The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-27 00:00:00

THE LATE KING OF SARDINIA
The funeral service in memory of his Majesty
King Charles Albert took place yesterday, at the
Sardinian Chapel, Lincoln's-in-fields.
The service commenced at eleven o'clock.
The Pontifical 'Ugh Mass, "De Requiem," was
sung by the Right:Rev. Dr. Wiseman, V.A.I.
The Assistant Priest, the Rev. William O'Connor,
M.A., and Senior Chaplain of the Sardinian Le-
gation.
The Deacon, the Rev. Dr. Baldacconi.
The Sub-Deacon, the Rev. Dr. Melia.
The Master of the Ceremonies, the Rey. John
Wheble, M.A.
. _ _

The singing WAS under the direction of Signor
Slit° Perez. The music was Mozart's Short " Missa
de Requiem."
After the High Mass the funeral oration was made
by the Bishop; after which followed the Absolution,
according to the Roman Ritual.
The whole terminated at one o'clock.

Prince Maurice de Montleart, half-brother to his
Majesty King Charles Albert; Btron de Isola,
Charge d'Affaires of Sardinia; Count Corti, Attache
to the Legation; and the Chevalier heath, Consul-
General, were stationed near the coffin during the
service.

Among those present were the French Ambassador,
Baron and Baroness Monthcrot, and Monsieur de
Breuils, Secretary of the Embassy ; the Belgian
Minister and Monsieur Drouet, first Secretary of
Legation ; the Brazilian Charge d'Affaires and Mon-
sieur Pinto, A.ttaci.6 to the Legation ; General Count
de Chabannes, A.D.C.; Prince Torremuzzo, Baron
and Baroness Marochetti, Madame Dupont, Count
Avigdor, Mr. Panizzi, Count and Countess Pepoli,
Dr. Granville, Mr. GalleDga, &c.

The diplomatic corps attended in their uniforms,
the members of the orders of knighthood wearing
their respective ensigns. Several gentlemen from the
Foreign•ofhce attended in private, and stood round
the catafalque. Others of the Foreign Ministers were
prevented from being present at the solemn rites by
being out of town.

The chapel was festooned with black. The coffin
was of black velvet and silver lace, with the crown,
the orb, and other emblems of royalty placed on the
top. It was elevated in front of the altar, and had
displayed at each corner the royal and national
standard of Sardinia. The coffin and the insignia of
sovereignty were covered with crape spotted with
silver stars, and the colours were also looped up with
crape.
Beneath the coffin were large escocheons of the
Sardinian cross, surmounted by a crown; and esco-
cheons were displayed in front of the gallery, bearing
the ensigns of the Sardinian orders of knighthood.
Above the whole was a canopy of black drapery,
suspended from a very large crown, which was sur-
mounted by a cross.
After the ceremony the diplomatic corps assisting
were :severally introduced to the Right Rev. Dr.
Wiseman.

THE ROYALHIBERNIAN MILL

TARY SCHOOL. •
FROM OUR IRISEI CORRESPONDENT.)
As many erroneous statements have been circulated
with respect to the recent mortality in the Royal
Hibernian Military School, the following account,
the accuracy of which may be confidently relied on,
will prove acceptable to our readers On Wednesday, the 13th inst., about five o'clock,
r.m., the cholera, in its most destructive form, sud-
denly made its appearance among the children in this
valuable institution. " They began," says am intelli-
gent witness, "to drop one by one, like men shot in
action ; and the hospital, which in the morning
had not a single patient confined to bed, was
before night full to overflowing'; so that
several of the patients had to be transferred to other
parts of the institution." In many cases the poor
children seemed struck by death all at once'; col-
lapse had sot in even before they could be
put to bed. There were in all about one

hundred cases' sixty of them very severe.
Thanks, however, to the skill and energy with
which the disease was treated, twenty-one only
have died. One or two cases still continue doubtful,
but reasonable hopes are entertained of
their recovery. The attacks were chiefly among
the children, four only, out of the grown inmates
having been stricken by the plague.
A very foolish rumour for some time prevailed,
which even found its way into the public journals,
to the effect, " that the children had been poisoned by
their food being dressed in copper vessels, which had
not been properly cleaned." We are assured on un-
questionable authority that " there is not a
single copper cooking utensil of any kind
in the kitchen of the institution." It was
also untruly stated '' that the attacks were
in some degree ascribable to the children partaking of
large quantities of apple durep'ings for dinner," when
in truth they never received any food of the descrip-
tion. The real fact was, that the regular Asiatic
cholera of the most malignant character visited
the establishment, and the authorities have every
reason to be thankful to the Almighty, who so
speedily ar:ested the dread scourge, and pre-
vented it from proving more fatal. Every
remedy that medical skill could devise wra
speedily administered. Not only was the able and
valuable assistance of Dr. Elkington (surgeon to the
institution, who was indefatigable in his exertions by
night and day for the relief of the little sufferers),
immediately forthcoming, but the best aid that
could be afforded by the medical staff of the
garrison of Dublin was also made available
All who were called upon most nobly end skilfully
discharged their arduous duties ; and it is (under Pro-
vidence) to their zealous and unceasing efforts that
the large number of recoveries may be attributed.

TESTIMONIAL
TO THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES.

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OF EVERY NATION WHICH ',OYES RIGHT ♦ND Ll-
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tion.

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Messrs. Coutte and Co.
Messrs. Drummond.
Messrs. Smith, Payne, and Smith ;
or to any one of the members of the committee formed
to carry out the Testimonial.
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Young, Esq., at the Money Order Office, Strand.
Subscriptions already received ... £l,lOO 1

The Right lion. It. More O'Ferrall, Governor of
Malta, is now at his seat, in the county of Kildare.
GRBENWICH.—DAY OF HUMILIATION.—Yesterday
was observed in this parish as a day of special suplica-
tion and intercession. In compliance with the sugges-
tion of the bishop of the diocese, Sunday lest was ob-
served for the purpose, but a general desire having been
expressed to signify deep humiliation under the hand of
God, by an interruption of worldly business as well as
by special prayer, the clergy of the parish took on them-
selves to order the same for this day. Diviue services
were accordingly performed in the morning (accompanied
by the holy communion) and in the evening at all the
churches connected with the Establishment, as well as
in the Dissenting places of worship, the ministers of
which, without exception, adopted the same proceeding.
The shops, with a very few exceptions, were closed, and
but for the part of the neighbouring towns of Deptford
and Woolwich pursuing their business in the usual
manner, Greenwich had all the appe araece of a Sunday.
Friday is announced for a similar ac: of devotion in
Deptford.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for
the week ended Sept. 23, 1849 :—coaching traffic, 1,6391.;
parcels, &c., 351.; goods, cattle, &c., 2631.; steam-boats,
1891.; total, 2,1261. Mold, 461.
CAUTION TO COFFEEHOUSE•KEEPERS.—Last night
two fellows went into the coffeehouse of Airs. M'Lerie,
of New Church- court, Strand, and having seated them-
selves ordered supper for both, stating that they worked
on a morning newspaper in the neighbourhood. and also
on The Sun and Globe evening papers. Not being
" exactly" known, a slight doubt was entertained of the it
story, when, after a little inquiry, their talc was ascer-
tained beyond doubt to be a fabrication. A policeman
was however called in, when both denied ordering the
suppers ; but note ithstanding their contradictions they
were heeded over to the officer, who, no doubt, will
trace similar frauds against them. Both of them refused
to give their names or residences ; the police, however,
took a full description of them.
EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERY IN THE LONDON
DOCKS.—Yesterday a very remarkable discovery seas
made in the London Docks, whereby the body of a man
was found in a cask which had been in one of the ware-
houses about five years. It appears that for several
days past a number of rmenhave been engaged in re-
moving a quantity of spirit casksin the Excise depart-
ment of the London Docks, and whilst one of the
labourers was rolling a cask along the stones, he bad
his attention drawn to a rattling r.oise inside. Be men-
tioned the circumstance to one of his companions, and
they determined on opening the cask to ascertain the
cause of the m 3 sterious mound. The head of the cask
was accordingly removed, and, to their great astonish-
ment, they discovered the skeleton of a human being, in
a good Ewe of preservation, and from the condition of
the bones the deceased must have been in the cask many
supposition
ppn
poef,r, t
io son,
years. A medical gentleman was called to see the re-
mains, which were found to be those
enferaal
m
about thirty-five years of age. The general
is that the cask in question must have been unshipped
!vas a rum cask, and had
period. The deceased is tbrootmn
emptysom e foreign
aconsiv=bli I
sup-
posed to have been a foreign sailor. It is a singular fact
that the whole of the teeth are entirely gone, and no ves-
tige of clothing could be found.,
DUTIES ON GOLD AND SILVER PLATE.—OH the
10th cf October next, by the Act 12 and 13 Vic., cap,
80, the allowance for receiving the duty for and in re-
spect of gold plate or silver plate, made or wrought in
Great Britain or Ireland, paying the same and making
out the accounts according to the directions of the several
Acts of Parliament in that behalf, is to be 1/. per cent,,
instead of the present allowance of 2} per cent.