The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

FRIDAV.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer fixed Monday, the
15th of April, u the day on which he would make his
6nanclal statement, inatead of Thursday, the 11th.
On the motion that the Donau will, at its rising,
adjourn till Monday, the rttli of April,
Mr. T. Duncombe asked Sir U. C. Lewis how Sir
Richard Mayne became poesesied of, and who trans-
lated for him, the Kosauth note manufactured by
Messrs. Day, upon which lie gave Sir Richard instruc-
tions, and whether the note was the same afterwards
exhibited by Count Apponyi in the Court of Chancery.
Sir G. C. Lewis, in reply, stated be hail given orders
that the note should be given to the Austrian authori-
ties. .

Sir S. Northeotc called attention to the mode in
which the vote of credit of WiC,OOO for naval and
military services in China for the year 11859-60 had been
dealt with, and to the importance of regulating the
system of dealing with the unexpended balances of
votes for army and navy services.
Mr. Grepon called attention to the Customs' duties
now levied on tea and sugar, suggesting the policy of
reducing them upon fiscal grounds.
Lord Elam put a series of questions to Lord C.
Paget on the subject of the supposed "abduction" of
Sir Baldwin Walker, stating the reasons which bad
indueed him to put the questions.
Lord C. l'aget went through the very searching
questions put to him, giving replied and expLinatiom,
and with respect to the last—" Whether soy instruc-
tions were sent through Ailmind Bruce, or through any
other ponion, to Sir Baldwin Walker, desiring him to
go to wit inimediateiy, and not to allow bocci( to be
caught,"--be declared that the Duke of Somerset, nor
himself, nor any other person connected with the
Admiralty, hail sent such instructions.
Soule further discucion followed before the subject
dropped.
Mr. Monsen asked whet system of govornment was to
be established in the Lebanon upon the withdrawal
theme of the French troops—whether the Christian
inhabitants were to be again consigned to Turkish pro-
tection, which was Turkish oppression.
Lord J. 'blown replied to the various questions
addressed to him. In answer to the inquiry of Lord
W. “ralmai, lie said no official despatches had been
received on the subject of the escape of Miranion, and
II o steps could he taken until all the circumstances of the
case were known. Regarding the events at Warsaw,
he observed that it was necessary to speak with
very great reserve; bid 1.0 could say this much, that
the conduct of the people had shown much forbearance,
and, on the other hand, the Emperor Lad evineed the
greatest desire to improve the condition of his subject..
A violent animosity subsisted between the Marmites
and the Dross* ; but Ffuropelut occupation could not go
in for ever, since it would be transferring the country
from Turkey to some other Power.
. .

A— discuron an.e upon a question by Lord
I lothiun its to the further proceedinp on the Harbour&
Bill.

Mr. M. Gibson promised that ample time should be
given between the second reading ol the Bill and the
eommittae -

The motion for adjournment was then agreed to.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE DITHENN OF KENT.

The mortal remains of the late Duchess were interred
ycstenlay (Monday) in the (lapel Royal of St. George.
A plotfonn of several feet, extending along the nave,
and also the north and eoutli aisles, and gradually
amending over the atone steps to the entrance of the
choir, had been erected, the whole of which was poems%
with black cloth. At the north.west comer of the
chapel, fronting the beautiful cenotaph of her late royal
highness the Princests Charlotte, a temporary chapel
lined awl covered with black cloth, was erected for the
reception of the corpse, which tem privately brought to
the chapel in the course of the previous night. As
erection was made at the south door of the chapel, wben,
the coffin was removed from the hears* and placed on a
bier, and convoyed to the temporary chapel. The floor
of the choir and stalls of the knights of the Garter were
also covered with black cloth. The royal mourners as-
sembled in the Cliapmr•room, and the other mourners
in Canlinal Wolaey's chapel. Shortly before the funeral
the offimrs of state, the dean anderatons and choristere
formed a prooesaion in the south aisle, and just previous
to the commencement of the burial genie,, the 00ffla
MU brought from the temporary chapel, and placed at
the west end of the nave. The procession formed in
the south aisle, aiol took their position in front of the
corpse, and the mourners left the Chapter-roorn used
Wolsry's Chapel, and proceeded along the north aisle,
and on their reaching the corpse, the procesaion slowly
moved to the choir, whilst • portion of the burial MP
vie was Being chanted by the choriaters. After them
in the procemiun li.ol taken seata. the remainder of the
odeinn aerviee (Croft's and Pureell'xiwas porfunned, and
Martin Luther's hymn sung, and the coffin lowered iate
its temporary resting place by means ..f some new ma-
chinery. The grave, which is about sixteen feet deep,
was made immediately below the opening to the royal
vault, for the convenience of reinterment of the remains
of the royal duchese in thus new mausoleum, in Frog-
more Gardens.

The pnncepal mourners were his Royal Highness the
Princo Unison and his Royal Highness the Prince ol
Wales.

lo excavating for the temporary grave a small open•
in was made into the vault which contains the coffins
of Henry VIII. and one of his Queens, the Lady Jane
/Seymour, also the coffins ,if Charles I. and an Infant
child of Queen Anne. The coffins, and even the crimson
which are placed the coronets, were in a tolerable
state of preservation, and the spear hole an the coffin
of Henry VIII., said to have been made by one of the
soldiers of Oliver Cromwell, was clearly discernible.