The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-27
VICTORIA AND EUGENE.
The Coincidence Of Royalty-Englnnd's
Queen at Chiselhurst.
From The London Daily Telegraph


Yesterday the Queen. accompanied by the
Princess Beatrice, and attended by Lady
Churchill and Colonel Ashley Maude, paid o
visit to the Empress Eugonie, at Chiselburst:
The Queen has, it is known, long contemplated
a personal expression OF coincidence with the
Empress in her sorrow; and the feelng Wnlcn
her Majesty has been deslrous OF placing on
record, with respect TO her laltn,ul sliy, .us
Emperor Napoleon III. has heen also indicated
by the offering which she bas made of tomb,
10 be placed within chapel which the En-
nres, ia about to raise for the reception OF the
Imper1al remains. Her Majesty, the Princess
Beatrice, and suite lefs Windsor Castle yester-
day morning shortly after 10 o'clock. and driV-
ipe TO the station OF the southwestern Railway
l;ompapy. entered the special train which was
~ % convey them to Oblselhurst. Chiselhurst
statiI,n was reached by II, 30, and on the plat
form we're Lord aud Lady Sydney, whose resi-
dance was in the neig hborbood. by them her
Majesty was received on alightlng, and was
conducted to one Of the state carriages, which
had been sent down from London. Tne car
rage. drawn by four horses and preceded oY
outrdsrs was driven ,s 70 havonS camden
Placs, There are few, il any, persons who DO
not know. from written or spoken descriptions,
what kind Of quiet rustic spotln which the co.,
An of the Emperor Napole IN rests for time.
The IL tie UNCOVERED side chapel, nesting Pc
tween the church wall and the house OF the
cure. Father Godd ird, tas been visited by tens
OF thousands. There is grated opening Hom
this place OF imperial sepulIure TO the INTERIOR
OF The church-itself building 80 small that
il would scarcely be noticed were It in turn at
tached to some stately cathedral: Entering
tho now historical church OF st. Mary, IN the
lanes by ChiseIhurst Common, the Queen re-
NAMED some time before the Emperor's tomb:
The wJeaths are there, which bad been hesped
In sad profusion when the coffin was nrst car
ried in the dlmiputive chapel. Among tnose
Hreatbs the Queen noticed the mortuary u,-
butes which she herself, her SONS and ner
a While her Majesty was led by MIR. Godd nd,
the priest. to an outer site very near the church,
where ia to be erected by the Empress ana
dedicated 10 the Virgin. that little chapel with
in winch will be placed the tomb OF Scotoh gran.
ita off.red by the Queen. This newly-plauned
sarcophapus. when ls already in course orc
struction, will resemble 10 form ana iasnion
that which hold the remains OF the Dacness OF
Kent. Having surveyed inc gfouIo VI JUG ~
tended chapel, her Majesty ault,e9a a sue siaa,;3
neatIy-kepL cemetery or St. mary's Churcn, ana
re"enterlno the carriage, was conveyed TO Gam
dan Place. On The steps OF the n'rance porc61
the Oneen was received by the Empress ana
her son. That the meeting was one, lndeeo,
nj most sympathetic kind may we'll De lmaR
med. Their Majesties retired together to the
nriyate apartments Of the Empress, while tine
Prince Napoleon, the Princess BEATRICE, and
the Princess Murat remained in the salon de
reception. The time passed by the Quee n ana
EMPRESS in private conversation was nearly
an hour, and shortly before the departure OF
her Majesty few Of those devoted followers oI
the Emperor who had borne MN company III
his exile. both in Germany and England, we're