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

Supporter of the Pall,
Lady Georgians Bathurst,

Supporter of the PAL
LadyOharles Somerset,

Garter king of Arm;.
THE CHIEF MOURNER,
DUCHESS OF ATHOLL,

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 their Royal
Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklen-
burg-Strelitz will be conducted to seats. -
Upon arrival within the choir the body will be placed
upon tresaels, with the feet towards the altar, and the
coronet and cushion will be laid upon the coffin ; 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 he 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
chapel, and the others composing the procession will
retire.

DEPARTURE OF 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.
PORTSMOUTH, MAY 7.

. -
Her M9jesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the court, arrived at Portsmouth yesterday en route
to` Osborne.

Captr.in Wilmot had the honour to present the gun
to the Queen, stating that he had been commissioned by
the British Ambassador at Cinstantinople to do so,
it being a present from the Sultan. Her Lifjesty, who,
with Prince 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 colours were
flying irons the numerous fiag-stafts on the line o f 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 he made for the regatta of 1857 ; the
adapting Cowes Castle for their future ciub•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 ac the society's
house in Hanover•square, the R,iget 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. Bucki.on, W. J. Page, and
A. B. Knight were proposed as candidates for toe 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 that Capt. Abbott,
of the Royal Mail steam-ship Magdalena, had presented
two puma cubs still retaining the characteristic stripes of
early youth, in which state they have been but seldom
seen in this country.
LEOTIIIIES ON THE WAR.—Last night Mr. Russell,
the 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 Westminster Club, Albemarle-
street. Among the geatlemen present we observed some
of the most eminent names in modern literature. The
"readings" of Mr. Russell, which were not consecu-
tive, but taken from particular parts of the preliminary
lecture to be delivered on Monday next, occupied nearly
an hour and a-half, and were listened to throughout with
the deepest attention and the utmost interest. They
throw much additional light upon the hiatcry of the late
war, and abound with personal incidents of the most
touching kind, which have not before been published.
Pathos is evidently the forte of Mr. Russell, but many
parts of the lecture were enlivened with touches of the
happiest humour. The description of the Battle cf the
Alma, with which Igr. Russell concluded, is one of the
most animated and eloquent pieces of description to be
met with in the English language. Judging from the
way in which Mr. Russell acquitted himself last night,
we confidently anticipate his complete success in his new
capacity of a public lecturer.