The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-26 00:00:00

public service.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, Jan. 25.—The market has been rather
firmer, but without any material improvement in
prices, Threes, for the Account, being now at
66fr. 40c. Mobilier have improved to 1,027 fr. 50c.
Railway Shares firm, at about Saturday's quota-

Lions. The market closed as follows:-
41 per Cents .. 95 10 Do. end month.... 63 66
Do. end month.... Sew ditto ......
3 per Cents
Do. end month 66 35 Russian
Credit Mobilier.... 1020 Austrian
Do. end m0nth....1020 Spanieh Threes 5l 50
Bank Shares 3275 dome Debt .. 49 25
Credit 1 oneier 1220 Deferred -
talian Loan 6B 75 Roman
RAILWAYS.
Cash. Account.
995 93 75
952 50 .. 952 50

Orleans
Northern
New ditto —
Lyons and Mediterranean 932 50 .. 932 50
New ditto
SJuthern .. 652 50 .. 660
Western
Eastern
Sardinian
_ _

Austrian
Lombard
North of Spain
Saragossa 563 75 570
Ditto to Barcelona 288 75 .. 295

FIINERAL OF THE DUKE OF ATHOLE,

On Saturday the mortal remains of the late Duke
of Athole were interred in a vault under the ruined
church of Blair, within the policies of Blair Castle.
The family place of sepulture has for many genera.
tions been the cathedral church of Dunkeld, but the
duke had expressed a desire to be laid in this se-
cluded burial-place, in the midst of his favourite
Highland scenery. The old church of Blair is Rot
above half a mile from the castle, and is now en-
closed within the policies. It has been disused for
above 40 years, and is now roofless and in ruins.
The churchyard is believed to have been the burial-
place of the Stuart Earls of Athole, descendants of
the Scotch Kings ; and Viscount Dundee, who was
mortally wounded in making a last stand for King
James 11. in 1689, at the pass of Killiecrankie, was
buried there. The funeral procession on Saturday
presented a scene of singular interest and impres-
siveness. There was little in the outward display
that recalled the traditional funeral customs of the
Highlands, but the unanimity with which the people
of Athole gathered to pay their last respects to the
duke showed much of the old feeling of devoted-
ness to their chief. As hereditary colonel of the
Athole Highlanders, an exceptionally constituted
volunteer body, his men rallied like a clan around
him, and were his body guard on many occasions of
display. For 20 years his grace had filled the office
of tana Master Mason of Scotland by constant re-
election, although annual charges had formerly been
the custom. In this capacity he had founded Many
important ettlaetures throughout ScotlanO, and
stood deservedly popular with the 'Whole Masonic
body. At the funeral there was a fall Muster Of
the Athole highlanders, afid, iidlvt,ithstanding the
remoteness of the place, a large Masonic display.
The funeral party, dotisiating of the Athole High-
lal eta, the relatives and friends df the deceased,
the Masdnie lodges, the tehantry, aegena hied et
Blair Castle at half'-past 12 o'clock. Tne Rev.
Court Granville, vicar of Alnwick, brother in-law
of the deceased, read part of the burial service
of the Ohureh of England iteido the house to
the assembled relatives and friends, while it
front of the castle the Rev, Dr, Irvine, minister
of the palish, eOrd4iete4 frafref in the
Scotch form, and the Rev. Mr. Campbell, of Moulin,
led the devotions of the tenantry; assembled in the
north atehtte. Abotit half-past 1 the ftinetal pro-
cession began to move, the pipers playing the mourn-
ful Scotch air, " The Land o' the Leal," and a small
battery of artillery delivering a salvo of 49 shots to
signify the age Of the deceased. The Marquis of
Tullibardine (now the Duke of Athole) was chief
mourner, and the other pall bearers were Lord
James Murray (brother of the deceased), Viscount
Strathallan, Mr. Drunamorid of Megginch, and Sir
Malcolm Macgregor. Among the company were
the Earl of IVlansfield, Viscount Stormont, Sir T.
Moncreiffe, and many other relatives of the family.
The Masonic deputations were headed by Lord
Kinnaird, K.T., Past Grand Master, and Mr. J.
Whyte Melville, Deputy Grand Master. While
the procession was on its way the Duchess of Athole,
accompanied by Miss Mecgregoe and the Rev. Mr.
Granville, drove by another route to the place of
burial, where they arrived a few minutes before the
cortege, and took up their places near the v
On reaching the churchyard the officers and a firing
party of the Highlanders, and the relatives and
friends, were admitted into the area of the church,
where the remainder of the funeral service was read
by Mr. Granville, in the midst of a most touching
scene. After the service the area was cleared, and
the firing party discharged three volleys over the
grave. The vault was kept open for some time to
allow the people to see the coffin and where it
rested, and was built up in the evening. The
weather was extremely cold, several showers of
snow having fallen, but, being followed by bright
sunshine, the romantic scenery of the Highland
valley had an aspect of peculiar splendour,