The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-26 00:00:00

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE

New colours were presented to the 67th Regi-
ment, under the command of Col. Thomas, yester-
day, by Lady Buller, in the Governor's-green, at
Portsmouth. The regiment was drawn up in line
on the Green at half-past 11, when a brilliant and
numerous company were assembled to witness the
ceremony. Lady Buller, accompanied by Major-
General Sir G. Buller, K.C.8., commanding the
South-Western district, and his Staff, arrived on
the ground at 12 o'clock, when the old colours were
trooped to the rear of the regiment, the band play-
ing " Auld lang syne ;" after which the regiment
formed three sides of a square, and the band taking
up their position in front, the drums of the regi-
ment were piled and the new coloursplaced on them.
Lady Buller, with the General and his Staff, ad-
vanced to the front, Colonel Thomas and two of
the majors of the regiment took their stations in the
rear, while the Venerable Archdeacon Wright and
the Rev. Mr. Orr, chaplain to the forces, occupied
positions on the right and left. The band then
played and sung a suitable hymn, after which the
Archdeacon proceeded to the ceremony of conse-
crating the colours. This being concluded Lady
Buller, in a most suitable speech, in which she
enumerated the good deeds of the regiment, pre-
sented the new colours in the name of her Majesty.
Lieut.-Col. Thomas, ou behalf of himself, officers,
and men, thanked Lady Buller for the kindness she
had shown in presenting the colours, and the good
wishes she had expressed, and trusted the regiment
would always merit the good opinion expressed by
her. The officers subsequently gave a djettner in
Anglesca Barracks. The men of the regiment were
not forgotten. They partook of an excellent dinner,
while the children were regaled with a tea. The
sergeants will give a ball this evening.

The Journal de St. Pctersbourg published the fol-
lowing telegram :—" Cologne, Aug. 13, 1868.—The Kol-
nLche Zeitung says that during his sojourn at Paris Lord
Stanley insisted upon the absolute necessity of preserving
peace, and led it to be understood that England was ready
to support any scheme for a disarmament. His lordship
said that it was easy to give to the Conference, which is
to meet at St. Petersburgh in October, the occasion of
opening negotiations to that effect."
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Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nial Office from the Governor-General of Canada,
and from the Governors of the West India Islands
and the Australian Colonies.

Desratches were sent to the Governor of Malta.

FUNERAL OF THE SUFFERERS BY THE

LATE RAILIVAY ACCIDENT.

ABERGELE, Aug. 25, 1868.
The remains of the 32 bodies were interred this
morning at 10 o'clock with impressive solemnity,
and amid such unostentatious demonstrations of
sorrow and sympathy as the townspeople could
manifest. Every shop was closed. The silence of
death reigned in Abergele ant Pensarn. There
was not even the tolling of a funeral bell to break
the stillness. By the early trains from Chester and
Ithyll a large number of the relatives and friends
of the dead, many from distant places, came into
Abergele. All were in deep mourning. Precisely
at 10 o'clock the mourners took their places in the
churchyard near the door of the Vestry-room, under
the tower of the old church, the coffins having
been piled there. On such an occasion it was im-
posible to ascertain the names of all who were pre-
sent ; but of the relatives of the late Lord and
Lady Farnham there were the present Lord Farn-
ham, the Hon. Richard S. Maxwell, the Hon. Wil-
liam Maxwell, and Mrs. Hotham, wife of Captain
Hotham, and niece of the late Lady Farnham. Of
the relatives of the late Captain Edwards, there
were his surviving children, Mr. Lea Priestly
Edwards and Mr. Alfred Delaponte Edwards; Sir
Henry Edwards, M.P., his brother; Major
Waterhouse, M.P., his brother-in-law; two sons
of Sir Henry's, his son-in-law, Captain Dear-
den, and Mr. Norris. Of the relatives of the
late Judge Berwick, Miss Berwick, Mrs. Symes,
and Miss Ingram, Mr. Edward Berwick, and Mr.
John Berwick. Of the relatives of the late
Misses Lea, the Rev. S. Simcox Lea. Of the
relatives and friends of the late Mr. and Mrs.
Aylmer and Miss Franks there were Mr. Franks,
Mr. J. Franks, Mr. T. Greene, Mr. Charles Eade,
Sir J. J. Coghill. Of the relatives and friends of
the late Mr. Whitmore Scovell and Miss Scovell
there were Mr. Dance and Mr. R. D. Kane. Of the
relatives and friends of the late Mr. William T.
Lund, William B. Parkinson, and Christopher Par-
kinson there were Mr. Thomas Lund and Mr.
Robert Parkinson. Of the relatives of the late Mr.
W. 11. Owen there were Mr. J. William Owen and
Alfred Owen; Thomas Outen, brother of the late
Edward Outen ; T. J. Smith, brother-in-law of the
late Mary Ann Kellet ; Sarah Brested, sister of
the late Elizabeth Strafford; Maria Cripps, Lucretia
Buchanan, and Henry Cripps, the wife, mother,
and brother of the late Charles Cripps; and Mr.
Davis, butler of the late Lord Farnham, also at-
tended the funeral.

When the relatives and friends had assembled in
the churchyard the Rev. James Meredith, the rec'
tor, and the Rev. James Taylor, of Bamberbridgel
near Preston, himself a mourner, came out of the
church to meet them. When the rev. gentlemen
had reached the vestry room, the door was opened,
and Mr. Taylor commenced the first sentences of
the Burial Service. He continued the service while
returning into the church, and the mourners, two
and two, walked after him and Mr. Meredith. Both
reverend gentlemen having reached the reading'
desk, and the mourners and a large number of the
parishioners of Abergele having taken their places
in the pews, Mr. Taylor read the psalms and the
beautiful lesson from the 15th chapter of St. Paul's
First Epistle to the Corinthians. While he was se
doing the coffins were being conveyed on men'S
shoulders from the vestry-room to the grave, which
had been dug close to the wall at the opposite
extremity of the churchyard to that in which the
vestry-room is situate. When the clergyman had
reached the close of the lesson, and it was all'
nounced that all the coffins had been removed,
the procession was reformed. It was, as ou the entry
into the church, headed by the two reverend gee'
tlemen. Next followed Lord Farnham, supporting
on his arm Mrs. Hotham. Outside the church'
yard, all round, was a large crowd. People stood
or sat on the walls, and men and boys were grouped
in the trees which from outside overhung the
grave. The conduct of these Welsh peasants wag,
exemplary. Not a word escaped them, and all e'
them gazed on the scene within the graveyard Witil
a respect nothing short of reverence. Nothing could
well have exceeded the severe solemnity of the pre"
ceedings. When the mourners reached the liege,
grave they found there, side by side, at a depth o'o
some seven or eight feet, 32 coffins. There Wert
the remains of 33 persons there for interment ; he
in one case so little had been left of a human bell
—only what had been gathered into a very small
paper parcel—that the remains were put with those
of another person. All the coffins were covered with
black cloth, but there were no inscriptions. On the
foot of each coffin was a bit of white paper bearing
number. The mourners ranged themselves on three
sides of the vast grave. The Rev. J. Meredith
read the conclusion of the Burial Service. Everl
passage was uttered in faltering accents, and the
responses were given amid heartrending lanleete;
tions. Probably no more painful scene was ore
witnessed in any churchyard.
After the burial a meeting of the mourners
held. Mr. Cawkwell, general manager of the Lod
don and North-Western Railway Company, W
hat
present. A communication was made to them t
the railway company would purchase, as a private
grave, the ground in which the interment had beef
effected, and would rail it in. A committee, eee;
sisting of Lord Farnham, Sir IL Edwardes, gala
Waterhouse, and others, was appointed to 130""ti
arrangements for the erection of a tablet with
suitable inscription.

In the diplomatic circles of St. Petersburg I/
stated that Prince Gortchakoff has elaborated "
plan for convoking a European congress whose
sion will be a general disarmament. It is addi,
that the draft of this scheme has been counnuli
cated to the Governments of the Great Powers',,,
The Official Journal of Warsaw publishes a e';
racteristic announcement, indicating the
amount of liberty left to the Poles. It sall'a,
" His Excellency Count Berg, the Emperor's 141°o
tenant; has been pleased to permit the inhabit/0
of Warsaw to go on Sundays and fete days t° ftiol
country by railway as far as Skierniewice (103138:„0,
Park and Palace) without passports, on conditlo
however, of having with them some proof of ide
tity."
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