The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-01-14


arrangements for tho Funeral.
Our readers will learn by the news of this
morning that the death of the Emperor Napo-
leon is still absorbing large amount of the
attention of the Old World. Visitors to
Chiselhurst are arriving in large numbers
from France, and both in France and in
England every facility is offered by the rail
road companies to the friends of the deceased
Emperor to enable them to attend his funeral.
1t is said that the arrangements for the funeral
are complete, and that it will take place on
Wednesday morning at ten o'clock. The re-
mains will be conveyed to the chapel in
hearse drawn by eight horses The Prince
Imperial will follow as chief mourner; then
will follow the Princes Of the imperial family,
the Prince Of Wales, if present, the members
of the diplomatic corps, the aristocracy, the
officers formerly attached to the imperial
household, the numerous friends of the family
following in the rear. The ladies will pro-
coed in advance of the cort6ge and take their
places in the chapel. It is doubtful whether
the ex-Empress Eugene will be able to take
any part in the obsequies She is, we are told,
seriously indisposed, and her condition occa-
sions much alarm among her friends.
1t is pleasing to notice that in this, the
hour Of her misfortune, the bereaved ex-Em-
press is not altogether forgotten by her former
royal and imperial brothers and sisters.
Queen Victoria and the Prince of Wales have
been specially attentive. The Emperor of
Russia and the King of Italy have each sent a
letter of coincidence; and, although as yet
nothing has been publicly heard from the
Emperor Francis Joseph or from Emperor
William, we have no doubt that sympathy
is felt for the bereaved lady both at Vienna
and Berlin.
1t rebounds to the credit of President Theirs
and the present government of France that
they are already disposed to allow, under GER
tain conditions, the remains of the ex-Emperor
to be brought to France. The conditions are
not unreasonable. The funeral must be pri-
vate, and the deceased must be buried, not as
Emperor, but as ex- Emperor. Such generosity
speaks well for the Republic The restored
monarchy did not act so nobly by the remains
of the First Napoleon, nor did the Second En-
pire act so nobly toward the remains of Louis
Philippe. For nineteen years all that was
mortal of Napoleon the First was allowed to lie
in dust at St. Helena before it was transferred
to its present resting place beneath the Dome
Of the Hotel des Invalides; and after all but
twenty-five years the body of Louis Philippe
still rests in the vault of the little church at
Weybridge. If the remains Of Napoleon the
Third are to be conveyed to France, we know
no good reason why the remains of Louis
Philippe should be detained in England
After the present funeral at Chiselhurst is over
let the French people make up their minds to
do justice all round Why not make grand
national funeral demonstration, and solemnly
inter the last of the kings and the last of the
emperors? 1t would not be baptism of fire.
but such demonstration might prove the
baptism Of the Republic. Paris remains list
less almost unexcited, over the event of the
ex-monarch's decease. The dynastic Bona
partist caucus which is being held in Eng
land by visiting Frenchmen, in favor of
the claims Of Napoleon the Fourth, is
treated by portion Of the French press
as an ill-timed and impudent action
against the democracy, but of no avail in
the face of the authority of the Republic.
It is alleged, indeed, that Prince Napoleon
Bonaparte disapproves Of the ideas which are
entertained by Eugene and her advisers in
the direction Of a restoration to power in
France. .Advices from Corsica report that the
insular seat of the Bonapartist family foun-
tain spring displays no emotion. The old
homestead of the ancestors of Napoleon the
Great is draped in notwithstanding more.
The French police are on the alert, and the
President is, apparently, quite equal to the
existing situation.