The Sun.
London, England, 1865-02-24 00:00:00

LONDON GAZETTE—This Evening

WAR-OFFICE, FEB. 23.
The Queen has been graciously pleased to give orders
for the appointment of the following Officers of the Marine
of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, and of
his Majesty the King of the Netherlands, to be Honorary
Members of the Military Divisions of the Second and
Third Classes of the Most Honourable Order of the
Bath, respectively ; viz. :—To be Knight Commander—
M. Jean Louis Charles Jaures, Vice-Admiral. To be
Companions—M. Antoine Marie le Couriault du Quilio,
Capitaine de Vaisseau ; Mr. Henry Maurice Pas-quier do
Francheu, Capitaine de Vaissseau ; and Captain Jacobus
Eliza de Man.

ADMIRALTY, FEB. 22.
The following promotions have been made :—Mr. John
Johnson to be Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with se-
niority of 9th May, 1864 ; Mr. James Charles Sanders to
be Engineer in her Majesty's Fleet, with seniority of 16th
February, 1865.
FOREIGN-OFFICE, FEB. 22. __ _ _

The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. J. C.
Prost as Consul-General in New South Wales for his Ma-
jesty the King of the Netherlands.

FEB. 23.

The Queen has been pleased to appoint Hugh Mallet,
Esq., to be Secretary or Registrar to the Mixed Commis-
sion Courts established at the Cape of Good Hope, under
the treaties concluded by Great Britain on the 3d July,
1842, and 7th of April, 1862, with Portugal and the United
States respectively, for the suppression of the African slave
trade.

BANKRUPTS,
That portion of the Gazette containing the bankrupt 4
had not arrived when we went to press.

The late Duke of Northumberland.

But a few paces removed from the roar and rattle
of one of the centres of the metropolitan traffic lay
all day yesterday—and will continue to lie to-day—
the remains of one who was great among English
nobles. The mournful progress from the late Duke's
northern residence to the final resting place at West-
minster began on Wednesday, and from the events
of the journey rather than from any display made
at the ducal house in London is to be gathered
a just conception of the position filled by the de-
ceased nobleman, and of the regret awakened by his
loss. The funeral procession moved out from the
feudal castle of Alnwick amid the unmistakable
sorrow of all the Northumberland towns. The local
Volunteer force, to the number of 500, accompanied
it on its way, the Consuls of foreign nations attended
in uniform, so did the officers and crew of one of her
Majesty's gunboats, while the clergy and members
of local bodies, general mourners, and tenants on
horseback contributed to swell the number of those
who concurred in paying this last tribute of respect.
The very list of immediate body-servants, agents,
bailiffs, heads of departments, lodge-keepers, gar-
deners, falm-men, game-watchers, woodmen, &c.,
reads like a regimental muster-roll. When the
hearse had been conducted to the railway station
and the train conveying the remains reached New-
castle all the ships had their flags hoisted half-mast
high ; and at the next halting point, where a delay
of half an hour took place, the great bell of York
Minster solemnly tolled a requiem. Thus, followed
by the regrets of all to whom his worth was known'
the late Duke's body passed on its was to London,
where its arrival, late at night, excited but little
attention. The deepest sorrow, like the greatest
joy, is lost in the immensity of London life. All
that any event, however striking, can be expected
to accomplish is to give a passing colour to the
feeling of the moment. Residents, however, to
whom the circumstances were privately known, ex-
hibited not less eagerness to show respect for the
memory of the late Duke than any of his tenantry
or acquaintance in the north of England. The ad-
mission to Northumberland-house was exclusively
by ticket, the issue being confined to personal friends
of the deceased,
his tenants, and tradespeople. Of
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had been included. These were the few objects;
and, as far as could be perceived, the only objects
affording any relief to the mournfulness and quiet
of the chamber, at the sides of which a stricter
search discovered mutes standing with as little
motion as their own black wands. The last compli-
ment paid, and a pardonable curiosity indulged few
of the visitors were sorry to pass through the second
doorway into the light of day once more, leaving to
the custody of relatives and of the household, upon
whose faces grief was plainly written, the custody of
him who was sometime Duke and Earl of Northum-
berland, Earl and Baron Percy, Baron Lucy, Poyn-
ings' Fitz-Payne and Bryan, Latimer, Warkworth,
and Baron Prudhoe, in the county of Aortlaunber-
la nd.