The Sun.
London, England, 1866-09-21 00:00:00

,t Aberdeen.

ABERDEEN, Thursday Evening.
This afternoon the Prince of Wales presided at the
inauguration of a fine marble statue of the Queen.
The town for the time may be said to have kept
holiday. After 12 o'clock all business was at an
end in the banks and chief mercantile offices,
while, in compliance with the request of the Lord
Provost and magistrates, shops were closed from
noon till 4 o'clock. From the railway station at
Guild-street, all along the route of the procession,
to the corner of St. Nicholas-street, where the
statue stands, the streets and windows were filled
with a dense crowd. Flags and streamers were
plentifully displayed along the route, and the har-
bour presented a very grand effect, the vessels being
decorated with their colours and ensigns. Barriers,
to prevent the crowd encroaching too closely upon
the procession, were erected on each side of the
streets, the city and county police occupying posi-
tions where the crush was likely to be greatest. The
Artillery and Rifle Volunteers, under Colonels Gor-
don and Erskine, and with the Highland depot at
present quartered in the town, commanded by Col.
Gordon, and the men of the Royal Naval Reserve,
were posted along the line of route. One hundred
and fifty officers and men of the 72d Highlanders,
from Edinburgh Castle, were also in attendance, by
order of the Duke of Cambridge. The arrangements
made by the authorities, civil and military,were very
complete, and conduced much to the comfort and
success of the day'sproceedings. During the forenoon
a good deal of rain fell, but after 1 o'clock the wea-
ther cleared up and it remained quitefair. The situa-
tion chosen for the statue is one of the most conspi-
cuous in the city ; indeed, the only fear is that the
position is too public for the safety of so fine a work.
It stands at the corner of St. Nicholas-street, right
opposite the to of Market-street, and within two
hundred yards of the Post-office, having for a back-
ground the Town and County Bank. The sub-
scriptions to procure the statue were collected im-
mediately after the inauguration of the statue of
the Prince Consort by her Majesty in October,
1863. A thousand pounds was soon obtained, not
a few of the subscribers being working men. Baron
Marochetti's statue of the Prince Consort was, it
may be remembered, of metal, and represents his
late Royal Highness seated in a chair in the dress
of a field-marshal. The work unveiled to-day has
a far more effective appearance, the artist, Mr.
Alexander Brodie, a local sculptor, has represented
the Queen standing, bearing the sceptre in her right
hand, while with the other hand she clasps the folds
of her tartan plaid. The drapery is skilfully
managed. The figure of her Majesty stands Bft. 6in.
in height, is cut from a block of Sicilian marble,
and is placed on a richly polished pedestal over ten
feet in height. At the back of the statue runs an
ornamental railing, while in front are three lamps.
The inauguration proceedings proper began at half-
past 12 o'clock, at which hour the Lord Provost,
magistrates, and Town Council, with the Principal
and Professors of the University, and other gentle-
men who were to' join in the procession that was to
convey the Prince of Wales to the scene of unveil-
ing, assembled in the Town-hall. Thence they
drove to the Deeside Railway-station in Guild-street.
Here a large company of ladies and gentlemen were
in waiting, admission to the station being obtained
by ticket. The Prince was to arrive at half-past
one o'clock, but it was 12 minutes to two before the
train reached the station. During the interval the
attention of the spectators was in a great measure
centred in Lord Derby, who, having just arrived
from the south, on his way to Balmoral, unex-
pectedly found himself one of the reception party.
Among the party in waiting to receive the Prince
were Sir Alexander Anderson, Lord Provost of the
city, the magistrates and members of the Town
Council, the Earl of Kintore, lord-lieutenant of
the county, Sir James Burnett, lord-lieutenant of
Kincardineshire, Mr. Dyce NicOl, M.P., Sheriff
Jamieson, Sheriff-substitute Thomson, Principal
Campbell and the Professors of the University ; Mr.
William Leslie, chairman of the committee of sub-
scribers to the statue, with several of the leading
members of the committee ; Convener Berry and the
members of the Incorporated Trades; the Commis-
sioners of Police ; Mr. Brodie and Mr. Ellis, the
sculptor and architect of the statue, &c. The arrival
of the Royal carriage was the signal for a hearty
round of cheers. The Prince, who was dressed in
Highland costume, on alighting acknowledged the
compliment by frequently bowing to the spectators.
His Royal Highness was accompanied by General
Knollys, Colonel Keppel, and Dr. Robertson, her
Majesty's Commissioner at Balmoral. Some dis-
appointment was evidently felt that the Prince was
not accompanied by the Princess.
In accordance with a unanimous resolution of
the Town Council to confer the freedom of the city
upon the Prince, Sir Alexander Anderson addressed
him as follows :
" May it please your Royal Highness, —I have the honour,
as chief magistrate of Aberdeen, to present to you my col-
leagues, the magistrates and Town Council, who are in
attendance, to assure your Royal Highness of the warm wel-
come of the citizens, of the high gratification with which
your visit is received by every class of the community, of
the universal affection entertained for you, and that they
warmly share in the high hopes of your future entertained
throughout the British nation. I have it in charge, also,
from the Town Council, to express their unanimous wish
that your Royal Highness will be graciously pleased to accept
the freedom of this ancient city as the highest mark of re-
spect in their power to bestow. With the permission of your
Royal Highness, the Town Clerk will read the diploma."
Mr. Angus, Town Clerk, here read the diploma
in the following terms :
" Quod bonum, faustum, felix, fortunatum sit :
"Aberdonian, XII. gal. Oct.
" Anno millesimo octingentesimo sexagesimo sexto,
" Prrefectus, Cieterique Magistratus et Commune Concilium
" Civitatis Aberdononsis,
"Principem Celsissimum,
" ALBERTUM EDVARDUM,
" Vallias Principem,
." Quo tempore
Aberdoniam urbom primum visebat,
‘‘ "Ut amorem et fidem
In Principom spei florentissimm
" Non sedum bubo eivitati,
"Verum etiam toti genti Britannica 3
"Tam merit() earum,
" Testarentur,
"Civitato donaruut.
"In cujus rei testimoniurn hocce Diploma.,
" Sigillo Publico et Scribal Commune
"Chirographo muniendum curarunt.
"JOANNES ANGUS,
" Scrib. Comm."
The diploma, when it had been read, was fastened
by a riband of the Highland cap of the Prince.
The Provost, then prOceeding, said,—
" The manner in which this diploma is handed to your
Royal Highness is in accordance with time-honoured usage.
I now have the honour to welcome your Royal Highness
as the youngest burgess of bon accord, in memory of your
illustrious father, and to a long list of honourable names
standing on the roll. (Cheers.)
The Prince then said
:
"My Lord Provost and Gentlemen—l thank you for the
honour you have conferred on me by presenting me with
the freedom of the ancient city of Aberdeen. I thank you
also for the welcome I have received to-day. I shall not
easily forget the kindness you have shown me on this oc-
casion. (Cheers.)
This ceremony over, no time was lost by the
gentlemen of the reception party, the Prince and
suite, in making their way to the carriages in wait-
ing. The procession then
started fronithe railway
station in the annexed order
Body of Police.
Military Escort.
The Convener, and Master of Hospital of the IncoVrated
Trades.
The Principal and Professors of the University.
Mr. Brodie and Mr. Ellis.
;The Sub-Committee of Subscribers.
Tho Lord Lieutenant, the Sheriffs, Convener, and Member
of Parliament for the County.
The Lord Provost,
Magistrates, .and Town Council.
The Suite in Attendance on his Royal Highness.
Members of the Royal Family.
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES.
Military Escort.
All along the route the Prince received a hearty
welcome from the crowd, and he frequently acknow-
ledged the demonstrations made froni the streets
and windows, The procession halted at the Royal
Hotel (Robertson's), which is only separated from
the statue by the breadth of Union-street. In front
of the hotel a balcony was erected, from which the
ceremony of unveiling the statue was to take place.
Re entered the hotel and appeared on the balcony,

preceded by the Lord Provost, and accompanied by
a number of gentlemen already named. Loud cheers
greeted him, which he answered by biting his
bonnet and bowing.
The Rev. Professor Milligan, D.D., one of the
Deans of the Chapel Royal, then o Tered up an ap-
propriate prayer, after which Mr. Leslie, chairman
of the subscribers to the statue, reading the follow-
ing address
To HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS ALBERT EDWARD, PRINCE OF
WALES, &C.
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" This statue which your Royal Highness has graciously
come to inaugurate is intended as a lasting memorial of
the sentiments of devoted loyalty and ardent attachment
which the inhabitants of Aberdeen and the neighbourhood
entertain towards her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen,
and their sense of the blessings they enjoy under her bene-
ficent reign.
" The idea of erecting this statue originated with some
tradesmen of the city, immediately after the visit of her
Majesty to Aberdeen to inaugurate the statue of the late
lamented Prince Consort. The proposal was cordially sup-
ported by all classes in the city and county, including a
large number of the working men of Aberdeen.
" The committee of subscribers beg to express their gra-
titude to her Majesty for her kindness and condescension
in affording such ample opportunities to their artist to per
feet the model, and trust that the statue now about to be
unveiled will, as a work of art, be satisfactory to her Ma-
jesty and an ornament and honour to the city of Aberdeen.
" The committee also desire most respectfully to thank
your Royal Highness for kindly acceding to their request to
come to inaugurate this statue, and to express their loyalty
and attachment to your Royal Highness, the Princess of
Wales, and the other members of your Royal Highness's
family.

" That her Majesty may long be spared to diffuse the
blessings of good government and example, and to enjoy
the happiness of reigning over a loyal and devoted people,
is our earnest and constant prayer.
"In name and by appointment of the committee of sub-
scribers, " WILLIAM LERLIF, Chairman.
" Aberdeen, Sept. 20, 1866."
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Mr. Westland having presented the Prince with
.the address, his royal highness accepted it, and
said :

" Gentlemen,—lt has afforded me the greatest satisfaction
of attending here this day by wish of her Majesty and at
your invitation for the purpose of inaugurating the statue
of the Queen, my dear mother. Her Majesty has desiredme
to express how much she appreciates the motives which
have led the people of Aberdeen to give this lasting
evidence of their attachment and loyalty to her person,
of which she has had so many proofs, and whose sym-
pathy in her groat sorrow has touched her so deeply. Her
Majesty's satisfaction is much enhanced by the cordial
unanimity which has combined all classes in your city
and county in the erection of a work so grateful to her
Majesty's feelings, and so satisfactory as a work of art.
On my part I have to thank you, gentlemen, for the expres-
sions of attachment you have been good enough to make
use of towards myself and the Princess of Wales and other
members of the Royal family, and I heartily desire to join
in your prayers that her Majesty may long be spared to
reign over a happy, devoted people." (Cheers.)
The Prince then, advancing to the front of the
balcony, pulled the cord affixed to the flag which
enveloped the statue, and in a second or two it was
unveiled amid loud and enthusiastic cheering. The
Prince expressed his high admiration of the statue,
and warmly complimented Mr. Brodie on his suc-
cess. Before leaving the balcony his Royal High-
ness also congratulated Mr. Leslie, chairman of the
committee of subscribers, and Mr. Alexander Yeats,
their secretary, on the success of their labours.
Inscribed on the pedestal of the statue are these
words :

" VicromA, D. G. Britanniarum Regina, 1866."
When the ceremony had been completed the
Prince drove to the house of the Lord Provost,
where his Lordship and Lady Anderson had the
honour of entertaining his Royal Highness and a
distinguished party at luncheon. At 10 minutes
past 4 the Prince and suite left by special train for
Abergeldie Castle.

Court of Common Council.

THE GAS QUESTION IN THE CITY.

A special Court of Common Council was held
yesterday at Guildhall, for the purpose of taking into
consideration a report of the Special Gas Committee
delivered in at the sitting of the court last week, re-
lating to the important question of the supply of gas
to the citizens of London.
Alderman FINNIS presided as locum tenens for the
Lord Mayor.
The report, which extended to considerable length,
and which had been printed, set forth the various
proceedings that had been taken by the committee
with a view to break up the monopoly enjoyed by the
three gas companies that at present supply the City
with gas, and to obtain a better, cheaper, and purer
supply than is at present furnished. The report stated
that in accordance with the suggestion of the commit-
tee of the House of Commons that was appointed to
investigate the subject, they had made proposals to
all the existing companies for the purchase of their
works, and it appeared that although the answers
they received from them were couched in different
terms, they were all to the same effect, namely, to
decline the proposition. The report congratulated
the court and the public that although the bill they
bad introdueed into Parliament for the purpose of
enabling the corporation to erect works of their own
to supply the city with gas, had been rejected, still
their efforts before the Select Parliamentary Gas
Committee had led to the satisfactory result of ob-
taining a report from that committee which entirely
endorsed the opinions arrived at long before by the
citizens of London and the public generally, that the
gas, as at present supplied by the existing companies,
was deficient in quantity, and in purity and in illu-
minating power, and of an exorbitant price, and that
the late Home Secretary had expressed his intention
of giving instructions that abill should be introduced
into Parliament as speedily as possible, based upon
the report of the committee of the House of Com-
mons, and with a view to remedy the evils that were
complained of. The report also stated that the com-
mittee had been in communication with the present
Home Secretary upon the subject, and he appeared
to be fully inclined to carry out the views of his
predecessor in office, but the committee at the same
time observed that it was in their opinion very ne-
cessary that the matter should be earnestly pressed
upon the attention of the Government, and they
therefore recommended that they should be em-
powered to continue to act and take such steps in the
matter as they might deem to be expedient.
Mr. J. F. BONTEMS, the chairman of the special
Committee, on: moving that the report be agreed to
by the court, and that the committee should be em-
powered to continue their labours, went at consider-
able length into the various proceeding that had
been adopted by them with a view to carry out the
Wishes of the court.
recurred to the course that
was taken by the select committee of the House of
Commons, and said that notwithstanding that
committee was not favourably constituted as re-
garded the corporation, and the strenuous opposi-
tion made by the different gas companies, they were
compelled to agree to the report, which must be
considered exceedingly satisfactory to the public
with regard to the important object theyhad in
p
ro-
view. It was estimated that the different gas com-
panies had expended £lO,OOO in opposing the
ceedins, and the expense incurred by the committee
had been about £B,OOO. •
A discussion then took place upon the question
but almost all the speakers were on one side, namely;
in support of the recommendation of the committee
and eventually the report was agreed to unani
mously.

A report was brought up by Deputy Fry, the
chairman of the improvement committee, recom-
mending that a sum of £400,000 should be raised
upon loan for the purposes of the Holborn Valley
improvement.

The report was agreed to, and the court adjourned,

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Pilgr,

ides.

(From the Times' Correspondent.)
BUGLOSS (Department of the Landes), Sept. 15.
Close to the spot which marks the limit of the Landes
and La Chalosse, on the right bank of the Adour, about
nine miles from the town of Ear, and in the midst of a
desert, stands a chapel long renowned in the traditions of
the country. This shrine, which was for centuries the ob-
ject of the deepest veneration among the populations of
those sterile tracts, is known as the Chapel of Notre Dame
de Buglose, from the statue of the Virgin which it contains;
and it attracts crowds of pilgrims every autumn from the
neighbouring departments. La Chalosse, in Lower Guienne,
once formed part of the territory of the Dukes of Aquitaine,
and St. Sever, its principal towns, owes its existence to a
Benedictine Abbey founded there towards the close of the
10th century, but the very ruins of which have long disap-
peared. No spot could better be chosen by a recluse for me-
ditation and prayer than that on which stands the Chapel
of Notre Dame. The bleating of the flocks that now and
then traverse those vast plains, covered hero and there with
patches of scanty vorbage, the sharp stroke of the wood-
man's axe among the distant firs, the roar of the waves of
tho Gulf of Gascony breaking on the sandy coast, but
which is softened by distance into a murmur, or tho
moaning that comes from out the depths of the pine
forest as the ocean breeze sweeps through it, are the
only sounds heard there. To the north and east of the
shrine extend the sandy and apparently boundless
plains ; to the west, the vegetation of the Mare-
nien ; to the south the horizon is bounded by the jagged
peaks of the Pyrenees, and in the foreground the eye re-
poses on the wooded uplands of the Chalosse, bathed by
the waters of the Adour. On one side is a desolate steppe ;
on the other are rich slopes, smiling valleys, and fields
waving with corn.
The spot on which the chapel of Notre Dame de Bugles()
stands was the site of an ancient oratory, which had been
resorted to from time immemorial for devotional exercises,
and the statue it contained was endowed by popular super-
stition with wonderful gifts. During the religious troubles
of the 16th century it was laid in the dust, and the statue
disappeared. An edict of Jeanne d'Albert, Queen of Lower
Navarre and Bearn, and mother of Henri IV., who intro-
duced the reformed faith into her States in 1567, ordered
that all the rural oratories and chapels, "which tended to
keep alive silly superstitions, as well as the shrines in the
towns and villages, should be demolished, and the materials
turned to useful purposes." One of tha first of these resorts
dear to the devout and superstitious, that was treated in the
way the edict of Jeanne recommended was the Saint Cha-
pelle of Buglose. It was burnt to the ground in 1570. It is
handed down in the traditions of the country that its great
attraction and its great ornament, the statue of Our Lady,
was saved from destruction by a few zealous worshippers,
who threw into a morass near to the fountain, still called the
Fountain of Miracles. In the course of time the memory of
the miraculous gifts of the Sainte Chapelle began to fade
away ; the pilgrimage had long ceased, for the few persons
who knew where the image was concealed died without
intrusting the secret to any one. An accident disclosed its
hiding-place. The story runs that, about 100 years after
its disappearance, a herdsman of the parish of Pouy, who
used to drive his oxen to the edge of the morass, remarked
that one of his animals constantly strayed from the rest of
the herd, plunged into the water, and remained there the
whole day, occasionally raising his head and lowing pite-
ously. This occurred so often that the man's curiosity
was roused. He followed the animal, and found him lick-
ing what appeared to be the feet of a woman's figure,
which just rose to the surface of the water. He at once
ran off to announce to the priest of the parish what he had
seen. The priest got together a number of men and pro-
ceeded at their head to the morass, and after a good deal
of labour reached the spot where the ox was still standing
nearly covered with water. They pulled out the statue
and bore it away in triumph. A rude pedestal was piled
up on the spot where the kiosk or chapel that covers in the
miraculous fountain now stands, and Notre Dame de Bu-
glose received once more the homage of her worshippers.
The traditions of its miraculous gifts were riot quite obli-
terated. They were soon revived, and the annual pilgri-
mages were resumed, and have continued to the present
day. The Bishop of Dax ordered the statue to be trans-
ferred to the church of Pony, in his own diosess. It was
placed on a car drawn by oxen, and was fol-
lowed by crowds of people, who flocked in from
the country round about on hearing of the re-
covery of their long-lost relic. When the procession
had advanced about four hundred paces the oxen sud-
denly stopped, and neither the shouts nor the goads of the
drivers could make them move one inch further. It was
called to mind by some of the old inhabitants that the spot
where the oxen stood motionless was th 2 identical site of
the ancient oratory which was burnt iE compliance with
the Queen of Navarre's edict. The clergy and the people
believed they discerned a supernatural agency against
which it would be impious to attempt to struggle ; and the
place was fixed upon as the site of a new chapel, where the
statue should find a permanent resting-place. A collection
was opened for the building. The Bishop, the Karquis de
Payenne, and other noble families were the first to contri-
bute. rn less than two years the edifice was completed ;
and on the first Monday of Pentecost of the year the chapel
was consecrated in presence of a vast concourse, and with
great pomp. In the course of time the chapel was found to
be insufficient for the crowds of worshippers who increased
every year. Ten years ago a new and more elaborately
ornamented structure was raised on the same site; and the
statute of the Virgin and Child enthroned with due solem-
nity. Pope Pius .IX. issued a Brief granting a "plenary
indulgence" to all who should visit on the day of its con-
secration, confess, communicate, and pray between the
hour of evensong and sunset, before the high altar, "for
concord among Christian princes, for the extirpation of
heresies, and for the exaltation of our Holy Mother the
Church ;" as also to those who should perform the same
devotional exercise during the same !hours, on
the anniversary of its consecration. The fountain
which is hard by the Church, is enclosed within a kiosk;
and the water is carried by pipes into a large marble re-
servoir for the use of invalids who, after drinking at its
source, hope to complete their cure by bathing:in it. On
the walls of the chapel. of the fountain are hung up
crutches, 'staves, and other votive offerings attesting the
efficacy of these waters. Three miles from the church of
Notre Dame de Buglose is the birthplace of St. Vincent de
Paul, on which a chapel has also been built in his honour.
The pilgrims who visit Buglose never fail to pay their
homage at the shrine of the saint, and these have for some
years past become so numerons that the directors of the
Bordeaux and Bayonne Railway have built for their special
accommodation a station midway between the roads, con-
structed by the municipality, that lead to the two churches
of Notre Dame and St. Vincent de Paul.
On Sunday last more than 150 persons from :the en-
virons of Bordeaux from Bayonne, Aite, Tarbes, Pau, and
the Basque country assembled together on this usually de-
serted spot. In accordance with the wishes of the clergy
of the department of the Landes, Pius IX. authorised the
crowning of the statue. To give more solemnity to the
act, the Cardinal Archbishop of Bordeaux, the Bishops of
Aire: and Dax, Puy, Tarbes, and Soissons presided at it.
As the parish church of Buglose could not contain a fifth
of the number, many of whom had arrived during the
night, it was resolved to perform the coronation in the open
air. At the entrance of the village of Buglose a triumphal
arch, formed of branches of the fire tree, shrubs, and
flowers, was raised in honour of the five prelates who were
to take a loading part in the solemnity; another of similar
materials stood in front of the church, and the houses and
trees in tho intervening space were decorated with flags.
The tricolour was planted in the centre of the town ; and
the Pontifical banner displaying tho Tiara and the Keys
floated in the Court of the Missionaries and in the alley
leading to the "Chapel of Miracles." In front of tho chapel
a platform was erected for the bishops and their attendants,
and on it stood an altar gorgeously decorated, at which
mass was to be performed by the Cardinal. To the rear of
the altar, but rising high above it, stood the throne on
which the statue was to be placed during its coronation.
The Prefect of the Department and the other? public func-
tionaries had seats on a lower platform, and to the right
and left of the altar benches were arranged in the form of
an amphitheatre for the clergy and others who were to
walk in the procession. The Orpheonist Society of Dax
and the Philharmonic Societies of the neighbouring de-
partments had a reserved space of their own ; 800 places
were kept for those who had got tickets of admission to
the enclosed ground, while the maize fields to the right
and left and the little grove of oaks hard by were occupied
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that the hour of the great festival was approaching. The
morning was beautiful, not a breath stirred the fern, and
the sun rose in a perfectly cloudless sky. The bells 'of 20
parishes repeated the signal. Crowds of men, women, and
children poured in from the railway station, and moved
along to the chapel reciting their rosaries Twelve altars
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sappers with drums and trumpets, cross-bearers, choristers
carrying flags, the Sisters .of our Lady of Loretto, of the
Reunion, of the Christian Do ctrine, the Sisters of Nevers,
the Daughters of the Cross, .and other religious communi-
ties; while pilgrims walked o) I both sides carrying banners,
on which were inscribed the n lost remarkable facts relating
to the statue —its discovery int 1620, the pilgrimage of the
Bishop of Dax the same year, the pilgrimage of the Queen
of Spain in 1709, and the Brief of Benedict XII. in
1728 according various pri rileges to the Church of Notre
Dame de Buglose. Theo w fpllowed by censor-bearers,

groups of young girls dressed in white with blur sashes,
strewing flowers, religious confraternities with their re-
spective banners, chanting hymns; and six priests in rich
vestments came last.

The second cortege, that of the shrine of St. Vincent do
Paul, was similarly composed.

, The third, the most numerous and the most imposing of
all, was that which accompanied the Miraculous Statue
on its way from the chapel, where it had been temporarily
placed the night before, to the Throne which it was to oc-
cupy during the coronation. When this part of the cere-
mony was gone through mass was performed by the Car-
dinal Archbishop, who delivered, after the first Gospel, a
discourse on the event of the day ; and after the last Gospel
which concludes the mass the Pontifical benediction was
given by the five prelates at the same moment. A loud peal
of bells, the beating of drums, and a flourish of trumpets
announced the moment for the coronation. The Bishop
of Aire, in whose diocess the parish of Buglose is, read in
a loud voice the Papal Brief authorising the act, and then
proceeded to place two golden crowns, ono on the head of
the child, and the other on the head of the Virgin, amid
salutes of artillery, the ringing of bells, and sacred music.
The statue was then taken down and placed on a car
drawn by four oxen with gilded horns, their heads and
necks decked with flowers, and covered with blue and
white housings. When the car began to move the Or-
pheonists struck up the Magnificat, in which the whole
assemblage joined. Three hundred priests from the
diocesses of Aire, Bayonne, Puy, Tarbes, Bordeaux, and
Limoges—Carmelites, Dominicans, Jesuits, Lazarists —the
bishop in mitre and cope, the civil and military authorities,
the Mayors of many of the communes, with hundreds of
others, formed the escort of honour, which was closed by
a detachment of mounted gendarmes.. On arriving at its
destination the last act of the ceremony was performed.
The statute was lifted from its triumphal car, and, while
the clergy chanted the Te Deem, was placed on its throne
over the high altar of the parish church of Buglose. At
five o'clock a sermon was preached by the Dominican Pere
Minjard, one of the provincials of the order, and the even-
ing service, vespers, and benediction were performed. As
twilight came on the multitude of pilgrims began to leave,
and before 9 o'clock the wide plains of the Landes were left
to their wonted solitude.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

VALETTA, Sept. 15.—0 n Thursday information
was received here by telegraph announcing the ar-
rival of Lord Clarence Paget on the south-east coast
of Sicily. Owing to the regulation prohibiting more
than three foreign ships of war from entering an
Italian port at the same time the Admiral divided
his squadron, proceeding himself with the Victoria
(flag), the. Royal Oak, and the Assurance, gun ves-
sel, to Augusta, and sending the Gibraltar and the
Prince Consort to Syracuse, where they are to re-
main for the present, but will eventually probably
extend their cruise to Palermo. As they are shut
out from most of the ports of the Mediterranean on
account of cholera, it is expected they will return to
their winter quarters earlier this year than usual. The
health of the crews of the different ships continues
excellent. Commander Bosanquet returned from
Corfu on Tuesday last and has assumed the com-
mand of the Enterprise in lieu of Captain Rowley,
lately promoted, and who proceeds home by the
next packet. The Enterprise will leave about
the 19th inst. to join the flag of the Com-
mander-in-chief. The Assurance arrived this morn-
ing from the squadron with despatches from the
Commander-in-Chief, but brings no later news.
The vessel Psyche left for the squadron at Syracuse
and Augusta after the arrival of the mail last night.
The Cruiser, unarmoured screw sloop, Commander
M. Singer, which left Spithead on the 28th ult. for
the Mediterranean, has not yet arrived here. The
Resistance, from Naples, and the Racer, from Corfu,
are now daily expected. Following the example of
Sicily fresh quarantines have been established here
during the last few days on arrivals from the Lipari
Islands, Austrian ports, and the lonian Islands, and
to-day, in consequence of the receipt of a telegraph
announcing an outbreak of cholera in Adalia (Asia
Minor), and again following the same guide, our
Government have included the Turkish Islands and
ports southwards as far as Alexandretta, and the
Turkish ports in the Adriatic in the category of
infected places, and established an uniform quaran-
tine of 15 days against them. There was some talk
of putting Leghorn and Sicily in quarantine also,
but the Government having this day received by
telegraph an official denial of the existence of cholera
in Tuscany and Palermo, where it was reported to
have made its appearance, arrivals from those coun-
tries continue to be received in pratique. The route
from England to Malta via Leghorn is, therefore,
still open to travellers. Alexandria has reduced its
quarantine on Marseilles to seven days, and pro-
mises to still further decrease it to three if favour-
able reports are received. It is consequently not
unlikely that arrivals from Alexandria will have, to
be subjected to quarantine, in order to observe a
consistent line of conduct on the principle which is
now acted on by our local sanitary authorities. As
au instance of the jealous watch kept over us by
our neighbours I may mention that our Consul-
Gene ral at Tunis has just telegraphed to the Go-
vernor to say that Tunis has put us in seven days'
quarantine, and refuses to receive at all susceptible
goods from this island, because we had omitted to esta-
blish a quarantine on arrivals from Sicily, the occur-
rence of cases of cholera at Palermo being suspected.
It has been reported that the captain of the Russian
frigate Grand Admiral, now at Corfu, intends to
proceed to Malta, to ride out his quarantine, having
had cholera on board. Should he arrive here he will
have to perform quarantine outside, as under the
circumstances the ship will not be permitted into
port. An English bark, the Cecrops, of St. John's,
New Brunswick, Capt. Dixon, arrived off the har-
bour this morning from Naples, with a fatal case of
cholera on board. She left Naples on the sth inst.
to load at Girgenti, where she arrived on the 14th,
but was not allowed to enter. She has now pro-
ceeded to Palermo in the hope of being admitted
there. Col. Mitford, Town-Major ; Capt. Berkeley,
29th ; Capt. Farquharson, Lieut. Ford, Bth ; Lieut.
Bridge, Bth ; Lieut. Russell, 29th ; Ensign Little-
dale, 29th, and others arrived last night in the China
from Marseilles, returning from leave. Yesterday
a telegram was received here from the Consul-
General at Alexandria stating that the insurgents in
Candia were getting the better of the Turkish
troops, and that reinforcements from Egypt were to
be sent to the island.

The Virago, 6, paddle-wheel sloop, 1,059 tons,
220-horse power, which has for some time past
been under the hands of the factory and shipwright
departments in Sheerness dockyard, was on Wed-
nesday taken to the measured mile off Maplin
Sands for the official trial of her machinery. She
was in charge of Capt. G. W. Preedy, C. 8., of the
Sheerness Steam Reserve ; Commander Polinghorne
of the Cumberland ; Mr. W. W. Williamson, in-
spector of machinery afloat ; Mr. G. Blaxland,
chief engineer in Sheerness dockyard ; and Mr. G.
Treliving, chief engineer of the ship, being like-
wise present. Six runs were made on the measured
mile, giving an average of 8.646 knots per hour,
with a maximum of 23.5, and a mean of 22 revolu-
tions of the engine per minute. The load on the
safety-valve was 181 b. the pressure of steam in the
boilers 17.9161 b. ; vacuum condensers, 24.896 in. ;
the draught of water forward, 13ft. 3in., and aft,
15f t. 2in. Two runs were made at half-boiler
power, giving an average of 7.076 knots per hour
with a maximum of 16.5 and a minimum of
1515 revolutions of the engines per minute. The
ship is propelled by ordinary paddle-wheels 20ft.
10in. in diameter. The engines are by Messrs.
Maudslay and Co., of London. The state of the sea

was smooth, the wind blowing with a force of four
from S.W. The vessel was fully rigged, having all
her armament on board and 250 tons of coal. The

trial was considered satisfactory.
Her Majesty's fleet of ironclad screw steam ves-
sels which have assembled in Portland harbour

during the past week from Portsmouth and Ply-
mouth is composed of the following ships :—The
Caledonia, 30 guns, Capt. the Hon. Fitzgerald A.
C. Foley, flagship of Rear-Admiral Hastings R.
Yelverton, chief in command of the fleet ; the Lord
Clyde, 24 guns, Capt. Roderick Dew, C. 8., flag-
ship of Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden, C. 8., se-
cond in command of the fleet ; the Achilles, 26 guns,
Capt. Edward Vansittart ; Bellerophon, 14 guns,
Capt. E. Tatham ; Ocean, 23 guns, Capt. C. S.
Stanhope; Hector, 20 guns, Capt. W. G. Luard,
Pallas, G guns, Capt. Matthew Connolly ; Research,
4 guns, Capt. R. E. A. Scott; Wyvern (turret-ship),
4 guns, Capt. H. T. Burgoyne, V.C. ; Pigeon gun-
boat, tender to the Caledonia ; and Helicon, paddle,
despatch boat for the fleet. The squadron got up