The Sun.
London, England, 1870-01-31 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _ EVENING, JANUARY 31, 1870.

to lend to the Uovermuent of the United
States is one thing; to lend to the State of
Pennsylvania is another and very different thing, as
the lenders once learnt to their cost. Perhaps the
same knowledge may bo in store for investors in
Russian securities. At all events, it is but common
prudence to ascertain how the matter stands.
Financiers should not take a leap in the dark, even
though politicians do.

The very extensive Distillery now being erected
at Belfast, with all recent improvements for the man facture of
Irish whisky, by Messis. DUNVILLE & Co., who hltive gained
a world-wide celebrity for their fine old Irish whisky, is to be
called "The Royal Irish Distillery."

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Morning. Evening.
MONDAY 0 min past 2 24 min past 2
TUESDAY. 43 min past '2 5 min past 3
WEDNESDAY 20 min past 3 45 min past 3
THURSDAY... ..... . ..... ... 0 mill past 4 18 min past 4
FRIDAY., 32 min past 4 50 min past 4

LAW INTELLIGENCE—(Pas Day).

CHANCERY.

Vice-Chancellor Stuart gave judgment to-day in
the matter of the Bank of Ilindostan, China, and
Japan (Aspinall and Mitchell's case). This was
an application for protection against an order made
by the Court of Bankruptcy on the part of two
persons who had been made contributories to a com-
pany which is being wound up, on the ground that
they had executed a deed of inspection. The Vice-
Chancellor decided that the Court had not any
jurisdiction in the matter.

INDIAN HONOURS TO THE DUK2 OF

EDIATURGIL

Our advices from Bombay by the Brindisi route
are to the Stli inst. The great event of the day in
Calcutta was the investiture in that city of his
Royal Highness as a Grand Commander of the Star
of India, on December 30th. It is said to have
been the most splendid pageant India has ever
beheld. The Times of India thus writes with re-
gard to it :—Lord Mayo is just the man to see that
an occasion of the kind is wanting, in nothing that
can add splendour to it ; and never before has such
an occasion for display presented itself. All the
knights present appeared in the full attire of their
rank, with banners, attendants, and pages, after the
manner of knighthood of the olden time; and the rich
stateliness of the procession, the Indian sun shining
upon the many-coloured banners, the magnificent
array of native princes and their followers, the
sparkling of gold and jewels, the firing of guns, the
investiture of the Prince, and the national choruses
that were sung at appropriate times during the cere-
mony, all served to please and astonish eye and ima-
gination, and formed a scene of splendour which
can never be forgotten. The presence of Lord Mayo
and the Royal Duke on their respective_ thrones
formed the centre of what was really a picture of
the gorgeous East softened by European civilisa-
tion ; and generations will pass before the memory
of that great ceremonial will die out from the minds
of those who were present thereat.
One of the most novel and pleasing features of
the installation was the part the native feudatories
were called upon to play thereat. All having assem-
bled, and " God save the Queen" having been sung,
his Royal Highness descended from the dais, where
he sat with Earl Mayo, and took up his position
underneath, between the lines of Grand Commanders.
Then Scindiah, as senior Grand Commander, and
,Jeypore as second, invested his Royal Highness with
the collar, star and robe of the Order, after which

the heralds a second time made due proclamation of
his Royal Highness's style and titles.
The Indian Daily News gives the following de-
scription of the scene :—The Chapter tent was a
very large one, being supported by six large tent
poles made expressly for the occasion, being more
lofty, more substantial, and more ornate than tho,.e
in use at Agra. They were fluted and painted in
harmony with the general effect. Within the poles,
that is, within the " perpendiculars," in nautical
phraseology, the length would be about one hun-
dred feet, the breadth of the tent about sixty feet.
At the back of the centre was placed a dais covered
with a canopy of blue and silver supported by poles
of the same order of ornamentation at the corners,
the centre having a large silver star, and the corners
being filled in with appropriate emblems. The da's
was covered with crimson cloth, over which was en
embroidered carpet or cloth of gold, and on the
steps a cushion of blue velvet, on which the Prince
knelt while being invested with the Collar of
the Order by the Viceroy. The chairs of State
with footstools stood on the dais for the Vice-
roy and the Prince, the latter being seated on
the right or Eastern side. If the reader will place
himself in imagination on the dais, he will have a
good position to see the arrangements for the
Chapter, and the whole ceremony will become more
intelligible, and the scene realised more perfectly,
than from any other point. In aline with the dais,
right and left, a number of chairs were placed look-
ing north, that is in the same line of sight as the
Viceroy. Those to the right were occupied by
Lord Napier, the Hon. W. Grey, Lieut.-Governor
of Bengal, the Rajah of Bhurtpore, the Rajah of
Cilwar, with their respective staffs behind them. Oa
the left were Lady Mayo, Lady Napier, the Begum
of Bhopal, the Bishop, and Miss Milman. Behind
these were Mrs. Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Burne, Mee.
Fytche, Lady Ulic Browne, and the daughter of the
Begum ; and in the rear were certain officials of
the Government. The rest of the seats, with the
exception of the singers and musicians, who were
in an enclosed space behind the dais, were placed
at right angles to the above, looking east and
west. There were sixteen rows of chairs on
each side, and raised galleries behind. These rows
of chairs only extended to the front of the tent, or
to about 30 feet from the dais. At the top of the
street, and forming the " winks " of the Chapter
tent, were two smaller tents, and beyond these two
others, more of the nature cf canopies than tents,
on the top of which were numerous streamers.
In front of these teats were placed plants and
flowers. These tents were occupied by various
groups of ticket holders, and though they were tug
far away to see much of the proceedings of the
Chapter, they were compensated to some extent by
a better view of the procession. Beyond these and
iu front of the smaller tents forming the street,
were lines of soldiers on the east, and on the west
the sailors of the Galatea—au arrangement that
broke the uniformity of the " thin red line," and
added to the picturesqueness of the scene, typifying
the maritime supremacy of England. Beyond these
was seen the line of approach ; and the crowds of
the unprivileged assembled to witness the proces-
sion, for it was impossible to have found accommo-
dation in the enclosure for the thousands who de-
sired it. Government House in the distance formed
an appropriate background.
The special correspondent of the Bombay Gazelle
thus describes the ceremony :
The Duke being duly robed, ribboned, and
starred, advanced to the front of the dais, and
knelt to receive the collar from the Grand Master,
who, addressing him as follows, proceeded to in-
vest him it :—" Iu the name of the Queen, and by
her Majesty's command, I here invest you with the
honourable Insignia of the Star of India, of which
most exalted order her Majesty has been graciously
pleased to appoint you to be a Knight Grand Com-
mander." As the collar touched the Prince's
shoulder, so perfect were the arrangements, the
first gun of a royal salute was fired, and the salute
being over, his Royal Highness was conducted to
each of the Grand Commanders, who in turn shook
hands with him. His Royal Highness then advanc-
ing to the table signed the necessary promise re-
quired by the statutes of the order. Then he again
ascended the dais, and standing in front of his
seat, his banner, borne by Sir Neville Chamber-
lain, was unfurled and waved, and amidst a
flourish of trumpets the secretary of the order pro-
claimed his Royal Highness's style and titles as fol-
lows :—''The Most High, the Most 'Puissant, and
the Most Illustrious Prince Alfred Ernest Albert,
Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha,
Duke of Edinburgh, Earl of Kent, E irl of Ulster,
Knight of the Most Noble Order of the Garter,
Knight of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order
of the Thistle, Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George,
Extra Knight Grand Commander of the Most
Exalted Order of the Star of India, and a Mem-
ber of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy-
Council," &c.

The proclamation being ended all again sat down.
"Rule Britannia" was then sung by the chorus,and
at its conclusion,no more business being before the
Chapter, the Grand Master directed the secretary
to declare the Chapter closed. The Grand Com-
manders, with their pages, banner bearers, and
attendants, then formed iu procession and left the
tent under a royal salute in the order in which it
had entered. So ended the ceremony of the day.
Lichever way it is looked at, whether as a bril-
liant pageant, or what is of more importance as a
matter of policy in bringing the great chiefs of
India together to meet the son of their Sovereign,
it was an undoubted success.

On the day after the invcs iture there was a very
t fanny bidl at Governm.nr..-hoo6e ; and on
the 7th inst , the 1) Like left Calcutta for Lis tour up
the country. It was expected that he would viit
ILtnbay fur two or three days at the counence-
went of March.

Rev. Newman I !all, of London, gives vets good
tetuotis for Lett a ing the dt.g,ree of doctor of divinity,
conferie,i it Lint by Ati.her,t Co lie says cvcry
into knows hint as plain Newman Hall, whereas th,re are au
indefinite number of Dr. Halls, both in England and Ame-
rica, among whom he would completely lose his identity.
And what is to his mind a more imperative reason, the
degree of doctor of divinity implies,-or ought to imply,
distinguished attainments iu theol,gy or biblical litera-
ture, neither of which be possesses; all the power which
Le has, whether much or little, lies iu instructing, moving,
and saving the masses.—AS'prinSield Republican.,

EUROPEAN TROUBLES IN CHINA.
The China Mail says :—We hear that M.Rochechonart,
who is now in Shanghai, intends to go up the Yangtze
with the two French gunbcats in pert, to settle the
troubles that have recently occurred in connection with
French missionaries in Anhwei and Szechuen. -His Impe-
rial Majesty's frigate Venus is also expected shortly from
Hong-kong, for the purpose, we believe, of supporting M.
Rochechouart's negotiations. It is said that his Excel-
lency purposes to proceed to Yu-yang in Szechuen—the
scene of the murder of a French priest and a number
of native Christians at the beginning of this year.
The squadron will convey the Minister as far as
Ichang, whence he will proceed by boat with an escort of
fifty men and two field pieces to Yu-yang. It is said that
the Count contemplates, besides, several long journeys in
Kwei chow, Szechuen, Shensi, and Shansi, but the armed
escort will probably not proceed farther than Yu-yang.
In the meantime, we hear that the energetic attitudf
tAken up by the French Covernment, in reference to the
late missionary murders in Szechuen has led to the re-
moval and degradation of the Viceroy of that province,
Ou-ta-jen.