The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-23 00:00:00

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THE CRITERION STAKES.

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'TOIZIA CLUB BETTING—THIS DAY.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
9to 1 agst Ostroger (taken)
100 to 8 agst Provisor (taken)
12 to 1 agst Gladiateur (taken)
16 to 1 agst The Duke (taken)
20 to 1 agst Regalia (taken)
22 to 1 agst Merry Wife (taken)
25 to 1 agst Moldavia (taken)
25 to 1 agst Out and Outer (offered)
33 to agst John Davis (offered)
33 to 1 agst Holstein (taken)
33 to 1 agst Nu (taken)
83 to 1 agst King Charming (taken)
33 to 1 agst Gratitude (taken)
40 to 1 agst Red Earl (taken)
50 to 1 agst Cateh'em Alive (taken)

The Arrangements for Lord Palmerston's

Funeral.

(From the Obserrer)
On Satnrday afternoon final arrangements for the
interment of the late noble Premier were made under
direction of the Hon. William Cowper and other
members of the family, and there is, in consequence
of circumstances which have transpired, very consi-
derable alteration in what was the original intention,
although, considering the rank of the deceased noble-
man, it will be what may be emphatically termed a
private funeral. It has been arranged that the body
will be brought to town from Brockett Hall about
mid-day on Monday (this day), and conveyed in
the hearse from the Great Northern to the Water-
loo station of the London and South-Western Rail-
way, proceeding by the 4.10p.m. train to Romsey, and
from thence to his lordship's late seat at Broadlands,
where it is expected to arrive about seven p.m.
Hero it is intended, on the Tuesday, that the apart-
ment in which the coffin containing the bony is to
be placed shall be open from 8 to 9 o'clock in the
morning till dusk, in order to enable the tenantry
and inhabitants of itomsey and the surrounding to
pay, if they please, a last mark of respect to the late
Minister—their firm and faithful departed friend.
There are, however, to be no funeral decorations in
the shape of hangings, burning tapers, or emblazoned
escutcheons, but simply the coffin resting on a bier
in the centre of the apartment, and partially covered
by the pall. The funeral procession will be equally
unpretending. It will consist of the hearse (preceded
by mutes and plume of feathers) drawn by four
black horses. The only distinguishing marks of the
deceased's rank will be his lordship's escutcheons on
either side of the hearse, but there will be no similar
emblems either on the trappings of the horses draw..
ing the hearse, or on any of the other mouring car-
riages, which will be ten in number, drawn by two
horses each.

The cortege will move from Broadlands at 3 p.m.
punctually on Wednesday, and instead of, as was
originally intended, passing direct from the mansion
to the New Romsey Cemetery, where Lord Palmer-
ston had a vault constructed especially for himself,
it will proceed in the direction of the Abbey Church
of Romsey, in which that portion of the Service for
the Burial of the Dead which is usually performed
under the roof of one of our sacred edifices on such
an occasion will be celebrated by the Rev. E. N.
Benthom, the vicar of Romsey, who has for many
year enjoyed the personal friendship of the noble
doocizood. My -Abbey Church OT itornsey is about
a mile from Broadlauds in one direction, and the
new cemetery is about a mile from the Abbey Church
in another direction. It appears that there are
some closer kindred to the late noble Premier in
existence than those who were related to him by his
marriage with Viscountess Palmerston ; and it is
understood that the office of chief mourner will fall
to the lot of the Rev. Henry Sullivan, of Yoxale
Rectory, Lichfield, his lordship's only surviving
nephew. The other immediate connexions of the family
who will occupy the various mourning coaches, in
accordance with their respective degrees of affinity,
are the Earl of Shaftesbury, the He Hon. W. Cow-
per, M.P., Chief Commissioner of Works; Admiral
Bowles, K.C.B. ; Gen. Sir Geo. Bowles, K,C.B. ;
Earl Cowper, the Hon. Evelyn Jocelyn, the Hon.
Cecil Ashley, the Hon. Capt. Jocelyn, the Hon.
Frederick Jocelyn, the Hon. H. Cower, M.P., the
Hon. Spencer Cowper, Lord Sudeley, and Earl
Spencer. Amongst others who have been invited
and signified their intention of being present at tho
funeral as mourners are Earl Russell, the Duke of
Somerset, Sir Charles Wood, the Hon. Mr. Brand,
the Hon. Charles Barringtod, Sir Geo. Shee, Mr.
H. Hippersley, and the Rev. R. G. Baker, sons-in-
law of the Rev. Henry Sulivan, his lordship's
nephew, and Dr. Prothero Smith. Although, as
previously stated, the funeral will be in every re-
spect a private one, and as plain as possible, still the
coffin in which Lord Palmerston's remains will be
finally deposited will be of a character befitting his
high rank and the high station he held in society.
The leaden shell will be enclosed in an outer coffin
of stout oak, covered with crimson Genoa velvet,
handsomely studded with gilt nails, handles, and
other fittings. The upper panel of the coffin lid
contains a viscount's cornet, rest on a Star of the
Order of the Garter, and a monogram K.G. The
middle panel is occupied by a massive gilt plate, on
which aro engraved on the top his lordship's coat of
arms and the following inscription :—" The Right
Hon. Ilenry John Temple, Viscount Palmerston,
K.G., G.C.B. Born October 20, 1784. Died
October 18, 1865. The lower panel bears the
Grand Star of the Order of the Bath, resting on the
initials of the order, G.C.B. In consequence of
the determination to have the body of the late noble
Premier conveyed, in the first instance, to Romsey
Abbey Church, and after reading a portion of the
funeral service there then to proceed and conclude
it at the new cemetery, the procession will have to
travel a distance of between two and three miles,

and from the time of leaving the mansion of Broad-

lands till the conclusion of the ceremony upwards

of two hours will be occupied, so that it will be

nearly if not quite dark before the cortege returns
to the mansion. Although nothing further definite
is known, it is believed that Earl De Grey, Mr.
Gladstone, Mr. Milner Gibson, and giving others
of the late noble Premier's colleagues in the ministry,
as well as a very large number of his supporters in
Parliament, will be present to pay the last sad mark
of respect to the remains of our great English
statesman and noble-hearted Englishman,

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

HIGHLAND.
The report of the directors states that by the act
under which this company was constituted the In-
verness and and Aberdeen Junction and the Inver-
ness and Perth Junction Railway Companies was
dissolved ; and it was provided that the revenue
from the 31st of January last should form the re-
venue of the united company, and be applied, after
meeting all preference charges, in payment of an
equal dividend among the ordinary shareholders of
the two companies. The period embraced in the
accounts was seven months. Ihe gross receipts
amounted to £103,950, from which was deducted
£5,395 for tolls to the Scottish North Eastern and
the Scottish Central Railway Companies, leaving
£98,555. To this was added £597, for mileage of
carriages and waggons, £857 for rents, &c., and
£725 balaance from the preceding account, making
£100,734. From which was deducted £50,195 for
working expenses, and £26,090 for interest on loans,
leaving £24,449, out of which £15,675 was deducted
for dividends on the 4i per cent., 5 per cent., and
6 per cent. preference shares ; and £8,516 for the
proposed dividend on the ordinary stock at the rate
of 2 per cent. per annum, leaving a balance of £257.
The directors regretted that in this the first report
of the united company they were compelled to sub-
mit a statement so much less favourable than the
reports of the separate companies in previous half-
years. This result was owing to the expense of the
works necessary for completing and efficiently
working the two systems of railways comprised in
the united undertaking, and also, in both cases,
having very considerably exceeded the cost origi-
nally contemplated. The excess of expenditure and
liability was about equally divided between the two
companies at the date of the amalgamation. Owing
to the non-completion of several works, and to
many claims being unsettled, the directors had only
recently been able to make up a full statement of
the cost of the undertaking. In order to meet the
excess of expenditure, it had been necessary to ob-
tain cash advances from the banks at the high rates
of interest which had prevailed. As, however, these
advances were considerably under the authorised
capital of the company, the directors considered
that, in fairness to the shareholders, they ought to
charge against revenue only the dividends which
would have been payable upon the stocks, ordinary
and preference, represented by these advances, and
to carry the excess to capital as part of the cost of
the undertaking, legitimately incurred in order to
make available the moneys already expended. They
believed that by following this course they would
represent in the fairest manner the real position of
the company. The works of the undertaking had
been completed in a manner so substantial as to
render it improbable that any large amount would
be required in repairs for many years ; while their
arrangements were calculated to provide for a traffic
much larger than they had at present, but one with
which they were satisfied from experience they
would soon have to deal. The extra plant and
accommodation so provided had been a considerable
cause of the large excess of expenditure. The traffic
was increasing with a steadiness and regularity
which fully bore out the directors' anticipations of
the resources of the line. This increase would, in
their judgment, speedily restore the undertaking to
a position of prosperity. The traffic during the past
half year, compared with the corresponding period in
1864, shows an increase of about £4OO per week, and
since the books were closed the average increase had
amounted to £647 per week, while the working ex-
penses during the latter period had not increased.
The revenue of the half-year had suffered from the
cattle disease and the snowstorm of February last,
while the company were at the same time put to a
large expense in clearing the line. Thq directors
were glad to state that the works on the line from
Bonar-bridge to Golspie were being actively pro-
ceeded with. This line would prove a valuable
feeder to the company's undertaking, more espe-
cially when extended, as it no doubt would soon be,
to Wick and Thurso. An act had been obtained,
also by an independent company, for making a line
from Dingwall to Skye, which would throw a large
amount of traffic on the line. The length of those
linos was 172 miles, nn(l through them the whole
traffic of Scotland north and west of Invernesswould
be brought on the company's system. The directors
regretted to state that they had endeavoured with-
out success to obtain from the Scottish North-
Eastern Company a modification of the excessive
toll paid for the use of that company's line between
Stanley and Perth. They were glad to state that a
line had been found which would reduce the distance,
and at the same time give the company a route
without interruption into the Perth station. This
would effect a saving to this company, while it
would be a great accommodation to the public. The
Aberfeldy branch was opened for public traffic on
July 3. This completed the Highland Company's
system, which comprised 246 miles of railway.
The capital account showed that £2,604,353 had
been expended, leaving a balance of £201,460 against
the company.