The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-04 00:00:00

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FUNERAL OF QUEEN bait= AKELUL

Yesterday the funeral obsequies of the late Queen

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of the French were perform(' with all Manes and
solemnity. As is well .known, tee body of ths '
Queen Marie-Amelia has reposed since her demos
in a thapetie ardent., prepared in the picture gal-
lery of the mansion of Claremiont. The spartatitnt
was arranged with combined simplicity and rich-
ness. At one extremity an alter had been erected,
and on a dais covered with a catafalque was plaosol
the coffin, covered with a pall of black velvet and
silver, on each side of which were placed six large
funeral tapers. Here at an early hour the imme-
diate relatives of the Queen assembled and all-
" Wed at masses which were %performed by Dr. '
Giant the Roman catholic Bishop of • Southwark,
*tailed by several members of the priesthood,
on.d all the ceremonies which are *ppm ' to tb
rites for the dead which ore y ode-
ducted within a church were celebr. By
ten o'clock considerable rune:leis of"'Fr-*M'

desirous of paying the last trlhnteroerespect to
one who held a high place in the dons both of-1
legitimists and Odel=rts assemble& it Ibis 011.1•06
of Oleiremont, and Intl* and %O re Ibenthmeir- terl
arrive until about half-prat 11. At that time it
was ascertained that nearly -400 French 'noblemen I
and gentlemen were in . Owing probably
to the length of the ref • 'terrifies, it was close
upon 12 o'clock before any movement toward* the,
formation of the procession took place. Then, the
hearse, drawn by six horses, and with little
mortuary decoration beyond the blasonryof the arms
of Orleans on the panels, drew up, and the demi,-
headed by a cross-bearer, and two acolytes bearing)
tapers,rreceding. Bishop Grant, wearing an un-
jewell mitre, mitre, descended the steps from the
portico, and took up a position in front of the
car. The coffin having been deposited in
the hearse, the procession Moved on. Imme-
diately behind the body walked the King
of the Belgians, the Count de Paris, and
the Duo de Nemours, bare-heeded and wearing
long black cloaks. To them succeeded the Prince
de Joinville, the Duo d'Aumale, the Dec de Char-
tres, the Duc de Guise, Comte Philip of Wurtem-
, berg, and Prince Philip of Saxe Cobourg, followed
by a long train of gentlemen, not much less than
400 hundred in number. In slow and solemn pace
the long cortege on foot swept on through the park.
to the great gates, where funeral carriages awaited
the principal mourners. The procession was then
formed in the following order ;--Two mourning
carriages, in which were seated the 'bishop
and his attendant ecclesiastics, preceded by the
hearse, which was succeeded by like sombre vehi-
cles, in the first of which were the King of the Bel-
gians the Due do Nemours, and the Prince de
Joiniiille. In the second were the Duo d'Aumale,
the Comte de Paris' the Duc de Chartres, and the
Duc de Guise ; and in the third Duke Philip of
Wurtemberg and Prince Philip of Saxe
Cobourg. Those which immediately followed were
occupied by the diplomatic co r•, of whom there
were present—the Austrian and Prussian ambaasa-
dors, the Belgian, Bavarian, Italian,. Portuguese,
Saxony, Spanish, Brazilian, and Mexican. In the
next carriages were placed the members of the
Royal Family of France, General Count de Mon-
tesquieu, General Count de Hondetot , General Count
Dumas, and General Count Chabannes. Then
followed Count de Moerkuke, in attendance on the
King of the Belgians, M. Ellion, Chevalier Porta-
nato, the Count de Jarnac, Major-General Sir E.
Cust, Master of the Ceremonies to the Queen of
England, the Count de Gromveldt, and M. Mor-
teuri. The next two cam gels contained MM.
Guizot, Thiers, Duchatel, Itemneat, Dufaure,
Jobert and General Changarnier, and to them silo-
ceeded MM. Cnilliem, Fauvel, Dr. De Mussy,
MM. Tmgnon, Bernal de Breen], Asseliore,
Regnier Pere, Fleury, De Latour, Regnier File,
Mesniera, Dr. Leclerque Saguiret, Dubai, etc.,
in all occupying fourteen mourning coaches.
Then came more funeral carriages, and succeed-
ing them a long train of private carriages.
in which were the Marquis -Lisboa, BraWian
Minister at Brussels ; Marquis de Bouille, Baron
de Chaudain, Baron de Bussiere, M. Louis Meagre,
M. Charles Paravey, M. Trovibert, M. Lamaille,
Count Jobert, Count de Pontois, Baton Prosper
de Barante, Marquis L'Aubeapin, M. Tourget7V
Emanuel Duverger Haurannes, Vicomte D'Haus-
sonville, M. Prevost Paradol, Count Henri De
L' le, Count Raoul D'Hulet, Marquis de Grave,
M. Odiot M. Henri Piguelie, M. Guyot de Ville-
neuve, M. Caillot, M. Calla M. Baguet, .General
Jullien, M. Rozet de Bretizel, M. Allaire, M.
Dereet, M. Edouard Oilier, Vicomte Vigier,
M. Casimir Perier, Duc D'Estopar, Count
Roger du Nord, Count Paul de Sevier
Viscomte Louis de Seguier, Viscomte Oscar
D'Hantpool, Marquis D'Haroourt, and M. Mare
Girardin. The procession extendedi to a length
of nearly two miles, and as it swept through the
winding road towards Weybridge, along which
were stationed from the park gates numerous
spectators, who watched its progress with re-
spectful interest, it could not but seem im-
posing from its magnitude, although in other
respects it was marked by singular simplicity, and
au absence of all factitious funereal pomp. Many
applications were made by English noblemen and
gentlemen to be permitted to send their carriages
to attend in the procession, but under the circum-
stances it was deemed best to decline these testi-
monies of sympathy; and the only carriage
which joined the cortege in a complimentary cha-
racter was that of Lady Holland, an intimate
and esteemed friend of the late Queen. It should
be stated that from the steps of the palace to the
park gates, and afterwards during the last rites at
Weybrulge, the coffin was attended on each side by
General Count Montesguieu, General Count Hon-
detot, General Count Dumas, and General Count
Chabannes. The route pursued was through Her-
sham, Watton, and Weybridge-heath. When the
procession was about mid-way, the princesses and
ladies of the household left the palace in five
Icarriages, and passed it by, on their way to Wey-
I bridge. In the first carriage were the Countess of
Paris, the Duchess of Chartres, the Princess
Marguerite, and the Princess Joinville ; in the
second, the Duchess d'Aumale, the Duchess of
Wurtemburg, the Princess alerne, and the
Countess Auersperg ; in the third, the Marchioness
de Lawrie, the Baroness Firainerini, the Countess
de Chabannes, and the Marchioness de Beauvoir ;
in the fourth, Mdlle. Mueer, Mdlle. Boeris,Madame
de Porquet, and the Marquis de Beauvoir ; in the
fifth, Mdlle. Bernard, the Countess Barnes, the
Baroness Wangenheim, and Millie. St. Anbin.
In the meantime the Prince of Wales, attended
by Colonel Keppel ; the Duke of Cambridge, at-
tended by Colonel Tyrwhitt ; and Prince Ed-
ward of Saxe-Weimar, arrived at Weybri4v,
and proceeded to the residence of
Taylor, within whose demesne the interment
was to take place, and awaited for nearly an hour
the arrival of the procession. Shortly before two
o'clock the hearse drew up before the gates of a
villa of moderate pretensions, but standing on
extensive grounds, within which is situated a small
neat chapel, dedicated to the service of the Roman
catholic church by Miss Taylor, preceded by the
molesiastics, whose numbers had been increased by
several priest., who had awaited its arrival at
Weybridge. The coffin was berate to a point at an
anee of tie sacred edifice, where a light erection
of trellis work—on which grows a creeping plant,
now all brown, withered, and lafiamorma a
easee at the entrance of a vault beneath the
which is reached by &steep flight of steps.
On entering this sepulchre, on the right may have
been seen insiziptions to the memory of the
first pastor of the chapel and several members of
Mims Taylor's family. On the left similar
memorials are placed of the Duchess of Orleans
and the poetises of Nemours, whose bodies have

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Aare found their last restingpleper At the bathes: i
end stands the tomb of Lodii Philippe, comb*,
but not enclosing the main whisk contains his •
Itillaingt Sad whit* appeored fresh and =tarnished
!eh when it ass laid there, although, as we were
ssupprit lit had been subject to no burnishing or
"mud- U9re a compartment bad been cloth. l-
etrumna and so mairived that the coffin of Ilk_
Quesa irnelOWe 'ffifeit Be by the aide iTiiii.„...ind
that withoutstliepomildlity oL intrrnied drtillY
other bier in that part of tbs. vault/. 4 It,iriay
not be inappropriate - teernention that Queen
Amalie lies interned a the gown she wore .
when she left Prance, an exile, and in the •
cap she wore as a widow • and this was.
4one in accordanse—with-s-selia;n request by her,
as indicating the two•guiding principles of her life.
--devotion to bar royal husband, and love for hie ,
reentry of Francs. A marble slab is ,
=Wed in the milt, which bears the followiag -
iescription :
Bee sendetre eontets past MARIA ABUT=
'Bumming.et Qa&heasdsascmanhurnistigalwrib"szemplar.'Claranautiiia in '
a
tTaauttanni& nbi inter I'M in&Ke_ gaiccamsas, et aside...
ex Is]
vitviil—m=cirgic- 11=8::norte finivit,
- , aseeripaser
derma ems." Pa. my. v. 5. Roquiassitli
ift Pam.
Some time wee occupied in the transit of the .
coffin into the vault ; and when the arrangements.
in that respect Were concluded, the bishop and •
clergy desponded *lone to' perform the concluding
religious rites. The scene at this moment was sin-
gular, but not trlthastr s. ablemn interest. In a
trim garden, and at a superficial glance with none,
of the accompaniments and appliances of a funeral
ultremuu9; stood Ja—*lgkdar groups some four
'hundred men hare-bepded, and preserving deep
glen= andlititiii-like =mobility. 'Nearest to the
vault stood the Prince of Wiles, by his side the King
of the Belg pg, end near than the French Princes,
'the Due of Cambridge, the ambassadors ; there,
too, was Lord Camoya, Lord in Waiting to the
Queen of land, and representing her on ,
this occasion, a wreath of immortelles
which had been' y sent her Majesty to be •
deposited on the °M byin of Queen Amalie, and
attended by hinjer-General Seymour, groom in
waiting and equerry in waiting. Notable in the
throng was M. Gunot, with his marked features
and white hair ; end conspicuous was the Marquis
of Olaaricarde,• • the only representative of the
English nobility who, it is believed, was present.
The bishop end priests emerged from the
sepulchre, and then the chief mourners, headed by
the Prince of Wale' and the King of the Belgians,
passed into the choir to pay the last tribute
to her whom they were about to leave for ever.
It had rained heavily during part of the time
' that the procession was on its way to Weybridge ;
but at thia time. the son shone out brightly, and a
bird, whose shrill note was singularly audible
owing to the stillness which prevailed, sang. out
merrily, while the mourners were pensively
awaiting their summons to perform their final rite.
Pewently, and after the princes had returned from
the vault, the princesses passed through the
assemblage, and also went down thither, carrylng with
them wreaths of immortelles, violets, and jasmine.
Although the peculiar eircumatances connected with
the locality of the burying-place did something to
diminish the funereal aspect of the proceedings as
' they are commonly known and witnessed ; there
was yet much that was picturesque, and every-
thing that was calculated to arouse thoughts and
feelings in accordance with the occasion. There
wax none of the grandettr which is associated with
regal bury** ; but all that was done was impres-
sive fromtbs is of nsatidessorrow end luridly-feel*
ing which pervaded the whole assembly. Ina brief
space all was over ; gnat breaking up of cere-
monies like this, which by contrast seems half
tumultuous, succeeded ; and the remains of Queen
Marie Amelia were left in that quiet, unpretentious
resting-place which they had found in a corner of
the land in which she was an exile.