Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-07-10
TWO CENTS.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
EuneYal OG the pr5rco

dome-roofed structure, used as an armory hv
the Kent Rl1ie Volunteers. The interior OF the
| will be draped I'm black. The coifin will be
| opened Immediately when it arrives here, and
the corpse formally identified. Thtr1 will be a
few watchers. Sentries will remain In the
armory all night. with strong guard OF honor
| or the Royal Artillery outside. At about $50
an saturday morning the coffin will be placed
conveyed to Chiselhurst, escorted by the Royal
Horse Artillery. The whole distance win be
saaseised at a walking pace, the procession
| reaching Camden House at about O'Clock The
| whole Woowich garrison will proceed sepa-
rately to Chiselhurst to participate. Funeral
oels VIII be tolled as the corpse leaves Wool
| Will be carried into the hall where the boiv n,
the late Emperor lay In state, by officers OF the
artillery. The hall will be draped In white
| The corpse will remain until IL O'Clock. during
which time mass Will be performed over n In
the presence Of a select party by Father God
daTd, chaplain to the Empress, when the officers
VIII replace IL on gun carriage and a process
sion Will be formed consisting OF the first class
| OF cadets OF the Military Academy with reversed
| arms; the mounted band Of the Artillery, and
then the cCfffn.
| THE MoURNERs
| are expected to Include the Pr1nceOf Wales the
| Duke OF Connaught, and the Duke OF Cambridge
besIdes ss, numerous err French notabllites. such as
NJ Rouher. The Church OF st. Mary is distant
only half mile from the house. but the process
| sion will follow a devious route to avoid the
| declevities It is expected that there will be
| crowd OF 10000 spectators present. The Fifth
Lancers VIII keep the route. Three batteries OF
artIilery on the common Will fire minute guns
duling the progress OF the procession. Tn.
CADETS VIII fire three rife volleys as the bod
| enters the church. The officers will carry tn !.
cc1iin from the gun carriage and file out of the
slae door, leaving the remaining duties TO the
| friends OF the deceased.
THs CEREMONIES
VIII consist OF short mass, and win probably
be concluded by noon. Three chairs used b.
| the imperial family have been placed inside the
C,,C
ner chair. The members OF the Bonaparte fam
lily present Will be stationed outside OF the rail
on the right and left OF the altar, and the mem
| Ders or the household in front. pavilion. on
| the deck OF the Enchantress, has been fitted up
as a mortuary. The following are alreadv
awaiting at Chiselhurst TO attend the funeral:
NJ. Rouher, wife and daughter, and the Prince
and Princess of Moskawa. 1t Is probable that
Prince Jerome Bonaparte will be present The
| be present.
Forbidden to Attend the Princes
Funeral.
PARIS, July 10.-Permission has been refused
Marshalls Certain, ConrObert and Lebouf, and
Admiral Lagraviere, to attend the funeral OF the
late Prince.
Transfer of the Body.
PORTSMOUTH, July 10.-The coffia containing
| the body OF the Prince Imperial was removed
from the troop ship OronteS to the admiralty
| yacht Enchantress, at o'clock this morning
| Minute guns were fired. Prince Murat was
| present
Specie Coming to America.
LONDON, July 10.-The steamer Novla Scotfan,
which sailed from Liverpool, on the Sth, for st
Johns, n. F., Halifax, and Baltimore, took out
! 1900 pounds In specie.
Failure OF the Englfsh Crops.
LONDON, July 1O.-John Joseph Mech1, the
| noted scientific agriculturist, writes to the
Times as follows:-"Another week OF flooding
| ing stroke to the agricultural disaster. It is
now too late for the crops to recover They are
| considerably injured, even on well-farmed and
| drained lands the matter is simply ruinous.
The wheat will suffer less than the spring crops.
| wedding is hopeless, and unless we get the
clover crops, and even peas viii rot ungath-
| cred"
Prince Jerome Accepts the Leader
ship Of the BOnarPartfstS.
| LONDON, July 10.-A dispatch to the Times
] from Paris says: "Prince Jerome Bonaparte
has already virtually assumed the attitude of
cblef OF the fmperialists. 1t was represented to
| partment and canton, that subsidized news
| papers were advocating the cause Of the Bona
partists, and that the faults OF the present gov
rned 70 were 1eng sk1ay fh ana
Imperial came to check great and well man
aged organization on the point OF bearing fruit
prinee @ h Jerome who was only anxious at first to
sured that his hour will soon come, that he Is
prepared even to go into exile"
Confined TO His Room.
PARIS, July Ex-senator MaXimilten Ltttre
the well-known philoiOgist and member of the
Institute, In letter addressed to the Free
mans mans, Lodge, Of which he is a member. de-
scr1beS himself In such condition as to be per
maLently confined to his room.
Chinese Intimfdatc COssacks.
LONDON, July 10.-St. Petersburg advices re
celved at Berlin, state that the Russians have
sen seat ca, Ioree OF sWo6undred CosSacks against
however, hearing OF the assemblage OF a vastly
superior force OF Chinese, were obliged to re-
tret. 1t Is not doubted that the Chinese are
ABOUT TO develop military demonstration
towards the Kuldja frontier on a very large
scale.
A Big Job.
Thousands OF workmen have been engaged
Ior several weeks on works designed to cause
the Oxus river to return 10 its ancient bed, 50
as TO establish an easy water communication
ing on Afghanistan.
Germany's Financial Stress.
BERLIN, July 10.-In addition to Herr Frank
enstelnS motion to distribute the surplus OF the
revenue among the states, the Reichstag has
passed Herr Varnbueler's motion that the pro-
vision shall come into force on the lst OF April
leSo, ana that the amount obtained from Gus
toms and the tobacco tax from october, 1879
shall be deducted from the contributions OF the
several states In proportion to their popula-
tiOn.
The British i'm South Africa.
LoNDON, July lU.-A QlSpatcQ dated cane
Town, June 2sd says: "Gen. Sir Garnet VOL.
sley, the supreme military and civil commander
OF Natal and the Transvaal etc., arrived here
today, and Immediately started for Natal on
board swift steamer" kilograms received at
Cape Town state that the British forces are
within 25 miles OF Cetywayo's kraal. Gen. VOL
sley therefore determined to reach the front
without delay.
Prince Alexander.
TIRN0vA, July 10.-PriDce Alexander, OF Bull
garla yesterday, took the oath or fidelity to the
constitution, and afterwards dissolved the as
sembly.
The Markets.
BALTIMORE, July l0-virginia skies. old, 39k;
"a 'o nss; ne 90 Eonso' eS do second series
si1es old. Is. DO. new, Is bid to-day Sugar active
and firM-A soft SAaSE.
,oBA oBALTIMORE. July lo.-Cotton dun-middlins.
Ia. Flour strong and higher for middle grades
Howard @ street It and western super, 25a3.75; do
super. s25ss 60; do. extra LO0a5.o6; DO Bio
brands, f.c0a6 IS; PAtaPsco family. ZOO. Wheat
southern steady and fairly active; western dull and
lSwe;Isoltl sIn red. ilsalIs. do. amber. 21aL 81
NO Fennsy vanis red. ll8x No western winter
,ed, spot. 116; July. ll4al Is; AUGUST, nominaiiy