The Sun.
London, England, 1854-05-08 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF THT? MARQUIS OF
ANGLESEY.

LICHFIELD, Saturday.—This morning the remains of
the above distinguished hero were interred in the family
vault in the cathedral of this city, and in a manner which
proved the high estimation in which he was held in that
locality where there existed the best opportunity of
appreciating his worth. The body arrived last evening
from London, and was conveyed to the George Hotel,
where the coffin was laid out with appropriate solemnity.
This morning the shops remained closed, and from an
early hour the bells tolled their mournful peals.
The civic authorities met at the George Hotel, at 11
o'clock, and proceeded to make the necessary arrange-
ments for taking their position in the melancholy cortege
which was speedily to set out. The first regiment of the
Staffordshire Militia were stationed along the line of the
principaLthoroughfare from the hotel to the cathedral.
A company was also ranged in the nave of the building.
At twelve o'clock the procession formed and set out
from the hotel for the cathedral, the mourners being
Lord Uxbridge, Lord Paget, M.P., Lord Alfred Paget,
Lord George Paget, the Duke of Richmond, Lord Crof-
ton, Lord -Enfield, Lord Sydney, &c.
On arriving at the west entrance of the cathedral, the
procession was met by Archdeacon Hill, the Rev. Pre-
bendary Daintry, Rev. G. Patterson, Rev. T. G. Parr,
Rev. W. Taylor, and Rev. H. Cotton, together with lay
vicars, choristers, and vergers. The body was taken
from the hearse, and conveyed down the nave to the
choir, where the hon. and very rev. the dean read the
psalm and lesson, after which the choir sang the anthem,
composed from 1 Peter i. The procession was then re-
formed, and proceeded to the vault outside the cathedral.
The burial service was performed by Archdeacon Hill,
and the last melancholy ceremony thus dosed the mortal
career of the gallant marquis. Lord Uxbridge and the
near relatives of the deceased descended into the vault,
and paid the last usual tribute of respect to his remains,
the present noble marquis, his successor, being deeply
affected.

In our account on Friday of the departure of the fu-
neral cortege for the lamented deceased's late residence,
we stated that his mortal remains were conveyed to their
destination by the Great Northern Railway. This was
an inaccuracy. It is to the London and North-Western
Rail.vay that all the credit is due for the excellent ar-
rangements, by which the whole cortege was enabled to
proceed to Lichfield without the slightest casualty.

CABINET CouNcIL.—A Cabinet Council was held at
the Foreign-office, Downing-street, on Saturday after-
noon. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aber-
deen, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granvile, the Duke of Argyll,
Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke
of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon.
Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The
Council sat four hours and a half.

TEE QUEEN'S STATE BALL.—The Queen will give her
first grand state ball for the season, at Buckingham
Palace, on the 17th inst., for which the Lord Chamber-
lain, by her Majesty's commands, has. issued 1,200 in-
vitations. At her Majesty's concert, this evening, the
invitations do not exceed 500, and the principal per-
formers have been selected from the Royal Italian Opera.
The Duchess Dowager of Northumberland is passing
the season in comparative retirement at her Grace's villa
at Twickenham. The Lady Harriett Herbert returns
to town to-day from a visit to her noble relative.
The Duchess of Sutherland, and a select party, in-
cluding some foreigners of distinction, were entertained
at dinner, on Thursday evening, by their Royal High-
nesses, the Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, at their Royal
Highnesses' villa at Twickenham.
The Duke of Devonshire, who has been entertaining
several large family dinner parties at his Grace's villa
at Chiswick during the past week, is expected to leave
town for Kemp Town at the close of the week to in-
spect the improvements in progress at that marine resi-
dence. _ _ _ _

The Marchioness of Downshire has left Hanovee-
square, for Paris. The noble marquis has gone to East
Hampstead-park for a few days.
His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has been pleased
to appoint Lord Talbot de Malahide, and James Hans
Hamilton, Esq., M.P., to be members of the Loan
Fund Board of Ireland.

The Earl of Wilton has returned to Grosvenor-square,
from Cowes, Isle of Wight, where the noble commodore's
yacht the Laura is undergoing great alterations.
Lord Ellesmere has purchased for 1,200 guineas the
picture by Ary-Scheffer, of Francesca da Rimini, now
exhibiting at the Exposition de l'Ecole Francaise des
Beaux Arts, in Pall-mall.

MARRIAGE IN HIGH LIFE.—A marriage is to be
solemnised next month between the young Princess
Agnes Borghese, the late Lord Shrewsbury's grand-
draughter, and Prince Piombino's eldest sun, the Duke
of Sera,. Thus English blood will be brought into
another of the noblest houses in Rome. The bride is
18, and, the bridegroom 22 years of age.
Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston received the
following .Circle on Saturday evening, at their mansion,
in Carlton-gardens :—The Chevalier Bunsen (late Prus-
sian minister), the Countess of Tankerville, Lord Duf-
ferin, Lady Dufferin, the Countess (Frances) Walde-
grave, and Mr. G. Harcourt, M.P., Hon. J. Fortescue,
Right Hon. E. Ellice, M.P., Hon. F. Byng, Sir W.
Temple, Hon. W. Cowper, Lady Dalmeny, the Earl and
Countess of Shaftesbury, and Viscountess Jocelyn.
After the banquet the viscountess had an evening party,
which was attended by the French ambassador, nearly
all the members of the corps diplomatique, and the Duke
and Duchess of Wellington, the Duchess of Inverness,
the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Earl of Cardi
gan, Mrs. Disraeli, the Earl of Malmesbury, &c., were
amongst the circle.

THE EARL AND COUNTESS OF JERSEY'S DINNER.—
Yesterday, being the anniversary of the natal-day of the
Lady Clementina Villiers, the Earl and Countess of
Jersey gave a family dinner party, in Berkeley-square,
in celebration of the day. It will be remembered that
on former occasions the noble earl and countess usually
gave a brilliant fete upon this day, but owing to the re-
cent death of his lordship's daughter the family are living
in the strictest privacy for the present. The guests
were the Marquis of Winchester, the Earl of Malines-
bury, the Earl of Cardigan, Viscount and Viscountess
Villiers, Viscount Canterbury, Lady Kathleen Ponsonby,
Lady Alice Peel, the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, &c.
CLOSING OF THE LYCEUM THEATRE.—Although the
usual bills and advertisements were issued on Saturday
for a performance at this theatre the house was closed
in the evening, an announcement being posted up at the
different entrances to the following effect :—" Royal
Lyceum Theatre, under the management of Madame
Vestris.—The public is respectfully informed that the
theatre will be closed this evening."
SUSPECTED MURDER NEAR BRlSTOL—Considerable
sensation has been produced at the village of Keynsham,
in consequence of the discovery, in the river Avon, of
the body of a man, under circumstances inducing a be-
lief that his death had been produced by violence. It
would appear that on the day set apart for humiliation
and prayer, on account of the Eastern war, an operative
tailor, who resides at Bristol, was spending the day in
the country, near Hanham, when he got into a quarrel
with some other parties. It is presumed that the misun-
derstanding was of a serious nature, and that such
threats of personal violence were used towards the
tailor as to induce apprehension in his mind—
for he had been heard to express fears that he
should not reach home alive—and so strong did the
apprehension of violence seem to be on his mind, that
he offered one person a sum of money if he would ac-
company him on the road as a protector. He did not
reach home, and on Wednesday evening last a body,
supposed to be his, was found in the river near Keyn-
sham. The body exhibited marks of violence on the
neck, the trowsers were torn, as if by violence, and some
portions of the dress which he wore when last seen alive
were deficient, but from the circumstance of a tailor's
thimble, and some other matters, being found in the
dec:ased man's pocket, it is fully believed that the body
found is that of the journeyman tailor referred to. No
money, with the exception of a fourpenny bit, remained
upon his person, and, from other circumstances which
have come to the knowledge of the police, it is believed
that a case of foul play will be made out. An inquest
was commenced on the body on Friday evening, before
Bruges Fry,
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it has been adjournedEsci. fo
examination
and the production of further evidence.