 50 Javanese infantry. On the other hand, our ally Mangko Negoro, seems to have depended too much on the Dessas of Djocjocarta, which at first seemed to submit to their lawful Prince ; but as, soon as the insurrection broke out anew, immediately rose, again. The rebels immediately put to death the two guar dians and the four Princes. It does not appear from these Jour nals that any bad consequences had resulted from this event. The Government having sent for all the troops that could be spared' from the other colonies, expected no fewer than 1500 men, half, of them European soldiers. On the other hand, 750 men were already armed of the 1000 sent from Europe. srocrtiotst, JAN. 2. By a Royal Ordinance the importation of rye is allowed from the 1 st of April to the 31st of May, on payment of a duty of two Swedish bank dollars per tan. Rye flour may also be imported, on payment of the same duty per twelve lispounds. IiAMBURCH, JAN. 12. Letters from Berlin affirm, that some preliminary arrangement has been made respecting the, affairs of Greece, without stating l any particulars. _ . "The accounts of the King of Prussia continue to be favourable, On the 10th of this mouth the light-house at Travemunde was truck by lightning. The roof and the upper part of the building were burnt. EXCHANGES ON LONDON. AMSTERDAM, JAN. 16.-10. 5. ; Two Months, 11. 97i. HAMBUROH, JAN. 12.-36. 7. ; Two Months, 86. 4. Ltirsic, Jax. B.—Three Months, 6. 10 4 . BERLIN,9.—Three Months, 6. 27 1. VivfxA, Ditc. SO.—Two Months, 9. 59. CHRISTIANIA, DEC. V.—Two Months, 6. 66. The absence of Viscount GRANVILLE, our Ambassador at Paris, from a recent diplomatic dinner, given by M. DAMAS, gave rise to many observations in the French Papers; but all speculation might have been saved by the recollection of one circumstance, namely, that the death of the Duke of YORK prevented our Ambassador from entering into any society until after the funeral of his ROYAL HIGH NESS'S remains. The statements of some of our cotemporaries, that Lord BERESFORD had declined the chief command of the Por tuguese Army, unless he united in his own person the office of Minister of War with that of General-in-Chief, are incorrect. His Lordship, from considerations which may be inferred, declined to accept the command, without being independent of the Minister at War. If subject to the orders of this Minister, the services of the army might have been rendered ineffectual at the most important junctures. 'We have not room to-day to enter at length into the question of the application made by Persia to this vernment for assistance and subsidy, under the treaty signed at Teheran in Nov. 1814., but must beg to refer our readers to an article on this subject taken from a Morning. Paper, which will be found under our head of " Spirit of the Public Journals." We have ever viewed the war car rying on between Russia and Persia as fraught with immense consequence to our Eastern Empire, and we have not hesi tated to expose what we conceived to be the evident policy of the Court of St. Petersburgh, nor to declare what we considered the policy of our own Government, should lead them to do in opposition to the views of Russia ? We were not aware, however, that a positive Treaty would require of us a line of conduct on this crisis consistent with the admitted policy of the country for the security of our dominions in the East. We extracted yesterday from an Irish Paper, the circum-I 'stances of an assault on Mr. O'CONNELL, by a Mr. SHEEHAN, brother to a Proprietor of the Evening Mail. We were glad to perceive that Mr. O'CONNELL had ap plied for redress to the laws of his country, instead of vio lating those laws by undertaking the vindication of his own wrongs. Indeed we perceive by the subjoined ex tract from the Freeman?: Journal, that Mr. O'CONNELL is pledged never to fight a duel again, and it is a resolu tion which we highly approve; having had the misfortune to kill a fellow-creature in an affair of that sort, Mr. O'CONNELL has most properly determined not to run the risk of repeating the offence. We only wish that men generally could purchase this liberty of acting as con science dictates, without paying for it the same fearful price. The only sensible regulation in the whole Code of Honour seems to be this—that there is no necessity for killing more than one man—shooting a second is understood to be purely gratuitous. But the necessity of having killed some one person, which this very limitation implies—renders it difficult to put these laws in full operation ; for the human race in that case would be much in the situation of the two cats which had eaten one another down to their re spective tails. Summunt jus, would be truly aroma injuria. But we have frequently expressed our opinion as to the utter absurdity and wickedness of these laws of honour, and shall therefore not fatigue our readers by a re- I petition. No one can blame Mr. O'CONNELL for declin- 1 ing to kill a second man, but if he has a right to think for himself after that act, surely it is hard that others may not do so before killing any one. If killing one man is right, killing two must be doubly so; but if killin g one be wrong, why should it confer privileges on the perpetrator ? We may add that we strongly recommend to Mr. O'CONNELL to bear in mind Mr. SHEEHAN'S remark, that if a man makes a resolution not to fight a duel—he should at the same time, make another not to wound the feelings of any one. The following is the extract we allude to : Mr. Sheehan said, he felt awkward at being now, for the first time in his life, brought up to a Police-office, and he must be allowed to say a few words as to the provocation. He would put it to the Magistrates, was it likely that he would walk up to a man in the street, and assault him without provocation ? It would not be right, perhaps, in that place, to allude to the purpose for which the offence was given ; but it was said that Mr. O'Connell had made a resolution not to give the satisfaction which one • gentleman owed to another ; he admitted that Mr. O'Connell was perfectly right in this resolution, but having made it, he ought to be more cautious hew he indulged in hia abuse of indi viduals. M;:O'Connell—Mr. Sheehan is very right ; I have made such a resolution, and I would give every shilling I am worth that I had made it twenty years ago. Mr. Sheehan—Pah ! Pah ! If a man makes such a resolution he should, at the same time, make another—not to wound the feelings of any man . M r . O'Connell, a t th e C at h o li c A ssoc iation, made as gross, as slanderous, and as false a charge against my brother and myself as could be made. THE FUNDS. CITY, (This DA:), Tweke of Clock. , The City wears this morning the appearance of a Sunday—the shops being closed in respect to the funeral of the late Duke of York. The Stock Exchange has been opened from 10 to 12 o'clock. Consols, which left off yesterday at 79} for the account, opened this morning at 79i i, and were afterwards done at 79 4 i land may now be quotd a t which 7 for next ti me ; after e The Count de Celle', Ambassa dor from his Ma j esty to the The Fo reign market closed at the foll owing p rices :—Colom- Court of R ome , gave on the 2 1 st December a s p lendid entertain- bian, 1824, 32 ; Danish, 58 I ; Greek , 14 i 14 ; Mexican, R 4; meat, at which fifteen Cardinals, the diplom atic bod y , and the 62 i they receded aand or to next 7j ni for e, 7 the 9i account, HAGUE, JAN. 9. - 4 Peruvian, 31 ; Portuguese, 73 ; Russian, 65i 6 ; most distinguished inhabitants and foreigners we re p resent. It Spanish, 121 13. MISCELLANEOUS. Dr. Paris was elected yesterday Physician to the Economic Assurance Office. His Excellency Lord Burghersh, his Britannic Ma jesty's Minister at the Court of Tuscany, was elected a member of the Philharmonic Academy of Bologna, on the Ist of this month. The Society for the Refuge of the Houseless have commenced operations, and their two receiving houses have for several nights been open. During several of the preceding winters, it rendered but little service, and it was proposed that the 10,0001. which the Committee have under their management, should be given up to some great charity, at the discretion of the subscri bers. This, however, was strenuously opposed ; and as the re ceptacles are likely to be of service this winter, they will, for the present at least, continue on the old plan. The beautiful grey cob, upon which his late Royal Highness the Duke of York is represented in the popular print lately published, and of which his Royal Highness was remark able fond, is, by the order of his Majesty, to be turned out to graze for the rest of his life. The Furct says that Mr. Morton's comedy, the School for Grown Children, is a copy of the French opera by M. Etienne, the Tour a Paris. The scenes particularly in which the old nabob assumes the follies and manners of youth, to reform his son, are taken from M. Etienne's piece. As these arc incom parably the worst scenes in Mr. Morton's comedy, he might as well have avoided the imitation. A Colonel of a marching regiment had an unlucky quarrel in a ball-room, with a half-pay Major, who sent him a challenge to meet him the next morning, which the Colonel ac cepted. In the morning, however, he was so ill that he could not leave his bed ; and the regimental surgeon, after visiting, remarked to kbrother officer of the Colonel, Egrotat, aninao, magis gluon corpore. This having reached the Colonel's — ears, he sent for the surgeon to call him to account for such an insulting insinuation. The sur geon assured the Colonel that he had mistaken the meaning of his quotation, which he translated thus—Egrotat, he does not care a groat ; 211agis, for theNajor ; animo, any more; quam Corpore, than lie does for the Corporal. The Colonel of course was fully satisfied at this explanation. A giree is exhibiting now at Marseilles, which attracts so much attention that all other affairs are neglected. Le Furet. A gallant Correspondent of ours observes, " that it is remarkable that Sir Wm. H. Clinton, now commanding the British troops in Portugal, is probably the only British General personally known to Ferdinand VII. It was at the quar ters of Sir William, then commanding the Anglo-Spanish army, forming the blockade of Barcelona, that his Most Catholic Majesty alighted on his return from France, in March, 1814 after a fatiguing journey from Girona. The King expressed him self very flatteringly to the British General, whose courtly man ners are always acceptable with the great. General Sarsfield, now spoken of as the officer appointed to the command of the Spanish army on the frontier of Portugal, was, during 1813 and 1814, acting in immediate communication with the British forces, and in some degree under the command of Lord William Bentinck, and subsequently of General Clinton. General Sarsf.cld, although born a Spaniard, speaks English with fluency, and, having learnt lit from his Irish relatives, with as fine a brogue as if he had neve7 left the shores of Killarney. He is directly descended from the General Sarsfield who makes a figure in the Irish campaigns of James the Second. The present General Sarsfield distinguished himself highly at the defence of Tarragona against Stichet, and had his counsels and example been followed, that place would not have proved so easy a conquest to the French arms." FUNERAL RITES OF THE ROMANS. The following account of the rites and customs observed by the ancient Romans, in the funerals of their great men, may not be deemed uninteresting at this season, when a " Prince of Israel" lies dead amongst us, and is soon to be committed to the silent tomb. When it was perceived that the cold hand of death was upon any person, the nearest of kin was called to hang over the body, and receive the last gasp of the dying man, and afterwards to close his eyes. After death the body was kept seven days, and during that time was daily washed with warm water, and anointed with oil. The friends of the deceased also assembled together and made a great outcry with their voices, as desirous thereby to rouse the body in case it had only fallen into a swoon or a sleep. This was called the conclamatio and was done three times, the third and last taking place on the seventh day. The body was then dressed in a gown, being more or less magnificent, according to the abilities, the office, and rank of the deceased person. In this state it was delivered to the pollinctores, or undertakers, to whom the dressing and embalming of the body was entrusted. This ceremony over, the lying in state, or corporis collocatio, followed. The body was laid upon a bed, close by the gate of the dead man's house, with the face and heels turned outwards, towards the street. Near the bed an altar was erected, upon which the friends of the deceased offered incense, daily, until the burn ing of the body. The gate outside was hung with cypress branches, which slimed the riches of the deceased, for that tree was too scarce to lie used in testimony of the sorrow of the surviving relations of poor men. During the before mentioned seven days, certain persons were ap pointed to prepare every thing for the burning, and these things were uniformly bought in the Temple of Libitina, from whence these providers were called Libi tinarii. On the eighth day a crier was sent through the city, who gave notice of the solemnization of the funeral in this form :—Excquias Chremeti quibus est commodum ire, jam tempus est. Oleus ex wdibus effertur. After the people had assembled themselves together, the bed being covered with purple or other rich covering, the last acclamation being ended, the mournful procession moved forward. A trumpeter went before the company, and wo men, called Preview, followed, singing songs in praise of the deceased. The bed or pall bearers were the next of kin of the deceased, so that it often chanced that the Senators themselves bore the corpse. In the burial of a Senator or Chief Officer, certain waxen images of his prede cessors were carried before him upon long poles or spears together, with all the ensigns of honour which he deserved in his lifetime. After the corpse, the deceased's children fol lowed, and then the next of kin, all clothed in black. In this manner the corpse was brought to the Great Oratory, from whence the next of kin made a funeral oration, which being ended, the corpse was carried home again. On the next day the body was burnt, one of the fingers haring been previously cut off, the body laid upon the funeral pile, the eyes opened, and a halfpenny, called the obolus Charonis, put into its mouth, in order that the deceased might have wherewithal to pay the old Charon his fare, for ferrying him over the river Styx. The funeral pile was hung with cypress boughs, and thus the smell arising from the combustion of a dead body was prevented. All things, being prepared, the next of kin with averted face set fire to the pile. The bustuarii, or gladiators, were then called in who fought till one or other of them was killed, and the blood of the slain served instead of sacrifice to the infernal gods. The body thus nearly consumed, the remains were gathered togethered by the friends, washed with milk and wine, and then committed to an urn. The priest then sprinkled the company with clean water thrice, and pronounced the word " Ilicet," (quasi ire licet). The company then departed, each saying, Vale! Vale! Vale! Nos to quo ordine natura permiserit sequimur.—(Farewell, Farewell, Farewell ! we, each in his appointed time will follow thee.) The urn containing the ashes of the deceased was deposited in an arehed vault, the sides of which were pierced with recesses. In one of these recesses the urn was placed, and the recess was afterwards hermetically sealed up. The funeral concluded with a feast to which only the old men were invited. It was eaten upon an altar of stone, and so called s ili cern i um (quasi (Yet:a supra silicent liposita), and until the law of the 12 tables, abolished the ;same, th ere was t h e murr h ata , or d r i n king of wine, and the :lamentable cry of Lessus. The wearing of mourning for deceased persons was regulated by law. Infants, under three years old, were not to be mourned for at all; elder persons were to be mourned for as many days as they were years old; wives mourned for their husbands 10 months, and so also children for their fathers. HAY MARKETS.--(THIS DAY. ) (At per Load of 36 Trusses.) ST. JAMES'S. Lowland Meadow Hay.f.3 15 to 4 15 Clover Hay /4 Mei 1 Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay New Meadow Hay ..... 410 510 Supply very short, but trade sluggish, at Thursday'. route. SMITHFIELD. Lowland Meadow Hay £3 sto 4 5 Clover Hay generally /4 10 to 8 0 Upland Ditto Rye-grass Hay New Meadow Hay .... 4 5 5 5 Wheat Ditto lll 114 A short supply, and a brisk trade; prices as last quoted. SCOTCH MARKETS. EDINBURGH CORN MARKET.—Jan. 17. We had a middling supply of all sorts of Grain to-day, whi c h went off freely. Healing Oats was Is. higher ; one parcel, f ar seed, brought 31s. All other sorts of Grain remain without any material alteration. Wheat. Barley. Oats. First Second 2Bs Gd 28s 6d 29s Od Third 26s 6d 26s Od 25s Od There were 725 bolls of Wheat in market, whir 33 at... 325. Od. 80 at... 295. 6d. 111 at... 28s. 20 3l 6 71 29 0 169 112 Av 29 6 Unsold erage, 28s. 4d Beans. 294 6d 274 tid 23s Od order it Y 7 .. Pd. 26 6 Pease. 2Os Gd '2ss Gd •...h sold as u Od. 85 at I 8 45 L, 120. Gr EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET.—Jan. 17. The supply of Sheep was much the same ae last week, 2600 White-faced wedders, 21s. to 255. Od. ; Black-faced, les. to 225. ; Ewes, 15s. to 18s. ; the quantity was fully equal to the demand. In the Grassmarket Cattle were not so plenty (204) ; best, 7s. Od. to is. 9d.; inferior, 6s. Od. to 7s. ; good cattle fully maintained last week's prices ; inferior cattle met a dull sale PRICES OF ritovisiows, &e. Beef, per lb. Os. 3d. to Os. 7d. Fresh Butter, per /b. Od. to Is. Od . Mutton 0 4 0 7 Salt 10 0 0 Veal 0 7 010 Ditto, per cwt..—Me. 0 0 Pork ,. . 0 4 0 6 Eggs, per dozen —1 2 0 0 I Lamb, per quarter 0 0 0 0 Oat Straw (kemp.)l9 6 19 0 Tallow, per 041 0 5 Wheat Ditto 19 6 18 0 Quartern Loaf 0 9 0 0 Barley Ditto 13 0 0, 0 Potatoes, per 141 b. 0 6 0 0 Good Hay, per st. El 0 1 4 MARKET.—Jan. 16. ,meal at this day's market, which EDINBURGH MEA We had a small supply of Oat I sold readily, at last week's prices. Per Sack of 2801 b. Imp. Per Stone of 141 b. Imp. First Oatmeal £2 15 0 Oatmeal. £0 2 10 Second ditto Barleymeal I Peasemeal 1 IP 0 . „ HEATHS AND ROSES.—It i s tolerably well ascer tained, that the two Americas do not produce a single heath, nor thelsouthern hemisphere a rose.—Mirror. THE FEMALE CHARACTER.—LedyarcI, the tra veller, who died at Cairo in 1788, on his way to accomplish the task of traversing the widest part of the continent of Africa from east to west, in the supposed latitude of the Niger, pays a just and handsome tribute to the kind affections of the sex. "I have a lways observed," says L e dy ar d, " th a t w om e n in all eonntries are c and cheerful, timorous and modest; tender and humane; that they are ever r o i e l and o inclined d to b b l e iging, gay and that they do not hesitate, like men, to perform a generous action. Not haughty, not arrogant, not superci lout, they are full of courtesy, and fond of society ; more liable, in general, to err than man, but, in genera/, also more virtuous, and performing more good actions than he. To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer. With man it has often been otherwise. In wandering overthe barren plains of inhospitable Denmark, through honest Sweden, and froeen Lap land, rude and churlish Finland, unprincipled R ussia, f and th e wide-spread regions of the wandering Tartar ; hungry, dry, cold, wet, or sick, the women have ever been friendly to me, and uniformly so; and to add to this virtue, (so worthy the appellation of benevolence,) these actions have been performed in so free and so kind a manner, that, if I WAS dry, I drank the sweetest draught ; and if hungry, I ate the coarsest morsel with a double relish."— Macclesfield Herald. SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE. LLOYD'S.—(Tnis DAT.) DOVER, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Medusa, Bushell, from Calais. Sailed his Majesty's packet Lyra, for Calais ; the Royal George, Heywood, for Boulogne. The smack Industry has picked up on ,Alie Suffolk coast, bearing west about six miles, a wood-stock ed anchor, of one quarter cwt. marked on the shank "Sylvan, South Shields, 18, 1826," with about twenty fathoms of crow barred inch chain, and has landed them here this day. DOVER, JAN. 19.—Wind E.S.E. fresh breezes.—His Nether land Majesty's brig Zealand remains. A fleet of outward bound from Ramsgate, passed this afternoon. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 19.—Arrived, the Amphitrite, Morgan, from Brazil, for London, in 81 days—spoke, Nov. 24, the Citi zen, of New York, from China; and, Dec. 114, the brig La quenay, Cummins, of Liverpool, 14 days from Newfoundland, ,for Pernambuco, in lat. 25. 30., long. 30. ; Dec. 27, the brig Pursuit, of London, 12 days from Portsmouth, for St. Thomas's, in lat. 30. N., long. 25., all well. Passed by, the Netherlander, Meazins, from Rio, for Antwerp, in 76 days. Arrived, the Enoch, Cundy, from Aleora, in 78 days, and is under quarantine. FALXOUTII, JA N. 18.—Wind N. N. W., moderate. —Arrived , the La Veneta, Stevens, from Malta, sailed Dec. 12. On the II th instant, in lat. 47. 13., long. 9. 12., lost her fore-mast, jib boom, top-sail, square-sail, boom, fore-sail, fore-stay, sail, boat, ,bulwarks, stanchions, &e. &e., lost one man overboard, and had l as much as two feet and a half of water in her hold. _ . r HAavrlcts, JAN. 19.—Arrived the Prince of Orange, Bridge sons, from Holland ; and the Castlereagh, Walling, from Quilt, ven, with Mails. The Lady Hunter, from Odessa, is on shore at the Point of Ayr. The Lady Mackenzie, Hill, from Liverpool to Limerick, is on shore near Stranraer. The Fareban, of Fareban, was totally wrecked, near Sunder land, on Wednesday. The Volantia, of Papplenburgh, was abandoned at sea, on the I2th inst., being in a sinking state. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. Oxroan, JAN. 20.—0 n Monday last, being the that day at Lent Term, the following Degrees were conferred : MASTERS OF ARTS. The Hon. and Rev. Thomas Henry Coventry, Christ Chinch, Grand Compounder. Edmund Frederick Carrington, Queen's. William Alslabie Eade, Balliol. Donald Mac Lean, Balliol. It may be useful to remind such of our academical readers as have passed their examination, but not yet proceeded to their first degree, that it is absolutely necessary for them to become Bachelors of Arts on or before Thursday the 22d of February next; after which day no persons can be admitted into the List of Determiners for the year 1827. ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS. The Rev. James Coyte, M.A. to the perpetual Curacy of Porn ham, Suffolk, on the nomination of Dudley Long North, Esq. of Little Glemham Hall. The Rev. N. W. Hallward, M.A. to the Rectory of Milden, Suffolk. The Rev. Robert Firrnin, B.A. of Clare Hall, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Fingringhoe, Essex ; patron, his father, the late Peter Firmin, Esq. of Dedham. BANK NOTES. An account of the total number of Notes of the Governor and Company of the Bank of England, under the value of 51., which has been issues during each and every Week from the 13th of December, 1826, until Saturday preceding the 15th of January, 1827 ; and also the total number of Notes under the value of M. actually in circulation at the close of the business on every such Saturday, pursuant to Art 7th Geo. IV., cap. 6. Number of , Notes of £1 issued Amount in Circula tion of Notes under the value of ZS. From Dec. 11 to Dec. 16, both inclusive Nil Dec. 16 ... 3E805,431 From Dec. IS to Dec. 23, both inclusive Nil Dec. 211... .£794,057 From Dec. 25 to Dec. 30, both inclusive Nil Dec. SO ... £783,733 From Jan. Ito Jan. 6, both inclusive Nil Jan. 6 £762,243 From Jan. Bto Jan. 13, both inclusive Nil Jan. 13 ... .17b0,494 N.B. No other Notes under the value of WM. Si. have been leaned. Bank of England, Jan. 15. (Signed) DAWES, Gen. Aoct. THE MARKETS. COVENT-GARDEN M. ARKET.—(Tnrs DAY.) this morning's market, and the rf all kinds of Vegetables about There was a limited supply at 'trade was rather brisk ; prices of 'the same as on this day se'nnight s. d. to s. d. Potatoes (per cwt.) 3 6 7 0 Cabbages (12 heads) 1 0 2 0 Savoys 1 (1 2 0 Parsnips (dozen) Horse Radish (bundle) 2 0 4 0 Brocoli 1 0 2 3 s. d. to s d. Pears (half-sierel 3 6 8 0 Apples, Common 2 0 3 6 Ditto, Choice 4 0 9 6 Quinces Oranges (100) Lemons English Walnuts 1 0 2 0 SpanishChesnuts(peck) 3 0 6 0 French ditto 9 6 5 0 French Walnuts 2 6 4 0 Spanish Hazlenuts 3 0 4 6 Filberts (121b5.) 9 0 11 0 Celery I 0 2 0 Carrots (12 bunches) Turnips Colew•orts or Greens 1 3 3 0 Leeks Spillage (half -siege) 1 0 1 6 Onions 2 6 4 0 Grapes..... 0 0 IS 0