The Sun.
London, England, 1849-12-13 00:00:00

THE CHIEF MOURN

1 The Duchess of Norfo
(veil, d)
attended by a Lady.
His Serene Highness the Prince E
Weimar.
His Serene Highness the Prince Gustav 0' Saxe WLitnat
Mast,r of the Horse to Her late late Majesty.
r:, Lord Chamberlain to Iler late Majesty.
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Vice-Chamberlain to Iler late M4j• sty.
Ladies of the Bedchamber to Her late Majesty.
;t,. Maids of Honour to Iler late Majesty.
~ Women of the Bedchamber to Her late Nlaj .sty
Clerk Marshal to Her late Majesty.
.: , Equerries to Iler late Majesty.
Chaplains to Her late Majesty.
.... Physicians to Her late Majesty.
Surgeon to Her late Majesty.
Genth men Ushers to Her late Majesty.
Senior Page to lltr late Majesty.
Dressers and Wardrobe Maid to Her late Majesty.
Upon entering the Choir, the Chief Mourner took
ber seat at the head of the Corpse, the Lord Chamber-
lain of Her Majesty's Household taking his place al
• the feet, and the Vice-Chamberlain standing near hi
lordship; the other persons composing the Procession
arranging themselves behind the Chief Mourner, arid
on either side the Chapel.
Prince Albert was in the royal stall. Their Royal
Highnesses the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince
. George of Cambridge occupied the stalls. Her Royal
Highness the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of,
Cambridge, and their Serene Highnesses the
Duchess of Saxe Weimar the Princess Anti
of Saxe Weimar, and the Princess Amelie
of Saxe Weimar were also . present. Lord
John Russell, the Duke of Wellington, the
Duke of Norfolk, the Baron Knesbeck, and the Mar-
quis of Abercorn, the Marquis of Lansdowne, and
Lord Marcus Hill were also present. Beside:,
these distinguished persons, and the appointed
mourners, none else were- allowed to be
present in the choir. The funeral may, therefore, be
pronounced the most private royal funeral t.n record
The Archbishop and the Dean having ascended the
altar, the Junior Canon gave out the lesson. The 39th
Psalm, "I said I would take heed," was then.
chanted, also the 90th, " Lord, thou hast been my
refuge." The ordinary lessons of the day followed
—lst Corinthians, 15th ch., 20th verse. During the ,
chaunting of the' first Anthem, " Then the earg
heard her," the coffin, from which the pall had
'been removed, was lowered into the vault,
the crown resting upon it. This was fol
lowed by "Man that wa- - burn of woman''
The Archbishop then read the part of the service
which commences, " For asmuch as it has pleased
God."

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Next followed in succession, "Almighty God with
whom," &c. Second Anthem, "Her body is blinded
in peace." The Collect.
The principal portions of the beautiful service of
the Church was performed by the Archbishop.
At the conclusion of the service Garter Sir Charles
Young approached the grave, and pronounced thf•
titles of the late Queen.
The Lord Chamberlain and Vice- Chamberlain o'
her late Majesty's Household then broke their stave:
of office, and, kneeling, deposited them in the vault.
The solemn ceremony did not conclude till half-
past two. The mourners then slowly left the chapel

MARYLEBONE RATE-PAYERS PROTECTION SOCIETY

—A meeting of the above society was held on Tuesda)
evening, at the Horse and Groom, Great Portland•
street. Mr. Beswick having taken the chair, briefly
explained that the purposes for which the society was
founded were—To use all legal -means of inducing the
vestry to adopt rigid economy in the expenditure of the
Iparochisl funds ; to endeavour to obtain for the rate-
payers a more direct control over the same ; and t,
insure the eliction of gentlemen as vestrymen who will
attend to the interest of the rate-payers, and rectify th.
many abuses now existing in this parish. Mr. Lucam
moved En address to the rate-payers, inviting them it
.join the association. The address stated that, sine
'1836, when the rates were Is. lid. in the pound, Ike)
aad been gradually raised until they were now 3s. 9W
and that with a large increased rental and a diminished

oumber of poor. The address was unanimously adopted;
and after the usual vote of thanks to the chairman, the
[nesting separate d.

MUSICAL JARS.—For several years past a Madame
o—, living in the rue de l'Oueat, has been a perfect
nuisance to her neighbours, on account of her sour
temper, and of the abuse she heap. d upon them when-
ever they might happen to make any noise in the stair
ease. During the- last few months she has been mor,
'insupportable than ever, because the neighbours did not'
pay what she deemed sufficient attention to her lapdog.
and she vented her fury in particular on a music mis
!tress, because the noise of her piano made the animal
howl furiously. A few days ago, as the music mistress
was giving a lesson, the dog made more noise than ever,
and Madame o—, in her wrath, drummed away on a
saucepan to drown the noise of the piano. At length
she and the music mistress, both in a state o! great ex
citement, rushed from their different apartments and
abused each other with great violence. The dog backed
its mistress by biting and snapping at her adversary;
and this increasing the fury of the music mistress she
gave it a kick, which sent it sprawling to the bottom of
the staircase with such violence that its skull was split
open. Irritated almost to madness at the death of her
clog, Madame 0— rushed into the room of the music
mistress and broke her piano into a thousand pieces.
This grave affair of coarse was carried before the 'Pei
burial of Correctional Police, and on Saturday Madame
0— was condemned to pay for the piano and the cost
.f the law pri.ceedings.
PICTORIAL Mars.—Acting on. a hint honourably
quoted from the Builder, on a proposal made at the Geo
graphical Society, for constructing large and uniform
maps in the new Houses of Parliament, to be traced min
depicted on the %sails, Mr. S. Bannister has Published
letter addressed to:Mr. Eastlake, R.A., on the possibility of
greatly amplifying this idea in the establishment of
"Pictorial Maps of the land, the sea, and the heavens,
georamas, and lectures on geography," for behoof of the
people at large, in London and the chief cities and lonia,
hroughout the country. Mr. Bannister has herd accu-
mulated a great deal of interesting learning on kindred
topics, both ancient and modern; and suggests the pos•
slbility of forming a new society for carrying out the
objects st t forth in the propostil. He draws attention tt
!he peculiar adaptability of the domes and walls of th
Brighton Pavilion (lately sold to the town of Brighten)!
,o begin with; and notices the fact that it is proposed to'
place a georama, or large concave globe or map of the
earth, of 40 feet diameter, in the City Hall of Commerce.'
also lately sold—the funds to be raised by subscription.
Various other feasible proposals and suggestions are
contained in this little pamphlet which we hope wil
prove to be the fructifying germ of many more goodl;
leaves and branches.— Builder.

AN ECCENTRIC CHARACTER.—An old lady sixty
years of age, of weak intellect, and wbo gave way to an
sorts of extravagance, had long had a very strong feel-
ing of attachment for.dogs and cats, of which she kept a
large number; and when any of them died she had then.
stuffed, so that her apartment resembled the cabinet of r
naturalist. In the midst of her collection she had had
a handsome mausoleum erected to the memory of one
her greatest favourites, and on the front of which well,
written the words,'" Ci git Pampa." She had an old
servant who resided with her, and who had imbibed mo,
of the eccentricities of her mistress. The son of tin.
is who occupies a rather high position in society, al.
lowed his mo her a suitable maintenance, but, findin),
that she denied herself the necessaries of life in order to
indulge her whims, he solicited the proper authorization,
to place her in a maison de sante, where she would hi
taken proper care of. When the Commissaire of Police
of the Palais National, in consequence of the application,
. went two days ago to the residence of the lady, be founc
her in the most wretched condition with scarcely an 3
clothing on her, and in her attire
depicted resembling
by closely the
appearance of one of theCalot, ano
it was not without considerable difficulty that he per
suaded her to quit her menagerie and remove to tht
asylum provided for her.
STRANGE CATASTROPHE.—A most sericis cafes-
, trophe took place about two o'clock on Mondry
• morning last, the Cathole dam having burst, and washed
away the gable end of the factory (belonging to Mr.
W. Halliwell, of Kitson-wood, near Todmorden) and
greatly injured the goods and the machinery. The

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tatter was quite new, andingood working ,order, At)
tbe time of the unfortunate event, ihri wife itt Ur. J-On
Judson, beerselter (whose house is situated
."abeart,-20
cards below the mill over the' watercourse), happened to
ue employed in housework, when she was much alarmed
on hearing a terrific noise. Being desirous of knowing
the cause, she opened the back door, when the water
rushed into the house in a mighty torrent, and Mrs.
Judson was glad to make her escape ; the whole of the
ale in the house was spoiled, and a hundred weight of
sugar and other property also destroyed. So powerful
was the force of the water that a very large quantity ofi
,oil was deposited in the factory, and some extraordi-
uarily large stones. The factory has not been many
months occupied, it having been recently built for Mr.
lialliwell by the railway company on account of their
having obstructed the light of the factory he occupied
It the time of the making of the Burnley branch line of
railway. The damage sustained by Mr. Halliwell is
cbout I,4ool.—Leeds Inteliigencer.
CONSOLIDATED INVESTMENT ASSURANCE COM-
PANY.—The half-yearly meeting of this company was
Leaf yesterday at the Guildhall o,ffee-house; but,
he members of the press were not permitted to attend,)
ve aro unable to state the nature of the proceedings.