Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1879-07-21
IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL RITEs.I

IMPRESSIVE FUNERAL RITES.I
CHIsELHURsT, July II. This day
memorable in the history of the Bona
.parte family, broke glOomily, whiledark,
band of clouds away in the direction of
the crags threatened rain. The common
was crowded at an early hour with WIS.,
itors from London, including large num-
Der of French. There were also present
large number of people from the inte-
rior of Kent and the villages adjacent to
Chiselhurst. The route upon which the
funeral procession was to pass, was lin
ed with dense mass of humanity.
Away back from the stately gates of
Camden Place the modest Roman Catho-
lie chapel of st. Mary's, nesting among
the midsummer glories of its enclosing
trees, was to be seen the patient and
sympathetic crowd.
A few minutes past 10 o'clock spe-
cial train from Windsor brought Her
Majesty the Queen, accompanied by her
daughter Beatrice. Leaving the train,
they entered close carriage and pro-
ceeded to the house of mourning. The
Queen brought large collection of
tasteful floral tributes. Shortly after
ward the Prince and Princess Of Wales,
the Dukes of Connaught, Edinburgh,
Teck and Cambridge, the Prince Chris
tan of SAKE Weimar, all in full uniform,
passed under the gateway of Camden
Place. With no little delay the funeral
pageant formed in the grounds of Cam
den place The bands of the Lancers
and of the Royal Artillery had theirsin-
struments craped and drums muf1ed.
The cavalry formed on either side of the
main entrance, and the artillery took up
their station at the front gate. AS the
royal personages passed into the house
they were received with the royal salute.
AS the Queen, accompanied by the Prin-
cess of Wales, entered the Empress
boudoir the boom of the first gun was
heard, while the bands commenced to
play the dead March,"
The procession then emerged from the
gates in the following order Irish Ian
GERS, with lances in trail Cadets, with
rifles reversed; band of the Royal Artil
lery; clergy, bearing the crucifx; in
cense bearers; Bishop of Southwark
supported by two chaplains; the coffin
borne on a gun-carriage, drawn by si1
horses. The coffin was enveloped II
the French tri-color, and on it reposet
a magnificent cross, formed of camellia
violets and heartsease two gunners
holding an immense wreath, the gift Q
the Queen. The pail bearers were th
Prince of Wales, the Dukes of Edir
:, burgh, Connaught and Cambridge, an
the Princes of Monaco and Sweden. TIL
8 chief mourners were Prince Jerome Bona
parte and his two sons. The dea
Princes favorite horse Stag" led by
groom, followed.
The horse was draped in a black n,
. bearing the cipher .'N.," worked in 81
>. ver Then came Uhlman, con6denti
. servant of the Prince, and Tomas, q
English soldier, and other attendant
Then followed large delegation
French mourners, all on foot. The pr
&c cession closed with the artillery al
i lancers. The Queen viewed the proce
a. sion from little pavilion draped
g black in the grounds of Camden Place,
p it wendell its way toward st. Mary
y, chapel. Meanwhile. nothing was hea
to save the roar of the minute guns and t
~ crash of the bands. At the conclusi
Id of the funeral ceremonies in st. Mar,
ut chapel, the body of the Prince was CO
'h veyed to the tomb at the side of t
to sarcophagus in which his father is laic
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