The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

On the 4th of Juno the House of Assembly pro-
ceeded in a body, headed by the Speaker, to Govern-
ment•house, Cape Town, and presented addresses,
agreed to upon the previous day, to her Majesty and
the Governor. In these documents the congratula-
tions of the house are offered on the conclusion of
peace, and gratitude is expressed to her Majesty
for the solicitude for the welfare of the colony
evinced in the proposition to settle within the same
a numerous body of the British German Legion.
At a few minutes before 12 the house again pro-
ceeded to Government-house to receive his Excel-
lency's closing speech. In this the governor says :

Mr. President and gentlemen of the Legislative Coun-
cil, Mr. Speaker, and gentlemen of the House of As-
sembly,—l trust that as the commerce and wealth of do
>lony develope themselves, you will endeavour to mature
some measure, by which either a part of the customs re-
venue or some of the advantages which arise from its ex-
penditure, may, upon some equitable principles, beehared
by the states and provinces which virtually contribute
to it. At present nearly the whole trade and commerce
of South Africa flows through this colony, fertilising
as it were the country as it flows, and enriching its
inhabitants in manifold ways. The customs revenue
is but a small part of even the public benefit which we
derive from this commerce, and in no manner repre-
sents the wealth which by a thousand invisible streams
it brings to almost every part of the colony. It is a
difficult process to divert commerce from channels which
it has long occupied, but once it is so diverted it is even
more difficult to restore it to its former course. The
trade which we carry on with the interior is yet but in
its very infancy; it, then, it is now of so great and pal-
pable advantage to this colony, who can estimate what
its value will be when the vast tracts of the interior, to
which emigrants are daily proceeding, swarm witk a
large popu'ation of Europeans or of almost civilised
native tribes ? If we view the subject under this aspect,
I feel sure that all must agree that every step should be
taken which a prudent liberality can di,tate to enter into
some arrangements with the states and provinces in our
vicinity, which may have the effect of binding them by
ties of at least reciprocal mercantile advantage, and of
long securing to this colony that commerce which is
even now so beneficial, and which year by year acquires
additional importance. At the commencement of the
session of 1855, it was my duty to lay before you the
system of policy which I proposed should be pursued in
reference to the frontier and British Kaffraria. That

lino of policy has been strictly adhered to by the Govern-
ment ; at the time it was received with general approval
on your part, and you have since cordially co-operated in
every step which the Government has taken with regard
to it. Its entire attainment appeared from its magnitude
to be difficult and remote, but still aided by your wisdom
and experience, and cheered by your co operation and
sympathy, I patiently, with you, as my fellow-labourers,
worked on towards the end we had in view, and whit! I
never doubted that we should ultimately reach. It be-
comes me, therefore, on this occasion to thank you for
the aid and confidence which you have afforded me,
and, together with yea, to rejoice at the rapid advances
we now appear likely to make the ends we so anxiously
desired to reach. You, lam sure, in common with my-
self, feel grateful to that Divine Providence, which has
guided this colony through so many difficulties to the
present pint, at which so bright a feature appears
opening to it. Rising above those local and selfish
view, you have indeed, by your addresses, shown the
gratitude and joy with which you view the honourable
peace which has recently been concluded, and which
appears likely to secure such advantages to the whole
of Europe. The feelings which you have on this occa-
sion expressed will be most gratifying to her Majesty,
and are due to the Queen, who, throughout the recent
just war in which her empire was engaged, felt so
anxious a solicitude for the safety and welfare of this
colony, that pressed as Great Britain was for troops her
Ma:,* ty nevertheless always maintained here that large
ant efficient force which your necessities required, and
whoa first thought subsequently to the conclusion of
the peace has been how, from that auspicious event,
advantages might be derived which might for ever se-
curo this colony from those devastating wars which
have so ofien brought ruin to its inhabitants. I thank
you for your attendance during the present session of
parliament—an attendance which has, I am aware, been
attended by personal loss and inconvenience to many of
you, for which you must, however, in a great measure,
feel compensated by the advantages which you have
been enabled to secure to the colony. I now in hor
Majesty's name prorogue this parliament of her Ma-
jesty's settlement of the Cape of Good Hope to Wed-
nesday, the 22d day of October next, and it is hereby
prorogued accordingly.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE EARL OF

SIIBEWSBURY.

The remains of the late earl arrived at Alton at eleven
o'clock on the evening of the 21st, by a special train
iron Liverpool, and were immediately conveyed from
the station by a hearse which was waiting f r that pur-
pose. His lordship's remains were conveyed to the Cas-
tle Chapel, where they lay until Tuesday, when they
were consigned to their last resting-place, prepared on
the south side of the altar.

At an early hour the church bells, deeply muffled,
commenced a solemn peal, which was continued at in-
tervals during the early part of the day. From ten
o'clock to the hour of into, moot numerous persons, the
greater part of whom were respectably attired in mourn-
ing, continued to arrive, so that before 11 o'clock, the
hour appointed for the commencement of the funeral
service, the chapel was so densely filled that many par-
ties were unable to gain admission, and were obliged to
remain outside. The whole of the interior of the chapel
was covered with black cl nth, divided into panels by
broad silver braiding. On the front of the pulpit, also co-
vered with black cloth was the escutcheon of the deceased
in a frame of silver. An armorial shield, with two talbots
rampant, surmounted by a coronet, in a silver frame or-
namented each of the panels in the chapel. From the
choir was suspended a black drapery, with scrolls twice
crossed, on which was inscribed "In hoc signo apes
mea."

The coffin wag placed on a lofty bier within the chan-
cel, and covered with a splendid pall of black and crim-
son velvet, deeply edged with gold fringe, with the arms
of the earl, and divided diagonally with the motto of
" Prost d'accomplir," worked in letters of massive gold.
The coronet of the decased nobleman was placed on
the coffin resting on a crimson velvet cushion
fringed with gold. On each side were three brass
candelabra, containing numerous wax candles, and six
immense wax candles, in massive stands, were placed on
the screen, immediately over the sanctuary, which was
also illuminated. A chandelier, filled with wax lights,
was suspended in the centre of the chapel, and when the
whole were lighted up, daylight being carefully excluded,
the effect produced was of the most solemn grandeur.
At 11 o'clock the Rev. Dr. Winter, the Rev. M. 0. Sul-
livan, deacon, and the Rev. J. P. Dowling, celebrants,
chanted a solemn requiem, the responses being given in
beautiful harmony by the choir. The pall was then re-
moved, displaying the coffin covered with erimson velvet,
ornamented with armorial devices richly worked in mas-
sive gold, and it was then deposited in the vault prepared
for its reception on the south side of the altar.
At the head of the coffin was Mrs. Hibbert, mother of
the late earl, and on side seats were Lady Annette de
Trafford, his lordship's eldest sister, Lady Gwyndeline
Talbot, his lordship's second sister, Captain Washington
Hibbert, Sir Humphrey de Trafford, the Duke of Nor-
folk, and Lord Edward Howard. There were also pre-
sent in the chancel Mr. Sergeant Bellasis,'one of the late
earl's executors, J. Williams, Esq., Mr. E. W. Pugin,
Dr. Crawford, the Very Rev. Drs. Rock, Smith, and
Yale ; the Rev. Canon Jones, the Revs. M. Heffernan,
M. J. O'Sullivan, I'. Holland, M. Power, P. Power;
Fathers Raphael and Raymond, &c.