The Sun.
London, England, 1861-03-26 00:00:00

FUNERAL OF HER ROY AL BIGRNESS

THE LATE DUCHESS OF KENT.

(From Me Court Circular.)

The remains of her late Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent, attended by Colonel Lord James
Murray, Equerry to her late Royal Highness, and
the Hon. Spencer Ponsonby, Comptroller in the
Lord Chamberlain's Department, were removed
from Frogmore-house, at four o'clock yesterday
morning, to St. George's Chapel, Windsor, and
placed near the tomb of her late Royal
Highness the Princess Charlotte. Four of the
members of the late Royal Duchess's household fol-
lowed in a second mourning coach. Viscount Castle-
rosse, Vice-Chamberlain of the Queen's household,
received the body.

At half-past 10 o'clock those who had the honour of
receiving the Queen's commands to attend the ceremony
of the funeral were conducted to seats in the choir. The
Belgian, Hanoverian, Portuguese, Prussian, and Saxon
Ministers, Earl Granville, Viscount Palinerston, and Lord
John Russell, were on the north side. The Earl of St. Ger-
mans, the Duke of Athol], and the Marquis of Ailesbury
occupied seats on the south side of the choir.
The remains of her late Royal Highness were moved at
10 minutes before 11 o'clock to the nave, and shortly after
the Royal Family and other Royal personages were con-
ducted by Viseount Sydney, Lord Chamberlain, from the
Chapter-room of St. George's Chapel, to their places in the
procession. The remainder of those appointed to take part
in the procession passed from Wolsey's Chapel to their
places.
The Canons of Windsor present were the Hon. and Rev.
Edward Moore, the Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell, the
Hon. and Rev. Charles Leslie Courtenay, and the Rev. Fre-
derick Anson.

Tho opening sentences of the Burial Service—a chant
adapted from Beethoven—were sung by the choir while
the procession moved up the nave to the choir of the
Chapel. The body was placed in front of the altar at a
quarter past 11 o'clock. The coffin, of crimson velvet, was
covered by a pall of black velvet, bearing eight escochcons
of the arms of the late Duchess of Kent.

The lion.and Very Rev. Gerald Wellesley, the Dean of
Windsor, stood in the front of the altar and read the first
part of the Burial Service. The anthem (Luther's Hymn)
was performed, the solo part being sung by Mr. Tolley, a
gentleman of the choir. The Dean continued the service.
" I heard a voice from Heaven" (Croft) was sung by the
choir. Dr. Elvey presided at the organ.
The Dean concluded the service, and the coffin was then
lowered.

Sir Charles Young, Knight, Garter King of Arms, pro-
claimed the style of her late Royal Highness :--
" Thus it hath pleased Almighty God 1-1 take out of this
transitory life unto His divine mercy the Most Illustrious
Princess Victoria Maria Louisa, widow of the Most High,
Most Mighty, and Illustrious Prince Edward, Duke of
Kent and Strathern, and mother of her Most Excellent
Majesty Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the
Faith, whom God bless and preserve with long life, health,
and honour, and all worldly happiness."
The Prince Consort and the Prince of Wales were
attired in mourning, and wore the riband and badge of the
Most Noble Order of the Garter. The other Royal per-
sonages in the procession, the Foreign Ministers, and the
Queen's Ministers and officers of State present at the cere-
mony wer9 also attired in mourning, and those who are
members of Orders of Knighthood wore their respective
insignia.

The service was concluded at 25 minutes before 12 o'clock,
his Ptoyal Highness the chief mourner and the other Royal
personages were conducted out of the chapel, the "Dead
March," in Saul, being played by the organist.
The chaplains to her late Royal Highness, the Rev.
Messrs. Fisher, Pitman, and Pitt, and one of the Equerries
of the Royal Duchess, Lord Howden, did not take part in
the procession, being unable to attend. Lady Anna Maria
Dawson, the Hon. Lady Phipps, Lady Charlotte Dundas,
General Sir Robert and Lady Gardiner, and Dr. Robertson,
of Balmoral, who had been honoured by the Queen's com-
mand to attend the funeral, were also unavoidably pre-
vented from being present.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince Frederic of Schleswig•
Holstein-Augustenberg and Prince Victor of Hohenlohe.
Langenburg arrived at Windsor Castle on Sunday night.

OXFORD, MARCH 25: DEGREE DAYS,--Congre-
gations will be holden for the purpose of granting graces
and conferring degrees on the following days in the ensuing
term :—Wednesday, April 10; Thursday, May 2; Friday,
May 10; Saturday, May 18. Candidates for degrees are
required to enter their names in a book kept for that pur-
pose at the Vice-Chancellor's house on or before the day
preceding the day of congregation.

CONSECRATION OF THE BISHOP OF WORCESTER.
Yesterday morning the ceremony of consecrating the Right
Rev. Dr. Henry Philpott, who has been nominated by the
Crown to the bishopric of Worcester, rendered vacant- by
the death of the Right Ray. Dr. Henry Pepys, took place
in the private chapel of Lambeth Palace.

The Brighton Railway traffic return shows this
week an increase of X 2,005, and the South• Eastern an in-
crease of £663.

The traffic receipts of the Great 'Western Rail-
way of Canada, for the week ending March 8, were
£9,410 sterling, being £667 more than in the correspond-
ing week of last year.

The traffic receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company of Canada, for the week ending March 2, were
£13,008 sterling, being £1,407 more than in the correspond-
ing week of last year.

EXTRAORDINARY HUMAN SKELETON.—AS the
workmen employed in sinking a foundation for the enlarge-
ments now being made in the parish church of Mullinger,
Ireland, were pursuing their work at the east end of the
building, they discovered amongst the other remains of
human beings, the perfect skeleton of a man measuring over
seven feet in length, and which appeared from the im-
mense size of the skull and other portions—such as the
bones of the hands, jaw-bones, d:c.—to have equalled in its
other dimensions its extraordinary height. Its position
was considerably deeper in mother earth than that at
which human skeletons are generally found. There was
barely sufficient appearance of a coffin to prove that it had
received proper interment, but everything connected with
it indicates its having occupied its lonely tenement for
several centuries.

FATAL SCAFFOLD ACClDENT.—Yesterday morn-
ing a frightful occurrence took place in Great Marlborough-
street, by which a bricklayer was almost instantly deprived
of life. It appears that the deceased was at work on a scaf
fold erected to repair the front of a house, when a putlog
slipped and the unfortunate man fell with great violence to
the foot pavement from the height of 50 feet; he was in-
stantly removed in an unconscious state to Middlesex Hos-
pital, but was dead before he reached the institution, his
skull having been completely shattered by the fall.
REDUCTION OF UTE ARMY IN IRELAND.---In
consequence of the extremely peaceable condition of every
part of the country, in which the military has been acting
for a long time past as an armed police, it is, we understand,
the intention of the War-office to reduce the troops sta-
tioned in this country by at least one-third of their present
number. Arrangements, it is stated, are being made to have
this plan put into execution as soon as possible.—Freeinan's
Journal.

THE SHAM FIGHT AT BRlGHTON.—Yesterday
afternoon, in accordance with a requisition to the mayor,
a public meeting was held at the Town-hall, Brighton, to
adopt measures for a general holiday in that town on
Easter Monday, in order to afford an opportunity to all
classes of the inhabitants to witness the volunteer review.
The chair was occupied by the mayor—Mr. F. Algar—and
resolutions were adopted in accordance with the objects of
the meeting. Lord Ranelagh, who is now residing at the
Bedford Hotel, is actively engaged with other officers
in making various arrangements for the event, and at
the last meeting of the Brighton directors and guar-
dians it was resolved to place at his lordship's disposal for
head-quarters the newly erected Industrial Schools, which
are situated on the scene of action, in the vicinity of the
race-hill. The grand stand will be occupied by the Lord
Lieutenant of the county, the Earl of Chichester, and
other distinguished visitors, with the band of the sth Dra-
goon Guards, which will attend by permission of Colonel
Calthorpo. The several corps of volunteers will proceed
to the ground by various routes, and will enter the race-
course by the south end, passing between the two lines
of spectators. The whole force is expected to be on the
ground at half-past eleven o'clock, and two lines of
defence will be formed, to meet a supposed enemy, whose
force is conceived to have landed at Shoreham and to be
advancing therefrom. One defensive line will face the
grand stand and extend for about a mile, whilst the second
will stretch its length from the head-quarters to Ovendean.
The artillery on the extreme left will first opeu fire on the
supposed enemy, and the several evolutions incidental to a
conflict in the battle-field will then be carried out In accor-
dance with a programme laid down. The most complete
arrangements will be made for the accommodation of the
public, who, from the nature of the site selected, will
obtain an excellent view of the spectacle.
LADY DOCTORS.—" Mrs. Doctor Elizabeth
Blackwell, describes the successful efforts of herself and
sister during nine years in founding the New York Infir-
mary for Women and Children, in which poor women and
children aro treated by these ladies,—the main, object being,
however, to provide ladies who are engaged in the study of
medicine opportunities for seeing and assisting in practice,
presenting such guarantees to the profession of intelligence
and earnestness on the part of ita students that they may in
time gain admittance to other medical charities. The In-
firmary has a board of consulting physicians. With re-
gard to the question in medical ethics, whether women
should he allowed and encouraged to practise Medicine,
Mrs. Blackwell says It may be interesting to the pro-
fession here to know that it was settled in England two
years ago, when the General Council of Medical Educa-
tion and Registration of the United Kingdom received the
testimonials of a lady-physician (herself), and enrolled
.her
name in the medical registrar for 1859.'"—Xedica4 Times
and Gazatc.

LATEST NEWS

PARIS, MARcir 26,

The Itioniteur of to••day announces that the in-
terest on Treasury Bills has been raised to 4, 41,
and 5 per cent. respectively.

TURIN, MARCH 25.

In to-days sitting of the Chamber of Deputies
Audinot made an interpellation (of which he
had previously given notice) in reference to the
affairs of Rome. He expressed his belief that the
Government of the Pope was incompatible with the
liberty and independence of the country and the
civil rights of any civilised nation. He asked the
Ministry whether any negotiations were being
carried on for the purpose of terminating the foreign
intervention at Rome, or what other measures the
Government had in view for the solution of the
question ?
Count Cavour replied :—" We have a right to
have Rome as the capital of Italy, The city of
Turin is ready to sacrifice her position. But we must
go to Rome with the consent of France, when all
sincere Catholics will be convinced that the Church,
far from suffering, will gain by it. The union
of the temporal and spiritual power has always
and everywhere been a source of evil. When we
enter Rome we shall proclaim ample liberty to the
Church, and this liberty shall be guaranteed by a
special statute. If the Court of Rome persists in
the union of the two powers of the Papacy, its
policy will be responsible for the schism which
might result therefrom."
This speech was much applauded.

PESTH, MARCH 26.

The Congregation of the Comitat of Posega has
adopted a resolution declaring the Council of the
Empire to be an institution incompatible with the
constitution of the kingdom.
The Congregation has also protested against the
sending of representatives to the Council of the
Empire.

ITZEHOE, MARCH 25.

The Speaker of the committee for examining the
Danish proposals made an interpellation to-day, in
which he.stated that the budget had not been sub-
mitted to the Estates of Holstein, as had been
announced by the Danish Government to the Eng-
lish Government.

The Royal Commissioner replied that he would
refer the matter to Copenhagen, and requested the
Assembly in the meantime to adjourn the discus-
sion of that question.

ITZEHOE, MARCH 26.

In yesterday's sitting of the Estates of Holstein
the proposition of the Committee that the proposal
of the Danish Government, in reference to the
bases of a Constitution for the whole kingdom
should be rejected, was unanimously agreed to.
In reply to the interpellation respecting the
budget made by the spokesman of the Committee,
the Royal Commissioner stated (in addition to
what was reported yesterday evening) that the
discussion of the budget, in so far as it con-
cerned Holstein, would certainly be readily per-
mitted to the Estates.

SHANGHAI, FEB. 6.
The troops at Tien-tsin are shut in by ice.
The mail of the 10th October was the last that
had been landed.
General Collineau died on the 15th of January.
Tontai is levying a heavy tax on the native
dealers.

The Yangtze expedition is to leave on the 9th
inst.

The rebels are making desperate efforts to go
south.
Business is completely suspended.

CANTON, FEB. 15.

The Fearnought' has been beeched near Hong
Kong. The Spartan has put back to Foo-chow-foo,
having grounded.

It is reported from Japan that the Secretary of
the American Legation had been murdered at
Yeddo.
The British and French Ministers had fled to
Yakshama. The United States Minister remained
at Yeddo.

SINGAPORE, FEB. 22.
A French mail service has been established be-
tween this place and Saigon.

!POINT DE GALLE, MARCH 3.
Lord Elgin left yesterday for Suez.

FRANCE.

BOURSE, March 25.—The market remains in
the same inanimate state, but with the prices of
Saturday generally well maintained. Threes, for
the account, are now alternating between 68f 15c
and 68f 20c. Railway shares quiet, but firm.
The following are the last quotations :-
41 per per Cents 95 90 Credit Fonder 9lO
Do. end month.... 95 90 Belgian 4i —
3 per Cents
Do. end month 6B 201 Roman
Bank Shares 2980 Austrian
Credit Mobilier.... 665 Spanish Threes 4B
Do. Account 662 501 Home Debt ..