The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-03 00:00:00

Arrival of the King of the Belgians.

At five o'clock yesterday afternoon his Majesty
the King of the Belgians arrived at the Admiralty
Pier, Dover, from Ostend, attended by Count de
Moerkerke, and a limited suite. A thick fog pre-
vailed during the passage.
His Majesty was received by a guard of honour
of the 78th Highlanders, and was met by M. Van
de Weyer (the Belgian Minister), Lord Cremorne,
and Colonel Ponsonby, who had previously arrived
from London, and who accompanied the King to
the Lord Warden Hotel, where it had been arranged
that the royal traveller should pass the night.
This morning the King will leave Dover at half-
past ten by a special train on the South-Eastern
Railway, and will arrive at Waterloo at 12.40. The
journey to Windsor will be continued by the South
Western Railway without change of carriage, and
Windsor will be reached at 1.25.

A magnificent suite of apartments have lately
fitted np in the York Tower for the reception of the
King and his suite.

The Prince and Princess of Wales,

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales held a
levee, on behalf of her Majesty, at rt. James's
Palace yesterday afternoon.
His royal highness left Marlborough house at five
minutes to two, escorted by a detachment of the 2d
Life Guards, and attended by Lord Alfred Hervey,
the Hon. R. H. Meade, and Lieutenant-Colonel
Keppel.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colone.
Keppel, took a ride after the levee.

The Princess of Wales, attended by the Countess
de Grey, drove out in the afternoon.
Their royal highnesses, attended by the Countess
de Grey and lieutenant-Colonel Keppel, honoured
the Haymarket Theatre with their presence i❑ the
evening.

Funeral of Bishop Gillis.
(Front the Scotsinm.)
On Tuesday afternoon the mortal remains of Bishop
Gillis were laid in their last resting-place within the vaults
of the Chapel of St. Margaret's Convent, and the regrets of
the whole Roman Catholic population of Edinburgh.
The deceased prelate was buried with all the pomps and
solemnities peculiar to the Church with which he was con-
nected.

His body was conveyed to St. Mary's Chapel, Broughton-
street, on Monday evening, where it lay in state, watched
during the still h:urs of night by brethren of the Holy
Guild of St. Joseph, who at intervals relieved each other in

their pious duty.
At eleven o'clock forenoon a Pontifical high mass was
celebrated in St. Mary's by the Right Rev. Dr. Murdoch,
Bishop of the Western District of Scotland, assisted by his
coadjutor, the Right Rev. Dr. Gray. Admission to the
chapel was gained by ticket—an arrangement that was
adopted for the purpose of preventing a crush; but though
the price was pretty high, the building was nearly crowded
during service by all ranks of the Catholic persuasion.
There were also present a considerable number of strangers.
The interior of tho chapel was fitted up with black cloth
and hatchments for the solemn occasion. Occupying a
prominent position in the centre of the church, immo
diately facing the altar, was the coffin, raised aloft upon
a bier nine feet high, which was shrouded in black, and had
escutcheons fixed on it. The coffin was covered with rich
purple velvet, heavily studded with gilt nails, and bore
upon its lid the croziers, mitre, and episcopal cloak of the
late bishop. Four massive silver candlesticks bearing
huge wax lights, festooned with crape and purple silk
ribbon, were placed at the different corners of the bier;
and in the spaces between these were a number of smaller
candles of pure wax. Circular vases of alabaster-like
substance containing lighted spirit lamps, flanked each end
of the raised platform of the bier, and shed a faint
light upon the coffin. The altar and large picture of the
crucifixion surmounting it were heavily draped in black, and
upon the dark ground of the latter there was formed a
gigantic cross of white satin. The front of the organ loft,
a portion of the floor and cornices of the church, and the
bishop's seat on the left hand of the altar, were decorated
with the same sombre material. The central portion of the
windows of the chapel were darkened with black screens,
the borders of stained glass being left uncovered, so as to
shed a dim light into the interior of the building. The altar
and the apace in its immediate vicinity were brilliantly
illuminated with scores of large wax tapers, which added
to the solemnity of the display. The nuns of St. Mar-
garet's and St. Catherine's, the Little Sisters of the Poor,
and the pupil-teachers of the principal Catholio.schools in
the pity, dressed in white and black, occupied the stall seats
on each side of the centre of the church.
Shortly after eleven o'clock the organ began the " Dead
March in Saul," and the procession of priests, alter servi-
tors, and others who were to take part in the funeral rites,
moved slowly down the centre of the chapel, and took up
their positions within the enclosed space surrounding the
altar. The procession of clergy men was followed by depu-
tations from the Holy Guilds of St. Joseph and St. Vincent
de Paul, dressed in the uniform of their orders, who sta-
tioned themselves along the passages of the church. Bishop
Murdoch, of Glasgow, celebrated the mass, and there
were present—The Rev. A. Macdonald, Vicar-General
and Presbyter-Assistant for the occasion ; the Rev. Dr.
Macpherson, of Newabbey, Deacon of the Mass; the Rev.
Alex. Gordon, of Dalbeattie, Sub-Deacon of the Mass;
Rev, Mr. Strain, rector of Blair's College ; Rev. Father
Low, of Morpeth ; Rev. Father Anselm, of Glasgow ; Rev.
Dr. Marshall ; Father Whitty ; Father Ignatius Grant ;
Revs. W. Downie, F. Gascoigne, A. O'Donnell, E. Han-
nan, W. Corbett, W. D'Arcy, F. Doherty, J. Prendergast,
J. Martin, P. Cumming, J. O'Reilly, J. Brie, R. Clapper-
ton, L. Dunn, W. Grady, W. Smith, P, Maclauchlan, J.
M'Donald, John Gillon, D. M•Cartuey, A. Boland, J. Gal-
vin, J. Clapperton, G. M'Leod, F. Mackerel', and P. Mae-
manna. Amongst the laity present were the Marchioness
of Lothian, Lord Ralph Kerr, Lieut.-Colonel Kyle, Mr,
Trotter of Woodhill, Mr. Smith Sligo of Inzievar, and Mr.
Alexander Fletcher.
Mass was performed with great solemnity amid the
silence of the assembled congregation. The musical por-
tion of the service consisted of selections from Mozart's
" Requiem,'• the "Agnes Dei," and "Donna nobis,"
from a mass by Drobisch,and a Gregorian chant for the
" Miserere.” During the performance of the masic and
the impressive ceremonies connected with the mass the
interior of the church presented a yes y imposing appear-
ance. The blaze and colour of light surrounding the coffin
on its black pedestal, the priests and nuns in their white
dresses, the solemn music of the Requiem, the dim light
pervading the chapel, the incense from the censors, and the
halo shed by the wax lights, formed altogether a very im-
pressive picture.
In the midst of the pomp of this display the Rev. Igna•
tins Grant ascended the pulpit and preached a short dis-
course, taking as his text the words, "Though he is dead
he yet speaketh." He argued that though death is the great
destroyer he is also the great consoler, and proceeded to
dilate upon the heavy loss which the Catholich Church
had sustained in the death of Bishop Gillis, and to expa •
tiato upon his character and accomplishments. " Only
now," he said, " and within the last few days, have we
begun to understand what we have lost in the death of our
esteemed bishop. What has the testimony of the last few
days proclaimed to us all? What has the voice, not only
of the Catholic Church and the Catholic press, but of others
that have no sympathy with our cause or faith, proclaimed
to us in this the hour of our• affliction ? It has proclaimed that
Scotland and the Church have at once lost a son eminent in
his degree for talents, for oratory, for taste, for art, for scholar-
ship, for learning., for polish, for gentlemanly breeding, for
all that adorns the life of a man, and all that adorns the
cause which he served. What does that long line of sorrow-
ing children passing from this church over yonder meadows
to the convent, where his body is to repose, testify ? That
line of children 6 eat hies not only to the merits of the pent
man, but alsoll the good father—not only of the sympa.
• these of the Church et roe. but of the sorrows of hie

flock. What does the universal testimony cf all who dove
come in contact with him for the last quarter of a century
say ? It says that Scotland has lost an eminent son, and that
the Church of God has reason to bewail one of her most
eminent and glorious pesters. * * * Now he has
gone from among us it has been revealed what a martyrdom
of pain was in that heart, and what a martyrdom of suffer-
ing in that body during the whole of the last years of his life.
I have sat with him on social occasions and assisted him in
his ministrations, but I never knew that beneath that calm
and seeming by untroubled breast there was concealed a raja
sharper than the tooth of a serpent. I have heard him in
the midst of society and at the social and hospitable board
—I :hays sera his smile—l have listened to his wit-1
have heard his logic—l have remarked his fertility of il-
lustration, and noted his beautiful expressions—l hav°
even heard him singing the songs of your country,
hut I never knew that beneath all this there Nv°°
a heart that was being racked with pain and suffering. ills
patience under this gave him great self-control and makes
him now the object of our admiration." Then, turning his
face in the direction of the bier on which was laid the body
of the clergyman he was eulogising, and speaking as if be
were addressing the dead, the preacher continued :—"
have now, in conclusion, to say to him, our departed
brother, in the name of his admirers, his friends, his flock;
and the Church at large, the one sad word—' Farewell:
Adieu, then, holy man, good father, pious pastor ! Adieu in
the name of the Church at large. Adieu in the name of the
Church of Scotland, whose ornament thou hest been. Adieu
in the name of these venerable and venerated bishops
now present, who allow use in their name to pronounce
a farewell to their late colleague in the episcopate.
Adieu in the name of the poor. Adieu in the name of the
orphan, the widow, and the distressed whose hands have
been filled with thine alms. Adieu in the name of every
son of sorrow in this country. Adieu in the name of the
neglected and despi.ed whom thou has succoured. Adieu;
in the name of all that is great, that is sincere, that is
friendly; and, if I may be permitted to add, adieu in the
name of a friendship too late began and too early broken
off. Adieu in the name of the love and esteem that I bad
for, thee. Adieu in the name of all the Church of Galt
which introduces thee new to the Church of Heaven, whence
we hear once more the words of solace and encouragement
—‘ Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord, for they shall
rest from their labours,' and the prayer that comes hence"

forth alec—' May my soul the the death of the righteaVt
and my latter end be like his.'

High mass concluded, the officiating clergymen, priestet
altar servants, and others, each bearing a lighted W
candle in his hand, left the enclosed space in front of the
altar and moved slowly towards the bier, which they sur-
rounded. 'lle coffin was then sprinkled with holy water
by the senior ministers of the diocese, who thereafter passed

in procession round it, waving the censor of incense,
Prayers for the repose of the soul of the deceased bishOP
were then offered up by Bishop Murdoch, Bishop Gray, the
Vicar General, Dr. M'Pherson, and Mr. Strain, which COir
eluded the elaborate service prescribed on such occasions 11
the Catholic Church.

During the whole of the morning considerable crowds
began to gather in the streets in the vicinity of St. Mary's
Chapel ; and by the time mass was concluded at two o'clock
Broughton-street and the corners of the adjacent thorough'
fares were crowded as closely as the people could be packed
together. So great was the pressure that the shops had
to be closed to prevent the windows being broken; but
although very many of the persons who had assembled',
in the hope of being able to witness at least a small part 0'
the procession, suffered immense inconvenience, the utmost
order and good feeling prevailed, The coffin, covered with
a beautiful purple silk pall, was borne from the chapel 011
the shoulders of six attendants, and placed in the hearse
drawn up in waiting, amid the comparative silence of tha
spectators. The priests and others engaged in the We"
tawny then entered the mourning coaches, and the PO'
cession started for the Convent of St. Margaret's, at Green"
hill Gardens. The cortege—which consisted of the hearse'
drawn by four horses, and twelve mourning and severs'
private carriages—proceeded by way of -1 ork-place, Quecu"
street, Castle-street, Princes-street, Lothian. road, and
thence to the Nunnery. Along the principal parts of the
route large numbers of spectators assembled to view the
procession, and at the outside of the convent a considerable
crowd of people, mostly of the Catholic pershasiort, coxigre°
gated to catch a glimpse of the body of their late bishop
being borne through its gates.
The preparations made at the convent for the receptionof,
the remains of the learned prelate were of a simple and
pretending character ; but though considerably less demon'
strative and totally wanting in the pomp of the service 0,
St. Mary's, the closing part of the ceremony was without'
doubt the most impressive of the whole. Tao nuns of
Margaret's and St. Catherine's, the pupils of the sche°'
named after the nunnery, the Sisters of Mercy, and the
pupil teachers connected with the Catholic schools 111
town, were drawn up in two lines within the court;
yard of the nunnery through which the funer°
procession was to pass on its way to the vaults. 1:11:'
little girls were dressed in white, and the nuns svc)''"
white and black veils, and carried lighted wax tapers

one hand, and books of the service—they were to ch3lli
in the other. When the cortege arrived, the large gate
the convent was thrown open, and the coffin was boln
through its portals shoulder-high. Young men dressed 19
white, swinging censers of incense, and bearing aloft rePre;
sentations of the Crucifixion, on poles, and the clergiolei
who were to officiate in the vault, preceded the coffin•
the procession emerged through the arched gateway
moved towards the vault, the nuns sang the " Misercre,
with a peculiar wailing intonation, which, taken in c°13,1
flexion with the surrounding scene, had a very pecull'i
effect. On entering the vaults beneath the chapel of P
Margaret's, the coffin was placed in one of the stone re,
ceases prepared for its reception, and those of the put

who had gained admission to the grounds were aliciscAeu
to descend to the place of sepulture. The vaults. wit
consist of two long narrow galleries divided into 1)°:j
like compartments for .the coffins, were light'
with lamps and wax candles, decorated with elerir
greens and crosses, and had the floor laid scl,,
carpet. In ono of the vaults are deposited the body

of Mrs. Hope-Scott, of Abbotsford, granddaughter
Sir Walter Scott, and two of her children. The nil
having sung the " Benedictus," prayers were cife.red, tb
coffin of the late bishop was sprinkled with holy water, $7
the ceremony of the day was complete.
The coffin bore the following inscription
" Jacobus Gillis, Episcopus Limyrensis, Viearius APB
tolicus Oriesitalis Districtus Scotim ; natus dio septi
mensis Avrilis MDOCCH ; obit die vigesimil qnarta meiP"
Februarii MDCUCLXIV.—R.I.P."

The choir at St. Mary's Chapel, under the direct/Oo
Mr. W. Rutherford, with Mr. Bridgman, presiding at t'et
organ, deserve the lfghest credit for the effective maps
in which, notwithstanding the want of time for reheef6o,
the whole, more especially the difficult music of Mezirl
divine work, was sung.
**. The Scotsman, at the conclusion of the above I`4c;
count, adds the following remarks :—" We cannot el°o'
without a word of reprehension for the vulgar heartlessee
of some possibly well-meaning, but certainly exalt,
people, at whose instigation the walls on the route of tej
procession were placarded with texts of Scripture inteauo
to have an offensive teference to the religion of the mourrle
and the dead."

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of of
bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duchess if
Mecllenburg-Strelitz honoured the Earl Granville bY tad
presence at dinner on Tuesday evening. A numerous v
distinguished circle were invited to meet their Royal °ig
nesses.
• tea
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington reel'
a select party at dinner last evening at Apsley House. 130
The Marquis of Bowmont has returned to t
Clarendon Hotel, from Floors Castle.
ea
The Earl and Countess of Essex have rata °
to their seat, Cashiobury Park, Hertfordshire, Cr'
Brighton.
6°
The Countess (Dowager) of Westmoreland ipe
honoured by the company of their Royal Highnesses re
Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenbe et
Strelitz, and the Princess Mary at dinner last evettii:seP
her ladyship's house in Portman-square. A select el
was invited to meet their Royal Highnesses.
Dade
Lord and Lady Proby are on a visit to the
and Duchess of Manchester, at Kimbolton Castle. loco
A marriage has been arranged to take P,deto
between Mr. Cuthbert Larking, of the 15th Hussars, c'old
son of Mr. John Wingfield Larking, of the Firs, 'Celt"
the Lady Adele Hare, daughter of the Countess, and
to the present Earl of Listowel.
-
v ERRATUM.—In our Fashionable Intelligenap
yesterday, by an absurd transposition of the be to

lines of two little paragraphs, relating, the one of then'`,
a Marriage, the other to a Dinner, there occurred kt
small portion at least of our earliest edition) an cri;fl/
utterly ridiculous that it must at once have corrected /
to the instant recognition of every intelligent reader'

following were the two paragraphs referred to :-- eet!
A marriage will shortly be celebrated bewf
Mr. Paynton Pigott Conant (late Captain 16th LanceAllipor
the Hon. Henrietta Carlton, oldest daughter of 10'
chester. atbß
Sir Walter and Lady James entortaiae
Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 111.11;tighg:
'
Pi
Miss Gladstone and a select party at dinner last even'''
their mansion in Whitehall-gardens.

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sarly broken
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trek of God,
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for they shall
comes hence'
the righteous,
;ymen, priests,
a lighted w 0
in front of the
ihich they Bur'
with holy water
thereafter passed
nsor of incense'
deceased bishop
Bishop Gray, the
train, which cow
such occasions by
osiderable crowds
inity of St. Mary's
aded at two o'clock
adjacent thorough'
ple could be packed
that the shops had
being broken; but
rho had assembled',
least a small part 01
venience, the utmost'
a coffin, covered kith',
a from the chapel en
I placed in the hearse
trative silence of the'
engaged in the cere'
coaches, and the pro'
Margaret's, at Green' '
consisted of the hearses
mourning and several I
P of Y ork-placo, Queen'
3t, Lothian. road, 1413"
e principal parts of the
s assembled to view the
a convent a considerable
.holic persuasion, corgre
Jody of their late bishop
mvent for the reception of
were of a simple and
a considerably less den3oa'j
le pomp of the service all
the ceremony was without'
3 whole. The nuns of SG
3, the pupils of the 5010'
Sisters of Mercy, and tllB
b. the Catholic schools ie
o lines within the court',
ough which the We'
a way to the vaults. VI.;
white, and the nuns
erried lighted wax tapers 11.
service they were to ellsllo/
tege arrived, the large gate
on, and the coffin was borne
-high. Young men dressed la
icense, and bearing aloft refre'
, on poles, and the olergral,
vault, preceded the coffin. '45
rough the arched gateway
as nuns sang the " Miserere
;onation, which, taken in CO
ng scene, had a very peelll,l,
vaults beneath the chapel of P.
placed in one of the stone 1°;
:option, and those of the pubil
on to the grounds were allowed`
3f sepulture. The vaults, whiff
TOW galleries divided into L'lti
Jr -the coffins, were light
candles, decorated with ecer;
and had the floor laid *WI4
3 vaults are deposited the bodl!,
of Abbotsford, granddaughter
t;
two of her children. The 10,4
aedictus," prayers were offered,
p was sprinkled with holy water, t'9
y was complete. .01
following inscription :--
;piscopus Limyrensis, Viearius .A 1)
tstrictus Scotia,; natus die septic:
~CII; obit die vigesims. quarto, plea
K.1V.—R.1.P."
Mary's Chapel, under the directiono
with Mr. Bridgman, presiding at frot
h'ghest credit for the effective mane
ending the want of time for rehenleo,
specially the difficult music of WWI
mg.
an, at the conclusion of the above "
allowing remarks :—" We cannot eleol
reprehension for the vulgar heartlessae
well-meaning, but certainly exalt,
nstigation the walls on the route of ;el
placarded with texts of Scripture intelluo
ve reference to the religion of the mourns
1 Highnesses the Duchess of C'3 of
,ncess Mary, and the Grand Duchess if
zelitz honoured the Earl Granville by tb,e4
ier on Tuesday evening. A numerous
role were invited to meet their Royal °ig
and Duchess of Wellington receil'e4
et dinner last evening at Apsley House.
to
pis of Bowmont has returned to t
Ael, from Floors Castle.
flea
and Countess of Essex have rotor-
at, Cashiobury Park, Hertfordshire, Cr'
`tile°
ntess (Dowager) of Westmoreland
the company of their Royal Highnesses rr
3ambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenba, at
I the Princess Mary at dinner last evenil'''rop
ip's house in Portman-square. A select el
to meet theirProby are Highnesses.
naV
ad Lady on a visit to the
ss of Manchester, at Kimbolton Castle. co
a
Tine has been arranged to take Pildoo
Ir. Cuthbert Larking, of the 15th Hussars,
John Wingfield Larking, of the Firs, ICellt,i'.so4
Adele Hare, daughter of the Countess, old
meat Earl of Listowel. e of
aum.—ln our Fashionable Intelligeno
ay, by an absurd transposition of the be to
two little paragraphs, relating, the one of tile,'°;
iage, the other to a Dinner, there occurred Ot 00
ortion at least of our earliest edition) an err;to6,l6,
ridiculous that it must at once have corrected '
.natant recognition of every intelligent reader'
ng were the two paragraphs referred to sett
marriage marriage will shortly be celebrated bet",,d
aynton Pigott Conant (late Captain 16th Lance
on. Henrietta Carlton, oldest daughter of Lord
er. a t"
r Walter and lady James entortaine avd
Lt Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, 0;°„..,
1 Pt
Gladstone and a select party at dinner last even
: mansion in Whitehall-gardens.
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CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK:
There is still a good inquiry for accommodation
in the general money market, preparations still
being made for meeting the commercial bills due
to-morrow, the 4th. The rate for first class paper
is therefore maintained at 6 per cent„ very few
exceptions being reported at 5d per cent.
A special general meeting of the Intercolonial
Royal Mail Steampacket Company was held today.
The report recommended the creation of 37,500 new
£lO shares, and represented the affairs of the com-
pany to be in a most prosperous state.
The biddings for 40,00,000 rupees (L 400,000) in
bills on India took place yesterday at the Bank of
England, and the following are the official particu-
lars :—The proportions allotted were, to Calcutta,
22,00,000 rupees; to Bombay, 16,00,000 rupees ;
and to Madras, 20,00,000 rupees. The minimum
price was, as before, is 110 per rupee on Calcutta
and Madras, and is 114 d on Bombay. The appli-
cations within the limits amounted to 237 lass.
Tenders on Calcutta at is 111 d will receive about
11 per cent.; on Madras at 2s about 44 per cent;
and all above these pries in full.
The directors of the Credit Fencier have brought
forward a new companion institution to their own,
entitled the Credit Mobilier. The former company
is purely for making investments in larded secu-
rities, while the latter will be entirely devoted to
financial transactions, and will, therefore, co-operate
with other monetary and industrial undertakings,
negotiate Government and municipal loans, aid in
carrying out concessions, make advances to con-
tractors for English and foreign railways, and other
public works, and lend money on approved securi•
ties. The capital required is £1,000,000, but the
first is only to consist of half that amount in shares
of £5O each, which are now quoted 21 3 premium.
The last week's raliway receipts, ascertained up
to this day, are, in round figures, as under:-
1864. 1863.
•
Great Western £54,724 £52,507
forth-Western
South-Western
Brighton
Midland 42,478 38,064
South Eastern
Bristol and Exeter
North Eastern 51,004 47,731
Great Northern
Lancashire and Yorkshire 31,830 31,080
Glasgow and South-Western
Midland and Great Western of Ireland
These returns, compared with those of the same
period of last year, are, with a few exceptions, of a
favourable character. On the Great Western there
is an increase of £2,217; North Western, £6,990;
Midland, £4,414 ; North Eastern, £3,273 ; Great
Northern, £3,384 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire,
£3,750 ; and Glasgow and South Western, £156.
The South Western, however, shows a decrease of
£9,42; Brighton, £1,715; South Eastern, £1,355;
and Great Western of Ireland, £1,668.

Two o'CLocK.

At the Paris Bourse this morning, according to
Reuter's telegram, the 3 per Cent. Routes were 66f.
42c.—Flat.

The Stock Exchange Markets opened this morn-
ing with a very general appearance of depression,
and a few sales following close upon each other
sent the English Funds down i per cent. Nothing
new of a political or monetary character has since
occurred to occasion the heaviness now perceptible,
but speculators nevertheless, seem to possess but
little confidence in the ability of the present English
Government to bring about a successful issue of
the Deno German difficulty. Consols are 91 for
money, end 91 a for the account. The New Threes
and Reduced Annuities are 891 ; Exchequer
Bills, 53. dis. to par; and India 5 per Cents., 1041 3.
Foreign Stocks have not varied to any material
extent, and business has been quite. Turkish 6 per
Cents., 1862, are 69-1 9 ; do. Consolides, 503 ;
Mexican, 433 ; Spanish Passive, 351 1-; do. Cer-
tificates, 14 3, ; Greek, 223 23 ; Portuguese, 483 1 ;
Russian, BSI 89; and Italian, 66Z- a.
In the Railway Share Market a heavy tone has
prevailed, prices generally showing a downward
movement. North-Western, Metropolitan, and
Midland have declined 108., and Great Northern,
Great Western, and London and Blackwell, £l.
The Foreign and Colonial undertakings remain
without change of importance.
Bank and Miscellaneous shares are generally a
shade flatter,

BRITISH FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
GOVERNMENT FUNDS.
3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto Account, March 5 9l
3 per Cent. Reduced
New 3 per Cent.
Annuities, 30 yrs, expire iith Jan., 1880 —
Ditto for 30 yrs, expire sth April, 1885.
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1859 ..
Exchequer Bills, £l,OOO, 21 & 3 per Cent. 5 dis
Ditto £500
Bank England Stk, 4i per Ct., last hf.-yr par

INDI&N GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
India Stock, 10i per Cent., April 1874....
Ditto Account • •
Ditto 5 per Cent. July, 1879
Ditto Account.... , —
Ditto 4 per Cent., Oct. 1888 .
Ditto Enfaced Paper, 4 per Cent ..
Ditto 5 per Cent,, Jan. 1872 —
Ditto 51 per Cent., May, 1879 ......
1.), t to bondstl,ooo —
dis
Ditto wider £l,OOO .
Ditto'Debentures, 4 per Ct., April 1861
Ditto ditto Aug., 1866
FOREIGN FUNDS—ONE O'CLOCK.
Austrian Bonds, 5 per Cent ..
Ditto 1859
Brazilian 5 per Cent
Ditto, 1839 and 1859 . —
Ditto 41 per Cent., 1852-58-60 - ,
Ditto 1863 —

Buenos Ayres 6 per Cent
Ditto 2 per Cent. —
Ditto Account
Ditto Deferred —
Colombian 6 Scrip £65 pd —
uhilian 6 per Cent —
Ditto 45 psi Cent
Danish 3 per Cent., 1825
Equ4dor New Consolidated, 1 per Cent —
Egyptian 7 per Cent 991 100 a
Ditto, Second Issue
Greek 6 per Cent., 1824-5, ex-Coupons .—
Ditto Account
Ditto Coupons
Ditto Account lOl
Guatemala 6 per Cent.
Italian 5 per Cent. (Maremmana Railway)
Mexican 3 per Cent
42
Ditto Account f 4 34 3
Moorish Imperial 5 per Cent
New Granada -
New 24 per Cent. Jan. 1891 —
Peruvian 45 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto 3 per Cent.
Ditto 45 per Cent., 1862 ..
Ditto Account —
Ditto 15 per Cent
Piedmontese, 5 per Cent., Ex. 25f —
Ditto Scrip (1863) £42 Bs. 3d.. paid — Pm
Portuguese 3 per Cent., 1853
Ditto Account —
Ditto 3 per Cent., 1856, '7, '9, '6O, 62,'3 —}
Ditto Account ... 11•11 484
Damian 6 per Cent., 1822, S St B9
Ditto 45 per Cent 1850..
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1862
Sardinian 6 per Cent —
Ditto Account
Spanish 3 per Cent
Ditto Account
Ditto New Deferred
DitDDittoto Accountunt —
to I.'sco 8i"
gp,tnish account 351 a
Ditto
A. of Coup not funded —
unt
Turkish 6 per cent, 1854
Ditto Account 92
Ditto 6 per Cent. 1868
Ditto Account " —
Ditto £lOO Bonds 6Bl
Ditto 6 per Cont. 1862
Ditto Account.
.
...
•
Ditto, £lOO Bonds ..............
c 695
Venezuela per Put. ... .
'.Ditto Ac ount .................. 2-4 t
Ditto 6 per Cent., 1862 .............. . .
Ditto Account
60
Dividends on the above Payable in Lond -a.
Belgian 4 per Cent., Ex. 25f, ....... .
Ditto Land Warrants (Hectares)
Dutch 25 per Cent., Ex. 12 Guil
Ditto 4 per Cent. Certificates
French Rentes, 45 per Cent., Ex. 25f 66f. 75e.
Ditto 6 per Cent, 1863
Italian, 5 per Cent,, 1861, Er. 25 francs.. ---
Ditto Account
Peruvian Dollar Bonds, 45 per Ct.Ez. 4s. '

TWO O'CLOCK.

consols Money
Ditto Account ..

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.
No change in the market. Sales, about 5,000
bales. Import, 3,247; previously, 26,903.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing
are gail ways ' Paid. Prioe. finBloeBB done
_
190 vtlantic &St Lawrenc, all 59 61 60
sk j Bom.,Baroda&.Cent Inc I,BJ 103 101 1041
Gu. 5 per mat..
20 Do. New . ......
20 Do. E. Shares
a)/ Buffalo and Lake Huron all 61 4
10 Do. Preference
,nn Ilultalo,Brant,&Godriel
' p. ct. 1)018. Aug. 1, '
100 Do. do. July 1, 187:- 100
100 Do. do. June 1, 16; 100
st Cleutta.&S.EaBtn.(l,lll 100 101 103
at eapeTown Dock Scri; 100 101 103
stock Ea.stn. Bengal gu. sp. ( 100 105 106
Heck East Indian,gu. sp. c. 100 114 115 10'1
20 Do. do. G Ext l5 P
20 Do. do. H do.
stock Grand trunk of Canada ltu 191 20k
100 Do. Ist Pref. Bonds all 73 IS
W 0 Do. do. deferred all 5/ 61
100 Do. 2d fret. Bonds, all 66 63
100 Do. do. deterred-- all 6,1 63
100 Do. 3d PI ef. stock all 49 52
100 Do. do. deferred all 33 *2
100 Do. 4th Pret stock all 26 28 261
100 Do. do. deferred all 22 C 5
stook Gtlndtarenin.gua.sp.o 100 1031 104) 101
20 Do. New gua. sp. n l2 4t I
20 Do. January, 1862
stock Gt. South.of Indla(Lim
guaranteed 5 per cent. 100 103 104
14 Gt. W. oiCanadaShareB all 91 10
201 Do. New 18 11 101,1
100 Do. 6 p.c. '73 wittet opt all 92 94
100 Do. 81 p. c. do. '77-8 all 85 87
10 Indian Branch Limited 2 p 10 21
stock Madras, guar., sp. 0.
stock Do. 44 p. 0. Extension 100 97 99
stook D 0.44 do l9O s 2 96
20 Do. Fifth Extension 2 --
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. o. Buds , 100
5U Melb. & liobson's Bay all 58 60
100 Do. 7 p.c. nortg. lids all
*0 Newßrunswick a Can&
Class A and B all 3 6
N.lll.C'das pc Ist 1 bds 100 1 82 14
stock Scinde .......... (100 103 104 103 't
stock Do. Delhi ' 100 1121 1031 1031
to Do. d 0...... 2 iP
at Do. Punjaub 1,74 c all 1021 1031 103 1
Do. Do.
s 'cock Do. Indue.St. Flo ) x,lOO
'COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
- Cral.(ioy. 43 p.-aTt S•J ul)
—• 1877-84
Do. 6 p.c. Feb. & Aug. 100 100 102
Do. 6 p.c.Mar.& Sept. 100 102 104
Do. Ep. 0. Jan.&.luly. lOC 8) 91 8)
Do. 5 Inscribed stock 100 82 91
Cape G. llope, p 0,1870 100 106 1(8
Do.Ap &Oct. 1880 100 108 110
Do. 1891 100 110 112
Do. Jan. A July, 1891.. 100 108 109
Ceylon, N0v.1878, 6p c 100 111 111
perent .. 100 106 10
INatalMauritius Gov. 6 6 per cent. 1)0 118 110
-- N.B.Gov. a.&Jul) 100 )01 103
Do. 6p. c.Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S.W. G ov. 6 p 1,1801 100 99 100
1)o. sp. c.,18,4 to V 7( 100 90 10
Do. d0.,1888 &upwch. 100 99 100
- ,New Zealand 6 p cent. 100 ICB 110
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p.
sterling, 1875. lOO 104 106
;Queensland Gcv. 6p. c. 100
- 6.Aus Cilip.e.l67BA up.. 100 10) 111
- 'Nrio.Gov. p.c..ra,tJul) 100
- Da 4o 6 n.o. A.n.&00t.. 100 11.5 111 .111 101
BRITISH MINES.
2 uambrian. Consul. Gold 1 4 I Id
ultrford Amalgamated.. 311 110)
Devon G. Con, Javist.) 1 570 680
East Bassett (Illogan).. 30 62/ 674
East Clogau G old Ltd.
East Caradon 1.14.t, 31 33
East Carn Brea... ...
3.4.0 63/4 7
WI Russel (Tavistk.) 8.9.0 41 41
(.lam.&St.Aubyn(Gweu., 581 10 11
'Great South Tolgus l7B 4 41
.—Wheal Vor (Lielstone 40 26 38 34 751 6
Grenville 6.16.0 51 51
Iler:A's-Foot 8.12 85 37
Ilingston Downs 4.'8.0 4 41
Lady Bertha
Margaret (llny Lelact ti} 17 19
Marko Valley.
4 31 yndy Iron Oro (Lim ) 21 11 r.
New Setun l9l 8.)
• North Downs 2l 11 2
N.Wh'l Baseet(lllozan 3.1.0 2 21 2
oortli Wheal Crotty .. 2.6.9
- t'ar Consols (.st. Blaze)
Vrovidence (Uny Lelnt.' ~ 10.0.7 44 46
South Caradon(St.Cleer,l 11 440 160
IS. Carn Brea (1llogan)..
- jt:.Wheal Fran. (Illogan, BARS. 15 60
0
Stray Park 30.17.6 28 3
I nunarSilv.& Lead Min
- fin Croft , 9 20 201
- West Basset (Illogan) 11 11 12
IW Cr radon (Liskeard) 5 20 22
—.—
West Seton
Wheal Basset (Mogan) 5f 190 200
Wheal Buller(Redruth) 10 871 921
—Wheal Kitty (U.Lclant) 2.0.6 31 37
WhealLuthott
Wheal MaryAnn(rden ), 8 131 141
Wheal 3eton 1 581 175 185
Wheal Tretawney (Lis )' 7 212 /1
Wheal Union 3.17 I 21 21

PREFERENCE SHARES AND STOCKS.
Great Eastern, 41 per cent, pf., 102/
LINES LEASED Al' FIXED BENTALS.
Birkenhead, 811
London, Tilbury, and Southend, 1001
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
Antwerp and Rotterdam, 9t
Dutch Rhenish, 171
Great Luxembourg., 101
Namur and Liege gua.
7141 per annum, 81
San Paulo (im.), gua. pr cent.,Bf
Ditto (all), 21
FOREIGN MINES.
Alamillos, limited,
Cape Copper, lim., 101
Cobre Copper, 35
Fortuna (lim.), 31
Mont. Aureos Brazil Gold Min. Co., 21
St. John del Rey 50
JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
Agra and united Service (lim.), 1221
Alliance Bank of LOD:011 and Liverpool (Urn.), 481
Ditto, new, 331
Australasia, 711 7
Ditto, new, 47
Bank of Egypt, 261
Bank of London. 164 3
Bank of Queensland (lira), 111
Brazilian and POrtUglleSe, Um.. 8
British and American Exchange (lim.), 181,
Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, 44}
Continental. Urn., 81
Consolidated Bank,llim., 101
East London, Lim., 71
English, Scotch, and Australian Chartered, 211
English and Swedish, lim.. 71
Hindustan, china, and Japan (Um.), 311
Ditto, new, issued at 2 pm , 81
Imperial Bank (lim.), 261
Imperial Ottoman, 181
Land Mortgage Bank of India,
London, Buenos Ayres, and River Plate,
Ditto, new, 5}
London, Birm , and S. Staffordshire, Um., 121
London and Couuty, 57
Merchant Bank, Um., 111
Metrop. and Yrov. Bank (lim.), 25}
Oriental Baltic Corporation, 8411
Proyincial of Ireland, 911
Union of London, 48
DOCKS.

St. Katharine, 711
Victoria, 1001
MISCELLANEOUS.
Bombay Gas, limited, 41
Commercial Union (Insurance), 91 9
Contract Corporation. Dm.. ill 5
Discount Corporatiou, limited, fli i
Egyptian Commercial and Trading, Urn., 41
Gen. Cr
dit and Manse of Lonaon. Um., 7i 8 71
Hudson's Bay, 18i 1
International Financial Society, 12i
Italian Irrigation (Canal Cavour), 3
Ditto, 6 per cent. Bonds, redem. 1870, issued 00, S 5 4
Joint 'stock Discount, lim., 01 1
London and Caledonian Marine, lim., 31
London Provincial Marine, 31 3
London Financial Association, inn.. 201 1 3
Mercantile Credit Association. lim., 13i
North British and Mercantile Insurance, Una., 193
Nova Scotia Gold and Laud, 11m., 1 03
Royal Mail steam. 85 ,
Societe Financiere d ' ggypte, lim., 5
Universal Marine (Insurance), itin., 41

COURT OF DIVORCE,
(Before the Judge-Ordinary and a Common Jury.)
WRIGHT V. WRIGHT, BUNTING AND BRICKNELL.
This was a petition presented by the husband, a butcher,
carrying on business in Clerkenwell, praying for a dissolu-
tion of the marriage on the ground of adultery committed
by the wife with the co-respondents.
The case, during its development, was one of great de-
pravity. The marriage took place in 1846, and the final
separation in 1851. Preuious to the respondent leaving
her husband she used to frequent low places of entertain-
ment, and on which occasions she would remain from home
during the night, and it was during this course of dissipation
that the particular acts mentioned in the petition were com-
mitted.
Robert Oxenham, Mrs. Sermon, and other witnesses hav-
ing been examined,
Mr. William Higgins, a coffeehouse keeper at 69. lted
Cross-street, said in Nov. 1855, a cabman brought a woman
to his house. She stayed all night as she was very drunk.
She kept sending the servant out for brandy. As she did
not get up the next morning at the usual time one of the
servants went up, and, from what was told him, he went
into the room, and there found a number of deeds and
jewellery lying about the room. He considered it his duty
to read a portion of the documents, and after doing so, he
discovered the address of Mr. Wright, with whom he im-
mediately communicated. In a short time the petitioner
arrived, and he (witness), in company with Mr. Wright,
went up to the apartments. Petitioner asked the respon-
dent for his keys. At first she refused to give them up, bat
afterwards she threw them on the ground. Mr. Wright
who seemed quite overcame, gathered up the papers and
left the house.
Mr. John Watson, clerk to the solicitor for the petitioner,
proved the handwriting of two letters written from Norfolk
as that of the respondent, Mrs. Wright.
For the defence some witnesses, relatives of the respon-
dent, gave evidence to prove cruelty on the part of the
petitioner, and also to prove adultery had previously been
committed by her with persons unknown.
Rebutting evidence was then called on the part of the
petitioner.
The foreman of the jury said his colleagues did not re-
quire to hear a single word in reply. They had made up
their minds more than an hour ago.
On being asked by the ofiloor of the court what their de-
cision was,
The foreman said they were of opinion that the respondent
had been guilty of the charges brought against her in the
petition.
Tha Judge Ordinary immediately issued a decree nisi,
with costs, against the co •respondent,
As the parties concerned in the cause were preparing to
leave the Court,
His lordship said he considered the answers tolthe peti.
tion filed in the cause was most disgraceful. In them the
respondent deliberately swore to every species of cruelty
as having been committed towards her, and yet not the
slightest effort had been made to sustain or prove one of
them. It was the most disgraceful proceeding that had
ever come within his knowledge and he would see whether
he could not put a stop to it for the future.
Mr. Brewster (one of the counsel concerned in the de-
fence), said he hoped his lordship did not think ho was
concerned in the matter, as he had nothing to do with
those answers, neither had ho seen them before they were
put en the file of court.
His Lordship did nit impute any blame to the learned
gentleman; he was too well acquainted with the high
honour of all the gentlemen practising in the court to blame
any of them for such a state of things. To mark his feeling
in the matter, he should give orders that the costs of that
answer should not be allowed, and thus prevent them from
falling upon the husband.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr, Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE PA.YI39DY.
This bankrupt was described as of Kettering, innkeeper,
and this was a meeting for last examination and release
from custody.
Mr. Camp opposed on behalf of Mr. Hecknott, hop mer-
chant, on the ground that the bankrupt had obtained hops
to the value of £52 4s on the representation that the inn and
brewhouee were his own property, but it was afterwards
ascertained that this was a misrepresentation. The bank-
rupt sold the hops a day or two after they were delivered,
and even afterwards petitioned this court. He had been
in prison for seven months. Mr. Camp urged that
thist was
a very gross case of obtaining goods under Ipetences.
His Honour thought the bankrupt had been sufficiently
punished, and granted the release.
IN RE DROVER.
This bankrupt was described as a vocalist, of Fulham,
and this was a meeting for last examination and discharge.
The debts are £ls4—no assets.
There was no opposition, and the order of discharge was
granted.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE ELLIS.
This bankrupt was described as of the Minories, plumber
and glazier. The accounts by Diesels. Johnstone, Wintle,
and Co , show debts £1,198, do. holding security, £705.
Credit by do. good £l5O, property given up, £lll.
Mr. J. B. Sorrell, Mark-lane, appeared for the assignees,
and the order of discharge was granted.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The Torch, 5, screw steam gun vessel, 428 Eons, SO-horse
power, Commander F. H. Smith, from the West Coast of
Africa, arrived at Sheerness do Tuesday, the let inst., and
was inspected by Capt. J. Fulford, of the flagship Formid•
able, for Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Talbot, K.O 8., on
Wednesday, after which she proceeded to Chatham to be
paid out of commission.
The Trafalgar, 70, screw steamship, 2,900 tons, 500-horse
power, Capt. Thomas H. Mason, which was paid out of
commission on Monday last by Capt. Charles Wise,
.6k,D.C., Captain-Superintendent of Sheerness dockyard,
was recommissioned on Tuesday by Captain Charles F.
Schoenberg for coastguard service at Queensferry, North
Britain, in the place of the Edinburgh, GO, which it is re-
ported is shortly to be sold out of the service.

On Tmaday Vice-Admiral Sir Cloarhs Talbot, K.C.B.
hoisted his fig, white at the fore, on the Cumberland,
Capt. W. K. Hall, guardship of steam reserve, having
succeeded Admiral Sir George It. Lambert, 1i.C.8 , as
Commander-in-Chief at Shefnmess. At sunset the same day
Admiral Sir G. It. Lambert struck his flag on board the
Formidable, and on Wednesday morning, the 2d inst., Vice-
Admiral Sir Charles Talbot transferred his flog from the
Cumberland to the Formidable fl ogship.
Tho screw steamer Ariadne; 2G, Capt. E. NV. Vansit-
tart, of 3,214 tons and 800-horse power, arrived at Spithead
yesterday morning from the West Indies, having sailed
from Bermuda on the 13th ult. When she left there were

lying there her Majesty's ships Nilo
(flagship of Vice-
Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8.), waiting the arrival out
from England of the Duncan, screw line-of-battle ship, with
the new Commander-in-Chief, Rear. Admiral Sir J. Hope,
K.C.B.—the Terror, guard ship—the Phaoton, 39, screw,
Capt. G. Le G. Bowyer—the Liverpool, 39, screw, Capt.
Rowley Lambert—the Pylades, 20, screw, Capt. Arthur W.
A. Hood—and the Petrel, 11, screw, Commander G. W,
Watson. A heavy north-cast gale was experienced on the 23a
• inst. off the Western Islands, during which a marine fell
overboari and was lost, notwithstanding that the ship was
hove to and a boat lowered in charge of a lieutenant in the
endeavour to rescue him. The following passengers and in-
valids arrived in the ship from Barmuda :—Lieut. Evans.
invalided ft om her Majesty's ship Nile—Rev. Mr. Pember-
ton, chaplain, and Sub.-Lieut. Lloyd, invalided, from her
Majesty's ship Pylades—Midsbipman Mercer, invalided
from her Majesty's ship Rosario—Capt. Luard, R.A., in-
valided—Lieut. Bradford, 39th Regiment, on leave-1 ser-
geant and 11 men 39th Regiment, invalids-7 men of the
15th Brigade R.A., invalids-2 military and 5 naval pri-
soners, and a number of naval invalids and time-expired
men. Tho whole were landed from the ship yesterday and
forwarded to their respective destinations, with the excep-
tion of the men belonging to Plymouth, who will be sent
on to that port in the Geyser, 6, paddle, this morning. Tho
Ariadno is ordered to the eastward ,to pay out of commis-
sion, and will sail from Spithead this morning.

Capt, Speke on Civilisation in Central Africa,

A meeting was held at the residence of the Mar-
quis Townshond, Grosvenor-place, on Tuesday, for
the purpose of considering Captain Speke's plan for
the civilisation of the natives of equatorial Africa.
Amongst those present were Lord Kinsale, Col.
Sir Thomas Trowbridge, Mr. Perry Watlington,
M.P., Col. Dawes, Capt. Speke, Dr. Murie, and the
Rev. W. Denton.
Capt. SFEKE arose amid warm applause, and spoke
for a considerable time on the subject before the
meeting. He s.id it was gratifying to observe the
existence of a strong determination on the part of
this country and the Government to suppress the
slave trade. At presenlonr exertions had been un-
successful, and would so continuo as long as they
were confined simply to the presence of men-of-
war along the coast of Africa. As soon as
that was withdrawn the slave trade would revive,

LORD DIINDREARY'S CHARACTER
As MR. SOTIJERN IiAS CONCEIVED IT.

What he has so marvellously worked out is the
complete disappearance of all such intellectual
power as involves even a momentary effort of atteu-
tion from a supercilious mind by no means devoid
of natural clearness, eager for amusement, and re-
sentful that almost every amusement floes draw
upon the power of attention. He catches at straws
floating on the surface of thought, and resentfully
abandons it the moment he finds that he cannot
even follow the indolent train of association it
suggests without, some effort of discrimination,
There is a chronic crave in him to individualise