New-York tribune., 1879-12-21

harvest was aont 10 he reaped when the OF the
~ sc a w ss s saS % % n ssss sss ssesa
the phIfernatic countenance whien ne always
wore--Lous Napoleon BOuapafte.
Mr. Klngiste In his history of the Cruean War. said
the speaker. asserts o. Napaeon III tet ID mon rs OF
iessncc ssd he adsaees the act as telling somewhat
against his personal courage Now becyr nyseif
man was a passive courageous man. and always fad
Mr. Kinglake, whose acquaintance have the i,no, 70
posssss. inat be was very unns ~ l1pnfns eoF-iirs
TO Napoleon because lac turned green
THE PARIS EXPOSITION or 1857.
In 1867 there the very grnnd show of the Prrch
Exhibition. when Paris sbOunded with crowned heads
cmperors were cheap, kings at discount and ~ Tot
grand dukes they positively drug In the market
and Napoleon was the apogee OF his as toe
nrbter OF Europe The host OF Kings Emperors anu
Kaisrs the conqnsror BY land ane sea,apd crowned witt
the laurels OF Naeeuta and Soferino, the crown oi
France upon his brow, what more could he
did not kno that Inen as In tho triunpaBt bare OF
trumpets and the spsndor or tnaf vast and noble
dispatch brought By swiit fromvcra Cruz and
thence aiken t1 Havana and from Havana To NewYOFk
that Iuckless Macmillan OF HaDsbuag had been
shot TO death. There was more IN thai
that sent The unhappy =. Empress Carloita
mad there was tomorrow| = Il was the first note Of
dissolution IL was The initial 0i the writing on The
wall II tomorrow which was 70 see the hacking OF
spurs on and the kicking of his banner down the
steps OF ST. Georges Chapes-tomorrow, when
the deaI-boards and fintacks OF the
embroidery ery-to-morrow is defeat-to morrow Is dis
grace-fo morrow l. ROcheforf-s0-morrow ie the MUIR
der OF Victor NOire-tomorrow 10 oedan-to-fnorrow u
Nemesis ,,
sala re,erredto the time wnen N iogi "A rS s,
Murat Of the English Army, tottered ny
very. ysry Old seniIsinan. Whose breast presented
what wuh crosses aud stars and bars and medals--a
sSo was the hero Of Assaye. the nero OF yitona
Arlaur weesIey Duke ., d,a "sl9s1Un aItIsma5 ana
eighy-three years OF age, aud universally loved
ANA reysred for although sSrss te aes
more gallant solder ana honester man than the Iron
II was the funeral obsequies OF this hero Mr.
sala described. charaeterizine the grand spec
great military commander as luguorious anuse-
ment afforded to the inanS issqed "'"ts ~.
account ,nicnlty OF horsDg the pondereus ear
taat bore the coiiy He told how the brcwefs horet
drew it bobtailed and hac 20 he provided WIN
false caudal atoms, pot few OF wnc1 came on
The next funeral be Witnessed was he ssia when hs
from Windsor. In a good Old house. about 300 years DID,
win three different species OF ratI ana r FHax fs
night. all fOr $500 year. Thence went 10 SEQ
ns pI %as au' in the cTape Of St. Gsorse was IL
the organ olt whore could see all mat was sone yn
dead prince arrive BY the express commend q tas
OF deceased, wore neither MS taDard %
crown. the great officers OF state were tnsrs ,mt
Wnen the beauilu services OF the Anglican Cburct
for the dead had commenced the collin wai
lowered by the invisible machinery iato tht
grave; then an hanaiui oi roslamsd e0sn0D Ssi Sstt
dust gwen dust ana earth TO earth and a.hes 10
the Garter kingaI-Arms standing over tnr c'n
proclaimed the dead mans title.
Mr. ,aa de.criDed the royal weddings OF the Prince of
wales and Duke OF COnuaught Ok the former' he
said:
Wnen the nuptial rites had been celebrated. and all
that could be done by spendOf and pageai'
try had been offecfed I could not help being
struck at the appearance at a little niche, Ia
pew 10 the lelt OF the altar, OF "A lacy dressed
in tho deepest black aud closely veled You may see
tnat niche Frths wonderful picture OF the narilage
Herein Victoria, the QIcen. come 70 wltnens the
nurtlis of her snn aud it was remembered that yet
more dark screened in the niche sac had seen
the fun, raj of Der husband.
Apoiocjzfng for the predominanee OF black work
In ms lecture, Mr. Saa IN conclusion drew picture OF
the funerals OF Napoleon Ill aud n.s son.