The Press.
London, England, 1858-05-29 00:00:00

THE EMBARKATION OF PRINCE ALBERT

FOR GERMANY.

His Royal Highness the Princo Consort arrived at
Dover, per special train of the South-Eastern Rail-
way, on Thursday night, and embarked on board the
Admiralty yacht Vivid. Commander Allen, which was
lying in the harbour with her steam up ready for
immediate departure for Ostend. His Royal High-
ness was accompanied by Colonel Ponsonby, and
attended by Mr. S. Tetilon, ene of the directors of
the South-Eastern Railway Company. A large con•
course of persons had assembled at the railway
station, and upon his Royal Highness alighting from
the state carriage every mark of respect and loyalty
was evinced. The Prince Consort WWI received by
his Grace the Duke of Richmond, K.G., colonel of
the Royal West Sussex Infantry Militia; Major-
General Craufurd, the commandant of the garrison,
who was attended by his aides-de-camp, Major Ber-
nard and Major Doyley ; the Hon. Captain Gage, of
the Sussex Militia ; Captain Seymour, R.N. ; and the
Admiralty Superintendent of the port, Captain
Idellwaine, R.N. On alighting from the railway
carriage his Royal Highness shook hands with the
Duke of Richmond, Major-General Craufurd, and
Captain Seymour, and, returning the salutations of
the crowd, among which there was a large number of
ladies, at once stepped int., a post-carriage, which
had been prepared by :dr. Birmingham, of the Lord
Warden Hotel, and which was that driven direct to
the quay at which the Vivid was ling. In a few
minutes the steamer was on her way to Ostend,
where it was expected she would arrive about half-
past two, there being every prospect of a favourable
change. The whole of the srrangements for the
reception of the Prince Consort at the railway station
were under the direction, of Mr. E. J. Way, the rail-
way superintendent. The destination of the Prince
Consort 38 stated to be Coburg, and, ultimately,
Berlin, where his Royal Highness will pay a visit
to the Prince and Princess Frederick William of
Prussia.

FUNERAL OF THE DUCHESS OF ORLEANS
THE interment of the remains of the late Duchess
of Orleans took place on Saturday last at the Catholic
chapel erected by Miss Taylor, a short distance from
the railway station at Weybridge, Surrey, where, as
will be remembered by many of our readers, the
bodies of the late King Louis Philippe and the
Duchess de Nemours are deposited.
The whole of the members of the ex Royal Family
assembled at the late Duchess's residence at Rich-
mond shortly after nine o'clock, and the mourners
and other personages; who assisted at the funeral
met there by ten o'clock.

A chamber in the mansion was prepared as a
chapelle ardente, being hung with black draperies and
illuminated with high wax tapers. The coffin, placed
on a raised platform, was covered by a velvet pall, on
which were emblazoned the armorial escutcheons of
the Orleans and Mecklenburg families. In that
apartment the preliminary prayers used for the burial
of the dead were read by the Rev. Mr. Schoell, the
pastor of the Lutheran church, at which the Count
de Paris and the Duke de Chartres, and most of the
members of the Royal Family, were present, and
many of the attendants on the lute Duchess.
O❑ leaving Mr, Paynter's villa shortly after eleven
o'clock the funeral procession passed over Richmond•
bridge, through Twickenham and Hanworth, over
Walton-bridge, direct to Weyhridge. The church
bells 01 Richmond and the villages through which
the funeral passed tolled, out of respect for the de.
parted Princess. A very large concourse of persons
collected at different points of the route, and as the
members of the ex-Royal Family are well known to
the inhabitants of the several villages, from their
long residence at Tgickenliam, Claremont, and Rich.
mood, much sympathy was evidently felt for their
sad bereavement.

The funeral cortege consisted of mutes, preceeding
a mourning coach and two horses, containing the
four officiating clergymen. Next came the hearse,
drawn by six horses, with black velvet trappings and

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