The Sun.
London, England, 1868-03-23 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO IRELAND.

The Dublin Mail says that preparations leave been com-
menced in St. Patrick's Cathedral for the accommodation
of the large number of persons who will be present on the
occasion of the installation of the Prince of Wales as an
extra Knight of St. Patrick. It has been arranged that
the installation ceremony will take place in the centre of
the cathedral, and in front of the Eagle. The screen sepa-
rating the choir from the Royal Chapter Room will he
removed, so that an uninterrupted view will be afforded
of the entire length of the edifice. In the nave the seats
will be changed from their present position, and placed
laterally, so as to permit a wide passage to be kept for the
procession. In the aisles, galleries will be erected, and seats
placed upon them. "Friar's Walk" will also be devoted to
the accommodation of spectators, for whose protection iron
bars will be placed as guards to the open niches. The
musical arrangements have been committed to the efficient
charge of Dr. Francis Robinson and the sacred music on
the occasion will be rendered by the gentlemen of the
cathedral choirs, and those of the Chapel Royal and
Trinity College. The body of executants will be placed on
a gallery in the neighbourhood of the Grand Master's
Throne. Admission to the cathedral will only be obtained
by tickets, to be procured from Sir Bernard Burke's com-
mittee, which will commence its duty of selection early next
week. We believe it is understood that all present must
appear in full dress. On the day of the installation the
knights, with their esquires, and the officers of the Order,
will assemble in the Upper Castle Yard at an early hour—
the former in their mantles, habits, collars, kc., and the
latter in full dress—to proceed to the cathedral in a pro-
cession, which will most probably be marshalled in the
following order :—Squadron of cavalry ; State trumpets
and drums ; rnesseng-ers; pursuivants ; sergeants-at-arms,
with their maces ; Athlone pursuivants ; the knights, in
order of juniority, , with their esquires ; H.R. H. the Prince
of Wales ; and the Lord-Lieutenant, Grand Master of the
Order ; Ulster King of Arms, with his Usher, the Secre-
tary, Chancellor, and Prelate.
The procession will be closed with a squadron of cavalry,
and proceed along Dame-street, George's-street, Aungier-
street, Bishop-street, Kevin-street, and the new street to
the west gate of the cathedral. The streets through wl ich
the procession will p :Bs will be lined with infantry. On
arriving at the western portal the knights, the Grand
Master, and the Prince of Wales will be conducted to the
Royal Chapter-r:om by the dean, prebendaries, vicars-
choral, choristers, and verger.

In the Chapter-room the Lord-Lieutenant will take his

•eat at the head of the table as Grand Master, and the
knights will take their respective seats, their esquires
standing behind them. The Prince of Wales, as the
knight to be installed, will stand at the table, and before
him will be deposited his mantle and sword, his banner
being fixed by one of his esquires in the place appointed
for it. The Chapter having been duly constituted, the
Grand Master and the knights will proceed to the choir,
where his Excellency will take his place upon the throne,
and the knights will occupy their respective stalls, their
esquires being seated in front of them. The dignitaries
and prebendaries will proceed to their places, after which
a " Te Denim " will be sung.
At the conclusion of the anthem, Ulster King of Arms,
the heralds, pursuivants, and esquires of the Prince of
Wales will proceed to the Chapter-room for the insignia.
On re-entering the choir, Ulster King of Arms will bear
the collar on a blue velvet cushion, and the esquires will
carry the banner, mantle, and sword.
The Prince of Wales will then proceed to the table
where the Prelate—the Lord Primate—will read the
Admonition, and the Grand Master having commanded
the two senior knights present to descend fron their,
stalls, his Royal Highness will be by them invested with
the sword and collar, and the mantle being placed upon
him, he will be conducted to a stall specially prepared for
him as an extra knight. The senior esquire will then
unfurl the banner, and Ulster King of Arms will proclaim
the style of his Royal Highness.

All will then sit down, except the officers of arms and
the esquires, who will hand the banner to the registrar,
to be deposited in its appointed place,

The National Anthem having been sung, a procession
will be formed by the Ulster King of Arms, and the
knights, dignitaries, and attendants will leave the
cathedral.

An important and influential meeting was held
at No. 1, Whitehall-gardens, on Saturday afternoon,
when it was decided to adopt energetic measures for de-
fending the Irish Church, and with this view a great put.
lic meeting will be held in London next month.

It is now ten years since the Indian mutiny was
suppressed. In August last the roll of men of the 27th
(Inniskilling) Regiment entitled to the medal was sent to
Sir W. Mansfield, but up to the last week nothing was
heard of it at the India Office, and the men have not got
the medals won in 1858.

At a meeting of Liberals held at Berkhampstead
the following letter from Mr. J. Bright, M.P., was read :
" I thank you for your invitation to your intended public
meeting, and regret that I am compelled to disappoint
you. I have so much to do that I cannot attend meetings
during the session of Parliament, and indeed I am obliged
to give up platform work to a great extent. After twenty-
dye years of it (and indeed more than that), I think I may
claim some relief, and leave to other and younger men
some of the lab Dur which I have been accustomed to under-
take."

Tun TODMORDEN MURDERER.—The English In-
dependent, in an article on the Todmorden murders, with-
)ut any wish, as it says, to extenuate the murderer's
guilt, tells the following story :—" When Miles Wetherill
was an infant in his cradle his father happened to come in
one day during his mother's temporary absence, and was
seized with some cruel impulse to take the child out of his
cradle and put hire in a drawer. When his mother
returned and inquired for her child the father professed
ignorance, and aggravated her distress by telling her that
he bad seen a woman pass by some time before, who had
loubtless stolen him. For two hours he allowed her agony
to continue, until by accident she found the child in the
drawer where he had placed it. Such story any one may
hear in Todmorden to-day. If vices run in the blood as
well as other things, surely here was a germ of murder,
or any cruelty that might develone itself in generations to
cove."_