The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-24 00:00:00

THE LATE LORD PALMERSTON.

Arrival of the Body at Cambridge House.
The following appeared in our third edition of last
evening :
Exactly at 25 minutes to six the great gates of
the court-yard of Cambridge House opened for the
last time to admit all that remained mortal of Henry
John Temple, third Viscount Palmerston. The
hearse containing the body of his lordship
travelled to London by the great north road, and
but very few who noticed the sombre carriage on
its progress were aware of the illustrious dead it
contained, as the general impression was that the
Great Northern Railway would have been the route
by which the body of the deceased statesman would
have been brought to London.

As soon as the hearse passed the outer gates of
Cambridge House they were immediately closed,
and thus but very few were present to witness the
solemn and impressive scene. Immediately the
hearse drew up at the front entrance of Cam-
bridge House the coffin was placed upon
the shoulders of eight bearers, and the Hon. Evelyn
Ashley, his late lordship's private secretary, and the
Hey. Henry Suliyan, the only surviving nephew of
his lordship, came forward to receive the body. By
them it was conducted to the great dining-room, and
there, amidst the most profound silence, it was
placed in the centre of the apartment which, with
the exception of a large tray of funeral feathers,
and a black cloth on the floor, was extremely
devoid of all funereal display. A large
black velvet pall was placed half over the
crimson velvet cushion, and this having been done,
the attendants of Mr. Banting, of St. James's-
street, who has the arrangement of the funeral,
withdrew.

During the whole of the proceedings, which did
not occupy more than about 15 minutes, the
most profound silence prevailed. Scarcely a word,
and that not above a whisper, was spoken by any
one wahin the apartment.

The funeral is fixed to take place on Friday next,
in Westminster Abbey, at one o'clock.

Vacancies, Promotions, and Appointments
in the Civil Service,

(Front the Civil Service Gazette)

TILE ROYAL HOUSEHOLD.—The housekeepership of Ken-.
sington Palace State apartments has become vacant by tha
death of Mrs. Lyons.
COLONIAL-OFFICE.—An officekeepership in Downing..
street has become vacant by the death of Mr. R. Powell.
Mr. R. Ireland has been appointed a clerk in the convict
service, Western Australia. Mr. G. Bellhas been appointed
a storeman in the convict service, Western Australia.

HOME-OFFICE.—Mr. J. W. Hindle has been appointed
deputy governor of Chatham Convict Prison.
THE ADMIRALTY.—Mr. W. C. B. Hall has been appointed
to be a clerk in Somerset House. Mr. J. Road, timber in-
spector at Pembroke Dockyard, has been appointed timber
inspector at Chatham Yard, in the room of Mr. Netherwood,
retired. Mr. J. M .Davies has been appointed a store issuer,
Sierra Leone.

Tx POST OFFICE.—Two surveyors' clerkships, second
class, are vacant. Salary, £2OO, increasing £lO a year to
£3OO, with an allowance of 15s. a day when absent from
headquarters, in addition to the cost of locomotion. Mr. J.
B. Davies has been appointed to be a clerk at Canterbury.
Mr. J. Hurst has been appointed to be a clerk at Bradford.
Mr. B. Manning has been appointed to be a clerk at Clonmel.
CUSTOMS.—Mr. George Marshall has been promoted from
the fourth to the third class of clerks in the office of tho
controller of accounts at the London Docks, London:
INLAND REVENUE.—Stamp and Tax Branch.—Mr. W
Martin, surveyor of taxes, has been removed from Luton to
Newport, Isle of- Wight. Mr. J. U. Moc,re, surveyor of
taxes, has been promoted from Stamford to Boston. Mr. P.
C. Borckhardt, assistant surveyor of taxes, Chester, has
been promoted to Stamford. Excise Branch.--Mr. Mar-
shall Kirkland Hindmarsh, examiner, has been appointed
supervisor of Aboyn district, Aberdeen collection. Mr.
George Curtis, supervisor, Millbank district, London
(South) collection, has been appointed surveying general
examiner, third class. Mr. Walter Harvey Newman,
supervisor, Dublin Ist district., has been appointed super-
visor of Millbank district, London (South) collection. Mr.
John Lyddon, supervisor, Wroth= district, Maidstone col-
lection, has been appointed supervisor of Dublin, Ist dis-
trict, Dublin collection. Mr. John Williams, examiner, has
been appointed supervisor of Wrotham district, Maidstone
collection. Mr. Edward Charles Sturgeon, examiner, has
been appointed supervisor of Haveriordwest district, Car-
marthen collection. Mr. John Thornton, officer, Millbank,
Ist division, London (South) collection, has been appointed
to be an examiner. Mr. Wm. Beart, officer, Leven, Ist di-
vision, Perth collection, has been appointed to be an exami-
ner. Mr. Joseph Sowden, officer, Berkeley division, Glou-
cester collection, has been appointed to be an examiner.
Mr. W. E. Drake, officer, Bromley, 2d division; Middlesex
collection, has been appointed to be an examiner.

Railway Traffic Returns for the Week,

Xilee Opened. Receipts.

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1865 1864

991 2,087 1.917
441 653 598
28 2,1 a 1,937
61 1,018 784
1211 6,980 6,827
408 27,935 26,285
121 2,666 1,992
325