The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-23 00:00:00

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THE FUNERAL OF ROSSINI.

A cold, damp, gloomy day did not chock the
ardour of the crowds who flocked to Rossini's
funeral at the Church of the Trinitk in Paris, on
Saturday. Among the envied holders of tickets
for the interior of the church many ladies were
seen shivering in the precincts. for two hours
before thedoors opined. The general public, who
had no hope.of getting into or even of approach-
ing very near the church, took a far grater interest
in the ceremony than I could have imagined. It
might have been thought that in the minds of the
modern French mason who listen with frank
enthusiasm to Theresa and buns airs from Offen-
bach, Rossini had outlived his fame. This would
seem to be not so. It required • very large mili-
tary and police force to clear the way for the
funeral procession from the Madeleine to the
Trinite, and to prevent the populace from blocking
up the approaches to the latter church. On the
foot pavement of the Chemises d'Antin, and in
those parts of the Rue St. Lazare and the Rue
do Cliehy which afford even a distant view of
the Triune, closely packed crowds of the humbler
classes stood patiently within the limits assigned to
them,andnot only waited lon g to see the coffin carried
intotthe church, but kept their standing ground
tall it came out again two hours later. The Trinite,
which has, only very recently been finished, is by
far the prettiest new church in Paris, and compara-
tive) few people have yet Dean the interior. I
thinkßacemes obsequies should have been solem-
nized in Nate Dante, but I know of •no private
church in this capital batter suited to the purpose.
The Madeleine would have held more people, but
the glare of light, and the meretricious carving
and gilding there jar with funeral rites, as I
neneenber having an opportunity of observing
winsi the post mass was performed for the soul
eA Cavour. The Waite, a building in the style
which may be called modern Gothic, is exqusitely
well It:PevOeued• , -The decorations consist of
sober t graosful Cremes. The true " dim re-.
lignue • light" filters through very beautiful
stained glass windows, not too darkly stained,
and the experience of to-day shows that in acous-
tic properties it leaves nothing to be desireel. A few
minutes after the opening of the doors, not a seat
(unreservi d fur great personages. the Mende of
the family, or the artiste, engaged) was left vacant,
and those who came so late as half an hour earlier
than the hour mentioned in the invitation (111
o'clock) were glad to find stamling room. All
the familiar trims of the Lebiee'l of the Freueli end
Italian Operas were there. The Institute of France
cane in a body in their academic dress. Chevalier
Nigra. with all the OftschAt of the Italian legation,
appealed in uniform. No regulations were made
about toilettes. and most properly, for had mourn-
ing teen insisted on, not a fourth of the ladies in-
vited would have gone, and the church would not
have been filled. In the Madeleine roses and green
ribands in bonnets would have looked much out of
keeping, but in the mild light of the Trinite
they did not spoil the general effect. Wheel
the coffin appeared in the nave it was found to be
completely covered with dowers, evergreens, and
decorations. At the bead was a velvet
cushion. on which wets, laid the numerous
orders of the do:eased. At the foot was an ins-
menee bouquet of Parma violets sent from Nice.
The intermediate space was filed up by large
laurel wreaths, oue of which was thickly inter-
versed with choice flowers. Just as the coffin
was being carried from the entranoc portal to the
catafalque in front of the high altar, a handsome
crown of VeVreres was placed upon the cushion
among the tioos. A guard of honour of the
51st Re meat lined the nave, the deceased being. as
a grand officer of the Legion of Honour, entitled to
military honours in France. Although the
majority of the spectators had come to see a spec-
tacle, and although there was laughing and talking
in groups, many had evidently solemn thoughts
befitting the occasion. It seamed to use that all
the );romp, 1101Pipa seers herd, wag More sad and
affecting in its contrast between dust and earthly
vanity than the simplest pauper's funeral. The
duet from Pergoleee's &abut by Alboni and
Patti, was the gem of the tuneiced mass.

DULLIN, SUNDAY NIODT.—The funeral of
the wan shot in Drogheda took 'dace to-day, and

was made the OCCalsioll Of _ • great

immense number of people marched is procession in
military order, wearing asps and peen ribbons. The pre-
mises of Martin and Co., timber merchants, and the vinegar
weds of Mr. White, in North-wall, were destroyed due
morning by fire, the extent of the damage being between
two and three thousand potuuts.

3111)DLEbEI Tiosnr.u.—Atelibi%hop Moulting
mile an appeal for this hospital yesterday :it the Boman
catholic church mOgle-street, Fitzroy-square. The arab.
tijsliop, after speaking of the strong claims which every
hospital poeserred to the sympathy of all, proceeded to
dwell upon the special chains of the Middlesex Hospital.
Ile said that that institution had now axLted for more
than a hundred years, and hod been s source of ounfort
to a very large number of the pipulation of London. espe-
cially of the ow:. If would be s dame it such a great
institution were to have its means of doing good in any
way contracted. 'luring the Let year then Lad been
over 2.04 M indoor patient* and snort than tO,UOO outdoor.
A large number of the ceases treated were oases of &ca.
dents to which labouring soon were exposed. especially in
connexion with building. The archbishop drew attention
to this cancer ward, where so much mattering was relieved,
and *Lc to the " Samaritase Fund," which enabled the
nianagers to send putted* to etervalesoont hospitals in the
country and at the sea-vide. He aka spoke of the
arrangements made for the trsiniag of nurse, possessing
skill, and tending she sick with kindness. After the per-
nun a collection was made forth. hospital.
CYCLONE IN nix BAY or BExo.u.. 4`.mor r
Nov. 111..- A cyclone occurred in the Any of Itonswl om tin'
13th not., principally along the Airacan rods*. Akyiili
suflussl P. eerily, and the rice crop 1. 'noels
The -temper Pin• Lire *IOIOIC.

VIY.NNA. NCA'. rVt'xixis. Pr. ZAitsl:7‘,
ButroinaPt4 r of dive thi4 attern)on.

Drarvius and Co., Belfast, ere the largest
sob:knot WlJsby in the amid. Trak 04 li I=m
wended by the mama yootatdcm la proforma, bo
'applied kiosks sad loos tor Imam ••• taportaalsa.
dons on • Ileotkal to Norm Dnavlllo sal 00. Paola; az 4.

ONE PE

' B.amiusr 1D 271.11 171118TEIL
On Saturday evering—atmeriein minister, thg
Bas Neve*, Jekreem-was entertained-et a ban-
quet by therZL mid • ever 110. of the . chid
inhabitants of in the New Dome Assernblptes
=L....if the . -Peabodys=uftedwo
but wee absent in MOM
s'ist=bis hi
s, The maymelsar. Adirreeen UAW
took the ehaidine d was 'Reported by • thr Americas
Vicar &r Beilesik Tlteent,_
Vicar *Thikkise, Lars Maim, km. About 200 Whir
(including Mmatebarsarsicta wirq.mcommodateill
in the balcony dee
The Mama give **llirtemen," following it "The
Plc dent of Stet-ljnited had the
having been dispoestof he gave the toad of the evening
e His fteelleney the Ammar Hinista,"and prevents
to the United States."
Hr. Jounecci,,on rising to reply, siaLasosived with en.
thusiastic and prolonged clamming. Whet subsided he
mord rebid received * many civiVties
that he was bankrupt in. suitableSsehaleakipe*
our shores to
acknowledge that which the had tendisred. He
should beers rinse*
and its assos Wletever some Aar ilairitire
own coinlirt or in this teens have Monght
othes Gem plasm, beesues he lie ni
crxtr,s:::. bed spa with Ids
mead mere uo objection-4W Ils
) Niihau mimed lie~
=aria in nefereir to the miens of
find 'Slidell, ' the eympithy as had
F.h.trit=°..t
have-hem OM the
the areigslilsoZA of the two
taa&Z.a.migimm
tautly eases tato isMawar,
amnifhti-c refteLpdb
Christiana doetru-WidemeWby the -7Conventlica in Park
of 1866, have media all-(great oteming)-erete
by agreeing that the laws of citizenship ia the two
countries shall in the future be the Mari, and that
naturalised citizen la Ober shall in all future time eejp
in all respects all the *his era native arisen.. (Cheers.
Thus an irritating eases et arriame, mere that cam
threatening imminent war, was closed, thimk God, for ever!
(Cheers.) 'llse next question (he continued), sdisputed
boundary which any two individuals would have been
censured for taking into court to adjudge if they could
have called in a friend to make an ascertainment for theta
-is now to be asesseedyit an umpire can samitain it, by the
terms of the treaty of 1846, and if be cannot ito ascertain it,
he is to run a lino which be think' approximates nearest to
the purpose. (Laughter and applause.)' And to 'bow
that your goverment are not unwilling to trust to the
mediation of one who is not at the head of a monarchy,
they have agreed cordially
.and cheerfully to submit it to
the presidoit of the Sense Confederation. (Cheers.)
The other question was the Alabama claims. (Hear,
hum.). Those claims almost made me wish we never lied a
state called by that name. (laughter and " Hear, bear.")
Now, Toil will understand, for lam speaking to (decant
men, and, if parable, to more educated Women-(bear,
hear)- thaethere were two questions involved in the point.
Tlivilkst was the right of your goverment to al
the early period they did, the Southern Genf Jet
benign tut. The eeeoed was, if the Cointederation were !mai-
great. did your government word* due and proper rigt-
luxe, as neutrals, to guard against your citizen+ or
vitiating the obligations of your neutrality ?' If either
decided in favour of the United States, I know, and ever!-
, thing I have seen and heard since I came to Englaild
&sautes me, that no people in either Malay will be more
satiated than the people of England. • Meer.) If it is
settled in favour of your government, I know the hone&
of my own people so well as to be satisfied that they, toe,
will be contented. (Cheerio.) But, I my-this in friendship
-I bare hinted it to Lord Stanley-that if I was a British
datennan and had the power exclusively in my own
hand I would pay every dollar at oncertr, boar) -
because the principle Which will be estahlished if there
is no such pereset will be a principle whiehlin the future
may o most injurkuplyoued, in regard to commerce,
most fatally to England: (Clbers.y La ease of war be-
tween your country and any other, everysea being covered
by your commerce, the wealth almost of the world being
carried under ,your flag, you would be open to the opera.
ton of any freebooter who might receive a commit:lBFt
from any neutral nation, and then your loss, I mean
loss in money-I will not say in character, for y
character you can never loee-the lees in money will
quadruple what you would lose if you paid every dam
of the Llano known as the Alabama claims. (Cheers.)
Upon these topics .I fgiheorlongv tq speak. You have
a question here shoat iherksent, with wMcha
of satin* it is not eav province to deal. Bath we
have li.;,ltalblishcd an eittablieliment which our come
men ancestry founded in America, and we have dam-
dowed it, too-(laughter and cheats)-of an endowment
granted by the same common ammeters. We b eve dolic away
with the establishment of 'level-. (Cheers.) We Wive die-
endowed it of the only olden-meat ever granted it, and for
which ceircommee When are equally resparuil de, we have
wieLflowcd it of total andhclplass ignorance. (Loud cheers
and cries of "Bravo.") ilVe have made the neknoes to be
es God and nature-if we are permitted at all to rendre
in terutinteing thepiirmes of flop and natere-interded
they should tetens. been.) Your Premier,
Mr. Maroc, whom it was Inv good fortune to Arcane
Fososially meineitted with soon after my arrival in
London, and whom I tree loug before by reading
a portion of what, Ferhepe, he now wishes I.e Lad neeee
given hie Fen to-tlanghteie - hut which. perhaie. will
live longer than etateemaiish'lt-in a spoeth delivered
the other day, admirable in its tone, fele:lmre in its
eingrase., paerely, in spirit, ventured to sty -111 had
not lori, r think. altogether his powers of imagination.-
that the Englishman lid mote liberty than the uative ud
env ether country in the world. New, I will leave to
Often to leak for their own; bat if my right hou.
will honour the United Stake. by paying them a visit. he
will see the first moment he lauds on our shores-and if be
doubts it then• will become more and more assured of
it during every day of his residence-that iserhape there
arc no people iu the world who have more liberty than the
ecople of the United States; and if ho e.O say that the
isople of England enjoy more liberty. all I have to my
is thin that the sooner it is taken away from them the
better. (Laughter and cheers.) Others not only have
liberty, but they tike all torte of liberties with all meta of
people. (Renewed laughter and cheers.)
Hi. Excellency sat down amid enthusiastic the. ring and
waving of handko chief., both from the golden/en at the
tables and the ladies in the balcony.
The Hon. R. Jonesom subsequently proposed "The
Mayor and Corlett &Sem of Brighton.'• He had deemed
the naming of George reabedy in his previous speech
unnecessary but se his friend lied been named he would
say that the name of George Peabody was deeplyuvraven
on every English and American heart, and will be from
age to age engraeen on the heartsof all who are to follow.
lola princely mutate:ewe. for the liberal disposition of his
wealth, earned by laborious Judean- and by mini and dis-
creet conduct, he Mande almost without a parallel in the
annals of bent volume, and .o keg time shall lad the
benefit of his weniikence w ill be felt in this country and
in America.
The toast wee suitably received and regraded to. The
succeeding :eiternationel toasts were " Mr. Pealexiy and
the Invited Guests." repomhd to by Mr. E•uerseu
Teunent iu an eloquent speech : and " The Anelo-Savqs
Race." acknowledged by Mr. Charles Riad, M.P., in sub-
ttitutu for Sir Cern. Lazupeou.

ExTtuoutd.tanY Fk EY& It; A CM-Beit.—An
extraordinary scene took plaee voneray at the a itch 'of
St. Martin's, Ludgate-hill. It seems that while the
communion eervice was being gone throtnlit by the Rev.
Dt. White, a than in the cirib of is sailor wax seen to
enter the church sad mete hit way to the front of the
connowieu table. Whilo standing thuru Ins condu,t was
somewhat singular, end be was shown toe pow. in winds
he etcod till the teverend gentleman pron.-Mod to the
vestry. Shortly afterwards Dr. White again entered the
body of the church in a white Auyplios, it being the day
it i united for •• raiding hionielf tn." 11.irinit ei.eirttd.d
the reeding desk, he commenoed raiding the
At omit on his condvA to thu peerage, " And iu
unity of tine thathearl then. be three ',axons of trite sub-
stance. power, and eternity." the strange man exelaimed
at thetup of his voice, "'There's IV powerful • Ood hers'
upon which lie struck himself and threw himself into art
extraordinary pustule. Ile then made n dash to g..t out
of the pew. which war &stetted. At thisstage of Thep/or
ceedmee the beadle insisted on his leaving the ehtueh. On
being removed from the pew one of the clituohwantens
and other parraut remonetrated with him. but he made a
auk in the direction of Dr. White. Ha was stopped.
upon which he, with great vehemence, declared. "Dy
heaven or hell, FS be moved by no man." A struggle
then took place, and having released himself from there
around hint, be took out from his clothes • kind of bowie
knife, and then it acmes ke. throat. inflicting a severe gash.
He er•ntinued to struggle, and fell to the mound.
and was then removed to outside the &meth It
was then die:cm:red that he had • @snow w.l
iu his ride, intlitled In' the knife, a portion of the hrOWle
of whielr bud entered Lie hotly. It is e that it was
tamed by his felling upon the weapoe.7&lloo4l' okich
vet. lira. it e. rEtieate of discharge wax (manila
isi ck. t, whieb me value of John ttolkt. dirierlAhig
1.44 chips r tick, and i baths, of Law ingovne,
to Wham further shows that his last vogage was ban
and that be belonged to the ship AdaUM ; wit&
derusewn, which is dated Noy/tuber 5, 11166,ingulystigni1
H.D.Y.by Coasel.