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THE DEATH OF THE KING OF THE

BELGIANS.

PARIS, Wednesday,

Immediately upon the decease of the late King
of the Belgians the Duke of Brabant forwarded
the following telegram to the Emperor Napoleon :
" Laeken, Dec. 10, 1865.

" I have the grief of announcing to your Majesty
the death of the King, my father. We thank your
Majesty and the Empress with all our hearts for
the sympathy you have felt with the long sufferings
of my beloved father."
The Emperor replied :

" Compiegne, Dec. 10, 1865.

" The Empress and I have just learnt the death
of the King, your father, with the sincerest regret.
By his sagacity and his high intelligence he had
placed himself in the first rank of the Sovereigns
of Europe. He had always shown me so much
friendship that I deeply regret his loss. Ido not
doubt that your Royal Highness will follow so
noble an example upon the throne, and I shall
always be happy to testify my friendship towards
you. " NAPOLEON."

In consequence of the death of the King of the
Belgians the Imperial Court will go into mourning
for 21 days from Saturday, the 16th inst.
BRUSSELS, Wednesday.

The Senate has been convoked for Friday next.

Yesterday evening the mortal remains of the late
King were transported to Brussels. The crowd on
the route of the procession was enormous.
The Court will go into mourning for six months
from the day of the King's decease.
At the funeral of the King of the Belgians
Queen Victoria will be represented by Lord Sydney,
and five generals of the English army will also be
present.

- Prince Alfred will accompany the Prince of Wales.
The Duke of Bassano will represent the Emperor
of the French.
The Duke of Baden will send his brother, and it
is stated that the Russian Duke Constantine will
also be presented at the obsequies.
Most of the high personages coming to Brussels
will lodge at-the Palace.
Nearly all the Sovereigns of Europe have ad-
dressed their condolence to the Duke de Brabant
in sympathising and affectionate terms.
The official programme of the ceremonial to be
observed at the funeral of the late King has just
appeared. It is as follows :
" The obsequies of his Majesty Leopold I. will

be celebrated on Saturday, the 16th December, at

11 o'clock in the forenoon. Towards 10 a.m. the
civic guard of the capital and of the adjacent com-
munes, and the regular troops, will take up the
positions which shall be respectively assigned to
them. At half-past 10 the Council of Ministers,
the Legislative Chambers, and the Courts and Tri-
bunals, will meet at the Palace ; the other authori-
ties and deputations will assume the places allotted
to them in the procession. After the funeral ser-
vice the procession will proceed towards Laeken,
following the Rue Royale, the Rue des Palais, the
Avenue de la Reine, and the Rue de l'Eglise. A
salvo of 101 guns will notify the departure of the
procession. The line will be kept by the civic guard
and the regular troops.
" The following order will be observed :--A de-
tachment of mounted gendarmery, a corps of
cavalry, the cavalry of the Belgian civil guard, a
corps of cavalry, a corps of infantry of the line,
the military school, the artillery of the civic guard,
a corps of infantry of the civic guard, the wounded
of September, deputations from the legions of the
civic guard of the kingdom and from the
regiments of the regular army with the flag of the
corps, each deputation consisting of the commandant,
an officer from each rank, and the escort of the flag ;
the general staff of the army and officers unattached,
the general staff of the civic guard and officers un-
attached, the courts and tribunals, the Legislative
Chambers, the Ministers of State, and the Council
of Ministers.

" The funeral car, surrounded by the dignitaries
and officers of the late King's household. The cords
of the pall will be borne by the Presidents of the
Senate and the Chamber of Representatives, the
Ministers for Foreign Affairs and Justice, the
Lieutenant-General Inspector of the Civic Guard of
the Kingdom, and the Lieutenant Generals com-
manding territorial divisions.
" The car will be followed by the officiating
clergy, the King, the royal family, the foreign
princes, the representatives of foreign Powers, the
civil authorities and functionaries, and ministers of
worship. A corps of cavalry will close the proces-
sion.

" Twenty-four sub-officers, half taken from the
civic guard and half from the regular army, will
carry the coffin on arrival at the church of Laeken.
At the moment the procession reaches the place of
burial military honours will be rendered to the
royal corpse by detachments of the civic guard and
line. A gun will be fired every five minutes during
the progress of the procession. All flags and stan-
dards will be dressed with crape, the drums will be
covered with black cloth, and no bands will play
during the march of the procession."
BERLIN, Wednesday.

The Crown Prince of Prussia will leave for
Brussels to-morrow evening, to be present at the
funeral of the late King of the Belgians.

Major-General Von Loe, aide-de-camp of the
King, and Lieut. Von I)iskau, will also proceed to
Brussels upon an extraordinary mission.