, 1877-01-07
EUROPEAN GOSSIP.
A Funeral Demonstration by
..: French Radicals:
Bismarck and the Clock---A Curious
Theft.--Eugenie and the Pope.
German 0rders...A Suicidal Htss.-Yietoria and
Cibsol.-.a Batch Of Bishops.

tcfiual V[uelh"''a DultlQal MtSS'~t!sl6Ef1 i1a
Cibson...a Batch Of Bishops.
A FUNERAL DEMONSTRATION.
A recent Paris letter to the London Standard
Tory) says: "Paris has just witnessed another
Of those churchyard demonstrations so dear to
the heart Of the Radicals. The corpse out Of
which political capital was made to-day was that
Of Mile. Marie Raspail, daughter Of the veteran
Raspail, who has spent so many years in durance
vile for his extreme political opinions, and who
is also famous for his system Of medical treat
ment by camphor, which he prcscribes as
panacea for all the Ills under the sun. It may
be remembered that NJ. Raspail, who Is now
past 50 years OF age, was condemned last year
to a twelvemonth's imprisonment for the
seditious Justification Of the Commune
which he published in bis almanac. His
daughter, who appears to have been devoted
to her father, was allowed to tend him during
his imprisonment, but her weak health broke
down, and on leaving prison with her father
she was sent to the South. However, It was too
late, and she died at Monaco few days ago.
Her body was brought to Cachan-Argueil, one
Of the Paris suburbs, where NJ. Raspail resides,
and the burial was fixed for to-day. The event
Was profuscly announced BY the Radical papers,
and the day being Sunday, when everybody
turns out for a holiday, tile Radicals we're sure
not to lack spectators The funeral was, Of
course, civil one-that is to say, unaccompa-
tions Of the Church. The funeral cor
tcge left Cachan-Argueil at half-past
12, but the great rendezvous In Paris was
fixed at the Place d'Enfer, which WIS crammed
with eager crowds OF sight-seekers. Long before
1trS+o %]n 1niI
Radical state at NJ. Raspail's house, and the
funeral, on the whole, bore luxurious charae-
ter, not exactly in keeping with the supposed
simplicity and austerity OF the Radical party.
The procession was comparatively small on leay
ing Cachan, but It swelled as it proceeded, and
on reaching the Place d d'Enfcr it comprised sew
eral thousand persons. The hearse Was got up
in gorgeous style; the horses were caparisoned
with white satin trimmings and long, waving
white plu1nes. The hearse itself was al
crowns Of immortelles presented BY the
friends and admirers Of the Raspail
family. There were crowns Of immense size an
the coffin, CROWNS on the top OF the hearse, and
crowns attached to the pail which hung over tie
sides. The hcarse was followed by miscella-
neous crowd Of mourners about quarter Of
mile In length; then earne the private carriage
of III. Raspail, and Il dozen mourning coaches.
NJ. Raspail, unable to follow on foot, remained
inside his carriage, accompanied by his eldest
est son is, I believe, at present undergoing
short term Of Imprisonment for his Commun-
istic writings. As soon as the crowd of specta-
tors on the Place d'Enfer caught sight OF NJ.
Raspail there Was loud shout 1T "Vive Ia Re-
publiquel Vive Raspail!'' and hundreds OF
persons flocked round his carriage to shake
hands with the eccentric veteran of the French
Democracy. The mourners included many
members Of tile Extreme Left, among them n.
Louis Blanc; but could not perceive either n.
-Hn&%u NSo%c Hun, aY11 fhofYo of1raf1
was remarked by the mob. It was said that
they joined the funeral cortege at the cemetery,
but, Us did mot see them myself, cannot
vouch for the statement. The procession
wenled its way to the Bridge OF Austerlitz, past
the Bastille Column, and thence to Pcre Ia
Chaise- All along the route crowds of people,
dressed in Sunday attire, gathered on the pave
ments, and posse OF policemen were on duty to
keep order, which, however, was not seriously
infringcd anywhere. 4 good trade Was done in
blems Of church-yard Radicalism, which the
devotees stuck in their caps and button-holes.
A very farge gathering Of German Democrats,
in blonses, assembled on the traditional Place
dulged IN deafening cry Of 'Yive Ia Rcpub-
lque,' and waved their caps in the air most JOY
fully. The Cemetery OF Pere Ia Chaise was
besicged at a very early hour, and BY
the time the procession arrived every
Nook NO., ocen6ed ead re aa@ thousands e
persons assembled outside, unable to gain ad-
mittance. The scene inside the cemetery was
almost indcscribable, The people, in spite of
the police, climbed on the tops of the tombs,
aud created fearful havoc. I myself saw no
fewer than fourteen graves smashed and tram
pied under foot, and on all sides slabs had been
broken, tombstones overturned, and railfngs
knocked down in the struggle Of Democracy to
get good view Of the funeral. It WIS o'clock
before the funeral coEtege arrived within hin
r,nfa
greatest difficulty in making passage
for it. | must say that the police were more
The Pubic said it was all owing to Jules simon's
accession to office But that is point or on which
val OF the body was greeted with long cry Of
yys y kepu9hq whsh tsest2 w taken as up saoa aod
t,he coffin was.lowered into the grave the speech
lying began The aT vrpss s4to Of the and as
the crowds round and on the neighbor-
ing tornbs responded with shouts Of tVive
Raspail,' Vive Ia Republique,' 'Vive L Amnes-
tie. 'aud so the affair ended"