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-Eistern
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 St. 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
Koppel.

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 Ueutenant-Colonel Keppol, honoured
the Haymarket Theatre with their presence in the
evening.

Funeral of Bishop Gillis.
(From the Scotsman.)

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 hours 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 lVestern 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 the chapel was fitted up with black cloth
and hatchments for the solemn occasion. Occupying a
prominent position in the centre of the church, imme
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 crenlers, 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 porti:m of the door 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 space 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 Catholic schools in
the city, 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. IV, 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, Maelauchlan, J.
M'Donpld, John Gillon, D. M•Cartuey, A. Boland, J. Gal-
vin, J. Clapperton, G. M'Lood, F. Mackerel], and P. Mac-
manus. 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
" Miserero." During the performance of the music and
the impressive ceremonies connected With the mass the,
interior of the church presented a very 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 tho Rey. Igna-
tius Grant ascended the pulpit and preached a short dis-
course, taking as his text tho words, " Though he is dead
ho yet speaketh." lle 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 •
tiate 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 out
esteemed bishop. What has th© 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 ho 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 est ides not only
to the merits of the peat
man, but also )1 the good father—not only of the sympa.
thieg of the church at rge, but of the sorrows of his own

flock. What does the universal testimony cf all who have
come in contact with him for the last quarter of a .centu: y
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 pastors. * * * 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 m sccial occasions and assisted him in
his ministrations, but I never knew that beneath that calm
and seeming by untroubled breast there was concealed a pain
sharper than the tooth of a serpent. I have heard him in
the midst of society and at the social and hospitable board
—I :hava seen his smile—l have listened to his wit—l
have heard his logic—l have remarked his fertility of il-
lustration, and noted his beautiful expressions—I have
even heard him singing the songs of your country ;
but I never knew that beneath all this there was
a heart that was being racked with pain and suffering. His
patience under this gave him great self-control and makes
him now the object of our admiration.'"f hen, 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 he
were addressing the dead, the preacher continued :—" I
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 I Adieu in
the name of the Church at large. Adieu in the name of the
Church of Scotland, whose ornament thou hast been. Adieu
in the name of these venerable and venerated bishops
now present, who allow me 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 iu the name of every
son of sorrow in this country. Adieu in the name of the
neglected and despised 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 had
for thee. Adieu in the name of all the Church of God,
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 alsc—' May my soul die the death of the righteous,
and nay latter end be like his.'
High mass concluded, the officiating clergymen, priests,
altar servants, and others, each bearing a lighted wax
candle in his hand, left the enclosed space in front of the
altar and moved slowly towards the bier, which they sur-
rounded. The coffin was then sp:inkled 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 con-
cluded the elaborate service prescribed on such occasions by
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 of
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 on
the shoulders of six attendants, and placed in the hearse
drawn up in waiting, amid the comparative silence of the
spectators. The priests and others engaged in the cere-
mony then entered the mourning coaches, and the pro-
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 several
private carriages—proceeded by way of York-place, Queen-
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 persuasion, congre-
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 reception of
the remains of the learned prelate were of a simple and un-
pretending character ; but though considerably less demon-
strative and totally wanting in the pomp of the service at
St. Mary's, the closing part of the ceremony was without
doubt the most impressive of the whole. The nuns of St.
Margaret's and St. Catherine's, the pupils of the school
named after the nunnery, the Sisters of Mercy, and the
pupil teachers connected with the Catholic schools in
town, were drawn up in two lines within the court-
yard of tho nunnery through which the funeral •
procession was to pass on its way to the vaults. The
little girls were dressed in white, and the nuns wore
white and black veils, and carried lighted wax tapers in
one hand, and books of the service they ware to chant
in the other. When the cortege arrived, the large gate of
the convent was thrown open, and the coffin was borne
through its portals shoulder-high. Young men dressed in
white, swinging censers of incense, and bearing aloft repre-
sentations of the Crucifixion, on poles, and the clergymen
who were to officiate in the vault, preceded the coffin. As
the procession emerged through the arched gateway and
moved towards the vault, the nuns sang the " Miserere"
with a peculiar wailing intonation, which, taken in con-
nexion with the surrounding scene, had a very peculiar
effect. .On entering the vaults beneath the chapel of St.
Margaret's, the coffin was placed in one of the stone re-
cesses prepared for its reception, and those of the public
who had gained admission to the grounds were allowed
to descend to the place of sepulture. The vaults, which
consist of two long narrow galleries divided into box•
like compartments for the coffins, were lighted
with lamps and wax candles, decorated with ever-
greens and crosses, and had the floor laid with
carpet. In one of the vaults are deposited the bodies
of Mrs. Hope-Scott, of Abbotsford, granddaughter of
Sir Walter Scott, and two of her children. The Dung
having sung the " Banedictus," prayers were offered, the
coffin of the late bishop was sprinkled with holy water, and
the ceremony of the day was complete.
The coffin bore the following inscription :
" Jacobus Gillis, Episcopus Limyreneis, Vicarius Apes:
tolicus Oriesitalis Districtus Scotj:e ; natus die septime-
mensis MDCCCII ; obit die vigesima quarta menste
Februarii 'UDC GCLX I V.—R.I.P."

The choir at St. Mary's Chapel, under the direction of
Mr. W. Rutherford, with Mr, Bridgman, presiding at the
organ, deserve the hghest crea it for the effective manner
in which, notwithstanding the want of time for rehearsal,
the whole, more especially the difficult music of Mozart's
divine work, was sung.
*** The Scotsman, at the conclusion of the above 80'
count, adds the following remarks :—" We cannot close
without a word of reprehension for the vulgar heartlessness
of some possibly well-meaning, but certainly extreme
people, at whose instigation the walls on the route of the
procession were placarded with texts.of Scripture intended
to have an offensive reference to the religion of the mourners
and the dead."

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Grand Duchess of
Mecklenburg-Strelitz honoured the Earl Granville by their
presence at dinner on Tuesday evening. A numerous and
distinguished circle were invited to meet their Royal High'
nesses.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington received
a select party at dinner last evening at Apsley House.
The Marquis of Bowmont bas returned to the
Clarendon Hotel, from Floors Castle.

The Earl and Countess of Essex have returned
to their seat, Cashiobury Park, Hertfordshire, front
Brighton.
The Countess (Dowager) of Westmoreland WO
honoured by the company of their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-
-Btrelitz, and the Princess Mary at dinner last evening at
her ladyship's house in Portman-square. A select circle
was invited to meet their Royal Highnesses.

Lord and Lady Proby are on a visit to the Duke
and Duchess of Manchester, at Kimbolton Castle.

A marriage has been arranged to take Oleo
between Mr. Cuthbert Larking, of the 15th Hussars, eldest
son of Mr. John Wingfield Larking, of the Firs, Kent, and'
the Lady Adela Hare, daughter of the Countess, and sister
to the present Earl of Listowel.

ERRATUM.—In our Fashionable Intelligence of
yesterday, by an absurd transposition of the head-
lines of two little parAgrapbs, relating, the one of them to
a Marriage, the other to a Dinner, there occurred (in 9.
small portion at least of our earliest edition) an error so
utterly ridiculous that it must at once have corrected itself/
to the instant recognition of every intelligent reader. T4°
following were the two paragraphs referred to :

A marriage will shortly be celebrated between
Mr. Paynton Pigott Conant (late Captain 16th Lancers) and
the lion. Henrietta Carlton, eldest daughter of Lord P°"
chester.

Sir 'Walter and Lady James entertained the
Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mrs. and
.I.iss Gladstone and a select party at dinner last evening) at
their mansion in Whitehall-gardens.

The piece played on Sunday night at the Prin:
cess Mathilde's in presence of the Emperor and Empress 0'
the French was entitled "La Revanche do Scapin,” by 31'
Theodore de Banville. Its success was most decided, tho
whole audience being constantly in a roar of :aughter. r.1:11,?
Emperor, after the performance sent for the author Iw'
said to hint, "M. do Banville, I really thought ac first that
it was Moliere's Sc,: in I saw before ma." It was remarked
that no one seemed more amused than the Pope's Nuncio:
The ball for the benefit of the Society of Dramatic
Artists took Place on Saturday, at the Opera Corniqd„er
Paris. It Was numerously atteuded, the crowd includini, 5
prince of the imperial house, an Indian nabob in costutooo,
all the actresses of the diffvrent theatres, all their friend
and a few foreigners,

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