The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-28

Advertiser thus writes from Forenea 49, D,'I.y
of June 2ith: ahuer date
There Is nothing more ghastly than the face Of
o''s'h Erihning at the vain show of pornnou. h,,
faI. royal funeral in this country Ia bidao,sir
maghIhcent-such y spectacle as one never ui.h.s
tos see twice. The booJiess corpse of a prince or
princess of the blood exposed in ststa IL. cad,y.r
GUS 'isage marking the splendor Of regal apnar.l
ana all the pomp and circumstance OF rourtiv oh,
requies u enough TO make one blees that hup,hIrr
rank which permits the decent pail TO hide from
sight the human face when all that made il divine
- gone This Is not the privilege of princes
While Death-who is respecter of PERSONS
deals with them rs with the meanest of their suI,-
lects, they cannot have equal rights to the priv.-
cy OF coffin and tomb. Their fallen glory must he
paraded 10 vulgar sight, and humiliation made
more humiliating through contrast with mock
statellness.
Poor Royalty! it has little quiet in life: nor does
Death at once bring quietness: the emtalnIer Iol-
lows at his heels laying open the very heart picrc-
Ell by his shalt. And then comes tte nIastpr ar
mistress OF the robes TO adorn powerless Iunp,,f
clas with all the insignia of power: while artlrcc
completes Death srUya toilette bv inserting ylass
eyes IN the hollow sockets of quenched orby aud
tintnX pallid cheeks and lips with the semblauce
of bloom. This ID frightful. yet a sight that has
just shocked sonte, and fascinated many here
verify Death has al class'.a all seasons for his
own, and seems oftrnert to choose the most inop-
perfume moment to shoot his arrows among crown
ed heads.
The hing and Queen Of Saxony, with the royal
Observation-Disclosures the Duchess OF tsuEa-hnu
been guests but day or two ut the Pitt palace on
visit to their daughter and sister, the Arch
duchess Arma, and to pass ut this court-togrt her
with tho Duchess de Brrri and other royal visitors
the fete Of the Corpus Domni, when the mon
-ter' lntruded suddenly on their joy and turned
mirh into wailng The maiden sis ter of the tirand
Duke-cOnmonly called La Gobbina, tho hume h.
back being deformed--ioned the royal cortege on
the day of the CelehratiOn in usual health passed
n fcstal evening with the Ilustrious guests. and
" a "A = DClpFk the tIlpuintr
lhe durai band had been playing all the evening
in the court 0fthe palaces, lighted up brilliantly for
the uccusion. There sound of royelry by
night'-Uf terror and weeping at day break. 1t was
,Id for the princely visitors-satder yet for the
poor Of florence, who then and there lost a royal
/ friend.
! The tiobbina a truly levout Catholic. being un-
married, cared for the things of the Lord: her
| income had for many years been mostly spent in
| charite- She very Dorcss of IA princess;
| hers that "pure and undefed religion
which visits the fatherless and the widows in their
| aifiiction, and keeps itself unspotted from the
world Many another princess observes the. irrt
part Of this scripture while regardless Of the lat
| ter. She observed both; and more beloved by
| her brothers suhjcc's than himself or any other
member Of the royal household. Unostentntious
in life sh" had requested that her death and burial
might be without para'ic but, though she
princess, she could not be obcyed, unless her will
| accorded with princrly rules.
Humble little hunchback. she was not suf-
fered to go uunocsted to her resting place in the
| gorgeous chapel Of the NcdiCi. Duly embalmed.
painted and drcked i'll royal robes she lay state
| fUr week. while thousands pressed daily to pay
| their respects to her remains; were they mort
| y drawn-as is usual i'll such cases-by the tascna-
ton OF ShaStllUeHs. or by vain curiosity to the
! pageant. Sinccre mourners this time came to the
| royal chamber of Dcath-genuine tears dropped ol,
| its marble pavement.
| Then came the burial; all Florence was at the
windows, or lining the streets. which were hung
| in black. At the solemn twilight hour the lrn3
| Proce-siun began to move slowly from the palace
to the funeral march of the bands. First came the
military line, with reversed bsyonets and muiiiei
drums. Then the .RySeI7cOTdc Brothers of Mercy
! in white masks and domino lin place of their wont
| rd blackt-a spectral company. These fol
! lowed by Prirstly ranks. Grape hanging from their
ecclesiastical robes, each one carrying immense
| lighted candle and all chanting in concord re-
| Iuiem for the illustrious dead. Close behind
them moved with awful stateIiness the funeral
car. an open chariot lined with black velvet ami
having a large canopy overhead on which forest
! Ut black plumps nUdurd solemnly 10 the measured
step OF xix black horses decorated also with Iu- /
dnch"y pumes. In this imposing vehicle lay. it'll
elevated head, or on cushions forming an inclined
plane. I'll" iIfcrss victim, crowned with white flow
alId aTTaNCd in white silk with tut uVerdr-1
her little waxrn fingers cas ping Il bouquet ufuale
roses, and her tiny tectn white stockings and white
-atin slippers. disposed for singular effect As th,.
/ -al hcarse moved i'll time with that funeral
rhaunt, the glass eyes of the corpse rolled upward
,rcn"d to tW mike in the torchg ght startling MANY
| XaLrr, whose eyes closed instinctiyrIy t.
/ shut ont the appalling vision and turning thu So
| l"mnIty into horror. behind the black chariot
| Followed the empty carriages of the princess her
| t'otmrn walking hrriie them mourners. with
| uncovered heads This WAS touching! Then fol
| owed i'll long cayalcade, the GMIrd,, .Noidc bring
! ing II? the rear Of the procession and the crown
pressed On their horses heels, ~ if all claimed to
He mUurn"rs, hut none OF the dural family followed
! their dead to her palace tomb. Order and death
axe stIlinens ltryadcd the muItltu,ie ana thuug h
the scene was i'll SOME sense rcV0ltihG. in another
it was impressive, and truly suggestive Of public
| loss and general mourning.
of course the unlocked for blow Gent consterfa-
tion among the guests at the palace, and the Ming
aud Queen of SHxony. with their suite, took leave
before the funeral ceremonies. On the dav but one
after the burial the MASSES for the dead commenced
| IN the church of san felici. which was hung in
black and decorated with white flowers tor the au
gust oCCa-ou. The royal family attended in solemn
state ami the music was nnearthly sweet, like the
| far off Chaunt Of II spirit choir.