The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1869-01-09

Yesterday was the seventh anniversary of the
death OF the late prince consort, and at Windsor
Castle the melancholy occasion was observed by
her majesty the queen and the royal family with
becoming solemnity. Shortly before ii O'Clock,
her majesty and their royal highnesses, the crown
prince and princess Of Prussia Princes Arthur aud
Leopold, and Princesses Louise and Beatrice, etc ,
attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the court
private grounds of the palace and the park to the
princes mausoleum, which is situated in the gar
dens at the rear of Frogmore House. Her majesty
and the royal family having assembled within the
mausoleum, special service for the occasion was
commenced by Hon. and Very Rev. Gerald Welles-
ley, dean OF Windsor, the choral parts, under the
supervision of DR.. Elvey, the organist of st.
Georges Chapel. being sung by Messrs. Adams,
Marriott, Mitchell, ii. Barnby. Tolley, Dyson,
Briggs, Hunt, Bridgewater Bransome and the
choristeis of the Cathedral.
The new tomb, in which the remains Of the late
prince have at last found resting place, was
hewn rom solid rock Of dark gray Scotch gran
lite. when the sarcophagus was carved the hoi.
low within was made large enough to receive two
eoffins In this the princes corpse has Just been
deposited, the coffin occupying just one-half the
hollow the other being, 1t is said reserved for the
Is to be beside her late husband when called from
this earth. Upon the ponderous lid, which fits
closely 10 the lower part Of the sarcophagus, and
upon the half exactly over the coffin, lies the re.
cumbent figure of the deceased prince, wrapped
cushion. This hne work Of art was executed by
Baron Marochetti. -Four large bronze angels
with clasped hands and outstretched wings relieve
the otherwise simple aspect of the sarcophsgus
and upon the side of the tomb neal est the princes
coffin, in carved and gilt letters, is this inscrip
zion
"Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emmanuel
Duke of Saxony and Prince Of Ssxe-C oburg and
Goths, Prince Consort; second son of Ernest /,
reignIng Duke of SaxeCoburg and Gotha. Born
at Rosenau, near Coburg, August %, 1873. Mar
ried February 10. ls40, to Victoria Queen of Great
Britain and Ireland. Died at Windsor, December
a. 1861"
Her majesty the queen and the princess and
princesses, before leaving the msusoleum, piously
laid wreaths of immortelles against the sarcopha-
gus. The mausoleum is now nearly complete,
with the exception Of some of the decorations.
The walls and floors are Of colored marbles,
Egyptian, Sienna, etc. Bas.reliefs of Scriptural
subjects, and painting Of the !" Resurrection"
adorn the walls, and funeral urns the passage
round the oetsgon, while for lighting purposes gilt
chandeliers depend from the room.
Alter or msjesty and the various members Of
the royal family had retired, by command of the
queen, the domestics Of the royal household and
their families, and the Castle tradesmen, were per-
mitted TO show their respect TO the memory of the
prince by visiting the mausoleum, which remained
open for that purpose from IL till o'clock In the
afternoon. The general public were, however,
excluded.