The daily gazette., 1879-07-11
FIFTH EDITION.
THEDEAD PRINCE.
RECEPTION OF AND HoNoRS TC
HIS BODY IN ENGLAND,

RECEPTION OF AND HONORS TO
HIS BODY IN ENGLAND. esi
From woolsvich ss Chiselhurst.
ARRANGEMENT FOR THE ESCORT AND
| THE FUNERAL-ARRIvAL OF
| IMPERIALIsIs. .tI,
From the N. Y. Herald. -..
LONDON, July II, 1879.-The troop
snip Orontes, having on board the body
OF the late Prince Imperial, arrived at
Portsmouth yesterday morning. Upon
the arrival Of the ship off Spithead the
Fort Admiral accompanied by Prince
Murat, went on board the ship and su-
Perintended the arrangements for the
Decentralization Of the body. The coffin
containing the remains of the Prince
was lowered from the ship into . barge
which was draped in black, and was
then tranferred to the steamer Enchan-
tress, which Is now going up the river to
WoOlwich. As the Enchantress passed
through the men-ofwar lying in the
harbor and along the river the vessels
had their flags at half mast and fired
minute guns. Sc -..s
The whole distance will be traversed
at walking pace, the procession reach
ing Camden House at about eight o.
clock. The whole Woolwich garrison
Will proceed to Chiselhurst to participate
in the funeral. Bells will be tolled as
the corpse leaves Woolwich. On arriv-
ing al Camden House the coffin will be
carried by officers Of the artillery into
the hall where the body of the late En-
| lar svr INT Nha Ixnl -
draped in white. The corpse will re-
main until eleven o'clock, during which
time mass will be performed over it in
the presence of select party by Father
Goddard, chaplain to the Empress, when
the officers will replace it on the gun car
riage, and procession will bs formed,
consisting Of the first class cadets of the
Military Academy, with reversed arms ;
a mounted band, the artillery and then
the coffin. The mourners are expected
Of Cornaught and the Duke of Cam
bridge, besides numerous French nota-
bilities.
The church of st.. Mary is distant only
q half mile from the house, but the pro-
cession will follow a devious route to
} avoid the declivities. 1t Is expected thai
there will be crowd Of 100000 specta-
tors present. The Fifth lancers will
keep the route. Three batteries of sr.
. tillery on the common will fire minute
guns during the progress of the process
sion. The cadets will fire three rifle
volleys as the body enters the church
! The officers will carry the coffin from the
gun carriage and file out the side door
leaving the remaining duties to the
| D.; Dff 1Hnd
will CONSIST Of a short mass and Sill prob.
ably be concluded by noon. Three chair
used by the imperial family have beer
placed inside the altar rail. The ex
Empress Eugene will occupy her chair
The members of the Bonaparte family
present will be stationed outside of thu
the members of the household in from,
A pavilion on the deck Of the Enchan
tress has been fitted up as q mortuary.
J The following are already waiting .
Chiselhurst to attend the funeral:-Th
Duke aud Duchess of Mouchy, Primo
- Murat, M. Rouher, wife and dauRbte
and the Prince and Princess of M 0sk ows
1t is probable that Prince Jerome Bous
part will be in the church. The Priucee
Clothilde and her sons will certainly b
present M. Paul de Cassaguac ls 81
pected at Chise hurst. Permission hs
: been refused Marshals Certain CanrobeI
and Lebpuf and Admiral La Gravier
e to attend the funeral of the Prince. Per
mission was refused Marshal McMaho
few days ago. The Due de Padou
and the Duo de Grammont have arrive,
Prince Imperial.
AN UNOPENED LETTER AT cHrsELHuRs,
SHALL HE HAVE A MONUMENT II
THE ABBEY?
: The English papers are still full of IN
cidents connected with the late Prince
hfe and death. The Empress has for
mally expressed to the Duke of Cam
+, bridge her complete exoneration O
Lord Chelmsford from all blame in re
spe,t Of the Prince Imperiars death. o.
The oath of June the Empress receive,
= the last letters written by her son. So IA
she has not dared to open them, An,
they remain at Chiselhurst as they ar
:, rived. When the news Of the Primo
Imperial,s death reached tho Prince O
Wales SO great was his grief that thos
who were present thought he woul
t just as the benediction was pronounce
at the Church of ST. Augustin q
on the occasion OF the solem
requiem for tho reposs of th
soul, "a white pigeon alighted on tn,
stone eagle on the root" and suggest
tnaG ''dOu allowed Cno late Prince l
this form to see no " much he was belo,
ed" 1t adds that nothing 80 ia impressiy '
as adversely, and that just as St. Helen,
not Austerlitz, brought about the Secon
Empire, SO Chiselhurst and the sever
I teen wounds received in the chest O
African soil will again restore the En-
pire." N .fI""
"A member Of tie government" sa,
PANTY Fair, speaking to Lord Beacon
field Of the Zulu war, alluded to IL
Zulus as 'savages.' 'Savagesl said LoI
Beaconsfield; they have defeated o,
soldiers, outwitted our generals al
converted our bishops, and you call tho
savages' A correspondents writes fro
Chisslhurst to Maufdir:--"Ever
kept so quiet vt Camden House. s. ";
: with me Sunday and he told me ii
6 Empress would never recover from b
. blow. She sees no one but Godd Ar
:. and her griefis almost inconsolable."
sALA PROPOSES MONUMENT.
George Augustus Sala writes In
"Echoes of the Week: "The remains
6 the gallant young Prince Louis Napole,
will be interred, NO. doubt, in the lit
e chapel at Chiselhurst, where moro ths
five years ago saw consigned t. I
= grave all that is mortal Of the Emper
Napoleon III. 1t 10 fitting that the DO
boy should sleep close to his father; b.
remembering that the Prince was Ell