The Sun.
London, England, 1842-08-04 00:00:00

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The melancholy ceremonial attendant on the removal
of the earthly remains of the late lamented Prince from
the palace at Neuilly to the metropolitan cathedral of
'Notre Dame having been fixed for Saturday, Paris may
be said to have poured fourth its entire population upon
the line of route marked out for the mournful proces-
sion. Every shop was closed—all business ceased fur
the day—and, in fine, no mark of respect was omitted
which could exhibit the deep sentiment of regret enter-
tained for the fate of the illustrious dead. It was not,
however, the capital alone which supplied the countless
masses congregated on this sad occasion, fur from many
miles rounds crowds had been thronging towards Neuilly
and the Champs Elysees from the first dawn of the
morning; hundreds of whom must have spent most part
of the night in walking. Hence the concourse of spec-
tators was far more numerous than even at the late in-
terment of the Emperor Napoleon, though the funeral
solemnities on the present occasion were necessarily of a
less imposing character. There every thing was upon
the scale of magnificence and pomp befitting the tepid-
- ture of the hero and the conqueror, of whom it has been
truly said, " thrones were but his footstools." The
pageant on Saturday, though splendid and imposing,
derived its chief interest from the melancholy feeling
attached to the fate of the young Prince so cruelly
snatched away in the morn of manhood from a nation of
which he was the hope—from an illustrious family of
which he was the idol and the pride. It was this senti-
ment which drew the thousands and tens of thousands to
look upon, and du honour to, the bier of him over whose
untimely death even the storms of political strife had
been hushed, and to whose worth and virtue every heart
does homage. We now proceed to describe the solemni-
ties of the day :
As early as six in the morning the interior of Paris
began to be in full motion ; drums were beating to
muster, National Guards were hurrying in every direc-
tion, and .crowds were seen streaming towards the
Champs Elysees and the road to Neuilly ; and later, at
intervals, large bodies of the clergy, and of the students
of the Polytechnic. St. Cyr, and Staff Schools. Nearly
at the same time, the funeral car, with a long train of
mourning coaches, was seen moving with slow and
solemn pace towards the palace, where, on its arrival,
it was stationed in the grand avenue. Gradually the
National Guards and troops arrived, and severally
took up their appointed posts, the troops forming
masses and lines in front of the bridge, and along
the old Neuilly road, the National Guards being
posted round the palace. At half-past nine all the
Aides-de-Camp and orderly officers of the King, the late
lamented Duke, and the other Princes, assembled in the
Court in which the chapel stands, and, in a few minutes
afterwards, the Marshats, the Ministers. the Chancellor,'
the President of the Chamber of Deputies, and the grand
Deputation from both bodies of the Legislature, arrived.
These were speedily followed by the Archbishop of
Paris, Accompanied by the Cures of Neuilly, St. Roch,
and St. Germain l'Auxerrois, and followed by his clergy.
The Canons of the Chapter of St. Denis, charged with
the performance of the services over the coffin, received
the Prelate at the entrance of the chapel, where his Ma-
jesty, the Queen, and all the Princes and Princesses of the
afflicted family, were on their knees before the altar.
Soon afterwards the Queen and Princesses toek their
final leave of the beloved remains, and retired. The
agony of the Royal sufferers at this terrib e moment is
described as inexpressibly affecting. The King, with
his usual admirable fortitude, remained with his sons;
to aid and assist in the last sad duty that afkction can
pay, by superintending the removal of the hody (on
which the Archbishop bestowed benediction) from the
chapel into the car, when his Majesty and the Princes
also retired.
Every thing be now ready, the guns at the bridge gave
the mournful signal and the'peocession began its march
towards the gates of the park. All the attendants were
on foot, and moved with a slow step across the space
which is between the chapel and the grand entrance.
At the head was the smaller car, in which was deposited
the urn containing the heart of the illustrious deceased,
which was in the charge of two priests. This convey-
ance was a large carriage, drawn by six horses, and
covered with the trappings of mourning. The upper
panels were of glass, and the edge of the roof and four
corners were surrounded by a border of chased silver,
and it was surmounted by the royal coronet of the late
Prince. This car was followed by Generals Marbot and
Baudrand, who were Aides-de-Camp of the Duke,
by the Count de Grave, and by Colonel the Duke d'El-
chingen, officers of the King and the late Prince Royal.
The grand funeral car, which was truly magnificent,
was drawn by. eight horses covered with fune-
ral housings, richly embossed with silver, which
descended on each side to the ground, and each
wearing large plumes of black feathers. The coffin,
when placed on the funeral car, was covered with
a velvet pall, having a cross in its centre of silver tissue,
and deeply fringed with silver. The car itself was
richly carved and chased. On the top were four winged
angels and a Royal coronet of gold, supported by groups
of the national colours, veiled with black crape. At
each of the four corners was an ancient helmet, with
long floating plumes. From below the platform on
which the body was placed rich draperies with armorial
bearings descended to the ground, and at different other
parts were emblazoned the arms of the deceased. The
cords of the pall were held by Marshal Sault, the Chan-
cellor of France, M. Laffitte, the Senior Member of the
Chamber of Deputies, the Ministers of Justice and or
Fcreign Affairs, and Marshals Molitor, Gerard, and
Valee. Immediately after the car walked three officers
of the late Prince Royal, bearing his insignia, namely the
coronet, borne by the Count de Montguyon ; the sword,
by M. De Chabaud-Latour ; and the Grand Cross and
Ribbon of the Order of the Legion of Honour.
Immediately afterwards followed, on foot, the Duke
de Nemours, the. Prince de Joinville, the Duke'd'Au-
male, and the Duke de Montpensier, wearing long
mourning-cloaks over their uniforms. They all bore
-evident marks of the affliction in which they were ab-
sorbed. After the Princes came the grand Deputations
of the two Chambers, one headed by the Duke de
Broglie, Baron Seguier, and the Count de Portalis, Vice-
President ; the other, by M. Clement and General
Leydet, the -Questors, attended by the Provisional Secre-
taries. A company of Grenadiers of the National
Guard, which formed the guard of honour to the chapel
during the morning, closed the march to the gate. Here
the Princes. entered the funeral carriage prepared for
them, and the Marshals who were to escort the car
mounted their chargers, and the remains of the lamented
Prince Royal left the palace for ever. •
After the procession had started, and the head of the
cortege had arrived at some distance, a considerable
delay was observed to take place, the cause of which was
unknown. It was, however, subsequently understood to
be that, at the moment the cherished remains of one so
beloved was about to be removed from their sight for
ever, the agony of the bereaved wife, and the unhappy
nsother, too violent for control, led the Queen and the
Duchess of Orleans to supplicate a brief monient's delay
—alas! how unavailing. The sorrows of such a moment,
even if they were not too sacred for publicity, what pen
could venture to describe?
The procession moved forward and presented a most
imposing spectacle. The National Guard never since
its institution assembled in greater numbers, or in finer
order. All were in full uniform, with their knapsacks.
Two battalions from the 4th and 7th legions, and the
whole of the 13th legion, represented the great body of
the National Guard, in the line of the procession, and
were headed by the Count de Montalivet • all the other
legions formed the line on the right of the procession,
extending the entire distanee from the gate of the
palace at Neuilly to the cathedral of Notre Dame, having
at least 42,000 men under arms, presenting a scene in
every way worthy the sad solemnity of the day. As
the car passed each company the drums rolled, the
colours were lowered, and officers and men presented
arms. The left line was composed, from Neuilly to the
Rond-point in the Champs Elysees, by troops of the
line brought from the environs of Paris, and from this
point to the cathedral, of those composing the garrison
of the capital.
General Jacqueminot, who, under the orders or,Mar-
shal Gerard, bad the direction and arrangement of the
trcops, rode, with an immense staff, at the head of the
first section of the procession. The truly martial bear-
ing of the mounted Gendarmerie, rivalling in appear-
ance the Horse Grenadiers of the old guard, followed by
a fine squadron of the Municipal Guard, and the second
battalion of the Orleans Chasseurs, whose dark green
uniform gave them the appearance of being in mourn
ing, attracted general attention.
The second section opened with the first series of
mourning coaches, preceded by 200 priests on foot in
two files, one on the right, and the other on the left side
of the road, led by the Cure of Neuilly, before whom was
borne the cross. In the centre were the Cures of Saint-
Hoch and Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, the two Royal
parishes, and the Canons of Saint-Denis wearing the
camail and cross of gold. The chanting of the prayers
for the dead by the priests produced a profund impres-
sion upon the multitude around. The car with the heart
of the deceased which followed was preceded by the
Archbishop and his chapter in mourning-coaches. That
of the prelate had the armorial beatings of the lamented
Prince on the door panels, and was drawn by four
horses :n rich funereal caparisons. In a carriage behind
were arried the insignia of the prelate. The car was
attended by Aides-de-Camp of the Duke riding by its
sides, and followed by the persons of his household on
foot, all deep mourning. Next were four coaches and
pair. with the secretary and others who belonged to his
Royal Highness's civil administration.
The Prince's Arabian Charger, Sidi Mousse, followed,
covered with a deep housing of black velvet embroi-
dered with silver stars, and on the saddle the uniform
ordinarily worn by the Prince. The horse was led by
two grooms in their state liveries. This beautiful animal
was a captive from Africa, belonging to an Arab chief
killed in the battle of the Oued Jer, and being himself
wounded in three places ran into the French lines, and
was secured. The Duke of Orleans frequently rode it,
and it was on Sidi Mousse the Prince was mounted when
he came into Paris at the head of the Chasseurs de Yin-
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cennes, two years ago, to be received by the King.
The steed .was slowly followed by the grand funeral
car, moving between two ranks of captains, selected
from among the National Guard, the army and the navy.
These were escorted by two files, formed of four compa-
nies of veteran non-commissioned officers, extending
over a considerable space. Immediately behind the car
were the officers bearing the insignia of the Prince, on
horseback. Next came the carriage of the Princes, es-
corted on each side by General Count Colbert, Captain
Hernoux of the navy, Commandant Baron Jamin, Com-
mandant Thierry of the artillery, Commandant Borel de
Bretizel, and Captain Reille, Aides-de-Camp and or-
derly officers of their Royal Highnesses. This carriage
was peculiarly striking, from its sombre appearance,
being entirely covered with black cloth, without any ar-
morial bearings or relief of any kind, the servants.in the
deepest mourning, and the six horses by which it was

irdivn almost concealed by the black cloth, housings', and