The Sun.
London, England, 1861-12-23 00:00:00

A HIGHLAND BERDIIT BURNT OUT.

A case of accidental fire occurred in the district
of Tulloch, Strathspey, en Friday, the 29th ult.
The Banffshire Journal says—" An old man, named
James Geddes, whose length of beard and other
distinctive features suggest the idea:of antidiluvian
times, has been long known to exist among the
wilds of his native parish, Abernethy. James has
never been found to entertain great respect for the
enactments in force for the protection of the fish of
the sea, the beasts of the fild, or the birds of the
air, In respect of these and other delinquencies,.
which need not be here alluded to, the domicile of

OldGeddeslone;enthe lands of the indulgent
lelax Grant, was held on anything but a certain
tenure, and the result was that our hero repaired to
an isolated and unfrequented part of the forest,
where he formed a sort of subterranean habitation,
rendered as comfortable and weather-proof as
possible by heather and branches of fir. In this
lowly situation he has for years sheltered him-
self both day and night, and during his hours
of legitimate employment he wrought at wood-
craft, made sculls,' and dressed hand-staves. He
so much excelled in this latter branch of industry,
that it has long been held as an acquisition of some
consideration to possess one of Batachan Gheidsicb,'
or Geddes' staves. Ho had in store, it is said, con-
siderable quantities of material and ready-made
articles, which,with an enormous collection of tools
and instruments, in the shape of guns, dirks,
knives, axes, saws, and curiosities without number,
fell a prey to the flames. He was himself absent
at the time of the conflagration, and must have
left the fire within reach of some combustible ma-
terial to feed upon. The misfortune of James
Geddes, though of no seemingly great importance,
self, as by it he has been rendered .
.is an irreparable loss to the poor old hermit
fhriomm-
• the earth he came,' and for.yeatit
at the age of upwards of 70 must certainly
g
chlemar i tfiatb lset.lllj years,
considerationise failings,
of the
subject now for the h

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;13choly abruptness of the close of this brilliant
R
•A- t.) COVENT GARDEN. 'land illustrious career ! Even now—when we have
Un:1;:r the management of Miss Louisa Pyno and Mr. W. ; i
Harrison. .upon this very day been consigning to the grave the
Unprecedented Combination of Attractions for the . .
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Balfe's Greatest Sumess—the NEW OPERA, and the NEI. yesterday the " cynosure of neighbouring eyes," as
COMIC PANTOMIME, EVERY EVENING.
On BOXING NIGHT (THURSDAY), Dec. 26, 1861, and the ~the father of our Future King, the husband of our
following Evenings, will be presented the New and Original ~
Grand Romantic Opera, in Three Acts, entitled Reigning Monarch—Her MAJESTY'S most intimate:
THE,PURITAN'S DAUGHTER. adviser, and, in the truest meaning of every phrase,.
The Libretto by J. V. Bridg-eman. Supported by Miss .-
Louisa Pyne, Miss Susan Pyne ; 3lr. Santley, Mr. 11. Corri, her ii Guide, Philosopher, and Friend." It will
Mr. George Honey, Mr. Patsy, Mr. A. St. Albyn, Mr. T.
Distin, Mr. Wallworth, Mr. Eugene Dussek, Mr. C. Lyail, ,only be by little and little that we shall come to
and Mr. W. Harrison.
Conductor, Mr. ALFRED MELLON. orealise the magnitude of the loss sustained at once
,
Alter which will be produced (written expressly by J. M. b the QUEEN herself above all and beyond all—
Morton), a Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled ''y
ig ,
HARLEQUIN GULLIVER ; or, A Trip to Brobdignag, a,=', by the Royal Offspring—and by the nation at ,
Peep at Lilliput, and a Flying Visit to Laputa. i,
With entirely new Tricks, Transf-rmations, Deekrations 1,-. large. His Royal Highness occupied, beyond ,
,
Machinery, and Dresses.
-gall manner of doubt, the most delicate
New splendid SCENERY, including the GRAND TRANS-;
FORMATION SCENE, by W. CALCOT rE, in which wil4.':land difficult position, from its responsibility,
be rerresented new and patent effects never before attempted r 1 1
on the stage. rid any man in this country. And who is there`;

Gulliver, Mr. IV. 11. Payne; Mrs. Gulliver, Mr. F. Payne. !
Principal danseuse, Mdlle. Lamoureux, supported by the
Ladies of the Corps de Ballet. The IlarlequinAle sustained
by the eminent Pantomimists, Messrs. 11. Payne, F. Payne,
11. Lauri, E. Lauri, S. Lauri, and Miss Jenny Lauri.
NOTICE.—A Morning Performance of the New Panto-
mime will take Nam on IVEDNE,DAY, Jan. 1, and on

every ,uceeeding Wednesday till further notice, corrimencing"
at Two o'clock. Carriages to be in attendance at Four. f.
Stalls, 7s. ; Private Boxes, from 10s. 6d. tc X-t 4s. ; Dress:
Circle, ss. ; Upper Boxes, Is. ; Amphitheatre Stalls, 3s. ; Pit,
2s. 6d. ' • Amphitheatre, is. Box-office open daily (except:
to-day, Monday, and Wednesday), from Ten till Five, Corn- i
mence at Seven. Places Docked without charge.

•VHEATR-if,•II,OYAL, HAYMARKEI
Lessee, Mr. J. B. Elnokstone.
THURSDAY, Dec. 2g, Sterling Coyne's Comedy, BLACF
SHEEP. Messrs. Buckstone, Compton, Howe, Villiers, Mrs
C. Young, Mrs. Wilkins, &c.
After which, a Comic Christmas Pantomime, LITTLE
MISS MUFFET AND LITTLE BOY BLUE ; or, Harle.
quin and Old Daddy Longlegs. Louise Leclercq, Charles Le.
clercq, Hen Cole, G. Beeket, and Miss Rosine.
Commence a 7

"I.OYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.
1 I; Manager--Mr. Edmund Falconer.

To-Morrow Eveninz the performanceF will commence witl
THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING Mr. Walter Lac:
and Mrs. St. Henry,

After which, at -a quarter to Eight (37th time) the nev
and original Drama, entitled PEEP O'DAY ; or, Savourneei
Deelish. Messrs. Walter Lacy, Hermann Vezin, Charles
Selby, Edmund Falconer : Mrs. D. P. Bowers, Miss Clar
Weston.

To conclude with AN UNPROTECTED FEMALE, in
which Miss Lydia Thompson will Dance the Volunteer
Step.

Acting Manager—Mr. F. B. Chitterton.
Prices as usual. Doors open at half-past 6, to commence ac
7. Box-office open daily from 11 till 5.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.-
L Lessee, Mr A. Harris.

BOXING NIGHT, Thursday, Dec. 26, THE CRICKET
ON THE HEARTH. After which will be produced, a
Grand Comic Christmas Pantomime entitled WH ITTING-
TON AND HIS CAT ; or, Harlequin King Kollywobbol
and the Genius of Good Humour. The grotesque opening
invented and written by Henry J. Byron, Esq., author of the
Princess's Pantomime of "Jack the Giant Killer." The
Scenery by Mr. James Gates, Mr. H. Cuthbert, and numerous
assistants. Good Humour, Miss Helen Howard ; Princess
Popsiwopsi, Miss Rose Lecleicq; Alice, Miss Pauline Le-
elercq ; Messrs. Garden, Cathcart, Morland, Collett, Hast-
ing.s. Raymond ; Dick Whittincfton, Miss Maria Harris
Robin Goodfellow and the Cat, Master John Haslem, ;pupil',
of the celebrated Gabriel Ravel ; Clown, Mr. Hildyard ;!
Harlequin, Mr. John Lauri ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; Colum-j
bine, Miss Caroline Adams. Morning Performances will
take place at Two o'clock on Monday, Dc?. 30, and every fol-!
lowing Monday till further notice.

EW THEATRE-ROYAL, ADELPHI.
Sole Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster.

Great Attraction for the Holiday Week.
TO-MORROW (Christmas Eve) the great American Drama
entitled THE OCTOROON_ ; or, LIFE IN LOUISIANA :
Messrs. Grace, Billington, Emery, Phillip Jamison, Smith,.
Stephenson, Romer. Lewis ; Mrs. Billington, Mrs. IL Mar-
ston, Miss C. Denvil, Miss Latimer, and Mrs. H. Lewis. !
After which, at 20 minutes past 9, the great Irish Dramal
of THE COLLEEN BAWN. Mr. and Mrs. Dion Boucicault,l
Mr. Fisher, Miss Woolgar, &c.
Box Office open Tuesday, Thursday, and during the week,l
from 10 t,115.

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AND FINE ARTS GALLERY.
NOTICE.—This rrall will be CLOSED This Evening.
MORTON and STANLEY, Proprietors.

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"THE ENCHANTED HASH SECOND EDITION,"
(Written expressly for him.)
Commencing on BOXING-NIGHT.

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JULIEN, " THE FLYING MAN," from Paris, will'
make his First Appearance on the 30th December.

T H E OXFORD
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Will be CLOSED This Evening (Monday).
MORTON and STANLEY, Proprietors.

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To-MORROW. -Morning, 6h. 19m.—Afternoon, 6h. 43m

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DEC. 23.
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37—lowest this morning and during the night.
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THE SUN.
LONDON, MONDAY, DEC. 23, 1861.

Before our impression of to-day can reach the
public eye all that is mortal of his Royal High-

ness the PRINCE CONSORT will have been con

Eigned to the tomb. The honour due to the

memory of the august Husband of the SOVE

REIGN will have been paid, and that with far more
than the mere funereal pomps and pageants of a

Royal Interment. Ever since the afflicting intelli

genee of the premature death of his Royal High

tress was first spread abroad upon those wings o

swiftness proverbialllyearrying ill news far and wide,
the emotions awaked in the people's hearts have,
been—not those of a merely loyal sympathy
the QUEEN in her great and irreparable bereaved

ment, but rather it has been so with each and al

of us we believe it might be said with literal truth

in th© words—emotions of profound and earnest

personal participation in the sorrow of

her MAJESTY and the Royal children. It is the
memory of the Great Prince, of course, that the!

among all the responsible subjects of the Crown
lwho has more nobly, more admirably acquitted
himself of every one of his responsibilities than thisl
1 gentle-hearte d and rarely gifted Prince, over]

whose sepulture we have this day been mourning
with—remembering our loss—only too much

!reason P

Yesterday, Sunday, being the eve of the Funeral
!of
his Royal Highness, was natural enough selected
iin most of our metropolitan churches as a
fitting occasion for the expression of thy'
popular sentiments, under this dire calamity, from
the pulpit. Preachers unnumbered availed them-
selves with comprehensible eagerness of this most
mournful but most tempting opportunity. Had
we space we might readily enough select many
fragmentary evidences of that truest eloquence of
all, the eloquence born of strong emotion—eloquencel
that thrilled to many a heart and brought tears to
many an eye yesterday during the delivery of these
impressive Oraisons Funebres. If anything in the
way of human sympathy can assuage the bitterness
of the dire affliction that has now befallen the
Queen of England, her MAJESTY has that earthly
aid in the midst of a great sorrow, now, in unmea-
sured abundance. Throughout the past week the
partial closing of all the shops in this vast metro-
polis has given external and visible evidence in the
streets of the universal feelings of grief excited
among all ranks and classes of the population by
jthe thunderbolt of affliction that, at a moment
when most unlooked for, has fallen upon the Royal
Family and upon the Loyal Nation. During the
whole of this present day, the melancholy date'
selected for the interment of the remains
1
I
of the late PRINCE CONSORT, London has;
attested yet more signally by its outward aspect
the heartfelt sorrow of its three million inhabi-
tants. The vast majority of the principal shops
land places of public business have been sponta-
lneously, and by one accord, closed altogether. The
exceptional few not entirely closed this morning—
; in many instances unavoidably—have been, at any
rate, partially closed. The blinds in most of the
private houses have been drawn down—as though
there had been a death in each. At every avail-
able church tower there has fluttered a flag half-
way down the flagstaff. The funeral peal
has been tolling to-day with monotonous regu-
larity from every church-tower. The Great Bell
or bourdon of St. Paul's Cathedral has boomed
its melancholy note above them all. The
Park guns, while we write, are firing at
doleful intervals. And all down the River,
and among the shipping in the Pool, and
away along either bank down to the mingling of
the fresh current of the Thames with the briny
waters of the Channel, and all round the coastline
of these islands, the flags have been fluttering, as
upon our steeple flag staves, half-mast high. Towards
the close of the actual ceremonial of the Funeral
this afternoon in St. George's Chapel, at Windsor,
immediately after the Coffin had been lowered to it:
appointed place at the entrance of the Royal Vault,
according to a grand old knightly custom that has
come down to us from the ages of chivalry, Garter
IKing.at-Arms (Sir CHARLES YOUNG), after reciting
the magnificent style and titles of the dead Prince,
Consort of the Queen of ENGLAND, Duke of Sax(
Coburg and Gotha, Serene Highness by birth, Royal
Highness by adoption, Knight of the Garter, Knight
of the Thistle, Knight of St. Patrick, Knight Grand
'Cross of the Batb, Knight Grand Cross of the
Legion of Honour, Knight of the Black Eagle.
Knight of the Golden Fleece, &c. &e., Chancel
for of the Duchy of Cornwall, Chancellor of the
'University of Cambridge, Master of the Trinity
House, Field Marshal, Colonel of the Grena-
dier Guards, Constable of Windsor Castle, Range]
of Windsor Park, D.C.L., LL.D., F.R.S., &c. &c.—
Garter Principal King at Arms, after recounting the
whole stately catalogue, took to-day the symbolical
wand of office, and breaking it into two or three
pieces, flung the fragments after the coffin down
in the cavernous grave yawt ing at his
feet! Sic Transit Gloria Ulundi. So fleet-
ing and perishable are all the grandeurs of
this world. Yet—as in the instance of the
august Prince whose Death we are yet lamenting
in the full bitterness of our early grief—whenever
there is remembered of the illustrious Dead a long list
'of great and solemn duties nobly done, the wand of
his earthly state may be broken over his grave and
flung into it as the Dust is scattered upon his coffin
lid by the hand of Religion, but even from his grave,
even though in Death he wields the unbroken sceptre
of his Memory over our affections. Throughout his'
life ALBERT, the Prince Consort of England, enjoyed
the respect and attachment of the subjects of the
great Constitutional SOVEREIGN of whom he was
the beloved and revered Husband. In Death—that
Respect and Attachment are now enhanced to a
lasting Love and Gratitude.

nation has been this day lamenting—but beyondl Though we have not this morning from America
that also, it is the memory likewise of a True and the news we all so anxiously look for, we yet have
Devoted Husband, of a Tender and Admirable' news whose importance, if we mistake not, can
Father. Immediately upon the espousal of the young 7 hardly be exaggerated. The Federal Government is
Prince ALBERT of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha by her ;-; relatively, to its means, harder pressed for money
Majesty Queen VICTORIA—his Royal Highness was than the South ! We knew from the beginning
declared by Act of Parliament to take rank in the that silver and gold there was none in the South,
order of precedence next to the SOVEREIGN. From Wand could not be surprised, therefore, that they
the date of the royal nuptials he stood, not upon the :;' used cotton, represented by paper, for gold, and
first step of the Throne, but upon a level with it— ' relied largely on Treasury notes. They had nothing
beside it—the Partner, the Adviser, the Support 'Z, ' olse and it was thought they had managed won-
and '
Solace of the hitherto isolated Maiden-Ruler i Irously well to get on thus far without depreciation
of these Realms. During more than twenty,;;, of their internal paper currency. But in the North
happy years of domestic life in the midst of a it was known that there were resources in
loyal people, proud to
recognise in the Royal :ilibundanee ; wealth only second, it was supposed, '
Family, uninterruptedly during all that long inter--% ro that of the mother country ; and means both ,
val, the Model Household in the land whose mother ;tor loans and taxes almost without limit. Free
tongue has the benignant glory of hay. . .
mg given 1.- coutiibutions were asked, and at first offend by
the-,
birth to the word Ho3lE—during
very pearls t,
wealthy, and it was represented that dollars would
one entire quarter of a century Queen VICTORIA -
be as easy to get as men. To-day we hear a dif-
an d her Princely Consort have presented to the world 4 ferent story. The men are got—they crowd even
Home Felicity an unostentatious spectacle of
i,in superabundance on the Government, but the ":
as we should find it difficult anywhere to parallel 5 money is not forthcoming• M for -
. i r. CHASE sees the...
Certainly most difficult wrong the Families of Sove-Nfinancial year terminating July, 1862, nothing
group reigns. The central figure in that home 1 „fore him but the enormous deficiency of 214''
so familiar during all these years to the English,
133,000,000 sterling. pillions of dollars, in round numbers about
suddenlyt
1
multitude is the very one that has now ,
Experience of the MORILL Tariff, and a closed
'
disappeared from the midst of it. Struck down in ":
the early prime of his life, in the pride and vigour Southern
market, have taught him that a custom_'
of his manhood, the PRINCE has vanished fromhouse war against England and France, however
-,.
that conspicuous scene so abruptly that it is atltt may benefit some " native" cotton-spinners andA
1,-
moments even now almost impossible to realise the iron-masters,)
kr
does not benefit the Federal treasnry.,,
English schoolboy, since our adoption offact that he is abruptly and finally gone. Even'Tl4Anyi;,
now—when the nation has been more than one Lifree trade, could have told him so. The fact that
whole week lamenting, with no affectation of grief,
with
a deep and heartfelt alliction, the melanlduties to the amount of 25 millions of dollars—

£5,000,40-4s now his teacher. We wish him,:
with Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, which
: s
2-'States framed the Tariff—joy of their lesson.
~' We wish them joy also of the ways and means,
iprovided by Mr. CB:ASE. Increased duties on sugary
Otea, and coffee stand at the head of the list. Every'
family will feel them; what he expects from them is
not mentioned. Then follows a list which will
t I
assimilate the model republic to the old monarchy,'
in regard to the taxation—the exciseman and the"
~:
c stamp office are to be called into full play, stills and,
distilled liquors, tobacco, bank-notes, legacies,'
-4.-
't"carriages, and—nefandum, PAPER—are to be"
G.
ill subjected to the demands of the tax-;
:.,
, collector. Paper—can it be ? The enlightened,"
't'►the educated, the intelligent republic taxing know-
-1
ledge ! What will our eloquent friend at Rochdale
,1
'-!1 say ? Can it it be that universal suffrage, the bal- i
; lot, and equal apportionment of members will con-1
1' sent to a tax on paper? We fear even Mr

BRIGHT'S confidence in the wisdom of the many
• will be shaken if they allow Mr. CHASE to go on
with this part of the scheme. What, moreover, will
the penny and halfpenny sheets, which are the ad-
visors of American rowdyism, and which at present
are so poor in quality that they will barely passl
through the machine, and not bear rough handling,
what will they all say to a tax which will either
rob the editor, or impoverish the paper till the
print is hardly legible ?
Of the deficiency of forty-three millions, Mr.
CHASE proposes to raise thirty millions by ei
Federal paper currency to supersede the present
Bank currency. The security is to be United States;
Stock, and the notes are to be redeemable in coi:1 on
presentation. We wait for the details ; but
if the Government has to retain, as it must,i
even when no panic is pending, one-third of;
the amount in cash for business purposes, this}
would cut down largely at once what Mr. CHASE
hopes for from this source. It remains also to be
seen, how the Banks will like their present issue ol
paper to be superseded by that of the Government.
Mr. CHASE reckons, however, that by a loan of
£10,000,000 and other devices for the remaining!
fourteen million dollars, he shall make up the de-
ficiency. The whole scheme strikes us as hypo./
therial and uncertain to the last degree. The Gait
vernment paper, the loans, and the result of the
taxes are all exposed to so many causes!
of uncertainty that if he carries his plan
in its integrity we should expect to find in Italy a
heavy deficiency. We are not surprised to read
that the report does not receive much favour in
financial circles.

The broad view of the position of things is in-1
structive enough to our American friends. Some:
glimpse of what their financial position is to be
if the war of secession lasts begins to open upon
them. By July, 1863, at the present rate of ex-
penditure, the national debt will, according to Mr.,
CHASE'S calculation, be close upon—no doubt it
will exceed—two hundred millions sterling. Whilei
already there is nothing before them but deficien-
cies, taxes producing far less than was reckoned!
on, and Government paper, perhaps to:become little!
better than assignats. Meantime that angel of wad
the taxgather, is to visit the hitherto lightly taxed
Northerners in every shape, to interfere with'
their business, to decimate their luxuries.
and to cut and hew at their incomes. The prospect
is a gloomy one for the sovereign electors. We
shall now see whether universal suffrage and the
ballot will or will not compel property to pay mor€
than its fair share of the war taxes.

FUNERAL OF THE PRINCE

As to the question of war the turn is in all
speets on the hopeful side. Financial embarrassH
went can but counsel peace; the threats of the Neul
York herald not in any way representing Northern
sentiments. They are but the ravings of a paper
in the Southern interest, desirous because its direct
advocacy of the South was stopped by Lynch Law
threats, to serve it indirectly by creating enmiti
betwec n the North and England. It is singular
ilso that we know by these telegrams two facts,
l,either of which would seem to facilitate the release
of the prisoners.

CONSORT.

Mr. SEWARD declined to receive, in June, thc
despatches of the French and English Governments
which assumed the belligerent position of the Soutb.
Hence the Commissioners were, to the North, bni
political fugitives, and cannot be claimed uncle]
international law. Next, we observe, that Con
grass has passed a resolution in favour of an ex-
ehange of prisoners. In that case the Commissioners
would no doubt be amongst the first exchanged,
and the Confederates must be recognised as bel-
ligerents by the very act of exchange. It may, per
haps, be doubted whether the South, aware of thc
advantage of keeping the North in hot water with

England, and able to allege that the Commissioners
were not prisoners of war, but of illegal violence.
would accept them in the former capacity. They
will expect to get their release in a much more
Advantageous manner.

At New York they had just received news from

England by a steamer which sailed the day after
the news of the outrage arrived here. She took ou
the statement that we received the tidings of Cap
min WILKES'S exploit with calmness. This war
quite true; but so different was a judicial kind o!
reeling to any which the Yankees themselves would
have indulged that they had expected much mort
infavourable news. Their expectations, however,
chow what their own consciences tell them ; and

I ,', WINDSOR, MONDAY.
7‘i The funeral of the late Prince Consort took place
~.to..day amidst universal sorrow and regret. Thei
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abnrokdtehne
dbeyepth, eduslollbemuunmtioulng of the fnsfiutral bell"'rleedbythc
, artillery at the top of the Long Walk at Windsort
:. Park.
As far as possible all funeral pomp and ceremony!,
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ed
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melancholy cortege was one of great magnitude.
Barriers had been erected on Castle-hill to avoid
1:
+any confusion that might arise from the number ott
ppersons expected there, and so in other parts of theß
!'.itown, but the spectators, although very large in',,
i• number, seemed too much in grief to cause the
r ;lightest inconvenience:
',., The exterior and interior of St. George's Chapel
iwere hung with black cloth; and the arrangements
!''. were similar to those carried out at the burial 4
t
i.,
- her late Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, with F,r
t . the exception that there was a carriage procession '
4 rrom the Castle to St. George's Chapel. It will be. 4,.
„ recollected that the body of the Duchess of Kent
was was privately conveyed from Frogmore during thr
previous night to await the ceremony of the follow-
ing
day, but the body of the Prince Consort re-
mained in the private apartments of her Majesty
':dat the Castle until the time appointed for the
funeral in the Royal Chapel.
The carriage procession from :the Castle to St.
George's Chapel was of the simplest description,':--i
the only circumstance in which it differed from the
',ordinary melancholy cortege was in the heraldric
-.3ornamentations of the hearse and tie trappings of'''-..
. the horses ; but within the Chapel the sight was ell
:., the most solemn character, and as the coffin was
?1
being lowered in the grave the distant sound of the
', guns firing was heard within the sacred edifice 4
',.The service for the burial of the dead was read ,1
by the Dean of Windsor.
~ The following is the order in which the proces- ::
sion quitted the Castle, and the proceedings withir
'1
St. George's Chapel : r'
- A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, of which [i;,'
:regiment his late Royal Highness was Colonel, mounted ate
;the entrance to the btato apartments of Windsor Castle. .
A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying twor;
lvalets and two jagers of his late Royal Highness—viz. ,-T-'.,
ANir. Lohlein, Mr. Mayet, Mr. C. Robertson, Mr. E. SL
vi
Cowley. r
1:".• A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying Mr.o
Roland, librarian; Mr. Meyer, gentleman rider; Mr 4
c•lWhite, solicitor to his late Royal Highness; and Dio
7-4
Robertson,
.'•. commissioner at Balmoral.
' hEI A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying t efh
four physicians who were in attendance upon his late Royal a
Highness --Sir James Clark, M.D., Sir Henry Holland, +i
jM.D., Dr. Watson, Dr. Jenner. kj
: A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying an
.!'-..7
equerry to his late Royal Highness, Colonel the Hon. Alex-it
iander Gordon, C.B.'; an equerry to his Royal Highness
~ the Prince of Wales, Major Teesdale, C. 8., V.C. ; an
„klequerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, ,
Colonel Hon. James Macdonald, C. 8.; and the Controller)
Viand Equerry to her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-
bridge,r
4 °• .
Colonel Home Furvis. tt
0 A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying,'
• Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge, C. 8., and Colonel H. F 1
L Ponsonby, Equerries to his late Roy al Highness; and Rear- `1
Admiral Blake, and Major General Charles W. Ridley,t.
C. 8., Gentlemen Ushers to his late Royal Highness. •'o.:
', A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the
Lord Camoys, the Lord in Waiting to the Queen; and:.
Lieutenant-General Sir H. Bentinek, K.C.8., Groom in ;-
~Waiting ;
.the Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal; and':
' Colonel Biddulph, the Master of the Household,
4
A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying fou, ~...•
of the supporters of the pall of his late Royal Highness,
,viz.:—Major-Gen.Wylde, C. 8., and Col. F. Seymour, C. 8.,
't. Grooms of the Bedchamber to his late Royal Highness ; i
Lieut.-Colonel the Hon. Dudley De Res, and Major C. T.
Du Plat, Equerries to his laze Royal Highness. .",
A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying four..
of the supporters of the pall of his late Royal Highness— ,',
viz., Lord Waterpark, Lord of the Bedchamber to his lett.
Royal Highness ; Colonel the Hon. Alex. Nelson Hood,
Clerk Marshal to his late Royal Highness ; Col. the Hon.
Sir Chas. B. Phipps, K.C.8., Treasurer to:,his late Royal '
Highness ; Lieut.-General the Hon. Charles Grey, Private_
Secretary to his late Royal Highness,
A mourning coach, drawn by four horses, conveying the ,
three Great Officers of her Majesty's Household, the Lord
Steward, the Lord Chamberlain, and the Laster of the,°
Horse.

A carriage of the Qu:cn's Most Excellent Majesty,
drawn by six hol ses, the servants in State liveries, convey-
ing the Clitwn of his late Royal Highness, borne by the
Earl Spencer, Groom of the Stele to his late Royal High-
ness; and the baton, sword, and hat of his late Royal
Highness, borne by Lord George Lennox, Lord of the Bed•
chamber to his late Royal Highness,
THE HEARSE,

, 'ong before now they have understood that
our respect for law does not interfere with
but rather strengthens, our determination
when we know that law is on the sid€
of national instinct. They have also found
by this time that France certainly agrees with
England, and must be aware that persistence would
solate them among the maritime Powers of the

Drawn by six horses, attended by an escort of the Life,
Guards.

• A carriage of the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, drawn
by six horses ; the servants in State liveries.
A carriage of his Royal Tfigbness the Prince of Wales,!
drawn by six horses ; the servants in State liveries.
• A carriage of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
drawn by six horses; the servants in State liveries.
A carriage of her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam-+
bridge, drawn by six horses ; the servants in State liveries.
The line of procession was kept by the 2d Regiment of;
Life Guards, dismounted, and by the Scots Fusilier Guards.;
At half-past 11 o'clock those had the honour to receive;
the Queen's commands to attend the ceremony, but who:
did not take part in the procession, were admitted to St.l
George's Chapel, bylVolsey'sChapel, and at once conducted
to seats in the Choir.
At 12 o'clock the Royal Family and other Royal person-,
.ages assembled in the Chapter Room of St. George's
Chapel, from which they were conducted to their place:4
in the procession by the Lord Chamberlain, assisted by the
Vice• Chamberlain.
The remainder of those appointed to form part of the
procession within. the Chapel, having previously assembled
in Wolsey's Chapel, took their places, and upon the
val of the body at the South Porch tho procession was
formed in the Nave, and reeved up the Choir in the follow- -
ing order :
Valets of his late Royal Highness—Mr. Lohleim and Mr. r=;
Mayet.

IYagers of his late Royal Highness-111r. Charles Robertson
and Mr. E. S. Cowley.

Bailiffs of his late Royal Highness—Mr. Brebner, Mr. Tait,
Mr. Graham, and Mr. Toward.
Mr. Roland, Librarian ; Mr. Meyer, Gentleman Rider;
Mr. White, Solicitor to his late Royal Highness ;
and Dr. Robertson, Commissioner at Balmoral.

Apothecary to his late Royal Highness—M. C. Dupasquier
Apothecary to the Household at Windsor, who was in
attendance on his late Royal Highness—
Mr. Henry Brown.
Surgeons to his late Royal Highness.
Sir Benjamin Brodie. Surgeon-Major W. H. Judd.
Mr. W. Fergusson. Mr. James M. Arnott.
Physicians who were in attendance upon his late Royal
Highness.
Sir James Clark, M.D., Physicians to his late Royal'
Sir Henry Holland, M.D., HI hness;
tod an Physiueen. cians in
Ogrdina'r the O
Dr. Watson, f Physicians Extraordinary
Dr. Jenner. t to the Queen.
Chaplains to his late Royal Highness.
The Rev. Lord Wriothesley The Rev. Professor A. P.
Russell. Stanley, D.D.
;The Very Rev, the Dean of The Rev, Professor Light .!
Christchurch, Dr. Liddell. foot, M.A.
The Representatives of absent Foreign Royal Personages.
General Baron von Hammerstein, attended by his Aide-
de-Camp, Captain Tobteg.
Representatives of His Majesty the King of Hanover.
ILieut.-General the Hon Sir Edward Cust, K.C.H., Repre
I -'-
; sentative of his Majesty the King of the Belgians.
Don Manoel da Camara, Chamberlain to the King.
and Lieutenant A. de Sampa.yo e Pins, (Meier d' Orden-
nances to the King, Representative of his Majesty th( tf ,
p King of Portugal. .
MEETING OF PARLIAMENT.--It is understood in M. de Seebach, Representative of his Majesty the King of
;official quarters that Parliament will "meet for the despatch Saxony.
of• business" on Tuesday, the 14th of January. It stands ~Colonel Boddein, Representative of his Royal Highnesr-e
'prorogued until Tuesday, the 7th of January. ,J the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz.
1
His Highness the Alaharajah Dhuleep Singh, `;,-,1 The Controller and Equerry to her Royal Highness the 2
accompanied by Colonel Oliphant, arrived at Claridge'9•' Duchess of Cambridge—Lieut.• Col. Home Purves.
Hotel yesterday from Mulgrave Castle to attend the fun eralt4iAn Equerry to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge—
of his late Royal Highness the Prince Consort this day at,f..-':! Colonel the Hon. James Macdonald, C.D.
p
.
Windsor. 1,--i`An Equerry to Ro at Hi bneqs the Prince of Wales—F.
. his y g ,_
c
His Highness the Prince Czartorysici has left,' Major Teesdale, C. 8., V.C. it,
r-.
the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, for Paris. r-Eq crries to his late Royal Highness--Colonel H. F. Pon-
His Excellency the French Ambassador and Miso A. HardinoT C 1.3 and Colonel'',
sonby, Colonel Hon. Harding o, .., ~
Elphinstone de Flahault will leave town in a few days to(.. Hon. A. Gordon, C.B.
'o,'
join
ne
Ernest Bruce,
0 CBvreoi:ucHne t:erhstsass.d e Flahault at Torquay. r The Master of the Household to the Queen—Colonel ~
II TLhaed:alrileuof:laacreeon,davonanhieads abryrived in town from Biddulph.
The Equerry in Waiting to the Queen—the Lord Alfred ;..1,
left town for_Paris. r -,
Lord Hobart has returned to Lo Paget, Clerk Marshal.
Lordndo from
Lad ::
Yr ' The Groom in Waiting to the Queen—Lieut—General Sir
''.
,- 1 - Henry Bentinck, K.C.B.
,stantinople.
Mr. Glyn, The Lord in Waiting to the Queen—The Lord Camoys.
i'-, The Lord Steward— The Master of the Horse—
M.P. and Mrs. Glyn, have left`: The Earl of St. Germans, The Marquis of Ailesbary.
Farranco's Hotel for Starunore l'ark.
G.C.B.

world. What would they now not give to hay!

Lcted at first like men of honour, to have disavowed
he act of Captain WILKES instead of commending

fll through the Navy Board and the House o:

Representatives, and to have placed the Commission-
ers under the flag of the British Embassy ! The tim(
for the most honourable surrender is, however, past
—it will Row have to be made, because they cannot
resist the physical force of England, and the moral
force of the judgment of the civilised world. IV(
shall have no doubt a long discourse on international

faw from Mr. SEWARD, but a deficiency of

£43,000,000, an English fleet, and a French legal

hostile decision will dictate to the American Foreigt,

Secretary his final reply.