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

STATE OF TRADE,

DUNDEE, March I.—A moderate business con-
tinues to be done in flax on contract for shipment at
the various Russian ports at full prices. For flax
the spot there is more inquiry, and several transac-
tions are reported to-day. The finer marks are firmly
held, but the prices of common qualities is rather in
favour of buyers. Tow and codilla are not very
active, and prices are unchanged. There is a good
demand for medium
to fine jute at late rates, but
common is still dull. Yarns of all kinds were in
active request today, and a large business done in
them at a email advance on the prices current last
market day for au
and tow qualities. Jute yarns
have risen more than other sorts, and 71b are now
quoted 2s 9d to 2s 10d a spindle. Orders for linens
continue to come forward freely, and manufacturers
are generally well foretold. Extensive transactions
are reported in jute goods, the makers being gene-
rally largely sold in advance. Prices of the better
class of linens and also of jute fabrics are still on the
advance, the rise being from 5 to 6 per cent. within
the last week.

LEICESTER, 2(1.---Bitsiness in most departments of
the hosiery trade is improving. There has been a
fair demand for both !ancy and regular goods. At
Loughborough and Hinckley trade is rather quiet.
The yarn market continues firm, and exceedingly
high prices are
made, spinners being generally well
engaged. There is no material alteration in the price
of wools. There
are no stocks of yarns or hosiery
on hand.

NOTTINGTIAM, 2d,--There is not much alteration
in the lace trade this week. The demand for foun-
dation nets has faller off considerably, and there is
not so much doing in Mechlin quillings. The black
silk loco and narrow edging
trade is extremely dull,
and indeed has been so for several weks past, A
good business is doing in silk Mechlines, and silk
quillings are also selling tolerably well. Stocks of
all kinds of goods are kept exceedingly low. In
hosiery there has Leon a fair amount of business
doing. There are some tolerable orders for shipping,
and the home trade is healthy, Yarns are firm,
without alteration in price.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

NOTTINGHAM SPRING MEETING.-IVEDNEsDAY.
The Forest Plate of 60 soya, for all ages ; winners extra.

T. Y .C., 6 furlongs.
Duo de Morny's Partisan, 5 yrs, Bst 41b .. (A. Watkins) 1
Mr G. Angell's Tailor, 3 yrs, sst 121 b (G. Sayers) 2
Mr Savile's Clairvoyants, 3 yrs Est .... (J. Gritnehaw) 3
Mr Joseph Dawsou's Neophyte, aged Bst 91b

- (Challoner) 4
Mr W. E. Jones's Zoloo, 4 yrs, Est 121 b (Keates) 5
Mr Etches's Fluke, 4 yrs, Est 101 b (J. Loates) 6
Mr Saxon's Idle Girl, 3 yrs, sst 101 b (H, Sharp) 0
Betting-7 to 4 apt Partisan, sto 2 agst Clairvoyante,
6 to 1 each agst Neophyte and Zeloo.

Tbo start was delayed for a considerable time by the dis-
obedience of the jockeys, and it was not until Mr. Marshall
threatened to report the first rider who broke away, that
they got on anything like terms. Idle Girl was very restive,
and once nearly got rid of young Sharp. When the flag was
finally lowered Zeloo and Idle Girl rushed to the fronr,
followed by Partisan, Clairvoyants, and Neophyte, but
after a few strides the French horse went to the front, was
never afterwards headed, and won in the commonest of
canters by six leng,hs ; Clairvoyante, who was second to
the half-distance, allowed Tailor to pass her ; Idle Girl ran
wide at the turn into the straight, half a mile from the
finish, jumped the rails, and both horse and jockey came
down a crasher, but beyond a shaking neither was hurt:
The Juvenile Selling Stakes of 5 sous each, with 30 added,
for two•yr-olds, half a mile, did not fill.

A Selling Stakes, for all ages, with 30 added. Half a mile.
Mr G. Egerton's Mother Bunch, 3 yrs (£4O), Bst llb

(:'French) 1
Mr W. Gage's Flower Safety, 4 yrs (£43), 9st 41b
(W. Hobson) 2
Lord Stamford's Britannia, 2 yrs (£10), Est 41b
(J. Grimshaw) 3
Mr Mansfield's Vicksburg, 2 yrs (140), 6st 41b
(G. Sayers) 4
Betting-5 to 4 agst Mother Bunch, 7to 4 agst Flower
Safety, 3 to 1 agst Vicksburg, 6 to 1 agst Britannia.
The two favourites lay nearly abreast up to the distance,
where Mother Bunch drew gradually away, and won a good
race by a head; Britannia, who was a bad third, beat Vicks-
burg a head.

The winner was bought in for 155 guineas.
The Little John Stakes of 5 sovs each, with 30 added, for
2-yr-olds ; colts, Bst 101 b ; fillies, Bst 61b ; winners 51b
extra. Half-mile straight.
Mr llodgman's Vision, Bst Illb (including 51b extra)

(Perry) 1
Mr Savile's La Mechante, Bst 61b (Challoner) 2
Mr Samuel's Blackbird, Bst 61b (A. Edwards) 3
The following also ran :—lscoid, Roulette, Princess
Dagmar, Zizi, Ericht, Lady Sefton, and Lady Chatham.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Blackbird, sto 1 agst Vision, 4to 1
agst La Mechante, 8 to 1 agst Lady Sefton, 100 to 8 agst
any other.

After a protracted delay the lot were started well toge-
ther, Blackbird and La Mechante, with Vision at their
quarters, showing in front; but on settling into places
Princess Dagmar on the far side of the course took up the
running to the distance, where Vision, La Mechante, and
Blackbird came on locked together. At the half-distance
both Vision and Blackbird slightly gave way, but coming
again Vision won one of the most brilliant finishes ever
witnessed by a head; a similar distance only divided the
second and third; Princess Dagmar was a bad fourth, Rou-
lette fifth, Zizi sixth, and the last three were Escoid, Lady
Chatham, and Ericht.

The Welter Cup of 40 soya in specie, for district hunters ;
l2st each, with certain allowances. Once round, about a

mile and a quarter.
Mr Clay's Damascus, 6 yrs, list 21b .. (Mr T. Price) 1
Mr J. Houghton's Semley,4 yrs, 12st (includ 51b extra)
(W. Johnson) 2
Mr W. Nichol's Wilfred, aged, list 21b (car list 131 b)
aptain
Mr Wilkinson's Football (h b), aged(C, llst 91b Emsley) 3
(Mr Boynton) 4
Mr Bancroft's Miss Clifton, 6 yrs, 12st (inc 51b extra)
(J. Page) 5
Mr J. Holiday's Goth, 6 yrs, list 9lb (Owner) 6
Mr Poppleton's Boootia (h b), 4 yis, list 21b_.

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(Mr Elmsley) 7
Mr IL Barker's Wild Rcse, 4 yrs, 12st ....(Mr Nunu) 8

Betting-5 to 4on Damascus, 4to 1 each agat Wilfred
and Miss Clifton.

The favourite waited upon the lot to the distance, where
he and Semley drew away, Damascus winning easily by a
length and a half, two lengths between second and third,
and a length between third and fourth.
The Great Annual Hurdle Race of 5 sovs each, with 50
added; winners extra. Two miles and a half over eight
flights of hurdles.
Mr Wallace's Lincoln, aged, list (Knott) 1
Mr Lincoln's David Ann, 6 yrs 9st 41b (G. Stevens) 2
Mr Hodgman's Soothsayer, aged, 9st 6lb .. (W. White) 3
West End was scratched at one o'clock on the day of
running.

Betting—Even on David Ann, 2 to 1 agst Soothsayer, 5
to 2 agst Lincoln.
Soothsayer made strong running, followed by David Ann
and Lincoln, both pulling hard, until about a mile from the
finish, when Soothsayer gave way to the pair, and Lincoln
headed the favourite to the distance, where David Ann got
her neck in front for a few strides; but upon Lincoln being
called upon, he immediately answered, and won a capital
race by two lengths. Soothsayer was beaten off.

The Hunt Cup of 60 sous for local hunters; certain
penalties. Two miles and a half over eight hurdles.
Mr Parkinson's Kiss Me Quick, 6 yrr, 12st :71b
Mr Audinwood) 1
Mr S. H. Smith's Gipsy Jane, 13st (Mr Coleman) 2
Mr Falconbridgo's Florence, 5 yrs, 12st 71b (Mr Watson) 3
Miss Morgan, Farmer's Daughter, Little Captain's Maid,
Singlepeeper, and Wild Herd also ran.

Betting•-6 to 4on Miss Morgan, 4to 1 each agst Kiss
Me Qaiek and Little Captain's Maid.

Miss Morgan made play for a mile and a half, after which
Kiss Me Quick took up the running, and won by two
lengths—a similar distance separated the second and third.
Toe winner was objected to on the ground of being tho-
roughbred.
LATEST BETTING ON THE COURSE.
LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
Bto 1 agst Bantam (taken)
Bto 1 agst Emblematic (taken)
Bto 1 agst Wee Nell (taken)
Bto 1 agst Jerusalem (taken)
25 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered)
40 to 1 agst Ireley (taken)
60 to 1 apt Brian Borhoime (offered)

SCARBOROUGH STEEPLECHASE MEETING.

WEDNESDAY.

The Scarborough Grand Annual Open Steeplechase Han-

dicap. Three miles and a half,
Silver Star, aged, lOst 41b (G. Waddington) 1
Rook the Gardener, 6 yrs, list llb (includ. 101 b ex.)
(Mr G Walker) 2
Wild Wave, and, lOst 31b (Owner) 3
, Banker aged, 91b (Mr Skeen) 4
Deerfoot, 4 yrs, lOst
Betting-6 to 4on Rook the Gardener, 7to 4 agst Silver
Star, and 4 to 1 agst any other, (offered).
Won by a head ; very bad third.
The Innkeepers' Plate. About two miles and a half.

Fugleman's Daughter, list (Saltmer) 1
Tomtit, 12st 71b (Christian) 2
Brompton, 12st 71b (Rugg) 3
The following also lan :—Highland Jessie, Halsham
Billie, Paddy, and Little Jack.

Betting-5 to 4on Tomtit, 3to 1 agst Brompton, and 5
to 1 agst any other.

Won by two lengths ; throe lengths separated the second
and third.

The winner was sold to Mr. Ward for 30 guineas.
The Scarborough Hunters' Plato of 60 sous, added to a
sweepstakes of 5 soya each. About three miles and a

half. --
Bridegroom, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. G. Harland) 1
Cannibal, aged, 12st (Mr. W. Bevil]) 2
Red Robin, hb, aged, 12st 71b (Mr. W. Simpson) 3
The following also ran :—Fireaway, Dixie's Land, Curi-
ous, Benedict, Miss Joice, and Balnamoon,

Betting-5 to 4 agst Red Robin, 3to 1 agat Bridegroom
4 to 1 each agst Cannibal and Curious, and 5 to 1 agst
Benedict.

Won by half a length, same between second and third.
A. Hunters' Selling Stakes. Three-quarters of a mile.
Solferino, 12st llb (Rugg) 1
Tomtit, 11ht 101 b
The Beau and Tally-ho also ran.
Betting-6 to 4 agst Tomtit, 2to 1 agst Tally-ho, and 3
to 1 agst The Beau.

Won by half a length. Only two passed the post.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER—WEDNESDAY.
There was a small attendance of subscribers at our Sub•
scription Rooms to-day, and business was restricted to
a few transactions on the Liverpool Steeplechase, for which
Emblematic was installed the favourite. Ocean Witch was
again in great request at 16 to 1; likewise Jerusalem found
friends at 100 to 6. Closing prices:—

LIVERPOOL STEEPLECHASE.
13 to 2 agst Emblematic (taken)
Bto 1 agst Bantam (taken)
10 to 1 agst Wee Nell (taken and offered)
10 to 1 agst Portland (offered)
16 to 1 agst Ocean Witch (taken freely)
100 to 6 agst Jerusalem (taken)
20 to 1 agst Sinking Fund (offered)

SlinlPlNG—This Day.

LONDON, March 3.—Wind this day at noon—North-
E%aterly ; moderate breeze, and cloudy weather, with
rain.

FALMOUTH, March 3.—Wind N,E.—Arrrived—Peep o
Day, from Mauritius.

CARDIFF, March 2.—Wind S.E.—Sailed—Restless, for
Grenada—Sophie, for Havannah.

(ET MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.
Sailed—Alice Bland, for Malbourne—Charlotte Ann, for
Colombo—Lord J. Russell, steamer, for Dunkirk—Stadt
Dordrecht, steamer, for Dordt.

DEAL, Wednesday Morning.
All the inward bound sailed fur the river.

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WINDSOR CASTLE, March 2.
The Queen, accompanied by her Royal HighnEss
Princess Helena, walked in the grounds this morn.
ing.

Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Bar.
rington and Lieutenant• Colonel Cavendish, returned
from London toe-day.

Her Royal Highness Princess Augustus of Sage_
Coburg, with Princess Ciotilde and Princess Amelia,
visited the Queen and remained to luncheon.
Lady Churchill has succeeded the Viscountess
Jocelyn as Lady in Waiting.
Mr. Cleave (the mayor of Windsor) and Mr.
Darrik (town clerk) had the honour of an interview
to present an address to her Majesty from the town
of Windsor, to congratulate her Majesty 04 the
birth of an infant prince.

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 do
Moerkerke, and a limited suite. A thick fog pre.
vailed during the passage.
Hig 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 phould 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 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
Keppal.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Lieut.-Colonel
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 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 pumps and
solemnities peculiar to the Church with which he was con•
netted.

His body was conveyed to St. Mary's Chapel, Broughton-
sfreet, 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 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 wore 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 croziers, mire, 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 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-
garot'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 ur,
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, \V, Corbett, W. D'Arcy, F. Doherty, J. Prendergast,
J. Martin, P. Cumming, J. O'Reilly, J. Bric, R. Clapper-
ton, L. Dunn, W. Grady, W. Smith, P. Maclauchlan, J.
M'Donald, John Gillon, D. M•Cartney, A. Boland, J. Gal-
vin, J. Clapperton, G. M'Lood, F. Mackerell, and P. Mao-
menus. Amongst the laity present were the Marchioness
of Lothian, Lord Ralph Kerr, Lieut.-Colonel Kyle, Mr,
Trotter of Woodhill, Mr, Smith Sligo of luzievar, 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 mask 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 the Rev, Igna-
tius Grant ascended tho 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 fow 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
hisdegree 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 L estities not only to the merits of the great
man, but also the good father—not only of the syrapa.
thies of the Church rge, but of the sorrows 9: his Owe

flock. What does the universal testimony of all who have
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 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 ou 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 pain
sharper than the tooth of a serpent. I have heard him M
the midst of society and at the social and hospitable board
—I
,have seen hie 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 have
even heard him ringing 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. 11i8
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 sneaking as if be
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 ! Adieu in
the name of the Church at large. Adieu in the name of the
Church of Scotland, whose ornament thou halt been. Adiett
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 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 broker"
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
Bleseed 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 my latter end be like his.
High mass concluded, the officiating clergymen, priey's°,
altar servants, and others, each bearing a lighted w°
candle in his hand, left the enclosed space in front of 038
altar and moved slowly towards the bier, which they sus'
rounded. The 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. MTherson, and Mr. Strain, which ccev
eluded the elaborate service prescribed on such occasions by
the Catholic Church.
ss
During the whole of the morning considerable croW
began to gather in the streets in the vicinity of St. Marl's'
Chapel ; and by the time mass was concluded at two (fele'
Broughton-street and the corners of the adjacent thorough' I
fares were crowded as closely as the people could be pace-
together. So great was the pressure that the shops 11, !
to be closed to prevent the windows being broken;
although very many of the persons who had assenablei,:fl
in the hope of being able to witness at least a small part
11
the procession, suffered immense inconvenience, the utrals
order and good feeling prevailed. The coffin, covered vit_ ;
a beautiful purple silk pall, was borne from the chapel OPr,
the shoulders of six attendants, and placed in the hearse,
drawn up in waiting, amid the comparative silence of 'l2°
spectators. The priests and others engaged in the We.
nanny then entered the mourning coaches, and the Pre'
cession started for the Convent of St. Margaret's, at Green'
hill Gardens. The cortege—which consisted of the bears:
drawn by four horses, and twelve mourning and sever
private carriages—proceeded by way of York-place, Queeiltii
street, Castle-street, Princes-street, Lothian• road, sr"e'
thence to the Nunnery. Along the principal parts of tn,
;
route large numbers of spectators assembled to view th,,
procession, and at the outside of the convent a considerable
crowd of people, mostly of the Catholic persuasion, conger'
gated to catch a glimpse of the body of their late hish(4
being borne through its gates.
The preparations made at the convent for the receptioaoil
the remains of the learned prelate were of a simple and 1111:;
pretending character ; but though considerably less demeeti
strative and totally wanting in the pomp of the service st!
St. Mary's, the closing part of the ceremony was withcil
doubt the most impressive of the whole. The nuns cf t
Margaret's and St. Catherine's, the pupils of the schhei
named after the nunnery, the Sisters of Mercy, and
pupil teachers connected with the Catholic schools ite
town, were drawn up in two lines within the ccilt
yard of the nunnery through which the fuer% '
procession was to pass on its way to the vaults.
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tittle girls were dressed in white, and the nuns we.
white and black veils, and Carried lighted wax tapers g
one hand, and books of the service they were to chelloa
in the other. When the cortege arrived, the large gates
the convent was thrown open, and the coffin was bc""se;,
through its portals shoulder-high. Young men dressed
white, swinging censers of incense, and bearing aloft Or;
sentations of the Crucifixion, on poles, and the clergy
who who were to officiate in the vault , preceded the coffin. nit
the procession emerged through the arched gateway ee-0'
moved towards the vault, the nuns sang the " Misere'
with a peculiar wailing intonation, which, taken in 1,
nexton with the surrounding scene, had a very Peal-5e
effect. On entering the vaults beneath the chapel of
Margaret's, the coffin was placed in one of the stonebii
ceases prepared for its reception, and those of the Pesoi
who had gained admission to the grounds were all° icat
to descend to the place of sepulture. The vaults, wid'y
consist of two long narrow galleries divided into betzi
like compartments for the coffins, were ligilearl
with lamps and wax candles, decorated with e;tig,
greens and crosses, and had the floor laid `liies,
carpet. In one of the vaults are deposited the 13° of
of Mrs. Hope-Scott, of Abbotsford, granddaughters
Sir Walter Scott, and two of her children. The 33sai
having sung the "Banedictue," prayers were offered,
60
coffin of the late bishop was sprinkled with holy water'
the ceremony of the day was complete.
The coffin bore the following inscription :
" Jacobus Gillis, Episcopus Limyrensie, Vicariue 'Zs
tolicus Oriestalis Districtus Scotia); elates die seP''
ruensisA~,rilisMDCCCl I ; obit die vigesima quarta nl
Februarif MD CC CLX. I V.—R.L P." .01
The choir at St. Mary's Chapel, under the directic'ty
Mr. W. Rutherford, with Mr. Bridgman, presiding et
organ, organ, deserve the h' ti
credit for the effective resolg
in which, notwithstanding the want of time for reheearei
the whole, more especially the difficult music of Me°
divine work, was sung.
4' a* The Scotsman, at the conclusion of the above 0
count, adds the following remarks :—" We cannot Ci°,
efaAl
without a word of reprehension for the vulgar heartlessuos
of some possibly well-meaning, but certainly eats stiO
people, at whose instigation the walls on the route o',
pi
procession were placarded with texts of Scripture inter`
to have an offensive reference to the religion of the melt°
and the dead."

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of
ol
bridge, the Princess Mary, and the Grand Facilll9d
Mecklenburg-Strelitz honoured the Earl Granville by ood
preeenee at dinner on Tuesday evening. A numeroliso,
distinguished circle were invited to meet their Royal °i
nesse&

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington reels,ro
a select party at dinner last evening at Apsley the
The Marquis of Bowmont has returned to
Clarendon Hotel, from Floors Castle.
The Earl and Countess of Essex have rates,
to their seat, Cashiobury Park, Hertfordshire,
Brighton.
The Countess (Dowager) of Westmorelse—a t
honoured by the company of their Royal Highaasch-or
Duchess of Cambridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklan;n-,,
6trelitz, and the Princess Mary at dinner last everitolo
her ladyship's house in Portman-square. A select
was invited to meet their Royal Highnesses. P
Lord and Lady Proby are on a visit to the DII
and Duchess of Manchester, at Kimbolton Castle. loco
A marriage has been arranged to take Pidal
between Mr. Cuthbert Larking, of the 15th Hussars,e ot3r
.
son of Mr. John Wingfield Larking, of the Firs, 1"-ellt'Oi
the Lady Adela Hare, daughter of
the Countess, all's •
to the present Earl of Listowel. Of
CO
ERRATUM.—In our Fashionable Intelligeu
ook
yesterday, by an absurd transposition of the 1100
lines of two little paragraphs, relating, the one
of tileo°
a Marriage, the other to a Dinner, there occurred or
small portion at least of our earliest edition) an erritEelf,
utterly ridiculous that it must at once have corrected 51)0,
to the instant recognition of every intelligent reader'
following were the two paragraphs referred to
A marriage will shortly be celebrated b°`.s) end
Mr. Paynton Pigott Conant (late Captain 16th Lancer °1)1
tho Hon, lleniictta Carlton, eldest daughter of I'c°'
cheater.
; a i"
Sir Walter and Lady James enterta.„ties oa!
Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer, .cr,‘"
Nliss Gladstone and a select part at dinner last everlijc
their mansion in Whitehall-gardens.
Th ' ilaved (In Q-- ' • the

.e piece played on Sunday night at the 'rol.loP°l
Ec,tvihehsesoleiaa,tibliilednee'es
tshma.dt,peror, after tiii-
hneei
npresencepgeerofonis. n
it
aoanfntt
performance,
Emperor ptr
oefraoorrro
tfahul
eadu;el,:rorb,tefool
Theodore
French was entitled "La Revanche de Scapiv% dt V,
do lianville. Its suecL-s Wit'S most deCiUC-. 0.1
italu to him, i‘ M. de Banville, I'really thought 36110% arV
a•as Moliere's Scapin I saw before ma." It Was rc.,,,,pri°:s
no one seemed more amused than the Dope's —LsoiatP.'
lhe ball for the benefit of the Society of I),,rniliitill,e;
Irtists took place on Saturday, at the Opera;;;ldiae.
Paris. It was numerously attended, the crowd i ' too;
Prince of the imperial house, an Indian nabob it' c,:ied .
all the actresses of the diff;rent theatres, all their '
and 4 few foreigners.