, 1879-07-10
THE DEREAVED EMPRESS.
NotiRfotsk Ceremonies nt CltBeii.nrat~-Tho
or5"f nf Engenic~-Tho visits of s7mpatl,y
-EuKonic'a Fortltutsc.

Ho'iRfons Ceremonies at ol'lsei,.nrst--rho
ar3rf nf EnEenlc--rho Visits of Sympathy
-EuKon,c'a Eortitutic.
Lnndon Daily .ytus aHns ~.
Yesterday was tho first Sunday since the nova
asrive.l In England Of the ituth OF tho Prince,
consequently the cYopt was made The subject Of
special obsaryancea III t1le religious ceremonies
at Chssclhurst, both At Camdcm 1louss and at
the llomnn Catholic Chapel. At tho Camden
llotsp mass waa celebrated At llalf-paBt in tho
morning by Mouai9nor Goddard None but
Intimate friends Of the Imperial family wore,
OF course, admitted to this ceremony, III
cludfng, wo arc informed, tic Princess
Maria, tho Due do Dassano, H. Rouher,
tho Prince do Ia Mosxoua, and tho Countess
Ctary. Tie Empress was present, and
1t Is nndcrhtood she hore up bravcly for the oc-
casion. at the tnodcst lttle chapel at whicl,
Monslgnor Goddard otllclatos, aud where tic
remains Of the late Emperor lilo in the sarco-
phagus presented by her Majesty the Queen, a
numerous congregation assembled. In tho ex-
rectatfon of hcnring the right reverend gentle.
Facing tte altar, upon ihe raised platform, vas
ihc armchair formerly occupied by: the young
FRINGE. nor tennnlfess anll completely drnped
i! black. sfonstGnor Goddard, i, preaching tho
fsro a,cx took TOR y. s.; soxs tf 1st Epstc Of st
under the mighty hand. Of God, that. TIe may
exat You IN the tina of visitatton, casting all
your soliS;tude upon Him, for LIE has caro- Of
you" 1le said Tint tho words Of tho
readily bo understood tiat it was hts sad
duty that morning to ask his hoarcrs to
pray carncstly for the Prince and the Empress
-lor Thy dead so, md tte widowed
friend mud sp!rltuat Rdyiaer Of the Prince, 1as
evidently greatly Affected uttcrlng hts words
wttl M dc'ibefatlall nml between painful pauscs.
-" Ile young rncc was good, and generous, md
or. Gal, In bis wlatlom,. had agatn shown tls TINT
no Enan Is necessary to flls work, how incomprc-
hcnsEhle wcre iii Judgments, mud how nm.
scarcfahlo are Ills waYs. ue would have liked
that was noble h BID heart md so soai; but Ut for
the present he could not TO SO. All l.e would
do would be to read perhaps the vcry last letter
Which PE'nce Louis Napofeon wrote beforc he
nlcdately preceding his departure sYas period
ot the year at which every Catholic had 70 por-
form sacred duty, Mgr. Goddard had written
to him, exhortfng him not TO lot tlid hurry and
aexoty st s osfptfa0, & s ''%5' f. S S s
rfnce replied IS follows in a nttor read By tho
Cure, for tho letter which you hare
been Kind enough to write to mo. It
believe that tho hurry Of my dcpartaro or tbs
curc Of this journey should nuke me forget nv
duties as Chrtstian. am going to present
myself to.morrow at g O'Clock 10 Fccciye for lie
last tImo the holy communion ia tho church at
Chiselhurst, wt,ere / desire to be pInced If 1
should de-" Tho letter was signed WYnl,r
mpst atrccttol,ate, Napolcop.n Tho 1ioxt morn
lug saya Fother Goddard, io can,c and wcnt
through The ceremony, after whtah he knelt be-
fore the tomb OF llts father. Rising, he klssod
It, and then lott tic church for tp station for
the lasl time until hc shall be- brought back
1tfelcea mud tutd beside the Emperor. Tho En-
trcss' urief, snid Father Goddard. Has too sacred
to be uttered. Her son was hur iopo ntld ioy;
he was an only son, and sho WAS widow, What
was there left for her I'll the world but to t]ie3
The discourse OF the reverend Rcptlctnau Was
listened to with profound attention, many OF liza
lat1rs prcseut being vsibly moved to tears,
Amongst tic many persons Of lIstinction who
called during HaturdaY al.I ycstcrtiay at Gam.
Eres arc rrIncess Maria tcoasin, 81 the Enlpress)