The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-12-12
H u NJ O p H.
Mail Dates to Dec. /.
Death Among the eat-ROssini's
Funeral-Disraeli and the
Peerage.
Etc, Etc, Etc, ETC., Etc, Etc
FRANCE.
The Obsequies Of ROssini.

The Obsequies Of ROssini.
The New York HeraldS Paris (Nov 2I cor
respondence gives the following particulars Of
The funeral solemnitiesw were magnificent, and
took place at the new church l. ! Trintte, not at
ST, Eustachc, as 1t had been originally settled
The body was conveyed from the Madeleine to
the vaults of the Trinite the day before the final
ceremony, when every street and avenue was
SO thronged round the edifice that at length
none without admission Tor seats In the
church were allowed to cross the large
square before IL. AT the last hour, however
speculators did sell chairs inside for l50f lch.
No one knew how they got these tickets nor
how they got to the church,; but they were there,
and the traffic went on In silence, almost
unperceived by the police officers. When high
mass began with the Introit of Mozarps re.
QUEEN the interior of the building was most
imposing. There was room for 1900, and 5000
people had got In the nave, down the aisles up
In the tribunes, galleries, dome, and organ
choir. 1t was perhaps not all sympathetic
mourning; 1t was immense curiosity increased
by anticipated enjoyment in the singing thai
was to be heard In the centre of the nave
rose an ediflce under which the body was placed
during the ceremony. It was surrounded by
fsR'"oS Sas Covered With Black 'S Velvet t%PX PPS
tapers, besides urns and funeral figures, were
placed around. The De ProfurtdiS was sung In
this short-lived monument, after which pre-
liminary the troops came In and rendered ap-
proach near 1t impossible by forming kind of
wall around the catafaQue l cannot help OBJ
serving here that this display of militia was
welcomed with nogood feeling. 1t was intended
as a mark of honor, the Emperor being repre-.
sented by his Chamberlain, by M. de Nisuwer-
Eerke, and others; but these soldiers came in as
and cartridges in their belts. Round the
organ stood Madames Patti. Alboni, Nils
son, Krauss, Bloch, and Ugalde. The most
Tamb1rini, 1S " pSpfez. ~ Roger. Nicoiini &1lp
Agpesi, Belval Gardoni Lefort, Dele Sedie
and Faure. The right of the organ was filled
by the choruses of the Conservatoire under
Jules Cohen; the left by the band OF the Guard.
Down the nave came the deputations OF Ros
sinps native town, Pesaro and deputations
from Bologna. Near the altar stood the Empe.
ror's Chamberlain and Chevaler Nigra, Minis
ter of Italy in France. Among the literati,
and all OF note were present, recognized Sar-
dou, Dumas, Emile Augier, sand the musical
critics, Ambroise Thomas and Camille Doucet
were with the officials from court.
Tamburinis son acted as master of the cere-
monies. All the talent collected from every
part of the world had in one word united and
stood uncovered, while the organ burst forth
and the three voices Rossini loved 80 well
Iepose, Patti, Alboni, and Nilsson did their
best; they blended their sweet lamentations
sung his immortality with sublime felicltation
The QlHS est homo duet, from the ''Stabat" by
Alboni and Patti, created such emotion
difficulty subdued, and it was almost for
gotten that the celebration was taking
and the suppiication sweet Jesus" produced a
no less thrilling effect. After the service the
BODY was placs&d SD on Il the re- chariot which mic. was to
with an unpretending r on it was the same
which had carried Baron de Rothschild to his
last dwelling place few days before, On the
coffin lay two laurel wreaths and one made of
gold, such as Dante Is figured wiGh The laurel
for one of these green wreaths was cut from a
bush planted at Passy by Merry; the other was a
branch from the tree shading TasSo's tomb.
The only other interesting detail Is that when
the procession entered the last street 1t had to
go through "a kind of opening avenue to the
cemetery an old Italian was noticed standing
at the balcony OF a poor looking house. He was
gazing mournfully down and had hung out his
mandoline, for he is wandering musician,
and there 1t is to hang forever 1t is all the old
man has to give up, and the mandoline, which
has so often been tuned TO the maestro's melee
dies, is TO bring sous in no more "They hung
up their harps," says a Hebrew melody, and
the meaning of this is not more affecting than
the touching demonstration of this poor Italian.
Princess Mathilde and Princess Bonaparte
were in one side of the tribunes of the church,
and IL is said in secret that the Empress was
thickly yelled and with them also, quite at the
back. Several guests left Compiegne in order
to attend publicly, while Eugene is said to
have got III small coupe, which was ordered
| to keep up with that of Princess Mathilde on
| leaving the station.