The Sun.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

THE N'UNERAL OF TIIE DUCHESS

GLOCE3TAR.-(1' HIS DA.Y).

SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING.

His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attended by
Colonel Biddulph and Lieut.-0 JlO nel Ponsonby,
len.ded in the Docks this morning, at 9 o'clock,
froin.Osborne, on his way to Wifidsor to attend
the funeral of the Duchess of Glocester, and re-
turns by special train at 5 o'clock.

The following programme, which was limed la3t night,
was stric'ly observed at the funeral of her late Royal
Highness, which to.* place to-day

`CEREMONIAL.
On the morning of Fliday, May tits, the remains of her
late Royal Highness the Duchess of Glocester, fourth
daughter of his Majesty King George M., and wi low of
William Frederick Duke of GloceAer, will be privately
removed from Glocester-house. is Piccadilly, for interment
in the family vault in St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
Her late Royal Highness having desired that her inter-
ment might take ple.ce in the most private manner possi-
ble, the folloWing limited ceremonial has received her Ma-
jesty's sanction :--
At nine o'clock a.m. the remains of her late R)yal High-
ness will be removed from Glocester-house to the terminus
of the Great Western Railway at Paddington, and will
thence be convoyed to the station of the same rai►way at
Slough.
Guards of honour will mount in front of Glocestor-house,
at the terminus of the Great Western Railway, at Pad•
dington, and at the Slough station of the same railway.
An escort will accompany the body from Glccester•house
to the terminus at Paddington, and from the Slough sta-
tion to St. George's Chapel, Windsor.
The following persons, in immediate attendance upon
the body, will be conveyed iu mourning coaches frarn Glc-
cester-house to the terminus at Paddington, viz.:—

A mourning coach drawn by four boraes, in which will
be the Pages of her late Royal Highness.
A mourning coach drawn by four horses, in which will
bo the House Steward. and two Dressers of her late Royal
Highness.
A mourning coach drawn by four horses, conveying the
Chaplain and Medical Attendants of her late Royal
Highness. .

A mourning coach drawn by four horses, conveying the
Executors of her late Royal Highness.
A mourning coach drawn by four horses, conveying the
Four Ladies who will support the Pall.
A mourning coach drawn by four horses, conveying the
Vice-Cbamberlain of her Majesty's Household and the
Controller in the Lord Chamberlain's Department.
Her late Royal Highness's State Carriage will follow,
in which will be the Coronet of her late Royal Highness,
borne upon a velvet cushion by Colonel the Hon. Augus-
tus Liddell, Controller and Equerry to her late Royal
Highness.

THE HEARSE,
Drawn by eight horses.
Her Majesty's carriage will follow the heats©, leaving
the procession at the Paddington-station.
Upon the arrival of the body at Slough the procession
will be joined by the Lord Chamberlain of her Majesty's
Household; the Lord in Waiting to her Msjesty ; the
Groom in Waiting to her Majesty ; the Equerry in Wait-
ing to her Majesty; the _Equerry to ber Royal Highness
the Duchess of Kent; the Equerry to her Royal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge; the Lady in Waiting to
her Majesty ; the Bedchamber Woman to her Majesty ;
two Maids of Honour to her Majesty ; the Lady in Wait-
ing upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent ; the
Lady in Waiting upon her Royal Highness the Duchess of
Cambridge; the Lady in Waiting upon her •Royal High-
ness the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Stre-
litz ; and the whole will then proceed from Slough to St.
George's Chapel, Windsor, followed by the three state
carriages of her Majesty the Queen, Conveying the above-
mentioned members of her Majesty's household, an I also
by the state carriages of her Royal Highness the Duchess
of Kent, her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
and of his Royal Highness the Dnke of Cambridge.
When the procession has reached the entrance of St.
George's Chapel, Windsor, the escort will file off, a guard
of honour being there in attendance.
At the entrance of St. George's Chapel the Dean and
Canons of Windsor, attended by the choir, will receive the
body, and, the procession, being formed, will move up the
nave into the choir in the following order
.

Pages of her late Royal Highness.
Dressers of her late Royal Highness.

House Steward of her late.RoyarHighness.
Medical Attendants upon her late Royal Highness.
Chaplains, of her late Royal Highness.
Executors of her late Royal Highness.
The Gentleman in Waiting on her Royal Highness the
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz.
EquerrytoherßoyalHighnessEqnerrytoherßoyal Highness
the Duchess of Cambridge. the Duchess of Kent.
Major-General Lieut.-Gen. Baron deßrandis,
the Hon. Sir Edward Cast, representing
Equerry to his Majesty his Majesty the King of
the Hanover, accompanied by his
King of the Belgians. Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant
do Brandis.
Lord, Groom, and Equery to her Majesty in Waiting.
The Choir of Windsor. •
The Canons of Windsor.
The Dean of Windsor.
THE CORONET

of her late Royal Highness borne upon a Black Velvet
Cushion by Colonel the Hon. Augustus Liddell,
The Lord Chamberlain
The Controller in of her Majesty's
the LordChautherlain's Household. The
Department. Vice-Chamberlain.
Supporter of the Pall, Supporter of the Pall,
Hon. Mrs. Liddell. Lady Caroline Murray.
THE BODY.

Supporter of the Pall, Supporter of the Pall,
Lai), Georgians, Bathurst, Lady Charles Somerset,
Garter King of Arms.
THE CHIEF MOURNER,
DUCHESS OF ATHQLL,

attended by Lady Couper.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness
the Prince of Wales, and his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge will occupy stalls during the ceremony, the
attendants upon their Royal Highnesses having places
near. His Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe-
Weimar will be present. The Lord Steward will occupy
his stall. The Master of the Horse, the Lady in Waiting,
the Bedchamber Woman, and the Maids of Honour to her
Majesty, and the Ladies in Waiting upon ther Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, th Duchess of Cmn-
bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mocklen-
burg-Strelitz will be conducted to seats.
Upon arrival within the choir the holy will be placed
upon tressels, with the feet towards the altar, and the
coronet and cushion will be laid uhion the catlin ; the chief
mourner will sit at the head of the corpse, the supporters
of the pall near the body ; the Lord Chamberlain of her
Majesty's Household will stand at the feet of the corpse,
and others of the procession will be conducted to their
several places.
The part of the service before the interment and the
anthem having been performed, the corpse will be de-
posited in the family vault, near the Sovereign's stall,
and, the Dean having concluded the burial service, Garter
Principal King of Arms will proclaim near the grave the
style of her late Royal Highness.
After which his Royal Highness Prince Albert, his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge will be conducted out of the
chape!, and the others composing the procession will
retire.

DEPARTURE Ol' THE COURT FOR THE
ISLE OF WIGHT.

The Queen, Prince Albert, and the royal family left
Buckingham Palace yesterday morning for Osborne,
Isle of Wight.

PORTSUOUTH, MAT 7.

Her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the court, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday en route
to Osborne.

Captain Wilmot had the honour to present the gun
to the Queen, stating that he had been commissioned by
the British Ambassador at C.mstantinopte to do so,
it being a present from the Sultan. Tier Mi.jesty, who,
withaPricce Albert, minutely inspected the gun, thanked
Captain Wilmot, and both expressed their sense of its
beauty. Her Majesty and the Court then proceeded
on board the Fairy, which shortly afterwards left, amid
the cheers of the crews of the various ships, returned to
Cowes at twenty minutes past two o'clock, and pro-
ceeded to Osborne. On the royal yacht entering Cowes
harbour a royal salute was fired from the R. Y. S. house;
the ships and yachts were dressed, and co!ours were
flying from the numerous flag-staffs on the ling of the
harbour.
Her Majesty looked, we are glad to say, very well,
though somewhat delicate.

COWES, ISLE OF WIGHT.—ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.
—The annual general meeting of the members of the
Royal Yacht Squadron takes place on Saturday next,
when there are several members to be balloted for, and
arrangements to be made for the regatta of 1857 ; the
adapting Cowes Castle for their suture club-house, and
other matters.
Telegraphic intelligence has been received from St.
Petersburg to the effect that the whole of the fleet of
merchant vessels which wintered at Cronstadt had put
to sea. Some steamers had also arrived out from this
side. The navigation may thus be regarded as fairly
opened.
THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON.—At the
monthly general meeting held yesterday at the society's
house in Hanover-square, the Riget Hon. Sir George
Clerk in the chair, Messrs. A. N. Novelli, F. S. Bent-
ley, G. W. Allan, and R. Hodge were elected fellows of
the society ; Messrs. W. E. Buck on, W. J. Page, and
A. B. Knight were proposed as candidates for the fel-
lowship ; and Professor Floureus, perpetual secretary to
the Academy of Sciences in the Imperial Institute of
France, as a foreign member. The report stated that a
very healthy male chimpanzee had been added to the
collection since the last meeting, and tbat Capt. Abbott,
of the Royal Mail steam-ship Magdalena, had presented
two puma cube still retaining the characteristic stripes of
early youth, in which state they have been but seldom
seen in this country.
LECTURES ON THE WAR.—Last night Mr. Russell,
tbe Crimean Correspondent of the Times, read some
portions of the Lectures on the Crimean War, which he
is about to deliver in public, before a select number of
his literary friends, in the VieettninsterClub, Albemarle-
street. Ate:kong the gentlemen present we observed some
of the most eminent names in modern literature. The
" readings" of Mr. Magni', a hien were not consecu-
tive, but taken from par,%icular parts of the preliminary
lecture to be delivered on Monday next, occupied nearly
an hour and a-hall, and wcre listened to throughout with
the deepest attention and the utmost interest. They
throw much additional lighi; upon the history of the late
war, and abound with personal incidents of the must
touching kind, which have etot before been published.
Pathos is evidently the forte of Mr. Rosati!, but many
parts of the lecture were enlivened with touches of the
happiest humour. The description of the Battle of the
Alma, with which Mr. Russell concluded, iv one of the
most animated and eloquent pieces of description to he
met with in the English language. Judging from the
way in which Mr. Russell acqu fitted himself last night,
we confidently anticipate his complete saccese in llioev,,
opacity.of a public lecturer.