The daily gazette., 1879-07-14
The Dead Prince.
THE BODY DEPOSITED BESIDE
THAT OF NAPOLEON III.
Overwhelming Grief Of the Empress
Eugenie.

CHIsELHURsT, July 12, 1879.
The last sad scenes connected with the
fline al of the Prince Imperial Of France
are ended. The body rests now in the
little Church of ST. Mary at ChiselhuIst,
by the side of the dust Of Napoleon III.
A day of mourning and of woe it has
been, pot only in the pretty little Kentish
village of Chselhurst, but in the whole
Of England. Queen Victoria mourned
with the bereaved Empress, ard many
thousands of English women wcpt to-day
though they were not present. Never
has the death Of prince caused so much
grief. To explain the reason why this is
so difficult but the human heart loves
to grieve at times as well as to laugh.
THE NIGHTS VIGIL.
The poor Empress was prey to over
whelming grief on the arrival OF the
body at Camden House last night. 1t
was supposed that she had retired to the
seclusion of her boudoir, but on the con-
trary, having eluded her sympathizipg
friends, she had silently gone into the
room st apart as the mortuary chamber.
No sooner had tie coffin entered the door
than a sbriek revealed tue presence of
the bereaved mother. She was led aw ay
weeping bitterly. At midnight, she
again descended to the room of death
and lay PROSTATE, kissing ths plate and
moaning the name "Louis." She re-
mained thus four hours, when she sunk
into sleep from utter exhaustion. At
seven O'CLOCK this morning she was again
found kneeling at the coflin's side. M.
Rouher and others remained outside
fearful OF the consequences of such in
tenslty of grief. At nine o'clock, how
ever, the Empress was wonderfully firm.
She tohk las look at the dead face,
and then, with all the piteous passion OF
hopeless sorrow, kissed the name on the
coffin plate in token of everlasting fare
well. Friends of her youth and of the
days OF her greatness gently led her out
of the room.
THE FUNERAL PAGEANT.
With some little delay the funeral pa
geant formed in the grounds of Camden
place. The bands of the Lancers and of
the Royal Artillery had their instruments
craped and their drums muffied. The
calvary formed on the lawn on either
side of the maiu en rance, and the artill-
cry lmbered up near the front gaze. As
the royal parsonages passed into the
house they were received with the royal
salute. As the Queen accompanied by
the Princess of Wales entered the EN-
press's boudoir, the boom of the first gun
was heard, while the bands commenced
to play the dead March in Saul" The
procession then emerged from the gates
in the following order First came the
frOnn i ln,, L.,
trail; then the Cadets, with rifles rever-
sed, then the band of the Royal Artillery
playing the solemn march with splendid
effect. Then followed the clergy bear
ing the crucifix and the incense; then the
Right Rev. Bishop Daniels, of South
ark, supported by the two chaplains.
Then came the coffin, on the slx-horse
gun carriage which had borne IL from
Woolwich to Chiselhurst..
THE PROCESSION AND THE PALLBEAR-
ERs.
The tricolor of France enfolded the
coffin, and on the lid rested a splendid
cross of canelias, violets and heartse ase.
Two gunners of the Artillery held the
immense wreath sent by Her Majesty the
Queen.
nc pdllDeaTerS Were.-
The Prince ofWales.
The Duke of Edinburg.
The Duke OF Connnught.
The Duke of Cambridge.
The Prince Of Monaco.
The Crown Prince ofSweden.
The chief mOurners were Prince Jer-
ONE Napoleon and his two soHs, Princes
Victor and Louis. Then came the dead
Princes horse, "Stag," led by a groom
named Brown. The horse was draped
in black netting, bearing the imperial
cypher On" worked in silver. THIS was
the horse ridden by the Prince on the day
when he met his death in 'Zululand.
Then followed Uhlmann, the Princes
confidential servant, and Lomas, the
Princes English soldier servant, who,
when the body was found had knelt and
wept like child, then the Princes valet,
Gamble scotchman.
FOLLOWING THE COFFIN.
Among those following the coffin were
Princes Lucien and Charles Bonaparte,
Joachim and Louis Murat, the Duke de
la Moscova, son of Marshal Ney the
Dukes of Padua and Moachy, NJ. Paul
de Cassagnac. Baron Haussmann and
young Conneau, the dead Princes play
mate, Maltre Laud Fleury, and many
others. The procession was closed by
horse artillery and lanccrs. Her Majesty
the Queen witnessed the procession pro-
foundly moved, from little black draped
pavilion that had been on the grounds.
Thus with slow, lingering steps the
whole procession traveIsed the distance
between Camden House and the Church
amid the demonstrations of profound
respect, sympathy and sorrow, the crash
OF bands and the roar ofthe minute guns.
ARRIVAL OF TIE COFFIN.
Soon the distant strains of the "Dead
March" announced the approach of the
cortege. A detachment of lancers was
leading, followed by the cadets at slow
march, who opened ranks on either side
of the path. The Bishops of Southwark
received the coffin at the gate. The
Duke of Cambridge superintended the
dismounting of the coffin, giving orders
to the officers of artillery who bore the
body within the church. This is an Incl
dent without precedent in the history of
the British army. The Bishop having
sprinkled the coffin, the choir began in
subdued tones to chant the "De Profun-
dis" The English princes followed.
Then came the tall form and Napoleonic
face of Prince Napoleon, who evidently
| tried to look serious. Then was witness
ed one of the most touching scenes in the
procession. Uhlmann, the Princes Alsa-
tian valvet, entered weeping, heading the
imperial household. Then followed
| Princes Lucien and Charles. and Ro-