The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-01-16
FOREIGN.
THE FUNERAL OF NAPOLEON.

LONDON, January 15.-Mors than %, COO
people witnessed the remains Of Napoleon
while lying in state. Queen Victoria will
be represented at the funeral by Viscount
Sidney, Lord Chamberlain. The sherits
OF London and Edinburgh sent condoling
messages to Eugenie. Immense crowds
are at Chiselhurst to see the funeral. Ono
thousand police are on guard on the road.
Bells are tolliDg and flags are at halt
mast.
Though the funeral procession was to
move at 10 o'clock this morning, the
hearse was half hour late in reaching
the residence Of the Emperor. A depu'
tRtion OF Paris workmen, who were to
head the procession, arrived at the same
time. They wore immortelles In their
coats, and carried wreathS OF yellow flow
ers. On both sides Of the hearse were
the Imperial arms, surmounted by the
letter IN" A great crowd surrounded
the hearse.
The funeral procession started from the
Chapel at II o'clock, and moved in the
following order: A man bearing tri'
color borne on an ash stick. At the last
moment before the Cortege moved depu'
tatiOls Of Workingmen from Paris ar
rived. The chaplain OF the family bear
ing golden Crucifx; hearse drawn by
eight horses, and the mourRers, who mum.
bered eight hundred in al, including the
the Prince Imperial, uncovered, Prince
Jerome Napoleon, Prince Joachim, Prince
AChilla, Romer and many distinguished
Imperialists; English noblemen, Priests
and others. The Prince Imperial was
very pale, and Empress Eugenie was too
i'll TO attend the funeral The coffin was
covered with immertelles and violets.
There was no sermon at tho Chapel.
The Bishop Of Southwark sang requiem
Of Mass, assisted by Father Goddard and
all the chaplains at the Tuilleries during
the reign Of Napoleon. The organist at
st. George Cathedral, London, with his
choir, conducted the mu&cal portion o
the services. The remains were deposited
in q sacristy, which has been formed into
q mortuary chapel until the removal OF
the body to France. The procession was
very long, the hearse being at the chapel
before the end OF the cortege had left tho
family mansion. All the carriages and
pedestrians moved three abreast. The
Prince Imperial and Prince Napoleon re.
turned from the Chapel in one carriage,
and were cheered by the crowds. Thirty
thousand persons witnessed the process.
sion. ....
One Of the persons who came from
France to attend the funeral Of Napoleon
brought with him some soil dug from the
garden OF the Tuilleries, which he strewed
over the coffin after 1t was deposited in
the sacristy Of the chapel at Chiselhurst.
Many French spies were present at Chiscl'
hurst this morning while the funeral ser.
vices were taking place.
ROME, January 15.-Funeral services
for the late ex.Emperor Napoleon were
held in this city to-day. Cardinal Bo'
naparte, who was unable to go to Chisel-
hurst, was present.
MILAN, January 16.-The funeral OBJ.
seQuies Of the late ex-Emperor Of France
were celebrated in this city to-day, and
were participated in by Immense crowds
OF people. The Mayor aud Perfect, aad
the troops stationed in the city also took
part in the ceremonies.