New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-07-14
SOLEMN AND EXPREssIYE HONORs.
THE QUEEN AND ROYAL FAMILY JOIN IN THE LAST
TRIBUTE TO The DEAD PRINCE-THE FUNERAL
CEREMONIES.

TRIBUTE TO THE DEAD PRINCE-THE FUNERAL
CEREMONIES.
LONDON, July 13 1879.
The funeral Of the late Prince Imperial of France
who killed on the 1st of June in Zululand took
place to-day at Chsehurst in presence of a large
assembage. Tho body lay all night in at
Camden House. Early in the morning the ex-Em-
press entered the mortuary chamber, and remained
for four hours beside the coffin, when she sank into
sleep from utter exhaustion.
About O'clock the troops detailed to take part
In the funeral parade arrived from Wociwich and
halted near the north entrance to Camden Place,
forming the guard of honor and firing party. Chise-
hurst Common was then crowded with people,
many of whom had come by special trains from
London. At 10 o'clock the Queen and the Princess
Beatrice arrived from Windsor and proceeded to
tho house of mourning Her Majesty brought
several fine wreaths Of flowers. Shortly afterward
the Prince and Princess OF Wales, the Dukes of
Connaught and Edinburgh, with other distin-
guished persons, entered Camden House. The
funeral procession formed at about 10 o'clock,
| and an hour later the first minute-gun
of the Royal Artillery battery announced that
| it haa started from Camden House. First came a
troop of Lancers then the Cadets then the band
OF the Royal Artillery, playing a solemn march.
The Bishop of Southwark and the clergy followed,
and then came the coffin on the siX-horse gun-car-
/ rage which had borne it from WoOlwich to CHS
elhurst The French National colors EMBODIED the
coffin and on the lid rested a splendid cross OF ca
meias, volets and heartsease. The pall-bearers
were the Prince of Wales the Dukes Of
Edinburgh. Conuaught. and Cambridge. the
Prince of Monaco, and the Crown Prince
of Sweden. The chief mOurner5 were Prince
Jerome Napoleon and his two sons Prince Vic
tor and Louis Then came the dead Princes favorite
4 ia T.it fttl
the distinguished persons in the funeral procession
were Princes Lucien and Charles Bonapartc Joa-
chin and Louis Murat. tho Dukes Of Padua and
Mouchv, the Duke de Ia Noscowa, a son OF Marshal
New Paul de Cassagnac, Baron Haussmann and
yeung Connean the companion from bOyhOOd Of the
dead Prince The procession was closed by artillery
and ancers. The Queen witnessed the procession
from a small black drapcd building that had been
erected on the grounds.
On auiy.ng at the Roman Catholic Chapel, the
Bishop of Southwark received the coffin, which
WAS borne by officers of artillery to the caafaque
prepared for it. 1heuneral service was then begun
The Bishop of Southwark Intoned the solemn pre-
facc Madame Lablache sang the Ave Maria of
Salnt-SaGns and then. walking around the bier the
Bishop gave the absoluti0n. The rite ended, the
cadets fred three volleys If uusketry, each of which
was followed by the roll of mutled drums. The
a,scmblage now fled past the coffin, and as they
left the chapel the building was occupied by the
students, workmcn, and populations from France,
who walked reverntly around the colin. strewing
flowers and whispering prayers. The coffin will
remain in the chapel until Tonight when it will be
transferred to place beside the tomb of
Napoleon III.
JEROME NAPOLEON AND THE EMPRESS.
LONDON Monday, July IA, 1870.
The Post saws Prince jerome NAPOLEON declined
the invitation of the Empress Eugene to visit her
after the funeral of the Prince Imperial.
INDIGNANT SORROW N ENGLAND.
TrIr PUBLIC INTEREST IL TIE FATE OF THE PRINCE
UNABArED-THE FRENCH PRESS DISPLEAsED-
THE QUEEN SHOWING MARKED sYMPATuY-THE
CIRCUMSTANCES or THE PRINCES DEATH.
[FRoM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE IRlBuNE.i
LONDON, July 1.-During the ten days that have
elapscd since news of Prince Louis Napoleons
death reached London, tho general interest IN his
faro has shown no signs of decreasing. Byron's
sueer at Moore, Tommy loves a Lord" may be
rarodied by substituting the British public for
Tommy and Prince for Lord. The excitement per-
vodes all classes or at any rate, all the arlculate
closses. all the classes which have organs in the
nr,ss Nobody knows so we'll the editors of the
nornv popers what the buyers of penny papers
| want ia read About the much larger class winch
does not buy penny papers, ana could not
/ read them if it did, / say nothing. Ihef
views cannot readily be got at. Among all inc test
! there seem to be no two opinions no Two states vi
| feeling. lie was a Pince. He was the guest OF Eng
! land He was fighting in an English quarrel. lie
| v.as the son of Englands ally. He was the son of
| his mother, and she widow. And so on through
| all the gamut of eulogistc lameptatlon Whch
| echoes about the name of THIS dead Dohapar'e'
! Uolopd for ten DAYS has given itself up TO MOURN
/ h. 10 nt
| and fine hone of all the most bitter enemies OF
France. Political considerations are completely set
aside. The Republican press OF France has lhti-
NATAL in no doubtful terms its just resentment at
| the extraordinary demonstrations III England over
| fine death of lah whose life was standing menace
| IN tbe French Republic. No account Is taken OF
| such expressions-nOne whatever. lheY are barely
referred TO- and only mentioned to be put aside WIN
contempt and Indignation. so ierVeht Is thls pas
sion of loyalty to the scion OF an lhpeIlai nouSo
H., !, ,oravzes for the moment all capacity for po-
hticaI Thought. With here and there an exception,
II s,yavs the Judgment of the most independent ana
! free-minded thinkers. NJ. John morley 10 perhaps
a. NEST brilliant victim. lie, too, lays his wreath
though modest one-oh this boy CONN,
and o0.,s his sympathles TO tho widowed
| and orphaned Empress. Ii 10 lct 70 MI
| C,nereyr "a spokesman Tor the Comtist', to utter
Ii, I, only printed protest against the almost
universal homage paid 10 the principle oI 10y "J.
! I, ,,ud he rash 70 nix "A limit to this debauch OF
Woo Bnt there will surely como a time wnen the
ENGLISH p.ople will perceive that the friendship Oh
| ~ great nation is worth more than the NE Oh Idu
who would have lived only to be ITS tyrant
| One would almost be glad TO say it was insincere,
Int there ia no sign of insinceuty IN this outbura'
| of sentiment IL begins naturally enough with the
royal family. They may be expected to make the
! most of the OCCASION. The Queen, who nogleets
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